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Former waiters James O'Leary and Ansar Khan designed Ambur, an app for restaurants. It's available on the App Store for $999. Photo: Daniel Robison, Innovation Trail
(03/08/12) The days of waiters and waitresses scribbling down orders on a small note pad may be coming to an end. Yes, there's now a smart phone app for that. As the Innovation Trail's Daniel Robison reports, it's the work of two former waiters turned digital entrepreneurs. more
The solar installation at this house in Ithaca provides about 100% percent of what's needed at this residence. Innovation Trail's Matt Richmond.
(02/13/12) The U.S. government supports renewable energy with money for research and tax breaks. But as the Innovation Trail's Matt Richmond reports, that backing has come under political fire, and the industry is already feeling the effects. more
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(01/26/12) The Department of Energy has drastically reduced its estimate for natural gas reserves in the Marcellus Shale. The Innovation Trail's Matt Richmond reports. more
Photo: Thomas Belknap, Rochester NY.
(01/20/12) Rochester-based Eastman Kodak formally filed for bankruptcy yesterday. That gives the company the opportunity to restructure and continue. But the company owes a lot of money to a lot of people. As the Innovation Trail's Zack Seward reports, Kodak has debts of nearly $7 billion. more
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(01/12/12) New York is home to a new social networking site. But it's not like Facebook or Twitter. Tech start-up Selling Hive tries to increase sales for businesses by linking them together online.
As the Innovation Trail's Daniel Robison reports, the company's founders say the service is one-of-a-kind. more
Ivan Trevino of the Hochstein School of Music (right) leads band practice. M5 Networks employees are gearing up for a company-wide "battle of the bands" in May. Photo: Zack Seward, Innovation Trail
(01/04/12) Team building is nothing new at corporate offices. But company strategies to get employees working together vary widely. The telecommunications firm M-5 Networks uses music education -- specifically, a "school of rock" culminating with a company-wide battle of the bands at the annual meeting. The Innovation Trail's Zack Seward reports from M-5's Rochester branch. more
The challenge was to pull together people...to work as a team.
(12/26/11) Earlier this month, Governor Cuomo handed out nearly $800-million through his newly created regional economic councils. WMHT's Marie Cusick reports for the Innovation Trail about what comes next. more
Liz Brenna, founder of Socially Good Business. Photo: Zack Seward, Innovation Trail
(12/15/11) More and more companies are making the business case for "doing good." A Rochester woman who cut her chops at the socially-conscious ice cream-maker Ben & Jerry's is trying to spread the word in New York State's for-profit community. The Innovation trail's Zack Seward has more. more
It's similarly complicated across the border. There's opposition and there are supporters.
(12/05/11) New York imports hydroelectricity generated by giant dams on Canadian rivers. Lots of it. And some would like to see the state get more of that renewable power. But as Emma Jacobs reports in the first story of our series on New York's imports of Canadian power, there's also opposition to that idea. more
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The idea was that Steuben should be perceived of as luxurious and unattainable as... a 16-cylinder Cadillac.
(11/30/11) Steuben glass officially closed its doors on today, 108 years after its founding in Corning, New York. As the Innovation Trail's Matt Richmond reports, the company's history closely mirrored the rise of the United States during the 20th century.
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Trinity Episcopal Church Hall seen from Ives Park. Photo: Du'Shawn Williams, Potsdam NY.
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