A mobile-device application that was supposed to guide tourists around three counties in Central PA has quickly proven popular among people from out of town. And the locals have adopted it too.
"We'll be fighting in the streets quite a bit," says the mercurial actor at a press conference last week to commence filming here of the next Batman movie, "Dark Night Rises."
If you put a sign (digital, of course) above Industry Weapon's office in Dormont, it would undoubtedly read "success,"with the firm doubling in size and expanding this year.
Wilkes University's latest expansion means students who live in the Poconos and want to earn certain business degrees will be able to take courses much closer to home.
There's no shortage of possibilities for the would-be gap-year taker, but determining the right fit and how to make it happen take some careful planning and research.
Novocell Semiconductor is in the midst of getting new equipment to automate some of the most repetitive work assigned to engineers at the high-tech company.
OxiCool, Inc., which has received $400,000 in investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, including $250,000 announced last month, recently filed for a patent on its environmentally friendly air-cooling technology.
Research by scientists at Lehigh University is leading toward the development of a new type of solar cell that could power pocket-sized electronic devices.
The Bat Signal went up for two nights, transforming Pittsburgh to Gotham, thanks to the technical know-how of Lightwave International in Bridgeville.
Once an apparent afterthought in transportation planning, trails for bikers, walkers, and joggers are increasingly important to the cultural and economic life of communities.