Super Steelers Also a SMaSh Hit in Mobile Space
Not like they need any more fans or dominating statistics, but our Super Bowl-bound squad can fill Heinz Field with their text message subscribers, among the largest groups of its kind in the U.S.
Direct Energy in Pittsburgh expanding and hiring 66
Direct Energy's Pittsburgh headquarters is expanding with the addition of 9,000 square-feet of office space in the Federated Building downtown and the hiring of 66 employees.
PSU scientists start company to convert mining waste into aid for hydraulic fracturing
Two Penn State scientists have found a better way to coax oil and natural gas out of the ground � and it involves ingredients that are normally thrown out.
State and federal money to help pay for expanded office facility in Bedford
The Bedford County Development Association is working an addition to the 24,000-square foot Bedford County Business Center it owns in southwestern Pennsylvania. The nearly 15,000-square foot addition is set to be finished in the summer of 2012.
Visionaries planning DIY workshop/hackerspace for Reading area
The founders of Berks CoLab are planning a Reading-area workshop with tools like laser cutters, CNC machines and woodworking supplies, where creative people could have a place to work on projects.
Three Northeastern PA towns join Route 6 community-enhancement program
Three towns in the Poconos are the latest to take part in a program that enhances communities along Route 6, a thoroughfare along the commonwealth's northern edge.
Erie firm's paperless coupon platform gets nationwide attention
M-Dot Network, an Erie company that allows shoppers to save money without clipping coupons, won the Amazon Web Services Start-Up Challenge. More than 1,500 companies entered the competition.
Mural Corridor Helps West Reading's Ten Points Turn Corner
Unsupervised garages were an easy target for graffiti, so the Ten Points neighborhood group turned to local artists, teachers and students to create a series of vandal-repelling murals.
Pittsburgh's water world could be future industry cluster
The region is taking the next step toward the creation of a thriving industry around our abundant water supply, a Water Innovation Consortium that will inspire innovation among the more than 3,000 water-related firms here.
Yoh report: Increase in tech temps, wages good signs for Greater Philly's job market
Job prospects for Philadelphia's professional temps are on the way up, suggesting that the larger employment market is gaining strength.