#SMRSGGet Ready for "Ready, Set, Go!"May 17th - 8:00 AMMay 31st - 8:00 AM RPCN is offering free information sessions to help you prepare for Social Media: Ready, Set, Go!, the premier social media conference of the year. At this pre-conference session, you'll have a chance to ask basic questions about Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. Barbara Moore, president of NetResults, LLC and Conference Program Chair, will facilitate this session. Our Sponsors Additional Sponsors Share this Conference Flyer You will have the opportunity to attend four workshops throughout the day. Here is our schedule and information about each of the 16 workshops available: RPCN Members - Registration after May 1st - $120.00 Non-Members - Registration after May 1st - $160.00 Join RPCN andRegistration after May ... Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — Moving quickly to stem a controversy, President Barack Obama has nominated a University of Rochester alumna and expert on nuclear waste to lead the federal agency that regulates the nation�s nuclear power plants.Allison Macfarlane, who served on a presidential commission that studied new strategies to manage nuclear waste, would replace Gregory Jaczko as head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jaczko announced his resignation Monday after a tumultuous three-year tenure in which he pushed for sweeping safety reforms but came under fire for an unyielding management style that fellow commissioners and agency employees described as bullying.A White House spokesman said Obama believes Macfarlane is the right person to lead the commission, calling her a highly regarded expert who has spent years analyzing nuclear issues.Macfarlane ... Continue reading →

ALBANY — The state Legislature is seeking to strengthen a law that requires convicted DWI offenders to install a breath-test ignition interlock in their cars, saying too often the current system is being duped.Legislation passed the state Senate on Tuesday that would help ensure offenders comply with Leandra�s Law. The law was passed in 2009 after the death of an 11-year-old girl who was riding in the car of an intoxicated family friend in New York City.As part of the law, DWI offenders are required to install and use an ignition interlock system that requires a breath test to start the car for a period of at least six months following their DWI conviction. But lawmakers said the provision has often been skirted by offenders.Senate ... Continue reading →

A man reportedly was rescued from the Genesee River Friday shortly after wading into the water.According to the Monroe County Fire Wire, emergency responders were called to the Driving Park Bridge in Rochester about 11:30 a.m.Lt. Edward Kuppinger of the Rochester Fire Department said it appeared that a man was walking along the riverbed this morning and waded into the water just north of the Lower Falls. He was initially in waist deep water but became stuck when he waded too far, Kuppinger said.The man was pulled from the water by firefighters just after noon, he said. He had been treading water and was struggling to stay above water, according to firefighters.Initial reports from passersby was that a man had jumped from the Driving Park ... Continue reading →

Doyle Security Systems Inc., a Henrietta-based alarm and security monitoring firm, has purchased a pair of residential and commercial security companies in Albany � JMS Alarms and LPE Security & Fire Alarm Systems.Financial terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed.According to Doyle, the move is to broaden the company�s current footprint � from Erie, Pa., through Buffalo and Rochester and to Syracuse � into the Albany region.Doyle currently has more than 30,000 residential and commercial customers in upstate New York and Pennsylvania.Doyle will keep an office in the Albany area for sales, installation and customer service. Continue reading →

An Irondequoit man accused of selling heroin in Monroe and Orleans counties was arrested Thursday afternoon in Rochester.Dominic J. Charloten, 45, of Page Avenue was charged Thursday with four counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony, according to Orleans County sheriff�s deputies.Deputies Thursday executed search warrants on his car, which was on Waring Road in Rochester, and his home Thursday and seized about 30 grams of heroin. The arrest followed a five-month-long investigation by deputies from Monroe and Orleans counties and Rochester and Irondequoit police.Charloten was arraigned in Albion Town Court and was remanded to the Orleans County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 bond. He is scheduled to return to court Tuesday afternoon.Additional charges are pending. Continue reading →

Got an idea for a new gizmo, mobile app or business, a movie to make or an artistic talent that needs exposure to the world and the only hurdle in front of you is the cash to do it?Well, the kind of freethinking minds that brought the world of social media are now getting into the fundraising business for all those projects, innovations and artistic endeavors that can�t seem to get financed through banks, venture capital and other more traditional means.With social funding sites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, AngelList and Crowdfunder, thousands of projects are seeking cash to support ideas, dreams and new businesses.Scott Steinberg, CEO and lead analyst of Seattle-based TechSavvy Global, has penned a book on the subject called The Crowdfunding Bible: How ... Continue reading →

New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith was arrested after a traffic stop in Miami Beach, Florida, on Thursday night. According to an AP report, Miami Beach Police Sgt. Bobby Hernandez said that Smith was stopped on Washington Avenue in the South Beach neighborhood around 8:30 p.m. Thursday night. Details about why Smith was stopped were unknown, but he was arrested on an outstanding bench warrant for not having a valid driver’s license. Smith was taken to Miami-Dade County jail, where he bonded out early Friday morning. The 26-year-old swingman, who was born and raised in central New Jersey, joined the Knicks in February after playing in China during the NBA lockout, and averaged 12.5 points in 35 games off the bench for New York. Information ... Continue reading →