DR Fortress data center outage impacts thousands
An unplanned outage sparked by a system upgrade gone bad at the DR Fortress data center affected dozens of Hawaii businesses.
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Hawaii tech job fair returns
The Hawaii Technology Development Corporation is partnering with Chamber of Commerce Hawaii to host the 2022 job fair virtually.
Building a Better MLS
We’re a genuine home-grown technology company that has kept up with, and often surpassed, the national real estate industry.
Who is Every1ne Hawaii?
Ever since Every1ne Hawaii burst onto the local scene in April, aligned with no less than the Honolulu mayor’s office, many people have wondered who was behind this powerful but seemingly benevolent organization. It...
Southwest Airlines revoked bonus points offered to Hawaii residents. Here’s how to get them back.
There are far more people who were willing to believe Southwest Airlines acted in bad faith than there were people who believed they could get free points in the first place.
Where is Midtown Ala Moana? [Updated]
UPDATE [April 24, 2019]: Historically this area was known as Kalia. Sounds like a perfectly good name to me. See the end of this post for details. Midtown Ala Moana is “considered a haven...
EARL Opens in Kakaako
Earl Sandwich opened in Kaimuki in 2014, and somehow managed to build a loyal following despite being tucked away behind Big City Diner and underneath Himalayan Kitchen. Tomorrow, its second location in the heart...
Liliha Bakery opens third location at Ala Moana Center
With nearly unlimited parking, a large dining room and a large bustling kitchen, this might finally be the Liliha Bakery for everyone.
Microsoft Announces ‘Project Honolulu’
Microsoft has again invoked the Aloha State for a product name, this week announcing “Project Honolulu.” Project Honolulu is described as a “flexible, locally-deployed, browser-based management platform and tools” recommended as a “graphical management...
VR Junkies Comes to Hawaii
There’s a newly opened virtual reality gaming shop at Ala Moana Center called VR Junkies Hawaii. It’s actually part of a national chain, which Opapo Fonoimoana discovered in Utah and brought back to Honolulu....
National Podcasts, Local Ads
Even though I’m a retired old-school podcaster, I’m still a voracious podcast listener. And over the last few weeks, I was surprised to hear ads for Hawaii companies while listening to National Public Radio...
Coinbase Pulls Out of Hawaii
One of the world’s largest bitcoin exchanges announced today that it would be closing accounts of customers in Hawaii due to state regulatory policies that “will render continued Coinbase operations in Hawaii impractical.” The announcement...
Civil Geeks: Tales from The Other Side
My last “Civil Geeks” column is a continuation of the previous piece addressing the practical and positive reasons why Hawaii startups often make the leap to the West Coast. In part two, I talk...
Civil Geeks: Startups Leave Hawaii and That’s Okay
My latest (and penultimate) column for Civil Beat addresses comments I’ve constantly heard throughout the growth of Hawaii’s nascent innovation economy. When a local startup announces that it’s relocating to Silicon Valley, there are...
Civil Geeks: XLR8UH Accelerates University Entrepreneurs
My latest “Civil Geeks” column for Civil Beat provides an update on the XLR8UH accelerator program, a partnership between the University of Hawaii and local early-stage startup investment firm Sultan Ventures. Now 18 months in, and...
HVCA Announces 2016 ‘Deal of the Year’ Awards
The 16th Annual Hawaii Venture Capital Association Deal of the Year Awards were presented last night at the Waialae Country Club. I was there to support my friend and Smart Yields cofounder Vincent Kimura,...
Annual Tech Job Fair Set for Tomorrow
With many Hawaii born and raised professionals back home in the islands for the holidays, the High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) is continuing its year-end tradition of trying to lure them back to the...
Bikeshare Hawaii Picks PBSC for Honolulu System
Would-be shared bike riders in Honolulu now have a good idea of what their two-wheeled rides will look like. Bikeshare Hawaii today announced that it had selected Canadian company PBSC Urban Solutions as the provider of its core...
Big Island Startups Group Launched
A new group for current and would-be startup founders on Hawaii Island has formed, with an inaugural pau hana meetup set for Friday. The Big Island Startups was launched only four days ago, and has already drawn...
Monday Panel to Probe Potential of Medical Marijuana
Hawaii was the first state to legalize medical marijuana. But unless you were willing and able to grow cannabis on your own, it was a largely useless privilege for more than fifteen years. A...
