
Twitter accounts suspected in spreading of ‘fake news’ in 2016 still active
“I am hesitant to suggest more government regulation, but we are at a critical point,” said Richard Zack, head of Our.News, which describes itself as a nonpartisan misinformation filter web tool. “More transparency from the social networks is needed in every aspect of what they’re doing.”…

Richard Zack on Capital Pressroom: Newstrition
How can you know if the news that you are reading is truly good? A new internet extension seeks to inform news consumers on which sites are “healthy”. Richard Zack, CEO of Our.News, explained how the new extension, Newstrition, works.
Thank you, Susan Arbetter and WCNY for this thoughtful interview!…

Pantek, Metisentry merge to build on open source IT expertise
Congrats Pantek and Metisentry! Proud to be part of the new team. Staying on as CTO. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170113/NEWS/170119875/pantek-metisentry-merge-to-build-on-open-source-it-expertise
Two local IT services firm that specialize in open source technologies have merged. Pantek of Independence and Metisentry of Akron became one company on Jan.…

Optimizing Magento on VMware vSphere
Magento is a high performance, scalable eCommerce solution used by more than 240,000 merchants worldwide.
Website speed and performance is critical with all eCommerce websites, however Magento’s flexibility can sometimes yield slow page speeds when not optimized. This technical blog contains several suggestions for optimizing Magento’s performance when running on Linux with VMware vSphere ESXi hosts.…

Entrepreneurs Acquire Information Tech Services Company Pantek Inc.
Congrats Pantek! Looking forward to working with the new management. Staying on as CTO.
http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20150708/NEWS/150709823/entrepreneurs-acquire-information-tech-services-company-pantek-inc
Four local entrepreneurs — Michael Fischer, Tony Pietrocola, Michael DeAloia and John Farrall — have acquired Pantek Inc., an information technology services company in Independence.…

Live video: Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Checkout Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown performing “Downtown Tonight” at the Black Paint Music Austin Showcase on 3/15/2013, and interview with the band featuring Callie Que. The video and event were produced by Black Paint Music.…

Bones Howell releases Dark Cave Album
Today, Bones Howell released their new Album entitled Dark Cave.
“Bones Howell is a rock n’ roll act that knows and respects the history of this great city, while maintaining a modern focus. Their music conjures up images of an older New York, using punk, new wave, no wave, goth, and rock with a 21st century imagination.”…

CybrHost Corporation Acquires Green Dedicated Host | Pantek, Inc.
Congrats Pantek!
https://www.pantek.com/news/?p=43
CybrHost Corporation today announced the acquisition of Green Dedicated Host, an Austin, Texas based web hosting company. Green Dedicated Host provides services to customers all over the world. They combine the best of Open Source technology with a strong commitment to the environment to better……

The Volunteers at Berklee Music SXSW Party
Berkleemusic band The Volunteers “laid down some NYC-style rocking that was impossible to ignore” at Berklee College of Music’s 4th Annual SXSW Party on March 20th. Along with eight other bands in four-and-a-half hours, the Berkleemusic band energized the crowd at Friends.…