Hawaii News

Electronic cigarette sales have boomed here in the U.S. in recent years and many e-cigarette manufacturers are in a hurry to make an impression with a growing consumer base. In 2012, U.S. sales of e-cigs were between $300M and $500M and are expected to double in 2013 say some analysts. One of the brands making a lot of headway in the industry, VOLCANO Fine Electronic Cigarettes®, based out of Honolulu, Hawaii, debuted a recent television commercial that has been getting ... read more

Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system achieved its fourth intercept since May 2012. The system successfully launched and guided a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB missile to engage a sophisticated, separating short-range ballistic missile target. During the Missile Defense Agency test, U.S. Navy sailors aboard USS Lake Erie (CG-70) used the Aegis BMD Weapon System in an operational test environment to discriminate a ballistic missile target among multiple separating objects designed to present a realistic threat ... read more

The Shakacon crew is gearing up for its annual world class call-for-paper based conference on information technology security in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 25-28, and anticipates this to be the biggest Shakacon ever. The focus of this year’s Shakacon V, ... read more

HONOLULU, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Retina Institute of Hawaii is proud to be a part of Surgicare of Hawaii's "Day of Giving" on May 11, 2013. Dr. Karl E. Waite, MD and Sara Lynn Doolin, RNFA are pioneering the initiative on behalf of Retina Institute of Hawaii and Hawaii Cataract and Laser Institute by performing FREE surgeries at Surgicare in Honolulu for patients who do not have insurance and are having financial difficulties. Retina Institute of Hawaii is currently ... read more

The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) is kicking off the 2013-2015 Condominium Association Registration period with the introduction of a redesigned website and enhanced access through the state’s office website (http://eHawaii.gov). ... read more

ubAlert LLC today announced the addition of the Android app on Google Play to its growing social network. The global emergency warning platform, which alerts users of the location and severity of real-time disasters, is already available for iOS, SMS, and email. Android phone users now can receive push notifications containing details, impact statistics, maps, images, and videos in the event of a natural or man-made disaster in their locations. ubAlert LLC produces this real-time information from the combination of verified ... read more

Aaron Feliciano, Retail Sales Representative in Honolulu, earned the Verizon Wireless President's Cabinet award, the company's highest honor for sales and customer service. The honorees and their guests were recognized in a ceremony hosted by Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Mead, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Marni Walden, and other wireless industry leaders. The President's Cabinet represents the top one percent of sales and service professionals across the country for Verizon, the nation's largest wireless company. "At ... read more

Renee Kam, Business Account Executive in Honolulu, earned the Verizon Wireless President's Cabinet award, the company's highest honor for sales and customer service. The honorees and their guests were recognized in a ceremony hosted by Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Mead, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Marni Walden, and other wireless industry leaders. The President's Cabinet represents the top one percent of sales and service professionals across the country for Verizon, the nation's largest wireless company. "At ... read more

Calling, downloading apps and surfing the web on the Verizon Wireless network is now easier and faster for residents and travelers thanks to a new cell site in Pearl City. The site improves wireless coverage and capacity in the Pearl City Industrial Park. Since being founded in 2000, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $315 million in its Hawaii network. Nationally, the company has invested more than $80 billion over that same period to increase the coverage and capacity of its ... read more

Calling, downloading apps and surfing the web on the Verizon Wireless network is now easier and faster for residents and travelers thanks to a new cell site in Makaha. The site improves wireless coverage on Oahu's leeward coast, from Makaha to Yokohama Bay. Since being founded in 2000, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $315 million in its Hawaii network. Nationally, the company has invested more than $80 billion over that same period to increase the coverage and capacity of its ... read more

Fightclub.com, a place to test your March Madness sports skill and compete against other fans for cash prizes, announced today that it is teaming up with spokesman “Cousin Sal” Iacono to launch its March Madness Pick 5 game. Pick 5 features online competition between fans with ... read more

Calling, downloading apps and surfing the web on the Verizon Wireless network is now easier and faster for residents and travelers on Kauai thanks to a new cell site that improves wireless coverage and capacity in Waimea Town. Since being founded in 2000, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $315 million in its Hawaii network. Nationally, the company has invested more than $80 billion over that same period to increase the coverage and capacity of its network, and to add new ... read more

Calling, downloading apps and surfing the web on the Verizon Wireless network is now easier and faster for residents and travelers on the Big Island thanks to two new cell sites that improve wireless coverage and capacity in the following areas. -- Kailua-Kona -- Mamalahoa Hwy between Naalehu and Ocean View, as well as the northern half of South Point Road Verizon Wireless also expanded its ... read more

Calling, downloading apps and surfing the web on the Verizon Wireless network is now easier and faster for residents and travelers on O'ahu thanks to two new cell sites that improve wireless coverage and capacity in the following areas: -- Downtown Honolulu -- Waianae Since being founded in 2000, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $315 million in its Hawaii network. Nationally, the company has invested more than $80 billion over that same ... read more

The Hawaii Department of Taxation (DOTAX) has launched a new filing service for tax professionals through the state’s official website (http://www.eHawaii.gov). In response to requests from the tax professional community, tax professionals can now upload customer filings for HW-14 ... read more

AT&T* invested more than $110 million in its Hawaii wireless and wireline networks from 2010 through 2012, with a focus on expanding 4G LTE mobile Internet coverage and enhancing the overall performance of its networks.** (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120612/DA23287LOGO) AT&T has made nearly 150 wireless network upgrades in six key categories in Hawaii during 2012, including activating new cell sites, adding capacity, upgrading cell sites to provide fast 4G LTE mobile Internet speeds, deploying high-capacity Ethernet connections to cell sites, and adding or upgrading ... read more

ArdentMC President, Brandon LaBonte, was named the Small Business Administration (SBA) Hawaii District's, Maui County Small Business Person of the Year. The SBA's Hawaii District Award Selection Committee made the final selection after reviewing, discussing and debating the merits of many extremely well-qualified candidates. LaBonte was selected for this award in part for the job creation he has brought to Maui's high technology sector and bringing federal contracting dollars to Maui. ArdentMC has created 30 new high-tech positions in the past ... read more

Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org, comments on the last night's successful SM-3 Block IA intercept. Ellison is one of the top lay experts on missile defense in the world. On a dark night, with stars sparkling high above the shores of the Hawaiian Islands, at 11:10 p.m., a two-stage unified non separating target missile representing a Scud-B medium-range missile flew off from its launch pad at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Barking ... read more

A Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-3 Block IA fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target using tracking data from a remote Raytheon sensor payload on the Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Demonstrator (STSS-D) satellites. "This test further expands our confidence in the SM-3's ability to engage targets using remote, netted sensor targeting," said Wes Kremer, Raytheon Missile Systems' vice president of Air and Missile Defense Systems. "Launching on remote is important because it extends the ... read more

In 2012, technology solutions made possible by the strength of the Verizon Wireless network helped millions more Americans access preventative healthcare and made one of the largest recyclers in the nation more efficient. School buses outfitted with wireless connections helped students continue learning outside of the school walls and arrive home safely. Businesses kept the lights on and systems running thanks to reliable wireless emergency-backup options. And professional sports teams transformed their on-field and on-court operations using ... read more