May 21, 2012
The clackety-clack of weaving looms has long given way to automotive and turbine manufacturing in Greenville, SC, but the little urbane city in the foothills of the Blue Ridge is also home to a growing tech community that's about to bust out.
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Since 1982, historian Robert Caro has been chronicling the life of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson. The first three volumes of the Years of Lyndon Johnson series were met with wide acclaim.
The third volume,...
We hacked through the media coverage surrounding Facebook's massive IPO to bring you the mother of all news roundups in one linkable extravaganza.
May 18, 2012
The game industry is entering a digital future. To maintain a place in it, retail chain GameStop has scaled the used game buy-back model that first made it a success--now it's buying used companies, too.
Odds are, when you think of GameStop, you picture yourself trading in a handful of old titles to buy a new release or one of the retailers "pre-owned" games. You...
May 16, 2012
New York City's government just announced a new listing service for tech jobs. But what about that pesky poor-business-broadband-in-NYC problem?
New York City matters to tech. It's also a place where the high-tech sector is largely tied into...
May 15, 2012
Steve Weathers, president and CEO of Savannah Economic Development Authority, shares five things you need to know about opening a business in the Hostess City of the South.
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OF INNOVATION
New Ideas, New Markets, New Insights
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With sky-high unemployment, Richmond, California, is not a place where traditional business models alone can dent poverty. The city has turned to co-ops in hopes that people who might be unemployable in the traditional economy gain access to both jobs and control over their own labor.
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May 14, 2012
In the Phoenix metro area, sprawling data centers and fraud-prevention companies bloom like the cacti and agaves of a growing tech ecosphere.
UNITED STATES
OF INNOVATION
New Ideas, New Markets, New...
May 11, 2012
Some of the most interesting revitalization work in Savannah is coming not from the traditional--and often unsuccessful--saviors of decayed neighborhoods. It’s coming from design students, who are earnestly trying to find ways to work with local residents without igniting suspicion of outsiders wielding big ideas.
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May 10, 2012
The United States Postal Service has banned all international shipments of electronics with lithium batteries effective May 16. The cost for families to send gadgets via private parcel service to enlisted loved ones in some countries could almost quadruple.
Starting on May 16, new United States Postal Service (USPS) regulations will prohibit iPads, Kindles,...
