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| Oct 17, 2016 | Here are the winners of the 2016 Philly Geek Awards | Four hundred geeks in formal wear gathered in the basement of the Free Library of Philadelphia Sunday night, in a diverse tribute to the city’s biggest nerds.
That’s right, the 2016 Philly Geek Awards went down this Sunday, even though it s... |
| Oct 12, 2016 | Could these accessibility-minded Drexel game designers inspire a worldwide tournament? | A team of nine Drexel students has adapted the Paralympic sport goalball into a video game designed specifically for people who are blind or have visual impairments.
The community-focused undergraduate senior project is nominated for Dev Pr... |
| Aug 17, 2016 | Technical.ly is co-organizing the Philly Geek Awards this year | Did you hear the news? Technical.ly is teaming up with Geekadelphia and our sister brand Generocity for this year’s Philly Geek Awards. Now in its sixth year, the consistently sold-out celebration of Philly’s geekdom has a new look, and Tec... |
| Jul 15, 2016 | A look back at the sixth Philly Tech Week | As an effort ages, it must also evolve.
From the inaugural celebration in 2011 to Philly Tech Week 2016 presented by Comcast, the goals of growing and celebrating the technology and entrepreneurship work in Philadelphia haven’t changed. But... |
| Jun 17, 2015 | Here’s the Philly Tech Week 2015 recap video | At the end of April, we wrapped up our fifth annual Philly Tech Week. With more than 25,000 people attending the week’s 150+ events, it was a stunning success.
Now you can relive some of those good times with our video recap of Philly Tech ... |
| Apr 16, 2015 | Dj CUTMAN’s day job is playing old-school video game music | It’s 10:30 on a Wednesday night and Dj CUTMAN is in the middle of his livestreamed show “This Week in Chiptune.” The topic of discussion in the chatroom? His sideburns.
Pixel8tr: dj sideburns…did we say that tonite yet?
The weekly show, fea... |
| Mar 11, 2015 | Brand.com has mysteriously disappeared | The Brand.com office was quiet.
Located toward the end of a narrow hallway on the seventh floor of the Curtis Center’s east wing, its big glass doors were locked. The lights were off. All that was left was a big white “B” cut out of a blue ... |
| Dec 11, 2014 | Help Code for Philly help the city’s youth | Code for Philly took some time out of its regular civic hacking schedule last week to recognize Philadelphia-based organizations that are teaching local youth about technology, software development and coding.
We also put out a call by thes... |
| Nov 25, 2014 | This 8-year-old led a session on iPad movie production at BarCamp | Kids stole the show at BarCamp Philly this year.
At the annual unconference — where anyone can give a talk on just about anything — there was the four-year-old who talked about Philly schools and the eight-year-old who led a session on iPad... |
| Nov 7, 2014 | Can Boxter really boost your site’s web traffic by 274%? | Google processed 1.2 trillion searches in 2012 alone. Now imagine how many Google searches are being processed this second.
With an almost disturbing amount of content being pushed to the web, how do you “rise above the noise” to draw web t... |
| Sep 2, 2014 | What Nikola Tesla and augmented reality have in common | It’s Friday night, and you decide to check out a local art show. As you enter the gallery, you can’t help but notice that everyone around you is staring at their phone or tablet.
As it turns out, they’re not texting or scrolling through the... |
| Aug 15, 2014 | Youth nonprofit Black Girls Code is coming to Philly in 2015 [Links Roundup] | Diversity at tech companies needs help [Philadelphia Inquirer]: This story also offers this nugget: nonprofit educational outfit Black Girls Code is coming to Philadelphia. Founder Kimberly Bryant tells us it won’t be until 2015.
Accidental... |
| Aug 14, 2014 | Leslie Birch, hacker: ‘My #1 goal is to prove to women that they can do this’ | Leslie Birch is blunt about her mission: to get more women into hacking.
Birch, who went from hackathon newbie to award-winning hardware hacker in just one year, teaches classes at Hive76 and chronicles her projects on her blog. (She’s also... |
| Jun 2, 2014 | Philadelphia Geek Awards needs your nominations | Who’s your pick for Startup of the Year? Social Media Project of the Year? And of course, the coveted Geek of the Year?
Let the team behind the annual Philadelphia Geek Awards know by June 13. Nominate
The Geek Awards, organized by geek blo... |
| Mar 12, 2014 | Look inside Wayne Mills, Germantown textile mill [Analog Watch Co.] | Tour Wayne Mills, an 80,000 square foot textile mill in Germantown, with Lorenzo Buffa.
Buffa, founder of the GoodCompany Group startup Analog Watch Co., launched a series he’s calling “Hands On,” where he profiles different local makers. I... |
| Feb 7, 2014 | Geekadelphia cofounder Eric Smith guest storytelling at First Person Arts ‘Ex-Files’ | Still trying to think of what to do on Valentine’s Day? Whether you are single or in a relationship how about listening to stories about other peoples breakups and heartbreak with special guest Eric Smith, the Geekadelphia founder and autho... |
| Jan 22, 2014 | 10 years in Philly, why Tim Quirino is leaving for Facebook [Exit Interview] | If you get to know Tim Quirino, you come to realize he likes precision. He’s a designer in the modern sense: web minded and urban, focused on the details, fashionable and committed to making art with a plan for utility.
That might help you ... |
| Dec 18, 2013 | This Temple grad got Mark Cuban to invest in his startup [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S GETTING FUNDED?
Here’s some news from Boomi founder and Philly Startup Leaders president Rick Nucci and his stealth-mode startup: it has raised $1.8 million, according to an SEC filing. The startup is called Guru Technologies, and the... |
| Oct 28, 2013 | Play Cipher Prime’s latest game, Intake | Old City indie game developer Cipher Prime launched a new game just in time for its fifth birthday.
It’s called Intake, and it’s “a fast and frenetic psychedelic arcade shooter on acid,” according to Geekadelphia.
Get Intake on Humble Bundl... |
| Oct 25, 2013 | Mark of the Old Ones: Support this H.P. Lovecraft-inspired video game | If Mark of the Old Ones gets funded, you’ll be able to swing by protagonist Thomas Lyle‘s tentacles through the world of Namaset, a city “from the dawn of humanity.”
A video game being developed by Devon-based game company Hit the Sticks, M... |
| Oct 3, 2013 | Philly Game Forge: Old City coworking for game developers [PHOTOS] | The developers at Old City game studio Cipher Prime knocked down a wall and created the city’s first coworking space for game developers.
Meet the Philly Game Forge.
Cipher Prime knocked down the wall between its office and nightlife site D... |
| Oct 1, 2013 | What Philly’s tourism agency has learned about web content | With 21 million page views in 2012, VisitPhilly.com is the country’s best trafficked big city tourism site. It’s also been among the region’s most popular websites since rebranded with the catchier moniker in 2010 by its publisher, the Grea... |
| Sep 6, 2013 | The Woman in Apartment 44: support this short horror film from Geekadelphia’s arts editor | Local filmmaker Dan Tabor, who you might know as Geekadelphia‘s arts and entertainment editor, wants to bring you a short horror film that’s “part French New Wave, part Italian Giallo,” but first, he needs your help.
Tabor is raising $4,444... |
| Aug 18, 2013 | Philly Geek Award 2013 winners: Geek, Startup, Mobile app of the Year [VIDEO] | During Saturday night’s third annual gala Philly Geek Awards, a digital literacy training company for Autistic youths took Startup of the Year, a high school robotics teacher was named Geek of the Year and Skeletor brushed shoulders with th... |
| Jul 8, 2013 | 2013 Geek Award nominees are live | Check out the nominees for the 2013 Philly Geek Awards presented by our friends Geekadelphia.
Categories:
SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR
FEATURE LENGTH INDIE FILM OF THE YEAR
GEEK STORY OF THE YEAR
VIRAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR
MOBILE APP OF THE YEAR
WE... |
| May 8, 2013 | 2013 Philly Tech Week presented by AT&T Media Roundup | More than a week removed from the third annual Philly Tech Week presented by AT&T, we take a look at some of the coverage throughout the week (10 days if you want to get specific).
If we missed any, please let us know. Our kickoff event... |
| Apr 10, 2013 | NextFab to host U.S. Northeast Casting Call for ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’ | NextFab is hosting an open casting call for the ABC entrepreneurship reality show Shark Tank on May 5.
It’ll be the only casting call in the Northeast, so expect hundreds of Shark Tank hopefuls to descend on Philadelphia. The first 500 entr... |
| Feb 15, 2013 | The Atlantic picks up Philly’s crime visualization apps [LINKS] | Will the Chief Innovation Officer Transform Government? [GovTech] “[Philadelphia CIO Adel] Ebeid fields many phone calls from other municipalities curious about his job title. “I get as many as one or two a week,” he said. “I started callin... |
| Dec 26, 2012 | Curalate wins Philebrity’s Business of the Year [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Nov 21, 2012 | Curalate and Kembrel named two of Philly’s coolest new businesses [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Sep 7, 2012 | Knight Foundation highlights its technology investments in Philadelphia [LINKS] | What You Need To Know Before Heading to Drink Philly’s Phestiv-Ale [DrinkPhilly]
Wendy Warren leaves Philly.com for NBCWashington.com [Poynter]
Philly on the rise: Young people offer solutions to big city challenges [Knight Foundation blog]... |
| Sep 5, 2012 | Sean Martorana: catch this local artist’s latest show at Indy Hall starting this (First) Friday | Get to Indy Hall this Friday for the launch of local artist Sean Martorana‘s show, The Essence of Life & Line.
Martorana works out of the Old City coworking space (and it’s a family affair: his older brother Dave Martorana used to be an... |
| Aug 24, 2012 | Say what? Philly’s tweeters ain’t the rudest [LINKS] | Rude tweeting ‘study’ about Philly is full of it [Philadelphia Inquirer] One Inquirer reporter digs a little deeper into a Twitter map that has got media outlets calling Philly’s tweeters the rudest in the nation. Said reporter also takes t... |
| Aug 17, 2012 | Spurred by a tweet, Philly cops locate NoLibs resident’s missing car [LINKS] | @PhillyPolice: My car has been stolen” How Twitter is changing policing. [STORIFY] [Philadelphia Police Department blog] Annie Heckenberger, or @anniemal, of local ad agency Red Tettemer tweeted on Wednesday that her car was stolen. @Philly... |
| Jul 25, 2012 | Lean Startup Machine innovation conference returns to Philly late September, here are some chances to win free tickets [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Jul 24, 2012 | Chinoki: local, customizable deals platform launches mobile app built by AppRenaissance | Chinoki is a marketing platform that offers deals and specials, but founder Matt Balin promises it’s not like the others.
Users get to pick and choose what local retailers they want to hear from (the name is Japanese for “cherry picker”), B... |
| Jul 18, 2012 | Cipher Prime’s ‘Splice’ chosen for major indie game showcase [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Jul 5, 2012 | Philly Geek Awards nominees announced; Curalate, ElectNext and SnipSnap vie for Startup for the Year | It’s Geek season.
In its second annual Philly Geek Awards, Geekadelphia, Philly’s geek culture blog of record, will celebrate everything you might have once been embarrassed about.
Geekadelphia released a list of nominees today. Notable cat... |
| Jun 26, 2012 | Tech Xchange: Swap your desk on July 18 with another great Philly tech company, play local ‘Cash Cab’ | Ever wanted a chance to see what it’s like to work at another Philadelphia technology company for a day?
On Wednesday, July 18, Technically Philly staff will pick you up in a shiny new Chevy Equinox and drive you to another great Philly tec... |
| Jun 15, 2012 | CityControllers releases WatchDog App for Android, claims National Award of Excellence [LINKS] | Controller iPhone app wins prize [Daily News] From a press release announcing the release of the app for Android: “The National Association of Government Communicators recently honored the Controller’s Office with an Award of Excellence for... |
| Jun 8, 2012 | Startup Corps’ teen entrepreneurs offer 11 important business lessons [LINKS] | Young Entrepreneurs – 11 Important Business Lessons from Teenage Entrepreneurs[Brad Aronson’s Blog] “The young entrepreneurs were participants in Startup Corps, a Philadelphia nonprofit that helps high school students become entrepreneurs... |
| May 14, 2012 | Indy Hall expansion update: photos of construction progress for Old City coworking staple | Coworking staple Indy Hall announced in March it was expanding into the street-level storefront of its Old City building. Just over a month later, it looks like they’ve made quick work of changes to the original second-floor coworking space... |
| May 11, 2012 | UPenn, Academy of Natural Sciences win $2M in grants from the National Science Foundation [LINKS] | Two Phila. institutions, $2M in science grants [Philadelphia Business Journal] “The University of Pennsylvania and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will each get grants from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Rep. Cha... |
| May 4, 2012 | Josh Kopelman is country’s sixth most valued tech investor [LINKS] | Philadelphia Venture Capitalists Kopelman and Oliva Make Forbes Midas List of Top Tech Investors [citybizlist] “Two Philadelphia based venture capitalists were named to Forbes Midas List of Tech Investors, which aims to single out the top 1... |
| Apr 27, 2012 | Philly Tech Week 2012 coverage [LINKS] | It’s the tail-end of the second annual Philly Tech Week presented by AT&T, so why not take a look at some of the wider coverage of 10 days celebrating innovation, creativity and craft in the region? If we missed any, please let us know.... |
| Apr 25, 2012 | Philly arts bloggers talk roots, reasons and JFDI at PhilaMOCA | Local arts coverage in mainstream outlets is struggling to adapt to changes in a new media landscape.
It’s estimated that since 2006, half of 5,000 arts beats have been cut from American newspapers, according to study by the Knight Foundati... |
| Apr 20, 2012 | Dueling apps: CityHall app rivals Philly311, CityEats challenges OpenTable [LINKS] | Tech Life: OpenTable’s rival to launch here [Philly.com] “What distinguishes CityEats from OpenTable? Truth to tell, far less than what they share — except, of course, that CityEats went live here this week with about 30 restaurants and Ope... |
| Apr 11, 2012 | NextFab Studios grows up, to hold preview party for NextFab 2 | Next Fab Studio launched in January 2010 on the first floor of the University City Science Center as a members-only 3D prototyping studio. It was part of an idealistic strategy: turn a stretch of West Market Street into a vibrant tech corri... |
| Apr 1, 2012 | Happy April Fools Day 2012! | Ah, yes, it is April April Fools’ Day.
So, the four posts on Technically Philly today were published all in fun. (We did something similar last year.)
We also spotted others that had fun, including the Cadence Watch Company and Geekadelphia... |
| Mar 30, 2012 | Philly has 9th most social media savvy City Hall [Links] | The 10 most social media savvy City Halls in America [PR Daily] Philadelphia ranks 9th, tied with Long Beach, CA. “A new study from the University of Illinois at Chicago ranked the 75 largest cities in America by their government’s social m... |
| Mar 23, 2012 | Philadelphia one of only two major U.S. cities with chief innovation officer [LINKS] | The Dawn of the Municipal Chief Innovation Officer [Atlantic Cities] “There are, by our count, just two major cities in the U.S. that currently have someone sitting in this role, and they’ve both settled in within the past six months. Adel ... |
| Mar 20, 2012 | FourSquare Phanatic Badge finally comes to Philadelphia | You’ve all been waiting for it and our frenemies at Geekadelphia have been waiting for it the longest: the FourSquare Phanatic Badge.
In all its blue, red and Liberty Bell glory, the Phanatic Badge is the fruit of Geekadelphia’s labor to wi... |
| Mar 16, 2012 | HACK seeks submissions and funding, world’s first computer turns 66, Quewey launches private beta | Hack: A Technology Based Design & Art Exhibition, Seeking Funding on Kickstarter [Geekadelphia] “Andrew Zahn Cameron and his team are seeking “a range of works: From 2D to 3D works, applications, wearables, installation, objects, and pe... |
| Mar 13, 2012 | Cipher Prime launches Kickstarter to raise money for Auditorium sequel, major turning point for Old City gamers [VIDEO] | Auditorium was the first born of Old City gaming outfit Cipher Prime.
To hear them talk about the game is to endure the pride of doting parents. To some extent the pride is founded — the award-winning, color-saturated, whimsical game opened... |
| Mar 9, 2012 | NextFab announces plans for new location, Councilman Green wants electronic governance, Philly Flower Show has an app [LINKS] | NextFab Studio Expanding to New Location on Washington Avenue [Geekadelphia] “NextFab Studio is expanding with a new facility at 2025 Washington Avenue in the Southwest Center City area this summer.” NextFab plans larger studio, cafe at 202... |
| Feb 16, 2012 | Comcast generated $55.8 billion in 2011 revenue, beats 4Q estimates [Roundup] | Every Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. EST, find all the stories you need to know about your friendly telecommunications giant in the Comcast Roundup. Get an email subscription for our weekly Comcast roundup or other news updates.
NBC Reruns o... |
| Feb 8, 2012 | DailyWorth partners with Mint, Viddler redesigns and sees 30% increase in sign-ups [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Feb 6, 2012 | Bob Moul: “I want to build a major, permanent software company in Philadelphia” | Bob Moul says his 50s are going to be his best decade yet.
Today, Moul, who led Berwyn-based Boomi to a Dell exit, announces he has become chairman and CEO of AppRenaissance, a year-old Old City mobile development shop. The 48-year-old, who... |
| Feb 3, 2012 | PA Tech Awards deadline extended to tonight at midnight; Vote [Links] | Organizers tell us that the deadline for nominations for the PA Tech Awards, which we covered last month, has been extended to midnight tonight. Vote Philly!
Spot the most defibrillators in Philly, win $10K! [SciStarter — An interview with ... |
| Dec 23, 2011 | SEPTA fifth most mentioned transit agency in country in December [LINKS] | Twitter holiday travel info graphic [Mashable] — SEPTA was the fifth most mentioned transit agency in the country in the lead up to the big holiday travel days.
Geek of the Week: Greg Lobanov, Young and Talented Game Designer [Geekadelphia]... |
| Dec 14, 2011 | Open Angel Forum’s Contently earns $1 million in revenue; Charlton grows PHD Virtual [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Dec 9, 2011 | Drexel, Penn, Swarthmore college presidents among nation’s best paid [LINKS] | Phila. Sustainability Workshop tries to reinvent the high school [Inquirer]
Entrepreneurs Flock to last month’s Rutgers Entrepreneurship Conference [Philly Tech News]
Internet Access and the New Digital Divide [New York Times]
How the Inter... |
| Dec 2, 2011 | AJ Daulerio named Gawker editor [LINKS] | What does Philadelphia spend? [PhillyDeals: Inquirer]
A to-do list for city commissioners [Philly Clout: Daily News]
Rob Stuart, 49, Phila. activist [Inquirer] — We sadly missed this, but the Center City activist, famed for lobbying for cre... |
| Nov 25, 2011 | AppsLabs founder Sashi Reddi seeking young engineers for software testing roles [LINKS] | AppLabs founder Reddi back on startup scene in Phila. [Philadelphia Business Journal]
Urban Outfitters Losing Investors With Failing Fashions [Bloomberg]
Geek of the Week: Adam Schmidt of Drink Philly & Nation [Geekadelphia] — We told y... |
| Nov 11, 2011 | FactCheck.org launches spoof site to combat lies in politics [LINKS] | Bentley Systems buys 2 software companies [Philadelphia Business Journal] — Bentley “has bought an English software company and an Australian software company for sums it did not disclose.”
Aweber announces enhanced web form integration for... |
| Nov 9, 2011 | TEDxPhilly 2011: “Cities are the most complex man-made artifacts of our time” [STORIFY] | Urban communities should be seen as complex computing programs that can operate efficiently and smartly, offering the infrastructure for innovation and entrepreneurship, said Temple University Fox School of Business Professor Youngjin Yoo.
... |
| Nov 4, 2011 | Philadelphia Jobs Corps Center receives $37M in federal funding [LINKS] | Philadelphia job training effort gets $37M grant [Philadelphia Business Journal] — “U.S. Rep. Chakah Fattah, D-Phila., said Friday that the Philadelphia Jobs Corps Center at the Navy Yard will get a $37 million job training grant over five ... |
| Oct 21, 2011 | Checkpoint retail security firm celebrates one year in Center City with staff cuts: Links [VIDEO] | Checkpoint slashes 3Q, annual outlook; shares dive [AP via Business Week] From Philly Tech News: Center City-based “company now plans 1,000 employee reduction vs. 200 in prior plan; CEO cites sudden downturn of business in Europe.” Checkpoi... |
| Oct 19, 2011 | Is it a bubble, boom, bust or bedlam? [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Oct 18, 2011 | This is Not a Cheesesteak: new Tumblr follows the worst cheesesteak variations | From Tumblr user anacrisi, and referenced on This is Not a Cheesesteak.
Cheesesteaks don’t have to be just another cliche we’re saddled with, says Michaelangelo Ilagan.
The SAP web designer and Geekadelphia contributor is embracing the 80-y... |
| Oct 14, 2011 | Devnuts hacker wants entrepreneurship to bring jobs back: Links | Steve Jobs. Our economy. My suggestion. [John Fazio blog] — The co-founder of Northern Liberties hackerspace Devnuts writes about wanting to create smaller businesses to localize wealth.
Who Are The Philadelphia Region’s Most Committed Smal... |
| Oct 7, 2011 | Whipped Bakeshop launches a live ‘CakeCam:’ Links [VIDEO] | SunGard in $14 million Center City expansion [Philly Deals: Inquirer]
Quiet Time-keeping for Musicians at Curtis This Year [ATR website] — Bucks County-based ATR Systems installed more than 60 synchronized wall clocks at the new Curtis Inst... |
| Sep 30, 2011 | Groupon launches loyalty program in Philly to keep merchants happier: Links | Now it’s time to have a party [Yikestopia] — Fishtown web dev firm Yikes Inc. is hosting an open house next Friday to check out its recently completed LEED-certified rehab on Girard Avenue, featuring Michael Nutter. Read our coverage here.
... |
| Sep 23, 2011 | Constar spinoff of Crown Holdings bails on Center City: Links | NextDocs Expands North American Presence with West Coast Office [Next Docs] — The King of Prussia Sharepoint-based compliance software distributor expands to Lake Oswego, Ore
Drink Philly To Launch The Drink Nation [Drink Philly] — The offi... |
| Sep 6, 2011 | Justin Giza: Drink Philly editor, nerd rapper leaves for NYC to pursue music career | This is Exit Interview, an occasional interview series with someone who has left Philadelphia, perhaps for another country or region or even just out of city limits and often taking talent, business and jobs with them. If you or someone you... |
| Aug 26, 2011 | Philly Geek Awards recap and other Links | Philly Geek Awards: Recap and Thank Yous [Geekadelphia] — We rounded up the media coverage here.
Q&A: Brandon Yoshimura, Loffles [Flying Kite] — After we chased their initial SEC filing and then reported on the Philly part-time startup ... |
| Aug 24, 2011 | Startup Roundup: Will NuPathe be the next big thing in biotech? | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Aug 10, 2011 | Startup Roundup: Ship It Society hackathon in video, Jarv.us launches CreditScoutApp for movie studio tax incentives | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Jul 8, 2011 | ‘Flash mob’ firsthand perspective, Philly repped at last space shuttle launch and more: Links | Domelight lives in spirit on Twitter [Daily News] — The People Paper notes @Domelights
Philadelphia Resident One of 150 Selected to Attend NASA Tweetup for Last Space Shuttle Launch [Geekadelphia] As we’ve told you, today starts the big day... |
| Jun 24, 2011 | Why the Chamber of Commerce opposes three recent City Council measures: Links [VIDEO] | New technology to fight Medicare, Medicaid fraud announced in Philly [Inquirer]
Statement from the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce [Chamber blog] — The group is not pleased with trifecta of City Council measures, including a real e... |
| Jun 3, 2011 | Penn, Chinese academics collaborate in neuroimaging: Links | Penn, Chinese working on brain mapping [Philadelphia Business Journal] — The University of Pennsylvania signs an agreement with the “Chinese Academy of Sciences to develop a joint center of excellence in brain mapping, through which the two... |
| Jun 1, 2011 | Startup Roundup: Wharton gold rush | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| May 20, 2011 | Azavea grows, @PhilsBeerman gets beer, @geekadelphia judges and more Links | Growth at Azavea, Stroll lands them on Inner City 100 list [Philly Inc: Inquirer]
ComedySportz Hosting ComedyGeekz this Saturday… And We Will Judge Them Harshly [Geekadelphia]
Beer vendor wants you to “tweet from your seat” at Phillies ho... |
| May 18, 2011 | Startup Roundup: Celebrate your startup | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| May 13, 2011 | Penn’s new billionaires, @FakeAPStylebook from South Philly and more Links | DEFINITE READS
Fake out: Twitter group writes the book on its grammar spoof [Inquirer] — South Philly resident RJ White is a contributor to the @FakeAPStylebook that is now publishing a book
Study asks well-to-do Philadelphians how they’re ... |
| Apr 22, 2011 | Two Penn alumni are U.S. Presidential hopefuls: Links | Two Penn alumni to choose from for President? [Philly Tech News] — Notes Wharton grad Donald Trump and Penn alumnus Jon Huntsman are both said to be U.S. President hopefuls
Now Pitching for Philadelphia… The Philliebot! [PC Mag] — Get more ... |
| Apr 20, 2011 | Startup Roundup: DuckDuckGo partners with Wolfram|Alpha, Google buys Duck.com | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Apr 13, 2011 | Startup Roundup: Neat Company moves its 52 employees to Center City, plans to hire 25 more | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Apr 1, 2011 | Happy April Fool’s Day, Philadelphia | No, Technically Philly is not moving to New York to pursue an online news site in a new niche community, even if it meant the chance of running into Rupert Murdoch, pitching that media acquisition, and living the high life at News Corp.
Tod... |
| Mar 11, 2011 | Philly doctors work to allow young cancer survivors be parents when they’re older: Links | DEFINITE READS
Science will bust out all over in April [Inquirer] — It’s a very unfortunate headline, but a good profile of Science Festival from the Franklin Institute happening in April, some events from which are cross listed with Philly... |
| Mar 4, 2011 | Philadelphia could lose $149M in federal funding: Links | Penn freshman’s soon-to-launch microfinance site among Inc.’s Coolest College Startups [Inc] PoverUp from Charlie Javice H/T Keystone Edge
SugarHouse official says casino building its names database [Philadelphia Business Journal]
Philadelp... |
| Feb 18, 2011 | Making it cool to care in Philadelphia and other Links | DEFINITE READS
Growing and Prosperous [Metropolis] — Tom Ferrick writes on how the neighborhoods around Center City have changed in the past 10 years.
Corbett Promises Drastic Budget Cuts [My Fox Philly] — “Where Pennsylvania’s Budget Cuts ... |
| Feb 11, 2011 | 70 percent increase in black owned businesses in five years: Links | 70 percent increase in black owned businesses in Philly region from 2002 to 2007 [Daily News]
Phila. Early Stage Venture Showcase report [Philadelphia Business Journal]
A lot on Nutter’s plate at Phila. chamber luncheon [Philadelphia Busine... |
| Feb 9, 2011 | Startup Roundup: TicketLeap takes a plunge | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Feb 4, 2011 | Why more are calling Philadelphia home and other Links | Phila. Soul says theirs is first mobile website in AFL [Philadelphia Business Journal] — See it here
Why more are calling Philadelphia home [Inquirer] — A column from former Newsweek deputy editor Julia Baird
Philadelphia 2nd annual Global ... |
| Feb 2, 2011 | Startup Roundup: Startup Weekend edition | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| Dec 25, 2010 | Fifth more college graduates will stay today than in 2004: Links | Shout Out: New Campus Philly Study Reveals That More Students Are Staying In The Region After Graduation [uwishunu] — “From an April-May survey of 4,600 students, 48
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 Philadelphian college students
 reported â€... |
| Nov 26, 2010 | Links: QVC online, Invite Media backstory and More | DEFINITE READS
Can QVC Translate Its Pitch Online? [New York Times] — On just how the West Chester-based TV sales network turned the Internet friend from foe
PhillyInc: Deconstructing Invite Media’s success story [Inquirer] — The back story... |
| Nov 19, 2010 | Links: $45 million for new Drexel business school, NewsWorks launches and More | TEDx at the Kimmel: Where ideas go to mix [Inquirer] — The TED preview, now read our TEDxPhilly review here.
Drexel U. gets $45 million for new business school [BusinessWeek] — It’ll be a high-profile beauty on Market Street in University C... |