Mobile is a hard space to be in if you’re not playing well with Apple and Google. Few know this better than Skyhook, the Boston-based company that pioneered location tracking technology for mobile phones. Apple stopped using Skyhook’s technology in 2010, and Motorola and Samsung – both makers of...
Read more Category: BostInno, Skyhook Wireless, Ted MorganAs Havard Business School professor Josh Lerner thanked the audience to conclude his interview of NEA Chairman and Co-founder Dick Kramlich, the keynote event this morning at this year’s HBS Venture Capital and Private Equity Conference, Kramlich interrupted him. Speaking to a room of hundreds...
Read more Category: BostInno, HBS Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference, Venture CapitalIgnorance isn’t always bliss. Most web users live in the dark about who tracks what information about them online, but with the launch of Do Not Track Plus (DNT+), Boston-based online privacy firm Abine hopes to change that. DNT+ is a free browser add-on that blocks websites from sharing information...
Read more Category: Abine, Atlas Venture, BostInno, DNT+, General CatalystCollege kids are bored, competitive, really into prizes, or all of the above. That’s my takeaway from the news that CampusLIVE has surpassed one million engagements this month. The company offers a destination for college students to compete against friends and classmates in “challenges” designed...
Read more Category: Boris Revsin, BostInno, CampusLiveIn rather undramatic fashion, Techstars Boston has just announced the newest class of startups for its spring accelerator program. These 13 lucky startups will work under a strong network of mentors for the next three months in their fancy Boston office in Kendall Square which is shared...
Read more Category: BostInno, Katie Rae, TechStars BostonTechStars grad Promoboxx, which connects brands and retailers, has just locked up a HUGE deal with Chevrolet that is sweeter than actually having tickets to this year’s Super Bowl. For the first time ever, Chevy is pre-releasing its Super Bowl commercials through co-branded campaigns, each customized...
Read more Category: BostInno, PromoboxxI once called Somerville based Echo Nest underwhelming and claimed that I have yet to be ‘wowed’ by their music intelligence platform. I was then hit in the face by comments of passionate supporters, a huge Nokia partnership, a Spotify deal and now a Twitter partnership – all in the last three months. Clearly, I spoke...
Read more Category: BostInno, The Echo NestThere’s a shortage of software designers and developers. It’s not a potato famine; I think we’ll survive. However, it is a real problem for many tech companies. Out of necessity springs invention. I’ve noticed lately a common solution to this problem has been independently created by multiple sources...
Read more Category: apprentice.io, BostInno, Dan Croak, ThoughtbotTypically, I avoid prediction posts for the simple fact that the social marketing and social business space changes so dramatically almost every day. Human behavior is hard to predict and the way we leverage tools and communicate with each other is always evolving. However, after reading a few 2012...
Read more Category: BostInno, Social MediaWhen asked, “Which schools in the Greater Boston area are direct competitors of Babson College,” President Len Schlesinger responds, “None.” He then points to a cartoon designed by Hugh MacLeod that hangs on a wall in his office and reads it out loud. “Don’t be the best in the world at what you do. Be the...
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