DreamIt-backed data mashup startup Metalayer hiring
Metalayer, a DreamIt Ventures backed company, aims to aggregate, sort and visualize data gleaned from different sources.
Lancaster-area man making prototype for better, cheaper boiler for home heating
Is your home is one of the millions in the Northeast U.S. that are heated with a boiler? Then Kendall Innovation of Lancaster wants to replace it with one that works better and costs less.
Warminster firm's wireless, synchronized clocks keep silent time at Philadelphia music school
The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia was looking for wall clocks for its new residence hall. They needed to be synchronized and they couldn't tick -- music students practicing in the building's studios would not appreciate that.
Pitt student entrepreneur launches textbook resale site, Bookzingo.com
Tired of dropping big bucks for textbooks every semester and barely making anything back on their resale, University of Pittsburgh senior Melanie Feldman is fighting back with a website.
Purveyor of Horror: Unmasking Sharpsburg's Specter Studios
They do work for MTV, Burning Man, the Flaming Lips and in Iceland, gaining international respect for their hand-crafted masks, spectacular costumes and alarmingly real-looking appendages.
Deep Dive on Green Jobs Shows Many Shades of Opportunity in Philadelphia
Green jobs can mean many things to many people. To our expert, they have the power to transform Philadelphia on many levels: economic, environmental and educational, to name a few.
How PA Small Presses Are Keeping Up With the Digital Revolution
Small presses in Pennsylvania don�t see e-readers as competition; instead, these publishers and booksellers are finding ways to use the shift in the literary landscape to their advantage.
Conshohocken software startup VCopious receives funding, expects to double staff by end of 2012
VCopious is expanding rapidly. The nine month-old, Conshohocken-based software company just announced it has received funding of an undisclosed amount from a consortium of four funders.
Lancaster company gives businesses new way to target customers online
Retargeting uses cookies to show ads to Internet users who already checked out a company's products online. A Lancaster marketing and printing firm called Allegra is providing it for small and medium businesses.
Pittsburgh raises almost $35M in third-quarter venture capital; Thorley Industries hiring 20-plus
Pittsburgh venture capital deals topped $34 million in the third quarter of 2011, according to the National Venture Capital Association.