Seven NEPA Companies Take Home Combined $875,000 from Ben Franklin Technology Partners
The BioCookie, streaming audio, mobile language translation and electronic trucks are among the technologies supported by the recent round of funding.
That's the Ticket: Montco Man Earns Worldwide Ticketing Industry's Top Honor
A veteran ticketing entrepreneur tabbed by the likes of U2, Phish, Pearl Jam and Faith Hill, Jim McCafferty of Philly's Mann Center for the Performing Arts was honored at the annual INTIX conference last month.
Q and A: Colleen Snee, EnergyConnect
The energy and marketing veteran is focused on demand response innovation from a growing company straddling Silicon Valley and PJM Interconnect territory in Southeastern PA, and time is running out to save money for institutional customers.
Pittsburgh region one of the fastest growing cities for tech jobs
Move over Silicon Valley and NYC, Pittsburgh is among the fastest-growing metropolitan areas for well-paying technology jobs in a report released this month by Dice.com.
Ben Franklin funds $2M to seven Southeast PA firms on heels of Early Stage Venture Showcase
The visionary folks at Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA have been as busy as the companies they support.
South Side Pittsburgh's AlphaLab unveils next class of software startups
Keeping your life in sync, fun and games for kids on iPad and getting wine decisions right are among the new technologies underway at AlphaLab.
The Pitch Doctor is In: Ride the Elevator to Success
Media-based business communications veteran Steve Bowman is downright surgical when it comes to examining and expressing a company's essence.
Midnight in the Workshop of Pittsburgh's Iron Eden
In a city once known for iron and steel making, blacksmith John Walter continues the tradition with a modern take on organic iron that is his signature, with works displayed in Phipps Conservatory as well as locals' homes.
Upcoming hearing will give senators information about windmills in Lake Erie
Two Erie-area state senators will host a hearing next month about the possible impact of allowing wind turbines to be built off Pennsylvania's Lake Erie shoreline.
Harrisburg University faculty develop interactive learning game for education conference
Computer games have long been used as teaching tools. But they're not just for kids. I Love Trees, a game that debuted at a recent conference for technological educators was designed to teach about the method of Powerful Learning Practice.