Best Buy Giving Away $100,000 For The Next Big Tech Idea With College Innovator Fund
Big-box retailer doesn’t just want to be known as the place where you get the cheapest gear — lately it’s been highlighting technology innovation and innovators in its ads and messaging. To that end, the company is launching a contest aimed at finding the next big thing, and it’s asking college kids to compete for [...]
Read MoreBlack Girls Code Launch IndieGoGo Crowdfunding Campaign to Help Bridge the Digital Divide
Black Girls Code launched a IndieGoGo campaign in efforts to bridge the digital divide. Black Girs Code is an organization founded by Kimberly Bryant whose mission is to educate girls of color ages 7 to 17 in digital media and computer programming concepts as well as building lifelong skills in problem solving and abstract thinking. [...]
Read MoreNew York’s Tech Boom Here to Stay This Time?
These are heady times for New York City’s tech scene, as I wrote about in Monday’s newspaper. But as local businesses find success and the city government talks about the flourishing industry as a firewall against finance’s boom and bust cycle, it is worth remembering one thing: this has happened before. During the tech bubble in the [...]
Read MoreThe Hottest Tech Cities for Employment
Tech boom? That must be focused in the Valley, right? Or at least, you would expect that any such rapid expansion would have the largest impact in that region. However, a new study by the Praxis Strategy Group has outlined a number of critical facts that bust that specific narrative. Among the highlights: In the Vally, tech employment is [...]
Read MoreHub Oakland to Host Oakland NewMe Community Kick-Off Mixer
NewMe communities are doing amazing things in cities across the country and the community is becoming bigger and better. Hub Oakland, a co-working space where people not only work but hold events and collaborate on innovative ideas is hosting the Oakland NewMe Community kick-off mixer Friday, April 20. The meetup will be a night filled [...]
Read MoreJustin.tv’s Founder Takes On Task Services With New Startup, Exec
Justin.tv has already gone in two directions. The main one is Twitch.tv, a video game-focused version of the original video streaming site, that by all accounts has booming traffic and revenue. The other one is SocialCam, a mobile video app spinout that’s also getting serious traction now. But the namesake co-founder Justin Kan is going in a third direction, [...]
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