While in Boston today, Uber celebrates a big win in D.C.
Uber's CEO Travis Kalanick is in Boston for tonight's MassChallenge awards ceremony, and there's a good chance he'll be taking a victory lap as he shuttles over to the Convention Center. The...
View ArticleTravis Kalanick says Uber will spell the end of Boston traffic
It’s official: Uber’s presence in Boston is booming. Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and CEO of Uber, was in town on Wednesday to keynote the fifth annual MassChallenge awards, where he told the room...
View ArticleTim Cook, Apple CEO, says being gay “has led to a richer life.”
Apple's iconic ad campaign had a simple motto: "Think Different." So it's fitting that in the heartfelt essay published Thursday morning in Businessweek, in which Apple CEO Tim Cook shared that he is...
View ArticleAt Cafe ArtScience, food is the next frontier
In today's Boston Globe, BetaBoston's Nidhi Subbaraman takes us inside Cafe ArtScience, a new restaurant and gallery space in Kendall Square where guests can revel in a Wonka-like world of food....
View ArticleWatch: NPR’s Click and Clack give the commencement address at MIT’s 1999...
Thomas Magliozzi, the beloved co-host of NPR's "Car Talk," died yesterday at the age of 77. For the 35 years that he and his brother, Ray, hosted the program, the pair played down their intellect in...
View ArticleGoogle to offer FoundationOne cancer tests to employees
Forget free lunches or afternoon massages. With egg-freezing and targeted cancer tests now on offer, technology companies are demonstrating that pricey medical treatments may be among the best perks...
View ArticleJohn Hancock’s new ‘Genius Bar’ aims to rethink the IT help desk
John Hancock is trying to take the pain out of the IT help desk experience for its 3,450 local employees. In a page pulled from the "we're a savvy startup" handbook, the financial services company...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Facebook Boston! A peek inside its expanded new office
Today marks the first anniversary of Facebook's presence in Boston, and the company celebrated by sharing some images from its recent office expansion—on Facebook of course. Read More
View ArticleAngel investors look to fund veteran-led startups
As we celebrate and commemorate our military service members this Veteran's Day, one group of angel investors is looking to help make an even larger commitment to those who have served: They're going...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s former CEO Steve Ballmer will expand Harvard’s computer science...
This morning, the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences announced that Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft and '77 alum, will be committing support to the expansion of the computer...
View ArticleAirbnb is launching a new magazine. It’s called Pineapple.
Airbnb has announced that it's getting into the magazine business. Their new quarterly print publication, dubbed Pineapple, is "named after the fruit that was a symbol of hospitality in colonial New...
View ArticleUber getting heat for exec’s talk about targeting journalists’ private lives
Buzzfeed released a scathing story on Monday evening detailing a conversation with Uber's Senior Vice President Emil Michael in which he proposed that the company might hire opposition researchers to...
View ArticleFidelity launches ‘StockCity’ to lure millennials
For some investors, pie charts and graphs are all that’s needed to navigate their way through their portfolios. But in an attempt to lure millennials and reorient their views of the stock market,...
View ArticleMayor Walsh speaks with startups about how to brand Boston
Mayor Martin Walsh welcomed members of Boston's startup community to City Hall Thursday afternoon for a meet-and-greet in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week. The group included CEOs, venture...
View ArticleUPDATE: Details of Techstars’ new equity ‘guarantee’ clarified
Earlier, I wrote a post about how Tech stars' new approach to taking equity in participating startups addresses one of the criticisms that some have in regards to the accelerator program. Dan Primack...
View ArticleTransplant to West Coast says it’s still better for fundraising than the East
If you're a Boston entrepreneur, you've probably thought about moving to California at least once or twice—admit it. Of course, some actually go through with it. I recently caught up with a couple of...
View ArticleEcovent Systems gets $2.2 million in funding for efficient, money-saving...
Ecovent Systems, which makes wireless systems for more efficient home heating and cooling, announced on Tuesday that it has closed $2.2 million in funding. Read More
View ArticleGetting from A to B: EverTrue CEO Brent Grinna on what it takes
EverTrue, a startup that helps universities and prep schools connect with and raise money from alums, is announcing that it has raised some more cash of its own today. Bain Capital Ventures is leading...
View ArticlePromoboxx to pull manufacturers and independent retailers into the...
Promoboxx is quite unlike many of the other startups who took part in the Techstars Boston 2011 class in that it hasn't received a large Series A or Series B round of investment funding. The great...
View ArticleGood Vibrations: A smart bracelet for long-distance lovers
Skype dinner dates and Snapchat selfies are great, but not being able to touch that special someone is the great big downside to long-distance relationships. A new wearable device called Magnet...
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