Free Tomorrow Night? Foos Your Face Off!
Posted: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:39:22 GMT

Thursday, March 11 marks the first day of the brand new Tech Hub Foosball League. If you haven’t heard, it’s an awesome new endeavor BostInnovation is spearheading along with Boston-based startup Pinyadda and Cambridge-based communications firm EchoDitto. It’s part of a new initiative to promote social activity among the best and brightest in Boston’s tech and [...] Read More

Mobile Monday U.K. vs. U.S. in Photos
Posted: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:17:46 GMT

On Monday, March 8, hundreds turned out for the latest installment of Mobile Monday’s Boston, a quarterly event that brings together some of the best minds in mobile technology around. This event, titled, “Mobile Technologies Mission to Boston,” included five local mobile presenters and five from the United Kingdom, my former home. Good times were [...] Read More

Mobile Monday Faces Off: U.K. vs. U.S.
Posted: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:27:00 GMT

We’re obsessed with all kinds of things here at BostInnovation; robots, Twitter, YouTube videos, augmented reality, foosball, and especially our cell phones. We’re an office full of mobile users, texting, photo uploading, and gaming, and we’ve taken our mobile activity to a whole new level this month because it’s Mass Mobile Month. On Monday March 8, [...] Read More

The Career Combine: Fired Up to Get You Hired Up
Posted: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:54 GMT

Recession. Lack of investment. Weak retention of Boston-educated workers. Blah. Blah. Blah. Two local organizations providing resources to the tech, innovation and entrepreneurial communities are sick of these terms, and they’ve stepped up to the plate with an answer. Greenhorn Connect and MITX announced today that they not only believe there are enough companies hiring here to [...] Read More

MyHometownLink: Niche Craigslist with Clipart
Posted: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:18:27 GMT

I’ve always been fascinated with Craigslist as a website — mostly because it’s one of very few sites these days that is extremely popular while also being extremely ugly. If, say, high school is any indicator, that’s typically not how it works. With virtually no aesthetic value, Craigslist gets by on raw practicality – lots of it. How [...] Read More

Secretary Bialecki Understands the Issues, Talks Frankly About Innovation
Posted: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:20:56 GMT

Yesterday, Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki spoke at the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at Harvard University in Cambridge about Massachusetts’ Innovation Economy. Admittedly, I expected to hear a good deal of hemming and hawing about a lack of funding in the state government, but what I got was an earful [...] Read More

5 Big Boston Companies On YouTube
Posted: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:03:46 GMT

I’ve been rounding up some of the hottest things that are happening on Twitter and Facebook for you these past couple of months, but I have to admit I’ve been playing favorites; YouTube has been neglected. Now that it’s the equivalent of the second largest search engine, I felt it was time to give YouTube [...] Read More

Are Non-Compete Contracts Helping Hot Companies Like HubSpot Become Grand Slams for Boston?
Posted: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:25:36 GMT

We recently brought you an interview with HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan detailing the company culture at the Cambridge-based startup. During the same interview, I had a chance to pick Halligan’s brain about why HubSpot is and ever will be a Boston company. HubSpot seems to be in the midst of finding truly explosive interest from consumers [...] Read More

Guest Post: What are Developers REALLY Worth in Boston?
Posted: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:30:30 GMT

Tim Yandel has been a tech recruiter for nearly 7 years in Chicago, San Francisco and Boston. He currently heads up Workbridge Associates, a nationwide technology staffing firm located in Boston’s Back Bay. His office specifically places developers in the Boston Metro area on both a permanent and contract basis. Tim lives by the mantra [...] Read More

CitySquares Improving Local Search for Consumers and Business Owners Alike
Posted: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:33:46 GMT

Since the creation of Boston-based CitySquares.com in 2005, the company’s mission has been focused on the “representation of your neighborhood,” says co-founder Ben Saren. This is apparent through their dedication to not only helping consumers, but local businesses as well. What makes CitySquares really stand out in the local search market though, are the services it [...] Read More