Tech Industry

The Value of a College Degree in the Innovation Economy

Elisa Stephens | Posted 05.23.2012

Elisa Stephens

It is true that young people today are light years ahead of past generations in mastering new technologies and adopting innovation. But nothing changes the fact that a 21st century economy requires a 21st century education.

Paul Blumenthal

Obama Picks Sides In SOPA Fight Between Campaign Donors

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 01.18.2012

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama entered the fray over two controversial anti-piracy bills with a Jan. 14 statement aligning the White House with ...

Zach Carter

Key Senator Abandons The Protect IP Ship

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 01.18.2012

WASHINGTON -- With thousands of websites large and small blacked out Wednesday in protest of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, a House bill, and it...

Miami and South Florida Could Learn From Louisiana

Craig Agranoff | Posted 03.19.2012

Craig Agranoff

Making the latest, greatest Facebook app? Starting up the coolest new social media idea? Building software that will fundamentally change healthcare? No incentives in Florida. Sorry.

America's Worst-Run Cities

24/7 Wall St. | Michael Sauter, Charles Stockdale, Ashley Allen | Posted 01.05.2012

Many qualities separate the best-run and worst-run cities. But perhaps the most important is access to jobs. The economies of the best-run cities fall...

Can America Survive Without Steve Jobs?

Adam Kleinberg | Posted 12.06.2011

Adam Kleinberg

Steve represented the best of America. The underdog who stood bravely in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges and won. The consummate innovator. As Steve leaves us, we are left to wonder if that American Dream will disappear with him.

Obama Seeing Bipartisanship on Trade Deals... Finally

Edward J. Black | Posted 12.05.2011

Edward J. Black

Democrats and Republicans in Congress are expected to work together next week to pass the long awaited trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.

Look Out, Employers: Labor Shortages Could Give Workers The Upper Hand

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 09.04.2011

The mining and software industries have at least one thing in common. A labor scarcity, or a shortage of skilled workers, could affect the profit marg...

SEC: IBM Bribed China, South Korea For A Decade

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations that it bribed South Korean and Chinese government officials for m...

If Tech Companies Aren't Hiring, Who Will?

nytimes.com | CATHERINE RAMPELL | Posted 05.25.2011

The disappointing hiring trend raises questions about whether the tech industry can help power a recovery and sustain American job growth in the next ...

Web 3.0 Companies

Michael Tasner | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Tasner

When it comes to utilizing Web 3.0, there are a few companies that I consider to be game changers and in a whole different league from the rest. Here is what they have in common.

You've Come a Short Way, Baby

Jane Buckingham | Posted 05.25.2011

Jane Buckingham

We're still waiting to find a business in which gender doesn't matter as much as a great idea and nimble approach.

Going Political - Not Postal

Donna Conroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Donna Conroy

I am an American tech worker, a refugee created by a broken social contract after building a wired field of high-tech dreams. It seems you only know us as "going postal" but now, we are going political.

The Gender Battle's Not Over

Megan Berry | Posted 05.25.2011

Megan Berry

What is it about women or our society that makes tech seem so unattractive to the female gender?