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Nordstrom Rack’s Roving Cashiers Are Exactly What We Want

C’mon, admit it: You hate people like I do, right? OK, maybe not hate hate — but the fewer of them around, the better. Well, here’s […]

Business

Philly Tech to Rally Against Wolf Budget Proposal

The tech industry has hit a rough patch with Governor Tom Wolf. To close a $3 billion deficit in the Commonwealth’s 2017-18 budget, Wolf has […]

Business

New York VC Gayle Jennings O’Byrne on Tech Scene: “There’s Nothing Philly Can’t Do”

Philly Tech Week this year gathered thousands of people around 100 events, and one person who stood out from the crowd was Gayle Jennings O’Byrne. […]

Business

The City’s Latest “Call for Ideas” Is All About Philly Youth

Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce just opened up its sixth round of StartupPHL’s Call for Ideas, and this time around, the grant program is calling for […]

Business

Bob Moore: 5 Ways to Make Your Tech Accessible

When you’re building a technology company, time is precious and knowledge is one of your most valuable assets. This keeps most founders on the lookout […]

Business

Josh Kopelman on Being a VC: Luck Plays a Big Role

Monday night, Philadelphia’s entrepreneurship community got treated to a refreshingly honest discussion as part of Philly Tech Week 2017 about the emotional and hopeful journey […]

Business

One City in Pennsylvania is Poised to Crush the 21st Century …

I came to Pittsburgh to see the future. On a blustery late-winter morning with a light whorl of snowflakes falling near the banks of the […]

Business

25 Tech Leaders Share Their Can’t-Miss Events for Philly Tech Week

Philly Tech Week 2017 officially kicks off this afternoon, but some of you may still be feeling (happily) overwhelmed by the week’s 100 options. There’s everything from […]

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36 Ways to Dodge the NFL Draft This Weekend

FRIDAY, APRIL 28 Star Party @ The Mann This sounds pretty cool: a free concert and stargazing get-together at the Mann featuring telescopes and astronomers […]

Things to Do

Six Signs It’s Tech Week

Philly Tech Week is back (April 28-May 6), promising fun events, hands-on workshops and rare access to some of this city’s most interesting hives innovation (and […]

Business

What Do You Get When You Put Curalate, Starr Restaurants and Coded by Kids Together?

Philly Tech Week is back, and it’s more creative than ever. Case in point: On Tuesday, May 2, Curalate will challenge a group of as […]

City Life

Talk Acme to Me: How Alexa and Siri Learn to Understand the Philly Accent

After a couple of weeks of our casually getting to know each other, my Amazon Echo is really starting to understand me. She just learned […]

Business

Philly ER Doc Wins Big for Creating a Real Tricorder

Final Frontier Medical Devices, a team led by Paoli-based ER doctor Basil Harris, just won the global $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize competition for creating […]

Business

Philadelphia Among the Country’s Top 10 Emerging Startup Hubs

A new report from the nonprofit Progressive Policy Institute and D.C.-based technology network Technet, says it time for policymakers to recognize and support emerging startup […]

Business

Philly Is the Nation’s 10th-Best City for Women in Tech

Philly is the country’s 10th best city for women in tech, according to SmartAsset’s 2017 ranking. The fintech company combed through data on men and […]