BostInno: Harvard & MIT Partner with the City of Boston to Offer Online Courses & Job Training to All Residents
January 29th, 2013 by Lauren Landry When edX was first announced, former MIT President Susan Hockfield called the open-source technology platform a work in progress, but also an act of progress–an act the City of Boston highlighted Tuesday. Harvard and MIT have announced a pilot project with the City of Boston, which will make online courses available through Internet-connected Boston neighborhood community centers, high schools and libraries for free. Called BostonX, the first-of-its-kind project will provide the city’s residents with...
read moreNew York Times: Against the Odds, Starting a Tech Business in France
By KIMIKO DE FREYTAS-TAMURA Published: February 3, 2013 PARIS — For a young entrepreneur starting a company in Paris, Fabien Cohen could not have picked a worse time: French businesses are still recovering from the financial crisis and facing potential tax increases, and many with deep pockets have taken flight from the country. Worst of all for Mr. Cohen, many of his friends — other “start-uppers” in their 20s — have packed their bags for the more business-friendly climes of London, San Francisco and even Bangkok or Rio de...
read moreBoston.com: Boston remains top life sciences cluster globally, according to new report from real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle
By Scott Kirsner, Globe Columnist January 31, 2013 Boston’s sports franchises aren’t exactly giving us the chance to don our foam “We’re #1″ fingers lately. But the local life sciences industry is once again taking top honors, in a new report from the commercial real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle. And isn’t developing new drugs and treatments that save human lives just a smidge more important than that football game on Sunday? The report ranks the Boston area life sciences scene as the premier R&D...
read moreInc.com: Why Dublin’s Tech Scene Is Booming
By Issie Lapowski Published: December 18, 2012 You’ve heard of Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley, and, by now, likely Silicon Prairie, but across the pond, there’s another tech hub making quite a name for itself. Welcome to the Silicon Docks, the Dublin neighborhood bordering the Grand Canal Docks, where tech giants like Google and Facebook have set down their international headquarters. Beyond the docks, other major players like LinkedIn, PayPal, Amazon, Twitter, and Zynga are all packed into a city that’s roughly...
read moreBusiness Insider: 10 Trends That Are Changing Cities Forever
By Max Nisen Published: December 11, 2012 When it comes to technology and strategy, government is often behind the times, and far behind the most innovative businesses. It’s slow-moving, risk-averse, and subject to many electoral and legal constraints. Cities, on the other hand, move much faster. That was the subject of a recent panel hosted by SAP and the Brookings Institute, what Sean O’Brien, the Global Vice President Of Urban Matters and Public Security at SAP called the “secret sauce” of the...
read moreThe Architects Newspaper: Boston’s City Hall Hits The Road
By Jaclyn Hersh Published December 12, 2012 What’s on today’s lunch menu? Well for Boston residents it may be a library card, a dog license, or even registration to vote. With Boston’s food-truck-inspired “City Hall To Go” municipal services are no longer bound to one location. A menu of seasonal services are now rolling to locations throughout the city to serve residents less able to travel to the actual city hall or navigate their website. Citizens can also report complaints at the truck. The idea to put City...
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