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A new partnership with a Boston-based startup will allow people to pay their city of Boston parking tickets using their smartphones.
The city announced the partnership on Tuesday with TicketZen, a company created by Boston-based software design firm …
Big cities tend to have big pollution problems. But the very source of that bad air — tens of thousands of trips made by crawling, stalling, fuming taxi cabs — could offer city planners a more granular look at the …
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Arbella Insurance Group’s President and CEO John Donohue has been chosen to receive the 2014 Lewis Family Foundation CEO Social Leadership Award as part of the Boston Business Journal’s annual Corporate Citizenship Summit. The award, which is funded …
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Within the first twenty feet, Andrew Schmidt was sold on it. Prior to his first visit to Superpedestrian’s office in Cambridge, Schmidt knew enough about the Copenhagen Wheel to see the potential. He had been introduced to the …
A triangular structure looms over Harvard Square, its large windows beaming light onto the street. Ribbons wrap around its granite columns and murals decorate the walls inside.
The building houses Curious George and Friends, a store remembered fondly by Cantabridgians …
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Boston-based venture capital firm Battery Ventures has announced three new promotions.
Principals Alex Benik and Brian Lieber are now partners at the firm, and Morad Elhafed, formerly vice president for the venture firm, is now a principal.
Benik …
Boston drivers, stereotype has it, aren’t the kindest.
So imagine the first time such a stereotypical driver, who has been puttering around a neighborhood looking for a spot for 20 minutes, sees another driver ready to leave his spot deliberately …
You probably know the sickening feeling when you glance down at your cell phone and see that it has died. Soon, you might find some help at Boston parks in the form of a “Soofa,” a new bench designed to …
If you’re a young person in Boston, you’ve probably noticed that you rarely see fellow 20-somethings who aren’t constantly staring down at their smartphones. Why not make the most of it?
Being on your own in a city can be …
