Construction in booming Boston has fallen into a familiar pattern: large mixed-use buildings stuffed with expensive apartments, with developers kicking in only a handful of units as affordable housing. Advocates and officials worry that if the trend continues, Boston will …
EMC legend Yanai raises $150m for latest data-storage company, Infinidat
In the world of data storage, Moshe Yanai is a legendary figure.
He led development of EMC’s Symmetrix storage systems, a revolutionary product that helped EMC leap ahead of IBM in the storage market.
Yanai eventually amassed a team of …
Sweepstakes king Publishers Clearing House buys prize-app developer LiveToWin
There’s regular old junk mail, and then there’s a Publishers Clearing Housesweepstakes offer.
The company behind the doorbell-ringing Prize Patrol and glitzy envelopes teasing that “You May Have Already Won” has been around for more than 50 years, using the …
Twitter’s second VC investment: Indoor beacon ad startup Swirl
Some of the biggest names in tech are pouring more money into digital ads that can follow shoppers around the store, ready to light up a smartphone screen when marketers think the time is right for a little nudge.
Swirl …
For Boston’s most cutting-edge biotech companies, all that’s missing is the lab
Today’s typical biotech tour may not include a swing through the lab — because there isn’t one. Chief executives now brag about the cost savings and flexibility of outsourcing everything from the design of a new drug to supervision of …