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ULocate Launches Ad Network for Location-Aware Mobile Devices

Boston’s uLocate Communications, known up to now mainly as the creator of the Where local search and recommendation app popular with many smartphone owners, is turning into something more. Today it announced the launch of a geographically targeted mobile advertising network called Where Ads that other mobile publishers can also use to sell local ads for their location-aware mobile apps or Web pages.

That puts uLocate in direct competition with... Read more »

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Health IT, clinical trials, FDA

Phase Forward Offering Pharmas One-Stop Shopping for Clinical Research Software

Ryan McBride 3/9/10

Phase Forward has been one of the success stories in the Route 128 tech cluster during the past decade, and has grown to be one of the largest health IT companies in Massachusetts. But a big... Read more »

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IT, Mobile, deals

Venture Funding Down, Overall Deal Flow Up for Boston Mobile Industry in 2009

Wade Roush 3/9/10

Venture investments in Boston-area mobile technology companies decreased in both volume and value in 2009, plummeting to levels not seen since 2005. But payouts from mergers and acquisitions hit a record level, raising overall deal flow... Read more »

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Aviation, startups, Jobs

Terrafugia Says Flying Car Likely to Take Off in Massachusetts, But Might Land Elsewhere

Jukka Perttu 3/8/10

Terrafugia, the Woburn, MA-based company out to produce the first practical flying car—or street legal airplane, to use the company’s term— said today it plans to build its first commercial vehicle next year in the Bay... Read more »

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IT, deals, Advertising

DataXu Raises $11M More for Ad-Buying Platform

Wade Roush 3/8/10

Boston-based DataXu, whose bidding engine helps online advertisers decide which advertising purchases are most likely to pay off in the form of conversions or click-throughs, has raised $11 million in new funding, according to an... Read more »

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IT, Mobile, Xconomy

Mobile Madness Innovation Showcase

Wade Roush 3/8/10

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Biotech, Hepatitis C, Drugs

Vertex Maps Out Combo Drug Game Plan for Treating Hepatitis C

Luke Timmerman 3/8/10

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IT, people, Web

Berners-Lee to Share Reins at World Wide Web Consortium with Former IBM, Lucent, Novell Exec

Wade Roush 3/8/10

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IT, Mobile, events

Register Now for Mobile Madness—Only a Handful of Seats Left; Plus, A Mass Mobile Month Video

Wade Roush 3/5/10

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National
wwwade, Media, Web

Where’s World Wide Wade? Four Encores

Wade Roush 3/5/10

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Xconomist Forum - Insight & Opinion

Entrepeneurship, community, startups

An Entrepreneur’s First Co-Founder: The Community

Kevin Vogelsang 3/5/10

To do great work, you need community. I don’t think people generally comprehend just how important it is.

If you’re not the social type, perhaps you can get more work done... Read more »

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IT, Mobile, marketing

Why BlackBerry Needs Real Innovation, and How Boston Can Help

Jonathan Michaeli 3/1/10

Heads up, stodgy bankers and business road warriors: in case you haven’t noticed the blatant signs over the past 12 months or so, your trusty BlackBerry is no longer cool. Yeah,... Read more »

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innovation, Entrepreneurship, clusters

What Makes a City Entrepreneurial?

David Luberoff 2/25/10

Why are some metropolitan areas so much more entrepreneurial than others? Silicon Valley seems almost magically entrepreneurial, with a new startup on every street corner, but in declining Rust Belt cities... Read more »

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