Nidhi Subbaraman

With $100k from the Thiel Foundation, Harvard junior drops out to launch a LinkedIn for science labs

Vancouver native and one-time neurobiology major Grace Xiao is a recipient of the Thiel Fellowship, a program that grants her company, Kynplex, $100,000 in funding over two years.More →

Robotics

iRobot to sell defense and security division

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Ceding to investor pressure, iRobot will sell its defense and security division for $45 million, the company announced Thursday.More →

Privacy

Northeastern team helped Match, Athenahealth apps stop leaking passwords

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Both apps were among hundreds that the Northeastern researchers found sent personal information such as home addresses and names, and in some cases usernames and passwords, from smartphones to company servers without securing that data by encryption.More →

Venture Capital

Breakaway names ad veteran as president

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Tom Jump, who previously led advertising agency Leo Burnett Worldwide as executive vice president and global director, started at the company as in January.More →

Cambridge

Cambridge and Cambridge prepare for March cybersecurity hackathon

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“Cambridge 2 Cambridge” is one of several ways that the US and UK hope to collaborate to build more secure information technology infrastructure. President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron announced the hackathon in January last year during the British premier’s US visit.More →

Hackathons

Affectiva invites local developers to test emotion-sensing tech

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When Waltham startup Affectiva announced a hackathon inviting local coders to try out the company’s emotion-sensing technology, the organizers were shocked at how quickly roster filled up. The bigger surprise: half the developers signed up were women.More →

Telehealth

MGH president joins board of telehealth company AmWell

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Dr. Slavin will join a board that includes former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, North America president of generics maker Teva Brendan O’Grady, and Douglas Wenners, an executive at health insurance company Anthem Inc.More →

AI

Insurify is a AI-powered shopping assistant for car insurance

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Like Kayak but for car insurance, a new service called Insurify makes it easier to find a plan that insures your vehicle by comparing quotes across providers.More →

3-D Printing

‘4-D’ flowers have petals that fold themselves

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Artificial flowers that bend their petals and fold when steeped in water are the latest demonstration of a trend that’s due to upstage 3-D printing for sheer gee-whiz factor.More →

The Download

For head of NEVCA, money — and tech — talk

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Jody Rose stepped into the executive director job at the New England Venture Capital Association in November after working with tech and media companies. She shared her digital habits with The Download.More →

Med tech

Draper device could help develop drugs for hearing loss

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A battery-operated device a little larger than a golf ball could one day help treat people with hearing loss by delivering medication directly into the cavity in their ear.More →

Ed Tech

After blockbuster year, Panorama Education plans to double office space, staff

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Some 102 new school districts purchased Panorama’s service in 2015, bringing Panorama’s reach to about 3.5 million students.More →

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