Feb. 8, 2013 8:30 am
Tech in West Baltimore with gb.tc // Baltimore’s 2013 budget ‘is balanced’ // Entrepreneurship in U.S. ‘back on a roll’ [Links]
Baltimore’s Techie Underbelly [gb.tc]: Tech Crawl 2 took about 70 people to five different sites on Baltimore’s west side, including the Bromo Seltzer Tower and Edge Web Hosting. Release of city fiscal forecast sparks false reports of bankruptcy [Baltimore Brew]: “The city’s current 2013 budget is balanced, there is $90 million available in a “budget [...]
Feb. 6, 2013 10:00 am
Edge Web Hosting: deflecting 10-15M hacking attacks a day blocks from Lexington Market
Tucked away on West Lexington Street just a stone’s throw from Lexington Market is the data center of Edge Web Hosting, a seven-year-old managed hosting company for “mission critical infrastructure.” Really, the people at Edge act more like an online army for companies that need websites up and running 24 hours every day with virtually [...]
Jan. 21, 2013 8:30 am
BmoreTech Meetup at Betamore // gb.tc Happy Hour at Red Owl Analytics // TEDxBaltimore at Morgan State [Events]
Yet another busy week in Baltimore tech events. The Baltimore Graphic Design and Baltimore JavaScript groups hold meetups on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. On Thursday is the gb.tc-sponsored happy hour at Red Owl Analytics, a “big data” startup housed ont the second floor of 1111 Light St. in Federal Hill (where Betamore is located). Friday [...]
Dec. 28, 2012 9:30 am
Baltimore Tech in 2012: Technically Baltimore’s 15 takeaways from this last year
Relatively speaking, Baltimore’s early-stage technology community has been busy in 2012. Call it hype. Call it cheerleading. Call it noise. But whatever the name, it’s plain that Baltimore city’s tech ecosystem is growing at a clip previously unseen. Admittedly, there’s progress yet to be made, as Baltimore searches for its identity among other tech startup cities in the [...]
Dec. 28, 2012 8:30 am
2012 a year of change for gb.tc // Sickweather predicts flu season 6 weeks ahead of CDC // Audit of city’s speed cameras forthcoming? [Links]
gb.tc Year in Review [gb.tc blog]: “2012 was a year of change and revamping for gb.tc. (Heck, even our name is different now.) So here’s a look back at what we started up and overhauled over the last twelve months.” Entrepreneurs Hope to Turn Baltimore into Tech Hub, but Challenges Remain [CityBizList]: “A quarter of [...]
Dec. 21, 2012 9:15 am
gb.tc Tech Ornament Contest: Ed Mullin’s Lego figure nativity scene takes first
Beer flowed at gb.tc‘s holiday party at Union Craft Brewing in Woodberry on Thursday night. But the evening’s highlight was the announcement of the winners of gb.tc’s inaugural (and, perhaps, only, because that’s how they roll) Tech Ornament Contest. The rules were simple: make sure it can hang from a tree and don’t design anything [...]
Dec. 19, 2012 9:30 am
Baltimore homicide heatmap: Chris Whong’s animation counts 1,311 homicides since 2007 [VIDEO]
Chris Whong, owner of Federal Hill-based Charm City Networks who’s presently completing a master’s degree in urban planning at New York University, has created a time-lapse, animated heatmap chronicling Baltimore city’s homicides from 2007 through September 2012.
Dec. 17, 2012 8:30 am
D.C. TechBreakfast // Pure Bang Games’ Ben Walsh talks mobile game development // Celebrate the holidays with gb.tc at Union Craft Brewery [Events]
BEARTek shows off its Bluetooth control gloves at D.C. TechBreakfast this week. Also down in Montgomery County: the Rockville Women’s Business Center will impart the basics of assembling a business plan for new companies. Head to AOL/Advertising.com on Tuesday night to hear Pure Bang Games‘ founder Ben Walsh talk about the challenges of building mobile [...]
Dec. 12, 2012 8:30 am
Vircity to offer startup courses in 2013 // TechBreakfast t-shirts // TenantRex launches // Jargon to retire in 2012 [Startup Roundup]
This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem. InstantLabs Medical Diagnostics Corp. will expand into the veterinary medicine field in 2013 “with plans to develop a variety of tests for the detection and diagnosis of dangerous pathogens in animals,” reports Bmore Media. [...]
Dec. 4, 2012 10:00 am
‘No region is better positioned for the launch of a new EdTech company’ [REPORT]
The crowd at Digital Harbor Foundation’s October EdTech Meetup. As Technically Baltimore has reported, Baltimore city and the surrounding counties are quickly becoming a broader hub of education-technology activity. The Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore says as much in its new report, writing: “No region is better positioned for the launch of a new EdTech [...]