A new report from the Kauffman Foundation estimates that introduction of the startup visa could create between 500,000 and 1.6 million new jobs in the U.S. over the next 10 years. Read the Kauffman Foundation report here.

The Nutter administration’s commitment to the local technology sector was on display at the annual mayoral luncheon for the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce this week. At the event, held at the Marriott in Center City, Mayor Michael Nutter listed his administration’s business initiatives from the past year, including the $3.5M StartupPHL program, the city’s […]

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Her job will be to head O'Malley's cybersecurity agenda, which no doubt will involve finding a way to bring more investment into a state in which the private and public sectors employ more than 19,000 people in the cybersecurity field.

The City of Philadelphia recently released its internal Open Data Guidebook, a how-to for city departments who are interested in releasing data, and city officials want to hear what you think. The guidebook, developed by the  city’s Open Data Working Group, has been in the works since late last year. It provides answers to questions […]

Downtown Baltimore education-technology startup 1sqbox expects to close a second round of angel financing worth $5 million by middle 2013. The second round comes after an initial round worth $330,000, according to BmoreMedia. The product 1sqbox sells is proprietary, classroom-management software for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The software runs on Android-equipped tablets the […]

‘20%’ tax cut for Center City office towers [Philadelphia Inquirer] “Some of the “market values” look lowball. 1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, the Liberty Property Trust-built Comcast Center tower, last changed hands in a 2007 transaction for more than $500 million, or $400+ a square foot, but is listed at around $200 million, or under […]

In a year's time, Big Huge Games, Impossible Studios and, soon, Zynga East will all have closed. Where does that leave the Baltimore video game industry?

How do you bring technology to classrooms in budget strapped districts? By sheer will.

It was a heated competition at last week’s New Jersey Regional High School Science Bowl, with 32 teams competing from New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but in the end, the team from New Jersey’s West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in Mercer County emerged victorious. “It was up to the last question,” said Arnav Sood, a member of the […]