Steve Bowman, who calls himself the "Pitch Doctor," held a pitching bootcamp for entrepreneurs this week at the University City Science Center.

In November the city announced plans for its first civic apps competition, calling on "civic hackers" to think up ideas for making government leaner and more efficient while improving the quality of life for Baltimore residents. Now we know what civic-minded technologists will be hacking on: Baltimore city parks.

Two more Ignition Grants were awarded at Ignite Baltimore 12 on Thursday night. Each recipient receives $2,250 to complete a project within six months. (More on Ignition Grant criteria here.) Co-organizer of Ignite Baltimore 12 and Ignition Grant director Kate Bladow provided Technically Baltimore with the details on the new recipients: Trash Transformations: Chelsea Sherman […]

460 Million Connected Internet Devices [Cool Infographics]: “An anonymous hacker under the pseudonym of “Carna Botnet” has posted a comprehensive Internet Census 2012 report of over 460 million internet connected devices that responded to PING requests or were found to have open ports.”

Nearly half of all conventions that meet in Philadelphia are connected to life sciences and there's a reason for that, say the convention center's marketing group. It's because the region can tout a wealth of resources in the industry that help attract convention goers.

The latest City of Philadelphia crowdfunding campaign, the EEB Hub's deputy director on how Philly is leading energy innovation and more.

"Two people have been charged with multiple counts of credit card fraud and theft following a tip made via the Howard County Police Department's Facebook page."

Now in its second year, the monthlong arts celebration centers around the notion of time travel, complete with a time machine in the Kimmel Center and dozens of plays, concerts and dance performances with different takes on that theme.

Can computer certification training be an effective way to train Baltimore city residents for future IT jobs? Lance Lucas would have you believe it. As he explained during his TED talk at TEDxBaltimore in January

Four companies presented at March's Baltimore TechBreakfast, including downtown Baltimore education technology startup 1sqbox.