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Meet The Boston Startup That Helps Ads Go Viral

A Boston-based startup says it can work with advertisers to turn promotional clips into viral sensations on the social web, but the company’s founder says that it’s more about brand engagement than mind control.

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Could This Fuel Cell Keep Your Phone Charged For Weeks?

An MA developer says so — that that it’s been approved for in-flight use.

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Researchers Leverage YouTube To Diagnose Autism In Minutes

Researchers have found a way to reduce the time from it takes to accurately detect autism in young children from hours to minutes using parent-submitted videos.

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KIVA Systems Automates The Warehouse, Saves Your Back

Massachusetts startup KIVA Systems is out to revolutionize the day to day operations of warehouses everywhere, with automated robots that bring items to packers.

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Un-Printer Inventor: This Could Work

Researchers at Cambridge University and the Bavarian Laser Centre published a paper last week on how laser radiation can be used to remove the toner from laser-printed pages. But could the technique ever be environmentally feasible? A lead researcher on the project thinks it could – and sooner than you’d think.

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Sqoot Apology Round 2: “We Can Do Better”

Yesterday we reported that sponsors of the “Boston API Jam” were pulling out after the host, daily deal API service Sqoot, listed women as an event ‘perk’ ( See more here).  After being berated with criticism by both.

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New Startup School Intelligent.ly Launches in Boston

What do Mark Zuckerburg, Brad Feld, and Paul Graham all have in common? Yep, they are all wildly successful and they all earned their startup stripes in the Boston area..

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What Are The 3-D Printing Youngbloods At Formlabs Working On?

Cambridge-based startup Formlabs may be working to bring a new generation of 3-D printer to the consumer market.

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Gunslinging Hackers On The Web Frontier: Dust And Whiskey And Pistols

here’s coding, according to programmer and free culture advocate Rich Jones, and then there’s hacking. The idea behind his new project, Gun.io, is to connect hackers to paid gigs, drawing money into the open source movement.

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SaneBox Keeps Your Inbox From Driving You Crazy

The elusive Inbox Zero – the zen utopia of the Internet professional. An indicator of the mastery of one’s own time and schedule. We all say we want it, a.

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