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Welcome BostInnovators! (You see that? I’m welcoming you into the fold right off the bat this week!)
Today is Martin Luther King Day and boy are we feeling good about freedom. Not only do we have a chance to reflect on the things this holiday represents, we also get to cast our votes in tomorrow’s Senate Election — an election where our votes really matter, for once.
Here at BostInnovation, we’re all about freedom — namely, the Freedom of the Press. It’s our goal to fill a local niche we think is in need of coverage during this dismal time for journalism. We can’t help but learn and write about the Boston tech sector because: A) It’s in our nature to do this as reporters, and B) We’re excited about where it’s going.
The way people think about Boston and New England is changing. We want to make sure people see that and know what it’s changing into. We want to ensure that people are aware of the new opportunities Boston is providing. And most of all, we want the global community to consider the fact that Boston — long representative of freedom and progress — is re-defining itself under the same terms
Whether, as a member of our valued readership, you see yourself as a BostInnovator matters not. Through Twitter, Facebook and the worldwide blogosphere, the global community is beginning to see your space as the land of new innovation. What matters to us is that you feel welcome to participate in the conversation buzzing around this transformation in our forum — free to contribute to the discussions in the comments section and free to communicate openly with our staff. We’re not hiding behind a PR staff, and we hope you are free to take the same tact. What matter’s to us is putting Boston’s global identity into your hands one article at a time, and letting you determine what new freedoms Boston will come to represent to future generations.
Without further adieu, I’ll go ahead and pass the soapbox to a few of the other local journalists dedicated to covering Boston’s role in the global tech community. Here are a few of our favorite news items from the past week:
1/11
Mass High Tech’s Rodney Brown explains that local startup SCVNGR will be expanding overseas. SCVNGR also shared the good news with BostInnovation staffer Jennie White the week before.
Galen Moore from Mass High Tech gets World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee’s opinion on the future of the Internet: In his eyes, it’s all about open source data!
Bruce Bigelow of Xconomy reports that VC fundraising fell %55 nationwide in 2009. Boston was the least affected city listed in the report.
Xconomy’s Wade Roush reports on a new VC group in Boston: Volition Capital.
1/12
Galen Moore of MHT reports that Google Ventures is still shopping investments; maybe yours will be the one to get their attention!
1/13
Mass High Tech reports that Boston-based CitySquares acquired Yokel.com in a deal that will certainly bring consumers a step closer to more flawless and universal hyperlocal search.
Wade Roush from Xconomy explains that Prysm is hoping to undo markets for LCD and LED screens with their new laser phosphor display (LPD).
1/14
Xconomy staffer Wade Roush reports on Brighton-based OneForty.com’s new Twitter application marketplace. Find the Twitter app that’s right for you at their site!
The Boston Globe’s Hiawatha Bray gets his hands on the new Google Nexus phone. We gotta check this thing out!
1/15
Mass High Tech’s Galen Moore reports that local entrepreneurs aren’t being deterred by the down economy. Amen to this one!
Xconomy’s Wade Roush catches up with FitnessKeeper CEO Jason Jacobs, who talks about new integrations for the Boston-based health technologies trend setter.
Eric Kutz of Xconomy reports that December saw an uptick in investments made by venture capital groups in Boston.
Tags: Op-Ed
