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Comments ()June 17, 2013 | 5:44 PM
Mass. and other states eye drone laws
Massachusetts is one of 43 states that have passed or are considering laws to regulate the use of pilotless drone aircraft. Read full story -
Comments ()June 17, 2013 | 4:08 PM
A Platform for minority tech business
MIT Media Lab hosts a summit to encourage women and minorities to launch technology-based businesses. Read full story -
Comments ()June 18, 2013 | 1:54 PM
Techne to buy Bionostics for $104m in cash
MINNEAPOLIS — Techne Corp., which makes medical testing and diagnostic products, said Tuesday that it reached a deal to buy Bionostics Holdings Ltd. and its operating subsidiary Bionostics Inc. for $104 million in cash. Read full story -
Comments ()June 17, 2013 | 2:23 PM
Streaming peace and quiet for parents everywhere, Netflix lands major deal with DreamWorks
Fighting with Amazon to be the HBO for the web, Netflix has struck an exclusive streaming deal with DreamWorks that gives the popular online streaming service over 300 hours of original content, much aimed at the kids market. Read full story -
Comments ()June 18, 2013 | 10:53 AM
Civitas Therapeutics gets Michael J. Fox grant to advance trials for Parkinson’s disease drug
With a grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation, Civitas Therapeutics looks to advance trials of an experimental treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Read full story -
Comments ()June 17, 2013 | 12:38 PM
Build your sales strategy with Steve Zrike
In today’s Live Chat, join Steve Zrike of SCORE Boston as he shares his secrets of building a retail sales strategy focused on boosting your bottom line. Read full story -
Comments ()June 18, 2013 | 7:59 AM
CareCloud raises $20m for its electronic health records business
Earlier this year, CareCloud opened an office in the Innovation District. Now it has raised $20 million to advance its electronic health business. Read full story -
Comments ()June 17, 2013 | 7:39 AM
The Social Circuit: Abby Fichtner shares her can’t-miss events this week
Each week, we ask a different area innovator to share the meet-ups, talks, and other must-see events happening in their world. This week, Abby Fichtner shares where she’s heading with the Social Circuit. Read full story -
Comments ()June 13, 2013 | 2:50 PM
In Florida, man hopes Big Brother NSA can clear him from robbery charges
The Sun-Sentinel is reporting that one bank robbery suspect is embracing the upside of Big Brother-style surveillance and asking for secret phone logs — in order to clear him of wrongdoing. The prosecution has been given a week to respond. Read full story -
Comments ()June 17, 2013 | 8:46 AM
Inside Artisan’s Asylum, the Somerville hackerspace making waves — and giant robots
At Artisan’s Asylum, makers build everything from plasma-cut artwork from sheet metal to 4,000 robot spiders and 3D pens. Gui Cavalcanti gives an inside view of the hackerpsace, and traces how it wen’t from a 1,000 square feet that scratched his own itch to 40,000 square feet open to hackers of all stripes. Read full story
About this blog
The Inside the hive blog is your one-stop source for local innovation news featuring voices from the start-up, venture, and research communities. Reach us at hive@boston.com.
Michael Morisy
Michael Morisy is your editor, curator, and reporter on all things innovative and startup in Boston and beyond. He’s blown a SXSW talk, been threatened with jail for his own startup, and exchanged enough useless business cards to rebuild the rain forest. Now he wants to share your stories of creating the next insanely great business.