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FAA’s proposed drone rules stall deliveries

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s proposed new rules on the commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) quickly dampened Americans’ fantasies of pizza delivery by drone. Released on Feb. 15, the proposed regulations create a framework for safeguarding the most hectic and complex airspace in the world. But while everyone agrees that air safety should...

Shaky Knees Festival: The Sounds of Small Business

Atlanta, Georgia is a long way from Bethel, NY, site of the Woodstock Music Festival, but that didn’t stop the steamy southern city from hosting a music festival that was pleasantly less corporate than many of its summertime counterparts. For three rain-soaked days in early May, big-ticket talent like The National, The Replacements, Cage the...

The Big Data Career Horizon: Healthcare

At the State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo, researchers are using IBM analytics software to study the potential causes of multiple sclerosis. By developing algorithms capable of slicing through loads of data, the university hopes to gain insight into the environmental factors, such as toxins or diet, that may cause the disease, as well...

The Big Data Career Horizon Series

The big data revolution is creating unprecedented demand for data scientists – IT professionals with both the analytical capabilities and mathematical smarts to mine heaps of information. In fact, these days, knowing how to glean meaningful business insights from bits and bytes can earn you big bucks at both start-ups and industry stalwarts – the...

An Interview with Dropbox’s Ruchi Sanghvi

If Ruchi Sanghvi has anyone to thank for her rise from Facebook’s first female engineer to the vice president of operations at Dropbox, it’s her father. And then, maybe, James Brown. “My father was an engineer and entrepreneur and I just wanted to follow in his footsteps,” she recalls. “But he always said I couldn’t...

6 Signs You’re Not an IT-preneur

Ever since Facebook officially filed its SEC papers in February, there’s been plenty of talk about founder Mark Zuckerberg and his ability to run one of the world’s largest publicly traded companies. “Can The Millennial Zuckerberg Be a Great Leader?” asked one recent Forbes headline. But while a wardrobe consisting of hoodies may not instill...

An Interview with Ruchi Sanghvi, Facebook’s first female engineer

If Ruchi Sanghvi has anyone to thank for her meteoric rise from Facebook’s first female engineer to the vice president of operations at Dropbox, it’s her father. And then, maybe, James Brown. “My father was an engineer and entrepreneur and I just wanted to follow in his footsteps,” she recalls. “But he always said I...

Is Your Website Smartphone-Friendly?

Nearly 75 percent of smartphone shoppers make a purchase as a result of using their mobile devices, according to a recent study from Google. Yet a whopping 82 percent of local business websites are not optimized for mobile phones. That’s a huge mistake, according to Kevin Zicherman, president of Brick&Mobile, a Toronto-based start-up that builds...

Top 6 Best-Dressed Execs

As the old aphorism goes, “Clothes do not make the man.” But a finely tailored Armani suit can turn a humdrum exec into a red carpet-worthy fashion plate. Of course, we’d like to believe that our products speak for themselves. But human nature (or is it GQ magazine?) dictates that a status quo-defying hemline, meticulously...
Are Music Startups Destined to Hit a Bum Note?

Are Music Startups Destined to Hit a Bum Note?

For every scrappy startup that sets the music world on fire, there are dozens of fledgling music services that go down in flames. Just ask Dalton Caldwell, founder of Imeem, an advertising-supported streaming music service that was purchased by MySpace for $1 million last year, only to be shut down a month later. At a...