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Silicon America: 5 Startup Economies Keeping it Real and Bringing it Back

26 July, 2012

Original post by Rebekah Iliff via Huff Post Before startups where “hot” and being a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur was the quickest way to guarantee getting laid on the regular, the innovators of yesteryear, without the connectivity and democratization of information that technology now affords, built businesses around a solid skill set or profession, created educational institutions […]

Featured Video: Is Berlin the New Home for Tech Start-Up Business?

25 July, 2012

Original post by German pulse The BBC recently ran a piece on Berlin’s growing reputation as one of the worlds thriving tech start-up cities. This is a title that most cities around the world would love to have, and Berlin is quickly becoming the go to city in Europe if you are looking to get some […]

Wipro Technologies Wins Large Multi-Year Contract from Royal Philips Electronics

25 July, 2012

Original post by PR Newswire Selected as Strategic Global Prime Partner BANGALORE, India and EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) today announced that the company has signed a large multi-year contract with Royal Philips Electronics as their Global Prime Partner in its Transformational program, towards enabling […]

Amazon’s new London center to focus on TV, film

25 July, 2012

Original post by Charlie Osborne via CNET The Web retail giant has chosen London as a new base for developing and expanding its on-demand television and film services. Online retail giant Amazon is to open an international design and development center in London. Amazon has rented an eight-story, 47,000-square-foot office situated near Barbican station. The new […]

Net firms’ hiring slows in Hub, but not in New York

25 July, 2012

Original post by Scott Kirsner via Boston Excerpts from the Innovation Economy blog. Cook Associates, an executive recruiting firm, is producing an interesting quarterly report on hiring at Boston Internet and digital media companies. Managing director John Barrett said that LinkedIn was used to examine 137 Internet and digital media companies that have 10 or more employees in […]