Tom Maloney, Mark Weiner, I and others volunteer our time to run BNT, a not-for-profit group, whose mission is to help local startups launch and grow! Last week, we co-hosted 3 awesome events, but our 5th Founder Talk with David Chang was extra special! Six weeks ago, I asked David if he could donate an…

February 20, 2019 As usual, the event began with pizza and salad… and plenty of networking. And, of course, tables where attendees could chat with a few of BNT’s sponsors and some of the evening’s presenting companies. Next up were the presentations. After a welcome and brief introductions to BNT’s sponsors in attendance, the evening’s…

Subscriptions are booming on the app stores, and particularly subscription video apps, thanks to the growing number of cord cutters who are choosing to stream their TV shows and movies instead of paying for cable or satellite. In the U.S., the top 10 subscription video apps by revenue pulled in $1.27 billion in 2018 across…

Mark Zuckerberg has turned to the opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal to defend Facebook’s business practices. In a column published Thursday, the 34-year-old billionaire technology executive laid out what he said were the “facts about Facebook,” explaining “the principles of how we operate” and what he said were the “clear benefits” of Facebook’s ad-supported,…

January 15, 2019 “It was another solid BNT event, with pizza and networking to start the evening, as well as booths for some of Boston New Technology’s sponsors. Then it was time for the seven featured startups to present. This month’s theme was mobile apps. As always, if you’re interested, don’t rely on my description,…

2018 was the year that worries about security vulnerabilities in equipment truly went to the fore. No sensible individual would deny that security dangers should be identified, that wrongdoings should be researched, and all the more by and large that nobody and nothing ought to be past the compass of reasonable and simply lawful process.…