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Xconomy Report: Remembering Norman Priebatsch


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The life sciences entrepreneur is missing and presumed dead after a hiking accident in New Hampshire.
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Xconomy Report: Share and Share Un-Alike


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Kibits, a new social networking mobile app, allows users to control exactly what information gets shared with whom — so your colleagues will never, ever see that vacation pic.
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Xconomy Report: Let the Robot Reach the Top Shelf


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It's the biggest local deal of the year so far: Amazon has acquired a North Reading company that makes wheeled robots to move packages in warehouses efficiently.
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Xconomy Report: Video Game Medicine


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Could your child leave his next checkup with a prescription for a video game? Akili Interactive Labs hopes its game will be the first approved by the FDA as a medical device.
Technology

Xconomy Report: The Internet Never Forgets


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New England tech startups could be instrumental in changing the way companies market their wares in a digital world, with technology to help companies get their stories out on Facebook and merge advertising with mobile apps.
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Xconomy Report: Tech in the Air


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A Google-owned Cambridge software company will introduce a new reservation system for airlines, starting with Hyannis-based Cape Air.
Health Care

Xconomy Report: More Hope for Hep C


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The battle for hepatitis C drug market dominance rages on locally, with Vertex honing its drug Telaprevir and Enanta teaming with Novartis to create a new treatment.
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Xconomy Report: Stylin' Students


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Fashion isn’t the first word that comes to mind when you hear “Harvard,” but Xconomy has tracked down 19 young, fashion-focused internet companies with founders from the B-school.
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Xconomy Report: Corporate Eyes Are Watching You


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With video conferencing, your competitors can be just as bored as you are: Many video conferences are susceptible to corporate spying, according to Boston software company Rapid7.
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Xconomy Report: Finding The Next Facebook


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While most of the tech world is analyzing Facebook’s impending IPO, a new effort at Harvard University is trying to find the next Facebook — and keep it in Cambridge.
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Xconomy Report: It's Hard Out There For A Jerk


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An informal survey of Boston-area tech CEOs suggests that being a jerk may be much less beneficial than it used to be.
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Xconomy Report: Get Stupid, Student


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How can students prepare for the world they'll face in 10 years? Xconomy asked 22 innovators as part of a new national report on the future of education.
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Xconomy Report: How Green Was My Startup


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A new genomics technology company in Cambridge hopes to examine the genetic makeup of plants, animals and other organisms to find hot new drugs.
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Xconomy Report: More For Less In 2011


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Fewer deals, more money. That’s the takeaway from a new report on U.S. venture capital exits from 2011. Among the Boston companies that went public in that time: Zipcar, TripAdvisor and Carbonite.
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Xconomy Report: This Is Boston, Not Seattle... Right?


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It’s beginning to look a lot like the West Coast around here as Amazon reportedly considers opening an office in Cambridge.
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Xconomy Report: Fight Fat With Fat


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A new Boston firm has raised $34 million to develop drugs that tap into a new understanding of brown fat, a tissue that could help people burn off the more-familiar white fat.
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Xconomy Report: Protecting Online Privacy


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When you go online, do you know which eyes are watching you? Boston startup Abine is trying to give consumers more control over their personal information.
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Xconomy Report: Treatment For Parkinson's


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In this week's top life sciences and innovation news, Michael J. Fox's charity has given a local startup funding to improve Parkinson's treatment.
INNOVATION

Xconomy Report For Nov. 25, 2011


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AOL co-founder Steve Case has invested in a Boston startup that's created a smartphone app popular among runners.
INNOVATION

Xconomy Report For Nov. 18, 2011


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Will the new Harvard Innovation Lab, opening today, keep the next Zuck or Gates in Boston? That's the $20 million question.
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Xconomy Report For Nov. 11, 2011


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If XL Hybrids' new venture succeeds, anyone could turn their gas-guzzling clunker into a hybrid electric car.
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Xconomy Report For Nov. 4, 2011

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On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook is recruiting at Harvard and MIT to tap into Boston's hot startup market — epitomized by fast-growing upstarts such as HubSpot, Gemvara, Kayak, TripAdvisor and Wayfair.

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