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I'm MIT Technology Review's business editor, working from our San Francisco office. I’m interested in how new technologies enter and rise in the marketplace, and in how they create new businesses and affect established ones.
Before joining MIT Technology Review, I covered energy policy, technology, and business for ClimateWire from our fine nation’s capital. I also did the crazy startup thing, serving as an editor at Change.org as it grew rapidly in a short 18 months.
Before going into journalism, I was an environmental geologist working on contaminated waste sites in New York City. That’s when I realized that I’d rather report and write about the fumes than breathe them in.
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Backers with Benefits: Why Companies Are Outsourcing to Kickstarter
Besides raising cash, crowdfunding can be a way to test product ideas and build relationships with future customers.
Samsung Announces $100 Million Fund to Inspire Gadget Breakthroughs
The world’s top smartphone maker will devote new funds to nascent technology ideas, with an eye to solving today’s challenges for mobile devices.
The Super Bowl’s Second Screen
CBS is betting on the growing audiences who will use their tablets as they watch the big game.
Intel's Mobile Chips Advance, But Are Still A Tough Sell
With more power-efficient designs, and cutting edge manufacturing, the chipmaker is poised to surpass ARM for the first time.
Don’t Divorce Design from Manufacturing
The CEO of design software giant Autodesk says advances in computing are lowering manufacturing costs while making products better.
Windows 8 Isn’t Looking Like Microsoft’s Savior Yet
In its first earning report since key product launches, Microsoft's results are just so-so.
What New Ideas Does Google Have Brewing At Motorola?
My Android phone just went splat. Google's CEO says its Motorola division is working on that.
The Taxman Looks to Speed Up Payments
A disruptive electronic payment service wants to eliminate cash. Now Iowa's government could give it a boost.
Amazon Woos Advertisers with What It Knows about Consumers
The e-commerce giant has the data that all advertisers want—what millions of people are shopping for—and now it plans to use it.
