Monthly Archives: December 2015
Pasco County middle school students will have two new choices for 2015-16. Superintendent Kurt Browning told principals on Monday that Bayonet Point Middle School in New Port Richey, closed for construction this year, will reopen as a STEM magnet in the fall. Because the district wants to offer equal access…
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The final meeting of Startup Grind Tampa Bay in 2015 will feature a founder who is visiting Tampa as a potential U.S. headquarters for his company, Solbit, which is currently based in Shenzhen, China. Gavenraj Sodhi, CEO of 7 Senses Labs (formerly iMedia), will visit Tampa along with Solbit, the…
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Need more office space? How about outer space? NASA opened its astronaut-application website Monday. It's accepting applications through Feb. 18. Contenders need to be U.S. citizens with a bachelor's degree in science, math or engineering. Expect intense competition: More than 6,000 applied for NASA's last astronaut class in 2013, with…
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"The most powerful robotic pickup artist on the planet" is being developed in Tampa, and one local executive thinks the technology has potential well beyond getting to a first date. Casanova is an add-on program for the dating app Tinder, designed to have more self confidence approaching women than most…
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With an array of social media options open to teenagers, Zoe Howell, a sixth-grader at Pasco Middle School, offered succinct, practical advice to classmates during a speech competition this week. “Choose wisely,” she said, referring to Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram activities. Zoe placed first in a field of 30 sixth-,…
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I am pleased to introduce Diana Weber for a special guest blog post on “Agile At The Top: How Executives Walk The Talk”. Diana is a passionate writer, an avid agilist, and an Agile Project Leader on my team here at Valpak.
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Yahoo today is hoping to capitalize on the cord-cutting trend and consumers’ growing attachment to streaming video services with the launch of a new app called Yahoo Video Guide. The app, available now on iOS and Android, will help you find new movies and TV shows to watch on HBO,…
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A $50,000 investment by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a Tampa Bay nonprofit could give local technology companies a stronger field of job candidates in the future. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) is funding efforts by Tampa Bay Technology Forum to plug the local workforce skills gap, or a mismatch between growing…
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My parents are both marketing professors, which could easily be its own post, but long story short, it means that I was raised thinking about marketing concepts early on. They both find their most challenging topic to be “Ethics,” as this doesn’t seem to come naturally to their students.
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Ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft won the latest round in their fight to operate in the Bay area, particularly Hillsborough County. After a heated debate over several hours Tuesday, the Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation voted to move forward with a bill outlining insurance requirements and background checks on the so-called…
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