Blog Archives: Stacey Wolfe
An expansion of Tech Data's main campus last year brought the addition of hundreds of employees. Since June, the technology distributor has added 270 people to its workforce in departments across the board, including sales, accounting and human resources, said Joe Quaglia, Tech Data's president of the Americas. Many of…
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A student-led team from the University of Tampa hopes to pitch their ideas to President Bill Clinton and a panel of judges for the chance to earn $1 million in startup funding. Each year, hundreds of teams from universities around the world compete in the Hult Prize competition to solve…
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Gartner expects worldwide IT spending to total $2.69 trillion in 2015. That’s a lot of money, and businesses must ensure they’re getting the most productivity they can out of their IT spend. That means getting all employees on board with new technology, which can be a major challenge in its…
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What if a surgeon could see through a patient’s skin and look at the internal organs while operating? What if a person using a wheelchair could open up a tray table to hold a notepad, or maybe a beer at a ball game, and push a button to retrieve the…
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tl;dr We pulled Fuse because of complications with FB API for messaging and Twitter’s write-restriction due to grouping social feeds. After about 200 emails asking “what happened to Fuse?”, I’ve decided to write up a short post about 1) what happened, 2) what our plans are and 3) what else…
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The owners of two tech entrepreneurial businesses that offer custom websites, software, branding and other services say joining forces makes them the largest marketing and design firm in St. Petersburg. The new partnership between Think Tank and Big Sea, Inc. highlights the tight-knit small business community in St. Petersburg where…
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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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