Microsoft is buying the educational version of Minecraft and has plans to create a bigger and better version of the popular world-building video game that's designed for classrooms. The Redmond, Washington, software company will partner with TeacherGaming LLC, creator of MinecraftEdu, to transform that game into "Minecraft: Education Edition." Financial…
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A Tampa entrepreneur wants you to be able to wash your clothes in a laundromat with the touch of a button on a mobile device. The entrepreneur, Todd Belveal, has developed a patent-pending mobile application that he said would allow users to locate stores and reserve machines remotely, activate and…
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In 1853, U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry (no, not the Friendsactor) sailed to the shores of Japan to strongly suggest (with several gun-laden vessels) that the ruling shogunate open Japan’s ports to outside trade. For 200 years, Japan had embraced a policy of near total isolation from the West, but with…
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Sometimes it helps to look back at who left their mark on Tampa Bay's business economy in order to look ahead. Below are 10 people who have touched this market — mostly for the good, but not always. Many have moved on, living elsewhere or involved in new pursuits. Others…
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Emails rarely inspire awe. Typically, the responses they elicit are more akin to, "Ack! Not another email from that company. Off to spam you go!” Some companies, however, are completely reimagining what email marketing can do and what it should be about. These companies don't believe email marketing is about…
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A second Senate panel on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at allowing high school students to take computer coding classes as an alternative to learning more traditional foreign languages.
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Tampa software firm SunView Software said Wednesday it will add up to 45 jobs and invest more than $1 million to add 6,000 square feet to its current headquarters. CEO Seng Sun, in a statement, said the company looks forward to "contributing to Hillsborough County's economic engine." Because no state…
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In new rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report, three University of South Florida online graduate programs appear in the top 25 nationally, including two showing substantial improvement from last year. Two USF programs, graduate computer information technology and graduate engineering, rank the highest among public universities in…
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VLC, the popular video-playing software offering support for a wide range of media formats, is now available for Apple TV. For those with large video collections, that means you’ll be able to play your files on your TV’s big screen without having to convert them to a supported format. One of…
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One of the fastest-growing health care companies in Tampa Bay has a new name, added talent and an expanded product line after buying a former competitor and sometimes partner.
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