Technology

The city data scientist-turned-entrepreneur is taking on blight … because someone’s gotta do it

Local digital design firm Interactive Mechanics launches fellowship to help underrepresented developers grow their careers

Robot lawyers are overturning thousands of parking tickets in New York City. When will they invade Philly?

A former taxi industry consultant ponders whether Uber might, in the long run, lead to better working conditions for drivers

Millennial mayor Alex Torpey on recruiting citizens to reinvent government.

The city wants your ideas for how to smarten up Philly through its proposed Internet of Things

A local psychiatrist’s app helps users help the homeless—and provides certainty about where their money goes

People spend three billion hours online gaming. A local company asks: Why not repurpose those hours for the greater good?

The music producers have launched a membership program to help Philly musicians thrive—and keep them in town

They’ve spent $600,000 on social impact ventures—and they’re growing. Ultimately, they want to build a spaceship ... while making the world better