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Gregory T. Huang

Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003.

Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Recent posts

TechSandBox Looking to Rally Entrepreneurs in Boston’s MetroWest

Here’s a concept: a Boston-area startup incubator outside of Route 128.

What’s outside 128, you ask? A whole lot of experienced technology and life sciences workers, that’s what. And some of... Read more »
Elder Care, iPad Toys, & Food: Inside the HBS New Venture Competition

Business plan competitions are in full bloom at colleges and universities around Boston. One of the most prominent ones, at Harvard Business School, got a facelift this year and is in... Read more »
3 Takeaways from Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” Tour

I haven’t read all of Sheryl Sandberg’s book yet. I’m not on Facebook. Also, I’m a man.

That makes me a perfect commentator for her “Lean In” book tour, which hit... Read more »
Boston Tech Roundup: Attune, Cognex, GreenBytes, LevelUp, & More

Here we go, catching up on an insanely busy news and events week in Boston. (That’s it, Curt, no more vacations.)

—Cognex (NASDAQ: CGNX), the Natick, MA-based computer-vision tech company... Read more »
WorldOne Getting $35M to Expand Sermo Physician Network

A pretty big deal in healthcare IT this morning: WorldOne, a health data and intelligence company based in New York, says it has secured a $35 million funding commitment from Deerfield... Read more »
3D Startup Lagoa Has Designs on $1.6M Seed Round, Boston Expansion

There’s a new player in town in 3D design and graphics software—a field that has deep roots in Boston.

Lagoa (fka TeamUp) has rolled out a cloud-based interactive rendering and collaboration... Read more »
A Sandwich, a Startup, and Soon, a Lawsuit? The Crunchbutton Story

It all started with a sandwich. As great stories often do.

Judd Rosenblatt was a senior at Yale. There is a popular food item among Yalies, called the Wenzel, consisting... Read more »
Editor’s Picks: Xconomy Boston’s Top 20 Stories of Q1 2013

The first quarter’s in the books, the birds are singing, and this is no April Fool’s story, I assure you.

As is my quarterly tradition, I am posting a list of... Read more »
Jerry Fishman, Analog Devices CEO, Dead at 67: Some of His Insights

Analog Devices announced today that its CEO, Jerry Fishman, passed away from an apparent heart attack on Thursday evening. He was 67.

Fishman had been chief executive of Analog, an electronics... Read more »
QD Vision, With $20M More in VC, Waves Flag for Boston Nanotech

QD Vision is a throwback to the days when “nano” was cool. OK, that was 10 years ago, but still.

These days you would be hard-pressed to find many thriving... Read more »
XSITE 2013: Boston’s Tech Revival Coming June 19

Boston tech is back, baby.

We might not be Silicon Valley, but who cares? The Boston area has incredible amounts of technical talent, business expertise, capital, culture, and new ideas. Over... Read more »
Tasktop Talks Up New Model to Boost Software Delivery, Productivity

Anything that describes itself as “the opposite of Facebook” is OK with me.

Enter Mik Kersten, the CEO and co-founder of Tasktop Technologies. “Vendors want to create ‘Facebook for software,’”... Read more »
Mobile Madness 2013: The Photos

Mobile advertising is resurgent among Boston-area tech startups. Games are driving mobile as much as mobile is driving games. Healthcare is a fertile ground for mobile innovators who dare to enter.... Read more »
With Tiny Tycoons, The Tap Lab Leads New Charge of Boston Game Studios

[Updated with game trailer, 2:05 pm] That sound you hear is a dozen or more independent studios churning out new games around town. The games are mostly for the... Read more »
EverTrue Lands $5.25M to Build Out Alumni-Relations Mobile Tech

Anyone making it through the Series A crunch these days?

EverTrue is. The Boston-based alumni-networking software startup has raised $5.25 million in Series A funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, with... Read more »
10 Takeaways from Mobile Madness 2013: Ads, Games, M2M, and More

Before I even have time to thank everyone involved in yesterday’s Mobile Madness conference, I wanted to share some of the highlights that were etched in my brain.

Here are my... Read more »
Miguel de Icaza: From “Anti-Apple” to Xamarin, Helping Windows Devs Go iOS

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that some of the world’s most prominent techies live in Boston. One of those is Miguel de Icaza, who will be in the audience today at... Read more »
F5′s Terenzoni Takes CEO Helm at Big Data Startup Sqrrl

One of the Boston area’s most intriguing tech startups has hired a new CEO, and he’s from a big company.

The startup is Cambridge, MA-based Sqrrl, and the CEO is... Read more »
Mobile Madness Is Tomorrow: 8 Tickets Left

We are coming down the home stretch for Mobile Madness 2013: The Next Revolution. Xconomy’s fifth annual mobile tech conference is tomorrow, March 19, at Microsoft NERD in Kendall Square.... Read more »
AppNeta Adds $16M as IT Performance Management Heats Up

Some new venture money for a Boston business software company that’s been around the block—but might just be hitting its stride.

Boston-based AppNeta, an IT performance management firm, has pulled... Read more »

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