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
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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 »
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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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In case you aren’t conferenced out yet, Xconomy Boston is convening a pretty special group of tech leaders a week from today, on Tuesday, March 19.
It’s our fifth annual Mobile... Read more »
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Let’s get the name question out of the way first. CloudHealth Technologies is not a health IT company. It is a cloud infrastructure and analytics startup, aimed at helping software companies... Read more »
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Nipendo is the latest Israeli startup to expand to the Boston area. The 50-person company, which makes software to connect large enterprises with suppliers, has just raised $8 million in Series... Read more »
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For those of you lamenting the end of an era—the Fung Wah bus era—fear not. For there is Wanderu to help you find another way to get where you’re going... Read more »
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Actifio might be the Boston tech scene’s greatest paradox.
The Waltham, MA-based data management startup just raised $50 million in venture capital (it has raised $107.5 million total) at a valuation... Read more »
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Yes, the data management sector is pretty hot right now. You don’t even have to call it “big data” anymore.
In one of the bigger tech financings we’ve seen in a... Read more »
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Three pearls of wisdom from Backupify CEO Rob May, right off the bat:
1. “Successful companies often look like bad ideas at the beginning.”
2. “The company that solves the ‘big... Read more »
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The database startup that is closest to my office, if not my heart, has a compelling story. Roughly speaking, it’s one of these “if it really works, it is a game... Read more »
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Is 2013 the year I put all the cash under my mattress away, leave my credit card at home, and start paying for everything with my phone?
Not bloody likely. At... Read more »
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We are coming down the home stretch towards Mobile Madness 2013. It’s March tomorrow (eek…I mean, yay).
Luckily the program is all set. We are going from 1:30-5:30 pm, March 19,... Read more »
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Chalk up another acquisition of a Boston tech company by a Silicon Valley giant.
Waltham, MA-based Active Endpoints has been acquired by data-integration software maker Informatica (NASDAQ: INFA), of Redwood... Read more »
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Too many good people, too few slots. Such is the curse of Mobile Madness.
Nevertheless we forge on. I’m pleased to announce a few more speakers for Mobile Madness 2013,... Read more »
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The best entrepreneurs are an elusive mix of tech-business expert, clear-headed thinker, contrarian, psychologist, and elevator repairman. Because, really, if you know how to fix elevators, you can pretty much do... Read more »
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If hardware is the new black, then Bolt is the new “accelerator.”
Actually, Bolt doesn’t much like the term. Instead, it fancies itself a “toolkit” for hardware startups. But the accelerator... Read more »
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Got e-mail problems? Tired of trying to keep up with all the latest social-media updates? Then retire and move to Fiji. But if that’s not an option, well, keep reading.
Yes,... Read more »
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If you’re a troublemaker in training, you could do worse than follow the lead of Semyon Dukach.
The former MIT blackjack team leader has made his name beating casinos, leading... Read more »
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I’ve been trying to get my head around Twitter’s recent acquisition of Crashlytics, the mobile app crash-reporting startup. It didn’t make immediate sense to everyone, which probably means there’s some... Read more »
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Llllllllet’s get ready to rummmmm-ble…
For those of you interested in mobile technology and business—which means pretty much all of you—we have some notable additions to the speaker list for Mobile... Read more »