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

Actifio CEO: We’re a “Sleeper Company” Worth $500M in Enterprise IT Market

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 »
Actifio Adds $50M, Goes Big in Noisy Data Management Market

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 »
Backupify Rolls Out Gmail Tool, Wants to Build Data Protection Layer for the Web

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 »
NuoDB, Morgenthaler Ventures Talk Disruption in Databases

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 »
Mobile Payment Platform Wars: LevelUp, Paydiant, PayPal, & More

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 »
Agenda for Mobile Madness on March 19: Athenahealth, Timbre, Twitter, Verizon…

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 »
Active Endpoints Bought by Informatica in Cloud Workflow Deal

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 »
Dan Bricklin, Apperian, ByteLight Join Mobile Madness Lineup on March 19

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 »
Track180 Builds iPad App to Bring More Context, Balance to Online News

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 »
Bolt Emerges with $3.5M Fund to Support Hardware Startups in Boston

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 »
Cloze Goes Live with Mobile App to Combat E-mail and Social Overload

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 »
Angel Investor Semyon Dukach Stirs Up Trouble with New Award

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 »
Twitter’s Crashlytics Goes Free—Part of Bigger Mobile Strategy?

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 »
Albright, Paradise, Bolt, MC10, Verizon Join Mobile Madness on March 19

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 »
DataXu Scoops Up $27M More, Turns Corner on Big-Data Ad Software

It’s always good to catch up with Mike Baker. It’s not always good to wait a year or more between catch-ups, though.

Baker is the CEO of Boston-based DataXu. And... Read more »
Twitter’s Boston Acquisitions: Crashlytics Tops $100M, Bluefin Labs Close Behind

People are talking about Twitter’s Boston-area acquisitions today. Some more than others. Unsubstantiated rumors and prices are flying around like so many careless tweets. Whom should you believe?

Answer: Xconomy (and... Read more »
Acme Packet Sold to Oracle for $2B; Cue Silicon Valley Envy

Oracle owns the Boston tech scene. That’s all I can think of now.

The Larry Ellison machine from Silicon Valley has spent increasing amounts of money to acquire Boston-area icons, including... Read more »
New Accelerator LearnLaunchX Looks to Make Boston Ed-Tech Capital of the World

There’s a new startup accelerator in town. OK, there are a few—but this one specializes in technology and innovation in the field of education.

LearnLaunchX, led by angel investor Jean... Read more »
1366 Shakes Off Solar Industry Woes, Opens New Wafer Plant

Is this the only U.S. solar startup that’s actually doing well?

That might be an overstatement. But after the much-publicized failings of Solyndra and Evergreen Solar, one might wonder what’s keeping... Read more »
Boston Tech Tidbits: Apptopia, Linkwell, uTest, Travis McCready, & More

Too much going on in the Boston tech scene to keep track of at the moment—and much more coming soon. Here are just a few items that are swirling around my... Read more »

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