by Ben Oaks | Nov 16, 2016 | Generally Cool Stuff
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 14, 2016– (NASDAQ: AMZN)–Today, Amazon announced the sponsorship of 12 teams to participate in the Alexa Prize, an annual university competition dedicated to accelerating the field of conversational artificial...
by Andy Quayle | May 24, 2015 | Generally Cool Stuff
This morning as I was wandering around Target on my usual weekly run I noticed what I like to think of as the BullsEye Coven (the weekly staff meeting or huddle or whatever they hold in the middle of the the main aisle and always in my way) except twice as large. My...
by Andy Quayle | Jan 14, 2015 | Generally Cool Stuff, Mobile Tech
Pittsburgh, Pa. — Let’s Move Pittsburgh — a program of Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens modeled after First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign to curb childhood obesity through raised awareness about better nutrition, increased physical activity and...
by Andy Quayle | Dec 4, 2014 | Generally Cool Stuff
Pittsburgh, Pa. — Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce that Mayor William Peduto has declared Dec. 7 Richard V. Piacentini Day in the City of Pittsburgh. Recognizing the impressive service of the public garden’s executive director of 20...
by Andy Quayle | Jan 17, 2014 | Generally Cool Stuff
Pittsburgh (16 Jan, 2014)— Revv Oakland, the Oakland Business Improvement District (OBID), and Oakland Real Estate partnered in October 2013 to kick off Startup Oakland, a project that captures the benefits of locating startup technology businesses in Oakland and...