Technology
PPA Hopes to Let You Pay for Parking With Your Cell Phone
The Philadelphia Parking Authority is hoping to allow you to pay for parking with your cell phone by next summer. Well, “hopefully,” a spokesperson says. […]
Cue Confusion: Diane Von Furstenberg is Collaborating With Google Glass for a Special Edition Pair of Lenses
You may remember Diane von Furstenberg’s first foray with Google Glass when, in September 2013, models sashayed down the runway in the slightly less obtrusive eyeglass […]
Philly’s Ex-Chief Data Officer: I Quit After Clash with Revenue Commissioner
Mark Headd, Philadelphia’s first Chief Data Officer from the fall of 2012 to April 2013, has finally explained why he left the position. It happened […]
Local Architect Publishes Adorable Children’s eBook Series
The Memoirs of Winthrop Little is an interactive children’ book series app dreamt up by Wayne resident and architect Jeffrey Martin. The story is written by an adorable teddy bear named Winthrop […]
Hot Philly Startup Curalate Gets $8.6M in Funding
Curalate, a Philly-based tech start-up with 45 employees, got $8.6 million in funding. Re/code’s Jason Del Rey reports New Enterprise Associate (NEA) led the funding; […]
Homefront Video Game Set in Scary, Future Philadelphia
German video game company Crytek has revealed that the next installment of its video game series Homefront: The Revolution will be set in a future, post-apocalyptic Philadelphia, […]
SEPTA’s New Payment Technology Will Be Called SEPTA Key
Lots of new developments coming out of SEPTA these days. There’s the new 24-hour SEPTA service that debuts on June 15th. There’s the covert text-to-911 […]
Monday Obsession: Fashion Illustrator and It Girl Dallas Shaw’s iPhone Cases
Confession: I have a very weird obsession with finding the perfect cell phone case. It started about 10 years ago, when I searched far and […]
Drexel Prof. Makes Philly Art Museum App
Mary Jo Grdina, an associate clinical professor in Drexel’s School of Education, has created a new iPad app that seeks to prove that “physics principles […]
Philly Tech Week 2014 Signature Event
Philly Tech Week’s Signature Event was held at the Comcast Center on Friday, April 11th. It was part cocktail party, part local tech expo, and […]
5 Things to Do in Philly This Week: Philly Tech Week Picks, Cinedelphia Film Festival Debuts, and More
Looking for something else? Visit our Philadelphia Event Listings page for a good rundown of local goings-on through June.
VIDEO, GIFs: World’s Largest Tetris in Philadelphia
The first thing I saw after arriving at the end of the Ben Franklin Parkway was a man in a Tetris costume being interviewed by […]
Tetris on the Cira Centre Tomorrow Night
To kick off this year’s Philly Tech Week, Drexel University and Brandywine Realty Trust have partnered to bring another mega-size video game, Tetris, to the […]
Response: Women Aren’t at Philly Tech Week for You To Look At
“That Tech Girl Talk session? Seems pretty hot,” wrote Gene Marks in his article “The 56 Things You’ll Likely Overhear at Philly Tech Week” on […]
Interview: How Philly Tech Week Became an Institution
Christopher Wink isn’t yet on Philly Mag’s list of the city’s most powerful people (check out the newest issue!) but give it time. He’s a […]