The Palisades Senior Living received an award from the national Association of Home Builders for its integration of technology and wellness programs for residence. The Palisades, which offers both independent living and assisted living to its residents, won the award along with their partner, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Every year, the NAHB [...]
Continue reading …UCCS physics professor Anatoliy Glushchenko is building a bridge he hopes will lead to growth of high-tech companies in Colorado Springs. He calls the bridge the Center for Innovation in Biophysics and Energy Research, Advanced Technologies and Optical Materials, or CiBER-ATOM. It links the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the area’s high-tech industry [...]
Continue reading …Venture capitalists seem to be testing the waters once again, despite the volatile economic conditions. Investors put $8.4 billion into 765 deals in the third quarter, representing a 29 percent increase in investment and an 8 percent increase in the number of deals compared to the same time period in 2010. “Venture investment rose, putting [...]
Continue reading …I hope you all know what I’m referring to when I say “QR codes” — they’re those squiggly, square bar code thingies that are showing up on packages and in ads all over the place. The idea is that you hold your phone over this QR code (if you have a QR code reader app [...]
Continue reading …What difference does a year make? When it comes to the Colorado Springs economy: very little. At this time last year, the city was optimistic about the path forward. Fred Crowley, professor of economics at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and principal of the Southern Colorado Economic Forum, predicted steady recovery. And he [...]
Continue reading …So this week I posted a YouTube video of Nappy Roots on my facebook profile and got immediate rave reviews from my college age nephew. And I started to wonder if he thinks I’m actually cool. Here’s the thing: I’m really a fraud at being cool. I use the Internet as a “cool engine” that [...]
Continue reading …Cowboys and ranchers may soon have a new tool to track their livestock as part of trials by drug giant Pfizer. Instead of just using herding dogs and horses, they’ll be using BlackBerrys and software developed in Colorado Springs. The company behind the technology, New Planet, housed in the Colorado Springs Technology Incubator, struck a [...]
Continue reading …While nearly every industry has switched to electronic record keeping and payments, the health care industry is lagging behind — and it is costing the country $22 billion in health care expenses every year. Celent, a research and advisory firm, says that electronic processing is present in most steps of the health care revenue cycle [...]
Continue reading …Electronic gadgets are always a big holiday favorite, but this year, retailers seem to be sticking to updating tried-and-true favorites, along with slashing prices, to entice consumers into their stores.
Continue reading …Internet, technology out-pacing rules, regulations The Internet has become a cyber version of the Wild West, where few rules exist to curb an enthusiastic fight about ownership and ideas. The ease of communicating and marketing via the Internet has brought about a pitched struggle for copyrights, trademarks and other money-making endeavors. “It’s just that the [...]
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