“Our ultimate goal is to solve what stress is – for individuals, and for the whole planet.” That’s what Rob Goldberg told us when we first met him back in August. Rob is a neuroscientist and founder of Boston-based startup, Neumitra. The company builds wearable technology that monitors the physiology of stress, and links it to contextual data from mobile apps (i.e. location) to create personalized stress management tools for individuals. That data can then be sent to the cloud [...]

Earlier this month, the European Court of Justice ruled the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor agreement invalid, sending waves of uncertainty through the mobile economy. Small companies relying on the Safe Harbor to meet EU privacy obligations must now find other means to verify data protection. Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) or Model Clauses recognized by Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) do exist, but are costly and cumbersome for small companies and startups. However, a recent decision from German DPAs to no longer issue new BCRs [...]

Earlier this morning, a post from Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith marked October 2015 as a month the tech industry would long remember. Not for a life-changing innovation or an advancement in research, but for the collapse of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor – a 15-year-old international agreement critical to transatlantic data transfer. More than 5,000 companies have been relying on the legal framework to conduct business and provide services to over 800 million people on two continents. And it’s [...]

Over the past eight years, the app industry has grown to a $120 billion economy, providing a platform for new companies and job creation throughout the nation. This success is felt in every part of the country as more than three-quarters of the top-earning app companies come from outside Silicon Valley. The widespread availability of broadband infrastructure and low barriers of entry in the app industry create conditions where app makers can succeed from anywhere. In fact, our most recent [...]