Tesla freed up its patents. Does anyone care?

By David Fer­ris, E&E reporter Tes­la Motors Inc. seemed to take the high road when it announced last week that it would spur the devel­op­ment of elec­tric cars by opening […]

Social investing: 4 companies make a difference

By Sam Beck­er As con­sumers, it’s easy to become dis­il­lu­sioned by all of the neg­a­tive press cov­er­age point­ed in the direc­tion of major cor­po­ra­tions. For every heart­break­ing sto­ry of negligence […]

UrbanSitter Wins 2014 Bay Area Tech & Innovation Award

By Richard Proc­tor Urban­Sit­ter: Best Con­sumer Appli­ca­tion or Ser­vice Across the coun­try, par­ents look­ing for trust­wor­thy babysit­ters have been turn­ing to San Fran­­cis­­co-based Urban­Sit­ter for help. Sim­i­lar­ly, babysit­ters look­ing for […]