Technology
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Ory Corp., Doylestown Cloud-Security Provider, Goes Sky-High in Series A Investment Round
Doylestown open-source cloud security software provider Ory Corp. raised $22.5M in a recent Series A round. Insight Partners, a New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm, was lead; existing seed investors were Balderton Capital and In-Q-Tel. Ory plans to use the investment to grow its cloud operations, expand its security footprint, and hire…
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King of Prussia-Based Qlik Confidentially Registers Intention to Once Again Go Public
Qlik, a King of Prussia-based data analytics company that does business in more than 100 countries, has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering…
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Philly Tech Trends: Planning Your First Virtual Conference
Hosting a conference can feel overwhelming even under normal circumstances. But attempting to do so virtually adds an additional layer of difficulty since you have far fewer examples to learn from. Like anything else done virtually during Covid, a virtual conference takes getting used to but probably isn’t as challenging as you think. Courtesy of…
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Washington Post: Google’s Browser-Retention Efforts Ruffle Feathers at Paoli’s DuckDuckGo
Gabriel Weinberg, the CEO of Paoli-based DuckDuckGo, a privacy-minded search engine, alleges that Google is manipulating browser extensions to favor its products and stifle competitors, writes Cristiano Lima for The Washington Post. According to Weinberg, Google is deploying manipulative design features to trick users into casting aside rival technology. He said Google has been using…
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Philly Tech Trends: 5 New Zoom Features You Should Be Using
If you have been working from home since the start of the pandemic then you probably feel like you have a pretty good handle on how Zoom works. But it is possible you fell into a comfortable routine with Zoom and didn’t notice or didn’t experiment with new features they have been introducing. If you…
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Whether We Liked It or Not, 2021 Saw Bucks County Weathering Much Weather
First the good news: Bucks County in 2021 saw no swarms of locusts or stars falling to earth and creating bottomless pits. Nonetheless, we did endure some of the wildest non-apocalyptic weather in recent memory. Rachel Kurland recalled the region’s meteorological highs and lows for KYW Newsradio. The year wasn’t that old before snowstorms stomped…
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King of Prussia-Based Qlik at the Forefront of Global Efforts to Combat Climate Change
Since 2019, Qlik has been a close partner of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This is the slightly portentous title of the UN secretariat — also referred to as UN Climate Change — that leads global efforts to combat climate change. Qlik has previously supported the UNFCCC’s work by providing licenses…
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Philly Tech Trends: How Connected Devices Provide Additional Safety as Employees Return to the Office
With the pandemic lasting for nearly two years at this point, there are many reasons offices might become hybrid even as they are willing to allow people back on location. Perhaps some employees strongly don’t feel safe to return yet. Or perhaps the company hired workers during the start of everything who fit in fine…
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Upper Providence Police Take to Social Media to Reunite Ring With Owner
A wedding ring from the 1940s has unexpectedly found its way into an Upper Providence Wawa store, and police are trying to reunite it with its owner, writes Ximena Conde for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Upper Providence Township Police Department posted on social media Friday asking for the public’s help to locate the owner, dubbing…
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Philly Tech Trends: In a ‘New Normal’, How Businesses Can Provide Employee Safety
Prior to the pandemic, company security was more directed at keeping the building safe from intruders or potential cyber threats. And while those are still important concerns, companies now are also having to figure out how to keep employees safe in a time when the world is much more conscious about their health. A SecurityInformed…
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Philly Tech Trends: Safety and Communication Technology Makes a Difference for Manufacturers
When picturing the kind of technology that a manufacturing company would be fixated on, you probably assume it is all about speeding up their production line. Having more products ready to sell and ship is no doubt a major priority, but it is not all about the assembly line. One important consideration in factories is…
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With Available Phone Numbers Running Low, Philadelphia Suburbs Get New Area Code
With the currently available options running out of new numbers, Southeastern Pennsylvania is about to get a new telephone area code: 835. Andrew Maykuth dialed up the details for The Philadelphia Inquirer. This new code was approved by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) earlier this month. It will serve the same geographic area now…
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How Closely Do Pennsylvania Google Searches on Hot-Button Issues Hew to National Trends?
Pennsylvania’s Google searches on three current hot-button issues — critical race theory, inflation, and immigration — are mostly on par with national trends, write Mike D’Onofrio and Taylor Allen for AXIOS Philadelphia. Google queries related to critical race theory in Pennsylvania occur more often in Democratic congressional districts. This includes the 4th and 6th Districts…
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Qlik’s ‘Boomerangs’ Cite Company’s Culture, Freedom to Grow as Reasons for Their Return
Qlik employees Patricia Acrich and Roy Horgan are two of the data analytics firm’s many “boomerangs,” people who’ve left the King of Prussia-based company, then returned, often in a new role. This year alone, Qlik has had 32 of them. Acrich had been laid off, while Horgan left to pursue a position at another organization.…
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It’s Back: Local Man’s ‘Christmas Prism’ Light Display App Is New and Improved
Christmas Prism, the free app from Mike Kane that lets you show off your Christmas lights and track the best Christmas light displays around, is back again this year new and improved, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. Kane, from Delaware County, now has a sponsor for Christmas Prism. Appropriately, it’s PECO, which helped fund…
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Philly Tech Trends: How Audiovisual Equipment Benefits the Pharmaceutical Industry
When it comes to developments in pharmaceuticals and biology, news updates are understandably typically focused on scientific breakthroughs. After all, that is what these fields are meant to achieve advancements in. However, the technology that helps enable these advancements is also worthy of attention for the innovation it brings. The usage of audiovisual equipment is…
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Where Do You Go When You Gotta Go in Philly? An Upper Darby Native Has an App for That!
Hugo Bucci, formerly of Upper Darby, has become all things bathroom in Philadelphia. “Philly bathrooms are officially my legacy. Wouldn’t have it any other way,” Bucci joked in a Reddit post. The 29-year-old data analyst created Where2Go, a free iPhone app that shows you where public bathrooms are in Philadelphia, writes Michaela Winberg for Billy Penn.…
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Philly Tech Trends: How Houses of Worship Can Improve Live Streaming of their Holiday Services
This is the time of year when more people visit churches more than any other time of the year. But there are plenty of unforeseen circumstances that can prevent those plans. Old age, illness, and becoming overwhelmed with holiday responsibilities can all cause people to miss attending service. It has become more common for religious…
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