Google announced Tuesday in a special press conference at Johnny T-Shirt in Chapel Hill that in 2009 it generated $780 million for North Carolina businesses, website publishers, and non-profits. In total, the Internet giant generated $54 billion in economic activity across the US last year alone. These figures were unveiled at a series [...]
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The CHAT Festival, held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, kicked off yesterday with Keynote speaker Robbie Bach, Microsoft’s President of Entertainment & Devices division. Mr. Bach’s presentation addressed “The Future of Entertainment”.
Mr. Bach began his presentation by reminding the audience of how far we have come [...] Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry smart phones, plans to open a research and development office in Raleigh, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill figure out how to stop infecting bacteria in their tracks and RTI International looks for new business opportunities with the help of a new division [...] “Her odyssey from the old world to the new-from the bleakest totalitarianism to the most ebullient flowing of imagination and enterprise- forms a story worthy of a 21st-century homer.” Inc. Magazine Last night, UNC’s Carolina Entrepreneurial Institute hosted a lecture by Ping Fu, Chairman, President, and CEO of Geomagic, Inc. Geomagic, located [...] The Research Triangle Park’s close engagement with the Triangle region’s universities-Duke University, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large component contributing to the growth of the region’s diverse culture and intellectually vibrant atmosphere. Last night, I was reminded of the vast opportunities for personal and [...] Did you know that the Triangle region is a center of excellence in global health? Anchored by such global health institutes like RTI International, the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Duke University, North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and the Triangle Global Health Consortium, the region is at the [...] |
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