Tech companies still struggle to hire black workers
Tech companies know that they have a race problem, as the numbers at major companies attest. But their efforts to address it have so far yielded little progress.
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Allos Ventures plans $50M-plus VC fund, adds director
The 8-year-old firm, which focuses on investing in early-stage Midwestern tech companies, this week filed plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $50 million to $100 million for the new fund.
Facebook says privacy-setting glitch affected as many as 14M
The problem, which Facebook said it has fixed, is the latest privacy scandal for the world's largest social media company.
Civic leaders launch push to meld transit, technology
The Central Indiana Personal Mobility Network is in its early stages. But the general idea is to use technology, including a smartphone app and other tools, to make it easier for people to use IndyGo and other local transportation options, including Blue Indy electric-car sharing, Indiana Pacers Bikeshare, Uber, and Lyft.
Indy TV news stations take different approaches to set technology
WISH-TV and WTHR have invested heavily in technology to make their news sets grab viewers, but their methods of operation vary widely.
After 4 years, Indiana fully embraces text-to-911 in emergencies
Residents in all 92 of the state's counties can now send texts during emergencies if they're unable to speak to dispatchers.
ClusterTruck food-delivery service expanding HQ, planning to add 125 jobs
The Indianapolis-based founded by tech luminary Chris Baggott recently agreed to take the entire seventh floor of the J.F. Wild Building on Market Street.
2018 Innovation Issue graphic: How a bitcoin is mined
New bitcoins are created during the digital process of verifying transactions. Here’s how it works.
2018 Innovation Issue graphic: How blockchain works
Blockchain is complicated, but at its roots, it’s simply a way to perform secure transactions.
2018 Innovation Issue: There’s promise in cryptocurrencies but plenty of skepticism, too
Cryptocurrency might not be coming to a bank near you—yet. But bitcoin ATMs are springing up across central Indiana and the nation, and some tech leaders say that, within a decade, cryptocurrency could be more life-altering than the internet.
2018 Innovation Issue: Blockchain could transform many industries—but maybe not yet
Early adopters say blockchain has the potential to revolutionize everything from executing insurance contracts and conducting financial transactions to assuring food safety.
2018 Innovation Issue Q&A: Expert says blockchain isn’t for everyone
Hong Wan, director of the Purdue Blockchain Lab, is researching the ways the distributed-ledger technology can help industry become more secure and transparent.
2018 Innovation Issue: John Wechsler says Indiana can be the crossroads of IoT innovation
Our state’s key industries—manufacturing, agriculture and logistics—face imminent disruption from internet-connected devices, referred to collectively as the internet of things.
2018 Innovation Issue: Doctors use VR to try to reduce ICU delirium
Researchers at Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute are measuring whether a virtual walk on the beach could help prevent cognitive issues faced by patients who spend time on a mechanical ventilation machine in the intensive care unit.
2018 Innovation Issue: Is virtual reality already dead? Or just getting started?
Quietly—as consumers turned their attention elsewhere—virtual reality has been finding its place in business operations, particularly to make education and training more accessible and less expensive.
2018 Innovation Issue: Virtual reality lets Rolls-Royce trainees do more
A VR headset allows a trainee to slide the engine out of the back of a helicopter, pull apart the engine’s dozens of components and examine them—all without interacting with the real thing.
2018 Innovation Issue: Reynolds & Kohlstrand on what blockchain means for the practice of law
Blockchain might fundamentally change the way documents are verified and the way contracts are negotiated, executed and enforced.
Analytics for sponsors and fans takes center stage at Indy 500
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar Series have signed a deal with a San Diego tech firm that allows the track and race series to get expanded information on the value they are driving for corporate partners.
2018 Innovation Issue: Appirio’s Jimerson says tech can influence diversity, inclusion
As a company that leverages the cloud to create better worker and customer experiences, Appirio offers a unique opportunity to elevate the way technology is used to mitigate diversity and inclusion challenges.
2018 Innovation Issue: Centric’s Jason Williams says ‘soft’ innovation skills matter
A growing number of industry leaders agree that simply an understanding, not a mastery, of technical skills will be necessary to compete in the future.