E Ink, the Cambridge-based firm that provides the electronic ink and paper technology for e-book readers such as Amazon’s Kindle 2. Personally, I like stories about companies like E Ink succeeding in finding big markets for their inventions—and given this story’s popularity I suspect that Xconomy readers feel the same way.
5. The Ups and Downs at OLPC
The top two leaders of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation (OLPC) gave Wade the lowdown on the recent wins and losses at the Cambridge nonprofit back in January, including a candid assessment of the group’s failed Give One, Get One program. It’s a must-read post on where the well-chronicled organization has been and where it plans to go with its mission to bring affordable computing to children of the developing world.
Author: Ryan McBride
Ryan is an award-winning business journalist who contributes to our life sciences and technology coverage. He was previously a staff writer for Mass High Tech, a Boston business and technology newspaper, where he and his colleagues won a national business journalism award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2008. In recent years, he has made regular TV appearances on New England Cable News.
Prior to MHT, Ryan covered the life sciences, technology, and energy sectors for Providence Business News. He graduated with honors from the University of Rhode Island in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. When he’s not chasing down news, Ryan enjoys mountain biking and skiing in his home state of Vermont.
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