Alumnus of Michigan incubator wins Department of Energy contest

Monitoring electricity use to drive energy efficiency is not a new concept, but as the technology for doing so has rapidly advanced, cost has remained a barrier to widespread adoption. However, a Greek startup that settled into a business incubator in Michigan last year to grow in the U.S. market may have broken that cost […]

The ‘Father of Android’ reveals what his startup incubator does to help companies get their products to market faster

Troy Wolverton Andy Rubin has a different take on how a startup incubator should operate. After leaving Google in 2014, Rubin, the reputed father of the Android operating system, launched his own incubator, dubbed Playground Global. This past week, while showing off the new Essential Phone, which a Playground company designed, Rubin talked about the […]

Uptime is a goofy video sharing app from Google’s Area 120 startup incubator

Last year, Google opened a startup incubator called Area 120, which was designed to let employees us some of their discretionary time to start up their own companies. The incubator has just released Uptime, a group video messaging app that lets you watch and share videos with your friends. Say hello to #Uptime! Share and […]