NASA Taps Boeing for First Commercial Crew Flight to International Space Station

GeekWire | Taylor Soper | May 28

http://www.geekwire.com/2015/boeing-wins-nasa-award-for-first-commercial-crew-flight-to-the-international-space-station/

“Boeing will help NASA get back into the business of transporting people to the International Space Station. NASA announced on Wednesday that it has tasked Boeing to fly astronauts to the ISS in 2017, marking its first commercial order for a human spaceflight mission.”

 

UH Oh: Tech Deals on Pace to Surpass 1999

USA Today | Matt Krantz | May 28

http://americasmarkets.usatoday.com/2015/05/28/uh-oh-tech-deals-on-pace-to-surpass-1999/

“More than $110 billion has been spent buying up U.S. tech companies so far this year, says Richard Peterson of S&P Capital IQ. If dealmaking continues at this pace it would reach $273.6 billion in 2015 – topping the dot-com frenzied year of 1999. At the current pace, tech M&A is second only to the $385.1 billion spent the year the tech-heavy Nasdaq peaked and began a bear market so ugly some investors are still afraid of the stock market as a result – 15 years later!”

 

The Great Tech Migration: Silicon Valley People Increasingly Searching for Homes Elsewhere

Puget Sound Business Journal | Rachel Lerman | May 26

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/05/the-great-tech-migration-silicon-valley-people.html

“One in four people who live in the Bay Area searched for homes outside the area, according to data from Seattle online real estate brokerage Redfin. That’s up from one in seven people in 2014. Many of them are looking to relocate to the Puget Sound region. The number of people from the Bay Area looking for homes in Seattle has quadrupled in four years.”

 

The Most Powerful Women in Tech 2015

Forbes | Kate Vinton | May 26

http://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2015/05/26/the-most-powerful-women-in-tech-2015/

“Many of these powerful leaders have long since established themselves in the tech sector. Claiming 18 spots on the list, these leaders continue to be the face of success in a tech culture that has gained a reputation for being unwelcoming to women.”

 

What’s Hot? Life Sciences Challenge Tech in Global Innovation

Reuters | Ben Hirschiler | May 26

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/26/us-science-patents-idUSKBN0OB07Q20150526

“The life sciences industry is increasingly taking over from the tech sector in driving global innovation, according to a Thomson Reuters analysis of global patents. With more patents applied for or granted in 2014 than in any other year in history, humankind has never been more inventive, whether in designing driverless cars, discovering new drugs for cancer or building bionic limbs.”

 

Java at 20 Still Helps Developers Push Tech Innovation Boundaries

eWeek | Darryl K. Taft | May 22

http://www.eweek.com/developer/slideshows/java-at-20-still-helps-developers-push-tech-innovation-boundaries.html

“Oracle, users and the Java development community worldwide are celebrating 20 years of Java this week. Today, Java powers software that touches both our work and personal lives. From innovations in enterprise big data, cloud, social, mobile and the Internet of things, to connected cars, smartphones and video games, Java continues to help developers push the boundaries in technology innovation.”