Technology

Framingham international healthcare and life science firm Alira Health has acquired a contract research company just down the street.

A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have received a $1.6-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an app for tracking chronic wounds.

Acton mobile technology firm Affirmed Networks is testing what it calls the wireless industry's first 5G network in North America and the Middle East, the company announced Tuesday.

Nearly 5 million data records are lost or stolen worldwide every single day, or 58 records every second.

Video marketing and advertising is nothing new. Just turn on your TV to realize this. In fact, the first official TV commercial aired back in 1941 – a 10-second spot for Bulova, a watch and jewelry company.

Eleven years after the 2007 launch of Facebook's social advertising services for businesses, one might guess businesses have figured out exactly how to leverage it, and the many other social media platforms available for customer engagement.

Social media has delivered small businesses a path around robotic marketing campaigns and a way into homes of current and prospective customers.

A pharmaceutical and biotech campus development firm is set to purchase the former MetroWest Daily News building in Framingham.

Despite a $47 million tax bill from bringing home foreign earnings, Oxford's IPG Photonics grew its 2017 net income by 33 percent to $347.6 million.

Despite a hefty tax bill due to new tax laws, Natick-based electronics manufacturer Cognex reported a record year in 2017, including revenues of $748 million, a 44 percent increase from 2016.