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Den Is A New UK Home Automation Platform, Raising Crowd Financing
It’s strange, because until now most home automation system which involve accessing the power outlets seems to have been designed for nerds to show off their ‘touch sensitive’ switches. But it’s taken a 19 year old from Kent, England to produce a power socket aimed at the mainstream UK market which carries a real switch, that looks just like any other, but which… Read More -
This Is The First Thing To Be 3D Printed In Space
Imagine you’re an astronaut on the International Space Station. Congratulations! Childhood-you would be so proud. You’ve been sent a 3D printer. So… what do you print first? Read More -
Citizens Grab Your Cameras, We Are Little Brother
Dystopian futures have always imagined governments oppressing us with surveillance. Under the all-seeing, all-hearing eyes and ears of Big Brother, free will is curtailed and only “approved” behavior is allowed. Edward Snowden revealed this was no conspiracy theory, and we wouldn’t have to wait for the future. We’re already being watched, our liberty sacrificed for… Read More -
Hollywood Comes Back To Silicon Valley With A New SyFy Reality TV Show
SyFy has greenlit a new, six-episode series that will follow teams of startups through the accelerator process in the Valley. The show, called The Bazillion Dollar Club*, is expected to focus on 12 companies (six each) participating in the 500 Startups Accelerator and PCH International’s Highway1 program. Read More -
TC Droidcast Episode 28: Android Wear Weary, Go For GRID Gaming
On this week’s Droidcast, Chris Velazco joins us from a bathroom, Kyle Russell contributes from New Hampshire, Greg Kumparak rises from his sick bed, and Darrell Etherington hosts from the permanent midnight of Canada. Up for discussion are two new Android Wear devices, the LG G Watch R and the Asus ZenWatch, as well as Nvidia’s Grid streamed gaming service, and fashion… Read More -
Grabyo Secures $2M From Celeb Sports Stars For Rights-Friendly Social Video
Video-focused startup Grabyo, which has a second-screen offering and partners with TV broadcasters to allow TV viewers to legally share real-time clips of its content, has landed $2m in funding from a clutch of globally recognised sports stars. UK Premier League Soccer stars Cesc Fabregas and Robin Van Persie, New York Red Bulls star Thierry Henry and current NBA champion Tony Parker are… Read More -
Against Acceleration
Startups should give up equity for only one of two reasons: work or cash. Read More -
Pomplamoose Details The Cost Of Being An Indie Band
In a surprising display of transparency, Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn aka Pomplamoose detailed what it took to run a 28-city tour of the US. The bottom line? The band made $135,983 in income… and incurred $147,802 in expenses. Essentially, they lost a little over $11,000. But what does this mean for a modern Indie band? Conte writes that all is not lost. First, obviously, is the… Read More
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Two Rallies
Today Apple topped the $700 billion value market cap threshold during regular trading, a remarkable achievement. The company’s shares have since slipped some, but it’s impossible to deny the technology giant’s massive rally. Apple, a company that was once small enough to be dismissed whole-cloth is now not only the world’s most valuable technology company, it’s… Read More -
Lyft Appeals To More Casual Drivers By Matching Them With Passengers To Share Commutes
With the launch of Driver Destination, Lyft will for the first time give its drivers some freedom in being able to accept rides based on where a particular passenger is going. It also could open up its service to a more casual group of drivers. Read More -
Tumblr Overtakes Instagram As Fastest-Growing Social Platform, Snapchat Is The Fastest-Growing App
With 1.35 billion active monthly users, Facebook continues to be the world’s largest social network by some margin, but when it comes to picking up new users, it appears to have reached a saturation point. Research out today from the Global Web Index notes that Tumblr’s active user base in the last six months grew by 120%, while Facebook’s grew by only 2%. And… Read More -
Zendrive Lets Ridesharing And Delivery Companies Know If Their Drivers Are Distracted
Zendrive, a startup that uses smartphone sensors to measure drivers’ behavior, today announced ZenFleets, its first paid service. As the name implies, ZenFleets is meant for companies that have a large number of cars on the road at any given time. With ZenFleets, businesses can track where those cars are, but more importantly, the service also tries to figure out if the driver is focused… Read More -
Inspace Aims To Rocket Us Into Virtual Reality
In the yeaaaaarrrr 2000! As I recall, we were all supposed to be flying around with jetpacks and using Minority Report-esque hardware by now, but that still hasn’t come to pass. Thankfully the folks at InSpace are on the job. The system, which is mostly software, allows you to see media and information in a three-dimensional space. Before you chortle into your beard while thinking of all… Read More -
Twitter Expands Its Commerce Lineup With Twitter Offers, Which Link To Your Credit Or Debit Card
Twitter just announced that it’s testing a new commerce product called Twitter Offers. This follows the announcement of Twitter’s first commerce product back in September, a “Buy” button allowing users to make purchases directly from tweets. Read More -
Lumoid Launches A Peer-To-Peer Marketplace For Short-Term Gadget Rentals
The introduction of Lumoid Locals should enable the company to expand its potential inventory while also allowing its users to make their gear available to others. Launching in San Francisco to start, the Locals marketplace also provides a low-touch way for Lumoid to make money while connecting customers with one another. Read More -
A Gift Guide For Watch Lovers, The Guy’s Edition
Watches make a great gift (and I’m not just saying that because I love them and write about them.) Watches are personal items that you wear and say something about you; they are functional tools; and they can embody beautiful designs. Watch lovers tend to focus mostly on mechanical watches, which have a timelessness to them and are typically considered more prestigious that ones powered… Read More -
This Victoria’s Secret Sports Bra Can Hook Up With A Heart Rate Monitor
It was only a matter of time… fancy lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret is now selling a sports bra for around $75 with built in electrodes that hook up to a heart rate monitor. Sign of our wearable tech times. Read More
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Cell Medica
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Nara Logics
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August
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Promethera Biosciences
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PS Biotech
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zeotap
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Mercaris
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Aperiomics
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Radeeus
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Arena Online
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TouchCare
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Tangiblee
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Accounting SaaS Japan
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Pollask
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Vonjour
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Doctolib
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Higher Learning Technologies
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
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Kofax
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Logovers
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Flipkart
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Elance-oDesk
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Everything But The House (EBTH)
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SimilarWeb
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Kensho
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