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Japanese startup Whill’s Model M, a motorized wheelchair alternative, has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration in the United States. This means that the Model M can now be prescribed by American physicians as a medical device and covered by insurance. Read More... →

The world has lost a true technology partner after Andy Grove, the former CEO and chairman of Intel, passed away aged 79. Read More... →

Платформа myTarget представила новый продукт для рекламодателей... →

RecomN, a platform that helps Malaysian and Indonesian users find service providers for important projects, will enter new Southeast Asian markets after raising $1 million in seed funding from Gobi Partners. The company was launched in July 2014 and inspired by expensive mishaps two of its co-founders, Alex Tan and Jes Min Lua, experienced. Read More... →

Andy Grove wasn’t born and bred in Silicon Valley, but the Hungarian immigrant taught it how to be competitive with the rest of the world. The former CEO of Intel, which became the world’s largest chip maker under Grove’s leadership, passed away at 79 today. And Silicon Valley’s own leaders expressed themselves on Twitter. Here’s […]... →

London-based blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic has closed a $5 million Series A funding round led by Paladin Capital Group,  a Washington-based VC specializing in disruptive security applications. Santander InnoVentures, KRW Schindler, Digital Currency Group and previous investor Octopus also participated in the round. Elliptic CEO and co-founder Dr. James Smith said: “Over the last three […]... →

Take-Two Interactive’s 2K label has unveiled the launch of WWE SuperTokens in GameStop stores. The tokens are the latest way to blend physical objects and digital games in a way that could generate more sales for game companies. The SuperTokens are coin-like objects that can connect via a near-field communications (NFC) connection to an Android […]... →

Spring is here, which means it’s time to put away those coats and get out those dresses. But is your wardrobe still in style? Fashionistas, take note. These apps will help you find the latest styles.                                                       Moda Operandi Straight from fashion week, Moda Operandi makes it easy to shop the runway on its iPhone app.… Read More... →

BYJU, an educational app for Indian schoolkids, plans to create new learning formats and products after raising $75 million from Sequoia India and Sofina. Read More... →

The Oculus Rift headset ships in one week, and the virtual reality company is working to ensure it’ll have plenty of content ready to go when people plug in their Rifts for the first time. To help developers distribute games, Oculus VR operates the Oculus Share store, and the Facebook subsidiary held a panel at the Game […]... →

(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday stepped into the high-profile patent fight between the world’s two fiercest smartphone rivals, Apple and Samsung, agreeing to hear Samsung’s appeal of what it contends were excessive penalties for copying the patented designs of the iPhone. Samsung paid Apple more than $548 million in December related to […]... →

Today was a pretty small news day for Apple. In part, because the announcements were largely iterations on existing products. But, also because the rumors about Apple’s hardware getting smaller were indeed true. The most notable downsided-device was the iPhone SE (watch our hands on here) but for designers, artist, or just fans of the Apple Pencil, the new smaller iPad Pro was a happy… Read More... →

You don’t have to be a circus freak contortionist to sleep on a plane thanks to Woollip. Now you can dive face-first into an inflatable travel pillow that’s made to sit atop your tray table. Woollip just hit Kickstarter for $30 and plans to ship in July. Most travel pillows sit behind your head or around your neck. But when you’re sitting upright, that makes you more likely… Read More... →

While 2015 was a solid year for digital health, with $4.5 billion in total venture funding, healthcare startups also made headlines for other reasons when reports emerged that much-hyped companies like blood-testing startup Theranos and brain-training app Lumosity were unable to prove the accuracy and effectiveness of their products. Read More... →

If you already own PlayStation Move controllers and the PlayStation 4 camera, Sony is still giving you an option to preorder its upcoming virtual reality headset. On March 29 at 7 a.m. Pacific time, preorders will go up for the PlayStation VR core package, which is the $400 version that does not come with anything […]... →

Intel announced today that the company’s former CEO and Chairman Andrew S. Grove, who was born in Hungary as András István Gróf, died today at age 79.... →

Posted by Dr-Pete Summary: We analyzed 5 mobile phone buyer searches on Google across 5,000 cities (25,000 total markets) to find the winners and losers in both organic and local pack results. Best Buy dominated organic results and performed well in local searches. Sprint won the local pack results, but disappeared from organic entirely. Carriers Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T all performed well, but none covered more than 30% of local search markets. The wireless industry in the United States is both massive... →

Posted by Dr-Pete[Estimated read time: 8 minutes] Summary: We analyzed 5 mobile phone buyer searches on Google across 5,000 cities (25,000 total markets) to find the winners and losers in both organic and local pack results. Best Buy dominated organic results and performed well in local searches. Sprint won the local pack results, but disappeared from organic entirely. Carriers Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T all performed well, but none covered more than 30% of local search markets. The wireless industry in t... →

Smartphone cameras are so good these days it can seem almost churlish to yearn for improvements. And yet enhancements continue to shave away at imperfections as engineers turn the screw to optimize multiple aspects of image capture hardware and software. Read More... →

(Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has begun circulating long-awaited draft legislation that would give federal judges clear authority to order technology companies like Apple to help law enforcement officials access encrypted data, according to sources familiar with the discussions. The proposal from Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein, the top Republican and […]... →