Today’s retail economy is focused on acquisition and retention costs. Getting into people’s homes and turning them into long-term brand buyers is the goal, and appliance makers control an untapped resource — the Internet of Things (IoT) — that can effectively extend a brand or retailer’s supply chain visibility into the home. How will the […]
Today, a $2.3 million private-public partnership called the Global Accelerator Learning Initiative (GALI) is releasing its first major report, in collaboration with Village Capital, a seed-stage accelerator that operates development programs for early-stage entrepreneurs around the world. Led by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), the goal of GALI is to determine how effective accelerator programs really […]
Today, the future became the present with the launch of Oculus Rift. The reviews are in, but uncertainty hangs overhead with HTC and PlayStation’s VR headsets still on the way. Here are the tough questions that will determine what you should buy, the distribution of power between the platforms and VR’s effect on our lives. Should […]
Google is launching the Android Experiments I/O Challenge today in an effort to bring more interesting open-source apps to its Android Experiments showcase. The three winners of the challenge, which will run until April 13, will get a trip to this year’s Google I/O developer conference. The five runners-up will get Nexus 6Ps (which, in […]
Apple unveils new iPad Pro, iPhone SE Apple held a press event this week to show off the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro and iPhone SE. If you didn’t get to see the event that’s OK as ZDNet has broken it down by the numbers. Source: ZDNet Preorders open for iPad Pro, iPhone SE Though only […]
[UPDATE: March 28: A possible explanation for what’s going on has surfaced, and suggests the bug is related to the Shared Web Credentials feature that allows apps and websites to share login info.] Despite a lengthy beta, it seems that the iOS 9.3 bugs seem to be rolling in thick and fast. The latest bug […]
New Smaller iPad Pro First Look 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 downsized-device was the iPhone SE (watch our hands on here) but for designers, […]
A lot of professional photographers have a growing frustration about losing jobs to part-time “photographers” doing horrible work for $30, or having clients tell them that another “photographer” will do the same job for $25. So, I got to thinking: what if other professions were treated like photography? Here’s a sweet camera deal that’s currently […]
Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is laying off 25 percent of its staff amid increased financial concerns. This situation has been coming. Last year, we reported the company was in some trouble and had turned to debt funding and loans, as well as traditional investor cash, “in order to stay afloat.” Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky told Tech Insider […]
Intel has made strides in helping to reinvent the PC with its Next Unit of Computing (NUC) systems, which are one of a number of tiny Windows computers that are shaped like the Mac Mini. The small size obviously limits the ultimate performance of these mini-PCs, as there’s only so much room (and ability to […]