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Senate immigration reform bill would create a national biometric database for adults

Senate immigration reform bill would create a national biometric database for adults

May 11, 2013 2:21 pm by | 0 Comments

Identity Thief, the movie The immigration reform measure that the Senate began debating this week would also create a national biometric database of American adults, according to Wired. Immigration reform ... Read more

Quantance raises $12M to boost 4G data rates for mobile devices

Quantance raises $12M to boost 4G data rates for mobile devices

April 11, 2013 7:30 am by | 0 Comments

Quantancehas raised $12 million in a fourth round of funding to supply tiny qBoost power amplifiers that boost the efficiency of mobile data transfers via smartphones and tablets. The San ... Read more


Glasses.com’s mobile app scans your face in 3D, lets you try on sunglasses virtually

Glasses.com’s mobile app scans your face in 3D, lets you try on sunglasses virtually

April 9, 2013 10:55 am by | 0 Comments

Glasses.com has introduced a cool new way to try on sunglasses without having actually having to try on sunglasses. The company has created a 3D-Virtual Try-On technology that captures your ... Read more

Get a peek of the follow-up to Windows 8 (aka. Windows Blue)

Get a peek of the follow-up to Windows 8 (aka. Windows Blue)

March 24, 2013 2:17 pm by | 0 Comments

Screenshots and early builds of Windows Blue, the successor to Windows 8, have leaked online. And they pretty much look like Windows 8. Winforum has posted screenshots of how the ... Read more

Breathometer unveils the first smartphone breathalyzer

Breathometer unveils the first smartphone breathalyzer

March 13, 2013 3:37 am by | 0 Comments

Before you get in a car to drive, it’s probably a good idea to know whether you’re drunk. Breathometer makes that possible with what it calls the world’s first smartphone ... Read more

No other region even close to Silicon Valley in tech acquisitions

No other region even close to Silicon Valley in tech acquisitions

February 25, 2013 10:56 pm by | 0 Comments

Silicon Valley topped the list for the top 10 U.S. cities in terms of tech acquisitions in 2012. PrivCo, a New York company that track private investments, said that Silicon ... Read more

VC investments slide in Q4 and decline for all of 2012

VC investments slide in Q4 and decline for all of 2012

January 18, 2013 1:16 am by | 0 Comments

Venture capital deals declined in both the fourth quarter and for all of 2012, according to the new MoneyTree report from the National Venture Capital Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers.In 2012, VCs ... Read more


New four-way radio chip may slash the costs of near field communication

New four-way radio chip may slash the costs of near field communication

December 11, 2012 3:30 pm by | 0 Comments

More than 1 million Android mobile devices are shipping each week with a technology called near-field communications (NFC), which allows you to tap your phone to another a device and ... Read more

HBS’ Sahlman: Life science venture capital has ‘disappeared,’ the U.S. needs more risk

HBS’ Sahlman: Life science venture capital has ‘disappeared,’ the U.S. needs more risk

November 22, 2012 8:00 pm by | 4 Comments

It’s no secret that the U.S. economy is in a tough state, with mile-high deficits and slow growth in jobs. Other countries are pulling ahead, but some cling to the ... Read more

What will four more years of Obama mean for the tech industry?

What will four more years of Obama mean for the tech industry?

November 7, 2012 12:08 am by | 0 Comments

It remains to be seen if fiscal restraints will stop the president from spending much on tech initiatives. But President Obama’s priorities on tech have focused on high-speed Internet access, ... Read more

Striiv combines tiny, smart pedometer with role-playing game to promote fitness challenges

Striiv combines tiny, smart pedometer with role-playing game to promote fitness challenges

October 30, 2012 1:00 pm by | 0 Comments

Striiv, the startup that makes a game out of making you more fit, has launched a small step-tracking device dubbed the Striiv Play Smart Pedometer. The devices goes hand-in-hand with ... Read more

Gamification maven moves into the health market, prepares fitness title

Gamification maven moves into the health market, prepares fitness title

October 26, 2012 8:39 pm by | 0 Comments

Mike Tinney, the former president of online games company CCP Games North America, is in the midst of launching a new startup, Fitness Interactive Experience.The Atlanta-based company will launch its ... Read more

MyFitnessPal launches a platform for third-party partners to connect other trackers

MyFitnessPal launches a platform for third-party partners to connect other trackers

October 16, 2012 10:00 am by | 0 Comments

MyFitnessPal has grown its online fitness community to more than 30 million users. And now the company is launching a platform that will allow partners to build apps on top ... Read more

Striiv launches a free fitness measurement app on the iPhone

Striiv launches a free fitness measurement app on the iPhone

October 16, 2012 7:00 am by | 0 Comments

Hoping to make fitness fun for a larger group of users, Striiv is launching an iPhone step-counting app.The Redwood City, Calif.-based company is trying to gamify health by motivating people ... Read more

Would the half tablet-half laptop format work best in healthcare? Take Sony’s for a spin

Would the half tablet-half laptop format work best in healthcare? Take Sony’s for a spin

October 11, 2012 7:00 pm by | 1 Comments

Sony is launching a Windows 8 ’hybrid’ computer today that is both a laptop and a touchscreen tablet.The Sony Vaio Duo 11 computer is one of many that will debut ... Read more