Virtual doctor appointments, remote monitoring, and Fitbits have all been common knowledge for years. But this week, at CES 2020, a whole new batch of health and wellness products debuted. Can they reach the same heights of ubiquity as the Apple Watch? Let’s take a look. The Withings ScanWatch Smartwatch company Withings featured a preview of their new ScanWatch at CES 2020, ahead of the device’s retail debut later this year....
The new robots are supposedly five times more efficient than humans, being able to pack as many as 700 customer orders in an hour. How Many Jobs are Under Threat? According to Reuters, which spoke to sources familiar with CMC Srl, the Italian company that manufactures the $1 million box-packing automatons, as many as 1,300 jobs are under threat in the US. The world’s largest retailer did say that employees that stay with the company can be trained to take up more technical roles — but, staying in the warehouse is often easier said than done....
AOL is working to address this need, with the launch of #BUILTBYGIRLS – an initiative in support of Let Girls Learn and First Lady Michelle Obama. Starting July 19th, the challenge “calls for young women to use the power of technology to conceptualize tech-enabled solutions to the problems facing the #62million girls without access to education”. Chosen finalists could not only receive a trip to San Francisco to pitch their project in front of tech moguls and changemakers, but selected winners will get the funding and mentorship necessary to take your project to the next level....
While Apple has previously established that developers attending WWDC could not make any audio or video recordings nor bring professional photo and video equipment, this is the first time that they’ve banned the use of selfie sticks. This does, however, follow in a new trend of larger organizations and events banning the use of selfie sticks. Last month, for example, Coachella announced that attendees would not be allowed to bring said dumb sticks onto festival grounds....
The worrying change will affect consumers on all sorts of apps as well as businesses that use the 235,000 business apps available on the App store – although project management software applications, as well as other programs that take payment independently of Apple’s platform, will be unaffected. The move means that keeping on top of your subscriptions – and checking your emails for changes – has never been more important....
The company had originally planned for staff to return to its campuses at the end of this month, for three days a week in most cases, but this is now on hold. It’s bound to be welcomed by Apple employees, who have been very vocal about their disagreement with the move, including one high profile resignation. Apple’s Message to Staff The message, which comes from documents shared with the New York Times, states the original plans for staff to return to the office for three days a week have been moved back from the 23rd of May, although it appears no future date has been given....
The Level Lock+, made by smart lock manufacturers Level Home, works in tandem with Apple Home Key and is the first lock that supports the key to be sold in Apple stores. Preventing unauthorized entry to one’s home or business premise is quite a different ball game to protecting, say, a social media account, and there are few analogs to quick, affordable security fixes like password managers available in the home security space....
Further, LifePack will be joining The Yield Lab on site at the Helix Center while participating in the 2015 Yield Lab program. During their tenure in the program LifePack will get access to direct business training, mentorship, and networking opportunities. This partnership will also help Arch Grants fulfill their mission to create an entrepreneurial culture and infrastructure to build successful companies in the St. Louis region. To date, Arch Grants has awarded $3....
While not everyone calls it by name, all can attest to the headaches, the decreased productivity and the overall harm caused by information overload. However, the blame usually lands on email, an individual, or the organization’s culture. This isn’t anything new, as more messaging apps and communication platforms are introduced, digging a deeper hole and rebooting the digital age’s Tower of Babel. There are also many so-called solutions, interfaces, and best practices offered, but a one-size-fits-all just won’t do....
Brewing the American Dream, Samuel Adams’ core philanthropic program, held its first-ever Pop-Up Pitch Room Competition in celebration of startups gathering in Austin for SXSW. The program offers micro-lending, coaching, and mentoring to food, beverage, and craft brewing small business owners around the country. And the winner is… Barbecue Wife Bloody Mary Mix! Stiles and the rest of the Barbecue Wife Bloody Mary team won a $10,000 business grant, a media package from Foursquare, and will receive extensive business mentorship from the team at Samuel Adams....
So, where do savvy entrepreneurs turn for quick-fire study? The answer is to Edtech and a few crafty tricks. In this article, you’ll discover five of the best learning hacks for entrepreneurs, along with the Edtech they require. Let’s dive straight in. Audible Blinkist When you scrape out all the unnecessary filler from non-fiction books and distil them down to reveal their most hard-hitting insights, you are left with a few gold nuggets of knowledge per volume....
Plus, the data backs us up. The average age of the successful startup founder is around 40 years old, according to the Kauffman Foundation, and the only age group with an increase in entrepreneurial activity over the last twenty years are those between 55 and 65. Chicago is home to a huge number of these successful founders over 40. From health care gurus to pet industry dynamos, this city has no shortage of talent when it comes to the later years of entrepreneurship....
Tech companies have taken a few legal hits over the past couple of years. For example, Apple recently lost a lawsuit regarding third-party payment systems, while Facebook has been under fire for COVID and election-based misinformation, and even sex-trafficking. The tech industry is one of the biggest in the world, raking in over $350,000 every minute between just seven tech companies, so any legislation that manages their scope and power would be a welcomed limit on their potential....
Nadeem Kassam, David Morelli, and Dr. David Plans have created a reactive technology with their startup, BioBeats, which utilizes your smartphone to learn your biometric data. The iOS app then takes the data and transforms it into engaging and exciting music that can help you exercise, meditate, and stave off disease. Living a healthier life is as easy as placing your fingers on key points of your smartphone to have your heart beat read....
The panelists included: Ji Mi Choi, Associate Vice President of ASU’s Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development, Tom Espinoza, CEO of Raza Development Fund, Koran Hardimon, National Board Member of Seed Spot, Phil Potter, CEO of The Armory, and moderated by Barbara Tripp, Business Banking Market Manager at Chase. Are Companies Sending the Right Message? There are plenty of companies and corporations talking about building a diverse and inclusive culture, but what steps are they taking to attract people?...
Appealing to Cultural Bias For some companies, it’s as simple as appealing to a customer’s cultural prejudices. While this may sound crass, it’s a marketing advantage if you have instant appeal to a customer’s pre-existing stereotypes. For example, Desimarket gives consumers in Australia access to companies run by Indian customers. Are Indians better at certain things? Do Indians prefer working with other Indians? No matter the motivation, this simple cultural stereotype moves the online dial and delivers sales for companies that use their service....
Unlike current pre-owned car selling platforms like Cars.com, Car Lister aims to make the user experience as seamless and painless as possible. Launched last October by Dreamware, Car Lister’s web platform gives users the a way to list vehicles for sale by simply providing a VIN number and a quick series of questions. Titles and vehicle descriptions are generated automatically by Car Lister and even includes a full accident report....
The all-cash deal is not expected to affect CashStar’s local operations, according to a company spokesperson. It currently has two offices in Portland (one in the Old Port and another on Congress Street near the Maine College of Art) and another in Boston. The majority of its 175 employees are based in Portland. CashStar was founded in 2007 by David Stone (now CEO of local startup Forager) and Steven Boal, who founded Calif....
While many individuals dream about making millions, few try, even fewer succeed. Recently though, since the recession in 2008, people have felt the need to take control of their careers and be their own bosses. Small businesses are sprouting up everywhere, and accompanied with the trending desire to support local businesses over corporations, this new supply of small businesses and the new demand for their products and services formed a relationship that has been working out quite well....
Because the current net neutrality rules are so popular, the FCC and its chairman have had a hard time convincing the 75 percent of Americans in favor of net neutrality that getting rid of it is a good idea. This has led to them to create a little video that should help explain, with what can only be described only as BuzzFeed-esque propaganda, that getting rid of net neutrality isn’t going to change any of the dumb stuff you use the internet for....
