Here’s why: The Internet of Things Can Make us Healthier First, the Internet of Things has a great power to improve the health of individuals. Ok, I hear you now: “There’s no way ‘smart’ appliances can improve my health!” That’s true, the devices in and of themselves cannot make us healthier, but they can give us the tools we need to live a healthier life. With fitness trackers, for instance, that help the wearer make better choices about active living, people can slowly but surely make changes that lead to a healthier lifestyle....

VentureBeat reports that the Jay Z-owned Tidal – which was bought earlier this January for $56 million from Tidal’s parent company Aspiro – has lost its current CEO, per reports from the Swedish website Breakit. The online blog was reportedly looking into the layoff of 25 Tidal employees when a spokesman for the company confirmed that Chen would longer serve as CEO. According to the statement provided by Tidal reps to Breakit: Whether Chen resigned of his own free will or was pushed out of the company has not yet been confirmed....

With the global pandemic continuing to disrupt the business world, CES 2021 had little hope of hosting an in-person event. Although the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) was confident they could make it safe early on, the company made the decision to go all-digital in July, a full six months before the event. Fortunately, it appears that, even without all the networking, CES 2021 was a success of epic proportion given the impressive participation numbers across the world....

TechNexus should be on your consideration list. In combining elements of co-working, incubation, and virtual offices, TechNexus is attempting to cover all the small business bases. In the eyes of TechNexus’ managing partner, Terry Howerton, the real value of his office space is the people. The strength of TechNexus’ network is a sentiment shared by Vera Kimmi, Account Manager with the TechNexus-based Forte Group. “You will save yourself a lot of time and money by having a short conversation with Terry or Fred [Hoch]....

Earlier this year, Clearview AI drew criticism throughout the world for its reckless pursuit of facial recognition data. The company was scraping YouTube videos, Facebook profiles, and any other form of social media it could get its hands on for this sensitive information. To make matters worse, Clearview AI had plans to sell all this data to authoritarian regimes, which is problematic to say the least. Now, Clearview AI has apparently been the victim of a security breach, which brings into serious question the cybersecurity firm’s ability to protect itself, let alone the millions of users whose data it collects....

During their early years, companies usually lack the resources to take customers by the hand and explain to them personally how everything works. And I don’t even want to talk about creating videos at a too-early stage, when the service constantly changes designs and features – nope, no manpower for that. As a startup grows, the need for excellent customer support increases together with the customers’ expectations for an excellent service....

After submitting a panel for review, a presenter’s next step is to rally a following who will go online to vote for the panel and even comment on how this panel would improve their experience at the conference. In Las Vegas, community members post and share links to the panels that their peers have submitted in hopes of having a great local showing in Austin next spring. This is a great way to get to know the other movers, shakers, and “DOers” in your community....

Pure magic is happening in Denver. Three years ago a group of entrepreneurs, business owners, city leaders and volunteers led by Ben Deda, Tami Door, and Erik Mitisek got together with the seed of a simple idea: shine a spotlight on the Denver tech community. This simple thought has rapidly grown into the largest free entrepreneurial event in North America: Denver Startup Week. For the third year in a row the entrepreneurs of The Mile High City will rally around business, design, technology, and manufacturing from September 15 – 20 to raise awareness of the great happenings within their community....

We spoke with the Michelle Palmer, the president of sports and experiential at The Marketing Arm, about the future of sports tech and what we can expect to see in stadiums, on courts, and around athletes in games to come. She emphasized that technology and sports are rarely done for the sake of innovation. Sports and technology are integrated into each other to benefit the players, the coaches and the fans....

In other words, relevant content discovery is still a largely unresolved problem. The more content that’s generated by exponentially multiplying sources the more difficult it becomes to mine content that is highly personal and contextual to a business’ needs. DrumUp was built to be a new, more fully comprehensive content discovery, curation, and social sharing platform. In effect it allows users to generate highly personalized news and content streams based on their one-time positive and negative keyword inputs: it solves the problem of mining for specific, niche content....

Interestingly enough, while the glass ceiling seems to have been shattered in the field of marketing, podcasting is still very much a “man’s world.” According to a 2013 study looking at the top 100 podcasts, eighty percent were hosted by men, 10 percent were men and women, and 10 percent were only women. I want to change this and level the playing field. I think it’s important for all women to champion this cause – only then will we truly be equal....

Announced during a hearing via Zoom earlier this week, Judge McCormick claimed that any further delay would cause “irreparable harm to the sellers and Twitter” – citing the company’s near $3 billion drop in value, and the defendant’s claim of slanderous comments following Musk’s initial offer retraction. In July, Musk abandoned the deal, citing concerns over the number of bots on the social media platform, which he claims to be fundamental to Twitter’s business and financial performance....

Eversound, the smart audio technology provider for older adults, has announced the closing of a seed round to the tune of $3 million from such notable venture capital firms as Shelter Group, Red Bear Angels, and 10X Ventures. This funding will go towards an expansion that will see Eversound’s technology integrated with several of the largest senior living providers in the country. The need for more comprehensive hearing loss technology is more than obvious....

They have: The Post found five fake stores and another three that were very inaccurate. The Study The Trending News section is different for everyone, so the team studying it used a total of four accounts, monitoring them constantly and logging “every news story that trended” during “the workdays from Aug. 31 to Sept. 22.” What did they find? What It Means Facebook has gotten in plenty of trouble for it’s trending news earlier in 2016....

How Facebook Town Hall Works Just go right to the website and enter your address to get a simple, easy-to-read list of your local, state and federal representatives, from your county council member all the way to the POTUS himself. The service offers you the option to call, email, or check up on the specific Facebook page for each of these representatives. Boosting Civic Engagement Mashable reported on the service, explaining more about how it operates: The result is likely to be a new, stronger, and more effective form of civic engagement, powered by the internet’s biggest social network....

Providing all the tools and resources designers need to jumpstart their own fashion lines, FISF is an innovative way to fuel entrepreneurial success. The organization will set up residence for six designers who will receive premier workshop space in Macy’s offices at Union Square. The designers will be able to create their new apparel lines and get unmatched opportunities to showcase their collections to a wide range of merchants, from local boutiques to national retailers....

Fortunately, one company has flipped the script on USB cable charging by creating one that can be plugged in upside down or right side up. This reversible cable, dubbed the MicFlip, provides the confusion-less charging experience the world has been hungry for since the very first iPhone. Both the large and micro USB plugs are reversible so there will be absolutely no fumbling with cords when you use this product....

But above all the accolades, the (not-so) secret behind Gary V’s success has to do with how he executes. Vaynerchuk was one of the first to revolutionize Twitter being used for business with his extremely high-touch, one-to-one, personal marketing while running WLTV. He is recognized as one of the hardest working men in the business. And the wine guy, turned author, turned digital agency CEO, understands the art and importance of crafting a personable and engaging story....

For those of you unaware of the story in question, Gawker refused to take down a sexually explicit video featuring Hulk Hogan in the face of a court order and they got in trouble for it. Thanks to financial backing from PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan’s legal team was able to win the case, valuing said trouble at $140 million. Filing for bankruptcy will allow Gawker to restructure their company, allowing for more funds to be available for legal fees....

The Char-Broil Simple Smoker, or what I like to refer to as R2-Meat2, is a smaller capacity electric smoker with some brains added in. SmartChef, powered by DADO Labs out of Portland Oregon let’s you essentially set the type of meat you are going to cook and the size, and get updates along the way without having to constantly keep an eye on things. Though we thoroughly reviewed the technology in April, we decided to revisit whether or not it’s truly helpful or nuisance (hint – it works well)....