FinTech itself is such a hugely exploding growth opportunity for startups. The type of companies that fit this profile include everything from cryptocurrency mining platforms to credit profiles based on social presence. Digital currency accelerators are few and far between, although with recent Draper investments, you can bet they will be around for a long time to come. According to the program site: That’s why getting in on the opportunity to receive mentoring from the fintech industry’s leading firms, VCs, and advisors should be at the top of every fintech startup’s list....

“We [are excited] to reinvent such an important yet unloved device that would make people’s lives easier and hopefully, make the world a little better too,” blogged Fadell, who left Apple in March 2010. He cofounded Nest Labs with former iPod and iPhone lead engineer Matt Rogers. Nest learns your day-to-day temperature preferences after you fiddle with it for a week, though you can adjust them later at home, online, or on their mobile app....

No matter your age, you’re likely familiar with the timeless greeting – a memento from the Internet’s early days, and a pithy and humbling reminder of the origins of our digital age. Thanks to early Internet pioneer and AOL cofounder, Steve Case, and his efforts to bring America online, these three words reveal so much about our innate desire to accelerate society towards a global system of interconnection. Google “you’ve got mail” and you’ll find AOL commercials like the one below....

The custom annual report builder by Warby Parker is a quick, fun, and quirky tool of engagement for the brand. Encouraging site users to build their own reports, the annual report builder lets people create their own personalized annual reports based on answers to a series of questions. From answers that include a picture of a man break-dancing whilst reading a book, to ones with statements like “Because he’s a strong, independent chicken,” one could easily predict the level of seriousness of the annual report it will produce for you....

The Startup of the Year competition is rooted in innovation, inclusivity, and diversity. With 100 startups competing for cash, business resources, and bragging rights, the eclectic mix of founders, employees, and innovators is nothing short of inspiring. People from literally all over the world will travel to San Francisco to attend Innovate Celebrate 2017 to pitch their great idea to a panel of esteemed judges. And that’s just the beginning....

Improvements include the development of a new Outlook RSVP feature, a new video layout on Teams, and a combination of the cameo and recording features on PowerPoint. The software giant also announced updates to its whiteboard and Loop tools. These changes were introduced as part of Microsoft’s Work Trend Index Report, which highlighted a growing desire to work flexibly among workers. Moreover, with the survey also finding that most employers struggle to nurture relationships with their staff remotely, it’s clear these hybrid-friendly features are becoming more critical than ever....

Each has their own respective strengths and weaknesses. However, they’re both united by the fact that the world we live in is now a mobile first world. That is, they’re both winners over web platforms these days. Tech.Co has been compensated by University of Phoenix for this article. All thoughts and opinions come from Tech.Co. Let me lay out some quick stats that I got from Mobithinking, via Code My Views:...

Sounds like the plot of a movie, right? Wrong. That was the exact situation Colleen Egan, Andrew Craze, David Ip, and Michael Davidson were in when they were accepted to StartupBus. At the end of the trip, Egan was a founding member of MyBestRx, an app that provides a succinct wrap-up of all the pharmacies nearest to the user. But this was StartupBus, and the participants are akin to demi-gods, so Egan and the team went deeper....

Secret’s founder David Byttow wrote a blog post confirming the end, and explaining that the company will be giving back the $35 million to investors. The reason why they are not taking the investment and pivoting is because the company decided to take the high road. The original vision for Secret was to create a space where people could have honest discussions without being ostracized for sharing their thoughts. That’s why posts where anonymous (except you knew the person’s location), so people would share their deepest secret, regardless of how controversial they would be....

AV-Comparatives’ Android Test 2019 report shows how only 80 of the 250 most popular Android antivirus apps can detect over 30% of threats, with no false positive results. A false positive is when antivirus software incorrectly labels something as a threat when it is, in fact, safe. The report demonstrates that, despite the company’s efforts, Google still doesn’t have adequate quality control over the Play Store. What’s more, it shows just how dangerous downloading the wrong app can be for careless users....

Launching version 2.0, Open Garden is an application that can improve the speed and reliability of your Internet connection on a Mac, Android, or Windows device. It uses a mesh network, similar to peer-to-peer file sharing: everyone who uses the app on smartphones, tablets, and computers increases the power of the network and its Internet connection. The more people using it, the better the connection. Open Garden can take advantage of wifi, 4G, and other connections....

Optimize Fitness is the only fitness app that uses advanced machine learning to tailor your fitness activities into a personalized experience. By providing detailed instructions and videos of warm-ups, work-outs, and stretches, you’ll be able to learn and grow your arsenal of exercises as the app learns through inputted data. While many might think this app is merely another fitness tracker, think again. With this kind of advanced machine learning, even personal trainers are taking note of the customized exercises and growing potential for this kind of technology....

The Commercial Drone Fund on Tuesday announced it has invested in Raptor Maps. The VC fund is an offshoot of Airware, a commercial drone technology company that invests in promising startups leveraging the capabilities of commercial drones across industry sectors. The company, while headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., has been notably active in Maine. It received a $25,000 seed grant from the Maine Technology Institute in February 2016 to launch a pilot program in Aroostook County that saw its drone technology help potato farmers more easily monitor things like fertilization results and pest management....

In the past, doing something visually attractive was only possible for people with deep coding knowledge. But that is not the case anymore, as the Internet now offers lots of tools that allow the creation, development, and publication of great content, visually and otherwise. One of those tools is Readymag, and it has been getting a lot of attention lately for its minimalist web design templates. This startup gives users the ability to create and distribute online content in various forms, like presentations, magazines, and sites, in a somewhat surprisingly easy and uncluttered way....

On his return, Nolan was struck with an idea: develop a mapping app that lets users create custom maps with multiple locations that can be shared via social networks. In that moment, Plotter was born, not of desire, but of necessity, and Nolan’s intense journey to bring his idea to fruition began. He assembled a crack team of Chad Milburn, Tim Zeller, and Chris Jungjohann. The pace was grueling, the work mountainous....

The Internet makes it easier for everyone to get high-quality business resources and take educational courses online. Many would-be entrepreneurs and business people get to learn more about marketing, entrepreneurship, and business management because of the awesome perks the technology provides. Check out this selection of online courses and resources that could help you further your business ventures: 1. Sba.gov The U.S. Small Business Administration or SBA offers the best selections of business online courses....

Plenty of Benefits of Working from Home Employers love to hire freelancers because it’s a great way to obtain high-quality, productive labor while lowering the costs of a full-time employee. Employees seem to love it too. According to research from the University of Sheffield, 48 percent of workers are happier when they can work from home and 32 percent say they feel more productive when they do so. In addition, 60 percent of workers polled said they would jump at the chance to work from home if their boss gave them the option to do so....

We don’t know exactly when to expect the feature, but it might arrive in the coming months with the iOS 15.4 beta. It’s the biggest move Apple has made yet towards creating a smooth contactless payment experience, and they have a ways to go — according to the latest report, just 6% of iPhone users currently pay in-store with their iPhones. What We Know About iPhone Payments Apple bought the contactless payment start-up Mobeewave back in 2020 for $100 million, when rumors first began that this feature might be on the way....

Yet the biggest players in streaming services are still figuring out live sports. Netflix in particular has famously stayed away from the entire sector. New research might shed a light on why. Because They Hate it Is Why The study, which polled 2309 adults across the month of October 2017, comes from real-time streaming platform Phenix and takes an unflinching look at the state of sports live streams. And viewers aren’t slow to make their distaste known with their wallets:...

Recently, Ello has been under the spotlight and is probably the most well-known example of this. But the truth is that there are more alternatives appearing, possibly taking advantage of the way people feel about the existing social networks and the way they treat privacy, trying to appeal to them in order to join. The latest social network to arrive is called Reveal. It tries to bring an entirely new concept so that users can get an innovative social experience, which they cannot get with Facebook or Google Plus....