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Google To Launch Project Ara Market Pilot In Puerto Rico Later This Year
9:13 am PST • January 14, 2015
Today Google announced that it will launch its modular smartphone, known as Project Ara, with a limited market pilot in the US territory of Puerto Rico later this year.
Media & Entertainment
Google Launches Classroom Mobile Apps For Android And iOS
9:00 am PST • January 14, 2015
Google’s Classroom education initiative launched just about half a year ago, but it’s been a web-based affair until now. Today marks the release of Classroom apps for iOS and Android,…
Venture
Former Google Ventures General Partner Wesley Chan Joins Felicis Ventures As Managing Director
9:00 am PST • January 14, 2015
One of the earliest members of both Google and Google Ventures has found a new home. Today Wesley Chan is announcing that he has joined fellow Google alum Aydin Senkut…
Switch Makes Its Cloud-Based Enterprise Phone System Available To All
9:00 am PST • January 14, 2015
A few months ago we told you about Switch, a new, cloud-based phone system from the makers of UberConference. Launched in beta back in September, the product is now becoming…
Startups
Designer Builds Cute Little 3D-Printed Robots, You Know For Kids
8:28 am PST • January 14, 2015
Meet Charlie and Billy, the most adorable little robots in all the land. Billy, the first iteration, is a combination of 3D-printed parts, an Arduino Leonardo, and dual DC motors…
Startups
Soylent Slurps $20M From A16Z, Lerer, Index To Drink Big Food’s Milkshake
8:22 am PST • January 14, 2015
Everyone’s favorite food-disrupting nutritional slurry, Soylent, has just closed a $20 million funding round, led by existing investor Andreessen Horowitz. Another prior investor in its 2013 $1.5 million seed round,…
Transportation
Toyota’s Oculus Rift-Based Distracted Driving Simulator Perfectly Parrots Annoying Friends
8:07 am PST • January 14, 2015
The education potential of VR and the Oculus Rift is already well-established, but this year at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Toyota showed off TeenDrive365, a driver…
Media & Entertainment
Microsoft Announces A Skype For iOS Testing Program
7:42 am PST • January 14, 2015
In addition to rolling out an updated version of the Skype for iPhone mobile application this morning, Microsoft also announced the launch of a new testing program for Skype iOS…
Moovit Raises $50M To Scale Its Public Transit App, Goes Up Against CityMapper
7:17 am PST • January 14, 2015
Israeli public transport startup Moovit has raised $50 million in a new Series C funding round. That makes the company worth as much as $450 million. Last year we reported…
Startups
ClosetSpace Brings Fashion Inspiration And Recommendations To Your Smartphone
7:10 am PST • January 14, 2015
A new application called ClosetSpace from fashion analytics company Stylitics wants to put a digital closet in your pocket, while also feeding you daily inspirations, outfit suggestions, and more, as well…
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Hardware
Nintendo’s New 3DS XL Is Heading To The U.S. February 13 For $200
6:47 am PST • January 14, 2015
Nintendo has revealed that it will bring the new version of the 3DS XL to the U.S. on February 13, following its launch of the redesigned hardware in Japan last…
Shopwave Fires Up Its iPad POS Platform, Opens API To Developers
6:43 am PST • January 14, 2015
It wan’t long ago that Tablets were supposed to be taking over the Cash Register. Why have an expensive piece of dedicated hardware when you could have commodity hardware and…
Google Brings The Account Switcher To The Stable Version Of Chrome
6:28 am PST • January 14, 2015
Many people are satisfied with just one Google account, but not all – especially in a world where many work and enterprise accounts are handled via Google, people often find…
Startups
CloudRail Scores Seed Round To Help Developers Solve IoT Interoperability Problem
6:14 am PST • January 14, 2015
If the Internet of Things (IoT) is the tech industry’s latest gold rush, it stands to reason that a plethora of startups will set up shop to provide the picks…
Media & Entertainment
Watch Google’s Project Ara Developers Conference Live Right Here
6:03 am PST • January 14, 2015
Excited about modular smartphones? So is Google, which is hosting its second Project Ara Developer Conference today in California. The Ara project is designed to provide a consumer-ready platform for…
Media & Entertainment
Facebook Unveils Facebook At Work, Lets Businesses Create Their Own Social Networks
6:01 am PST • January 14, 2015
About six months ago, we reported that Facebook was working on a new product aimed squarely at the enterprise market under the working title, “FB@Work.” Now that product is officially coming to…
Fintech
BlockCypher Raises Seed Funding To Be The Web Services For Cryptocurrency
6:00 am PST • January 14, 2015
With an eye toward making blockchain technology easy to integrate into any application, BlockCypher has raised $3 million in its first round of financing. The financing comes amid a steep…
After crowdfunding a minimalist e-paper smartwatch last year, another Sony-backed ‘special project’ is currently passing a donations bowl around on Indiegogo — as the electronics giant continues to try to…
Video Technology Brings Millennial Marketers To Vidyard
5:15 am PST • January 14, 2015
With video and imagery increasingly becoming the lingua franca of the web, businesses are looking for ways to capitalize on the new media as they market to each other. Consider…
Cloud Accounting Startup Xero Expands Payroll Product In The US
5:00 am PST • January 14, 2015
New Zealand-based startup Xero has been working to make accounting easier for customers in the small and medium-sized business market. Today the company is announcing a new product that will…
