Companies like Spotify and Dropbox Are Changing the I.P.O. Landscape
Companies like Dropbox and Spotify are changing what initial public offerings (IPOs) mean for Silicon Valley and the U.S. economy. With Snapchat and Blue Apron hitting IPO status and seeing quickly-dropped share prices, startups who find success with private funding are no longer guaranteed the same results when it comes time for a public investment. […]
Meet Apple’s New iPhone Recycling Robot
These days, it’s trendy for tech companies to emphasize their empathy for the environment. With large data warehouses utilizing vast amounts of energy to keep Google running at top speed and Amazon’s footprint on Earth magnified with their cardboard boxes, green initiatives are warmly welcomed by most audiences. In the spirit of Earth Day this […]
Amazon Is Now Allowing Anyone to Create Custom Alexa Commands
We’ve all seen voice assistants in movies responding back to their users with personalized answers and inside jokes. Well, we’re one step closer to that reality with Amazon’s Alexa Blueprints. The new software allows Alexa owners to put together their own custom Alexa responses or skills. No need to be an expert IoT developer or coder. […]
Do App Permissions Tell Us All We Need to Know?
Granting an app a half-dozen permissions it doesn’t seemingly need is a huge problem for users on Apple and Android devices. You might have noticed, for example, how Pokemon Go requested access to see and modify nearly all information in its players’ Google accounts. Why does it need to be able to edit our information? […]
James Comey Says Apple and Google’s Encryptions ‘Drove Me Crazy’
The U.S. government is in an internal war; the White House and the FBI are pitted against each other by accusations, conspiracy theories, and Russian election meddling suspicions. Besides all of this, the U.S. government is also having a tough time getting along with many tech titans and developers in San Francisco. Recently, Mark Zuckerberg […]
App Downloads and Revenues Recently Skyrocketed, but This Is Just the Beginning
The app market broke records in late 2017, but it’s not done growing yet. According to mobile analysis firm App Annie, 2018’s first quarter experienced 10% growth for all app downloads compared to Q1 2017. Spending increased by 22%, bringing revenue to an all-time high of $18.4 billion. It is a great time to be a […]
These Disruptive Technologies Are Reshaping the MedTech Landscape
MedTech development is a unique area of research that has the advantage of benefitting from incorporating numerous other disruptive technologies. Many of them are accelerating the refinement of new methodologies that are changing how healthcare is implemented. Below are four disruptive technologies that are substantially reshaping the current MedTech landscape. Robotics At first thought, this one […]
The Most Valuable AI Startup in the World Right Now Specializes in Real-Time Surveillance
Surveillance in China is an incredibly hot topic right now. It’s well known that the Chinese government is interested in using the latest advances in surveillance technology to track its citizens’ every move. And a new artificial intelligence (AI) startup is taking the reins in helping the world’s largest country do exactly that. Called SenseTime, […]
MIT Made a New Wearable That Gives Your Thoughts a Voice
MedTech wearables are evolving, but the adoption by the general public has been slow. But a new device out of Boston-based MIT could change that. The wearable seemingly reads your internal voice and carries out computations, integrates with Roku, and more. Arnav Kapur led the team who developed the device, which is aptly dubbed “AlterEgo”. “Our […]
AR Apps Are Taking Off Thanks to Apple
2018 is a huge year for augmented reality (AR); Magic Leap promised to release its first AR goggles this year and both Apple and Google’s AR development kits are seeing growing interest after release last year. The AR market is hardly a small commodity for the future of tech; it is expected to grow from […]