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Slated iOS 8 Keyboard Translates Your Text Messages To Other Languages In Real Time
Communicating with others can be difficult, especially if not everyone in the conversation speaks the same language. Computer-based translation is easing a lot of that pain, but in general it still means a lot of cutting and pasting has to happen, along with interpreting possibly imperfect translations. Slated, a new keyboard now available for iOS 8, aims to change that with real-time… Read More
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Concert Discovery Superstar Songkick Starts Selling Tickets
“The average American goes to one concert per year. If you double that, it has a profound impact on the lives of artists,” Songkick founder Ian Hogarth tells me. The problem is “It’s easier to buy a taxi to the concert than a ticket.” That’s why seven years and 10 million active users later, concert-discovery app Songkick has begun to sell concert tickets… Read More
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Dropbox’s Drew Houston Responds To Snowden’s Privacy Criticism: It’s A Trade Off
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden caused a flurry of controversy when he advised consumers (twice) to “get rid of Dropbox” if they want to protect their privacy. Today, Drew Houston, CEO of the cloud storage startup, made a direct response to the accusations. People can do more to encrypt their data, he admitted, but It’s “a tradeoff between usability/convenience and… Read More
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New Technology And Big Data Help You Breathe Fresh Air
Breezometer was conceived because CEO Ran Korber wanted to buy a house. He knew that air pollution caused health problems and he knew that in his native Israel — as with most developed countries — pollution is measured in real time, often at a street-by-street level. Yet, while local school and tax information was available in exhaustive detail for property buyers, there was no… Read More
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Ex-Beats Music CEO’s New App “Chosen” Is A Mobile-First American Idol
Sing, yodel, or shred guitar into your phone, and get famous. That’s the idea behind performance competition platform Chosen, founded by former Gracenote, MOG, and Beats Music CEO David Hyman. The startup’s been in stealth since its formation late last year, but Hyman agreed to give me the first details about what Chosen’s actually up to. First off, Chosen’s just raised… Read More
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Intel Capital Leads $35M Investment In Social Login Service Gigya
Gigya, a company that helps online businesses and publishers manage customer logins, is announcing that it has raised $35 million in a funding round led by Intel Capital. CEO Patrick Salyer told me that this was a strategic investment from Intel. It’s too early to get specific about how the two companies plan to work together, he said, but on a broad level, Salyer argued that the idea… Read More
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Paracosm Raises $3.3M From Atlas, iRobot To Turn Our World Into A 3D Holodeck
The rise of immersive headsets like the Oculus VR, innovations in gaming and mapping, and advances in robotics have put a spotlight on three-dimensional technology, whose algorithms and visualizations will be a key to whether all this new hardware and video-based software is realistic and useful enough to win over users. That’s having a knock-on effect how 3D startups are growing.… Read More
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Fear And Laundry In London As Rocket Internet’s ZipJet Launches In The U.K. Capital City
If there’s one thing likely to cause fear amongst European startup entrepreneurs, it’s when Rocket Internet — the Samwer brothers’ incredibly well-funded German startup factory — enters a burgeoning market. That’s just happened for the on-demand laundry space with the launch of Rocket Internet-incubated ZipJet, which now competes with a number of young… Read More
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Cocoon Is A Smart Home Security Device That Uses Infrasonic Sound To Detect An Intruder
Consumer home security devices usually consist simply of an Internet-connected camera of sorts, combined with motion detection and a supporting cloud service and smartphone app to ping you when a potential intruder is detected. Debuting on IndieGoGo today, however, is Cocoon, which adds ‘infrasound’ into the mix. Read More
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Bharti SoftBank Acquires 36.5% Stake In Indian Media Startup ScoopWhoop
Bharti SoftBank, a joint venture between business group Bharti Enterprises and SoftBank Corp., announced today that it has acquired a 36.5 percent stake in ScoopWhoop, an Indian-focused media startup. Though financial terms were undisclosed, the deal is interesting because it’s the latest in a series of investments by SoftBank in Indian startups. The Japanese telecom giant recently said… Read More
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