Earlier this month I was at CES in Las Vegas doing quadruple duty as radio host of my radio show on SiriusXM; as judge and MC of The Bump Best of Baby Tech Awards Show; as co-host of a lively karaoke party with AmpMe, and as tech collaborator with HSN. Read MoreSource: TechCrunch
Silicon Valley should have a stake in the U.S. government's moonshot initiative to cure cancer. President Obama announced this initiative in his last State of the Union address Tuesday night, placing Joe Biden in charge of "Mission Control" for the effort. Biden started reaching out to hundreds of the world's top cancer experts since his son passed away from brain cancer…
The walking embodiment of the "I'm a PC" guy just discovered that his Apple Watch can make phone calls and he couldn't be more excited :D Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush was doing an interview with The Des Moines Register when his Apple Watch started going crazy. USA Today caught a video of Jeb's reaction. "My watch can't be…
Hot on the heels of PushDoctor's $8.2 million Series A, another U.K. startup playing in the digital health app space has picked up funding. Babylon Health, which like PushDoctor, lets you have video consultations with a doctor (and a lot more), has raised a $25 million Series A round led by Investment AB Kinnevik, the Swedish listed entrepreneurial investment.
It is self-evident that ensuring public safety is a city's job. In a sane world a public official would never choose between reducing sexual assault and reducing drunk driving. Ridesharing policy is increasingly being framed as either/or brinksmanship, presenting a false choice. I reject that polarity, and I urge you to as well.
Ten American sailors that were captured in the Persian Gulf by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday have been set free. The Obama Administration downplayed the dangerous international incident and didn't mention a word about the detained sailors during his State of the Union remarks last night. Secretary of State John Kerry released a statement
If you enjoy a bit of the old Weed O' Gandalf then you're going to get a kick out of these smoking systems by PrintABowl. This company makes specially -designed smoking paraphernalia that is 3D printed using a ceramic molding method. While the bongs themselves aren't 3D printed – that would be a bit difficult given the state of things – the molds used to make them…
One day after Uber updated its API to add 'content experiences' for passengers, the U.S. company's biggest rival — Didi Kuaidi in China — has opened its own platform up by releasing an SDK for developers and third-parties.