Baystate Health’s TechSpring Innovation Center Launches Development...
TechSpring, in partnership with InterSystems and J2 Interactive, announced the launch of a new software development environment that accelerates innovation for healthcare technology leaders by...
View ArticleSwedroe: Benefits Of Alternative Lending
Earlier this week, I explored how financial innovation and the fintech revolution have resulted in the creation of true alternative investments that offer both diversification benefits and equitylike...
View ArticleUber has 10 days to pack up and get out of Italy, court ruling says
Uber is no stranger to battles with governments and their regulations, but now, the company is facing one of its tougher cases yet. Uber is being unceremoniously thrown out of Italy. On Friday, a court...
View ArticleOCC entrepreneurs step up to the 'Pirate's Plank' with their business ideas
Orange Coast College fashion student Raheela Maniar stepped forward Thursday evening with a chance to share a dream. Her presentation to a panel of judges and hundreds of other onlookers at the...
View ArticleKobo will sell discounted digital copies of your paper books
It purchased a company called Shelfie and will add that feature to its apps. Kobo, the Canadian e-reader titan, has snapped up a little-known e-book platform called Shelfie and will incorporate its...
View ArticleAI is now the best friend IT ever had
If you look past the hype, existential concerns, and fear that Alexa is a CIA mole, there are some genuinely exciting developments happening in the world of artificial intelligence. Some of these have...
View Article'One word says it all. Asian': Airbnb host banned after allegedly canceling...
An Airbnb host near Big Bear has been banned after an Asian American guest claimed her reservation was canceled at the last minute because of her race. Airbnb spokesman Nick Papas said in an email that...
View ArticleAmazon’s Free Shipping Pushes Small Retailers, Delivery Firms to Compete
Shipping companies, ranging from startups to the biggest package handlers, are vying to help small retailers compete with Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN -0.38% rapid expansion of free shipping. Logistics...
View ArticleFarhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: Why We’ll Miss Walt Mossberg
Each Saturday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at The New York Times, review the week’s news, offering analysis and maybe a joke or two about the most important developments in the...
View ArticleFounders Factory has hired an ex-Imperial machine learning guru to support...
LONDON — Founders Factory, a company that aims to create and scale startups, has hired former Imperial College London researcher Jeffrey Ng as its chief scientist. At Founders Factory, Ng — who has...
View ArticleBRIEF-Guangdong Homa Appliances to acquire stake in financial technology firm
* Says it signs agreement to acquire 49 percent stake in financial technology firm for 784 million yuan ($113.67 million) Source text in Chinese: bit.ly/2oQvASi Further company coverage: ($1 = 6.8970...
View ArticleMeniga helps incumbent banks keep fintech fear at bay
A VC once told me that fear was the best sales tool ever invented. That was in reference to the hockey stick growth his cybersecurity startup was seeing, thanks to a raft of stories in the media...
View ArticleDisney files patent for “huggable and interactive” humanoid robots
The Disney Enterprises group filed a US patent in February that hints at a possible future for its theme parks: humanoid robots designed for maximum hugging efficiency. The patent, which was first...
View ArticleLearn details of the global cylindrical dental implant market
The report analyzes Cylindrical Dental Implant Market, by component, delivery mode, end user, application, and therapeutic area. Detailed insights on research and development activities and new product...
View ArticleThe U of S College of Dentistry offered a free clinic on Saturday and the...
The dental college at the University of Saskatchewan faintly resembled a M*A*S*H unit Saturday, as volunteers scrambled to provide free treatment to the patients filling up the lobby. The school was...
View ArticleHackers are attacking Word users with new Microsoft Office zero-day...
Attackers are exploiting a previously undisclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Word, which security researchers say can be used to quietly install different kinds of malware — even on fully-patched...
View ArticleLee Co. students place 3rd in underwater robotics competition
Some Lee County Middle School students made their mark in the Sunshine State over weekend. Several teachers took a group of 10 students to Jacksonville, Florida, to compete in an underwater exploration...
View ArticleFintech vs techfin — technology incarnations vs finance incumbents
A bird’s eye view of the growing role that technology plays in financial transactions brings out an overt dichotomy: that between technology companies jumping into the financial domain with full vigour...
View ArticleDigital Transformation Means Jobs, Especially The Cloud Variety
The rise of digital enterprises is seen as opportunity to streamline and eliminate calcified processes, as well as build new business opportunities. Unfortunately, many jobs could be at risk as well....
View ArticleLG Electronics Australia reports AU$11.8m profit for 2016
LG Electronics Australia has announced that profit gained from ordinary activities after tax was AU$11.8 million for the full-year ended December 31, 2016, a slight drop from the AU$11.9 million...
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