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Smart toothbrush launches insurance plan: New perks for hygiene
You may have a $600 smartphone and a $1000 tablet, but how much did you spend on your toothbrush? As more everyday objects are connected to the Internet, our gadget collections grow far beyond smartphones. One startup is on a mission to change your perspective on dental care, and now dental insurance. Can you honestly ...
Can Amazon’s Dash Button scale? Experts weigh in
Is the Amazon Dash Button scalable? The latest smart home offering from the retail behemoth has all the ease of its online one-click purchasing options, conveniently placed in the pantry, kitchen or nursery. With a dedicated product for each Button, however, is the $4.99 gadget scalable beyond a handful of retail partners for diaper and detergent ...
Playbulb Garden hands-on review: Smart lights know how to party
When given the opportunity to test out Playbulb by MiPow Ltd.’s products, I couldn’t pick just one. Their tempting lineup of smart, color light bulbs includes one with a speaker, a solar-powered lamp for outdoors, and a candle. This is all in addition to their regular Color smart light bulb (the Rainbow) with custom hues and ...
Samsung unveils Galaxy Note 5 with keyboard, improved stylus
Unveiling a handful of new devices, today Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. hopes to regain lost market share in the smartphone sector, and possibly make new gains in the smartwatch space. We’re blogging live from the Samsung Unpacked streaming event: here’s what Samsung has announced so far regarding its newest phablet, the Galaxy note 5: Note 5 ...
Exclusive: McAfee didn’t shoot the sheriff, says Henderson County
Updated. Playing right into his alter-hero image, Dr. John McAfee managed to get arrested over the weekend but walked away smelling like roses. Charged in Henderson County, Tennessee for driving under the influence and possession of a handgun while intoxicated, the founder of security software business McAfee Antivirus appears nothing less than amused in his most ...
When Numerous meets IFTTT, you rule the world
Numerous Inc. founder Charlie Wood expects his personal data dashboard to be the most powerful integrator of IFTTT Inc. (If This Then That) channels after today. Evolving beyond just a dashboard for tracking MisFit data, Nest temperatures and days left to the SpaceX launch, Numerous is actionizing its numbers-happy dashboard to trigger a series of ...
How a printer company evolved into IoT dashboard for enterprise
We often hear of smart home trends automating security and programming lights in the living room. But businesses are fast looking to the Internet of Things (IoT) to automate much of their processes, particularly in logistics for tracking shipped and warehoused retail products, improving efficiencies with already-automated systems like factory robotics, and extending patient data ...
Microsoft layoffs bury Nokia phones? 7,800 job cuts and a $7.6B writedown
To the surprise of no one, Microsoft said it will lay off up to 7,800 employees, primarily in its phone business, and record a charge of approximately $7.6 billion for its 2014 acquisition of the Nokia devices and services business during a Steve Ballmer rein that is increasingly looking like Microsoft’s Dark Ages. The drastic writedown ...
The innovations and pitfalls of medical 3D printing
Imagine creating an arm for an amputee at a third-world medical facility, printing wet models for surgical training or even growing organs made of real living tissue. These healthcare innovations are, or soon will be, possible using 3D printing. This innovative field has the potential to completely change how physicians around the world approach treatment ...
How law school helped Wowza’s founder break new ground in Cloud
Not too long ago at NAB 2015 in Las Vegas, Wowza Media Systems, LLC revealed that it had extended its streaming product options with Wowza Streaming Cloud and Wowza Streaming Engine Pro. The new solutions increase the power and ease of streaming live content, including audio and video for enterprises of all sizes. Wowza’s latest lineup ...