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Vending MyChine wants to democratize vending machine snack selections
SiliconANGLE Dallas is covering the burgeoning Dallas/Fort Worth Startup scene. We invite startup founders to share their stories at our biweekly event, Media Day: Open Office Hours. We recently met with a startup founder who’s planning on democratizing vending machine snack selections in order to increase the machines’ profitability. The transcript of our conversation is ...
Satoru Iwata, the genius behind the Nintendo Wii, is dead
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo Co., Ltd.’s president and CEO, and the man responsible for the console and software maker’s push into casual gaming, is dead at 55. He had been suffering from poor health for some time, skipping last year’s E3 conference at the behest of his physician. Shortly thereafter, he had surgery to remove a ...
If Apple’s Streaming Music tax is anticompetitive, its Amazon Kindle tax is, too
Apple might have to face off against federal antitrust regulators once again, but not for anticompetitive eBook business practices. According to a number of sources, Apple’s digital music business is now under the microscope. Just last month Apple lost its final appeal in federal court for the ebook price fixing case. Its $450 million settlement ...
The Confederate flag purge just went digital
The purge of all items that have anything to do with the Confederate flag has made the leap to the digital realm. Ever since the Charleston, South Carolina shooting that took place last week, where a white supremacist killed nine people as they attended Bible study at their church, the Confederate flag has been under ...
Can technology help minimize the damage from natural disasters?
We knew that Tropical Storm Bill was brewing. We knew it was going to cause some serious damage. Technology told us so. We have access to state of the art weather analytics and forecasting, and all of that useful data is available at our fingertips, from any number of smartphone apps. Take, for example, ...
Students in Dallas, Texas are joining the Maker Revolution
Gerald “Max” Bell is on a mission to teach Dallas elementary school students how to work with their hands. He’s partnered with several DISD schools to bring the excitement of Maker Spaces to young children. At a time when the focus at many public schools is teaching children how to take tests, programs like this, ...
Google Maps ‘Nigga House’ hack still directs users to the White House
Earlier this month, Google shut down Google Map Maker, its online map editing tool. Originally envisioned as a way to take advantage of the crowdsourcing trend, Google found that it wasn’t always being used to enrich Google Maps with knowledge from local experts. Instead, it was often used for pranks. In one example, an image ...
Walmart primed to take on Amazon with a subscription service of its own
Walmart Stores will be giving Amazon.com, Inc. a taste of its own medicine this Summer. Walmart will begin testing an unlimited free shipping subscription service that will cost half the price of Amazon Prime. The Bentonville, Arkansas based retailer has made a concerted effort to remain relevant as consumer shopping trends continue to shift towards ...
The Splash Drone: Get it wet. It’s ok. You’ll still be able to get it up
Aerial drones, in the hands of casual hobbyists and more serious drone enthusiasts, have conquered the sky. Quadcopters are available in an assortment of sizes and price points. Urban Drone, a drone design and manufacturing firm based in Florida, wants to create an entirely new category of water ready aerial drones. The Splash Drone will ...
Ditch the clipboard: RentEval is the app every property manager needs
Rapoport Investments, LP, a Dallas, Texas-based investment company headed by Angel Investor Neal Rapoport, has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in RentEval, a real estate services smartphone app. Founded by serial entrepreneur Cheri Garcia, RentEval is poised to lead the way in modernizing the residential and commercial property management industry. Using the iOS ...