[dropcap]T[/dropcap]oday we’re thrilled to offer an exclusive excerpt from Nathaniel Popper’s Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money, the definitive book about bitcoin. In this chapter we learn, in detail, the secrets behind the mysterious 21.co. Voting in The Europas, the European Tech Startups Awards, has gone…
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[dropcap]A[/dropcap]cquia announced today that it’s teaming with CloudFlare to offer its customers CloudFlare Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection, as well as Content Delivery Network (CDN) services. Acquia will sell and service these products. Acquia wanted a product it could package and service, so the partner needed to be flexible in this regard. OpenStack, the…
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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Light Phone is the opposite of every other phone in existence. It is thin, light, lasts 20 days on a charge, and literally does nothing but make and answer calls. It’s as if the makers of the Sports Illustrated Football Phone had studied the timeless teachings of William Walker Atkinson and created a telephone…
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[dropcap]B[/dropcap]asis, the Intel subsidiary that builds watches for tracking your health and sleep habits, is today dropping a lighter, classier version of its Peak tracker made from titanium. It’s also launching a new series of leather bands for people who already have the aluminum Peak models, and it’s updating its app and firmware. To take a…
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[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne important note about this podcast. Matt can not seem to get his microphones to work. Ever. So if you’re wondering why we all sound like professional radio hosts two of us are, actually and Matt sounds like hot garbage, it’s because he is incompetent with microphones. [live time=”1:30 P.M” title=”Opening Remarks”] Ut enim ad…
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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hync is launching its mood-altering headset today, letting you find a state of calm or boost your energy with controls on your smartphone. Thync’s gadget is more of a module than a headset. It’s small, plastic, and contains a Bluetooth radio for connecting to your phone. You attach it to a disposable adhesive strip, which…
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[dropcap]B[/dropcap]eing a child is awesome because every little thing is an adventure. Rolling over, sitting up, eating solids, making letters, telling time–life is one milestone after another. As a jaded adult, it’s hard for me to remember the overwhelming wonders of growing up. ShapeKit, however, recaptures a little bit of that feeling. Made by design…
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[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ew technologies continue to change every facet of the way we do business, including how we identify, recruit, and hire the best people. Thanks to the latest tech innovations, today’s recruiting and hiring process has developed far beyond the traditional job boards and sit-down interviews of yesterday. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues…
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[dropcap]D[/dropcap]o you know how much money was spent in the last decade to explore space? Hyperlocal e-commerce services, which deliver products to customers within hours, are a hot sector in India right now. Zopper is the latest to score a significant round of funding. Its $20 million series B round from Tiger Global and Nirvana Venture…
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[dropcap]O[/dropcap]nline annotation platform Genius, which originally began as a way to mark up rap lyrics before expanding to support any page on the web, is now making its service – including its collection of annotations and musical metadata – available to third-party developers for use in their own applications. On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation…
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