On Wednesday, HTC held a launch event. It was widely assumed that this event would mark the release of a new HTC smartwatch. According to Re/code, the wearable was not ready, and thus the launch of the watch was pushed back. HTC Americas head Jason Mackenzie told Re/code: We had originally planned to have a wearable [...]
On Monday, after months of speculation, Circle finally opened its Bitcoin service to the world. The goal of the initial launch, as outlined by the company's CEO Jeremy Allaire, includes: Create an experience that is fast, beautiful, and enjoyable to use. Online banking applications stink. We wanted an elegant design aesthetic that would appeal to digital [...]
If you're an iOS user you've probably seen the screen above. But even if you're new to Apple's smartphone platform and you can read, then you see that it the dialog box clearly says "This will reset all settings. No data or media will be deleted". Any reasonable person would believe that following through with [...]
If you live in a college down or surbanite area you are probably familiar with the Jimmy Johns cold sub chain. Jimmy Johns delivers subs, which we think are pretty darn good, freaky fast (and freaky good). Obviously like all sub shops that deliver, credit cards are a major part of their business. Well numerous [...]
Costco joins the ranks of Home Depot and a select few other retailers where the normal consumer can now pick up a 3D Printer. Over the past five years or so we've seen an incredible surge in the 3D printing industry. A technology that was once only available in machine shops and high end design [...]
The easiest way to conference call just got easier for enterprise. Our good friends at Speek, a DC startup re-inventing and simplifying the conference call, have been heads down since announcing a massive Series A round back in March. We've been waiting to see what the Speek team has come up with, because really conference [...]
Now that all the rumor mongering is over in regards to Apple's annual iPhone announcement event and subsequent release, rumors are again heating up about the Macbook Air. Last year we started hearing that the Macbook Air would have a significant re-up possibly late in 2014. It seems that this re-up has been moved to [...]
There are reports surfacing that Reddit, the so called "Front Page of the Internet," is raising a round of funding. According to Re/code, Reddit "has reached a preliminary agreement to sell less than 10 percent of the company for more than $50 million. That could give the company a valuation of upward of $500 million."Peter [...]
Verizon Wireless is investing heavily in services that go outside the realm of typical wireless service provider. The nation's largest carrier sees the value in their huge customer base and their ability to help their customers onboard into smartphones. Verizon is hoping that once a customer has a smartphone on their network, that they'll be [...]
Smartwatches are finally taking off. For a while now, Pebble has been leading the pack in popularity since their initial Kickstarter campaign back in 2012. Now though, more and more companies are releasing smart watches and it looks like Google's Android Wear is starting to make an impact. Tomorrow, we're halfway expecting an announcement from [...]
