We just came across an interesting new crowdfunding campaign. The VIDAMETER presents a new take on the health/fitness trackers. The smart band provides a much fuller picture than the current health/fitness wearables. As the fitness wearable market stands today, the majority of the products offer the detection of isolated vitality and fitness signs, so that [...]
Update 5/8/2014: The original article suggested that Amplify's vocabulary usage features were specific to the company's tablet. This has been updated to note that these features are a part of Amplify's ELA Digital Curriculum. There were some really good sessions during day three of TechCrunch Disrupt New York. However, the session entitled "Hacking the Classroom," really stood [...]
We just came across a really interesting company. Securitapp takes a unique approach to home security. They have built an app that allows you to turn just about any old and unused phone into a surveillance system. If you are like me, you have a ton of old phones laying around. Now, there is finally [...]
Appsbar has awarded its App of the Day honor to Miami Rain for showcasing how athletic teams and fans can engage in mobile outreach by utilizing the DIY app builder at appsbar.com. Miami Rain serves as the mobile platform for the Florida-based women’s semi-pro basketball team. The mobile app has modules for the team schedule [...]
This may come as a big surprise to many but Apple, often looked at as the shining diamond of retail operations has been wading through a slight decline in sales. AppleInsider reports that same store sales were down 5% in March after a 3% uptick in December of 2013. The decline Apple is seeing on [...]
Chris Wanstrath, Ben Uretsky, John Collison, Matthew Panzarino John Collison, the Co-Founder of Stripe, Ben Uretsky, the CEO of DigitalOcean, and Chris Wanstrath, the Co-Founder and CEO of Github joined TechCrunch's Matthew Panzarino on day to of TechCrunch Disrupt New York. This panel, entitled "Rise Of The Developer Tools," was one of the best [...]
This year at SXSWedu there was a lot of buzz in the Google lounge about a new product coming down the pike. Thousands of teachers were already using Google Docs as part of Google Apps For Education as their own free LMS (learning management system). Teachers were adapting Google Apps For Education in the ways [...]
Pokorny, Lee, and Constine On Tuesday at TechCrunch Disrupt New York, Josh Constine - a journalist for TechCrunch - had a chat with David Lee and Brian Pokorny. Lee and Pokorny are Co-founders and Managing Partners at SV Angel, a San Francisco based Angel Investor firm. The chat covered a huge range of topics, and shed [...]
On day two of TechCrunch Disrupt New York, Ryan Lawler - TechCrunch Journalist - had a chat with Comcast CEO Neil Smit. Though expectations were pretty low, Smit managed to dodge every single question that had any sort of significance and reduce the whole interview into a sort-of PSA for Comcast. It should be pointed out [...]
There are a ton of cooking and smart-cooking devices out there. Some are pretty inventive, including the Mellow. Mellow is a sous-vide machine that takes orders through your smartphone and keeps food cold until it’s the exact time to start cooking. That is pretty incredible. You can put the food in the Mellow, set what [...]
