[ad_1] A lot can happen in a week when it comes to tech. The constant onslaught of news makes it nigh impossible for mere mortals with real lives to keep track of everything. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of this week’s top 10 tech stories, from what happened at Mobile ...
Read More »Smart garbage can turns trash into a game
[ad_1] Sencity is part of a cohort of startups out of Urban-X, a Brooklyn-based accelerator focused on improving the livability of cities like New York. This means companies focused on issues near and dear to city dwellers, like transportation and utilities. Street furniture is a big part of the urban ...
Read More »LeEco slashes India headcount but denies it will exit the country
[ad_1] Ambitious Chinese tech firm LeEco is downsizing its presence in India less than six months after founder Jia Yueting warned that the growth of some parts of its business had become unsustainable. The company confirmed to TechCrunch that it has reduced its headcount in the country from over to ...
Read More »Is Apple preparing to dump the Lightning connector already?
[ad_1] The Lightning connector replaced the 30-pin connector back in September 2012 and first debuted on the iPhone 5. Just as iPhone owners have finally upgraded all their old 30-pin accessories to Lightning compatible hardware, a report in the Wall Street Journal suggests that Apple is getting ready to drop ...
Read More »Mixed reality arcades are the next big market opportunity — but not for VCs
[ad_1] VR’s quest to become the next dominant computing platform has hit a few bumps in the road lately. There’s no way around the fact that VR headset sales have been sluggish. I recently talked about how I saw VR’s “trough of disillusionment” coming in 2017. Increasing adoption will require ...
Read More »Meet the tiny phone company that’s making modularity sustainable
[ad_1] With retro phone brands Nokia and Blackberry remerging at Mobile World Congress this year you’d be forgiven for thinking Mistress Fortune was up to her old wheel-spinning tricks again. And as old tech becomes tech news again, it’s a sign — say some — that smartphone innovation is on the scrap heap. But a ...
Read More »Meet the tiny phone company that’s making modularity sustainable
[ad_1] With retro phone brands Nokia and Blackberry remerging at Mobile World Congress this year you’d be forgiven for thinking Mistress Fortune was up to her old wheel-spinning tricks again. And as old tech becomes tech news again, it’s a sign — say some — that smartphone innovation is on the scrap heap. But a ...
Read More »U.S. consumers now spend 5 hours per day on mobile devices
[ad_1] The time U.S. users are spending in mobile apps is continuing to grow; according to new data released this week by analytics firm Flurry, we’re up to 5 hours per day on our mobile devices. This follows on news from January that said the time spent in mobile apps had ...
Read More »Meituan Dianping Establishes New Fund In China
[ad_1] Chinese online group buying and lifestyle services provider Meituan Dianping set up an investment fund with initial capital of CNY1.5 billion and target fund scale of CNY3 billion. Wang Xing, chief executive officer of Meituan Dianping, reportedly revealed during an internal communications meeting that ...
Read More »Replay – Cubivore: Survival Of The Fittest
[ad_1] Believe it or not, there was a time before Minecraft made cube art cool. Cubivore was before that time. Released as a GameCube exclusive in 2002, Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest combines all the fun of natural selection with weird, endearing block creatures. Join Andrew Reiner, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff ...
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