By Sam bot on February 24, 2015
branch-out, college, dropout, entrepreneurship, wigo
Stories, Tech, U.S.
Left to right: Tyler Swartz, Giuliano Giacaglia (CTO/cofounder), Ben Kaplan (CEO/cofounder), and Claire Uhar VIA “businessinsider.com” by Julie Bort Since September an app called Wigo, the brainchild of 23-year-old college dropout Ben Kaplan, has become the hottest thing on college campuses. Wigo helps college kids find out where their friends are going to meet up […]
By Sam bot on February 23, 2015
innovation, technology, vapor, warka water, water
Health, Science, Stories, Stories, Stories, Tech
“thespiritscience.net” by Jordan There are a flurry of amazing inventions coming into the fold lately, hoverbikes being among one of them.. but today I want to tell you about this really cool device that is making an impact in Ethiopia, and hopefully will soon make its way overseas to North America and the rest of […]
By Sam bot on February 23, 2015
alternative, clean energy, environment, innovation, portland
Environment, Stories, Tech, U.S.
VIA “inhabitat.com” by Colin Payne Portland residents can now generate green electricity simply by turning on their water taps and flushing their toilets. Fast Company reports that the Oregon city is using a state-of-the art system to capture energy from water flowing through the city’s pipelines. Small turbines installed inside the pipelines are turned by […]
By Sam bot on February 21, 2015
box, cloud, cloud service, ipo, technology, twilio
Stories, Tech, U.S.
VIA “TechCrunch.com” by Alex Wilhelm According to a recent report, Twilio wants to go public. Twilio, a company that provides software-based communications tools for developers, closed out 2014 on a $100 million annual run rate. Or, put another way, Twilio brought in just over $8 million in top line last December. Box, New Relic and Hortonworks each recently proved that […]
By Sam bot on February 10, 2015
apple, iphone, life-hacks, siri, technology
Stories, Tech
VIA “computerworld.com” by Jonny Evans While we wait to see how Apple’s new Photos app performs in the real world in which most people have over 5GB of photos they don’t want to pay the company to store in iCloud, I’ve put together yet more handy ways Siri can improve your life. Find a lost […]