YouTube is starting to make support for high dynamic range HDR video available for a number of mobile devices The company s Android app added HDR support for Samsung s Galaxy S8 and Note 8 Google s own Pixel phones the LG V30 and the Sony Xperia XZ Premium this week
Make no mistake about it. We live in a world where the “the platform platform economy” isn’t just disruptive , it’s killing long-lasting and successful business models. Amazon shook up the retail industry, Napster and iTunes decimated the music industry, Uber and Airbnb are radically changing the transportation,
Nintendo is well on its way to sell 10 million units of its Switch game console this fiscal year but the company may still run into supply issues during the holiday season admitted Nintendo of America president and chief operating officer Reggie Fils Aime during Variety s
Vox Media is seeing some return from its investment into video on Facebook and similar platforms revealed Vox CEO Jim Bankoff during Variety s Entertainment and Technology Summit in Los Angeles Thursday Right now we are profitable on these platforms he said but also
Shutterstock photo For many kids (and adults ), asking mom and dad for money to go do something with friends is a weekly ritual. However, as fewer people use cash , parents may not have money they can easily lend to their children. Greenlight , a fintech cardmaker for kids, built an app that lets parents
Spotify has teamed up with Hulu to make its subscription plan for students a lot more interesting Students will now be able to get both a premium Spotify subscription and a subscription to Hulu for a combined price of just 4 99 a month Spotify Premium for Students now
Apple (Shutterstock photo) Depending on who you ask, Apple’s ( AAPL ) upcoming iPhone 8 refresh — aptly referred to as a supercycle — will either be a massive home-run or a major dud. The Cupertino-based tech giant has scheduled a September 12th media event, during which it is expected to unveil the new iPhone.
Shutterstock photo Blockchain continues to excite a range of sectors, igniting tremendous interest and managing a rapid surge in investments. Bitcoin’s underlying technology is instrumental in shaping the face of innovation across industries, trucking being no exception. For an efficient trucking ecosystem, it
Karen Kerr Meet a VC GE Ventures Karen Kerr, Senior Managing Director, Advanced Manufacturing & Enterprise, GE Ventures Karen leads a team focused on making investments and developing partnerships in the advanced manufacturing ecosystem. Karen came to GE with two decades of experience in developing
Shutterstock photo Thomas Edison was nicknamed “the Wizard of Menlo Park” for his New Jersey-based laboratory, which was an epicenter of invention. Edison’s laboratory and companies not only produced great inventions but helped to produce other great scientists as well. Edison’s rival Nikola Tesla was once a
Shutterstock photo Perhaps no industry has both benefited and struggled with innovation as much as the media space. While online news has revolutionized the way people consume news, traditional media outlets have struggled to survive at a time when so much content is available for free online. But it is among
Shutterstock photo Some of the boldest technology innovation that has the most visible, immediate and universal impact has come through the retail space. How to buy things faster and pay less for them has been the consumer’s mantra since commerce as we know it began. The quest for making our shopping experience
Shutterstock photo While the pure technology sector is the engine of innovation for much of what we consider the highest technology advancements of our age, there is a host of other industries represented in the Nasdaq-100 that are trailblazing. These companies that lie outside the pure tech sphere are some of
Shutterstock photo Technology has advanced so far so quickly that we’ve effectively entered a second wave of advancement. Our economy has been irrevocably altered by the ease and speed of decisions, connections, and deliveries made through a relatively new cyber universe of savvy vendors. Did anyone 10 years
Within the last few years, you may have heard of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. If you have heard of them, it is possible you have also heard the term “blockchain”. Blockchain is a type of digital record that uses cryptography to secure transactions through decentralization. Recreating or changing it, therefore, is
