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Saturday, May 28, 2016

Apartments are the hot new tech sector

Welcome to the land technology forgot. High-end leases negotiated and signed via fax. Millions of dollars in apartment inventory tracked on whiteboards with dry-erase markers. Client histories recorded in longhand in legal notebooks and stashed in manila folders. Multi-family real estate (i.e. apartment buildings) is one the fastest-growing sectors in the country right now. Read More

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Silicon Valley has traditionally been the startup Garden of Eden, but it’s no longer the only game in town. Utah — specifically Salt Lake City and its ecosystem — has become a formidable breeding ground for startups, even developing its own unicorn herd. Read More

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Musical.ly is expanding beyond music videos with the launch of live.ly, its live stream platform. Users will be able to broadcast through the live.ly app, and the streams will be viewable on musical.ly. Launched last year, musical.ly is growing fast, with about 80 million young teens using it around the globe. The app makes it easy to create music videos by allowing users to dub over their… Read More

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Comixology CEO shows off new Unlimited subscription service

{rss:content:encoded} Comixology CEO shows off new Unlimited subscription service http://ift.tt/1NT0YKQ http://ift.tt/1Wr2gzr May 28, 2016 at 01:00AM

Comixology recently launched Comixology Unlimited, a subscription plan that offers unlimited access to thousands of digital comics for just $5.99 per month. Given the “all you can read” model, it’s natural to compare the new service to Netflix, but CEO David Steinberger told me that Amazon Prime’s video offerings are a closer match — and no, not because of the… Read More

San Francisco’s fashion staple seems to be ripped jeans and a hoodie. But just between the edgy All Saints and Paris designer St. Laurent on San Francisco’s Maiden Lane is a rare, high-end fashion pop-up called Maison de Mode. The shop boasts ethical fashion for the luxury buyer with hard to find artisanal items from globally sourced brands you’d normally only find at… Read More

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Two-year, $25M study finds positive effect of cell phone radiation on some cancers in male rats

{rss:content:encoded} Two-year, $25M study finds positive effect of cell phone radiation on some cancers in male rats http://ift.tt/1OSgFNf http://ift.tt/1RhdG6G May 27, 2016 at 09:18PM smartphone shutterstock

A major study conducted by the National Toxicology Program has found a slight, but significant, positive correlation between radio-frequency radiation exposure (like that given off by phones) and certain cancers in rats — though only male ones. Read More

Copyright questions remain after Google’s fair use victory

{rss:content:encoded} Copyright questions remain after Google’s fair use victory http://ift.tt/1XCPD3c http://ift.tt/1TelSpM May 27, 2016 at 09:01PM oracle v google

If you didn’t already know the jury’s decision in Oracle’s long-running lawsuit against Google, you wouldn’t have been able to guess it from looking at either company’s legal team yesterday. Moments after the verdict was read, both sets of high-powered intellectual property lawyers huddled up and spoke softly, without any outward signs that Oracle had just lost… Read More

Amazon has put Alexa, the voice-powered AI software found in the Echo, Dot, and Tap, right inside the browser with the launch of Echoism.io. After logging in with an Amazon account, anyone can start asking Alexa questions by clicking and holding on the mic button. Amazon’s Alexa is able to answer basic questions around information, weather, news, music, and control other gadgets in the home. Read More

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Applications for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF are now open. We’re looking for new, yet-to-launch startups to debut on the Disrupt Stage. For those of you who don’t yet know, the Startup Battlefield is a world-renowned startup competition. It’s like the gymnastics portion of the Summer Olympics. It’s like March Madness for tech geeks. It’s quite literally… Read More

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A Bubble Shooter champion and his cash prize won via Skillz.

A San Francisco startup whose technology can turn any video game into a tournament played for cash prizes, Skillz, has a new Chief Product Officer, ex-Electronic Arts’ mobile vice president Bill Mooney. Skillz quietly brought Mooney on in February this year. Earlier, at EA Mobile, he managed teams that were responsible for games in the Simpsons and Star Wars franchise. And before that,… Read More

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Skillz snags Chief Product Officer Bill Mooney from EA Mobile

{rss:content:encoded} Skillz snags Chief Product Officer Bill Mooney from EA Mobile http://ift.tt/1qPdZtD http://ift.tt/1P4g9kE May 27, 2016 at 08:13PM A Bubble Shooter champion and his cash prize won via Skillz.

One of the challenges with clothes shopping online is that it doesn’t mirror the real-world experience where you can try on items for fit. And even though a number of today’s retailers offer free returns, there’s nothing quite as disheartening as ordering a piece online, only to find it won’t work for your body type, size or shape after it arrives. A new startup… Read More

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Google app for iOS gets support for AMP and keyboard shortcuts

{rss:content:encoded} Google app for iOS gets support for AMP and keyboard shortcuts http://ift.tt/1ORY8AA http://ift.tt/1TiIVyg May 27, 2016 at 06:58PM google_pipe_2

Google launched an updated version of its Google app for iOS today. Typically, these are minor updates, but today’s version brings a couple of interesting new features to the app. The most immediately useful of these additions is support for fast-loading AMP pages to the app. Google previously teased this launch, which follows AMP integration into Google News and Search earlier this… Read More

While we put the figurative closed sign on Disrupt NY just a few weeks ago, it’s never too early to start thinking about what’s next. Disrupt SF is still a few months away, but today we’re excited to announce that tickets to display in Startup and Hardware Alley at Disrupt are now available to purchase. Read More

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If you have albums and shoeboxes stuffed with old photos, a startup called Photomyne wants to help you scan those photos, in order to bring them online where they can be saved and shared. Now the Tel Aviv-based company has raised $2.6 million in seed funding to continue to grow its business, which today is closing in on its first million users, over half of whom are paying customers.… Read More

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Photomyne grabs $2.6 million to bring your old photos online

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If you have albums and shoeboxes stuffed with old photos, a startup called Photomyne wants to help you scan those photos, in order to bring them online where they can be saved and shared. Now the Tel Aviv-based company has raised $2.6 million in seed funding to continue to grow its business, which today is closing in on its first million users, over half of whom are paying customers.… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/1X0vi9L Photomyne grabs $2.6 million to bring your old photos online Sarah Perez http://ift.tt/1X0vfKR
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Creema is latest handmade marketplace in Asia to raise new funding. The Japanese startup announced this week (link via Google Translate) that it has received 1.1 billion yen (about $10 million) from Globis Capital Partners and returning investor KDDI Open Innovation Fund (the venture fund run by Japanese telecom KDDI). Read More

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Jolla launches a community device program for its Sailfish mobile OS

{rss:content:encoded} Jolla launches a community device program for its Sailfish mobile OS http://ift.tt/1RvZGQo http://ift.tt/1sSB9kI May 27, 2016 at 10:44AM Jolla C

Just when you thought Finnish mobile OS maker Jolla had given up on making its own hardware, given its recent financing troubles which led to it having to shutter a planned tablet, it gets back in the game — albeit with a limited run of 1,000 smartphones intended for developers and enthusiasts of its platform to test the latest and beta releases of Sailfish OS. Read More