U.S. and Russian crew arrives at International Space Station
(By Irene Klotz, Reuters) – A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, ending a nearly six-hour flight, a NASA TV broadcast showed. U.S. astronaut Jeff Williams and cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in More...
Gaming veterans start $50M virtual reality and augmented reality fund
Two industry veterans have started a $ 50 million venture capital fund to invest in early-stage virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality startups. Marco DeMiroz, former chief executive of PlayFirst, More...
The tech industry, according to Trump
Despite having never held public office (nor, perhaps, a computer mouse?), Republican front-runner Donald Trump has been happy to share his views on technology. Although Trump appears to be completely out of touch More...
59 percent of UK startups are aiming for acquisition, Silicon Valley Bank says
Some 59% of UK startups say that an acquisition is their long-term goal, while 17% note that their aspiration is to successfully complete an IPO. According to Silicon Valley Bank’s Outlook report – which More...
Amazon bets on universities as its brick-and-mortar expansion continues
ANALYSIS: Amazon is continuing its big push into the brick-and-mortar realm today with the news that it’s opening a new staffed pickup location at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the first Amazon pickup More...
CMOs: ‘Technographics’ is the new demographics
GUEST: Smart businesses that recognize the value of an outside-in perspective have long analyzed attributes like demographics and firmographics in an attempt to better understand their customer base. In particular, More...
Watch out, Tesla! New batteries from hi-tech energy agency coming fast
(Reuters) – A wing of the U.S. Department of Energy focused on breakthrough technologies may soon give billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s most recent foray into energy storage a run for its money, More...
Utomik starts beta test of ‘Netflix for games’ with 145 titles for $5.99 per month
Utomik is launching the open beta test for its game streaming service with a special offer of $ 5.99 per month for access to 145 video games. The Silicon Valley startup is the latest game streaming company trying More...
Marketing on the move: The 6 principles of engaging mobile consumers
SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by Growmobile. It makes sense when you think about it: Customers are on the move, and in order to reach them, marketers need to be on the move too. Settling down into More...
UC Davis builds a video game to chart its future
If you want new ideas, you may need to come up with fresh ways of soliciting them. And that’s why the University of California at Davis made a game. Envision UC Davis is a massively multiplayer online game More...