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Friday, September 09, 2016
9 September - Start Page - Tech News
Cape Canaveral as seen from orbit by a space shuttle in 1991 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Peak Design and building a company on the Kickstarter platform
Most startups toil away in stealth mode on new products with an
Apple-esque fear of news leaking before its time. Peak Design decided to
go to the other extreme, building a company in full view of its
audience — and in the face of its competitors. Eschewing traditional
investors in favor of a serie...
NASA has successfully launched OSIRIS-REx, their first asteroid sample return mission
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully launched from Cape
Canaveral with the help of 1.2 million pounds of thrust provided by an
Atlas V rocket. The spacecraft will journey to a near-Earth asteroid
known as Bennu and return an asteroid sample to Earth. This will be
NASA’s first asteroid samp...
Raspberry Pi finally offers an official starter kit after passing 10M sales
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has finally put out an official starter
kit for its low cost microcomputer — offering what it dubs an
“unashamedly premium” bundle for the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, complete
with optical mouse and keyboard in a very Apple-looking shade of white,
plus all the cables you nee...
Iroko launches IrokoX online network to showcase Africa’s creative talent
Africa’s artists have a new online stage to showcase their talent.
Nigeria based digital entertainment startup Iroko has launched IrokoX, a
multi-platform Pan-African network for filmmakers, musicians, and other
creative aspirants to produce, distribute, and monetize short-form
content. The new med...
Ford Smart Mobility acquires Chariot to boost its smart city transit plans
Ford Smart Mobility, the company founded by Ford Motor Company to help
provide alternate means of transportation, just made its first
acquisition: Chariot, the San Francisco-based commuter ride-sharing
startup. For Ford, the move will make Chariot the cornerstone of its
shuttle and mobility program...
Facebook photo-sharing app Moments expands to web, adds support for full-res photos
Facebook Moments, the company’s private photo-sharing application
which took the place of mobile photo sync late last year, is now
expanding beyond the confines of your mobile phone and your personal
network. While previously, the app allowed you to share your photos with
select Facebook friends, t...
Gillmor Gang LIVE 09.09.16
The LIVE recording session of The Gillmor Gang – today with: Robert
Scoble, Frank Radice, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Has
been cancelled. We will reschedule ASAP.
Our live chat stream during the show broadcast
Gillmor Gang’s Facebook page HERE
G3’s archive on ustream
G3’s Facebook...
Twitter launches an Alexa app
Too lazy to read your tweets? Now, Amazon Alexa can just read them to
you instead. Yes, that’s right: Twitter today has launched an app for
Amazon’s voice platform Alexa, which means you can listen to the latest
from Twitter right on your Echo speaker or other Alexa-powered device.
The new app can ...
Hack for the environment at the Disrupt SF Hackathon
This weekend, hundreds of developers and engineers will pack into the
Disrupt SF conference space for our Hackathon, a 24-hour race to build a
brand-new product. Competitors will present their inventions on stage
and win prizes, in a TechCrunch tradition that’s launched products like
GroupMe. But t...
Incoming McAfee CEO Chris Young on his company’s post-Intel future
Young has been running Intel’s Security Group for quite some time now
as senior vice president and general manager. While he will officially
be given a CEO title in his new role, the position will be a rare point
of continuity for a team that has changed hands twice in the last five
years. We sat d...
Military veterans provide a new competitive advantage for tech companies
Ask any Silicon Valley CEO what some of their biggest challenges are
and you likely will hear “finding and retaining great people.” Tech is
booming, yet it remains incredibly hard to attract and keep talent amid a
competitive ecosystem. A few companies, however, have figured out a
competitive advan...
Crunch Report | Who will buy The Honest Company?
Raspberry Pi is offering a starter kit, Ford acquires rides commuting
company Chariot, The Honest Company is rumored to be in conversation
with bankers about a potential sale, Snapchat just secured a line of
credit from Morgan Stanley and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is
donating $20 million ...
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Cape Canaveral as seen from orbit by a space shuttle in 1991 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
NASA OSIRIS-REx Post Launch Status of Asteroid Sample Return Mission(spaceref.com)
First-Ever NASA Asteroid Sample Return Mission, OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Launches September 8th(scienceworldreport.com)
NASA has successfully launched OSIRIS-REx, their first asteroid sample return mission(feedproxy.google.com)
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