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Esther Dyson Has a Plan to Improve America’s Health
Esther Dyson at last month’s DLDnyc conference. “I’m rich and I’m obnoxious and I’m not eating this stuff,” Esther Dyson says of the sugar-filled yogurt being served for breakfast during the recent DLD...
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Internet Grocery Shopping Meets the Sharing Economy
(Image via Shutterstock) San Francisco-based startup Instacart is hoping to trump services like AmazonFresh, Peapod, and FreshDirect in the battle to deliver fresh food to your door. But unlike those...
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Bitcoin Backers Work to Make It Mainstream
Image via Shutterstock When Bitcoin emerged five years ago, it was the payment system many geeks and enthusiasts had dreamed of: an international, decentralized, anonymous, and transparent virtual...
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Wisconsin Software Company Wants to Revolutionize Healthcare Payments
(Image via Shutterstock) Aver Informatics has raised $6.5 million from venture capital firms Drive Capital and GE Ventures to put an end to confusing healthcare payments, which for many patients...
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Satellites Will Power Google’s Latest Moonshot Project
(Image via Shutterstock) Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the only tech titan aiming to make the Net truly global. Google’s ambition to help bring Internet access to everyone in the world may soon be taking form....
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This Diagnostic Device Could Save You a Trip to the Doctor
Want to take an influenza test without visiting the doctor’s office? San Diego-based startup Cue aims to provide consumers with an innovative solution to track fertility, testosterone, and vitamin...
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Does Bitcoin Foreshadow a Decentralized World?
(Image via Shutterstock) Will we one day be able to trade stocks without a brokerage or pay for goods with a currency that has no central issuer? With Bitcoin, people can now do the latter. In the...
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A Class Discovery Platform: By Students, for Students
Today, you can use an app to hail a cab or to have groceries delivered within an hour, but college students still use outdated academic services for even simple tasks like signing up for classes,...
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Google Teams Up with Environmental Scientists to Map Gas Leaks
(Image via Shutterstock) Google Maps Street View lets people discover any place in the world and explore it via the Web as if they were actually there. Now, the cars that take photos for Street View...
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An Affordable Robot for the Home?
Rapid innovation in smartphone technology has given us a glimpse of how we will interact with digital tools that can understand and adapt to our preferences and tendencies. Now, an MIT professor is...
View ArticlePalo Alto Startup Aims to Curb Childhood Obesity
Can technology help kids shed pounds? Palo Alto-based startup Kurbo Health is betting it can, with an app that incorporates the best practices from adult weight loss programs. The company, which also...
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Domesticating the Internet of Things
In 2012, serial entrepreneur Alex Hawkinson launched SmartThings. The company’s signature product is a WiFi-enabled hub that connects gadgets to sensors, allowing users to monitor their devices, and...
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B-School Buddies Want to Battle Cancer with Big Data
Wharton graduates Nat Turner and Zach Weinberg are only 28, but they already know enough about building a business to warrant a profile in Fortune Magazine. They sold an advertising and exchange...
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Benzinga: The Detroit-based Online Investing Tool for Average Joes
In anticipation of our Techonomy Detroit conference on September 16, we are profiling Detroit-area tech startups that are driving the city’s re-emergence as a center of innovation. (To register for the...
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Wisely Harnesses Spending for a Local Business Guide
In anticipation of our Techonomy Detroit conference on September 16, we are profiling Detroit-area tech startups that are driving the city’s re-emergence as a center of innovation. (To register for the...
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Detroit’s Chalkfly Brings Social Good to Office Supplies
In anticipation of our Techonomy Detroit conference on September 16, we are profiling Detroit-area tech startups that are driving the city’s re-emergence as a center of innovation. (To register for the...
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Detroit’s Stik Helps Companies Find Their Biggest Advocates
In anticipation of our Techonomy Detroit conference on September 16, we are profiling Detroit-area tech startups that are driving the city’s re-emergence as a center of innovation. When we have...
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