Snapchat says it has big plans for its buzzy “Spectacles” camera-glasses.
03
Feb
2017
Tag: silicon valley
31
Jan
2017
#Disruption: Why Hollywood As We Know It Is Already Over
Hollywood has ceded the vast majority of the more stimulating content to premium networks and over-the-top services such as HBO and Showtime, and, increasingly, digital-native platforms such as Netflix and Amazon. These companies also have access to analytics tools that Hollywood could never fathom, and an allergy to its inefficiency.
29
Dec
2016
33 Startups To Watch in 2017
2017 is almost here and it’s once again time to predict which startups will take the tech industry by storm. Who better to ask than the startup experts, the VCs that watch the industry, guide the startups, hear their pitches, and invest inthem? The VCs that Business Insider spoke to gave them this list that includes everything […]
08
Nov
2016
A Robot Helped Make Your Pizza. Is It Still ‘Artisanal’?
When robots inevitably take over our planet, as the dystopian vision of science fiction writers foretells, well lose our jobs, our freedom, our humanity. Theyre already making it in a commercial kitchen in the heart of Silicon Valley: Two robots named Pepe and Giorgio squirt sauce on dough, and another robot, Marta, spreads it. A […]
29
Sep
2016
Gravity Sketch Lets you create 3D Models in Virtual Reality
Designing 3D objects could be a lot easier when you’re working in 3D. That’s the premise behind Gravity Sketch, which is launching today as a virtual reality software tool that allows people to create three-dimensional computer models in VR. The London-based company, also called Gravity Sketch, is designed for everyone from computer-aided design (CAD) novices […]
18
Sep
2016
How Tech Companies Disrupted Silicon Valley’s Restaurant Scene
Silicon Valley technologists love to explain how they have disrupted the minutiae of daily life, from our commutes to the ways we share family photos. But along the way, they have also managed to disrupt their local restaurant industry.
29
Aug
2016
#FoodStart-up Goes Mainstream
Founder and CEO Rob Rhinehart invented the first iteration of Soylent in 2013 as part of an experiment to swap food for raw ingredients to save time and money.
23
May
2016
Silicon Valley’s Newest Startup Is A French Non-Profit Coding School
It’s a coding school, except it takes three to five years to complete. It calls itself a “university,” but there are no professors or SAT requirement. Each cohort has roughly 1,000 students, but no one is paying tuition. This isn’t a fantasy—it’s 42, a French-born educational experiment with the goal of educating 10,000 talented software […]
15
May
2016
The Ever-Changing Magic of Silicon Valley’s Title Sequence
The title sequence for HBO’s Silicon Valley is by far the most efficiently entertaining thing on television. In its scant 10 seconds, it manages to be at once satire, in-joke, and charter of tech cultures shifting corporate landscape while packing the screen with blink-and-you’ll-miss-it sight gags. There are titans like Google, Facebook, and Apple, which […]
20
Apr
2016
“420 Waldos”: The Very Odd Beginnings Of Marijuana’s Global Holiday [Video]
So what’s with “420” ? Why have these three numbers become intertwined with getting high? Some people say it’s because 420 is the police radio code in some jurisdictions for marijuana consumption, while others say it’s a Talmudic numerical extraction from the Bob Dylan song “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35.” But these and many other theories […]