The Apple Watch is an excellent fitness device – but its wrist computer potential is still out there. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Nothing will kill the iPhone, but the Watch is ready for the spotlight Continue reading… Read More
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Ring’s battery-powered video doorbells —including the Ring Video Doorbell 4 — now work with end-to-end encryption of video and audio. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Ring is now offering end-to-end encryption of video and audio on its battery-powered video doorbells and security cameras, over a year after it added the option…
Enlarge / Syringes filled with COVID-19 vaccine sit on a table at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on April 06, 2022 in San Rafael, California. (credit: Getty | Justin Sullivan) The updated COVID-19 boosters targeting the BA.4/5 subvariants now rolling out nationwide are meant to head off a surge of the disease this fall and winter—but…
Having your Android look like iOS can be a perfect test ride if you want to cross the OS street. Shiwa ID/Bagus Hernawan / Unsplash If you’re mostly happy with your Android phone but long for a more iPhone-like look to the software interface, there’s an app for that. They are called launchers and can…
French startup Sorare originally launched a fantasy football (soccer) game. This year, the company is expanding to new sports. After partnering with Major League Baseball earlier this year, the company is announcing a new partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). Thanks to this multi-year partnership, Sorare will launch…
Remento, a company focused on capturing and preserving family stories, has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Upfront Ventures. The Los Angeles-based company is also launching its iOS app today after beta testing it for a year. The company’s new iOS app is designed to give users conversation prompts to inspire family members…
Kapor Capital has closed its largest fund to date, a $126 million investment vehicle set to back early-stage founders of color and social impact ventures. The new fund, which has been in the works as early as February 2021, was raised by managing partners Uriridiakoghene “Ulili” Onovakpuri and Brian Dixon, who succeeded the firm’s co-founders…
Getting prospective customers to answer sales calls and texts can feel like a Sisyphean task. According to a 2020 LinkedIn report, roughly 69% of prospects accepted a call from a new salesperson in the previous year, but it took an average of 18 calls to connect with the buyer. That’s not surprising — few folks…
That brisk autumn feeling is in the air. If fall leaves were a thing here in the South Bay, you’d better believe they’d be changing. And with the turning of the seasons comes the ever-important fall tradition of a new iPhone. Apple sent out invites for its “Far Out” event late last month. A subsequent…
RPM tech helps hospitals reduce costs and improve patient outcomes. Insider Intelligence One of the tools US health systems and hospitals are turning to for improved outcomes and reduced costs is remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology. RPM refers to the specific technology used to electronically transmit information between patients and physicians, and it is just…