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Tesla Is Working On Robotic Snakes That Emerge From The Wall To Charge Your Car
Elon Musk is pretty much the best thing about Twitter, and today is no exception – the Tesla CEO tweeted that his electric car company is actually working on tech that would allow chargers to snake out of the wall and plug into your car automatically, eliminating the need to manually connect when you get your Model S back to your garage at night. Btw, we are actually working on a… Read MoreThe Patriot Act Is Cannibalizing America’s Economic Edge
Editor’s Note: Amit Patel is the chief financial officer of HighQ. You would think that when tech companies, the ACLU and the NRA unite for the same cause, the federal government would listen. That was not the case in this year’s USA FREEDOM Act vote where the Senate voted against reforms that would stop the NSA from collecting phone metadata. The majority opinion… Read MoreNYC May Integrate Apple Pay, Bitcoin, PayPal For Parking Tickets
Given that NYC is the greatest city in the world (I’m definitely not biased), it makes sense that the Big Apple is looking to give its residents a better way to pay off their many parking tickets. According to MarketWatch, the city of New York issues eight to ten million parking tickets each year, coming out to around $30 billion in revenue for the city. That said, the city is… Read MoreTinyPulse Raises $3.5M Led By Baseline To Help Companies Keep Tabs On Employee Happiness
TinyPulse launched to change the way employee reviews were done. Based on the promise of weekly, one-question surveys, the company has grown to more than 20 employees and just raised $3.5 million in Series A funding. Read MoreIndia’s Government Asks ISPs To Block GitHub, Vimeo And 30 Other Websites
Today it emerged that the Indian government has asked internet service providers to block access to 32 sites in the name of its censorship laws. Read More10 Of Asia’s Biggest Tech Stories In 2014
I’ll be honest–writing about Asia tech for readership based mostly in the U.S. can be difficult sometimes. I get the feeling that many people still associate Asian tech companies with original equipment manufacturers and knock-offs. 2014, however, may be remembered as the year Asia tech finally came into its own on the worldwide stage, with headlines like Alibaba’s… Read MoreUber Suspends Its Uber Pop Ride-Sharing Service In Spain Following A Court Ruling
Uber has suspended its Uber Pop ride-sharing service in Spain, the company confirmed today, after a court ruling that has followed months of sustained pressure from authorities in the country. Read MoreIn 2015, Software Eats The Wearable World
2014 will be remembered as the year that wearables leapt into the Silicon Valley mainstream. Tech giants like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm have taken notice and poured money and resources into developing their own offerings. Read MoreMatter And Form’s 3D Scanner Is Inexpensive And Promising
At $600, the Matter and Form 3D Scanner is probably the cheapest 3D laser scanner on the market. While the system does require some tweaking to get great scans, I was quite pleased with the scanning results and, more important, thing this thing can stand up to the big boys in 3D scanning. Most 3D scanners use a turntable to rotate and scan objects. Like the impressive Makerbot Digitizer the… Read More
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