This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: CES, CES, And Some More CES
The holiday season is over. January-style dread hangs thick in the air. And yet, the Consumer Electronics Show in the middle of the desert has found a way to lift our spirits. We looked at all kinds of gadgets, from 8K televisions to analog-style wearables to a whole host of Internet of Things-type products. There were robots. There was virtual reality. It was like Christmas happened all… Read MoreAd Company Crossboard Mobile Acquired By Flatiron Media And The Berry Company
Crossboard Mobile, an ad-tech company with a focus on helping businesses find sales leads, has beed acquired by two different companies, according to CEO Steven Oriola. Founded in 2008 as Pontiflex, the company rebranded as Crossboard Mobile midway through last year. Read MorePicoBrew Automates Home Beer Brewing (And It’s A Great Excuse For CES Day Drinking)
If you’re a fan of craft beer, you might be tempted to try homebrewing — if only it wasn’t (to quote my colleague Ryan Lawler) “a pain in the ass.” Startup PicoBew has built a machine called Zymatic that should make the process a lot easier, automating the brewing process and making it more consistent. PicoBrew’s Greg White even pitched it (half-jokingly… Read More“Native Commerce” Platform Okanjo Raises $1.7 Million
A Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based startup called Okanjo, which offers publishers an alternative to native advertising with what it calls “native commerce,” has raised $1.7 million in new funding in a follow-on round from local angel investors, bringing the company’s total raise to date to $3.2 million. The additional funding will be used in part to launch Okanjo’s product… Read MoreAnd The Winner Of Hardware Battlefield 2015 Is… Voltera
The competition was very fierce for the second edition of our Hardware Battlefield. 15 shockingly good hardware startups competed to win the coveted Metal Man trophy. These companies had a very special CES experience as they all pitched in front of multiple groups of judges in our tent right in front of the Convention Center. The startups were competing for $50,000 and being named the winner… Read MoreWatch Hemingwrite Bring Mechanical Typing To The Cloud
The typewriter is basically relegated to septuagenarians and hipsters at this point, but the Hemingwrite aims to make it a little more broadly appealing with cloud-based document storage and syncing, as well as digital e-ink display that means you won’t have to mess around with corrective tape or go through reams of paper just to prepare a simple cover letter. We covered Hemingwrite at… Read MoreEuropean Online Optician Mister Spex Picks Up $40M Round Led By Goldman Sachs
Mister Spex, the European ‘online optician’ (that’s an eyewear online retailer, to you and me), has picked up a new $40 million round in funding led by U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs. The Berlin-based company’s existing backers also participated, including Scottish Equity Partners, XAnge, and DN Capital, while the fresh capital will be used to support Mister… Read MoreThe FTC Warns Internet Of Things Businesses To Bake In Privacy And Security
The FTC has raised concerns about the complexity and privacy risks posed by the rise of an Internet of Things, with some 25 billion connected objects predicted to be online in 2015, and so-called smart home devices predicted to number around 25 million this year. Read MoreGoogle Capital Invests In Indian Real-Estate Platform CommonFloor
CommonFloor, which claims to be India’s largest online real estate platform, has raised an undisclosed amount of new funding from Google Capital. What’s notable about the funding is that it marks Google Capital’s third investment in Asia since the firm, which focuses on startups in the mid-to-late stages of growth, launched in February. Read MoreOneWheel Is Better Than Four
One board. One wheel. Zero falls. If you’re wondering about my favorite thing at CES, look no further. The OneWheel is a self-balancing skateboard that uses one, big wheel to deal with obstacles, bumps, etc. with no problem at all. Oh, and if it wasn’t clear already, this thing is electric and drives itself based on the way you’re leaning. We’ve gone into exhaustive… Read MoreLights, Camera, Appliances: Branto’s Smart-Home Orb Controls It All
A smart home hub is a dumb purchase if most of your appliances aren’t smart, too. So Ukrainian startup Branto developed a hub that has a built-in 360-degree camera and speaker for security and telepresence, in addition to being able to operate gadgets over Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and infrared. That’s a lot of functionality for $399, and it works even if your power or Wi-Fi goes do Read More
Putting my experiences of Life In NYC in a more personal perspective, and checking in with international/national, tech and some other news
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Monday, January 12, 2015
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