Fresh off its $1 trillion market cap, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) held its annual product reveal last month. The company released a new flagship iPhone … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
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Elon Musk spars with Fortnite on Twitter after joking about buying the video game
The Tesla CEO tweeted out a doctored screenshot of a MarketWatch story claiming … The latest target of Tesla TSLA, -1.48% CEO Elon Musk's ire? … +0.15% Android GOOGL, +0.66% and Apple AAPL, +1.52% mobile devices, the … Crypto Meets Wall Street as Bitcoin Mining […]
Healthcare.gov security breach leaks info for 75,000 people
Today The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Healthcare.gov, the federally operated health insurance marketplace, has suffered a data breach. Apparently it detected “anomalous system activity” in a tool that’s supposed to be used for brokers to help consumers get insurance coverage […]
Domio just raised $12 million in Series A funding to build “apart hotels” across the U.S.
Hotels can be pricey, and travelers are often forced to leave their rooms for basic things, like food that doesn’t come from the minibar. Yet Airbnb accommodations, which have become the go-to alternative for travelers, can be highly inconsistent. Domio, a two-year-old, New York-based outfit, […]
Convene uses landlord partnership model to outclass WeWork
Recent reports that Softbank may take a majority stake in WeWork has added fuel to the already hot market for start-ups in the workspace and property tech sectors. One of the more compelling companies that stands to benefit from this trend is New York-based Convene. […]
Apple’s Tim Cook calls for retraction on Chinese spy chip story: ‘There’s no truth to this’
Apple CEO Tim Cook is calling for Bloomberg to retract its story about … alleged data center hardware used by Apple and Amazon Web Services, and … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Virtual reality makes food taste better
In another example of VR bleeding into real life, Cornell University food scientists found that cheese eaten in pleasant VR surroundings tasted better than the same cheese eaten in a drab sensory booth. About 50 panelists who used virtual reality headsets as they ate were […]
Funderbeam CEO to talk about disrupting startup funding at Disrupt Berlin
Startup funding hasn’t changed much in the past decade. Funderbeam is an interesting company trying to turn everything upside down using a marketplace approach, a modern syndication system and a blockchain-based platform. I’m excited to announce that Funderbeam founder and CEO Kaidi Ruusalepp will come […]
Seychelles gains more visibility at TTG Travel Experience Trade Fair, Rimini, Italy
The Travel Experience Trade Fair is the main marketplace in Italy for negotiating and networking between International offer and the intermediaries of … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Knotch launches Blueprint to help marketers find the best publishers of sponsored content
When I last wrote about Knotch, the company had just patented its color-based feedback system that helps advertisers measure the effectiveness of their sponsored content. Since then, it’s added a competitive intelligence product and now Blueprint, a tool for marketers who want to find the […]