Архив за месяц: Январь 2017

Celebrate the iPhone’s 10th birthday by watching the gleeful original announcement

 The iPhone turns 10 today, at least if you start counting from the day it was announced. So why not take a few minutes to relive that day, with all its excitement and the palpable pride taken by Steve Jobs in both the product and presentation? Come on, you know you want to. Read More

Celebrate the iPhone’s 10th birthday by watching the gleeful original announcement

Aivia slaps a touchscreen on a slanted wireless speaker

 Hugh Behroozy is obsessed with symmetry — so much so that they wanted his company’s name is even symmetric.
And that’s why the Aivia, a combo subwoofer/speaker, is slanted — so it will fit seamlessly against a wall and not jut out because of a charging cable. The speaker also has a screen built into it, which may seem like an odd decision to make for a startup. But… Read More

Aivia slaps a touchscreen on a slanted wireless speaker

Sprig adds tips and equity to keep meal deliverers loyal

 Some Sprig customers might be bitter about getting guilt-tripped into tipping, but at least the startup is being sweet to its on-demand food servers. TechCrunch spotted that Sprig added a tipping feature to its freshly made meal-delivery app this week. Now Sprig has confirmed this is part of a wide-range of not-yet-announced perks for its servers, including a $1/hour wage increase, to $14.50,… Read More

Sprig adds tips and equity to keep meal deliverers loyal

Nvidia hits prime time at CES this year

 What do you do when you rapidly become one of the most important chip manufacturers in the world and your stock price more than triples in a single year? For Nvidia, it means you throw a massive keynote stuffed with announcements that are setting the stage for a suite of products built around your core technology — building GPUs — that will make you the center of the… Read More

Nvidia hits prime time at CES this year

Nvidia builds a co-pilot into its autonomous drive computer

 Nvidia teased out a powerful system that would serve as an AI supercomputer earlier this year, giving cars the ability to drive themselves. But while there’s been a ton of progress in building safer autonomous driving, we might not quite be at the point where we can fully trust the car to do everything. Enter Co-Pilot. Nvidia is baking in new technology in its Xavier drive computers… Read More

Nvidia builds a co-pilot into its autonomous drive computer