Archivo del Autor: Belen De Leon

Omnyway raises $12.75M to connect advertising and mobile commerce

 Omnyway announced today that it has raised $12.75 million in Series A funding. Previously known as OmnyPay, Omnyway has built technology around what it calls “augmented digital commerce” — basically, helping retailers stay connected to consumers through their mobile phone during the in-store shopping process. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Yale's Assure line of locks to get HomeKit-enabling module – CNET

Yale announced the $50 iM1 Network Module for HomeKit and Siri, available online and in retail stores in the US and Canada Oct. 16.
Source: CNET

Facebook’s ad targeting tools could be a valuable supplement to census data

 Official census forms are an invaluable source for demographic data throughout the country, but for trends that occur on the scale of weeks or months rather than years, they’re a bit lacking. But a new study shows that similar data used by Facebook to target ads could help fill in that blind spot. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

How to find your lost phone with the Google Home – CNET

If you misplace your phone around the house, the Google Home can help you locate it.
Source: CNET

Uber product lead Daniel Graf explains Uber’s shifted approach to building tech

 Uber’s Head of Product Daniel Graf thinks that the company’s recent problems may end up being good for the ride-hailing provider’s product development in the long term; in some ways, it’s brought collaboration to the fore in a company structure that previously preferred work being done in relatively discrete silos. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

E-reader innovation has stalled

 Next month marks 10 years since the first Kindle debuted. It’s a virtual lifetime in consumer electronics terms, but compared to its mobile brethren, e-readers’ pace of innovation has been glacial. Why has the e-reader stagnated? Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Ingredients for Amazon’s HQ2 all available in St. Louis

 There’s a whisper-quiet rumor making the rounds that Amazon is looking to establish a second headquarters outside of its initial digs in Seattle. It’s even got a name — HQ2 — and, in reality, Amazon’s announcement was a thunderous roar. The big question is: Where? My unabashedly biased answer: St. Louis. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

El (posible) efecto Tinder: parejas más estables y más interraciales

Las páginas web de citas están cambiando algunos patrones de la sociedad. Estos servicios se han convertido en una de las vías más importantes para conocer pareja, un fenómeno que parece estar traduciéndose en matrimonios más sólidos y más diversos a nivel racial

Source: MIT

Quantum Inside: Intel ya está fabricando un chip de 17 cúbits superconductores

Aunque la compañía ha llegado tarde a la carrera por la supremacía cuántica, confía en que su experiencia en fabricación la ayude a superar a sus rivales. Google, por ejemplo, acaba de demostrar una prueba de concepto de nueve cúbits superconductores

Source: MIT

"Podemos hacer todo con contenedores, no hay límites"

Los arquitectos del estudio francés 2A Design Clément Gillet y Josué Gillet reutilizan los tradicionales contenedores de mercancías para construir edificios prefabricados con un ahorro de hasta el 30% en costes y en menos de la mitad de tiempo. Así está hecha la casa de uno de ellos

Source: MIT