Comedian Demetri Martin riffs on why social media creeps him out, why his first movie’s a dramedy and what to expect when dogs can ride alone in cars.
Source: CNET
Matterport is updating its depth-sensing camera for customers seeking to capture their businesses and real estate properties in virtual reality. The Pro2 Camera is a spec bump rather than a rethink of the company’s first camera and is actually built upon improving the quality of its 2D still imagery for customers who are using print mediums in addition to the virtual reality tours… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Google’s Waze is growing its Carpool offering, expanding the ride-sharing service to all of California after successful trials in San Francisco, Sacramento and Monterey. The service expansion also comes after Waze has been running carpooling services in Israel, where it originally debuted the offering back in 2015. Carpool will open to all California residents beginning Tuesday, June 6.… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Salesforce Ventures is announcing a $50 million fund to invest in “cloud consulting” startups. The corporate venture arm is making a special effort to finance companies that are synergistic to the tech giant’s business.
The team has a “strong commitment to our consulting partners to make sure that we continue to have the partners that we need to grow Salesforce… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Apple’s big developers show is set to begin next week. Here’s what we expect to see at this year’s WWDC.
Source: CNET
This smart system detects water leaks and responds to protect your home from floods.
Source: CNET
Actor, illustrator and stand-up comic Demetri Martin visited CNET and confessed his true feelings about social media, AI and his hopes for self-driving cars.
Source: CNET
Magicpin, an India-based company that combines elements of Foursquare with offline-to-online services, has closed a $7 million Series B round. The money comes from existing backers Lightspeed India Partners, Westbridge and undisclosed overseas investors, and it takes the startup past $10 million raised to date. The two-year-old company was founded by former Lightspeed investor Anshoo Sharma… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Just because someone has a PhD doesn’t make the conspiracy theory they’re espousing any more real. The post To Make Your Conspiracy Theory Legit, Just Find an ‘Expert’ appeared first on WIRED.
Source: Wired
Eruptions’ run at WIRED ends, but the blog lives on. The post Eruptions Says Goodbye to WIRED appeared first on WIRED.
Source: Wired