Smilo’s products are designed to be healthy for babies and easy on parents’ eyes
Smilo’s products are designed to be healthy for babies and easy on parents’ eyes For a basic baby item, picking the right pacifier is surprisingly daunting. Many new parents have no idea how many different pacifiers are on the market until they are staring bleary-eyed at store shelves. Babies are also notoriously picky about their soothers …
In India, an Uber for farm machinery aims to make a difference in rural areas
In India, an Uber for farm machinery aims to make a difference in rural areas Uber has inspired countless businesses to adopt its asset-light and on-demand approach to their industries. The examples are countless. Food delivery, dry cleaning, jet planes, home services rental bikes, or even phone chargers to name but a few — but how …
Wave hello to Kano’s latest learn-to-code tool, a gesture controller
Wave hello to Kano’s latest learn-to-code tool, a gesture controller Author note: Abel Owen is Ingrid’s nine-year-old son. These are mostly his words; Ingrid just helped type them a little faster. I use computers and the Internet all the time and really like them. They are an important part of modern life. And it’s pretty cool …
London fintech Tail is a cashback platform built on the promise of Open Banking
London fintech Tail is a cashback platform built on the promise of Open Banking London-based Tail is a new fintech startup that offers a glimpse into the promise of Open Banking. This is seeing upcoming legislation in the EU and U.K. force banks to offer third-party developer access to your bank account data — with your …
Swift creator Chris Lattner joins Google Brain after Tesla Autopilot stint
Swift creator Chris Lattner joins Google Brain after Tesla Autopilot stint Chris Lattner, one of the key creators behind the Apple programming language Swift, is on the move again. After a short six-month stay at Tesla, which he joined last year from Apple to act as VP of Autopilot Software, Lattner announced on Twitter today that …
Intel CEO quits Trump’s manufacturing council, calls out the “hate-spawned violence in Charlottesville”
Intel’s CEO is the latest executive to leave one of Trump’s advisory councils in the wake of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, which many felt was inadequately addressed by the president and his administration. In a post on Policy@Intel, the company’s public policy blog, Brian Krzanich wrote that he resigned from the American Manufacturing …
Opera shuts down Max
Opera shuts down Max Only a few years ago, Opera Max was the rising star in the browser maker’s portfolio. The service offered a system-wide data-saving proxy that funnelled all app data through Opera’s servers to compress images and videos. Now, however, Max is heading for the deadpool. The company, which is now owned by a …