August 10, 2018
Twitch is closing its Communities
Say goodbye to Twitch’s Communities. The game-streaming service says it’s soon killing off this still relatively new addition to its site in favor of implementing a tagging system…
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August 6, 2018
This hack turns your old Kindle into a clock
If you have an old Kindle e-reader lying about then you’d best dig it up. This cool hack can turn your dead e-reader into a living clock that…
Read articleAugust 4, 2018
Boston-area startups are on pace to overtake NYC venture totals
Joanna Glasner Contributor More posts by this contributor Home run exits happen stealthily for biotech While tech waffles on going public, biotech IPOs boom Boston has regained its…
Read articleAugust 2, 2018
UK report highlights changing gadget habits — and our need for an online fix
A look back at the past decade of consumer technology use in the UK has shone a light on changing gadget habits, underlining how Brits have gone from…
Read articleJuly 31, 2018
The Istio service mesh hits version 1.0
Istio, the service mesh for microservices from Google, IBM, Lyft, Red Hat and many other players in the open-source community, launched version 1.0 of its tools today. If…
Read articleJuly 26, 2018
You can buy the NES Classic and SNES Classic on Amazon now
If you missed the first few rounds of excitement about Nintendo’s mini nostalgia machines, you’ve got another shot at paying a normal price. Nintendo’s NES and SNES Classic…
Read articleJuly 26, 2018
Amazon’s AWS continues to lead its performance highlights
Amazon’s web services AWS continue to be the highlight of the company’s balance sheet, once again showing the kind of growth Amazon is looking for in a new…
Read articleJuly 23, 2018
Sonos prices its IPO to raise as much as $105M
Sonos today took the next step in its initial public offering price, setting a range for the shares it intends to sell that will help calibrate the final…
Read articleJuly 17, 2018
Walmart enlists Microsoft cloud in battle against Amazon
Once a seemingly unstoppable retail juggernaut, Walmart’s been scrambling to define its digitally in this Amazon-defined era. This morning, the company announced that it’s struck a five-year deal…
Read articleJuly 17, 2018
Standard Cognition raises another $5.5M to create a cashier-less checkout experience
As Amazon looks to increasingly expand its cashier-less grocery stories — called Amazon Go – across different regions, there’s at least one startup hoping to end up everywhere…
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