Tag: TechCrunch

Wallet tracker tracks your most precious stuff

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

Hands-On With The WalletTrackR, The Gadget That Keeps Tabs On Your Most Valuable Stuff For You Colleen Taylor, techcrunch.com When you’ve got a lot of things going on, it’s easy to lose track of where you left your mobile phone, key­chain, wal­let, or hand­bag — and the time you spend try­ing to find them just … Continue reading Wallet tracker tracks your most precious stuff

Dropcam adds split screen

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

Dropcam Updates Their iPad App So You Can Watch Your World In Split-Screen John Biggs, techcrunch.com I’ve used a few wire­less, always-on web­cams in my day and I’ve found Drop­cam to be the best. Sud­den­ly, how­ev­er, Drop­cam just got bet­ter. Drop­cam cam­eras con­nect wire­less­ly to the Inter­net, allow­ing you to con­nect to them remote­… http://flpbd.it/hgblr … Continue reading Dropcam adds split screen

Degreed disrupts college degrees

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Degreed Wants To Jailbreak The College Degree Rip Empson, techcrunch.com There’s a lot of buzz about how new edu­ca­tion plat­forms are mak­ing it easy to acquire the kind of skills that, tra­di­tion­al­ly, have been reserved for the hal­lowed halls of high­er edu­ca­tion. These ser­vices, whether it be Khan Acad­e­my … http://flpbd.it/78Qy4 Related articles We Want … Continue reading Degreed disrupts college degrees

NYC is fast becoming a hub of health IT

by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Network Science, Sustainable Design

New Accelerator Is On A Mission To Turn NYC Into A Hub For Healthtech Startups Rip Empson, techcrunch.com Accel­er­a­tors and incu­ba­tors have been pop­ping up left and right over the last few years, becom­ing, as Peter Relan recent­ly put it, “an indus­try seg­ment in their own right.” And while that indus­try seg­ment has become more … Continue reading NYC is fast becoming a hub of health IT

Node is an iPhone scientific sensor

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Network Science

Hands On With The Node, A Sensor-Packed Smartphone Dongle John Biggs, techcrunch.com As a sci­en­tist prac­tic­ing actu­al, bona fide sci­ence, I have often found myself in need of imme­di­ate g-force read­ings or baro­met­ric pres­sure analy­ses for my sci­en­tif­ic prob­lems. Where­as before I had to use my sex­tant and tri­dent… http://flpbd.it/q1NVk Related articles Why NodeJs is … Continue reading Node is an iPhone scientific sensor

Avado shows healthcare is ready to move past the server huggers

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

Healthcare Finally Moving Past Wang-Like Legacy Systems Dave Chase, techcrunch.com Edi­tor’s note: Dave Chase is the CEO of Avado.com, a patient por­tal and rela­tion­ship man­age­ment com­pa­ny that was a TechCrunch Dis­rupt final­ist. Pre­vi­ous­ly he was a man­age­ment con­sul­tant for Accen­ture’s health­car… http://flpbd.it/O4Y4E Related articles Avado lands $1M to transform healthcare in the same way Mint … Continue reading Avado shows healthcare is ready to move past the server huggers

Shareist helps you manage your content

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Shareist Is A Content Management System For Your Content Management System (That’s A Good Thing) John Biggs, techcrunch.com As a major media fig­ure on the Inter­net, I often find it dif­fi­cult to man­age all of my con­tent out­lets. I have a Twit­ter feed con­nect­ed to my Face­book con­nect­ed to my Tum­blr. I also have a … Continue reading Shareist helps you manage your content

Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy

Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them” Rip Empson, techcrunch.com If you get the oppor­tu­ni­ty to hear Clay­ton Chris­tensen hold court, seize it. Chris­tensen is a Har­vard Busi­ness School pro­fes­sor and renowned author and inno­va­tion expert, per­haps best known for his book “The Inno­va­tor’s Dilemma,” wh… http://flpbd.it/vxutu Related articles Turning openness into … Continue reading Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them

Fake Reviews Shadow Brands Selling Online

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

Fake Reviews Shadow Brands Selling Online Related articles Reality Check: 10-15% Of Brands’ Social Media Fans, Likes And Reviews Will Be Fake By 2014, Says Gartner (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) (techmeme.com) Facebook cracking down on fake ‘Likes’ (cnn.com) Operation Unlike Is A Go: Page Fan Counts Are Dropping Because Facebook Is Deleting Fake Accounts (techcrunch.com) Facebook deleting … Continue reading Fake Reviews Shadow Brands Selling Online

How Obama Stole Romney’s RNC Thunder

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

  How Obama Stole Romney’s RNC Thunder With Clever Social Media     Gregory Ferenstein, techcrunch.com   Pres­i­dent Barack Obama man­aged to steal an impres­sive amount of Gov. Mitt Rom­ney’s press cov­er­age with a few, cheap social media tricks, includ­ing the most retweet­ed post of the con­ven­tion. In com­par­i­son to the Repub­li­can Nation­al…   http://flpbd.it/x1nqQ … Continue reading How Obama Stole Romney’s RNC Thunder

Hybrid Calling: Say Goodbye to Big Cell

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Over the past month I've been using Google voice and other Wifi based VOIP apps as my primary personal phone service due to a disinterest in paying Verizon >$100 a month over a 2 year contract for a piddling number of calls and text messages. Now, it appears that a few companies including Republic Wireless … Continue reading Hybrid Calling: Say Goodbye to Big Cell

Zink 2.0 inkless printers beginning to trickle out

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Zink 2.0 inkless printers beginning to trickle out | TechCrunch. This inkless printing on super mini printer for 20 cents per image with sticky backing could truly flood the world with annoying photos. however it could be useful to communicate visually what needs to be done, where you are etc. Related articles Concept Oksu mini … Continue reading Zink 2.0 inkless printers beginning to trickle out