The iPhone lineup just got really compleX

 Steve Jobs said “Simple can be harder than complex”, so it looks like Apple is taking the easy route. Customers will now have to choose between 8 different iPhones with today’s addition of the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X. That’s a tons of specs and options to compare, and we’re not even talking about color or storage size. Now there’s: The cheap and tiny… Read More


Source: Tech Crunch

How Apple TV 4K could outpace competition from Roku, Amazon and more

 The Apple TV 4K is here, and it has both 4K resolution (as the name implies) and HDR support, which means it can work with the latest TVs, projectors and content formats for better picture, brighter colors and generally improved visuals. But neither 4K nor HDR are new tricks, and in fact this basically means Apple is catching up with a mature field where streaming customers have a lot of… Read More


Source: Tech Crunch

All the videos from Apple’s iPhone event

 In case you happened to miss the presentation of Apple’s latest iGear, we’ve got your back. The company today announced Apple Watch Series 3, a new 4K Apple TV, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, as well as the much-rumored iPhone X (pronounced “ten”). As Apple is want to do, the company peppered videos into the presentation. Some were straight-up advertisements, others… Read More


Source: Tech Crunch

Apple slides through its iPhone X event without any major surprises for Wall Street

 We’ve noted before that Apple tends to follow a pretty consistent trend: the company has a big iPhone event, and the stock price doesn’t really do all that much because everyone knows what to expect. That was particularly true in today’s case, as we knew pretty much everything about both new iPhones — and it means that Apple was able to play out the story that it set… Read More


Source: Tech Crunch

#OUREntrepidNetwork – Introducing Matt Petersen and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

www.laincubator.com

A strategic imperative to build a green economy

CEO Matt Petersen and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator team are helping promising cleantech startups create a green, inclusive economy.

In their own words (source – https://www.linkedin.com/company/2310734/)

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is a private non-profit organization helping to accelerate the commercialization of clean technologies by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching, mentoring, and access to a robust network of partnerships and capital. LACI was founded in 2011 as a cluster-driven economic development initiative supported by the City of Los Angeles, The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles. Recognized as one of the most innovative business incubators in the world by UBI, LACI identifies local entrepreneurs across multiple cleantech business sectors and guides them to market, creating jobs that advance L.A.’s green economy. In just five years, LACI has helped 67 companies raise $134M in funding, created 1,500 jobs, and delivered more than $335M in long term economic value for the City of Los Angeles. LACI operates out of the La Kretz Innovation Campus, with satellite offices at California State University, Northridge and Silicon Valley, is the organizer of an annual Cleantech Global Showcase and founder of the Network for Global Innovation (NGIN).

In the news.

SoCal Tech – March 15, 2017 – Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Aims at Diversity Inclusion with New Effort

To learn more about the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator visit www.laincubator.org

Please help support Matt Petersen and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator team by giving this a LIKE, SHARE it with your extended social networks and JOIN their communities on Linkedin, Twitter, FaceBook and G+.

Here WE Grow!

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#OUREntrepidNetwork – Introducing Charles Yhap, Tanner Cook and CleanRobotics

www.cleanrobotics.com

Making Waste Management Smart and Easy

Based in Pittsburg, PA., CEO Charles Yhap, VP Engineeing Tanner Cook and the CLEANROBOTICS team are developing technology to intelligently automate the recycling process.

In their own words (source – www.linkedin.com/company/10480183/)

At CleanRobotics, our dream is to make waste management smart. Our flagship product, the Trashbot™, will help corporations with dynamic and automated recycling. Welcome to a cleaner tomorrow. THE PROBLEM Recycling is hard. Rules change from place to place, new regulations are frequently introduced, and people are confused. Waste management remains the one process that corporations cannot measure or effectively sort. The burden of recycling is placed on individuals, and it is hard for busy people to get educated and keep up with the changing regulations. OUR SOLUTION What if there was a smart trash can that took care of recycling for you? You would no longer have to think about manually separating your recyclables. What if there was a Trashbot™ that took your waste, separated the actual trash from recyclable waste and dynamically updated your waste management processes with data on trash and recycling? Introducing Trashbot™, a robotic trash can combining next-generation robotics and sensor technology to automatically sort recyclables from everyday trash.

In the news.

CleanRobotics joins the 2017 ASPIRE cleantech cohort https://venturewell.org/sept-2017-cohort/

Trashbot featured on Waste360, 9 Aug 2017 http://www.waste360.com/fleets-technology/one-pittsburgh-based-tech-company-has-developed-self-sorting-trash-bin

To learn more about CleanRobotics visit http://www.cleanrobotics.com/

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Here WE Grow!

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@CleanRobotics, #CleanRobotics, #trashbot, #recycle, #wastemanagement, #robot, #AI, #cleantech, #Pittsburgh, #Pennsylvania, #OUREntrepidNetwork, #HereWeGrow

Equifax shares tumble another 8% after credit score hack

 Credit score giant Equifax announced on Thursday that 143 million accounts were hacked. Since then, the stock has taken a nosedive as investors anticipate more fallout. The company saw shares fall 14% on Friday and then on Monday it fell another 8%, costing the company billions of dollars in market cap. Shares closed Monday at $113.12. This is considered one of the most impactful cyber attacks… Read More


Source: Tech Crunch

Senator says Equifax should offer customers free credit security freezes

 Equifax’s handling of the massive data breach that affected 143 million people has been ineffective, Senator Brian Schatz wrote in a letter today (embedded at bottom of post) to Equifax. He says what Equifax has offered customers, a one-year complimentary subscription to credit monitoring, is “inadequate for several reasons.”
One year of credit monitoring, Schatz wrote, is… Read More


Source: Tech Crunch

Venmo is offering users an (ugly) physical debit card

 After Square unveiled a free debit card that would be tied to their Square Cash App, it was only a matter of time until we saw Venmo do something similar. Now TechCrunch has learned that Venmo is inviting some users to a beta program where they’ll be sent a card for free that is attached to their Venmo account. Users can pay with this card in stores and online just like a normal debit… Read More


Source: Tech Crunch

Sequoia-backed CurioPets is Pokémon GO meets Tamagotchi

 CurioPets, short for curious pets, is a multi-player, augmented reality pet simulator that launches tomorrow on iOS. Built with Apple’s ARKit, the aim is to encourage real-world exploration — similar to Pokémon GO — as you travel around with either a puppy or a kitten and take care of them, which is more like Tamagotchi and NeoPets. Read More


Source: Tech Crunch