Apple unveiled the iPhone 14 a few months ago, and even by the standards of Apple, this is at best an iterative improvement for the iPhone line. There is one new and potentially important feature though: Emergency SOS. This feature, exclusive to the iPhone 14, can communicate with satellites to …
Read More »Apple’s Self Service Program
No, it’s not April Fools. Apple announced today that starting in 2022 it will allow iPhone 12 and 13 owners to repair their broken phones with factory parts and tools sold by Apple. The company will even provide repair manuals on its website. This will allow users to identify the …
Read More »Austin Based EmPath’s
By the time Felix Ortiz III left the Army in 2006, the Brooklyn, New York native had spent time taking classes at the City University of New York and St. John’s. Those experiences led him to found Viridis Learning, which aimed to give universities a better way to track student …
Read More »Smol Raises $8M In Balderton
Eco-friendly laundry goods subscription service Smol is a startup that delivers to people’s homes eco-friendly laundry capsules and dishwasher tablets on subscription through letterboxes, which undercut the price of the leading brands. It has now raised £8 million in a Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital, with participation …
Read More »Freshwork Acquires Flint
Freshworks acquires IT orchestration service Flint Customer engagement company Freshworks today announced that it has acquired Flint, an IT orchestration and cloud management platform based in India. The acquisition will help Freshworks strengthen its Freshservice IT support service by bringing a number of new automation tools to it. Maybe …
Read More »Hands-on with Hulu’s new Live TV service
Hulu officially announced the launch of its live TV streaming service this morning at its Upfront presentation in New York, after earlier promising its “under $40” offering would arrive sometime this spring. The service — which is actually $39.99 per month — has a robust channel lineup, cloud DVR and …
Read More »Environmental Community Service Ideas for Kids
Last week on the Just Energy blog, we shared our favorite ideas for teaching your children how to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle at home. Now it’s time to take those lessons into the community with environmental – related volunteer opportunities created especially for kids. Here are four great community …
Read More »Little Spoon is a baby food delivery service hoping to fly where others flopped
Food delivery startups have proven to be a hard business – focus is often on growth more than profits, with high burn rates, low returns and they can be logistics nightmares. But nevermind all that, a new, more niche prepared meal delivery service seems to be popping up — for …
Read More »Kangpe is a mobile service connecting Africa to healthcare
Healthcare in Africa might conjure up an image of some physician working in a remote village via Doctors without Borders but mobile technology is rapidly changing the entire continent and Y Combinator startup Kangpe Health aims to cash in by providing Africans with a platform to contact doctors remotely through …
Read More »Bing UK now displaying National Health Service data for GP & hospital search queries
According to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), the publicly funded national healthcare system has been working with Bing UK during the last year to improve search results for general practitioner and hospital queries. “Over the last year, we have collaborated with our friends at Bing to provide users with …
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