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Business Cloud

Amazon might launch Kindle-powered checkout system and cloud-based payment service

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As reported on Engadget. BY MARIELLA MOON Amazon might still be working away on its far-out delivery drone project, but it’s also reportedly cooking up something else, admittedly a little tamer, too: a Kindle checkout system and a P2P payment service. Yes, the former’s exactly what it sounds like — a Kindle tablet equipped with proprietary software and a credit card reader (like Square), at least according to the Wall Street Journal. Amazon supposedly acquired GoPago (a mobile payment platform for…

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Android Business

Samsung ‘Galaxy Glass’ wearable reportedly set for September reveal

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As reported on The Verge. By Vlad Savov As the purveyor of smart phones, TVs, fridges, ovens, and even kitchen sinks, Samsung couldn’t possibly let the opportunity to create smart glasses pass it by. A new report from the Korea Times cites unnamed Samsung officials who claim the company is presently developing a competitor to Google’s Glass — tentatively named Galaxy Glass — which could make its debut at the IFA trade show in Berlin this September. One of the…

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Business Mobile

Enterprise Mobility: Devices, Security, Design, And Distribution

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Semil Shah Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil. Every Sunday for this column, I write on something related to mobile. To date, it’s mostly been about consumer-facing apps,device sensors, user interfaces, tactics likepush notifications, and a range of other topics. However, I have yet to dig into mobile for more business-facing, enterprise-oriented users and considerations. That’s partly because I…

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Business Legal

Samsung throws money at Ericsson to end smartphone patent war

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As reported on Engadget. BY DANIEL COOPER We prefer it when companies make devices, not courtroom drama, so it’s delightful to see that Samsung has silenced another one of its litigation-frenemies this morning. The company has signed a cross-licensing agreement with former Sony beau Ericsson, with a figure of around $650 million being paid up-front, and an undisclosed regular payment to follow. Now that Samsung has appeased both Google and Ericsson, let’s hope we can get back to reporting on gadgets, or else…

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Business Culture Environmental

Monsanto Is Going Organic in a Quest for the Perfect Veggie

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As reported on Wired. BY BEN PAYNTER Monsanto’s new veggies are sweeter, crunchier, and more nutritious—with none of the “Frankenfoods” ick factor.   Nicholas Cope In a windowless basement room decorated with photographs of farmers clutching freshly harvested vegetables, three polo-shirt-and-slacks-clad Monsanto execu­tives, all men, wait for a special lunch. A server arrives and sets in front of each a caprese-like salad—tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, lettuce—and one of the execs, David Stark, rolls his desk chair forward, raises…

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Business

IBM Dumps Its Server Business On Lenovo For $2.3B

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Pankaj Mishra IBM has finally managed to sell its low-margin server business to the world’s largest PC maker Lenovo. The two companies have been negotiating this deal for past few years, and a potential sale fell off last year when Lenovo did not agree to pay what IBM wanted — $6 billion. Now, Lenovo has informed the Hong Kong Stock exchange that it will pay $2.07 billion in cash to IBM for…

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Business Space

Virgin Galactic tests new thrusters, further disregards gravity (video)

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As reported on Engadget. BY TIMOTHY J. SEPPALA Last year, Sir Richard Branson promised Virgin Galactic’s first commercial mission would rip through the atmosphere in 2014. That goal has edged ever closer with SpaceShipTwo’s latest trip beyond the sound barrier, where it shot past previous records and hit an altitude of 71,000 feet. This recent dry-run was the maiden voyage for a set of newly designed thrusters (used to keep the vessel on-course in space), and a new coating for the…

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Business Hardware Dev

Why Commercial Drones Won’t Deliver Tacos Anytime Soon

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Frederic Lardinois Amazon scored one of the greatest tech PR coups in recent history when it got CBS to put its quadcopter-powered delivery service on air the day before Cyber Monday. Sadly, CBS pretty much ignored that this was a pretty unrealistic proposal for the time being, not in the least because commercial drone flights will remain illegal in the U.S. for the next few years. If journalists aren’t even allowed to…

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Application Business Entertainment

Gametime Aims To Provide The Best Mobile Experience For Last-Minute Sports Ticketing

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Anthony Ha Online ticketing services are moving onto mobile, but Brad Griffith, CEO of a startup calledGametime, says the experience still isn’t good enough. For example, Griffith (whose previous startup Zappedy was acquired by Groupon) recalled using the mobile app from “a current leader in the space” to purchase baseball tickets recently, but he didn’t realize until the last minute that he had to print those tickets out. As a result, he and…

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Business Culture

Blaze Seeks To Save Cyclist Lives With A Laser Projection Bike Light

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Ryan Lawler More and more urban commuters are embracing cycling as a way to get to and from work and around the city, and more and more cities are embracing cyclists by adding bike lanes and making commutes safer and more fun. But bicycle safety is still a huge issue in even the most bike-friendly cities. A new startup called Blaze hopes to improve rider safety by reimagining the classic bike light. Blaze’s…

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