What goes on behind the scenes that the general public or entrepreneurs don’t see?
Whatever you want to call “the sharing economy” or “marketplace startups,” peer-to-peer marketplaces continue to gain popularity, with a flurry of startups growing rapidly to keep up with all of this “on-demand” demand.
Continue reading… “What sharing-economy startups know that you don’t”
Whether, you’re using an iOS or Android device, you are able to turn off most of the tracking mechanisms.
The lifespan of the tracking cookie is about to expire. With the rapid emergence of mobile devices. Facebook, Google, and Apple have turned to new and more potent methods for advertisers to keep track of you across multiple devices.
Continue reading… “How Facebook, Google, and Apple are tracking you without cookies”
Invisibles will create a world in which we don’t see technology or sensors.
Digital technology is on the verge of disrupting medicine in profound ways with the introduction late last month of Apple HealthKit and other digital health solutions coming onto the market.
Continue reading… “Invisibles, not wearables, will revolutionize healthcare”
Renewable energy shows an average price decline over the last 5 years of 78% for utility scale solar and 58% for wind.
Lazard, an asset management firm, has a fascinating new analysis of renewable and other energy prices out. There are a huge number of insights in this, from an outside analyst whose primary interest is financial.
Continue reading… “Solar and wind prices plunge below fossil fuel prices”
A state might have no income tax, but it might make up for that through other taxes.
If you’re thinking about moving to a new location, it’s reasonable to seek out spots that might cost you less. Thus many people turn to states with no income tax. However, there’s more to the picture than income taxes.
Continue reading… “Do states with no income tax save residents money?”
Many startups build things people don’t want with the irrational hope that they’ll convince them otherwise.
When a startup shuts its doors, it is customary to write an essay that tells the rest of the community what went wrong, called a failure post-mortem. It’s estimated that nine out of 10 startups fail, which is why the technique has become so common as to be a Silicon Valley cliché.
Continue reading… “Why startups fail”
Underground parking is extremely expensive to build.
Many factors contribute to drive up the price of rents, but parking is among the most significant, according to University of California Los Angeles professor and renowned parking guru Donald Shoup. During the CityLab 2014 conference in Los Angeles last week BuzzFeed News sat down with Shoup to talk about how parking makes housing more expensive. His point: “It’s unfair to have cities where parking is free for cars and housing is expensive for people.”
Continue reading… “Why rent is so expensive in cities: Parking spaces”
Futurist Thomas Frey: Doctors today are constantly selling.
No, it didn’t start out that way, but a system has evolved that richly rewards members of the physician’s food chain if sales continue.
Continue reading… “Disrupting Healthcare – When Devices Replace Medicine”
Aral Sea August 25, 2000
A massive environmental disaster dubbed “the quiet Chernobyl,” is shown in series of NASA satellite images that reveal the shocking decline of water levels in the Aral Sea. (Photos)
Continue reading… “NASA satellite images reveal extent of Aral Sea disaster”
SurfAir
SurfAir is a new airline hoping to deliver some overdue disruption to the not-so-friendly skies.The fast growing year old company is a subscription-based model for private planes, but it’s at a price point that could actually be accessible for frequent fliers.
Artificial intelligence morality will be different from our human morality.
By Zoltan Istvan: I recently gave a speech at the Artificial Intelligence and The Singularity Conference in Oakland, California. There was a great lineup of speakers, including AI experts Peter Voss and Monica Anderson, New York University professor Gary Marcus, sci-fi writer Nicole Sallak Anderson, and futurist Scott Jackisch. All of us are interested in how the creation of artificial intelligence will impact the world.
Continue reading… “The 3 laws of transhumanism and artificial intelligence”
A Bitcoin ATM
Circle is a new Bitcoin bank that opened its doors to the public last week, following a stealth development period which saw it raise $25m from some of Silicon Valley’s biggest venture capitalists.
Continue reading… “Circle – a new bitcoin bank takes cryptocurrencies mainstream”
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