Pitch for Smart Subway AR
Company / App Name: Smart Subway AR http://www.smartsubwayAR.com/ Twitter – SmartSubway What does it do? Smart Subway AR uses Augmented Reality to help you navigate the NYC Subway platforms. Why do we need it? You’ll never get lost in the subway again! Who is it for? Anyone who rides the NYC subway (tourists, NYC natives, the visually impaired). Even NYC locals will love our smart maps feature, which gives you customized maps based on subway service (Late Night, Weekend, Rush Hour, etc) What makes it stand out from the crowd? Our use of Augmented Reality is the “wow” factor! Unlike ... → Read More
The Startup Pitch - Monday, October 7, 2013
Looks like a fun time. (Photo: Sochi 2014) Russia will apparently be monitoring every piece of social media, telephone and email communications sent during the Winter Olympics, just in case you were worried this wouldn’t be the most Russian thing ever. The Guardian reports that the country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is tracking tampered telephone and Wi-Fi networks around the country to “ensure extensive and all-permeating monitoring” of anything that’s said. Called Sorm, the system has been installed by the country’s telcos so the FSB can filter out keywords, phrases and conversations across all platforms.
People share more than 4.75 billion things every day on Facebook like status updates, wall posts, photos, videos and comments, Facebook says. They also “Like” more than 4.5 billion things daily and send more than 10 billion messages. Jump straight to the pictures of Facebook’s hardware labs >> It requires a mind-boggling huge technical infrastructure to deliver all of that — hundreds of thousands of servers, hard drives, and so on. A few years ago, Facebook started building its own hardware to come up with ways to make these things cost less, use fewer parts and less electricity, yet perform ... 
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is cracking down on the apartment-sharing site Airbnb and its users, demanding that the company hand over user data on an estimated 225,000 New York City hosts by the end of the day today. The Daily News reports Schneiderman subpoenaed the data as part of an investigation into the website stemming from a 2010 law that makes it illegal to use to rent out your own apartment in New York City. David Hantman, Airbnb’s head of global public policy, released this statement on Airbnb’s site. Within it, he says “[Airbnb] believes the Attorney General is only seeking ... 
Bitcoin is at once anonymous and completely public. You can follow transactions through the system in real time notice and see where large buys have taken place or, in this case, large transfers. See, after the fall of Silk Road the federal government transferred 26,000 BTC to a private wallet which, at this point has become a target for pranksters who have turned it into a sort of anti-government graffiti wall. These mini transactions sent to the FBI’s wallet are probably the most public reaction to the Silk Road seizure that is visible on the “open” Internet. According to Bitcoin ... 
It’s likely you watched shows like “Star Trek” or “The Jetsons” as a kid and wished you had the same awesome tech the characters were using. Now you can, thanks to Samsung, which launched its Galaxy Gear, a watch that syncs with the Galaxy Note 3 smartphone. Reviews for the Galaxy Gear have been mostly negative, but everyone seems to be enjoying Samsung’s marketing campaign for the device. The commercial for the watch, which aired this weekend, shows the evolution of fictional smart watches into the actual thing. 1946: The iconic “Dick Tracy” watch. 1962: “The Jetsons” were the most high-tech ... 