Jumat, 31 Maret 2017

Editor's Pick: EquiSeq CEO Lexi Palmer: Act Like You're Not Scared and Go at It


Vivian Wagner
Mar 31, 2017 10:23 AM PT
Lexi Palmer is CEO of EquiSeq, a biotech firm that does genetic testing of horses. Palmer met the company's founder, genetic researcher Paul Szauter, in 2015. "I was just finishing up my degree in interpersonal communications ... and he told me about the company he'd started," Palmer recalled. "I told him I knew everything about horses and said I could learn everything he did and market it." [More...]

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Translating Website Visits Into Quality Leads
Back in the day -- like, 1993 -- every company had to have a website because it was the thing you did! A website was something new, fresh and shiny, and it allowed the marketing team to reach more people than ever before. It was on the Internet, which automatically made your company seem cool. It was totally rad! Within about 18 moths, though, everyone had a website and the novelty wore off. [More...]
Online Freedom of Speech May Be in Peril: Pew
Trolling, cyberbullying, harassment and just plain nastiness have become commonplace online, and this situation is likely to remain unchanged or worsen over the next decade, suggests a Pew Research report released Wednesday. Researchers polled more than 1,500 technology experts, academics, and business and government leaders on the future of free speech online. [More...]
Zephyr Linux: Zippy Performance, Zero Decor
Zephyr Linux is a newcomer to the Linux scene, and it is still morphing from developmental releases. However, it takes an interesting approach to removing desktop clutter and default software bloat. Zephyr is a collaboration between Leonard Ashley and other developers. Ashley built this distro on Devuan, a fork of Debian, and with it he gives the concept of minimalist design a fresh twist. [More...]
A Solution for the Uber CEO's Anger Problem
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has earned a reputation for having a short fuse. In addition to his apparent personal anger management issues, there are the stresses that come with running a giant company -- and Uber recently has been losing executives. When it rains, it pours. What's happening with Kalanick, and can Uber recover its mojo? Many people have issues with anger, but few are in the spotlight. [More...]
House Votes to Kill Privacy Rules Binding ISPs
The House of Representatives has approved the Congressional Review Act, undoing privacy restrictions imposed on ISPs during the Obama administration. The Senate passed the CRA last week in a 50-48 vote along party lines. The White House has expressed support for the CRA. "This is one time I believe the White House," remarked John Simpson, privacy project director at Consumer Watchdog. [More...]
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SpaceX makes space history. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH
FRIDAY, MARCH 31 2017 By Darrell Etherington

You only have one more day to get all that March business handled. Business like reusing an orbital rocket with liquid fuel for the first time in history, and basically proving out your company's entire business model. That happened, and a lot more, in The Daily Crunch for March 31, 2017.

1. SpaceX makes history a few different ways

SpaceX's first attempt to reuse one of its Falcon 9 rockets couldn't have gone better: The rocket launch was successful, and it came back to Earth in one piece, likely ready to launch again with some refurbishment work and testing.

This is what SpaceX is built on – the idea that rockets can be reused, and not only once. Elon Musk wants to be able to relaunch rockets within 24 hours, which is the company's next goal. This one took four months to turn around (it's been a year since it last launched, but SpaceX says only four months of that was spent on actively preparing the rocket for reuse), but this is a very good sign of progress.

2. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey folds at Facebook

Luckey at VR, unlucky at Facebook? There's a good joke there I just need more time to find it. Basically Palmer Luckey is out at Facebook, which owns Oculus, the company he founded when basically just a kid. The VR company co-founder has been pretty much MIA since it came to light he funded alt-right online troll groups leading up to the election, and Facebook's parting note re: his departure sounds like a eulogy.

3. Google's doing a lot with AI in Canada

Google is opening a second Canadian office for Google Brain, its AI-focused internal organization. The search giant is also backing a new research institute in Toronto with funding, but more importantly, its VP Geoffrey Hinton, also a celebrated AI academic, will be helping direct research efforts coming out of the new institute, which gives Google plenty of pipeline on basic research.

4. Uber's Anthony Levandowski is watching out for himself in Waymo suit

It's the smart thing to do, but it's an interesting development nonetheless: Uber exec Anthony Levandowski is pleading the fifth amendment in the Waymo suit, under advice of his own counsel – separate from Uber's. The judge in the case is advising that this could lead to him ordering an injunction of Uber's self-driving tech on May 3, so that's the day to watch.

5. Matternet now clear to fly blood via drone

Flying blood by drone in Switzerland could mean it's easier to get samples from hospital to hospital. That's cool, and this is where drone delivery really starts to make sense.

6. Twitter, unbreak thyself

You gotta feel for Twitter – its service changes are designed to help grow its appeal. But in the meantime, it's alienating its core users. As with this @ reply fiasco. I used Tweetbot like a proper human so it's fine, but still: The cure appears more deadly than the disease.

7. This is the Rocket Man Elton was talking about

Seriously the song was actually about this guy, Elton John is a time traveler.

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Kamis, 30 Maret 2017

Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Thursday -- March 30, 2017

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Headline Scan
Online Freedom of Speech May Be in Peril: Pew
Galaxy S8, S8+ Dazzle in Samsung's Comeback Launch
Cloud Foundry Aims to Close Cloud Skills Gap
Elon Musk Plans to Build a Human-AI Interface
Too Much Communication
Red Hat Pilots New Program to Ease Digital Transformation
UK Home Secretary: Apps Shouldn't Serve as Terrorist Hiding Places
Don't Let the Next Catastrophic Phishing Scandal End Your Career

Today's Story Highlights

Online Freedom of Speech May Be in Peril: Pew
Trolling, cyberbullying, harassment and just plain nastiness have become
commonplace online, and this situation is likely to remain unchanged or
worsen over the next decade, suggests a Pew Research report released
Wednesday. Researchers polled more than 1,500 technology experts,
academics, and business and government leaders on the future of free
speech online.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84423.html

Galaxy S8, S8+ Dazzle in Samsung's Comeback Launch
Samsung on Wednesday launched the Galaxy S8 and S8+, its next generation
of smartphones. They feature major improvements in design and security
processing power, as well as new digital assistant technology that may
challenge the best devices on the market. The Galaxy S8 and S8+ are
available with 5.8 inch and 6.2 inch screens respectively. Both sport an
infinity display using Corning Gorilla Glass, and a bezel-less design.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84416.html

Cloud Foundry Aims to Close Cloud Skills Gap
The Cloud Foundry Foundation has announced the launch of a worldwide
cloud-native developer certification initiative. The foundation created
the program to fill the widening gap of trained programmers for cloud
apps and services. The Linux Foundation -- which has trained and
certified more developers on open source software than any organization
in the world -- will provide the instruction.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84419.html

Elon Musk Plans to Build a Human-AI Interface
Tech visionary Elon Musk has launched a startup, Neuralink, dedicated to
developing technology that will connect human brains directly to a
computer. This venture is in its very early stages, Musk confirmed.
Neuralink, which Musk is funding privately, is a medical research firm
that aims to develop "neural lace" -- a technology that could allow the
implanting of small electrodes into the brain.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84415.html

Too Much Communication
The world is a smaller place because we have so many ways to connect and
communicate, but it has created a generation gap, a gap of classes and
perhaps even a culture gap. This may seem like a serious contradiction;
after all shouldn't more means of communication bring us closer
together? The obvious answer is yes, but unfortunately this is not the
case.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84410.html

Red Hat Pilots New Program to Ease Digital Transformation
Red Hat on Monday announced a new Application Platform Partner
Initiative at its North America Partner Conference in Las Vegas. The
goal is to provide a more robust ecosystem for companies engaging in
digital transformation. The company has started conducting tests in a
pilot program with a small number of solutions-oriented consulting
partners in North America.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84412.html

UK Home Secretary: Apps Shouldn't Serve as Terrorist Hiding Places
UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd on Sunday called for greater government
access to encrypted content on mobile apps. Apps with end-to-end
encryption, like Facebook's WhatsApp, should not be allowed to conceal
terrorists' communications from law enforcement, Rudd said in a
television interview. "There should be no place for terrorists to hide,"
she said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84409.html

Don't Let the Next Catastrophic Phishing Scandal End Your Career
What I think is amazing about all of the massive data breaches we hear
about is that we know most are not reported. For every email, customer
record, or financial theft in the news, there likely are hundreds that
remain in the shadows. Yet another incident came to light last week. A
clever Lithuanian individual was able to pull a whopping $100 million
from a bunch of unnamed Internet companies.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84402.html

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E-Commerce Minute

E-Commerce Minute: Thursday -- March 30, 2017

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Headline Scan
House Votes to Kill Privacy Rules Binding ISPs
Translating Website Visits Into Quality Leads
Why Are Health Records So Valuable to Cybercriminals?
It's Mud Season Again
Amazon Confirms Deal to Buy Middle East E-Commerce Leader Souq.com
Competition and Regulation Threaten Sharing Economy Markets
Amazon Strikes Contact Center Market
Consumer Advocates Bemoan Senate Vote to Lift ISP Privacy Restrictions

Today's Story Highlights

House Votes to Kill Privacy Rules Binding ISPs
The House of Representatives has approved the Congressional Review Act,
undoing privacy restrictions imposed on ISPs during the Obama
administration. The Senate passed the CRA last week in a 50-48 vote
along party lines. The White House has expressed support for the CRA.
"This is one time I believe the White House," remarked John Simpson,
privacy project director at Consumer Watchdog.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84420.html

Translating Website Visits Into Quality Leads
Back in the day -- like, 1993 -- every company had to have a website
because it was the thing you did! A website was something new, fresh and
shiny, and it allowed the marketing team to reach more people than ever
before. It was on the Internet, which automatically made your company
seem cool. It was totally rad! Within about 18 moths, though, everyone
had a website and the novelty wore off.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84422.html

Why Are Health Records So Valuable to Cybercriminals?
Protecting the data in electronic health records did not start with the
advent of HIPAA, as many people think. Protecting health records has
been a critical requirement in the healthcare space since the computers
became a fixture in hospitals. However, HIPAA added public reports of
fines issued for covered entities' failure to properly protect data
contained within EHRs.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84417.html

It's Mud Season Again
It's mud season here in New England -- that time of year when everything
merges into an amorphous mess. The gray sky merges with a gray landscape
made into slop by continual rains and dirty gray melting snow. It's hard
to tell where one thing ends and another begins. Eventually the sun
comes out and dries everything, the sky becomes distinct from the
horizon, plants bloom, and order is restored.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84418.html

Amazon Confirms Deal to Buy Middle East E-Commerce Leader Souq.com
Amazon has agreed to buy Souq.com, the leading online retailer in the
Middle East, reportedly edging out rival Emaar Malls' $800 million
offer. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but Amazon reportedly
agreed to pay less for Souq than Emaar had offered. Souq, led by
cofounder and CEO Ronaldo Mouchawar, claims to be the largest online
retail and marketplace platform in the Arab world.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84414.html

Competition and Regulation Threaten Sharing Economy Markets
Eighty-three percent of U.S. broadband households, or more than 250
million consumers, own and use a smartphone. A recent beneficiary to
this mass adoption has been the sharing economy phenomenon, which
includes sharing apps such as Uber, Lyft and Airbnb. These business
models are augmented by real-time data including location, instant
gratification, on-demand pricing, and easy payment options.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84408.html

Amazon Strikes Contact Center Market
AWS on Tuesday announced Amazon Connect, a self-service contact center
solution based on the same cloud technology used by Amazon customer
service associates worldwide. It offers phone numbers throughout the
U.S. and 18 countries in Europe. "The opportunity for cloud contact
centers is significant," said Rebecca Wettemann, VP of research at
Nucleus Research.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84413.html

Consumer Advocates Bemoan Senate Vote to Lift ISP Privacy Restrictions
Privacy advocates and consumer groups are fighting back against the U.S.
Senate's Thursday vote to undo privacy restrictions on Internet service
providers. In a 50-48 party line vote, the Senate approved the
Congressional Review Act, S.J. Res. 34. If the House of Representatives
gives it the green light, it then will go to the president to be signed
into law.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84407.html

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