Archive for June, 2013

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  Web Notary

  June 23, 2013 • Innovation, News • dladmin • Comments (0)

  Here’s a useful new idea for small businesses and startup software companies among others: a free online notary.  It appears technically sound, so much so that I’m surprised no one has ever thought of it before.  And the service is free (free is...

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  Fastest Computer: A Horse Race Without a Post

  June 20, 2013 • Innovation, News • dladmin • Comments (0)

  Title of world’s fastest supercomputer now resides in China.  Their new Tianhe-2 claims nearly 34 petaflops. These laurels get passed around the world regularly: only last year IBM in the US  declared it had the world’s fastest supercomputer,...

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  VCs Are Hot For Bitcoin

  June 19, 2013 • Business Models, News • dladmin • Comments (0)

  Well, some of them are.  TechCrunch reports that a network of angel investors have raised $7 million in Bitcoin, and even invested $100,000 of it in an offshore (literally – it’s in international waters) startup incubator, BlueSeed.  The initial...

• Aetna’s Carepass Opens a New Front in the Privacy War

  June 18, 2013 • Business Models, News • dladmin • Comments (0)

  Insurance companies have an interest in their insureds’ health, and it’s a benign interest: they lose if you lose.  So it makes sense for Aetna to distribute an app , called Carepass, that helps their customers track their fitness goals and...

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  End of the Telegraph Era

  June 17, 2013 • Innovation, News • dladmin • Comments (0)

  The world’s final telegram is to be sent in India next month. This is the flip side of innovation. We spend so much time peering at the other end of the technology lifecycle, maybe we should take a second to reflect on how quickly our smartphones will...

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