Tawkon, an Israeli startup that offers mobile apps capable of measuring cellular radiation, has secured seed funding to the tune of $1.5 million. The capital injection comes from thetime, an investment company owned by Ilan Shiloah, chairman of McCann Erickson Israel and Nir Tarlovsky, and from Tzvika Barinboim. Other backers include management consulting company...
Image: Korea Telecom Apple suppliers are building a cheaper, 8GB iPhone 4, two sources tell Reuters. This makes a whole lot of sense. As the iPhone 5 comes out, the iPhone 4 is going to get cheaper anyway so Apple may as well take advantage of that. And by now most of the capital...
Reports that Apple is working on a cheaper iPhone have been given a massive boost after it emerged Asian suppliers have already begun manufacturing a lower-priced version of the iPhone 4, a device that will feature a smaller 8GB flash drive. Reuters, citing sources close to suppliers manufacturing the device in Korea, says that...
Erply, a point of sale and inventory software provider from Estonia, has been growing quickly, racking up 20,000 retail customers including 8,000 who are using iPads hooked into point of sale terminals. Now the company is looking to jump into the ring with Square and Verifone by offering an iPad payment dongle that will process...
Futurist and author Kevin Kelly posits that in 10 years time, each of us will carry 2 computing devices on us: “one general purpose combination device, and one specialized device (per your major interests and style).” He also predicts that we will wear on average 10 computing things: “We’ll have devices built into belts,...