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Darma is a smart cushion for making your smart ass smarter

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by on September 30, 2014 at 5:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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Move over wearables, Darma wants “sittables” to be the new trend as it prepares to launch its smart cushion for your office chair. The device monitors your sitting position, heartbeat, respiration and stress level. Darma, a graduate of the Haxlr8r hardware accelerator, is raising money on Kickstarter with plans to begin shipping the device by June 2015. Backers can get a cushion for as low as $99, down from the expected retail price of $199. CEO Junhao Hu’s goal is to go beyond mere data and provide users with guidance on how to improve their sitting. By taking the non-wearable…

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5 fintech startups to watch from Techstars’ Barclays Accelerator

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by on September 30, 2014 at 5:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Profiles and Interviews, Roundups, UK

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London is well known for being a global center of business and finance, so it makes some sense that it’s also now home to a flourishing FinTech scene – with the likes of Level 39‘s dedicated FinTech accelerator space, and now, Techstars’ first graduating cohort from its Barclays Accelerator demo day in London. As with all the best-known programs nowadays, applications to join far outnumbered the spots available. More than 350 applicants from nearly 50 countries were eventually whittled down to 11 businesses, some of which didn’t exist more than three months ago and some of which have been in preparatory stages for…

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Microsoft announces Windows 10, promises mid-2015 release and Windows Insider Program tomorrow

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by on September 30, 2014 at 5:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Product Launches

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At its Windows event in San Francisco today, Microsoft announced the next release of its operating system. Known until now as codename Threshold, the successor to Windows 8 will officially be known as Windows 10. Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s Executive Vice President of Operating System, unveiled the name, after saying Windows is used by about 1.5 billion people. “Windows is at a Threshold and now it’s time for a new Windows,” Myerson said at the event. “It wouldn’t be right to call it Windows 9.” Before giving the new name, Myerson trolled everyone by saying it would be called Windows One….

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Microsoft announces Windows 10, promises ‘One product family. One platform. One store.’

Sep30
by on September 30, 2014 at 5:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev

At its Windows event in San Francisco today, Microsoft announced the next release of Windows. Known until now as codename Threshold, the successor to Windows 8 will officially be known as Windows 10. Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s Executive Vice President of Operating System, unveiled the name, after saying Windows is used by about 1.5 billion people. “Windows is at a Threshold and now it’s time for a new Windows,” Myerson said at the event. “It wouldn’t be right to call it Windows 9.” Before giving the new name, Myerson trolled everyone by saying it would be called Windows One. Since Windows…

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Pebble drops the price of its smartwatches by $50, adds background fitness and sleep tracking

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by on September 30, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

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Pebble is dropping the price of its e-paper display smartwatches and rolling out an update that improves their health and fitness tracking capabilities. The original Pebble, including the three neon color variants announced in August, are now available for $99/€129/£99. That’s a $50 reduction and positions the smartwatch as a cheaper alternative to Android Wear. The premium Pebble Steel, meanwhile, is receiving a similar $50 price cut. You’ll now be able to pick one up for $199/€229/£179, which is less than Motorola’s Moto 360 ($249), only a fraction higher than the LG G Watch ($179) and on par with the Samsung…

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