In his last speech as chairman of the FCC, Tom Wheeler defends his controversial open internet rules that prohibit broadband providers from favoring their own services at the expense of their competitors. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies before a House subcommittee in March 2015 defending his agency’s controversial net neutrality rules.
Category: Emerging Technology
Startup funding drops in 2016
U.S. one dollar bills are arranged for a photograph in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. Less money flowed to Silicon Valley startups in 2016, after a period of frenzied spending the year before.
Ellen Pao returns to investing with new role at Kapor Center
On Tuesday the Oakland-based Kapor Center for Social Impact announced Pao has joined the team as a venture partner and chief diversity and inclusion officer. She started work there last week.
Alphabet Said in Talks to Sell Skybox Satellite Business
Alphabet Inc. is in talks to sell the Skybox Imaging satellite business it acquired for $500 million less than three years ago, another sign the technology giant is ratcheting back grand ambitions to blanket the globe with internet service. Planet Labs Inc., a satellite imaging startup, may acquire Skybox, according to people familiar with the situation.
U.S. Money and Local Talent the Growth Plan for European Biotech
For a 28-year-old biotech entrepreneur, Frenchman Xavier Duportet has a standout resume: a PhD in biology and genome engineering from MIT, a lab at Paris’s Louis Pasteur Institute, and award-winning research with his name on it. Still, in Paris, as in capitals across Europe, it’s much harder for him to raise money than for most of his tech peers.
CES 2017 has all the essentials: faster wi-fi, secure “smart” appliances and fishing drones
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is one of those geek events where you want to toss aside reality and focus on the gee-whiz of what has been dreamt up and built. I’ve seen an unexpected gamut of “smart” objects: smart tea , smart breast pump and even a smart hair brush .
Will Bots Finally Start To Grow Up In 2017?
The bots we saw in 2016 were tantalizing, but they’ll need another few years to begin to live up to expectations. Last year was big for bots, as the popular definition of the software application shifted in the public’s understanding.
Silicon Valley Cash Is Still Chasing Blood Despite Theranos Bust
Amid the collapse of Theranos Inc. last year, investors are betting that some of the disgraced blood-testing startup’s lofty medical goals might still have a kernel of promise — at other companies. Grail, a company backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, said on Thursday that it’s expecting to raise a record $1 billion on the promise of a blood test to detect early-stage cancer.
At CES, New Alexa-Powered Products Are Everywhere: Here’s The Full List
In 2016, the general public developed an appetite for controlling their technology with voice commands. Amazon has emerged as the central player in this movement after it released its voice-controlled home assistant Echo.
CES 2017: The 1 Thing Americans Want Most in a Smart Home
For the past few years, home automation — the so-called smart home — has been coming, but in 2017 it might be time to say it’s here. Products like Amazon’s iPhone/Siri, have become viable platforms to control smart homes.
At LinkedIn, artificial intelligence is like a oxygena
Artificial intelligence might conjure up futuristic images from science fiction, but in social media, it’s already being used to recommend the right jobs, tag photos or display news you’re more likely to care about. “Data is our biggest asset.
T-Mobile to simplify rate plan
At a press event here Thursday during the CES electronics show, John Legere, CEO of the self-proclaimed “Uncarrier,” announced the company will simplify its rate plans and the bills it sends out to customers. It also plans to reward customers who are frugal in their data usage by reducing their next month’s bills.
Alexa Could Be Amazon’s “Fourth Pillar”
All three have been instrumental to Amazon’s success over the past decade-plus and Bezos wrote, “I assure you that we also remain hard at work on finding a fourth [pillar].” It’s been two years since Amazon unveiled the Echo, which can serve as a hub for other smart-home devices like thermostats and lightbulbs, and its functionality has been extended through third-party “skills,” which function like voice-controlled apps.
7 Signs Amazon’s Best Days Are Ahead of It
The company has come to dominate the retail industry and is rapidly disrupting many other areas of the global economy. Yet with its stock up several hundred times in value since its 1997 IPO, you’d be excused for thinking Amazon’s days of turbocharged growth are long gone.
China’s Sogou Targets $5 Billion IPO to Chase Rival Baidu
China’s third-biggest search engine expects to hold a U.S. initial public offering at a valuation of as much as $5 billion as it raises cash to close the gap with leader Baidu Inc. in the mobile market. Sogou, whose name means “search dog,” plans to sell about 10 percent of its shares in an IPO that will probably be held this year, Chief Executive Officer Wang Xiaochuan said in an interview.
FCC’s 5 biggest battles for Trump’s first year
Republicans are poised to take control of the Federal Communications Commission and the agency is bracing for a shake-up. Wheeler will step down in 2017 and control is tilting to the agency’s Republican commissions after Dem Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel failed to be reconfirmed.
2016’s Best CEOs
The best chief executive officers are an often-underrated source of competitive advantage. A strong leader with the vision to steer a company safely through rapidly changing business conditions can many times be the difference between a business’ success and failure.
Top Stock Stories of 2016
Stocks in 2016 certainly reacted to the Trump effect. The Dow Jones soaring more than 1400 points since the election to come within reach of the 20,000 mark.
Baidu’s Big Bet That Could Pay Huge Dividends
It faced public outcry due to the death of a college student who underwent an experimental cancer treatment advertised on its site. And the Chinese government introduced new strict regulations on internet advertising which weighed heavily on short-term results.
It’s On! 2017 Is The Year The Virtual Assistant Wars Get Real
Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Assistant, and Microsoft’s Cortana look to hardware partnerships and development deals to take on Apple’s Siri. The tech industry’s titans have been preparing for an all-out virtual assistant war in 2017-and it’ll be fought by Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Assistant and maybe even Microsoft’s Cortana.
Veteran VC talks about which investments he’ll jump on in 2017, which …
Scott Kupor, Andreessen Horowitz managing partner, is photographed outside of his office in Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. After a tough slog through 2016, tech startups have reason to be optimistic heading into the new year, says Scott Kupor, managing partner of Andreessen Horowitz.
Why 2017 Is the Year to Invest in IoT Stocks
Investors have likely heard a lot about the Internet of Things . The term refers to the connection of formerly unconnected things to the Internet, so that they can collect data or automate processes.
These Are The Five Key Battlegrounds For The Big Tech Platforms In 2017
Large platform companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Samsung, and Microsoft want to provide the operating system for our lives, and they will fight hard in 2017 to establish their foothold in the emerging technologies we will likely come to rely on in the future. Who will succeed? Those with the most complete product offerings have an advantage.
Honda in Talks With Google’s Waymo on Self-Drive Tech
Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday it is talking to Waymo, the autonomous driving unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., to try to strike a deal that would put its self-driving technology into some of the Japanese automaker’s cars.
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Software corporation Oracle is asking the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider the sweeping broadband privacy rules passed earlier this year. Oracle, which spent years unsuccessfully attempting to prove that Google’s Android code infringes copyright, says the FCC’s recent order on privacy will give Google an unfair advantage against Internet service providers.
Oracle Petitions FCC To Reconsider Broadband Privacy Rules
Software corporation Oracle is asking the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider the sweeping broadband privacy rules passed earlier this year. Oracle, which spent years unsuccessfully attempting to prove that Google’s Android code infringes copyright, says the FCC’s recent order on privacy will give Google an unfair advantage against Internet service providers.
Donald Trump, NBC and the FCC: Will the executive producer-in-chief…
Trump is keeping business ties to Comcast and appointing a new FCC chair. Net neutrality’s days could be numbered President-elect Donald Trump’s recent meeting with the heads of big U.S. tech firms touched on many important topics, from immigration and tax reform to maternity leave.
In Potentially Risky Strategy, U.S. Startups Are Piling on Debt
His New York-based startup doubled annual revenue this year and is on track to break even in 2017. Valued at about $200 million in April, the marketing automation company counts Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs among its backers-a source of validation in the eyes of many venture investors.