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Building a consulting network of the best physicians in the U.S. from the nation’s best hospitals has brought the health care startup Grand Rounds $40 million in new financing. The San Francisco-based company, which previously operated as ConsultingMD, sells companies a service that gives employees

It’s looking more and more likely Google is gearing up to ditch its Nexus line for a new Android Silver program. However, a fresh Android Police report suggests that’s not the case regarding the the tablet space. There indeed appears to be a new Nexus slate on the way, and it’s being made by HTC, [&

Netflix might have finally found an ally in a very contentious market. Reuters reportsthat German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom is in talks with Netflix regarding a potential marketing alliance once the U.S.-based video service begin its international expansion. The news comes via Mana

The genealogy website Ancestry.com is working to fully restore its service after it was hit by a Distributed Denial of Service attack. Company spokeswoman Heather Erickson says it means ancestry.com was overwhelmed with bogus traffic Monday. “The attack was overloading our systems with massive amoun

Artificial intelligence has come a long way from when it first started. For example Google is now able to predict the type of searches we want to make even before we finish typing it. We have voice assistants that are able to understand questions and reply appropriately, and all of this is great bec

Nintendo, having announced their Amiibo interactive figures a few days ago, did not mention just how much you would have to fork out in order to bring one of these puppies home. Of course, we all know that sooner or later, something has got to give, and it is without further ado that we bring [&hell

Last year T-Mobile made its first “uncarrier” announcement. It shunned traditional two year service contracts in favour of an equipment installment plan which debuted alongside its new Simple Choice plans. The carrier then made more uncarrier moves in the coming months by introducing an early upgrad

When we checked in on eBay Now last fall, its leaders were brimming with optimism, announcing plans to bring the same-day delivery option to 25 more cities by the end of 2014. Skip forward to today, however, and it’s apparently a different story. VentureBeat sources claim that the service is i

Amtrak’s Wi-Fi service remains spotty and sluggish on many routes where it’s available, despite the company’s numerous attempts to upgrade on-train connectivity through the years. But now it’s getting serious about the challenge. Amtrak says it wants to build a Wi-Fi solution

Travelers to Japan who have noted a difficulty in finding a WiFi hotspot to connect to will soon be able to get free WiFi access just by showing off their passports. Mashable reports that NTT launched a new program to serve foreign tourists, allowing them to register for a WiFi card by presenting th

Amazon’s June 18th event is still mostly shrouded in mystery, but general consensus is that the e-commerce giant is releasing a phone of its own with an interactive 3D interface. Now, TechCrunch claims to have identified the technology behind that feature, and it’s supposedly Omron&#8217

Want to feel as frustrated as some of the women from Orange Is The New Black? Looking to take a break from the new season? Well Netflix has put together the perfect annoying time waster with their very own clone of Flappy Bird called Feisty Chicken. In the game, you take the role of the legendary ch

If you’re like me and love technology but hate the rats nest of cables it requires, we could be in for some good news. Intel has demonstrated a system that could be incorporated into future computers that allows wireless connectivity for power, displays and connection to accessories like external dr

You probably know Dyson for its strange-looking vacuums and fans, but in the 21 years Sir James Dyson has been inventing, he’s cooked up more than high-tech home goods. His coolest contraption yet? An augmented reality headset that looks a lot like Google Glass. Oh, and he invented it more than 10 y

Sure, we can now 3D print stem cells and even whole organs like kidneys, heart, liver and lungs. But 3D printing blood vessels? Now that was a challenge. A team from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has managed to successfully fabricate blood vessels using a three-dimensional bioprinting

The NSA isn’t just interested in pure communications intelligence like call records; it wants to look for faces, too. Documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that the NSA has been using facial recognition software to scan the internet for portraits and match them with investigative data. The

In a move that could have big implications for the budding civic innovation space, Salesforce has become the first outfit to be granted authorization to provide both software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service cloud services to U.S. Federal Government agencies. Back in 2010, the Obama administra

Stitch is like Tinder, but for your grandma. Well, not exactly. Stitch isn’t just meant for hooking up, it’s meant for finding a companion to go to the movies or ballroom dancing with. For many “mature adults,” as Stitch calls them, that might be just what the doctor ordered.