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Earlier, Motorola announced that they would be closing the Texas plant. The plant is currently being used to fulfill orders for Moto X handsets ordered via the Moto Maker website, which basically allows users to customize their phones, like add engravings, match different colors to the handset, and
The smart home space is getting more competition, with Qivicon spreading its multi-provider home automation and security system to the US and UK. Already available in Germany, Qivicon is the handiwork of Deutsch Telekom, Samsung, Miele, and others, connecting smart appliances, thermostats, garage do
Setting out to bring the next generation of cameras to the market, California-based Lomography launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for the Lomo’Instant Camera. The company originally sought out $100k for the camera, and has excitingly raised $507,828 from 4,139 backers. The brand new dev
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
The San Francisco bike community has hailed the San Francisco Police Department’s “bait bike” program. The Board of Supervisors allocated $75,000 to support efforts against bike theft, including money for bait bikes and tracking equipment last summer. Officer Matt Friedman, who runs t
Officials in southeastern New Mexico began work on a plan this week to divide a cache of Atari video games dug up from an old landfill last month. Joe Lewandowski, a consultant for the film companies that documented the dig, issued a draft of a distribution plan to Alamogordo city officials on Tuesd
Beardy Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is one step closer to opening its cabin doors for business, having secured authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to launch its rocket plane from US soil. The Virgin mogul’s space tourism outfit announced on Thursday that it has re
The FCC last set its definition of broadband as 4Mbps downstream, and 1Mbps upstream. That was fine for 2010, but it’s arguably outdated in 2014 – you can’t reliably stream HD video or host high-quality video chats on that kind of connection. The agency is clearly aware that it nee
In case you didn’t believe Amazon is hungry for public cloud revenue from the biggest businesses, get this: Amazon has announced a new plugin for VMware’s popular vCenter software for managing data center infrastructure. Admins of VMware-based on-premises data centers can now set up and manage Amazo
If there’s one thing that can make the competitive tech industry band together, it’s security. Last month, the Heartbleed bug affected nearly everyone in the industry,requiring millions of customers to change their passwords and rethink the safety that their services provide them. The Wall Street Jo
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.
Travel planning site Hipmunk announced today that it has raised $20 million in Series C financing. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners, and joined by a number of other past investors in the company, including Seattle’s Ignition Partners. The company says that the funding will be used to boo
