Robert Scoble

TC's Picks From TechStars NY Summer 2013 Class

We're here at the TechStars 2013 Summer class Demo Day, and the graduates are nothing short of delightful, from a service that helps church congregations make donations to a Fitbit for cars to a service that helps expecting moms plan for baby's arrival. The TechStars accelerator is o..

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Recon Jet is Google Glass for athletes and professionals, now available for preorder at $499

Google Glass is for walking around and getting directions to a cafe with perfect espresso. Recon Jet is for kicking your performance into the ultimate high gear and - yes - even saving lives. The Vancouver, B.C.-based Recon Instruments, which created the first-ever heads-up display for sports in 2010, has launched the Recon Jet for preorders today.

http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/recon-jet-is-google-glass-for-athletes-and-professionals-available-for-pre-purchase-now-at-499/

When Twitter does what journalism can't

On Tuesday, June 25, Sen. Wendy Davis of Texas stood for nearly 13 hours without food or drink, without rest, without leaning, without the ability to use the restroom, to filibuster Senate Bill 5 (SB 5), a legislative measure that would have closed 37 of the 42 abortion clinics in Texas, the largest state in the contiguous United States.

http://prsm.tc/8L0eSG

Dick Costolo outlines plans for making Twitter more useful during live events

Twitter has become a constant companion to users, especially during major cultural events or breaking news, and the company's CEO Dick Costolo wants to make the service better for users during those spikes in usage.

http://vrge.co/12qeTt1

Startup News

News about startups kept by Robert Scoble, Startup Liaison Office at Rackspace. Startups and developers have more freedom on Rackspace's open source cloud.

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No Mailbox? No Problem. Boomerang For Android Brings Gesture-Based Email Management To Gmail Users

Baydin, the startup behind a suite of productivity add-ons for Gmail, Outlook, and Google Calendar, is today bringing its inbox management solution Boomerang for Gmail to the mobile platform. With a new app called Boomerang for Android, the company is iterating on its previously web-only applicati..

http://tcrn.ch/12qcOgo

Google Now for Android adds cards for live TV, third-party music playback

Google Search for Android has been updated to take advantage of various new Google Now cards, including one for live TV. According to the company, if you've got an internet-connected TV, Android is now capable of "listening" for live programming when connected to the same wireless network as your television.

http://vrge.co/10lyeit

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