Category: Technology
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This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Apple’s iWatch Patent, The MBA Sticker Ad, And The Defender
By Jordan Crook As the summer presses onward, so do we. A massive Apple patent surfaced this week, giving us our most detailed look yet at the company’s focus for the much-rumored iWatch. And speaking of Apple, the company recently released an interesting commercial showing off MacBook Air notebooks covered in stickers. Plus, we discovered…
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Homejoy Expands Beyond Cleaning With Beta Test Of Home Services
By Ryan Lawler When Homejoy raised its $38 million round of funding last December, the company did so with a plan to move beyond just offering cleaning services to its customers. It’s starting to make good on that plan, with the launch of a beta test for other home services. In an email sent out…
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Google Docs Makes Collaborative Editing Easier For Word Users
By Frederic Lardinois At its I/O developer conference earlier this month, Google announced a major update to its suite of productivity apps, including Docs, Sheets and Slides. The main feature there was the integration of QuickOffice, which now makes editing native Microsoft Office documents online easier. Today, Google recapped some of those updates in a…
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Bose Picks A Patent Fight With Apple’s Beats Over Noise-Cancelling Headphones
By Darrell Etherington Bose has sued Apple-owned Beats over patents it holds related to noise-cancelling headphones, according to a new report from CNBC. The new suit means that Apple has a brand new patent battleground, in addition to its ongoing litigation with Samsung and others. The full complaint is listed on Priorsmart, and lists Beat…
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Greats Brand Sneakers Are Off To The Races Following $1.5M Funding Round
By Jordan Crook Greats Brand, aspiring to be the Warby Parker of mens’ footwear, has revealed that the company broke $100,000 in sales in June, with a projected $1.6 million run rate for the year. Following a $1.5 million financing round, the shoe brand will, for the first time, have three different models of their…
