As a trend curator, brand strategist, and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, Rohit has done more than his fair share of personal branding. After spending 15 years leading brand strategy at two of the most highly respected marketing agencies in the world, Ogilvy and Leo Burnett, Rohit left the corporate world to become an entrepreneur and is currently the founder of multiple companies including The Non-Obvious Company, Influential Marketing Group and Ideapress Publishing....

At swish events held simultaneously in Bangkok and Milan, featuring cult K-POP band Blackpink, Samsung debuted the unusual new A80 along with other models from its mid-range Galaxy A series. The big question remains, is that rotating camera just a gimmick, or could it be the future of phone cameras? Having the same cameras for front and rear shots opens up amazing new photo and video opportunities, according to Samsung....

The service will now be available in the US to those with Samsung phones (obviously). While Samsung Pay is similar to its competitors, it offers another option in addition to NFC payment. Back in May, Samsung acquired LoopPay, a Massachusetts startup that invented and patented a unique technology called Magnetic Secure Transmission. This technology turns payment terminals where you would normally swipe a credit card into contactless card readers. So while Apple Pay and Android Pay are somewhat limited in the places they can be used, a Samsung Pay-enabled phone can be used pretty much anywhere there is a credit card swiper....

The Samsung View 2 is a tablet with a massive 17-inch screen. As the name suggests, its not even the company’s first foray into large-display models – though the first View was hardly a big seller. So, do you need a massive tablet in your life? We take a look at what the View 2 offers. After a tablet that’s a little smaller? See our guide, Which iPad Should I Buy?...

DeepMind is Google’s artificial intelligence division, and they are the ones heading the charge to guarantee the technology revolution is limited to self-driving cars. They have joined forces with Oxford University to develop a “kill switch” that will prevent artificial intelligence from learning too much. Specifically, the technology will stop AI from learning how to stop human intervention from halting its existence. While you might be thinking back to some of your favorite sci-fi movies to come up with an apt example of this type of overtly aggressive learning, the study provides a perfect example....

This part of the round will go toward expanding LevelUp, an app that lets you pay and save at stores and restaurants by scanning your phone (which is connected to a credit or debit card). LevelUp has over 200,000 users buying at over 3,000 merchants, including Coldstone Creamery, Ben and Jerry’s, and Johnny Rockets. They recently hired 40 new employees to expand sales to new merchants. The $12 million round includes existing investors Highland Capital, Google Ventures, and Balderton Capital, and new investors Continental Investors and Transmedia Capital....

Tech + YouTube is the perfect union, and to the lucky few who have made it big in the tech YouTube game, using the powerful platform to create videos and content has afforded them opportunities to grow at a rate they never could have imagined. I recently sat down with a few of the most notable creators in the space, to bring you their secret sauce and inspire future generations of creators....

Since 2008 Yurbuds has been developing in-ear and behind-the-ear headphones specifically for athletes. Currently, you can buy Yurbuds in 19,000 points of sale including big box general merchandise retailers, sporting goods retailers, and over 750 active lifestyle specialty retailers. Yurbuds holds an extensive intellectual property portfolio that includes more than 60 patents and 70 trademarks for design and technology around headphones and wearables. Given that, it’s no wonder Harman Industries wanted to get on the Yurbud train....

The decision follows ExpressVPN’s decision earlier this week to also pull out of the country, and it’s likely others will follow the two industry trend setters. The mass exodus will have huge ramifications for internet freedom in India, and Indian nationals abroad will now struggle to access content from their home country – although virtual servers could go some way to alleviating the problem. Surfshark Surfs Out of India India’s government recently added new provisions to section 70b of its Information Technology Act (2000) which conflict with the core mission statements of VPNs like Surfshark, which pledge to keep no logs of its user activity....

Tact, a sales experience platform, is designed to support enterprise sales teams through their mobile devices. More specifically, the platform uses AI as a smart assistant of sorts, automating numerous admin tasks and improving the sales process. It also integrates with all the common tools sales teams use such as email, phone, calendar, maps, CRMs, and more. As part of the new round of funding, Upfront Ventures’ Mark Suster is to join Tact’s board of directors, and will use the new funding to accelerate their growth and product development....

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But not all companies kicked off the first year of the new decade smoothly, and some even failed spectacularly. With 2022 on the horizon, we take a look at tech’s biggest winners – and losers – from the last 12 months. Tech’s Biggest Winners of 2021 Elon Musk It’s difficult to put this man into any columns or categories, let alone ones titled ‘winners’ or ‘losers’. Musk seemed to spend most of the year making cryptocurrencies soar in value whilst decreasing the value of his own company, Tesla, by billions through social media posts....

In the field of mobile health, for example, the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action can send text messages about prenatal care to pregnant women – women in remote areas who might have few doctor visits and no Internet access to answer the questions that keep them up at night. Tons of innovative solutions like this are being developed by entrepreneurs, and TechChange is one of the organizations helping them gain recognition....

Here are seven kinds of technologies that are leaving a lasting change on the government. “API First” Interoperability Connecting and monitoring the performance of legacy systems, open data solutions, and cloud platforms through the use of APIs is on the rise. API Metrics is an example of this type of service which also provides integrations into popular services like Slack. Cloud Security Access Brokers As the government slowly shifts things to the cloud, having secure policy enforcement points placed between the government and cloud service providers is critical....

Formerly Excelerate Labs, this will be the accelerator’s second season as Techstars Chicago, having launched their inaugural class last summer. Ten companies were selected in this year’s summer cohort: six from Chicago, two from Miami and Nashville collectively, and two international startups from Israel and India. Techstars will provide each of these startups with $118,000 in seed funding and three months of intensive mentorship from the likes of Brad Feld and Jason Fried....

If you had enough money, you could do what plenty of established businesses do and hire your own bookkeeper or accounting team. But we’re going under the assumption that that’s not an option for you. Therefore we’ve compiled a list of some of the most popular online financial management tools used by startups. Whether you have a team of ten, with several former finance majors on board, or are a one man/woman show who’s financial planning experience tops out at creating a personal budget on Mint, there’s a tool for you out there....

While some phones found themselves embroiled in geo-political controversy, others proudly arrived with as many as five cameras, plus some crazy 48 megapixel lenses. Here, though, we’re only interested in one thing — what was the best phone to emerge over the past 12 months? Anchor Links Other phones might do better in certain areas, such as battery life, pricing, or raw power. But the Pixel 3 XL provides a cohesive package that has rarely been available on an Android phone....