How It Works Apple, FitBit Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Verily Life Sciences, Johnson & Johnson and Roche Holding AG are among the companies participating in the new program. Since Gottlieb took over as commissioner in May, Bloomberg reports, the FDA has been taking steps to streamline regulation and speed up the processes required to get new medical tools in the hands of customers. As Apple’s recent special event noted, the Apple Watch Series 3 will have an improved ability to track vital signs on its wearer....

It’s easy to understand how companies have grown to understand the value of data science, as the volume of data generated continues to grow exponentially. According to IBM, over an estimated 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created daily. What that means is that 90 percent of the data that exists today was created in the past two years. According to a McKinsey study, by next year the demand for data scientists in the U....

Not Being Specific Implementing a BYOD policy isn’t as simple as saying, “Okay, you can use your devices at work now.” It can take a lot of preparation. Part of that is writing up a specific and detailed document about your policy. The bottom line is that you need guidelines. Some specifics to include: Be sure that your employees read through these guidelines and sign an agreement stating that they’ll comply with your BYOD standards....

The online advertising market has become so saturated that it’s damn hard to really break through and nail your target consumers with pretty much any advertising campaign. Some 20 years ago, when online ads were just starting to emerge, some of the really witty ones used to receive as much as 70 percent CTR, which is just crazy compared to the <0.1 percent of today. The thing is, online banners and ads were a novelty back then, and consumers love novelty....

With staff teams now comfortable using web conferencing software, companies are selling office space left, right and center which, along with the migration of people away from urban areas, could change the dynamic of cities permanently. Tech-heavy cities look particularly at risk of major change, considering so much work can be done remotely. San Francisco’s Empty Offices Reduce Tax Revenue According to CBRE research, the office vacancy rate in San Francisco rose from 23....

This new wave of private-sector companies transporting people and things into space, often for government-owned agencies such as NASA, has been characterized as ‘NewSpace’. It promises to offer faster, cheaper and more efficient access to space than government-run counterparts. Some have even suggested that this is leading to a democratization of space. But this is far from true. Like any earthbound asset or luxury, space is becoming a for-profit adventure controlled by the world’s new raft of tech billionaires....

His app looks to replace the scattered, one-off communications that dominate social networking sites with connected, meaningful moments that become our social stories. I asked Egan for a look behind the scenes of his Seattle-based startup. Here’s what he had to share: Tech Cocktail: What is the inspiration behind Jumyo? Egan: “The inspiration is to enable people to tell their life story – creating a way for people to have meaning to what they are doing on their mobile devices rather than the one-off moments that are predominate in the social world....

At its core, the Denver startup offers a database of bills with information on their progress through federal and state governments. Users can also get alerts on new bills, based on their past searches. This is all similar to state databases like TrakBill (aimed at small businesses) and CQ’s StateTrack. But founder Karen Suhaka wants to deliver more than just information: with private discussions and rankings of state representatives, she is building a tool for action....

KingForADay is not your average networking app. It doesn’t rely on existing connections, and it never pretends to be a level playing field. Nope – KingForADay is all about one person, and that person could be you…if you can wait your turn. You see, KingForADay puts one individual in the spotlight, and – like the “hotseat” in a game of Kings (for those of you who have attended frat parties) – that individual is the center of attention, fielding an onslaught of curious questions....

How did this happen? Reports claimed Cardinals personnel were able to use old passwords from former employees that are now in Houston to hack into the Astros database (similar in design to the Cardinals) and gained access to team and player information. Though no longer division rivals, Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow used to work in the front office for the Cardinals, working in their scouting department from 2003-2011. As such, the L....

The company today announced the launch of their Kickstarter campaign to fund their first consumer offering in the CyPhy LVL 1 Drone. It’s a consumer friendly, affordable drone that features intuitive, stable flying. As engineers pushing to redefine drone flight, Greiner and the team were inspired to make their foray into the consumer landscape by the market’s lack of a flying robot for everyday use. Priorities for this new drone included easy and intuitive flight, ultra high-quality video with the ability to share footage in real-time, no landing gear so the drone fits in a backpack, and a built-in protected camera....

Founded on Startup Bus last year, Lisnr is a mobile application that unlocks hidden rewards in your music. By “listening” to your music choices and sending you exclusive content, it triggers fan and artist interactions, enabling a new dimension of music and mobile marketing. But Lisnr does not stop with music; in fact, it can be leveraged in a number of new and interesting ways. Mobile Futures, a new initiative by Mondelez (formerly part of Kraft Foods), is focused on driving more impulse purchases and stronger in-store marketing....

Printing a longboard happened spontaneously, said Jacqueline Keidel, the public relations manager from Local Motors. Engineers drew up plans to make a longboard then proceeded to make the deck with the same materials found on the Strati body- ABS plastic reinforced with carbon fiber. The whole printing process took 35 minutes, then the team attached the trunk and wheels and started carving. And it all started with the most basic problem of all: hating walking....

The organization plans to hold a kickoff event for the fund through a live pitch event in Brownsville in Brooklyn, NY next month. According to RollingOut, the Neighborhood Start Fund has just launched an idea competition with a live pitch event scheduled for November 13, 2015. Participants in the competition will pitch their startups to a judging panel made up of leading figures in food, retail, entertain, and technology. Finalists will have the opportunity to win $5,000 to transform their ideas into prototypes....

Writers can use Moglue’s drag-and-drop platform to add images to their story, then customize effects and animation – from dancing pigs to movable trees to maps that zoom in and out. Children’s stories and education are popular genres, but animation may also spice up cooking and travel books. These books are free to build and, during the startup’s open beta, free to publish to the Moglue digital bookstore. Later, writers will pay to sell on Moglue Books or the iOS and Android app stores....

Mauldin – who, according to The Huffington Post, regularly teaches tech classes to students from fourth to eighth grade – noticed that there were wide differences in the way that his female peers were treated by other male, engineering students. Often, they were criticized more harshly or weren’t acknowledged at all – simply another figure in the room serving little to no purpose. The letter was a response to this rampant sexism in engineering as well as other STEM fields....

This is crucial and important, but there’s a lot more to great social media marketing than just making sure your tweet has the right number of hashtags, and your Facebook post interests readers. Let’s look. Social media catches attention, but content is king There’s really no other way to say this. If you expect to get engagement on your posts, gather interest from your audience, and ultimately build your customer base, your content needs to be first rate....

His biography on the site isn’t particularly useful: “The Oatmeal’s real name is Matthew and he lives in Seattle, Washington. He subsists on a steady diet of crickets and whiskey. He enjoys long walks on the beach, gravity, and breathing heavily through his mouth. His dislikes include scurvy, typhoons, and tapeworm medication.” You could try to learn more about Inman from his comics. For example, he seems to dislike religion, have a keen understanding of cats, and loathe printers....

All three of these elements are supposed to help users express themselves, but where Facebook and Instagram had managed to take advantage of the selfie craze, there seemed to be something lacking from texting. So, the team decided to marry the two concepts together so that people might be able to express themselves with texts and selfies. Their answer was to build a startup, Imoji, as a visual language fueled by selfies, animal pics, and celebrities....

Globally, 70% of today’s urban growth occurs outside the formal planning process with the expertise to create a well-planned metropolis being seldom available thus far. The City Form Research Group at MIT has developed the only free tool available to help urban planners understand how the spatial patterns in cities affect the people who live there. The launch of the Urban Network Analysis, an open-sourced software inspired by social networks and mathematical network analysis methods, is changing the way we look at urban environments....