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Tech Talk: ‘Problem Bodies’ site targets online advertisers with satire
A new website, created by Stitch product designer Lauren Hallden, is taking aim at online advertisers who exploit anxiety about body image to sell their products. Visitors to “Problem Bodies” will see a question about a nonexistent problem, followed by an ad for the bogus product needed to correct it, writes Roberto Torres at technical.ly. [uam_ad id=”54865″]…
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Tech Talk: Fakespot raises $1M in its search for phony online reviews
The tech startup Fakespot has attracted a $1M investment from Philadelphia venture capital firm SRI Capital. Fakspot uses artificial intelligence to tackle the increasingly pervasive issue of fake reviews in the e-commerce industry, writes Michelle Caffrey at bizjournals.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] “It’s kind of destiny,” said Fakepost CEO Rob Gross, a Philadelphia native. “We were meeting with funds from…
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Tech Talk: Bitcoin and real estate making money together
As Bitcoin gains wider acceptance as a way to pay the bills, landlords are asking themselves if they should accept it to cover a tenants’ monthly rent. For example, Miami-based Housing Trust Group, the largest affordable housing developer in Florida, is considering accepting bitcoin and other virtual currencies for rent payments, writes Jared Schenke at biznow.com.…
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Tech firm to relocate headquarters from Ireland to Horsham
Horsham probably owes President Donald Trump a big thank you. It’s possible the Trump Administration tax cuts are partly responsible for the relocation of Afilias Inc.’s headquarters from Dublin, Ireland to Horsham. Afilias Inc., the world’s second largest domain registry, announced Friday its corporate headquarters would join its operating subsidiary Afilias USA Inc. in Horsham following…
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Tech Talk: Digital dating game inspired by ‘Romeo and Juliet’
“R&J,” a digital realm created by theater artist Jessica Creane, creates intimacy between strangers with the aid Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers. Over five days, users exchange thoughts, play mini-games and write weird sonnets together as they explore the Bard’s “Romeo and Juliet,” writes Roberto Torres at technical.ly. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Although the platform, built by New York-based developer Max Perlman,…
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Tech Talk: Silicon Valley takes flight — autonomously
Tech companies in California’ Silicon Valley are pursuing a long-elusive goal — the successful testing of passenger aircraft that fly themselves. SkyRyse, a Silicon Valley startup, recently tested autonomous-flight hardware in a piloted helicopter, and Sikorsky and Xwing are developing similar technology. writes Cade Metz at bizjournals.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Government and industry have long worked to automate…
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Tech Talk: Afilias Inc. relocates from Ireland to Horsham
Thanks in part to recent federal tax cuts, Afilias Inc., the world’s second largest domain registry, is moving its headquarters from Dublin to Horsham. The company’s decision to relocate is also connected to the fact that its two largest customers, the .org registry operator Public Interest Registry and GoDaddy, are based in the United States,…
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Tech Talk: Companies lobby for federal privacy law, on their owns terms
Responding to the passage of a California law that gives people the right to know what information companies are collecting about them, tech industry leaders like Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft are lobbying the federal government to come up with a law of its own. The advantage of such a law, officials say, would be twofold:…
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Tech Talk: Apple prepares to launch 3 new iPhones
Apple is planning up to unveil three new iPhones in September, according to a Bloomberg report that cites unnamed sources. It appears likely that the California-based tech giant will offer a new phone designed to replace the iPhone 8, as well as updates to the iPhone X, one with a 6.5-inch OLED screen, and one…
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Malvern Bank ‘Grows It Forward’ for the Benefit of the Chester County Food Bank
Over the last five years, Malvern Bank, National Association’s Coventry Financial Center has seen peppers, tomatoes, and kale grow along with its investments and assets. The Coventry Branch Garden Project is just one more way that Malvern Bank gives back to the communities it serves. “Back in 2013, we came up with the idea of…
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Tech Talk: Conshohocken company aims to go on a hiring spree
DrayNow, a logistics company, based in Conshohocken, that helps shipping brokers to book truck drivers, is planning to expand its staff from 19 to more than 130. The expansion was made possible by $5 million in venture capital picked up through a Series A round led by Comcast Ventures and Osage Venture Partners, writes Roberto Torres at technical.ly.…
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Tech Talk: Montco nabs share of $500K IT training grant
Montgomery County is one of six southeastern Pennsylvania counties that will benefit from a $500,000 IT training grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The grant, funded by the Department of Labor & Industry and the Department of Community and Economic Development, was awarded to Southeast Pennsylvania Regional Workforce Development Boards, which includes Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware,…
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Elmwood Park Zoo unveils new logo, new website
Elmwood Park Zoo is polishing up its digital presence with the unveiling of its new logo and website – updating the storied brand for the first time in decades. “With all of the amazing improvements we’ve made inside of the zoo over the last few years, we felt that it was time to update the…
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Tech Talk: Code4PA ‘codeathon’ helps battle opioid crisis
The monthlong codeathon known as Code4PA is joining the fight against the opioid crisis. For this year’s event, computer whizzes will work with state and federal data sets to develop apps, prototypes and other ideas focused on prevention, rescue and treatment, writes Roberto Torres at technical.ly. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Aside from the local Code for America Brigade, which returned this year to…
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Tech Talk: Revenue projections rise as Meet Group adds one-on-one chat
The Meet Group, the New Hope-based dating app company, has increased its projected annual revenue for the second time this year after launching “Quick,” its new one-to-one video chat feature. CEO Geoff Cook likens Quick to speed dating in real life, writes Michelle Caffrey at bizjournals.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Advertising had previously made up the bulk of Meet’s revenues,…
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Tech Talk: Fortune says Berwyn-based TE Connectivity is ‘changing the world’
TE Connectivity, a Swiss tech giant whose U.S. headquarters is situated in Berwyn, is one of 63 global companies that are changing the world, according to Fortune. The company, which employs about 300 people in Chester County and 78,000 worldwide, designs and manufactures sensors and connectors used in everything from advanced aircraft to cable boxes…
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Tech Talk: Bitcoin bubble bursts, leaving investors hurting
The value of Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency, has declined by 75 percent since hitting its peak in January. Now that the bubble has burst, investors who saw the the value of their holdings crash are wondering just what went wrong, write Nathaniel Popper and Su-Hyun Lee at bizjournals.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] The virtual currency markets have been…
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Tech Talk: Online, Seinfeld-inspired startup betting that real men buy flowers
Gillian Harper became an an online florist after watching Jerry Seinfeld on “The Tonight Show” Speaking to Jay Leno, Jerry jokes that a man should be able to walk into a flower store, tell the clerk why his girlfriend is angry with him, and walk out with the appropriate bouquet. Once the idea took hold,…
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