Technology
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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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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: 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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Tech Talk: Critics take aim at Facebook’s ‘microtargeting’
Facebook’s practice of “mictrotargeting” — in which ad buyers select audiences based on such details as a user’s location, political leanings and interests — is coming under increasing scrutiny from government officials, researchers and advertising executives, who advocate restricting its use. The critics warn microtargeting can be exploited to polarize and manipulate voters. It is…
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Tech Talk: How to stop Google from tracking your location
Even if you disable Location History, the search giant Google still tracks you every time you open Google Maps, get certain automatic weather updates, or search for things in your browser. There’s a way to stop it—but it takes some digging, writes Emily Dreyfuss at wired.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] “If Google is representing to its users…
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Tech Talk: Drones fill the skies, transform the business world
Ubiquitous as toys for the gadget-minded — and sometimes for purposes like spying and dropping explosives — drones have become indispensable tools in construction and real estate. Their relatively low cost and ease of handling have made work more efficient for architects, landscape designers, surveyors, builders, structural engineers and brokers, writes Nick Madigan at bizjournals.com. [uam_ad…
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Tech Talk: Comcast expands Internet Essentials to low-income veterans
After connecting more than 6 million people with low-cost, high-speed internet, Comcast announced Monday it’s expanding its Internet Essentials program to low-income veterans. There are about 1 million of them living within Comcast’s footprint, the media giant said Monday when it announced the expansion, national statistics and local numbers during its annual back-to-school celebration of the 7-year-old…
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Tech Talk: Banks and retailers track consumers by the touch of their apps
To fight fraud, a growing number of banks and merchants are tracking visitors’ physical movements as they use websites and apps. Some use the technology only to weed out automated attacks and suspicious transactions, but others are going significantly further, amassing tens of millions of profiles that can identify customers by how they touch, hold…
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Tech Talk: Def Con enters the fray against election cyber threat
Def Con, which began life as a gathering for hacker hobbyists, is playing an important role in bringing together the federal government, the security industry and election officials, as they race to help states shore up their cyber defenses in time for the midterms. Jake Braun, co-founder of the Def Con “village” (room) devoted to…
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Tech Talk: Wayne-based QuantaVerse lands major customer
After quietly putting its AI-powered software to work detecting financial crimes for more than a dozen global banks over the past two years, Wayne-based QuantaVerse announced Tuesday a noteworthy customer — the largest Chilean bank operating in the United States. The three-year agreement with Banco de Credito e Inversiones’s, or Bci’s, base in Miami is a…
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Tech Talk: Medical Guardian markets smart watch for seniors
Center City-based Medical Guardian, makers of medical alert products for older adults, has gone live with a product for the “new senior” — a smart watch called Freedom Guardian. The watch features a two-way communication system for emergency response, reminders for daily tasks like taking pills and local weather forecasts, writes Roberto Torres at technical.ly. [uam_ad id=”54865″]…
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Tech Talk: AI enters the workplace through the back door
While grand, work-changing projects of AI, like self-driving cars and humanoid robots, are not yet commercial products, a more humble version of the technology is making its presence felt in a less glamorous place: the back office. New software is automating mundane office tasks in operations like accounting, billing, payments and customer service, writes Steve Lohr…
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