National Spotlight
-
Tech Talk: Private conversation sent to Amazon Echo contact
Amazon is reviewing how its voice-activated speakers work after a woman claimed her Echo device recorded a private conversation in her home and sent it to a contact without her knowledge. The incident, first reported by a television station in Seattle, set off a fresh round of concerns about the security and privacy risks raised…
-
Tech Talk: How technology is important for healthy aging
A host of assistive technologies, apps, mobile devices and even virtual reality experiences are making healthy aging easier than ever before. The conveniences include activity sensors, medication management and therapeutic robots, writes Tiffany Bingham at bizjournals.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] In the 1980s, wearable, wireless emergency call buttons were developed and popularized as a means of addressing this…
-
Tech Talk: Best Buy launches tech support subscription service
Best Buy Co. Inc. is rolling out a subscription service for its tech support unit, called Total Tech Support. The service, which runs $200 per year, provides unlimited phone, online and in-store help on basic tasks like setting up home networks, car-stereo installation and basic data-recovery tasks, writes mark Reilly at bizjournals.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] The idea…
-
AAA: Record number expected to travel over Memorial Day weekend
After a long winter, residents across the region are ready for the unofficial start to the summer season — Memorial Day weekend. AAA Mid-Atlantic estimates a record number of people will be traveling over the holiday period — between Thursday, May 24 and Monday, May 28. Memorial Day travel volume in the Philadelphia region this…
-
Tech Talk: Comcast rolls out WiFi upgrade; security bug discovered
Comcast’s xFi-branded WiFi extension pods are now available to its broadband customers nationwide. The xFi upgrades are designed to make Comcast stand out in the market, but there’s not a whole lot of market left, writes Michelle Caffrey at bizjournals.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Residential broadband’s penetration rate is at 80.2 percent, says MoffettNathanson analyst Craig Moffett, and subscriber growth…
-
Robert Mueller’s time in combat during Vietnam shaped his career path
ONE DAY IN the summer of 1969, a young Marine lieutenant named Bob Mueller arrived in Hawaii for a rendezvous with his wife, Ann. She was flying in from the East Coast with the couple’s infant daughter, Cynthia, a child Mueller had never met. Mueller had taken a plane from Vietnam. After nine months at war, he was…
-
Tech Talk: What happens to our online data when we die?
“Digital death” is one of the biggest challenges facing the tech community. Where does our online data go when we’re gone? Who gets our Bitcoins? Should our social media accounts be preserved or shut down? Even if we were to settle upon a reliable system for “passing on” control of our digital lives, applying real-world solutions to…
-
Keystone First looks to Lyft to get pregnant patients to appointments
For many low-income patients, getting to the doctor for regular checkups can be a challenge. It can be hard to take off from work, and it can be even harder to find a ride to the hospital — especially in an emergency. Enter: ride-hailing services, Uber and Lyft, which have entered the healthcare space as…
-
Tech Talk: Yanny vs. Laurel, explained
Here’s the backstory of where the “Yanny vs. Laurel” audio clip came from—and how it went viral—down to the person who recorded it. There are a few partial explanations for how Yanny and Laurel became 2018’s version of “the dress,” which similarly tore the internet apart three years ago, writes Louise Matsakis at Wired. [uam_ad id=”54865″] A…
-
Amazon offering new Whole Foods discounts for Prime shoppers
Amazon is offering Prime members an additional 10 percent discount at Whole Foods Markets, part of a broadening plan to use discounts to increase shoppers. Amazon said Wednesday that it was launching the discount at Florida Whole Foods stores and plans to expand the discount to all Whole Foods stories in the country this summer, writes Greg Lamm in…
-
Amazon to give Prime members extra discounts at Whole Foods
Amazon is turning its Prime membership into a Whole Foods loyalty program that could drive more people to its stores. The benefits started Wednesday at stores in Florida and will expand nationwide this summer as Prime members get an additional 10 percent off sale items and exclusive deals on certain groceries, writes Joseph Pisani at…
-
New Jersey leads the way to nationwide sports gambling
By Morning Brew Gambling fanatics across America all texted their college group chats yesterday, saying: “The Supreme Court just nixed PASPA. RIP to our bank accounts.” After all, it’s the only natural way to celebrate the end of a 25-year ban on sports gambling. But if you didn’t get that text, you might be scratching your head,…
-
Tech Talk: Retraining becomes crucial for protecting jobs
With automation predicted to displace as many as 73 million, or a third, of U.S. workers by 2030, retraining throughout a career is becoming the most viable path for those who hope to keep working. Online learning and micro-certification are increasingly appealing to individuals and businesses seeking to future-proof themselves against automation, or introduce automation…
-
Tech Talk: 14 mistakes that can cost applicants a job
According to a survey by IT staffing firm Robert Half Technology, tech chiefs across the country have identified a list of 14 mistakes and warning signs that they say can often cost people a job. Badmouthing former managers and employers tops the list, writes Roberto Torres at technical.ly. [uam_ad id=”54865″] “There is strong activity in the…
-
Tech Talk: Twitter urges users to change passwords
Twitter encouraged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords Thursday after a bug revealed the passwords in unencrypted form in an internal log. In tweets Thursday afternoon, Twitter’s chief technology officer, Parag Agrawal, apologized for the error, writes Hamza Shaban at philly.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Twitter said in a blog post that “we…
-
UPS in talks to begin home furniture deliveries
With an eye to boosting growth, United Parcel Service is looking at ways to delivery bulky goods such as furniture. Reuters cited an unnamed source who said UPS is in talks to hire U.S. trucking company Werner Enterprises Inc.to launch an in-home delivery service for large, heavy goods such as couches and treadmills, writes Eric Mandel at bizjournals.com. [uam_ad…
-
Merck 1st-quarter revenues up 6 percent
Drugmaker Merck ‘s posted first quarter revenues of $10.04 billion this week, an increase of 6 percent driven by a jump in sales of cancer blockbuster Keytruda. However, a $1.4 billion charge for starting a research partnership with Japanese drugmaker Eisai dragged down profits by more than half, writes Linda A. Johnson at philly.com. [uam_ad…
-
Aqua America appoints new executives
In response to the upcoming retirement of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer David Smeltzer, Aqua America has announced a new leadership team. Daniel Schuller will succeed Smeltzer as CFO, and Matthew Rhodes will join the company to fill Schuller’s current role as executive vice president, writes Donna Rovins at dailylocal.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] In his…
Founding Partners
Advertisement
Affiliate Partners
Community Partners
