Robot tutor Musio makes its retail debut in Japan

 A cute, robotic language tutor called Musio, has made it from crowdfunding campaign to full-fledged product…

Can podcasting save the world?

 As writers resort to attention-getting headlines to maintain readership it’s clear that the educated, mobile, and…

Let’s Watch It! allows friends to watch & react to videos together on iMessage

 A new application for iMessage called “Let’s Watch It!” introduces an easy way for you to…

Baidu is acquiring xPerception, a U.S. startup focused on computer vision

 Baidu is acquiring xPerception, a US startup specialized in computer vision, according to Reuters. Details are…

Purple, a Utah mattress startup you’ve probably never heard of, is on track to unicorndom

 Nearly a thousand miles away from Silicon Valley and just west of Utah’s Great Salt Lake,…

Custom status messages are coming to Slack

 AFK, BRB, in a coffee meeting or what not — Slack, with its constant stream of…

goTenna Series B fuels vision to make short-range communication possible anywhere on the planet

 Founded in 2012 with the small goal of enabling connectivity-free communication, goTenna has ballooned to over 23…

Yext shares pop more than 20% in public debut

 It looks like we can add another one to the string of IPOs that at least…