Big Blue is the latest company to bet on an enterprise future on the blockchain.
In the latest sign that the technology behind bitcoin is being embraced by the corporate world, IBM says it’s exploring how the cryptocurrency’s shared ledger system can be used in fields from banking to the Internet of Things.
Tommy Goodwin of Eventbrite spends half the year on the road. Here are his tips for being a happy traveler, even when the going gets tough.
There’s a certain type of traveler who likes to complain. The flight’s a tad delayed? “This is a travesty! Let me speak to your supervisor!” The in-flight meal’s a little cold? “Give me your name—I’m reporting this as soon as we land!” The TSA line is crawling? “What is this, a third-world country?”
The Elio is an interesting, affordable vehicle that has attracted legions of enthusiastic supporters before its release.
A few years ago, it was hard to imagine a vehicle like the Elio getting on the road, let alone attracting so much interest from customers and investors. The three-wheeled vehicle isn’t that sporty, it doesn’t look conventional, and it’s not completely practical. You need something bigger if you want to go on a long trip, or if you live in the countryside.
Just click. It’s exactly what you hope it’s going to be.
If you think about it, a sushi restaurant’s conveyor belt isn’t just a fun delivery system for nigiri and sashimi. It’s also a sales pitch in the form of a metaphor: what better way to eat fresh fish than to scoop them out of an endlessly flowing stream as they pass by?
The defiantly simple MP 01 feature phone makes a statement about more mindful technology.
You won’t be able to swipe left or right on the forthcoming MP 01 phone, nor will you be able to use the latest fleet of mobile apps, read the news, or snap photos. But you will be able to make calls, send texts, and take back some of your life from technology’s clutches.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, one industry insider brashly explains why air travel has gotten so admittedly bad.
We’ll call him Mr. X. He has decades of experience working with some of the biggest players in the airline industry. And he hates flying every bit as much as you do.
Atlanta, San Francisco, and Boston are among the cities with the highest income inequality in the nation.
In San Francisco, the richest 5% of households rake in an average of $423,000 a year, while the poorest 20% make around $24,000. The income gap between rich and poor is even worse in Atlanta, where the wealthiest people make nearly 20 times more.
Responsive design is becoming the norm for on-screen interfaces. But what about for our clothes?
Becca McCharen, CEO of the fashion label Chromat, thinks the solution for uncomfortable, ill-fitting apparel lies in making your clothes respond to your body just as easily as a webpage adapts to a smartphone or desktop screen.
It was born from a book tour and launches later this month. Here, editor Jessica Grose tells us what to expect—and why.
Jessica Grose’s life as a freelance journalist was pretty sweet: steady work from Slate, Elle, and New York magazine was rolling in; her second book The Closest Marriage was done. Nothing, it seemed, could pull her back into the daily hustle of a staff job.
Fountain uses artificial intelligence to connect you with specialists who can answer even the most arcane questions.
Aaron Patzer knew when he bought a house that Google just wasn’t going to cut it. The Mint.com founder suddenly found himself with a range of new problems and questions, from a broken hot water heater to uncertainty over how best to protect the wooden paneling on the side of his new home. But getting answers to these questions online proved tedious and sometimes impossible. Surely, he figured, there was a way to better connect people with the insights they need.
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