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Puls Snags $50M to Grow On-Call Repair Service for Smartphones, IoT

Xconomy

San Francisco-based Puls, founded in 2015, offers to dispatch technicians quickly to a customer’s home or office to replace malfunctioning parts, mount a widescreen TV on the wall, or install smart home devices such as security systems, voice-activated assistants, and Internet-connected thermostats. The 24/7 service operates.

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The Pan-Cancer Screen: Still Early for Prime Time

Xconomy

I would be ecstatic to have a simple tool for my patients that could detect cancers like ovarian and pancreatic that currently have no effective screening approach. The most popular approach is screening blood for circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), which several companies claim to reliably detect at very low levels in the blood.

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CES 2015 | A Look At Some of The Big Boys

Tech Zulu Event

Here is a look back on some of the biggest booths at CES 2015. Originally looking like your grandmother’s spectacles with an on-screen display of 80s computer green text, the prototypes were looking far from finished. A curved screen may have peaked interest, but did not do much more. Pros: The giant 4K TVs.

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Interview with Jamey Edwards, Cloudbreak Health

socalTECH

Our interview today is with Jamey Edwards, the CEO of Cloudbreak Health, a Los Angeles-based telemedicine company, which provides telehealth services, including interpretation and access to specialists, within healthcare facilities. The iPad Pro is better, and has a larger screen size, and better audio and acoustics.

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iOS 9 iPhone 7 Wish List

Eric Greenspan

Here is my iOS 9 wish list for 2015: 1. I’d like to be able to see who called me while I was on the phone and edit my favorites when the person I’m talking to is complaining about their bad service at Sizzler the night before. Give me this option and I’ll try to be more definitive in 2015. Or from an email.

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The Five Major Tech Trends of 2016

Xconomy

Back in 2013, Google reported that 90 percent of multiple device owners switch between screens to complete tasks, using an average of three different combinations every day. Through screen mirroring, users have greater flexibility over how they view – and share – content. The Continued Growth of Cloud.

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SaaS Is Dead, Long Live Software

InfoChachkie

It’s high time we kill the term Software As A Service (SaaS) and call it what it is – software. Even Salesforce abandoned it’s silly “No Software” tagline, after the company had to explain in 2015 that it meant, “No legacy software, just cloud software.”. Software terminology is stubbornly not following a similar evolution.

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