Combined entity consolidates tech and talent. NEW YORK (PRWEB) August 22, 2017 Spreaker & BlogTalkRadio announced today that their respective Boards have approved a merger of the two companies that promises to create the leading technology platform for podcast creation and monetization. The combined entity is comprised of more than 50,000 podcasts, millions of listeners globally, and a proprietary suite of creation and monetization technologies that enable podcasters to manage each step of the creation, distribution and commercialization process with an easy to use, all in one solution. Francesco Baschieri, co-founder and CEO of Spreaker, who will serve as President of the combined company, said, “We’re combining Spreaker’s best-in-class mobile and web content management system and creation tools with BlogTalkRadio’s first-to-market monetization platform. The merged company operates at massive scale delivering unique value to independent hosts, … [Read more...]

Latest in series of awards for famed SaaS startup Calabasas, CA (PRWEB) August 22, 2017 InviteManager, whose web and mobile apps make it easy for companies to take clients to events and prove the ROI, has been named one of LA’s Best Places to Work by LA Business Journal for the third year in a row. This recognition is the latest in a series of high-profile awards InviteManager has received, including:     Inc Magazine’s Best Places to Work in 2017     Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies (3rd straight year)     100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies by LABJ (2nd straight year)     Deloitte Tech Fast 500 for stellar revenue growth     24 Hottest Startups in LA by Symmetry50 LA Business Journal spotlights the companies whose hiring and employee development make them best in class across a large segment of industries. Companies who have created … [Read more...]

Experts working on the 700-year-old abandoned site of Engaruka in Tanzania have revealed farming practices that could be useful in modern agriculture. Researchers from the U.K.’s University of York found that sophisticated irrigation systems and terraces at Engaruka were built to capture eroded sediments that were used to feed the site’s arid landscape. "We knew before starting our work that an irrigation system of this size required more water than is available in the area today, but what we have found is that the site used to flood, and that the inhabitants carefully manipulated these floods to grow crops and to accumulate vast quantities of sediments," explained Dr. Carol Lang of the University of York’s Department of Archaeology, in a statement. 'LOST … [Read more...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - It was fitting that Chiefs quarterback Tyler Bray, on his first play after checking into a preseason game against Cincinnati, threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Seantavius Jones. Pretty much summed up the Chiefs’ quarterback situation. Alex Smith has hardly missed through his first two exhibition games, leading the Chiefs downfield with relative ease. Patrick Mahomes II has moved past Bray to No. 2 on the depth chart, the first-round draft pick dazzling coaches and fans alike. And even Bray, who for five years has held onto a roster spot despite never appearing in a real game, has flashed moments of promise. Like his touchdown pass against the Bengals on Saturday night, when he zipped a throw to Jones in perfect stride. “All three guys played well. You could go into a game with those guys and feel comfortable,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “We never close our eyes to anything - our eyes are always open - but these guys showed they … [Read more...]

There once was a time Apple updated its flagship MacBook Pro laptop with relentless regularity. Overnight, the previous model - bought a year or even a week ago - would be rendered obsolete. Or at least, out of fashion. Infiniti's 2018 Q50 points to a new tech reality: personal transportation is often outpacing personal computers in updating. The Q50 sports sedan popped up for the 2014 model year. Or at least the name did. Its predecessor, the G37, had been around for a decade winning accolades and buyers. In 2016 the Q50 got a new look, new chassis technology and turbocharged engines producing up to 400 horsepower. Now, months before 2018 arrives, the Q50 has gone through another round of revisions and should be in showrooms any day now. One thing that doesn't change is the engine lineup. The V6 is the motor of choice for the lion's share of Q50 buyers. The direct-injection "VR" aluminum V6, which earned a spot on Ward's 10 Best Engines list for 2017, has dual turbochargers … [Read more...]

D-Tech International has recently completed an installation at the prestigious LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) where budding stars of stage and screen now use D-Tech RFID technology in their quest for knowledge. London (PRWEB UK) 21 August 2017 D-Tech International has recently completed an installation at the prestigious LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) where budding stars of stage and screen now use D-Tech RFID technology in their quest for knowledge. D-Tech designs, manufactures and installs library security systems across the globe, and includes many of the UK’s leading universities in its client list. Every institution is unique, and D-Tech works with the library management team to meet their needs and work within their budget to provide a fit for purpose solution that enables libraries to operate more efficiently. LAMDA may be the oldest drama school in the UK but its £28million centre for drama training, officially opened … [Read more...]

Pittsburgh is competing to build the fastest nongovernmental computer in the country, with an economic impact to the region that could run up some big numbers — possibly exceeding $1 billion, according to one backer. It would also need a lot of power — enough electricity to light 5,000 homes. And that’s just one of the challenges accompanying a grand effort to land $120 million in National Science Foundation grant funding to build the computer about the size of a basketball court. Competition for the grant money is intense. “This is going to be a really tough thing to win,” said Rob Rutenbar, who was recently recruited from the University of Illinois for the newly created position of senior vice chancellor, research, at the University of Pittsburgh. “We are just as competitive as everybody else. “This is all going to come down to who has the best idea.” Applications will be evaluated on intellectual merit, which encompasses the … [Read more...]

If you can’t make it outside to actually check out the solar eclipse, don’t worry, because Facebook and Snap have you covered. Facebook has partnered with NASA for a live stream of the eclipse, starting at noon ET. The event will be highlighted from several different locations, including the International Space Station, on NASA’s Facebook page. No fancy glasses are necessary. News organizations are turning to Facebook to broadcast the eclipse, too, with NBC News, CNN and Time all showcasing it on their own Facebook Live streams. Also Read: If you want to watch it from your desk, rather than waste precious seconds walking outside, set your watch for 2:45 p.m. ET. For about 90 seconds, that’s when the eclipse will reach its peak “totality.” Snapchat is also set for the eclipse, which won’t happen again for another seven years in the U.S. Users will be able to use Snap Maps to see where there friends are at — and when a … [Read more...]

To help organizations quickly cut through the noise, T2 Tech Group developed T2 Alert Insight - a real-time visual notification system with a centralized dashboard and customized email alerts. Los Angeles, Calif. (PRWEB) August 21, 2017 IT help desks need to quickly answer and triage problems, incidents and service requests. To help organizations quickly cut through the noise, T2 Tech Group developed T2 Alert Insight - a real-time visual notification system with a centralized dashboard and customized email alerts. The consulting group is offering T2 Alert Insight wherever visual notifications bring value to IT teams, and they’re willing to package up the hardware and software required for the product and implement it in client environments. The new IT support management tool aggregates alerts from any IT system in real-time. The algorithm developed by T2 Tech’s software engineering team actively parses system alerts to provide a visible system status with an … [Read more...]

$15,000 in Scholarship Awards will be presented at the 2017 GRC Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, USA (PRWEB) August 21, 2017 The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), a non-profit educational association dedicated to the promotion of geothermal energy and associated technologies around the world, is pleased to announce the recipients of six GRC Scholarship Awards. The selection was based upon a variety of factors, including the individual’s academic record, student activities, geothermal industry experience, and career goals. The scholarships, totaling $15,000, will be presented at the GRC Annual Meeting, to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, from October 1 - 4. The winner of the GRC Student Project Award ($4,500) is Emma McConnville (University of Nevada – Reno). The three winners of the GRC Graduate Scholarship Awards ($2,500 each) are Jon Golla (University of New Mexico), Steven Sewell (Victoria University) and Daniel “Burke” Brunson (University of … [Read more...]

Company Partners with Leading Chinese Bio Security Firm to Bring Its Proprietary CANARY Technology to China Baltimore, Maryland (PRWEB) August 21, 2017 Baltimore biotech firm, PathSensors, Inc., announced today it has partnered with a leading Chinese bio security firm, to bring its proprietary CANARY pathogen detection technology and high throughput testing solutions to the Chinese market. As part of the relationship, the Chinese firm has purchased an undisclosed number of PathSensors’ Zephyr pathogen detection instruments and will act as a distributor to further spread the technology within China. The Zephyr allows customers to detect a wide range of toxins, bacteria and other pathogens in minutes, thanks to PathSensors’ CANARY® (Cellular Analysis and Notification of Antigen Risks and Yields) biosensor technology. The Zephyr is ideal for applications such as bio-security, food safety, environmental monitoring, first responders, and plant safety. … [Read more...]

From Navy cryptographer to Microsoft executive, native San Antonian Al Perales brings almost 40 years of experience and career advice to his newest role guiding technology startups as a partner at the RealCo Seed Fund Program. He joined the team headed up by RealCo CEO Michael Girdley, also the co-founder and managing director of the Geekdom Fund. RealCo is a 15-month program that incubates, and provides early funding for business-to-business technology-related startups. It’s designed to help them “get on the path to a series A” — generally a company’s first significant round of venture capital financing. Companies that are accepted into the program receive a $100,000 investment — $50,000 on entry and another $50,000 when they reach $10,000 monthly recurring revenue for three months, said partner Chris Saum, who co-founded the Austin-based MUD Geochemical Inc. “I want the perception to be that if you’re a startup and someone … [Read more...]

BANKRUPTCIES Chapter 11 Goodwill Industries of Southern Nevada 1280 W. Cheyenne Ave. North Las Vegas, NV 89030 Attorney: Zachariah Larson at [email protected] BID OPPORTUNITIES Aug. 21 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for air transportation of inmates Clark County, 604563 Sandra Mendoza at [email protected] Aug. 22 2:15 p.m. Mountain’s Edge Park: adult ballfields and site improvements Clark County, 604549 Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected] Aug. 23 2:15 p.m. Desert Breeze Regional Park: pool building HVAC renovation Phase II Clark County, 604567 Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected] Aug. 24 2:15 p.m. Russell campus, building and fire protection: public address and audio visual upgrades Clark County, 604534 Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected] BROKERED TRANSACTIONS Sales $5,300,000 for 47,625 square feet, retail 3864 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89102 Seller: Did not disclose Seller agent: Ray Germain and Candace Bare of Marcus & Millichap Buyer: … [Read more...]

Baker Mayfield, right, and Oklahoma didn’t feel much pressure in the Big 12 last season. The Sooners are conference favorites again this year, with Lincoln Riley, left, as the new head coach. (Sue Ogrocki/AP) The college football season kicks off Aug. 26 with a partial schedule featuring some wacky road trips — Hawaii at U-Mass.! Rice vs. Stanford in Sydney! To get you ready — and to make sure your team has its moment, however brief — we’ll count down the days by ranking every Football Bowl Subdivision team by conference. Last week, Patrick Stevens ran though the second-tier Group of Five leagues and independents; this week, it’s the Power Five, including his picks for the College Football Playoff.  Previously: Independents | American Athletic | Mountain West | Conference USA | Mid-American | Sun Belt Next up: Pac-12 | ACC | Big Ten | SEC The Big 12 finally has regained its elusive 13th data point, better known to those not on the College … [Read more...]

Less than two weeks before kickoff is a fair time to start looking at Alabama's first game of the season. And since it's going to be a top-3 showdown, it'll be hard to over-analyze Alabama vs. Florida State. We'll start with the two offenses using some of the same statistical measures we analyze weekly in this space. Since this is Week 1, we can only depend on last season's numbers. Both teams return six starters including the quarterback on the offensive side of the ball. Alabama lost top target ArDarius Stewart while the Seminoles are without leading rusher Dalvin Cook and top receiver Travis Rudolph. That said, Florida State had better offensive yardage numbers, though Alabama scored more points. The value of those 15 non-offensive touchdowns are evident here. It's also worth noting that the Seminoles led the nation in red zone scoring percentage (96.5 percent). That's one of the measures Nick Saban says is among the more important indicators of success. Alabama was better with … [Read more...]

YOSHIKAZU TSUNO | AFP | Getty Images A full-scale figure of a terminator robot 'T-800', used at the movie 'Terminator 2', is displyed at a preview of the Terminator Exhibition in Tokyo on March 18, 2009. More than 100 leading artificial intelligence (AI) experts are calling on the United Nations to prevent the development and use of killer robots. In an open letter to the UN published Monday, a group of 116 robotics specialists – including Tesla's Elon Musk and Google's Mustafa Suleyman – urged the organization to take action against "weapons of terror." "Once developed, lethal autonomous weapons will permit armed conflict to be fought at a scale greater than ever, and at timescales faster than humans can comprehend," the letter said. … [Read more...]

Photo Credit Jennifer Heuer YOU CAN DO ANYTHING The Surprising Power of a “Useless” Liberal Arts Education By George Anders 342 pp. Little, Brown & Company. $27.A PRACTICAL EDUCATION Why Liberal Arts Majors Make Great Employees By Randall Stross 291 pp. Redwood Press. $25.Surely one day the ability to interface directly with the nanomachinery connected to our brains will render computer science as we know it obsolete. When experts start arguing for its continued relevance, undergraduates choosing a major will begin to realize that the obscure art of manually punching arcane symbols into keyboards is no longer a safe bet. At the present moment, however, it is only liberal arts majors who have to wonder whether all of the articles and books promoting the marketability of their chosen discipline should make them more or less uneasy about the … [Read more...]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - People hoping to get their pet causes before voters are fanning out to fairs and other gatherings in South Dakota, collecting signatures for citizens’ initiatives on issues ranging from government ethics to looser marijuana laws. Election Day 2018 is far off, but supporters need thousands of people to pledge support for their initiatives by Nov. 6 just to get on the ballot. Initiated measures need nearly 14,000 valid signatures, while constitutional amendments require almost 28,000 names. Here’s a look at some of the proposed initiatives and a few reminders for voters: ___ RIGHT TO DIE Activists pushing for South Dakota to join several states with laws allowing physician-assisted dying are gathering signatures for an initiative that would let terminally ill people get prescriptions for drugs to end their own lives. Under the plan, state-licensed physicians would be able to prescribe life-ending drugs to South Dakota patients who have diseases … [Read more...]

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is not just the wealthiest man in Japan. He's not just a tech titan boasting billions of dollars worth of investments in some of the most important companies of our age. Son is his country's lone mold-breaking entrepreneur. Alessandro Di Ciommo | NurPhoto | Getty Images SoftBank Group Corp. founder, Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son. Decision-makers in Japan are usually fiscally conservative, whereas under Son, SoftBank appears to be making regular multi-million dollar, or in some cases multi-billion dollar, investments into various companies — some of which are not directly related to SoftBank's core money-making … [Read more...]

Healthcare payer interest in payment and revenue integrity solutions drive sustained growth Itasca, IL (PRWEB) August 20, 2017 LaunchPoint, a provider of cloud-based information-driven solutions for healthcare organizations and parent company of Discovery Health Partners and Ajilitee, today announced it has been named one of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for the fourth year in a row, according to Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 5000 list. LaunchPoint’s three-year growth rate has earned it a place on the list since 2014, when it debuted at #100; 2016’s placement was #4719 among the fastest-growing private firms in the U.S. According to Inc., only one in ten companies who have earned a spot on the Inc. 5000 list repeat that achievement four times. “We’re honored to be part of the Inc. 5000 community for the fourth straight year and appreciate this recognition of our growth and marketplace success,” said Terrence M. Ryan, … [Read more...]