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Lettuce as a "Miracle" sugar substitute and other biotech startup projects

More and more research had been conducted to find a substitute for a certain substance or food additive like the sweetener. Recently, lettuce has been a good candidate for producing miraculin, chosen by Alan Perlstein and his team making sure that it is not going to be a GMO.

Aug 24, 2015 3:13 AM EDT


Chicago catching up fast as next Silicon Valley hub

Chicago is emerging as next potential city for future Silicon Valley tech hub as it leaves other citities behind with advantages such as young educated population, affordable real estate, presence of global IT companies, availability of VC funding and other social parameters.

Aug 24, 2015 2:27 AM EDT


Google's Life Sciences will now be a standalone company under Alphabet, after being Owned by Google X

Google’s Life Science team has graduated to a standalone entity, which will be under Alphabet after being under Google X.

Aug 24, 2015 2:21 AM EDT


Spotify says sorry over new private policy

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says sorry in Spotify blog regarding the unfair privacy policy the music streaming app is applying. Reports say Spotify obtains personal information and sends it to advertisers.

Aug 24, 2015 1:56 AM EDT


Samsung wants iPhone users to sell their loyalty for $1 only

Now you have the chance to try one of Samsung's latest innovative smartphones, for a $1 within 30 days, that is, if you are an iPhone user. This so-called Ultimate Test Drive will test your loyalty to iPhone especially if you don't have to handle over your iPhone while using your choice of the Samsung smartphone at the same time.

Aug 24, 2015 1:47 AM EDT


Maxymiser acquisition to fortify Oracle Marketing Cloud

Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire Maxymiser. The latest buyout will help Oracle further strengthen its Oracle Marketing Cloud.

Aug 24, 2015 1:44 AM EDT


Intuit plans to let go of its businesses including Quicken

Intuit plans to let go of its businesses including QuickBase, Demandforce and Quicken. Intuit announced its most recent quarterly report and surprised everyone when it said that it will sell Quicken, Demandforce and QuickBase but will keep TurboTax and other products.

Aug 24, 2015 1:42 AM EDT


Elon Musk's Hyperloop starts construction in 2016; Oerlikon Leybold and Aecom joined in

Elon Musk's vision of Hyperloop is finally shaping up as Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum and Aecom funded HTT to construct the high-speed capsule transportation in 2016.

Aug 24, 2015 1:41 AM EDT


Facebook edges out Google as a traffic source for news

Facebook has become the top traffic source for news, edging out search giant Google. According to traffic analytics firm Parse.ly, this is due to Facebook's growing popularity as a platform for discourse around news and information.

Aug 23, 2015 11:59 PM EDT


LinkedIn's Newest App Helps you Learn more about your Co-Workers

LinkedIn launched Wednesday its new app Lookup, which helps employees connect with the right co-workers to be more productive.

Aug 23, 2015 11:56 PM EDT


Bitcoin's future is threatened by rival, under 'hard fork' crisis

A hard fork is the crisis that divides Bitcoin developers these days. Does it really affect the future of this promising currency? OR is it a healthy transition?

Aug 23, 2015 11:53 PM EDT


HP’s Planned Layoffs to Exceed 55,000

HP CFO reveals that layoffs will exceed an additional 5 percent of the planned 55,000 layoffs by October.

Aug 23, 2015 11:26 PM EDT


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