Silicon Valley’s fastest growing companies succeed because they aren’t focused on selling

A trait shared by the fastest growing and most disruptive companies in history—Google, Amazon, Uber, AirBnb, and eBay—is that they aren’t focused on selling products, they are building platforms. The ability to leverage the network effects of a platform is something that the technology industry learned long ago—and perfected. It is what gives Silicon Valley […]

The first brain-controlled drone race just took place in Florida

old jedi mind trick The first brain-controlled drone race just took place in Florida In the future, if you want to go somewhere or have your robot do something, you might only have to think about it. The University of Florida held a race April 22 which it called the first drone race controlled by […]

Get Free Unlimited VPN on the New Opera Desktop Browser

The desktop browser Opera has been around for a long time, but it has lost ground to the likes of Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Opera is doing a lot to lure users back, and its latest feature is a doozy. Opera now comes with unlimited, free VPN for life! A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, basically […]

Bringing Your Drive to Life with Automatic and GoPro

Bringing Your Drive to Life with Automatic and GoPro Sharing your adventures has never been easier. With Automatic, you can show off your latest drive or even create a hyperlapse of a memorable trip with Dashboard Labs. But nothing tells a story better than video, and that’s why we’ve cooked up a new experiment with […]

Ford pays $200,000 to check out a Tesla Model X

DETROIT/SAN FRANCISCO — Ford Motor Co. paid $199,950 — $55,000 more than the sticker price — to buy one of the first SUVs made by Tesla Motors Inc., according to vehicle registration documents obtained by Bloomberg. The white Model X is a Founders Series with a vehicle identification number indicating it was the 64th one […]