5 posts and columns on veterans

These Boots Are Made for Tracking: GPS Technology Comes to Shoes

in Commerce on January 30 at 9:03 am PT

The souped-up shoes are aimed at caretakers who need to monitor people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. However, they raise some technical — and legal — questions.
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A Newbie’s Guide to Mobile World Congress, From a Barcelona Newbie

in Mobile on February 13, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Headed to her first Mobile World Congress, Mobilized’s Ina Fried asks Barcelona veterans for their tips and advice on surviving the massive cellphone trade show.

Microsoft Pleased With Response to Yahoo HotJobs Ads

in News on June 23, 2009 at 4:00 pm PT

Microsoft may have failed in its bid to acquire Yahoo last year, but it hasn’t failed in its bid to acquire some of the company’s talent. Between November 2008 and March 2009, Redmond hired away five Yahoo veterans. Now comes word that it’s picked up three more.
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The Entire D6 Demo of DEKA Research's Bionic Arm (2 of 3)

in News on September 11, 2008 at 10:13 am PT

We’re posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May. Unfortunately, due to issues too complicated to go into, we have to post all the D6 interviews in several 15-minute parts (I know, I know). But–as many readers have requested–they will all be available in their entirety in this column. In the less contentious spirit of DEMOfall and TechCrunch50, two demo conferences taking place simultaneously this week, we’re happy to bring you all the demos we had onstage at the D6 conference. Here’s part two of three videos of the most popular demo, with well-known inventor Dean Kamen, who showed off his latest creation, the “Luke Arm” prosthesis.