Allow me to speak for all New Yorkers when I say we expect our friends from the west coast to be comparatively laid back. They serve as our reminder that it’s okay to occasionally take it slow. Now, allow me to speak on behalf of everyone who attended the NYC leg of Demo Day last night – that grass-grazing stigma doesn’t stand a chance against the entrepreneurial wunderkinds who make up the 2011 class of Dave McClure’s500 Startups....
A survey conducted bySymantec, a security product and solutions provider, stated that 53 per cent of adults in India have been victims of mobile phone loss or theft. Despite this alarmingly high number, only two in five Indians have a password protecting their devices. Norton said in a release that there is an imminent need for better mobile protection in the country. Indians have their phones lost or stolen 1.5 times every five years on average, so it is important to protect these devices, especially the data that’s contained within....
The journey to 5G is having a turbulent takeoff in the US. The rollout of the wireless service has been partially postponed due to fears that it poses a threat to aircraft safety. International airlines includingEmirates, British Airways, and Air India canceled flights to the US on Wednesday over concerns about interference from5Gtowers. Telecoms giants Verizon and AT&T have agreed torestrict the rollout near key airports, but this hasn’t allayed the anger of the aviation industry....
At the height of his career, the pioneering electrical engineer Nikola Tesla became obsessed with an idea. He theorized that electricity could be transmitted wirelessly through the air at long distances – either via a series of strategically positioned towers, or hopping across a system of suspended balloons. Thingsdidn’t go to plan, and Tesla’s ambitions for a wireless global electricity supply were never realized. But the theory itself wasn’t disproved: it would have simply required an extraordinary amount of power, much of which would have been wasted....
5G-powered drones will soon deliver packages in Florida Preparing for drone deliveries UPS has operated more than 3,800 drone delivery flights since the creation of UPS Flight Forward, its drone delivery company which was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration in 2019. During the pandemic,drone delivery has expandedfrom emergency healthcare supplies to providing rapid, contactless delivery options to people at home. “Using Verizon’s 5G and Skyward, we’ll be able to transform the delivery experience – more personal, more on-demand, and with the same safety, efficiency, and reliability our customers trust today,” said Bala Ganesh, Vice President, Advanced Technology Group, UPS....
