Rocco Penn

  A tech blogger, social media analyst, and general promoter of all things positive in the world. "Bring it. I'm ready." Find me on Media Caffeine, Twitter, and Facebook.

   

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1478 Stories by Rocco Penn

Airbnb confirmed that it raised another $1.5 billion in funding

Airbnb may not be pulling in as much funding as Uber, but it’s raising more than pretty much every other startup out there. First...
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Australia wants to become a breeding ground for science startups

Australia is home to some of the world’s most-brilliant scientists and most-innovative startups, but it’s still only meeting a fraction of its potential. The country...
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Robots could account for half of Japan’s workforce by 2035

Japan’s population is expected to start shrinking at an alarming rate in the years to come, and the country has already started running into...
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Uber’s new $2.1 billion funding round will value it at $62.5 billion

It’s a testament to how massive Uber is at the moment that pulling in an additional $2.1 billion in funding is barely even noteworthy, considering...
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Google has been accused of tracking students without permission

Last year, Google pledged to never exploit the personal information of students for non-educational purposes, which was meant to assuage concerns that Google’s push...
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The Galaxy S7 may be almost identical to the Galaxy S6

The Galaxy S6 was built from the ground up as a completely new smartphone, which makes it more like the beginning of a new...
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Watch Amazon demonstrate its delivery drones in this new video

Proving that its delivery drone idea was more than just a promotional stunt, Amazon has released a video in which it actually demonstrates one...
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SpaceX is hosting a contest to test out the future of transportation

We’ve heard a lot about Hyperloop in the two years since Elon Musk first released the concept, but he haven’t really seen much in...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks SpaceX will never lead the space frontier

Neil deGrasse Tyson admits that he’s not very good at predicting the future, but his claim that SpaceX will never lead the space frontier...
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Tor wants to replace government donations with crowdfunding

Considering how the United States government’s feelings towards encryption and online anonymity have been like over the past couple of years, it’s no surprise...
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The FAA may register drone pilots instead of the drones themselves

With commercial drones exploding in popularity, and the potential dangers of the emerging technology becoming more evident, the FAA has been trying to come...
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Children can’t tell the difference between an ad and a regular link

Most people who have been using the Internet for a while can tell the difference between an advertisement and an actual search link, especially...
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The FCC has nothing but praise for T-Mobile’s unlimited video service

T-Mobile came under fire from net neutrality advocates when it released Music Freedom, and the company has run into similar concerns with its new Binge...
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Goodblock raises money for charities by blocking advertisements

Ad-blockers are a dime a dozen nowadays, and they all do the same thing in roughly the same way, so in order for any newcomers...
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Google Search just got a hell of a lot more advanced

Google Search has always been impressive in the way that it’s able to intelligently understand your questions, but it’s still not even close to...
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Reading comics on your smartphone just got a hell of a lot better

Google Play Books has supported comics and graphic novels for years, but the user experience has never been the best, especially when compared to...
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Snapchat now sells additional photo lenses for $0.99

Snapchat’s never-ending quest to find a way to monetize its massive userbase has led it to do some pretty interesting stuff, but it’s most-recent...
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NextVR has raised $30.5 million to live-stream content in virtual reality

Live streaming and virtual reality are seen as the future of entertainment, and NextVR wants to cash in on both of the trends at the...
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