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DocTrackr lets you secure manage and track shared documents. Headed up by CEO Clément Cazalot, this French startup is already profitable with $150,000 in annual revenues.
Mortar “makes it easy for companies to store, access, and manage large data sets in the cloud, using the Hadoop software framework (Boston.com).” The company wants to help anyone with a pile of under-utilized data.
UberSense develops mobile video analysis solutions for coaches and athletes. The company’s apps make it easy for anyone to video-record, analyze, and improve their technique and game tactics.
Libboo is a web community of authors dedicated to creating the next digital bestseller. Libboo offers a way for writers to publish to Amazon and Barnes & Noble at the click of a button, and then build teams of influencers and fans to work together to create bestselling books.
Testive provides quick online tests that predict how they’ll perform on the SAT. The company hopes to help students improve their scores fast, while making the prep process apart of their everyday routine.
Bison, with its wonderfully geometric logo design, wants to help you take control of your deal flow with powerful fund summaries. The name Bison stands for Boston Illiquid Securities Offering Network.
Shopsy, founded by DC-based designer Lisa Morales-Hellebo, lets users assemble complete outfits based your own taste.
Simply Good Technologies’ entire goal is to drive in-store sales for businesses. Based out of Toronto, SGT hopes to make to mobile coupling simple and social.
Laveem, previously Lessonsmith, is developing a “Food Genome Project,” to create “the largest food and nutrition knowledge base in the world.” The startup’s “goal is to be able to support an entire ecosystem of applications that can change the way the world eats and help people make better dietary decisions in their li...
Overall, the entire class looks quite promising, with a strong emphasis on design and function. Today will have a massive impact on the future of each startup, so we’ll have to check back later in the year before we know which companies will thrive.
TechStars Boston announced earlier that a second program will be happening this fall, so you can expect a completely new class of startups demoing here again this winter.
No, Joey Tribbiani isn’t cooking a human baby in this ‘Friends’ scene – but what is it?
Eagle-eyed Friends fans recently spotted something strange in Joey’s oven in the show’s final episode – with some viewers suggesting that it appeared to be a human baby.
The post on Reddit has attracted serious speculation from Friends devotees. Check the screenshot out for yourself below.
Fans have been debating what the unidentified object could be – with guesses ranging from a baby’s body to a rubber chicken, Rachel’s hairless cat, and perhaps even an M&Ms figurine.
That would make sense. Joey does love his food, after all. But we’ve never seen a turkey with elongated arms and legs like that – have you?
We wouldn’t be surprised if Joey, distraught by the emotional turmoil of having to give away his beloved duck and chick, would accidentally put a rubber chicken into the oven, instead of a real one. Perhaps there’s even a long-lost deleted scene of Joey tucking in to the scorched inedible bird?
A darker theory: is the mystery object actually Rachel’s $1,000 sphinx cat from Season 5 episode ‘The One With The Ball’? Well, the entire gang (including Joey) did find the cat pretty repulsive. However, the episode ended with Rachel selling the cat to Gunther – so no, it’s probably not the cat.
No. Just no, way too dark.
I think it’s safe to say we’ve solved the mystery: it’s clearly a figurine of the yellow M&M character reclining in an armchair. Why is it in the oven though? Who knows. That’s the next mystery to solve.
Meanwhile, Friends was recently crowned the UK’s most watched streaming show.
The US sitcom arrived on Netflix back in January, with subscribers able to binge watch all 10 seasons. Repeats of the show were broadcast on Channel 4 and E4 until 2011.
While Netflix and Amazon don’t publish their own viewing figures, new data has been released by TV watchdog Ofcom, revealing the classic sitcom as top of the list in streaming figures.
Netflix have spent over £5billion on original programming this year alone, but the show from 1994-2004 is proving the most popular than new shows.
You can the list of the UK’s top streaming shows below.
Despite making it into the top ten, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was cancelled by Fox earlier this year. However, NBC were quick to snap it up, recommissioning the show for a 13-episode run. It’s said that Netflix, Hulu and TBS were also keen to get involved.
A play combining live action with archive film footage which was shot over 25 years ago featuring local children from Northamptonshire is to be performed this week.
Lydia By Any Other Name is a story about two former child stars Steven Chambers and Rosemary Tomms, now middle aged, separated, each with two children, both living separate lives, and of a bizarre coincidence which reunites them.
The play’s focus is the relationship that develops between Lydia (Eleanor Morrison), an only child who is seen by her peers as an outsider and dresses in a non conventional way, as a tomboy, and her semi retired grandmother Rosemary (Jaki Loudon ).
The performance starts at 7.30pm tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday, May 30. There is also a performance at 6pm on Sunday, May 31.
It can be seen at The Looking Glass Theatre, The Old Newspaper House, Northampton (opposite the Derngate stage door) and is suitable for children. Admission £8 and £10 and can be booked by calling 01604 624811.
Saudi Arabia has arrested at least three more women's rights activists in a widening crackdown just weeks before a ban on women driving is set to end, international rights watchdogs said on Tuesday.
Rights groups last week reported the detention of seven activists, mostly women who previously campaigned for the right to drive and an end to the kingdom's male guardianship system, which requires women to obtain the consent of a male relative for major decisions.
The government later announced that seven people were arrested for suspicious contacts with foreign entities and offering financial support to "enemies overseas", and said authorities would identify others involved.
State-backed media labelled those held as traitors and "agents of embassies", unnerving diplomats in Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally, with some likening it to repression in neighbouring Egypt and saying their governments would privately discuss the matter with Saudi authorities.
"These actions are inconsistent with messages of reform on which Western support for Vision 2030 is based," one diplomat said, referring to Saudi Arabia's ambitious social and economic reform agenda. "These actions will have consequences."
Official criticism by foreign governments, though, has been scant. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has courted Western allies to support his reforms. Hundreds of billions of dollars of investments were discussed during his recent trips to the United States and Europe.
Amnesty International told Reuters that seven women and two men were now being held, in addition to "one unidentified activist". Human Rights Watch confirmed that total. One activist said 11 people had been arrested - seven women and four men.
"Amnesty International is worried about reports of further arrests of individuals ... and we call on the authorities to reveal the whereabouts of these individuals and reveal the charges against them," said Samah Hadid, Amnesty's Middle East Director of Campaigns.
Government spokesmen were not immediately available for comment on the latest reports.
Ending a decades-old ban on women driving cars is part of a bid to diversify the economy away from oil and open up Saudis' cloistered lifestyles.
It has been hailed as proof of a new progressive trend in the conservative Muslim country, but has been accompanied by a crackdown on dissent, including dozens of arrests last September that appeared to pave the way for lifting the driving ban.
"It's an act to stifle any kind of mobilisation in Saudi Arabia that comes from the grassroots level," said Madawi al-Rasheed, visiting professor at the London School of Economics.
"Mohammed bin Salman wants all the credit for any kind of success story; he wants to tell the world and the audience that the rights of Saudi women and every Saudi citizen come from him."
Of the 10 detainees, Amnesty has only publicly identified four women - Eman al-Nafjan, Loujain al-Hathloul, Aziza al-Yousef and Aisha al-Manea, and two men as Ibrahim Modeimigh and Mohammed al-Rabea.
Manea is a longtime women's rights defender, campaigning for women's right to drive since the 1990s. Both Nafjan and Yousef participated in a protest against the driving ban in 2013.
Yousef also authored a petition in 2016 seeking to end male guardianship, which Nafjan and Hathloul signed. Hathloul was previously detained at least twice for her activism.
Women who previously participated in protests against the driving ban told Reuters last year that two dozen activists had received phone calls instructing them not to comment on the decree lifting it. Some of those arrested this week nonetheless continued to speak out.
One activist, speaking on condition of anonymity, said terrified colleagues were shutting their social media accounts. Another warned: "To end the feminist movement risks closing the space for civil rights activism altogether."
Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson announced today that is looking to sell the team. The news comes shortly after the NFL launched an investigation regarding accusations of “workplace misconduct” made against him.
Four former Carolina Panthers employees received settlements from Richardson after they claimed he made inappropriate comments, according to Sports Illustrated. On one occasion, Richardson allegedly directed a racial slur at African-American Panthers scout.
Amid the accusations, Richardson posted a letter on the Carolina Panthers website (which can be read below) announcing that he is selling the team. In it, he expresses his gratitude towards the players, fans, and the Carolina community.
The letter did not mention the allegations facing him.
The news of Richardson’s alleged workplace misconduct and selling of the Panthers comes at a time when three NFL Network analysts were suspended after a former employee claimed that they sexually harassed her.
A lawyer argues we're all better off because the Constitution is difficult to amend.
This op-ed column reflects the opinions of its author, Royal Alexander.
In the last few days there has been a torrent of ideas — such as abolishing the Electoral College, limiting the presidential pardon power and creating term limits for members of Congress — emanating from the new Congress. In the past there have also been efforts to abolish the Second Amendment and make the District of ...
All of these issues are either expressly provided for or specifically addressed in our Constitution. The framers of our Constitution designed that inspired document so that it requires an often lengthy and arduous process to amend it.
Article V provides for two ways to amend our Constitution.
The second method of amending the Constitution allows the states (through their state legislatures) to initiate the effort. Two-thirds of the states must apply to Congress for a convention, at which time Congress must call a convention for proposing an amendment.
With either method, a proposed amendment becomes a part of our Constitution only if and when it is ratified by state legislatures or state conventions in three-quarters of our states. Whether the ratification is by state legislatures themselves or by conventions in each state will be proposed and determined by the Cong...
As you can imagine, any proposal to amend our Constitution requires enormous effort and coordination. It is supposed to be difficult to amend our national constitution. However, the power to do so exists in Article V. The framers were brilliant to empower the states with their own method of doing so.
I respectfully disagree. Many of these voices simply prefer the status quo because it benefits them.
And even if two-thirds of the Congress or the states are able to convene and send an amendment out, it would still have to be ratified by three-quarters of the states. That means 38 states would have to agree before the amendment became a part of the Constitution. So, it would only take 13 states to defeat the proposed...
Royal Alexander is a lawyer in Shreveport.
Top city PR figure Jonathan Clare has revealed that he has been warned by police that he may have been a victim of phone hacking during his time working at Citigate Dewe Rogerson.
The Daily Mail reported over the weekend that three executives who were working at financial agency Citigate have been told that they may have had their voicemails intercepted.
Former Citigate CEO Jonathan Clare, now executive chairman of Newgate Communications, has revealed to PRWeek that he was one of those told via a letter from his mobile phone provider that his phone may have been hacked.
He said that he was ‘surprised’ that anyone would try as he and others would not have left ‘sensitive information’ on a voicemail.
He added that it was unlikely that Citigate was a lone target in the world of financial PR.
The alleged incidents date back to around 2005 and 2006, when Citigate was one of the market's key players in the booming M&A market, including advising Telefonica when it took over mobile phone firm O2.
MUSKEGON, Mich.— Celebrate Michigan’s 177th Birthday with a Party In Your Parka at Muskegon Winter Sports Complex Saturday, Jan. 25.
This is the second year for the all-ages, all-day celebration, which includes winter activities, live music and art. Admission is free with a Michigan State Park pass, but there are fees for using the trails, renting equipment and getting luge lessons. Pricing can be found on the Muskegon Luge & Sports Complex page her...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-- Ottawa Hills High School will host Saginaw Arthur Hill this Saturday, Jan. 18 as part of the Floyd Mayweather Classic.
Five games will play out on the basketball court, starting with Lansing Sexton vs. River Rouge at noon. Kalamazoo Central will take on Lansing Eastern at 2 p.m., followed by East English Village vs. Flint Southwestern at 4 p.m. and the Muskegon Big Reds vs. Chicago Orr at 6 p.m. Ottawa Hills will close out the classic ...
Tickets to the Floyd Mayweather Classic are $10 and are good for all five games. Children age 5 and under are free. Tickets are available at the door or at the Ottawa Hills Athletic Office Wednesday through Friday, from 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. OK Conference, Golden Age and Grand Rapids Public Schools staff passes will not b...
MUSKEGON, Mich.-- The L.C. Walker Arena will come alive Saturday, Jan. 11 as young hockey players take the ice.
The Junior Jacks Squirt B1 hockey team will take on the Holland #1 team at 1 p.m. At 2:30 p.m., the Junior Jacks Squirt B2 team will take on the Big Rapids #1 team. The fun on ice continues Sunday, Jan. 12 with the Junior Jacks Peewees, as they compete against the Big Rapids Peewee team at 2:30 p.m.
The L.C. Walker Arena is located on Fourth Street in Muskegon. For more information, call (231) 726-2400 or visit www.lcwalkerarena.com.
MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP, Mich.--Players from the West Michigan Lake Hawks read books to students at Timberland Charter Academy on Wednesday, Dec. 11.
Team members also talked to students about their career as American Basketball Association players. They visited the gym and showed off some of their basketball skills.
Timberland Charter Academy is a tuition-free public charter school serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
CHICAGO — Chicagoans will be able to cast their votes in the mayoral election in less than two weeks.
Early voting is projected to start on Jan. 28 at 175 W. Washington.
If you still need to register or apply to vote by mail, visit www.chicagoelections.com or stop by sixth floor at 69 W. Washington St.
Ward polling sites open for mayoral race voting on Feb. 11. Election Day is Feb. 26.
To learn more about the mayoral candidates, visit wgntv.com/mayor.
A brace from Chris Dagnall and a Callum Ainley wonder goal helped Crewe to a much-needed win against nine-man Crawley.
Ainley curled in a terrific effort from the edge of the area to open the scoring before Dagnall flicked in a header just before the break to double their lead.
Crewe eased to only their second win in eight matches after Crawley skipper Jimmy Smith and Jordan Roberts were dismissed and Dagnall grabbed his second in stoppage-time.
Crewe spurned some chances and were lucky to not fall behind when Thomas Verheydt flicked Josh Payne's shot onto the crossbar.
Jordan Bowery sliced a far-post volley with the goal gaping and, when Perry Ng's deflected shot was scrambled out by goalkeeper Glenn Morris, Dagnall poked the rebound the wrong side of the post.
Morris was fortunate to escape with a yellow card after he caught Ainley, who was through on goal, as he seized on the keeper's mistake.
However, Ainley put the hosts ahead when he cut in from the left to find the top corner.
Crewe doubled their lead when Dagnall beat Morris to George Cooper's free-kick to glance home just before the interval.
Crawley's hopes faded further when Smith was issued a straight red card for an off-the-ball incident in the 61st minute.
Substitute Moussa Sanoh struck the woodwork in a rare attack for the visitors but their misery continued when they went down to nine after Jordan Roberts picked up his second yellow card with five minutes left, before Dagnall added a third from close range.
Match ends, Crewe Alexandra 3, Crawley Town 0.
Second Half ends, Crewe Alexandra 3, Crawley Town 0.
Attempt saved. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

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