President Obama to Make Last Appearance on The Daily Show
On July 21, President Obama will make his last appearance on The Daily Show, just a few weeks before Jon Stewart turns over the desk to Trevor Noah. This will be Obama’s seventh appearance on the show and fifth since he was elected, the last following the 2012 presidential debates. During the show, Obama is expected to discuss the nuclear deal with Iran and provide Stewart with a memorable send-off. Read more about the appearance on Bloomberg.
UCLA Hacked
Hackers could have stolen the personal information of up to 4.5 million from UCLA Health on Friday. UCLA Health revealed on Friday that its system, which connect four hospitals and more than 150 office in California, had been accessed by criminals. The hackers may have found out medical information as well as personal details. You can find out more about the hack in the announcement here.
OrderUp Acquired by Groupon
OrderUp, the rising food-delivery startup based in Baltimore, has been acquired by e-commerce giant Groupon. OrderUp CEO Chris Jeffery released a statement indicating that little will change in the short term, as the company will maintain its Baltimore base, though will likely expand to Cincinnati and Orlando in the near future. He will be hoping that the acquisition will help the company improve its delivery times and deal with increased popularity of food delivery apps. Read more about the acquisition at WBJ.
Reddit CEO Proposes New Rules
Reddit’s co-founder and new CEO Steve Huffman has rolled out a prospective set of new rules for the site. In a Reddit post, Huffman proposed several kinds of content that would be banned under the new code of conduct, including personal info, anything that “incites harm or violence,” illegal content, sexually suggestive pictures of minors and "anything that harasses, bullies, or abuses an individual or group of people.” Huffman hosted an AMA, where he indicated that Reddit will shut down and quarantine some of the worst subreddits, a policy that seems on its face similar to the unpopular measures former CEO Ellen Pao took earlier this summer. None of these rules are yet final and Reddit seems prepared to take suggestions from users. Read more about the new rules on The Verge.
Google Reveals Q2 Earnings Report
On Thursday, Google (GOOGL) announced its Q2 earnings report, posting revenue of $17.7 billion and earnings per share of $6.99 (non-GAAP diluted). Analysts had estimated that Google would post revenue of $17.75 billion and earnings of $6.71 per share, meaning the search engine giant missed on revenue by $5 million but beat on earnings per share by 28 cents. "Our strong Q2 results reflect continued growth across the breadth of our products, most notably core search, where mobile stood out, as well as YouTube and programmatic advertising”, said CFO Ruth Porat in a statement. Read more from Chris Bing here.
Internet companies demand patent reform from Congress
Executives from a group of major Internet companies including Google, Yelp and Yahoo urged Congress to pass the Innovation Act, a bill for patent reform currently held up in the House. The letter was organized by the Internet Association, which represents many of the largest tech companies in the world. There's been pushback from other groups, especially those associated with the biotech industry and the bill's passage is uncertain. You can read the whole letter here.
DC hosts Girls Who Code to encourage women in tech
Chris Bing visited D.C.'s first-ever Girls Who Code educational program and discovered some impressive work going on. Teenage women there are learning coding and programming skills that will help catapult them into careers in technology, where women are woefully underrepresented right now. Find out what he learned about the future of women in technology in his full story here.
A DC startup learns Apple is hard to please
It took a year and a lot of hard work for the creator of miniature breathalyzer DrinkMate to get his device approved for the iPhone. Building a mobile device and an app to use it is hard enough, but the road Apple makes developers walk to get approval is more daunting than any programming problem. Now, though, it has managed to crowdfund more than $35,000 on Kickstarter. Find out how DrinkMate won Apple's approval in our story here.
United Airlines is giving hackers millions of miles
Hacking an airline doesn't sound like an activity that would get you rewarded, but United Airlines is handing out a lot of airline miles to hackers who spot ways to hack into its servers. Tech companies have rewarded hackers who find bugs and exploitable problems in their programs for a long time, but United is the first transportation company to do so. Read more about the program in The Washington Post here.
