Tinder for cannabis fans, High There, launches
The annual online dating season peaks this year with the launch of a snazzy, new “Tinder for the marijuana enthusiasts” app, High There, today. High There iterates on the My420mate.com, Stonersingles,...
View ArticleTour an SF cannabis dispensary with Google View
Since Google Maps launched its Street View initiative years ago, folks can step into a virtual storefront to peruse comic book stores, coffee shops, and other businesses before actually setting foot in...
View ArticleThe first farm-to-table pot app, Flow Kana, launches
The ‘know your farmer’ movement has now come to cannabis. Yesterday, Bay Area cannabis tech startup Flow Kana held a private launch party for the world’s first farm-to-table marijuana app — medical, of...
View ArticleMass Roots app enters stock market as first marijuana-related IPO
In further proof that marijuana is going mainstream, the social network app Mass Roots is going public on the stock market as one of the first cannabis-related IPOs from the Securities and Exchange...
View Article‘Foursquare for Stoners’ app gives users a contact high
Announcing when and where you’re getting high might seem like an irresponsible practice, but it’s actually encouraged when using the new app, Who Is Happy. The anonymous geolocation service has...
View ArticleMarijuana app Eaze raises $10 million in venture capital
A San Francisco medical cannabis delivery app that launched in July has a valuation on par with another major tech disruptor when it was in its infancy: Uber. Eaze announced today that DCM Ventures —...
View ArticleGreenRush — another GrubHub for pot — launches in Bay Area
San Francisco’s hottest new tech sector keeps getting hotter this week with the launch of GreenRush — the latest app to fulfill medical cannabis patients’ needs. Similar to the Y combinator graduate,...
View ArticleVaping etiquette: where can you legally vape?
Vape — it may be Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year, but you’d need a paralegal to parse the law on where it’s OK, illegal, or just plain rude to use an e-cigarette or other vaporizer. These small,...
View ArticleMassRoots app poised to become first marijuana company at TechCrunch Disrupt
The people behind the social network app MassRoots are making big moves. They recently entered the stock market bearing the distinction of the first marijuana-related IPO. Now they want to become the...
View ArticleBest Vaporizers: Kandypens K-Vape Micro-DX packs a giant punch
The Santa Barbara-based vape wizards at Kandypens want to give thanks to their supporters in the form of the new K-Vape Micro-DX. Ever since their first Indiegogo campaign for the Skycloud, Kandypens...
View ArticleHow a vape pen can change your life
While the majority of cannabis users can enjoy the relaxing sensation of getting stoned, some people view getting high as a hellish, paranoia-induced nightmare. For those folks, the Hash‘s Max Savage...
View ArticleBest Vaporizers: Kandypens WAXXY vapes concentrates with style
Turn your vape pen into a fashion statement with the WAXXY from Kandypens. The latest offering from the Santa Barbara vapor savants improves on the excellent Black Edition with a wide selection of...
View ArticleNew iPhone app tells pot users if they’re too stoned to drive
The friendly folks at NORML want to make sure you’re safe to to drive before you sit behind the driver’s wheel with their new My Canary app. While there’s currently no technology that gives an accurate...
View ArticleOregon TV station balks at first pot-related ad
A television station in pro-marijuana Portland, Oregon got cold feet right when it was about to join the green rush this week. ABC affiliate KATU in Portland was set to air an ad for the Oregon Medical...
View Article2015’s best luxury vaporizer, PAX 2, adds flare
The year’s must-have luxury vaporizer, the PAX 2 from San Francisco’s Mission District, adds some flare this week. Hot off their smashing Outside Lands after party with Toro Y Moi, PAX rolls out a line...
View Article‘Marijuana Don’ shares ridiculous Instagram full of models, private jets
If you love watching millionaire playboys having excessive amounts of fun with fast cars and expensive planes, then follow Michael Straumietis on Instagram now. The self-proclaimed “Marijuana Don” is...
View ArticleMarijuana disrupts TechCrunch Disrupt SF
The biggest winner to emerge from the 2015 TechCrunch Disrupt SF battlefield is pot. Two companies working closely with the legal marijuana industry took the event’s Disrupt Cup as well as Runner-Up...
View ArticleTwitter building has a WeedClub for pot startups
Odor-proof designer handbags from Annabis took first place in a Shark Tank-like pot start-up pitching contest inside the Twitter building recently. As I detail for 7X7.com, the tech and cannabis worlds...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg tours San Quentin, deplores pot arrests
Mark Zuckerberg is calling for prison reform after spending a day in San Quentin. The Facebook co-founder took a trip to the infamous Bay Area facility last week after reading The New Jim Crow, a book...
View ArticleNew West Summit fuses cannabis, technology and business in SF this weekend
The worlds of cannabis and technology will collide this weekend at the first-ever New West Summit in San Francisco. The New West Summit fills the urgent need for what people are referring to as the...
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