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Kalanick is out, but Uber’s VCs royally screwed up, too, say industry watchers

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Travis Kalanick, who last night resigned from his post as CEO of ride-share giant Uber, has taken the blame for the company’s very long list of problems, from allowing a culture of sexual harassment to thrive, to skirting [...]

Mercari hires John Lagerling from Facebook’s management team to guide its U.S. strategy

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

When Mercari became Japan’s first startup unicorn with a $75 million round last year, the funding was earmarked to fuel its goal of becoming the top secondhand marketplace app in the U.S. Now Mercari is doubling down on [...]

Trump might kill next month’s new startup visa before it takes effect

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

According to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Trump administration may rescind or indefinitely delay the International Entrepreneur Rule, widely regarded as the U.S. version of a startup visa. Overseen by the Department of Homeland Security [...]

Google Glass is apparently still around — and just got its first update in nearly three years

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Dust off your Google Glasses, those who still have them — the $1,500 face computer is back in the spotlight today with a few updates. In its first update since September 2014, Google Glass got a “MyGlass” companion [...]

Russian freight service Deliver closes seed round of $8M, with European plans

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Russia-based online freight service Deliver (formerly iCanDeliver) has closed a seed round of $8 million. The startup automates the process of ordering freight transport and makes things more efficient by finding the closest sender. Read More on Tech [...]

Apple goes after clones and spam on the App Store

June 21st, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Every time Apple’s developer conference rolls around we get a smattering of changes to the App Store Review guidelines. This corpus of rules can be, in turns, opaque and explicit, and has caused a decent amount of consternation [...]

How technology-enabled ‘selves-improvement’ will drive the future of personal productivity

June 21st, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Digital assistants and bots undeniably enhance our work lives in myriad ways. They’re terrific; your wish is their command. And they literally acquire more “skills” every day. But are better bots and smarter software servants truly the best [...]

Google Glass is apparently still around and just got its first update in nearly three years

June 21st, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Dust off your Google Glasses, those who still have them, the $1500 face computer is back in the spotlight today with a few updates. Today, in its first update since September 2014, Google Glass just got a “MyGlass” [...]

Snapchat acquires social map app Zenly for $250M to $350M

June 21st, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Snapchat’s newest feature Snap Map is based on its latest acquisition, social mapping startup Zenly. TechCrunch has learned that Snapchat has bought Zenly for between $250 million and $350 million in mostly cash and some stock in a [...]