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The new iOS App Store lets devs choose whether or not to reset ratings when updating

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

When an app developer releases a new update in the App Store, all their beautiful reviews disappear in the ether. This is about to change as developers will soon have the option to keep app reviews and the [...]

Microsoft trademark filing may reveal ‘Project Scorpio’ logo

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Today in trademark news, Microsoft has filed for a trademark that may give us our first glimpse of the new Project Scorpio… logo. No, it’s not nearly as exciting as pre-E3 leaks/spottings could be, but it’s something. Read [...]

US Route 33 to test V2I tech

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

When you think of central Ohio, you might not think “hotbed of innovation.” But you’re going to want to rethink that. This summer, a 35-mile stretch of U.S. Route 33 outside of Marysville, Ohio, will be wired to [...]

Uber exec is out after violating rider’s privacy

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

A top Uber executive has been fired after obtaining medical records of a female passenger who was raped during a ride in India. The Uber executive at the center of the report, Eric Alexander, served as the company’s [...]

WeWork has acquired venture-backed Fieldlens

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

WeWork, the seven-year-old, New York-based co-working juggernaut that more recently entered into the business of co-living, has been making a series of small acquisitions with some of the $1.8 billion that it has officially gathered from investors. Its [...]

Judge denies Uber’s request for stay in Waymo suit

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, the self-driving car subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is still on track to go to trial in early October, as the judge in the case denied Uber’s request for a stay [...]

Google’s Project Wing team takes a key step towards making drone delivery real

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Project Wing, the X project from Google (now housed under mutual parent Alphabet) that focuses on drone delivery, just shared a key update in its efforts to make everyday drone delivery a reality: The company completed a series [...]

Intel agencies want to make the most controversial foreign surveillance rule permanent

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

In a Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing that often veered off route, two of the nation’s most powerful intelligence figures made their case for extending a controversial portion of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act known as Section 702, [...]

Gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter soars 26% in public debut

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Investors greeted ShotSpotter with a warm reception on Wednesday, on its first day as a public company. After pricing the IPO at $11, the stock closed at $13.86, or up about 26 percent. ShotSpotter notifies police departments about [...]