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Apple’s debut TV series, Planet of the Apps, kicks off

June 7th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

After months of trailing a move into original TV content, Apple yesterday pushed play on the first episode of Planet of the Apps, which can now be watched online via iTunes if you’re a subscriber of the company’s [...]

Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank launches $30M ‘Beacon’ fund for fintech

June 7th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Roll up, roll up, there’s a new fintech VC fund in Southeast Asia town. Today, Thailand-based Kasikorn Bank announced its inaugural tech fund which is 1 billion THB, just shy of $30 million, in size. Kasikorn, which was [...]

Illumio, a specialist in segmented security, raises $125M at $1b+ valuation

June 7th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Another day, another major round of funding for a security startup, underscoring just how active the area of IT protection is right now — both in terms of business need and as an investment opportunity. Today, Illumio — [...]

Scout RFP raises $15.5 million to help companies manage purchases

June 7th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Running a company is expensive. And it’s more than just the product and employee costs that add up. From furniture to electronics, there’s a lot of day-to-day corporate spending that can be hard to keep tabs on. That’s [...]

Bosch to create radar road “signature” maps for high accuracy self-driving

June 7th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Bosch will be teaming up with TomTom to create a new kind of high-resolution localized maps that incorporate a “radar road signature” generated by Bosch, which can help position cars in their surroundings to within a few centimeters [...]

Delphi and Transdev to develop global on-demand driverless transportation

June 7th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Dance cards are filling up for the coming autonomous driving revolution: The newest partners are Delphi and Transdev, who are joining forces to create an automated, on-demand mobility systems, with a service offering set to make its debut [...]

Amazon, Kickstarter, Reddit, YC join ‘save net neutrality’ protest planned for July 12

June 7th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

A day of protest over the FCC’s controversial proposal to eliminate net neutrality rules has been planned for July 12, with supporters of the online action including the likes of Amazon, Etsy, Github, Kickstarter, Reddit and Y Combinator. [...]

SpaceX will launch the US Air Force’s top secret X-37B spaceplane in August

June 7th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

SpaceX has secured a contract to launch the uncrewed X-37B spaceplane, a secret military spacecraft created by the U.S. Air Force that’s kind of like a compact space shuttle, but whose functional purpose is ultimately kept under wraps. [...]

Stem raises $8M to get music artists paid more seamlessly

June 7th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

While music streaming has become more and more commoditized, artists still have a wide array of places to distribute their songs like Spotify, YouTube and Apple Music — but getting paid properly can start to complicate things. That [...]