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HoloKit is like Google Cardboard for augmented reality

June 3rd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The revelation behind Google Cardboard was that if you put your phone close enough to your eyes, it’s basically a VR headset — but it’s not quite that simple for mixed reality setups like Microsoft’s HoloLens. Or is [...]

Storage provider Tintri’s IPO filing shows mounting losses

June 3rd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Blue Apron wasn’t the only venture-backed business to announce its IPO this week. Tintri, an enterprise cloud platform company, unveiled its filing. The stock market is doing well and there’s been a strong appetite for tech offerings, so [...]

Crunch Report | The World Is Melting

June 3rd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Waymo is exploring self-driving trucks, Bumble’s meetup space, the Hive and reaction from VCs after pulling out of the Paris climate agreement. All this on Crunch Report. Read More on Tech Crunch

Netflix cancels sci-fi drama Sense8 after just two seasons

June 2nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

‘House Of Cards’ is back streaming on Netflix with its fifth series, but another Netflix Original created around the same time as the political blockbuster is being put out to pasture. ‘Sense8,’ which the streaming company announced with [...]

LG launches a mobile payment service in Korea

June 2nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

LG announced plans for its own mobile payment service way back in November 2015, and today it finally went official with the launch. The LG Pay service is initially limited to the G6, LG’s flagship smartphone, via a [...]

Nintendo’s Switch Online service will cost $20 per year and launch in 2018

June 2nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Important news for Switch owners, Nintendo has spoken up to confirm a number of details around the online service for its new console. Online is an essential component to gaming these days, and the Switch service will grant [...]

Greenlight raises $7.5 million so parents can provide a smart debit card to their kids

June 2nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

For parents today, a company called Greenlight is offering a smart debit card that can be given to their kids, instantly reloaded with funds from a mobile app, and place restrictions around merchants their children can make purchases. [...]

The MB&F HM6 Alien Nation will attack your block

June 2nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Fine timepieces are usually staid affairs. A little gold here, some enamel here, and a nice movement are enough to please some of us but it’s clear that a minority need hand-cut crystal domes, scurrying aliens, and enough [...]

Alphabet’s Waymo is also exploring self-driving trucking

June 2nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Alphabet-owned Waymo, the autonomous driving technology that began life as Google’s self-driving car project, is evaluating a move into self-driving trucking. The company told BuzzFeed that it’s currently conducting a “technical exploration” of how its “technology can integrate [...]