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A digitizing David takes on photo-scanning Goliath

December 29th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Mitch Goldstone loves photo scanning. His business, ScanMyPhotos, does what it says on the tin: you send photos to the company and, using high speed scanners and special software, his team digitizes your photos, sticks them onto a [...]

You can now pick up an iMac Pro in-store, for $4,999 and up

December 29th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Apple’s super-powered iMac Pro hit the company’s online store just ahead of Christmas. Now those who’d prefer to pick one up in-person can do so by paying a visit to one of its various retail establishments. Availability was [...]

Historian Leslie Berlin talks about the rise of Silicon Valley

December 29th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

In this week’s episode of Technotopia I spoke to author and historian Leslie Berlin, writer of Troublemakers: Silicon Valleys’ Coming Of Age. Berlin is the Project Historian for the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford University and one of [...]

Amazon updates Fire TV’s YouTube app to redirect users to a web browser instead

December 29th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The feud between Amazon and Google continues today with the early removal of YouTube from the Fire TV – a move Google had said wouldn’t take place until January 1, 2018. But as a number of Fire TV [...]

Britain’s spy agency can’t stop losing cyber talent to major tech companies

December 29th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The NSA isn’t the only secretive national intelligence agency having trouble keeping its tech-savvy recruits. In a new document from the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, Britain’s spy agency describes its difficulty in fending off tech companies [...]

SoftBank’s big investment in Uber comes to a close

December 29th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

SoftBank’s long-anticipated investment in Uber is almost done. Following the close of the tender offer on Thursday, a SoftBank-led group was able to secure interest for its desired 14% stake in the company. The news was first reported [...]

AWS showed no signs of slowing down in 2017

December 29th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

AWS had a successful year by any measure. The company continued to behave like a startup with the kind of energy and momentum to invest in new areas not usually seen in an incumbent with a significant marketshare [...]

Apple apologizes for not telling customers iPhones with older batteries would slow over time

December 29th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Apple has today posted a letter on its website and a technical article in its Knowledge Base apologizing for not being more transparent about how it handles performance on iPhones with older batteries. Last week, Apple issued a [...]

Uber’s Frankenboard arrives

December 29th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Today was a momentous day in Uber history. After much debate, rumors and strife over the past few weeks, it looks like the company and its shareholders have come to an agreement over a tender offer that will [...]