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Facebook’s ‘comment a memory’ meme should replace ‘HBD!’

December 28th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

I find it truly sad the way Facebook has led us to reduce wishing friends a happy birthday to a meaningless, generic chore. It’s not Facebook’s fault. It gives us an open-ended comment box. But our laziness and [...]

Apple devices again saw the most activations during the holidays

December 28th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Apple devices accounted for 44 percent of smartphone and tablet activations over the holidays, with nearly a third of those coming from new devices including the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X, according to new data from Flurry [...]

Here’s an easy trick to get an extra life on HQ Trivia without a referral

December 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Want an extra life on HQ but hate shilling out your referral code? Try this trick. Open HQ to the main page (where it shows the next game time and your balance) and swipe up really fast with [...]

Certain Sonos and Bose models can be accessed by hackers to play sound remotely

December 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a potential hack opening key speakers from Sonos and Bose to remote access. As first reported by Wired, the Sonos Play:1, Sonos One, and Bose SoundTouch systems can be located and taken [...]

Thousands of major sites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking measures

December 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

It’s no secret that ad-blockers are putting a dent in advertising-based business models on the web. This has produced a range of reactions, from relatively polite whitelisting asks to dynamic redeployment of ads to avoid blocking. A new [...]

King-size games may have to wait as Nintendo reportedly delays 64-gig Switch cartridges

December 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The Switch may be the most pleasant tech surprise of 2017, but although it has many excellent qualities, excessive storage space is not among them. And it looks like that will continue to be a problem if, as [...]

Instagram will now add ‘Recommended’ posts to your feed

December 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Instagram’s feed will now show users recommended posts – a change that earlier this month was spotted while in testing, and has since quietly gone live. The feature, described here in the company’s Help documentation, will suggest posts [...]

LG teams up with HERE for self-driving telematics tech

December 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

LG is looking at the rise of autonomous vehicle technologies as an opportunity to expand its electronics business, and it’s now working with mapping provider HERE to put together a telematics product aimed at self-driving vehicle applications. The [...]

HQ Trivia arrives on Android in Canada in beta

December 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

App-based trivia sensation HQ Trivia is on its way to Android, as the company previously revealed, but a special group of users can access it right now — Canadians. The app is now live in the Canadian Google [...]