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Improving search and advertising are the next frontiers for voice-activated devices

December 20th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Despite millions of orders for voice enabled devices, vendors have yet to map the uncharted territory of voice enabled search and advertising. Indeed, as voice search expands — to the tune of 50 percent of all searches by [...]

Alibaba Cloud is opening its first data center in India

December 20th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Alibaba is bringing its cloud computing business into India as it continues to expand its first-growing business unit. The Chinese firm said today that its first data center on Indian soil will come online in January and be [...]

Blow to Uber in Europe as top court rules it’s a transport service

December 20th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Europe’s top court has provided the final verdict on a multi-years legal challenge brought by EU taxi associations to Uber’s claim that it’s just a technology platform — with the CJEU today ruling it’s a transport service. Read [...]

Litecoin founder Charlie Lee has sold all of his LTC

December 20th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Charlie Lee, the former director of engineering at Coinbase, is selling almost all of his holdings in Litecoin (LTC), the cryptocurrency that he founded in 2011. Lee explained in a post on Reddit that he is selling all [...]

PayPal backs pan-European savings deposit marketplace Raisin

December 20th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Raisin, the savings deposit marketplace that lets you shop for a better interest rate across Europe, has picked up backing from PayPal. Described as a “strategic investment,” the new funding round remains undisclosed. Read More on Tech Crunch

Mobike lands investment from Line to grow its bike-sharing service in Japan

December 20th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Dock-less bike rental company Mobike is teaming up with messaging app firm Line to boost its presence in Japan. Line, which is Japan’s most popular messaging app with 71 million users in the country, is making an undisclosed [...]

Crunch Report | U.S. Government Blames North Korea for WannaCry

December 20th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

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Coinbase halts Bitcoin Cash trading as price briefly hits $8,500

December 20th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

After just announcing full support for Bitcoin Cash, buying and selling on Coinbase and GDAX is temporarily disabled. For about an hour Coinbase and GDAX were both showing Coinbase Cash prices at around $8,500, which is almost three [...]

Bio-programming toolkit maker Asimov launches with $4.7M from Andreessen Horowitz

December 20th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Biotech is one of today’s many hot tech frontiers, but one thing holding it back is that it’s significantly less amenable to traditional computing techniques than other areas. A new startup is working on bridging the gap between [...]