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Google launches Hire, a new service for helping businesses recruit

July 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Google today announced the launch of Hire, a new service that helps businesses more effectively manage their internal recruiting process. Hire offers businesses a cohesive applicant tracking service that’s deeply integrated with G Suite to make it easier [...]

Mira’s Prism is a $99 headset vying to become the Google Daydream of augmented reality

July 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The Mira Prism is a strange product, intended to fill a gap that may or may not actually exist: the mid-tier AR market. The brand new startup is positioning the headset as the Gear VR or Google Daydream [...]

Zeta Global acquires Boomtrain to bolster its machine learning tech

July 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Zeta Global, the marketing automation platform founded by David A. Steinberg and former Apple CEO John Sculley, today announced that it has acquired Boomtrain, a machine-learning centric marketing platform. Sources close to the company tell us that the [...]

Stox to launch token sale for its new prediction market

July 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Stox.com is Invest.com’s prediction market product and it’s getting a little boost through a newly-opened token sale using Bancor’s smart token protocol. This announcement, while full of jargon, means that Stox will be able to raise money to [...]

NewStore raises $50 million for mobile commerce

July 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Demandware founder Stephen Schambach has moved on to his next startup and investors are betting $50 million. NewStore, an enterprise platform for mobile commerce, has raised a Series B from Activant Capital, General Catalyst and Schambach’s own money. [...]

After relaunching its accounting platform, FreshBooks has raised another $43 million

July 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

For a decade and a half, FreshBooks has worked to establish itself as one of the most popular accounting software platforms for small businesses and the self-employed around the world. To accelerate growth, the company has raised $43 [...]

Doggie DNA startup Embark raises $4.5 million in seed to find your puppy’s breed

July 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Ever wanted to know the genetic mix of your mutt? Embark, a doggie DNA startup has raised $4.5 million in seed to expand its offering of genetic kits for your pup’s pedigree. Embark launched in Austin, Texas two [...]

Self-driving truck startup Embark raises $15M, partners with Peterbilt

July 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Self-driving trucking startup Embark has raised $15 million in Series A financing, the company announced on Tuesday. Embark first broke cover back in February, when it revealed trucks equipped with its neural net-based deep learning approach to autonomous [...]

Taavet Hinrikus hands over CEO reins TransferWise to cofounder Kristo Kaarmann

July 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

A changing of the guard at TransferWise, the unicorn startup based out of London that specialises in providing money-transfer services, typically with better rates than banks and other incumbent providers. The company’s CEO and co-founder Taavet Hinrikus announced [...]