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Sketchfab adds 3D sound to its 3D model sharing platform

July 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Sketchfab wants to become a sort of YouTube for 3D models and scenes. While the service started as a way to show off static 3D objects, the company has added a ton of interactive tools over time, making [...]

SoundCloud says it’s not going anywhere

July 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

I’m glad to hear that because I can’t lose SoundCloud. Ever. Last week, SoundCloud announced layoffs of 173 employees (about half of its staff), as well as the closing of its offices in San Francisco and London. TechCrunch’s [...]

Sketchfab adds 3D sound to its its 3D model sharing platform

July 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Sketchfab wants to become a sort of YouTube for 3D models and scenes. While the service started as a way to show off static 3D objects, the company has added a ton of interactive tools over time, making [...]

Snapchat’s Foursquare and Factual partnerships double geofilter usage

July 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Borrowed location databases are paying off big time for Snapchat. They allow users to turn any nearby landmark or business into a stylized geofilter that they can overlay on their photos and videos. Before Snapchat partnered with location [...]

Crunch Report | Fastest Drone Ever World Record Set

July 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The world record for the fastest drone is set, an artificial heart is 3D printed and luxury phone maker Vertu shuts down. All this on Crunch Report. Read More on Tech Crunch

Uber acqui-hires social app studio Swipe Labs

July 14th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Why would Uber buy a team that builds Snapchat competitors? To make its driver app feel more human. Uber has acqui-hired Swipe Labs, the social product studio run by Marwan Roushdy. He and a selection of engineers from [...]

Scout It Out is a New York marketplace for arts spaces

July 14th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Anyone who’s tried to do anything artistic in New York City knows that one of the toughest things to do is find a space to make the things they want to make or do the things they want [...]

Microsoft’s Path Guide is an unconventional approach to indoor navigation

July 14th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Indoor mapping is one of those problems that seems to only have solutions that involve a great deal of money and infrastructure: beacons, lasers, emitters, scanners… who wants to install those in malls across the world? Microsoft Research [...]

This 32-year-old state senator is trying to get patent trolls out of Massachusetts

July 14th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

When the internet security company Cloudflare decided to engage in all-out war with what it calls a “dangerous new breed of patent troll,” it found a receptive audience with Eric Lesser, who became the youngest state senator in [...]