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Cisco acquires network security startup Observable Networks

July 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Cisco has made another acquisition in the enterprise security space — underscoring the ongoing market demand for security services amid a growing threat of cyber breaches and malicious hacking among businesses that are moving to cloud-based infrastructures. Today, [...]

On-demand alcohol delivery startup Saucey raises $5.4 million more

July 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Saucey, an L.A.-based alcohol delivery company, has raised $5.4 million in Series A funding led by Bullpen Capital, with participation from earlier and new investors, including Blumberg Capital, Structure Capital and HashtagOne. Saucey, which has now raised $10.2 [...]

Logitech’s Harmony Alexa skill now simplifies home theater voice control

July 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Logitech has updated the Alexa skill for its Harmony line of universal remotes, making it very easy to control your home theater with your voice if you have an Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show or Dash Wand. The [...]

Spotinst raises $15M to help businesses better utilize the cloud

July 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Spotinst, a service that helps businesses optimize their cloud utilization and reduce their cloud computing cost through the use of Amazon’s EC2 spot instances, today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A round led by [...]

Scientists store a famous movie in DNA

July 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Researchers have long thought about storing data in DNA and, so far, it seems to be working. They’ve already stuffed a book into DNA and Microsoft is experimenting with a process to store larger amounts of data – [...]

OwnBackup grabs $7.5M Series B investment for SaaS data backup service

July 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

One of the great advantages of the cloud is that your vendor is supposed to takes care of all the hard management bits for you — including backup. While that’s true for the most part, the vendor can’t [...]

There is no hacker called “Jayden K. Smith”

July 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

As a public service I’m putting up this post so when your parents message you with a warning about a hacker named “Jayden K. Smith” who “has the system connected to your Facebook account” you can easily retort [...]

WeWork has a new COO, Jen Berrent, who’s replacing cofounder Miguel McKelvey

July 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Two top executives at WeWork are switching job titles. WeWork has promoted Jen Berrent, a career attorney who joined the company nearly three years ago as its chief legal officer and chief cultural officer, to the role of [...]

Shopify adding eBay as a sales channel for merchants

July 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Shopify has another sales channel, in addition to its existing avenues including Amazon, Facebook, BuzzFeed, Pinterest and more. The latest addition is eBay, which hosts a large audience of potential customers, giving Shopify store owners one more opportunity [...]