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Amazon’s Prime Day was the biggest sales day in its history, up 60% on 2016 led by the Echo

July 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

We said yesterday that all signs pointed to Amazon’s Prime Day sales event smashing through its own numbers, and that is exactly what happened: the company today announced that the 30-hour sale, which saw deep discounts on Amazon’s [...]

Grand Central Tech unveils its fourth class of startups

July 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Grand Central Tech is kicking off the fourth year of its startup accelerator. As its name suggests, the organization is located near New York City’s Grand Central station. It’s not just an accelerator anymore — it also runs [...]

After big layoffs Soundcloud founder says its strategy is now to “take back control”

July 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

At Tech Open Air Berlin Soundcloud co-founder Alex Ljung gave his first major public interview to me today. In the interview he batted back claims that Soundcloud (SC) is facing tough times, insisting that by drastically cutting headcount [...]

MIT’s glasses-free home 3D tech could make help 3D movies more popular

July 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has developed a new method for displaying 3D movies at home without requiring the use of 3D glasses, and without some of the downsides of traditional methods for glasses-free 3D [...]

Sega adds Virtua Tennis Challenge to its free mobile game lineup

July 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Sega’s making good on its promise to continue adding titles to its Sega Forever library of mobile games – the latest is the Dreamcast classic Virtua Tennis Challenge. The Sega Forever model sees the game maker releasing games [...]

Hyperloop One tests its full-scale system for the first time

July 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Hyperloop One conducted the first full-scale system test (via The Verge), achieving full vacuum conditions in its closed tube environment with a test pod that’s the actual size of what it envisions for its production systems. The ultra [...]

The OrCam MyEye helps visually impaired people read and identify things

July 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Meet the OrCam MyEye, a tiny wearable device that can give you secret powers if you have vision problems. It’s a tiny device that you clip to your glasses. It has a camera, a speaker and a cable [...]

Real estate venture firm Fifth Wall launches an early stage accelerator

July 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The venture capital firm Fifth Wall, an investor in construction and real-estate focused startups that is backed by some of the country’s largest real estate companies, is expanding into early stage investing with the launch of a new [...]

Overwatch is getting a city-based esports league with Robert Kraft as an owner

July 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Esports is growing up. Activision Blizzard just announced the Overwatch League, a new esports league built around Overwatch, which will be the first major esports league with a traditional city-based team structure, just like professional sports leagues. Seven [...]