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Windows Server moves to a semi-annual release schedule

June 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Microsoft today announced a major change to how it will deliver new releases of Windows Server going forward. Instead of a release every few years (the last few major versions arrived in 2008, 2012 and 2016), Microsoft will [...]

Fairy wants to make daily housecleaning a thing

June 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

A startup called Fairy wants to change the way consumers get their homes cleaned. Perhaps counter-intuitively, the company is betting the providing frequent, hotel-like housecleaning, it can actually lower the cost of the service and provide a higher [...]

Facebook requests input on hard questions about censorship

June 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

How should Facebook decide what’s allowed on its social network, and how to balance safety and truth with diverse opinions and cultural norms? Facebook wants your feedback on the toughest issues it’s grappling with, so today it published [...]

Group Nine Media says it got 114M social engagements last month

June 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

With last fall’s formation of Group Nine Media, four digital media organizations (Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo and Discovery’s Seeker) came together under a single corporate umbrella. Now the company says it’s seeing real success connecting with readers and [...]

Microsoft Pix can now turn your iPhone photos into art, thanks to A.I.

June 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Microsoft is rolling out an update to its AI-powered photo editing app, Microsoft Pix, that aims to give Prisma and others like it some new competition. While the app was originally designed to enhance your iPhone photos by [...]

Conviva nabs $40M for AI-based video analytics, now valued around $300M

June 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

As more video providers finding audiences directly through apps and the web — and away from pay-TV-based packages — we’re seeing the emergence of more analytics to measure how those videos are delivered, and who is watching them. [...]

Amazon’s Dash Wand barcode scanner returns with Alexa and is now essentially free

June 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The first iteration of Amazon’s Dash Wand wasn’t long for this world. The company trialed the barcode scanner with select Prime Fresh customers in California, but the hardware didn’t seem to really go anywhere. Instead the company switch [...]

8bitdo’s new SNES-inspired retro gamepad is a dream Nintendo Switch controller

June 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Ever since 8bitdo updated their NES30 Pro and other game controllers with Nintendo Switch support, I’ve been using them as the primary way to play on the console. Now at E3, 8bitdo has revealed a new model that [...]

Africa Roundup: Andela adds Uganda, CcHub Nigeria taps talent and investment abroad

June 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The developer training and recruitment service Andela announced its expansion into Uganda. The company―which recruits African software developers and places them at global companies―completed its first recruitment cycle in Kampala. The Uganda opening adds to offices in Nairobi, [...]