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Chrome is coming to augmented reality and Google Daydream

May 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

At Google I/O today the company chatted a bit about what’s next for Daydream as it preps the next update, codenamed “2.0 Euphrates.” The big highlight is that Google will be building a version of Chrome especially for [...]

Full coverage of Google I/O 2017

May 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

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Adorable robot friend Kuri can now find its way home to charge

May 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

s Kuri, the robot companion being developed by startup Mayfield Robotics, is getting closer to production and gaining some new abilities ahead of its planned release later this year. The adorable little bot, which looks like something ripped [...]

Soon you’ll be able to voice chat with YouTube commenters in VR

May 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Have you ever wanted to come face-to-face with YouTube commenters? Yeah, me neither. Nevertheless! Today, Google announced that instead of adding text comments in YouTube VR, the company will be making shared rooms where users can chat by [...]

Watch Google’s I/O 2017 VR keynote right here

May 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Google’s main keynote for its I/O developer conference happened yesterday, but the event isn’t over yet. Far from it. Today, the company is hosting its first keynote solely focused on VR and AR. The VR keynote starts at [...]

Google I/O 2017 VR keynote live blog

May 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

We’re here at day two of Google I/O 2017, and the show starts with a keynote specific to Google’s work in VR, led by its head of virtual reality and augmented reality, Clay Bavor. The keynote gets started [...]

Duolingo adds support for Japanese

May 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Duolingo, the popular language learning service, today added support for learning Japanese to its iOS and Android apps. “This is by far the most requested and highly-anticipated course launch in Duolingo’s five-year history,” said Duolingo co-founder and CEO [...]

Social Native raises $8 million to build a new social media ad platform

May 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

No one, it seems, has come up with a good way to harness all the videos, photos, and tweets that budding creators post every day on YouTube, or the Facebook media juggernaut, or its smaller Snap-pier rivals. Read [...]

Facebook Messenger debuts a new look focused on improving navigation

May 18th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Facebook Messenger is getting a new look. No, it’s not getting rid of its Stories feature, Messenger Day, but is instead making a series a smaller changes to the way the content on its home screen is organized [...]