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Africa Roundup: Cameroon’s #BringBackOurInternet succeeds, Nigeria’s Cars45.com raises $5M

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Cameroon’s #BringBackOurInternet movement achieved its demand. After 94 days of a state imposed web blackout, on April 20 the country’s government turned the net back on. The three month outage forced the hand of Africa’s largest telecom (MTN), [...]

Top six tips to help avoid ransomware

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Here are some amazing tips to help you and those you love (and the National Health Service) avoid ransomware. Read More on Tech Crunch

Announcing TechCrunch Disrupt NY Startup Battlefield 2017

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Who are the next wave of early-stage disruptors? TechCrunch is excited to announce the 19 startups pitching in the Startup Battlefield for TechCrunch Disrupt NYC 2017. Over the next three days on the most prestigious tech stage in [...]

GM expands Maven car sharing to NYC

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

GM’s car sharing service Maven is expanding to the largest city in the U.S., the company announced Monday. The expansion is one of many for the company, which originally began operating only in January 2016, and is now [...]

Chef Andrew Zimmern talks about the future of food

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

This week on Technotopia I talked to chef Andrew Zimmern, host of Bizarre Foods. Zimmern is a fascinating thinker and has a lot to say about the future of restaurants, eating, and food distribution. Zimmern believes that the [...]

Watch The Disrupt NY Day One live stream right here

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to our Day One coverage of TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017. We have an incredible line-up for you today, including a fireside chat with Derek Jeter, the NYT’s Mark Thompson, Yahoo’s Bob Lord, and Adam [...]

Google makes changes to AdSense in a bid to increase transparency for website publishers

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Google announced two changes to its AdSense network today that it says will increase transparency about how it deals with violations and removes ads from websites. Read More on Tech Crunch

Why Amazon is eating the world

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

I co-founded a software startup in December. Each month, I send out an update to our investors to keep them updated on our progress. But the past month was a bit different – our industry (retail) is going [...]

Vote now in #TheEuropas 2017 Awards, for the hottest European startups

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

In partnership with TechCrunch, The Europas Conference & Awards, is a different kind of tech event which features main-stage speakers and panels as well as smaller breakout sessions on key subjects for startups. The Europas conference is followed [...]