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IFTTT’s powerful new initiative connects up with government data streams

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Today, all around cool internet thing IFTTT is hooking all kinds of useful public data into its powerful platform. With the launch of its new Data Access Project, IFTTT will add support for a broad selection of government [...]

Sean Parker has left Spotify’s board; Padmasree Warrior, Thomas Staggs join in lead up to IPO

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

As Spotify inches its way to a public listing, the streaming music company — which now has 140 million users — has made some significant changes to its board of directors. Sean Parker, the early supporter and investor [...]

Elastic enters APM space with Opbeat acquisition

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Today, at Elastic’s customer event in London, the company announced it has acquired Opbeat, a SaaS-application performance management vendor for an undisclosed amount. All 15 employees have already joined the Elastic team. Opbeat focuses on monitoring applications written [...]

Sign up for 2-4-1 tickets to Disrupt Berlin by June 29

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

So you missed the first round of deeply discounted tickets to Disrupt Berlin 2017? It’s cool; we’ve got you. On June 29, we’ll be releasing another batch of two-for-one Disrupt tickets, giving you not just one, but two [...]

Tantan, China’s top dating app, raises $70M for monetization push and overseas expansion

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Chinese startup Tantan, which is probably most comparable to Tinder, has raised $70 million in new capital as it looks to monetize its business for the first time and explore overseas expansion options. Three-year-old Tantan claims 60 million [...]

Construction tech company Aproplan closes €5 million Series A

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Not so long ago the administration needed to run a major construction project relied almost entirely on pen, paper, excel spreadsheets and faxes. That has provided a huge opportunity for startups to take a stab at digitising the [...]

JD.com invests $397M into luxury marketplace Farfetch as part of a new strategic partnership

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

JD.com, China’s second-largest e-commerce company after Alibaba, is pumping $397 million into Farfetch, a marketplace for luxury brands, as part of a new strategic partnership. JD.com founder and CEO Richard Liu will take a seat on Farfetch’s board [...]

Facebook is testing a feature to prevent profile pictures being abused by other users

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Facebook is introducing a new feature to give users peace of mind around how their profile photo can be used and accessed by others. The social network today announced a pilot program in India that is designed to [...]

The Eero Beacon is the perfect addition to its family of mesh WiFi products

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Since launching two years ago, wireless networking startup Eero has sought to make it easier for consumers to blanket their homes in strong WiFi. With the its newest hardware products, Eero took a step forward in that goal, [...]