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Here are the most well-designed apps of 2017, as picked by Apple

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Each year since 1997, Apple has picked a handful of apps that it felt were amongst the best made on its platforms. The apps that best captured or represented the capabilities of a particular device (this year meaning [...]

Twitch expands game sales to more streamers

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

In March, video game streaming site Twitch introduced a new way for its streamers to make money: by selling games directly to their fans. Initially, however, that feature was only available to Twitch’s Partners – that is, the [...]

Facebook will share anonymized location data with disaster relief organizations

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

A new initiative from Facebook will provide aid organizations with location data for users in affected areas, such as where people are marking themselves safe and from where they are fleeing. It shows the immense potential of this [...]

The new iOS App Store lets devs choose whether or not to reset ratings when updating

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

When an app developer releases a new update in the App Store, all their beautiful reviews disappear in the ether. This is about to change as developers will soon have the option to keep app reviews and the [...]

Microsoft trademark filing may reveal ‘Project Scorpio’ logo

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Today in trademark news, Microsoft has filed for a trademark that may give us our first glimpse of the new Project Scorpio… logo. No, it’s not nearly as exciting as pre-E3 leaks/spottings could be, but it’s something. Read [...]

US Route 33 to test V2I tech

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

When you think of central Ohio, you might not think “hotbed of innovation.” But you’re going to want to rethink that. This summer, a 35-mile stretch of U.S. Route 33 outside of Marysville, Ohio, will be wired to [...]

Uber exec is out after violating rider’s privacy

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

A top Uber executive has been fired after obtaining medical records of a female passenger who was raped during a ride in India. The Uber executive at the center of the report, Eric Alexander, served as the company’s [...]

WeWork has acquired venture-backed Fieldlens

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

WeWork, the seven-year-old, New York-based co-working juggernaut that more recently entered into the business of co-living, has been making a series of small acquisitions with some of the $1.8 billion that it has officially gathered from investors. Its [...]

Judge denies Uber’s request for stay in Waymo suit

June 8th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, the self-driving car subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is still on track to go to trial in early October, as the judge in the case denied Uber’s request for a stay [...]