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Facebook’s new virtual meeting app is ‘great news’ and ‘validating’ for these Seattle entrepreneurs

GeekWire

Facebook today unveiled its vision for the future of work: a virtual reality experience called Horizon Workrooms that uses avatars and VR headsets to replicate in-person collaboration. “It will cause more people to experiment with virtual workspaces and consider using them as a key part of their remote or hybrid teams.”

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RealNetworks releases its first hardware product, a kiosk that checks for proper facemask usage

GeekWire

But the pandemic is pushing many companies to try new things, and the software mainstay is getting into hardware for the first time. “We’re not trying to make any kind of political statement here,” said RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser in a virtual demonstration of the kiosk this week. RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser in 2017.

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January 2017 Server StorageIO Update Newsletter

Storage IO Blog

There is a lot going on, in and around data infrastructure server, storage, and I/O networking connectivity from a hardware, software, and services perceptive. The post January 2017 Server StorageIO Update Newsletter appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Tech Moves: Former Ada Developers Academy CEO joins venture studio; Riveter co-CEO steps down; and more

GeekWire

Conduit Venture Labs Photo) — Seattle tech leader Lauren Sato joined Seattle hardware startup studio Conduit Venture Labs as an entrepreneur-in-residence. “Conduit is unique in that hardware is an incredibly difficult space to get into as a standalone founder,” Sato said. Lauren Sato. Kirkland, Wash.-based

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Liveblog: DockerCon 2017 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the day 2 keynote (general session) of DockerCon 2017 in Austin, TX. You can also see all DockerCon 2017-related posts by browsing the posts tagged with “DockerCon2017” (see the links at the bottom of this page). For a look at what was announced or discussed in the day 1 keynote yesterday, see this liveblog.

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Private cloud makes its comeback, thanks to AI

CIO Business Intelligence

According to Forrester’s Infrastructure Cloud Survey in 2023, 79% of roughly 1,300 enterprise cloud decision-makers surveyed said their firms are implementing internal private clouds, which will use virtualization and private cloud management. billion in 2024, and more than double by 2027. billion in 2024 and grow to $66.4

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Wyze releasing a $199 ‘Robot Vacuum’ to clean up on competitors in the evolving smart home

GeekWire

The price undercuts other autonomous cleaning devices on the market while still offering many of the premium tech features, such as LIDAR precision location mapping, virtual walls, scheduled sweeps and more. Virtual walls can also be erected to keep the vacuum from entering certain areas. Wyze Images).