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Microsoft details new Surface Hub 2S hardware and software upgrades

Venture Beast

At Ignite 2020, Microsoft detailed new Surface Hub 2S hardware, as well as software upgrades headed to existing Surface Hub devices. Read More.

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Jama Software to be acquired for $1.2B in significant exit for Portland-based company

GeekWire

Jama Software CEO Marc Osofsky. Jama Software Photo) Portland, Ore.-based based Jama Software , makers of a product development platform, has agreed to be acquired by technology investment firm Francisco Partners in a $1.2 Osofsky, who took over in 2020, will continue to lead the company.

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Microsoft vet and ex-Beats by Dre CEO lead new hardware-focused Seattle startup studio

GeekWire

Amish Patel, left, and Susan Paley recently launched Conduit Venture Labs, a new startup studio for hardware companies. Conduit Venture Labs Photo) Key Takeaways Conduit Venture Labs is a new startup studio in Seattle that aims to create a portfolio of hardware companies.

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Apple has a new head of hardware engineering in latest executive shuffle

The Verge

John Ternus, Apple’s new senior vice president of hardware engineering | Photo: Apple. Apple’s hardware team is getting its biggest shakeup in nearly a decade, as Dan Riccio — who served as the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering since 2012 — transitions to “a new role” at the company. Photo: Apple.

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Early reviews of Microsoft’s new Surface Duo praise hardware, pan buggy software and muddy camera

GeekWire

Tech reviewers are giving the company high marks, mostly, for the unique hardware of the Duo, a hinged device with two 5.6-inch But beyond that, the underlying software on the Surface Duo appears to be suffering from numerous bugs, at least in the version that came with review devices. inch screens that unfold like a small book.

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Apple WWDC 2020 live blog

The Verge

New software for iPhones, Macs, iPads, and everything else Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off today. There’s even the possibility of new hardware. WWDC 2020 live blog. WWDC 2020 live stream. Image: Apple. Those AirTags could finally be announced, and the iMac is certainly due for a refresh.

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US consumers spent record amounts on video games in 2020, NPD reports

The Verge

billion in 2020 in the US, according to a new NPD Group report , a 27 percent increase compared to 2019. Spending on hardware hit its highest level since 2011 at $5.3 NPD classifies video game spending as money spent at retail and digital storefronts on “video game hardware, content, and accessories.”.

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