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ACCO Brands will pay $340M to acquire Seattle-area game controller company PowerA

GeekWire

It expects net sales of approximately $200 million in 2020, a 20% increase over 2019, and profit of $50 million. PowerA is also known for its officially-licensed gamepads for PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo consoles, such as last year’s Legend of Zelda- themed Enhanced Wireless Controller for the Switch.

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Verizon and T-Mobile want your business more than ever right now

The Verge

Outside of those two companies, US wireless carriers across the board are braced for big changes this year — the impact of which will be felt by the rest of us in one way or another. T-Mobile gained a net of 773,000 postpaid phone customers, and AT&T added 595,000, its highest number in 10 years. So what’s next?

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Lynk & Co will make you rethink outdated ideas of car ownership

The Verge

To keep your devices charged there’s a wireless charging pad between the driver and front-passenger seats. Seats made from recycled fishing nets. The interior surfaces look and feel good to the touch, including the eco-friendly textile coverings on the seats made from recycled fishing nets. Photo by Nguyen Tran.

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You saved how much? - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

Let’s assume though that they save at the low end of the scale, $10/month – that is still a savings of $240 over 2 years if they are on a corporate device, which means a net spend of $40 per user instead of the savings they would have if the company bought the device for $200. For our 10,000 users that is between $120K to $1.2M

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- PITS Computing

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

And almost no one thinks of the “web” as a home for spiders or the “net” as a tool for catching fish or butterflies. Networks today, thanks to fiber optic cable, the router/switch revolution (thank you Cisco) and advances in wireless (wi-fi and 3G telecomm networks), are virtually everywhere.

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Xbox Series X and S: everything you need to know about the next-gen of Xbox

The Verge

Meanwhile, Microsoft also originally sold a “Core” version of the Xbox 360 in 2005, which included compromises like including a wired rather than wireless controller and omitting a hard drive. There was a version with a 60GB hard drive as well as a cheaper version with a smaller 20GB hard drive, no Wi-Fi support, and fewer ports.

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- Thanks & Turkeys 2010

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

As just one example, we have twenty cities and states around the nation who have authority from the FCC to build fourth generation wireless networks. And urgent needs from the public for safety nets for our jobless citizens and the poor and homeless. And precipitously falling tax revenues.