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Tech Moves: Starbucks names new CFO as pandemic fuels mobile ordering; Panopto adds IBM exec; F5’s new security leader; and more

GeekWire

Starbucks has accelerated the rollout of its mobile-focused Starbucks Pickup stores , designed for customers who order ahead using the Starbucks app. She joined Starbucks in 2001, helping to launch the Starbucks Card as a member of the company’s accounting team. Panopto Photo).

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Microsoft Xbox legend J Allard gets back in the game, joining Intellivision for new console launch

GeekWire

The onetime Microsoft executive, who was a co-founder of Xbox and a force in the video game industry before leaving the tech giant after 19 years, is joining Intellivision Entertainment as global managing director. Intellivision was an early video game console released by Mattel in the late 1970s. Intellivision Photo).

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The Cybersecurity Risks of Bluetooth

SecureWorld News

Bluetooth has been around since 1994 as a wireless connectivity specification, but the first mobile phones did not appear with basic Bluetooth services until 2001. If you use your mobile device as a personal hotspot, turn off sharing or Bluetooth name broadcasting while not in use.

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Stop using your phone number to log in

Vox

A few decades ago, getting phone calls on your landline that were meant for whoever had the number before you might be annoying, but you weren’t being blasted with large blocks of texts, images, and videos that were meant for someone else, nor was your phone number the key to unlocking various goods and services.

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Xbox architects share stories from the console’s early days and discuss the future of gaming

GeekWire

The topics covered included anecdotes from the start of the project, insight into what motivated some of the earliest decisions in the Xbox’s history, and predictions about what’s coming next in the video game industry. Look at mobile games right now, more than half of mobile gamers are women. ” On AR vs.

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No more checking in: why public facial recognition may take off

Trends in the Living Networks

The facial recognition used at the 2001 Super Bowl was successful enough to apparently nab 19 people with pending arrest warrants, while facial recognition is now commonly used in border security. Tags: Mobile Social networks Technology trends. He says the next step is to use this technology for facial recognition.

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Fountainhead: Egenera PAN now available on Dell blades

Fountainhead

Since about 2001, Egenera has been selling its high-end hardware/software combination that unified re-purposing of physical and virtual servers. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). Videos: What is Infrastructure Orchestration. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Infrastucture 2.0. (11).

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