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Tech Moves: BECU hires first chief data officer; Amazon exec to depart; and more

GeekWire

.” — Seattle non-invasive diagnostics company Know Labs named its founder and chairman, Ron Erickson , as CEO. He replaces Phil Bosua , who has led the company since 2018. Bosua is also stepping down from the board but will remain as a technical advisor to the public company, previously known as Visualant.

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Life, luck, and ‘learning from the best’: Former Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé at PAX West

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That was the capstone for a nearly 15-year run that saw Fils-Aimé become one of the public faces of Nintendo as a company, alongside game developers like Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. That’s the Virtual Boy headset from 1995, which is the only Nintendo console to sell less than a million units. The late Satoru Iwata.

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Second Life joins the metaverse discussion with the return of its founder — and some key patents

The Verge

A recruiter works on a computer, 19 June 2007 at the cyber cafe “Le Milk” in Paris, during the Neo Job-Meeting (NJM) event, the first virtual job fair on the 3-D “Second Life” on-line game. Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images. HighFidelityXR Invests in @SecondLife.

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What is spatial computing and how does Apple Vision work

Dataconomy

The company is staking its claim in this domain with the launch of its new AR/VR headset, the Apple Vision Pro. Don’t describe your app experience as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), extended reality (XR), or mixed reality (MR). Spatial computing merges the real and virtual realms effortlessly.

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Enterprise IT in 2014 – Under-the-Radar Challenges with WAN Bandwidth, BYOD, and XP Security

CTOvision

Over the last year, IT budgets saw modest growth as departments embraced mobile, cloud and virtualization in record numbers. In addition, desktops and laptops remain revenue-critical workhorses for most companies, and cannot be neglected. Companies should plan accordingly. BYOD Will Fail to Live up to the Hype. I love BYOD.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 17, 2020

GeekWire

Amazon took a big step into the gaming industry Wednesday with the launch of Crucible, a free-to-play online shooter and the company’s first original big-budget game. A longtime contact of mine recently emailed a New York Times article from June 18, 1998: “Virtual-Classes Trend Alarms Professors.” … Read More.

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Guess what: Windows Server is still around

Virtualized Greek

Forbes is asking the question if solutions like Docker mark the end of virtualization. Without getting into the debate of how containers can be a compliment to virtualization, it got me to thinking about how out of touch the tech news media is with the enterprise. General Virtualization'

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