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The iconic Flip Video almost became Google’s first camera, emails show

The Verge

Before Android, before the iPhone, and before GoPro became a known brand, the Flip Video camcorder took the world by storm, allowing millions to shoot digital home videos one-handed and easily save, share, and upload them to a nascent YouTube, thanks to an iconic flip-out USB port. for employees to burn videos onto a DVD for you.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. May 2007: Autonomy spins off its Blinkx consumer software unit in an IPO. July 2007: Autonomy pays $375 million for content archiving and electronic discovery specialist Zantaz.

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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft COO Kevin Turner leaves Core Scientific; Magic AI founder joins ThruWave

GeekWire

Fortune 100 customers in retail and e-commerce warehouses are using ThruWave’s hardware and software. “There is a computer vision and hardware component, an industrial market, incredible talent on the team, great progress with customer contracts in place, and early revenue,” she said. The startup raised $6.4

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Why former Microsoft exec Steven Sinofsky has been using PCs from the 1980s again

GeekWire

Some of the vintage hardware used by Steven Sinofsky to help refresh his memory of the early PC era while researching his new book (with help from his cat, Zozo, on the keyboard). Next time you’re grumbling about figuring out the settings join a video call, consider what Steven Sinofsky has been doing to research his upcoming book. .”

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Social TV platform Scener adds Hulu’s David Baron as CEO and filmmaker J.J. Abrams as investor

GeekWire

Baron helped launch Hulu in 2007 and spent 14 years at that streaming service. Scener uses a free Google Chrome extension and its Watch Party Platform allows anyone to host a screening with up to 10 co-hosts on video chat and up to 1 million viewers. (Photo via Scener). ” Scener turns TV viewing into social watch parties.

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Who wants to pay $3,500 for Apple’s new goggles?

Vox

An image from Apple’s Vision Pro promotional video. Maybe they’ll be cool when you’re sitting at home — alone — and want to see your kids: You could look at videos of your kids, or even talk to them on FaceTime. In that scene from Apple’s demo video , by the way, likely-Mom is using her Vision Pro to. Apple seems confused, too.

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What Is ePUB Book Format And Why You Should Use It

Kitaboo

Developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum in 2007, ePUB quickly dethroned its predecessor, the Open eBook Format (OEB), taking the digital publishing world by storm. With support for SVG images, interactive components, and complete videos, ePUB embraces innovation and provides users with a rich multimedia experience.

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