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Techstars Seattle reveals latest class — here are the pros and cons of a virtual startup accelerator

GeekWire

But going virtual has actually been beneficial in some ways for Techstars Seattle , which just announced its latest cohort. The accelerator operated its 2020 class mostly remote and is applying lessons learned to the 2021 class, which is getting its start a few weeks earlier than normal to help folks connect virtually. Isaac Kato.

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Data storytelling company Narrative Science will join Tableau via Salesforce acquisition

GeekWire

Narrative Science , the Chicago-based company behind the Lexio data storytelling software, will join Seattle-based data visualization company Tableau Software under an agreement to be acquired by Tableau parent company Salesforce. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. San Francisco-based Salesforce closed its $15.7

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The 10 TENsions That Will Define 2010

Trends in the Living Networks

To anticipate what will shape 2010, we need to understand the TENsions that will define the opening year of the TENsions decade. These are the 10 TENsions for 2010, the opening year of the TENsions. These are the 10 TENsions for 2010, the opening year of the TENsions. Optimism - Fear. Death of Media – Birth of Media.

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Fountainhead: Infrastructure Virtualization: The Next Logical Step

Fountainhead

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Infrastructure Virtualization: The Next Logical Step. 2010 will be an interesting year for virtualization - but not from the perspective youre probably thinking. It will be the year of the virtual infrastructure, not of the virtual machine.

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Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t.

Vox

In a Monday blog post , Meta, the social network’s new parent company, announced that the platform will delete the facial templates of more than a billion people and shut off its facial recognition software, which uses an algorithm to identify people in photos they upload to Facebook.

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Fountainhead: Infrastructure 2.0 ? A Virtual Analogy

Fountainhead

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Infrastructure 2.0 – A Virtual Analogy. Is OS virtualization an end in itself? To a degree, OS virtualization is the “shiny metal object” de jure in that it’s captivating everyone’s attention. Virtualization. (31).

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Fountainhead: Hosting/Cloud Index outperforms NASDAQ Nearly 4x

Fountainhead

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Tuesday, December 21, 2010. I revisited again in January 2010 , and later in February 2010. I revisited again in January 2010 , and later in February 2010. During 2010, this index has gained 45% to the Nasdaqs 17%.

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