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Facebook acquires Seattle virtual reality gaming company BigBox VR, makers of Population: One

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Seattle startup BigBox VR , the company behind multiplayer virtual reality game POPULATION: ONE , has been acquired by Facebook. It is unique given the game is built for virtual reality, allowing gamers to climb, fly, and shoot as if they were actually doing so in real life. Big Box VR co-founders Chia Chin Lee (left) and Gabe Brown.

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Read the room — virtually: Seattle startup lands $10M to analyze your face and voice on video calls

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The data shows up in a real-time dashboard, accessible to anyone on a call. The idea is to give people feedback on how their audience is emotionally responding, whether it’s a sales pitch or a weekly all-hands meeting — like a FitBit that tracks steps, but for virtual meetings instead. Shim co-founded Placed in 2011.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Windows Small Business Server 2011.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials & Windows Home Server 2011 RTM! Both Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Home Server 2011 have released to manufacturing! Labels: Aurora , Home Server , SBS 2011 Essentials , Small Business Server. at 10:11 AM.

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Fountainhead: The Growth of Data Growth: My Digital Contrail

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Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The Growth of Data Growth: My Digital Contrail. Although Im not a Big Data aficionado, Id recently been struck by a few statistics from the IDC Digital Universe study: It is estimated that in 2011, 1.8 skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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Bracket Computing: Enterprise grade cloud management

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Bracket Computing has developed the industry’s first Cloud Virtualization System, the Bracket Computing Cell. Today Computing Cells harness the public cloud for the enterprise, combining their scale, elasticity and efficiency with the security, performance and control of a dedicated hardware data center.

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Minecraft-Based Digital Denmark Destroyed

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Controversy over data collecting and uproars over Net Neutrality, smart wearables and smarter marketing, angry letters and vulnerable software – technology news does not always put a smile on your face. Within the game, players engage in a virtual world – mining for valuables, building homes and communities, and interacting with one another.

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Fountainhead: Steve Jobs in 1980. and Cloud + Big Data Today

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Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Monday, December 19, 2011. and Cloud + Big Data Today. In todays enterprise context, my interpretation of this is "What could be possible if all of that data center technology could be relegated to the background and made invisible?"

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