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Industrial headset maker RealWear to go public via SPAC with Seattle investment bank

GeekWire

Industrial workers use the product to do remote video calling, document navigation, guided workflow, mobile forms, and data visualization, among other tasks. The company recently launched an accompanying RealWear Cloud Platform to manage devices and data. Only two companies have gone public so far in 2023 via a SPAC.

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Stock market rally: Amazon, Microsoft, other Seattle companies bounce back from March lows

GeekWire

Microsoft stock is up around 40% since the end of March as the boom in productivity, cloud and collaboration software lift the company up. Other Seattle-area companies seeing shares increase include Adaptive Biotechnologies (130%); Impinj (123%); Avalara (70%); Smartsheet (40%); and T-Mobile (40%). Shares reached $188.36

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Seattle area boasts 10 fast-growing unicorns: Can you name the billion dollar startups?

GeekWire

The majority operate in enterprise software or cloud computing. Co-founder and CEO : Nick Huzar, former product manager at T-Mobile and CTO at Konnects. Co-founder and CEO : Matt Oppenheimer , head of mobile and internet banking initiatives at Barclays Kenya. Sana Biotechnology. Valuation : $1.4 GeekWire 200 rank : No.

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

There’s a demand for skills such as cybersecurity, cloud, IT project management, UX/UI design, change management, and business analysis. Healthcare Technology is paramount for the healthcare industry, including the medical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. Average salary: US$131,995 Increase since 2021: 0% 2.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s Brad Anderson jumps to Qualtrics in wave of pre-IPO hires; Elena Donio joins Databricks board; Hiya, Esper add startup vets

GeekWire

A 17-year veteran of the Redmond company, Anderson was most recently a key Microsoft 365 leader, overseeing areas including engineering and deployment of Windows for large businesses, and PC and mobile device security. Donio also sits on the board of cloud communications platform Twilio.

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What is 5G Technology: 5G Connectivity and Speed Explained

Galido

Using a fast wireless connection to cloud computing and data services, and to other connected devices, 5G will enable a variety of new capabilities, user experiences and devices such as self-driving cars, augmented reality and much more. In 5G networks, applications can also be hosted in mobile edge computing nodes such as “cloudlets.”

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5G Technology: Maximum Connectivity and Speed

Galido

Using a fast wireless connection to cloud computing and data services, and to other connected devices, 5G will enable a variety of new capabilities, user experiences and devices such as self-driving cars, augmented reality and much more. In 5G networks, applications can also be hosted in mobile edge computing nodes such as “cloudlets.”

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