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Tagboard, which helps cable giants and sports teams produce live content, lands $8M

GeekWire

Seattle-area startup Tagboard raised $8 million to boost its live production technology used by sports and entertainment companies. Tagboard still works with sports teams and leagues to surface social posts but has also expanded its products to include a cloud-based production platform and graphics system.

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Microsoft will bring cloud gaming service to iOS and PC via web browser in spring 2021

GeekWire

Microsoft plans to make its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate service available for iOS devices, as well as PCs, offering cloud-based access via web browser in spring 2021. Both Microsoft and Google Stadia have since announced plans to make their cloud-based game services into web apps. (Xbox Image).

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Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service grows to 25 million subscribers

The Verge

Microsoft has also been chasing sports fans over the past year with the addition of NBA 2K21 , Madden NFL 21 , NHL 21 , and more. A web version of Xbox Cloud Gaming (formerly Project xCloud) was made widely available to players on iOS and PC last summer, and Microsoft started rolling the service out to Xbox consoles in November.

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GeekWire news round-up: Pulumi and Muir raise cash; LinkedIn’s new AI tools; ‘Uncommon Thinkers’

GeekWire

Pulumi Photo) As more companies move to the cloud and adopt AI tools, Seattle startup Pulumi is looking to capitalize. Tom’s Hardware ; ZDNet ; The Verge ) Microsoft-owned LinkedIn released new AI tools that use OpenAI technology in an effort to boost recruiting, marketing, and sales products. Soma” Somasegar.

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Accelerating generative AI requires the right storage

CIO Business Intelligence

In other sports, such as basketball or soccer, there may be hundreds or thousands of players at the topmost levels. Advances in hardware boost the performance and scalability of generative AI systems. As a quick fix, many organizations adopted cloud-first strategies to manage their data storage requirements.

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Live video platform Videon lands $7.3M, hires new CEO and plans to open co-HQ in Seattle

GeekWire

Videon’s EdgeCaster video live streaming hardware. Its technology helps process video at the source, combining built-in functions running on its local video compute platform with additional features from the cloud. Videon Photo). Videon , a live streaming video infrastructure company, has raised $7.3

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Observations on the Importance of Cloud-based Analytics

All Things Distributed

Cloud computing is enabling amazing new innovations both in consumer and enterprise products, as it became the new normal for organizations of all sizes. So many exciting new areas are being empowered by cloud that it is fascinating to watch. Cloud analytics are everywhere. Cloud enables self-service analytics.

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