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Tracking device maker Pebblebee teams with ski company on embedded tech to help locate gear

GeekWire

Using a mobile device connected to the Peak Lôc8, the goal is to help skiers track down valuable gear that can go missing for any number of reasons — whether it’s a bad wreck on the mountain or bad thief at the lodge. The company makes hardware devices and an app to locate lost keys, pets and more.

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Customer-Obsessed Businesses Driving Infrastructure Transformation

Forrester IT

Access to mobility, social networks, wearable devices, connected cars and hotels managed by robots are rapidly changing the behaviors of how customers engage and purchase. This software focus fueled a rapid expansion of cloud services and many argue that there is no longer a necessity to own hardware.

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Cloud, Mobile, Social and Cyber: 2015 Predictions That Will Rock The World (AGAIN!)

Cloud Musings

The worlds of cloud, mobile, social and cyber will continue expanding, permuting and recombining. Customers will act on market shifts that makes the purchase and resale of hardware and software no longer viable opting instead for the integration of cloud-based services. 2015 PREDICTION TIME!!

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Tech Moves: Booster hires ex-UberEats leader; First Mode expands C-suite; and more

GeekWire

Booster’s mobile fuel delivery services uses proprietary trucks to refuel individual and fleet vehicles. The company launched its service in the Seattle area two years ago and tested a consumer version earlier this year after Washington state legislators approved a law authorizing mobile fueling.

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MWC 2022: 5G software, service assurance and sustainability

TM Forum

A return to face-to-face meetings proved a great relief for the 50,000 or so attendees of the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. And Ericsson signed a hardware, software and services deal with Zain KSA live at the event for a new charging platform.

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CIOs Need To Know: Just Exactly What Is Artificial Intelligence?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Depending on the size of the data and the hardware that is being used to process it, this can take a great deal of time to accomplish. Our mobile phones use it to help us communicate and our navigation systems use it to help us get from here to there. Worldwide the global cruise industry accounts for just 2% of the world’s hotel rooms.

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Travel Like a Boss - Road Warrior Tips

Doctor Chaos

I also sometimes need to make a trip to the local hardware store to get a couple of plastic washers to put on either side of the wheel, to keep it centered on the axle properly. It is even more useful when you end up in a hotel room that only has one outlet on the other side of the room. Behind a desk. Guarded by a room troll.

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