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Meta’s social VR platform Horizon hits 300,000 users

The Verge

Facebook has bet its future on virtual reality and the metaverse, rebranding to Meta and spending billions a year to build hardware and software that extends beyond traditional social media. Meta’s highest-profile bet right now is a social VR platform for the Quest headset called Horizon Worlds.

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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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Social TV platform Scener adds Hulu’s David Baron as CEO and filmmaker J.J. Abrams as investor

GeekWire

Scener , the Seattle-based startup that adds a social layer to the viewing of streaming television content, has named David Baron as CEO. Scener has solved the puzzle of the social viewing experience for streaming services and is uniquely positioned for even more growth ahead,” Baron said in a news release. David Baron, CEO at Scener.

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The Power of Social Media and Impact of Technology on Online Business Campaign

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - The Power of Social Media and Impact of Technology on Online Business Campaign - Information Technology Blog. Here are some of the latest trends that you may observe these days in small business marketing: Power of Social Media – Get More Socialized. Use Mobile for Instagram Marketing.

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Thriving in a Cloud, Big Data, Mobility and Security World

Cloud Musings

Cloud/Client Computing - The convergence of cloud and mobile computing will continue to promote the growth of centrally coordinated applications that can be delivered to any device. This foundation combines with advanced algorithms that allow systems to understand their environment, learn for themselves, and act autonomously.

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TikTok’s parent company acquires VR headset maker Pico

The Verge

ByteDance told CNBC in a statement that Pico’s “comprehensive suite of software and hardware technologies, as well as the talent and deep expertise of the team, will support both our entry to the VR space and long-term investment in this emerging field,” saying it was “optimistic about the future of VR and its alignment with our mission.”.

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A phone relay capture may be the latest of Russia’s communications woes in Ukraine

The Verge

According to the SBU’s Telegram post, the hacker was helping to route calls from within Russia to the mobile phones of Russian troops in Ukraine, and also sending text messages to Ukrainian security officers and civil servants proposing they surrender. A recovered SIM box and hardware devices.

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