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Master Mobile-Based Training: Engage Employees Anywhere

Kitaboo

This is where mobile-based corporate training comes in. Mobile-friendly training not only helps employees get accustomed to today’s technologies but also prepares them for future technological changes. What Is Mobile-Based Corporate Training? Conclusion What Is Mobile-Based Corporate Training? Table of Contents: I.

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Facebook names a new CTO with a major focus on hardware

The Verge

Facebook is serious about being a long-term player in hardware. On Wednesday, the company promoted Andrew Bosworth, the current head of its hardware division that makes Oculus and other consumer devices, to the role of chief technology officer, replacing outgoing CTO Mike Schroepfer when he becomes a senior fellow next year.

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Microsoft to upgrade its xCloud servers to Xbox Series X hardware in 2021

The Verge

The service will initially be powered by Xbox One S consoles in server blades in Microsoft’s datacenters, but the software giant is planning to upgrade this hardware next year. It also includes a new built-in video encoder that is up to six times faster than the current encoder that Microsoft uses on existing xCloud servers.

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Hardware review: PowerA challenges Microsoft’s Elite 2 with MOGA XP-Ultra gamepad

GeekWire

GeekWire Photo / Thomas Wilde) If you spend any measurable amount of time with a gamepad in your hand, whether you’re playing on an Xbox, a PC, a mobile device, or a smart TV, it’s useful to invest in a higher-end game pad. PowerA , headquartered in Woodinville, Wash., Woodinville, Wash.-based

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RealNetworks releases its first hardware product, a kiosk that checks for proper facemask usage

GeekWire

But the pandemic is pushing many companies to try new things, and the software mainstay is getting into hardware for the first time. Now that RealNetworks has tried its hand at hardware, does the company have additional devices in mind, perhaps in other parts of its business?

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Fraunhofer’s new H.266 codec promises to cut the cost of streaming 4K video in half

The Verge

The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, the electrical engineering and computer science division of the esteemed German research organization, on Tuesday announced VVC , a new video codec standard that promises to bring around 50 percent efficiency gains in streaming video compression. 264/Advanced Video Coding (AVC) and H.265/High

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Why Amazon’s hardware makes more sense than Google’s

The Verge

A tale of two hardware divisions. Hardware boss Rick Osterloh reportedly held a meeting where he tells everybody “he did not agree with some of the decisions made about the phone” — are these decisions not things he himself is in charge of ? We know what Amazon hardware is for. But Google’s hardware inspires more angst.