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Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others

GeekWire

Blues Wireless , an IoT startup founded by former Microsoft exec Ray Ozzie , has raised $22 million from investors including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Blues came out of stealth mode in February 2019 , announcing its Notecard device that runs on AT&T’s wireless network. LinkedIn Photo).

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Mariners owner and wireless industry vet John Stanton on T-Mobile/Sprint, future of retail, more

GeekWire

The wireless industry veteran is certainly keeping busy these days as CEO and chairman of the Seattle Mariners, a position he took on in 2016 following decades of leadership roles at VoiceStream Wireless (the predecessor of the modern day T-Mobile), Clearwire Corp, McCaw Cellular, and Western Wireless. It’s really hard.

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Birdhouse maker with an eye for Apple design ready to take flight with appearance on ‘Shark Tank’

GeekWire

The Peep Show includes a camera mount specifically created to accommodate off-the-shelf wireless cameras with at least six months of battery life — ensuring there are never any disruptions to an active nest. The Peep Show birdhouse design allows for a top-down view of a nest from a wireless camera that streams video and images.

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Why many rural communities are still in the ‘digital dark’ — and how Washington state is trying to help

GeekWire

One of the first major challenges facing Vasconi’s successor will be shoring up the federal government’s spotty connectivity data — a task that will ultimately fall to local governments, nonprofits and tribes. You’re talking about things like satellite or wireless?

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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams CVP joins UiPath; Sage Bionetworks names president; and more

GeekWire

— Seattle biomedical research nonprofit Sage Bionetworks appointed Luca Foschini as president. — Brian Crowley is now vice president of engineering at WiBotic , which provides wireless charging hardware and energy management software for the mobile, aerial and underwater robotics markets.

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T-Mobile’s free mobile service for first responders is now available

The Verge

The program, officially called “Connecting Heroes,” provides free access to the company’s network over the next decade for members of state and local public and nonprofit law enforcement, fire, and EMS agencies. T-Mobile’s offer of free mobile service for first responders for 10 years is now available, CEO Mike Sievert announced today.

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CIT Announces Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) FY2014 Fall Solicitation Awards and Upcoming Solicitation

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Region 2000 Research Institute dba CAER (Forest), Wireless Broadband Using LTE Repeater , Mr. Bob Bailey, $97,891. Virginia Military Institute Research Laboratories (Lexington), 21 st Century Laser Wireless R&D with Ultrashort Pulse Lasers , Dr. Stacey Vargas, $99,576. For more information, visit [link] initiatives/crcf/.

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