Category: Company News / General Interest
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The GoSun Sizzle Makes Solar Cooking Even More Portable
GoSun Blog – 5.8.21 (5.4.21) GoSun’s solar cookers are famous for allowing you to make delicious fire-free and propane-free food anywhere on earth. The only downside is that they can sometime take a while to cook. But that problem is now solve3d thanks to the new Sizzle. This cooker can make enough food for five in…
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A new generation of Black male teachers starts its journey in partnership with Apple
Apple Newsroom – 5.8.21 (5.3.21) more than 100 years, teaching has run through Hillary-Rhys Richard’s family. Growing up in Katy, Texas, Rhys, as he’s known to his friends, listened to his mother, Astrya Richard, tell stories of her ancestors — four generations of educators who saw teaching as a calling, and learning as a tool…
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Find out how Xbox invests in the PC gaming ecosystem
Xbox Blog – 5.4.21 (4.29.21) “If you were to walk the (virtual) halls at Xbox today, I think you’d find that to us, the idea of the ‘player’ has come to mean someone who plays many kinds of games on many different devices. PC gaming is part of this,” writes Matt Booty, head of Xbox…
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OWC Awarded Three Gold Stevie Awards for 2021 From ABA
OWC Blog – 5.4.21 (5.3.21) OWC announces it was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award for Hardware Storage, Computer Hardware, and Consumer Electronics categories in the 19th Annual American Business Awards® for 2021. Source: OWC Awarded Three Gold Stevie Awards for 2021 From ABA
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Mind games: How gaming can play a positive role in mental health
Microsoft Blog – 5.4.21 (5.3.21) As a child, John Kieswetter played video games with his younger sister and two cousins who lived nearby as often as he could. Kieswetter kept playing into adulthood and became even more passionate about gaming. He enjoyed playing with friends and meeting new friends through gaming. Gaming was a community,…
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The Next Game-Changer Is in the Cloud
Western Digital Blog – 3.8.21 (3.3.21) The most-played game of the 2000s was not Wii Sports, Grand Theft Auto, or The Sims. It was Minesweeper. The boxed minefields came preloaded on Windows starting in 1992, when the game was so mesmerizing that Bill Gates used to sneak into his friend’s office just to play. The original function of…
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“You can actually feel like you’re in the same place”: Microsoft Mesh powers shared experiences in mixed reality
Microsoft Blog – 3.8.21 (3.2.21) For years, Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberté received countless proposals for virtual reality technologies, but they couldn’t match the magic of his intensely visual and mesmerizing live performances. Now, with a new platform provided by Microsoft, he’s rethinking that. Source: “You can actually feel like you’re in the same…
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Pivo Tour – A New Immersive Experience
Pivo YouTube Channel – 2.24.21 (2.23.21) Transform your business with high-quality virtual tours made with your smartphone. Capture, create and share in one place for a seamless workflow. Source: Pivo Tour | A New Immersive Experience
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What Happens After Moore’s Law?
Western Digital Blog – 2.24.21 (2.23.21) The assumption that every technology will continue to get faster and better has become second nature much in thanks to Moore’s Law. As Moore’s Law predicted, the number of transistors on an integrated circuit have doubled at a steady pace since 1965 (initially every year, later adjusted to roughly…