The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

Apple has confirmed it did indeed purchase virtual reality company NextVR, which specializes in recording live events like concerts and sports matches to be experienced in VR, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg reports that the company is shutting down, suggesting it is being absorbed entirely into Apple. Photo: NextVR.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Amazon Web Services will provide software developers with access to macOS on-demand in the cloud for the first time, promising to speed up the process and reduce the cost of making software for Apple’s computers and devices. “Many of our customers had to manage their own fleet of Macs for their build processes.”

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GeekWire

JUNE 22, 2020

Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the transition during the company’s virtual WWDC conference on Monday, calling it a “truly historic day” for the Mac. RELATED: WWDC roundup: Top news and best tweets from Apple’s big developer conference. Apple Image). Screenshot via webcast.). million Macs, down 6.2%

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The company announced Virtual Gateway, a cross-platform keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) software development kit (SDK) that aides solution providers offer enhanced capabilities for diagnosing and troubleshooting datacenter hardware. It’s a virtual solution rather than a hardware approach to managing and troubleshooting.

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CTOvision

JULY 26, 2013

I was a little disappointed to see the Snapdragon S4 Pro 600 series chip used, instead of Qualcomm’s 800 series which will be “ coming to virtually every…premium tier smartphone.” While Apple may enjoy such supply and demand games, it’s safe to say that Asus and Google are not worried about it.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

KVM Hardware Overcomes Connectivity Challenges, but Introduces Others. When early versions of keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switches were introduced almost 30 years ago (initially supporting only keyboard and display functions), these hardware solutions simplified connections to managed infrastructure assets.

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

Apple is officially moving to its own silicon chips for some of its Mac hardware. Calling it a “historic day for the Mac,” Apple CEO Tim Cook detailed the transitions to PowerPC, OS X 10, and a move to Intel chips before unveiling its plans to use Apple’s own ARM-powered silicon in Macs in the future.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 9, 2024

Developer Adam Gastineau recently launched "VirtualFriend – VB Emulator" for the Apple Vision Pro to bring back the games from Nintendo's shortlived VR experiment of the 90s – it's also compatible with iPhone and iPad but without the 3D effect. While it sounds like a recipe for failure, Nintendo's hardware. Read Entire Article

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GeekWire

AUGUST 19, 2021

Facebook today unveiled its vision for the future of work: a virtual reality experience called Horizon Workrooms that uses avatars and VR headsets to replicate in-person collaboration. “It will cause more people to experiment with virtual workspaces and consider using them as a key part of their remote or hybrid teams.”

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The Verge

AUGUST 13, 2020

Apple is planning to unveil a range of subscription bundles alongside its new iPhones this October according to Bloomberg. Internally, the bundles are being referred to as “Apple One,” though that’s not necessarily the name they will launch under. Apple’s subscription bundles could do the same for its services and hardware.

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Dataconomy

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Apple has delayed the release of a more affordable version of its Apple Vision headset, pushing the potential launch to beyond 2027, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. This means Apple’s only new head-mounted display device in 2025 will be the Vision Pro with an upgraded M5 processor.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

If it does ship in 2025, it’s likely to be the uncontested game of the year, and a massive driver of both software and hardware sales. That includes increased sophistication around hardware purchases, such as tricked-out gaming PCs. It does seem like the games industry, after 24 months of bad news, may be back on the rise.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Photo: Apple. Apple’s former hardware leader, Dan Riccio, is now overseeing the company’s still-secretive work on augmented and virtual reality products, according to Bloomberg. Riccio stepped back from Apple last month , after serving as senior vice president of hardware engineering since 2012.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

Apple will start switching its Macs to its own ARM-based processors later this year, but you won’t be able to run Windows in Boot Camp mode on them. Microsoft only licenses Windows 10 on ARM to PC makers to preinstall on new hardware, and the company hasn’t made copies of the operating system available for anyone to license or freely install.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Whether it is redundant hardware or a private hot-site, keeping an environment up and running 99.99% (insert more 9’s here) of the time is a tough job. We’re reducing the amount of hardware that we need, and increasing agility by using the cloud to replicate business processes. Utility Storage for Virtual and Cloud Computing.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Apple’s cloud ban and Fortnite feud have made it gaming’s latest villain Apple has always had a complicated relationship with the game industry, but this month that relationship slid into a bitter and very public legal and regulatory war that could shape the future of iPhone apps. Join the fight to stop 2020 from becoming ‘1984.’”.

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The Verge

MAY 10, 2021

Here are a few unrelated facts: Up until few weeks ago, Apple was selling the Siri Remote , one of the least popular (and most easily lost) remote controls ever made, with a slick glass and metal chassis that’s practically designed to slip behind a couch cushion. I really can’t find my Apple TV’s remote.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 18, 2023

It was when Nvidia reported strong results for the three months to April 30, 2023, and forecast that its sales could jump by 50% in the following fiscal quarter, that its stock market valuation soared, catapulting it into the exclusive trillion-dollar club alongside well-known tech giants Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The Apple Watch Series 6 is officially out, with the latest entry to Apple’s smartwatch lineup adding new features like a blood oxygen sensor and a brighter display. But the company has once again punted on a long-overdue addition to the Apple Watch: support for the universal Qi wireless charging standard.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

OmniPlan 4 on Apple Vision Pro — click to expand. Omni Group Image) OmniPlan 4 on Apple Vision Pro — click to expand. Omni Group Image) OmniPlan 4 on Apple Vision Pro — click to expand. Omni Group Photo) Apple announced Thursday that more than 600 apps have been developed natively for Apple Vision Pro at launch.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

It’s no secret Apple is hard at work on augmented and virtual reality devices, with a report from Bloomberg in January claiming Apple is working on an ultra-high-end, pricey headset that could hit stores in 2022. Notably, the report claims Apple won’t be running the power-hungry 8K displays at full resolution the entire time.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Cook has been singing the praises of AR for five years Tim Cook has just marked 10 years as Apple’s CEO , and while he’s grown Apple into the most valuable company in the world, it’s reasonable to argue he hasn’t yet introduced a signature, industry shaking product like Apple co-founder Steve Jobs did with the iPhone, iPad, Mac and more.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The Apple Watch’s diagnostic port has been a mysterious part of the wearable lineup since its first model, but the new Series 7 officially ditches the six-pin port entirely. Intended for internal use for diagnostics, the port wasn’t officially acknowledged on Apple’s website or documentation. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

That’s the message today from Rackspace Chief Technology Officer John Engates, who says recent price cuts on dedicated virtual machine instances from rival Amazon Web Services have led to confusion about “dedicated” products. Engates says the current discussion is conflating apples and oranges. Virtualization.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Alan McMahon works for Dell in enterprise solution design, across a range for products from servers, storage to virtualization, and is based in Ireland. A private cloud is your own virtualized environment, while a public cloud is one that another company provides for you. Virtualization. ALAN McMAHON. Shared Resources.

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GeekWire

JULY 24, 2020

We couldn’t get together in person, but we still found a way to celebrate the best in Pacific Northwest tech on Thursday as the GeekWire Awards went virtual. billion; Xevo acquired by Lear for $320 million; Xnor AI acquired by Apple. Hardware/Gadget of the Year, presented by First Tech Federal Credit Union. Winner: Auth0.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It reminds me a little of the iPhone 5, but more importantly, it looks and feels very different than any other modern phone, in the way Apple is historically good at making older designs seem instantly out of date. The front of the phone is covered in what Apple calls “Ceramic Shield,” a hybrid of glass and ceramic.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

The potential exists for significant savings as SDN allows data centers to move away from single source hardware to the commodity-based pricing we see with servers. This is especially true if the majority of those addresses are assigned to virtual machines. 4) The number of virtual machines (VMs) within an organization’s network.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 27, 2024

Ashwin Ballal, CIO de Freshworks, también es partidario de la infraestructura de escritorio virtual en la nube que permite el acceso desde los dispositivos móviles de los usuarios. En los próximos años, esperamos que la tecnología pase de nicho a mayoritaria”. Krishna Prasad, CIO de UST, está de acuerdo.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2021

A new Linux port allows Apple’s M1 Macs to run Ubuntu for the first time. Corellium, a security firm that offers a virtualized version of iOS for security testing, has successfully ported Ubuntu over to M1 Macs and released a tutorial for others to follow. Apple hasn’t designed its M1 Macs with dual-boot or Boot Camp in mind.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It uses two 1920 x 1080 OLED displays with a 90Hz refresh rate, plus an array of cameras, to add a virtual overlay to the real world. The XR1 Smart Viewer is distinct from the Snapdragon XR1 or XR2 platforms — a pair of chipsets that are optimized for virtual and augmented reality glasses, including last year’s XR2-based Oculus Quest 2.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

The latest price drops are for dedicated instances, which are different from regular EC2 instances in that they run on single-tenant hardware. They are isolated from other instances belonging to other customers at the host hardware level. Virtualization. AWS wants to win over the enterprise. Featured Cloud Articles. Convergence.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 10, 2024

While Apple isn’t pioneering this field, it anticipates that this will be a significant leap forward in computing. The company is staking its claim in this domain with the launch of its new AR/VR headset, the Apple Vision Pro. Apple is actively promoting “spatial computing” as the go-to term for this experience.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

The company has been working with HP to build its servers, but with its latest hardware refresh (known as G4) has opted for customized servers built by Quanta , a Taiwanese company that has built servers for Facebook and Rackspace. Virtualization. Featured Cloud Articles. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Even though Apple didn’t announce new iPhones yesterday, the event was a jam-packed hour. Apple announced four new hardware products, a major new service, and a new bundle. As I’ll note below, the most important products might not be the hardware, but Fitness Plus and the ability to make an Apple Watch a kid tracker.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The watch is great, the blood oxygen monitor is not Weirdly, the fact that the Apple Watch Series 6 is the very best smartwatch by a huge margin feels anticlimactic. At this point, the company would have to massively screw something up with the Apple Watch for it to be knocked out of the lead spot. Apple didn’t screw anything up.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Google is working on integrating its Chromecast streaming devices and Nest Audio speakers, according to a comment from a Google spokesperson in The Wall Street Journal , in a move that would give Google’s smart home and streaming gadgets a feature parity with Amazon and Apple. Just like Amazon and Apple.

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