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A new virtual reality headset designed for mobility will serve as an entry point into a new virtual world, its maker announced Tuesday The US$599 Mova headset from XRSpace, founded by former HTC chief Peter Chou, will support 5G and be the exclusive on-ramp to Manova, a social reality platform that aims to defy the boundaries of space and time to b...

These are extraordinary times, in case you haven't noticed One of my contentions these days is that CRM is penetrating society to a point that it is taking on an outsized role, and I have called this the "CRMification" of society....

COVID-19's rampage is causing the electronics industry worldwide to suffer supply chain setbacks Product innovation remains incredibly important in today's new normal, but more than half (53 percent) of electronics industry product launches have been delayed or canceled due to the pandemic, suggests a new study Supplyframe released last week....

One of the exciting things that came out of Microsoft Build during the analyst preview was that the company has been working to create virtual court solutions. I spend a surprisingly large amount of time following court cases and sitting in courtrooms. If done right, a virtual system could fix a lot of court-related problems It would allow judges ...

What started out as a 13-year-old's hobby to feed his passion for technology has turned into a business for Skyler Ficklin, operator of the QuitZoom website and iSkyler YouTube video channel Ficklin, stuck at home while his Ohio high school is closed due to COVID-19, spends his days and nights completing online learning assignments to end his sopho...

Does flaky Internet connectivity have you scrounging for solutions? The COVID-19 pandemic increased our demand for Internet service due to working from home, online learning for kids, and video conferencing with colleagues and family members.

Facebook on Tuesday announced Facebook Shops, which will let small businesses set up a single online store accessible from both Instagram and Facebook Businesses can choose products they want to feature and customize the look and feel of their online shop....

A little while ago I was recording a podcast with an up and coming CRM company focused on banks and credit unions, CRMNext, and one of the questions that came up involved what's on the CRM horizon. To be honest, no one really knows, but because I spend a lot of time trying to understand both this industry and the broader landscape, I am never without an opinion.

Developers are the driver of innovation in the world we live in today, said Scott Guthrie, EVP of the Microsoft Cloud+AI Group, in his presentation during the virtual Build 2020 conference held Tuesday New features in Azure aim to make development easier and faster, he added....

Apple may launch an augmented reality line of smart glasses in the spring of 2021, according to Jon Prosser, host of the video blog Front Page Tech The new peepers will be called "Apple Glass" and sell for US$499, with prescription lenses costing more, Prosser claimed....

The Linux Foundation has achieved a major milestone: formal status on the international standards front Its Joint Development Foundation (JDF) received approval as an ISO/IEC JTC 1 Publicly Available Specification (PAS) Submitter, LF announced last week.This status gives JDF's standards development projects a path to international standardization....

Apple on Sunday said it has reopened nearly 100 of its retail outlets around the world The company will be opening an additional 25 stores in the United States and 12 more in Canada this week, according to a Bloomberg report....

It is true that the U.S. economy never has faced the challenges it faces now, but the implications for e-commerce and direct-to-consumers fulfillment functions are particularly significant. This is clearly demonstrated by the federal government's determination that companies that ship goods directly to people's homes are an essential service and, as such, are permitted to continue operating...

Nvidia held its GTC event last week, and of the virtual keynotes I've seen so far, CEO Jensen Huang's was the best. That's because the company made the decision to cut it into segments, mostly under 16 minutes, so viewers didn't have to watch things they weren't interested in Also, Jensen mixed up the content between the speaker, videos and static ...

By this, the fourth and final entry in this series, you should have a grasp of information security basics. Let's take stock of them before continuing down the rabbit hole How to Stay Safe on the Internet, Part 1...

Oracle appears to be undergoing a kind of resurgence during the coronavirus crisis. Financial analysts are saying nice things about its ability to pay dividends even in tough times. Its technology, which always has been good, is seeing an interesting uptick All of this is buffing the company's image after years of yes-but responses from the market ...

By necessity, almost all education is happening online at the moment. However, the trend of online education likely will continue even after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Online learning is often more convenient than in-person training, and because the methods and techniques for online education are evolving and improving, it quickly has become a...

In theory, all you need is a shiny new router for hassle-free wireless connections in your home or small office. Yet in practice, your wireless reception often will be plagued with interference issues. Interference can cause slow delivery, higher latency than hardwired connections, frequent disconnects and reconnects, and sometimes a complete inab...

Facebook has set up American Edge, a political advocacy group for the high-tech industry, which is drawing scrutiny from United States lawmakers, The Washington Post reported Tuesday American Edge will fund ad campaigns and studies by academics to push its efforts, according to the paper....

Microsoft and Intel researchers have found a way to combine artificial intelligence and image analysis to create a highly effective means to combat malicious software infections The researchers call their approach "STAMINA" -- static malware-as-image network analysis -- and say it's proven to be highly effective in detecting malware with a low rate...