Month: December 2020
Spotify says it’s dominating the podcasting market because of a million-plus tiny podcasts
Spotify’s $100 million-plus Anchor acquisition is seemingly paying off. In data released today as part of its annual Wrapped look-back on the year, the company says Anchor, which makes podcast creation software, powered 80 percent of new podcasts on Spotify this year, meaning the software contributed more than 1 million…
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Windows 10 update will give power users plenty to play with Microsoft PowerToys
Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 update – one that fans of PowerToys will be pretty happy with. The release fixes a number of security bugs and comes with a new user interface for its Image Resizer feature. Although PowerToys has been around for a long time – it…
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Linux Foundation to offer new entry-level IT certification coding
There’s a new certification that’ll help prove your credentials as you start your IT career. Designed by the Linux Foundation, the certification will help prove your proficiency in IT and can be used to join the workforce at an associate level or as a stepping stone to more advanced courses.…
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Virgin Galactic may attempt a rocket-powered test flight next week
Virgin Galactic plans to do the first rocket-powered test flight of its VSS Unity spacecraft from its freshly christened Spaceport America facility in New Mexico as early as next week, the company announced. It could launch as soon as December 11th,… Source
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Oculus VR headsets look set to lose one of its highest profile games Marvel
It was one of the most high-profile releases to hit virtual reality headsets so far, but it appears that the Oculus-exclusive, Marvel Powers United VR, is set to shutdown. First spotted by a Reddit poster, owners of the game have received an email from Facebook’s Oculus and Powers United developer…
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Bizzabo raises $138M for a platform that helps you build and run virtual conferences
Conferences have — for better or worse (and if you’ve ever been trapped in a cavernous CES exhibition hall, you might say worse) — become a significant cornerstone of how industries engage with their audiences, whether they are comics superfans, or iOS developers, or insurance brokers. This year has undoubtedly…
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