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Uber embraces the cloud with customized CPUs

CIO

Ampere’s ability to customize chips for cloud workloads appealed to Uber, because of its heavy and unique computing needs, says Kamran Zargahi, Uber’s senior director of technology strategy. The company, with a beta launch in mid-2010, chose to operate its own data centers because the modern cloud computing market was still in its infancy.

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Windows 10 Is Now On 825 Million Active Devices: What It Means For Programmers

The Crazy Programmer

In November 2017, Windows announced that their Windows 10 operating system had been downloaded onto 600 million active devices. However, in May 2019, that record was smashed as it emerged that there are now 825 million devices running Windows 10. The Windows Terminal App. PowerToys For Windows 10.

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To Make It Big, Most Tech Startups Have A Limited Post-IPO Window To Turn Profitable

Crunchbase News

But in most cases, even the most valuable one-time venture-backed technology companies went public before turning profitable. Meanwhile Palantir Technologies , which was founded in 2003, took 20 years to post its first annual profit in 2023. One famous example is Tesla , which went public in 2010 and reported its first profit in 2020.

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Bending Spoons acquires Evernote, marking the end of an era

TechCrunch

Founded in 2000 by Russian-American entrepreneur Stepan Pachikov, Redwood City-based Evernote made handwriting recognition software for Windows and the eponymous note-taking, web-clipping app Evernote, which stored notes on an “infinite roll of paper.” in 2008. .”

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Ocean tech investor survey, AI and PR, L-1 visa options

TechCrunch

Today, wind power and wave action are just two technologies leading investors to take a closer look at ocean conservation technology, reports Tim De Chant. To learn more about the opportunities they’re chasing and discover how climate change is shaping their investment thesis, he surveyed: Daniela V. 1 Case study slide No.

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Dear Sophie: How do tech layoffs impact PERM and the green card process?

TechCrunch

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. Image Credits: Joanna Buniak / Sophie Alcorn (opens in a new window). unemployment rate in 2010. Dear Sophie: Are there any visas or green cards I can get on my own?

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Uber’s $200K pre-seed deck from 2008

TechCrunch

billion industry by 2010. According to Uber’s deck, BlackBerry led the pack with a 32% market share, followed by Windows Mobile (30%), Palm OS (19%), iPhone (10%), Hiptop (6%) and Symbian (3%). The company projected that this would be a $3.5 They’re a thing. Apple’s iOS sits at a 60%-ish market share in the U.S.,

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