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Which emerging technologies are enterprise companies getting serious about in 2020?

TechCrunch

They buy technologies that can solve problems they know about today, rather than those they may face a couple bends down the road. Rather than asking large companies about which technologies they were experimenting with, we created four buckets, based on what you might call “commitment level.” (Our Virtual reality.

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Nerdio lands $117M to build management tools on top of Azure Virtual Desktop

TechCrunch

Recognizing an opportunity for further growth, Vladimirskiy and Nerdio’s co-founder, former Microsoft exec Joseph Landes, decided to spin-off Nerdio as a separate company and sell Adar to a private equity firm in January 2020. Nerdio runs in a customer’s own Azure subscription as an Azure-based application.).

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Walmart acquires virtual clothing try-on startup Zeekit

TechCrunch

Retail giant Walmart announced this morning it’s acquiring the Tel Aviv-based startup Zeekit , which allows consumers to virtually “try on” clothing when shopping online. according to Wells Fargo, which estimated its apparel and footwear sales grew 15% in 2020 to over $41 billion, or 20-25% higher than Walmart.

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Switchboard creates virtual rooms to foster better collaboration

TechCrunch

“I founded Switchboard in June 2020, and it actually came out of a frustration with remote guitar lessons that I was taking. What started as technology for better guitar lessons evolved into Switchboard: a cloud co-working space purpose built for remote work.” ” Ashkenazi said in an email interview.

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Kumospace raises new cash to replace physical offices with virtual ones

TechCrunch

According to ActivTrak, 41% of organizations didn’t have a dedicated remote work policy in place as of May 2020. Brett Martin, the co-founder and president of Kumospace, believes a core piece to easing the transition is workplace collaboration tools — especially video chat tools that foster a “virtual office” feeling.

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Top 8 Web Design Trends in 2020

The Crazy Programmer

In 2020, minimalism and modern approach seems to be the ones that are on top. A messy website isn’t considered flawed in 2020 as those designed well can quickly become crowd favorites. 3D and Virtual Reality. Web designers are also taking advantage of technology even more by including shadows in website images and backgrounds.

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Transfr raises $12M Series A to bring virtual reality to manufacturing-plant floors

TechCrunch

To Bharani Rajakumar , the founder of Transfr , the dilemma of displaced workers is the perfect use case for virtual reality technology. Transfr leverages virtual reality to create simulations of manufacturing-plant shop floors or warehouses for training purposes. Transfr’s core technology is its software.