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The Hardware Virus

The Daily WTF

Jen left her cube to head for the hardware "closet"—really, more of a room crammed full of cables, peripherals, and computer parts. "The hardware virus." " "Hardware virus?" Advertisement]. Such cables were the means by which coworkers connected their laptops to projectors for presentations.

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Is VMware really becoming the new mainframe?

CIO

Everybody says VMware works as advertised, but they have a problem with how Broadcom has changed the way you purchase and use VMware. They force a deep-rooted dependency on their proprietary hardware and platform for the workloads they run. VMware is reliable, mission-critical, hard to get off, Warrilow says.

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Create a social media punch list for cryptocurrency marketing

TechCrunch

Last December, Facebook officially began allowing crypto advertisers to buy ads on its platform. Facebook allows some crypto companies to advertise without submitting proof of financial licenses. But just because you can advertise on Facebook doesn’t mean you should. But what are best practices for crypto marketers in general?

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Clerk bags new capital to improve in-store grocery shopping experience

TechCrunch

The company created a digital advertising network called Grocery TV and provides screens, initially in the checkout aisle, for brands and retailers to leverage with the aim of improving the shopping experience. We saw companies raise more, but struggle to get hardware out there,” he added. Clerk’s team. Image Credits: Clerk.

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Micromobility startup Helbiz to go public via a SPAC, and will expand into ghost kitchens

TechCrunch

.” The transaction includes $30 million PIPE anchored by institutional investors and approximately $80 million in net proceeds will be fed into Helbiz’s micromobility and advertising businesses, which have 2.7 million users.

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Best of…: Best Of 2019: The Hardware Virus

The Daily WTF

Jen left her cube to head for the hardware "closet"—really, more of a room crammed full of cables, peripherals, and computer parts. "The hardware virus." " "Hardware virus?" Advertisement]. Such cables were the means by which coworkers connected their laptops to projectors for presentations.

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South African startup Qwili gets $1.2M to scale its app and low-cost NFC-enabled smartphone

TechCrunch

In a statement shared with TechCrunch, Qwili said it would use the investment for app development, new hires (improvement in operations and development capabilities) and hardware production. The company’s hardware is a low-cost NFC-enabled smartphone called Qwili Pula that allows merchants to send and receive payments.

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