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Lending a hand: Even more ways tech is delivering hope for humanity

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Philanthropy isn’t only for the big guys. While tech giants Google and Apple announced their donation efforts last week, there is plenty of room for others. From multiple “Airbnb for refugees” popping up around the world to simply volunteering to be a human wifi hotspot, technology is being used as a vital tool for aid. With the latest numbers from the International Organization for Migration as a record-breaking 473,887 refugees and migrants from the Mediterranean to Europe just this year alone, everything helps. The past few weeks we’ve been presenting companies using technology with a humanitarian focus – here and…

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Lending a hand: Even more ways tech is delivering hope for humanity

Lengthening Procurement Timelines, Unfunded Mandates and Cultural...

New Deltek GovWin IQ report assesses the federal agency readiness and impact of IT acquisition reform initiatives

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The History of MarTech - In 16 Charts

It’s important to study the past if you want to define the future, at least according to Confucius and the growth team at Percolate, a New York City-based start-up marketing technology firm.

The History of MarTech - In 16 Charts

Oculus Touch will not ship alongside the Rift

Dean Takahashi demos the Oculus Rift and Oculus Touch.

Oculus has an amazing virtual-reality controller solution, but it won’t ship with the consumer version.

Oculus’s Touch controllers won’t ship until the second quarter of 2016, according to the company’s presentation at Oculus Connect today. That is an entire quarter after the Rift goes on sale in Q1 2016.

The company spent a long time talking about the possibilities and importance of Touch. This enables people to bring their hands and fingers into VR, which seems like a crucial step to give people a feeling of presence. So it feels like a missed opportunity for the company not to launch the Touch at the same time as Rift.

That missed opportunity is potentially exacerbated by the fact that the SteamVR-powered HTC Vive will launch with its touch-style controllers before the end of the year.

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Oculus Touch will not ship alongside the Rift

Data centers are the digital engine rooms of China's new economy

Even Apple has taken advantage of China Telecom’s expansive database network and purchased cloud computing storage for itself on the mainland.

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VR is coming, and Oculus has partnered up with PC makers like ASUS, Dell, and Alienware to make an O

VR is coming, and Oculus has partnered up with PC makers like ASUS, Dell, and Alienware to make an Oculus-ready lineup of gaming desktops for under 1K that meet the needed specifications to run an Oculus smoothly and worry-free. These PCs will also come with Oculus bundle options. Get ready, people. It’s happening.

The History of MarTech - In 16 Charts

It’s important to study the past if you want to define the future, at least according to Confucius and the growth team at Percolate, a New York City-based start-up marketing technology firm.

The History of MarTech - In 16 Charts