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Looped raises $7.7M to expand its interactive live event platform Live events in the age of Covid-19 have largely been moved into the virtual world: we buy tickets (or simply click on a link), go to a site or app, and watch the action unfold on a screen. Your seat or mine might be just as good as that of any other audience member, but these affairs also leave a lot to be desired. Today, a startup called Looped that’s trying to build a livestreaming event service that is more engaged and inter...

Amazon Web Services was is the leader in the cloud-infrastructure market during the fourth quarter of 2020. Microsoft Azure ranked second.

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and former Windows president Steven Sinofsky met for a surprising chat on Thursday night when they appeared together on the…

Saturday, January 09, 2021 Former Microsoft executives who were involved in the development of the original Xbox have told Bloomberg in an interview that the team tore down a PlayStation 2 for reference while designing the console. After Bill Gates showcased a prototype of the Xbox at Game Developers Conference, the design team was tasked with turning it into a retail product. Head of Xbox at the time, Rick Thompson, ended up resigning because he was concerned about the costs associated with th...