Focals by North smart glasses Source: Focals by North Alphabet’s Google announced Tuesday that it acquired North, an eight-year-old Amazon-backed company that makes smart glasses. The value of the deal was not disclosed, but the Globe and Mail, which first reported Google’s interest, put the price at around $ 180 …
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Walgreens Boots Alliance (AMB) is implementing new customer analysis and outreach tools that will help it better understand and serve customers, through a partnership with Microsoft (MSFT) and Adobe (ADBE). The new technology will allow Walgreens to collect data and create individual customer profiles, whether they shop in stores, online, …
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Text size Photograph by Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg Shares of Micron Technology rose after the memory chip maker reported fiscal third-quarter earnings and sales on Monday that exceeded guidance released by the company just a month ago. Micron’s shares (ticker: MU) rose 5.2% in pre-trade trading. Shares closed 1.4% during …
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meBoyfriend Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday that its Covid-19 research vaccine had “positive” results in a small trial. But the company, which has gained more than $ 4 billion in value since the coronavirus pandemic began, did not provide any of the details necessary to determine if the vaccine is working. In …
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Qualcomm today announces two new Wear OS processors, the Snapdragon Wear 4100 Plus and Snapdragon Wear 4100, the first major updates to its smartwatch platform since 2018. Qualcomm claims the new chips will have vastly improved speed, with a “new processor significantly faster “And big leaps in GPU, memory, camera …
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