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 OWC Continues Growth and Expansion.   

 Other World Computing…or OWC…continues to innovate and grow.  CEO Larry O’Connor recently announced the acquisition of high speed storage maker InXtron…and there have been others as well.  OWC has specialized in helping users to upgrade.  O’Connor says that includes adding solid state drives and more…

“There’s all these incredible systems, you can even go back a decade, you got systems that are extremely, even two decades in some cases…machines that are still viable for the applications that they were put in place for.  And systems 2012 and later are still supported with the latest operating systems…you can ramp them up with a 2 terabyte SSD inside.  The docks that can add all the new ports to new systems and old systems alike.”

The line up is impressive at OWC.com.

 With new partnership OtterBox adds some Pop!: Comm. Mgr. Kristen Tatti chats with Techstination.

 Fibaro sensors now work with SmartThings and more. Fibaro's Dominik Jechorek chats with Techstination.

 Alien Skin Exposure 4.5 is out! What's new? CEO Finley Lee in Techstination interview.

 Plantronics and Polycom combine to form Poly.   

Poly is the name of a new brand created by the purchase of Polycom by Plantronics.  Chris Thorson is Senior Director of Product Marketing…

“As we went and started to do the actual research, we said obviously there’s a long history with Plantronics starting back in the aviation days over fifty years ago and headsets that went to the moon.  And on the Polycom side, also a rich history of conference phones…over five million devices there just on the conference space in rooms there.  So there was a long, rich history of both and it feels almost odd to pick one over the other so we looked at it together and said, you know, we really think we can bring these two companies together and move forward with a new name, now Poly.  Poly really meaning many.”

And for more…on some of the latest…check out Poly.com.

 Amazon Future Engineers program provides computer science courses & more.   

A program called Amazon Future Engineer is aiming to make a big difference in the education of thousands of young people.  What Amazon is doing is investing fifty million dollars…funding introductory and advanced placement computer science courses at more than one thousand high schools across the country…many of them in underprivileged areas.  Beyond that the program will support computer science access for many students in younger grades.  Amazon’s Allison Flicker…

“We’re starting with kids all the way in kindergarten and  are actually sticking with kids as they go into college and enter into getting different internships throughout their college careers.”

Of course, Amazon hopes that one day, some of those future engineers will become employees.  There is more information, including for schools and teachers, at www.amazonfutureengineer.com.

 Apple wants to be your top choice for streaming TV.      

How do you stream TV and movies.  However it is today…Apple is aiming to change that…or at least add to it with a new app that will be available on TVs…Roku and Amazon’s Fire TV.  Apple TV will let you buy and rent shows…subscribe to premium channels….and this fall the offerings will include Apple TV Plus….with original content being developed by some of the biggest names in show business from Steven Spielberg to Oprah Winfrey…

“There has never been a moment quite like this one.”

Of the talent Apple has lined up,  CEO Tim Cook says…

“ They’ve impacted our culture, society and we’re so excited and so humbled to be working with them.”

For consumers…the battle to create quality programming…is a good thing…if you can afford the subscription fees.

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