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Live-streaming platform BoxCast raises $20M

TechCrunch

And it’s no surprise that 2020 has been a “watershed moment” for the company, as Daily put it, with the company now live streaming millions of events per year — everything from sports to religious services to virtual safaris offered by Sri Lanka’s tourism board. BoxCast dashboard.

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Headless is out of this world, let’s dive in!

Perficient

While many organizations still leverage pure play headless CMS’s to build traditional web experiences, a good fit use case is to provide physical world and virtual world omnichannel experiences. image: curated virtual journey into Boston Children’s Hospital ) Tourism A pandemic hits the entire world.

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Arabian moonshots may hold huge implications for the whole world

Pandora's Brain

They are looking to AI to help them develop alternative energy sources, create smart cities, improve government services, and build world-class industries in fintech, healthcare, and tourism. Inbound tourism used to be virtually impossible; now it takes just a few seconds to obtain a tourist visa online.

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Sharify makes it super simple to rediscover your city’s social side

TechCrunch

And, well, ‘tourism’ as a concept is starting to feel rather quaint and old-fashioned vs properly exploring your own backyard.). Local and/or virtual is the new global, all of a sudden. Happily there’s no option to message individual users via their profile so no fear of stupid in-app spam.).

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8 investors and founders highlight Valencia’s potential as a fintech and cybersecurity hub

TechCrunch

The city appears to be strong in areas such as travel, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, agritech, travel tech, biotech, sports tech, and VR. Virtual reality is strong and exciting. So to find out what the startup scene in Valencia looks like, we spoke with eight local investors, executives and founders. What are you most excited by?

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Hot Tips To Create A Location-Based App

Xicom

The repercussions of COVID-19 affect geolocation-based industries like logistics and tourism. These location-based apps can track all outdoor sporting tasks like cycling, running, swimming and more. According to the name, a Geo-fence is a virtual boundary within which an app performs a complex or straightforward pre-programmed action.

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How Much Does It Cost to Create a Mobile VR App?

Mobilunity

When looking at the future of the technology industry, virtual reality (VR) is seen as one of the leading fields. Virtual reality is affecting every type of business and can be used in countless ways to make business processes more effective and efficient. The Top Virtual Reality Apps Designed by Mobile VR Companies.

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