Daily Crunch: Facebook unveils the Oculus Quest 2

This is the most convincing argument Oculus has made for VR since its inception Its still largely for gamers and will still be in danger of getting mainstream users excited for a few weeks and then spending the rest of its life in the closet.

The announcement was part of todays Facebook Connect event, where the company also debuted a virtual office space called Infinite Office, announced a fitness tracking device and revealed plans to launch smart glasses next year.

Apple burns developer goodwill with surprise release of iOS 14 iOS 14 is now available for download, with yesterdays surprise announcement leaving many developers scrambling to prepare their apps.

Amazon Music adds podcasts, including its own original shows The first slate of originals on Amazon Music will include shows hosted by creators like DJ Khaled, Becky G, Will Smith, Dan Patrick and others.

Dropbox CEO Drew Houston says the pandemic forced the company to reevaluate what work means Houston spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt, arguing that COVID has accelerated a shift to distributed work that will not go away.

Kerry Washington explains why she became a startup investor She also discussed her investment in The Wing, the female co-working startup thats faced some recent scandals.

Four perspectives on Apples new service bundle For one thing, Cupertino is engaging in a form of future-proofing to offset slowing hardware sales and potentially a loss of App Store income.

JFrog and Snowflakes aggressive IPO pricing point to strong demand for cloud shares At their final IPO prices, the two debuts are aggressively valued, showing continued optimism amongst public investors that cloud shares are an attractive bet.

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