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  • Intel Acquires Pivot’s Smart Edge Platform: Eyes 5G Edge Computing Leadership

    Intel Acquires Pivot’s Smart Edge Platform: Eyes 5G Edge Computing Leadership

    Intel announced it has acquired the Smart Edge platform from Pivot Technology Solutions, Inc., a “cloud-native, scalable and secure platform for multi-access edge computing (MEC).”

    Edge computing allows data collected by Internet of Things (IoT) devices to be processed and analyzed closer to the point of collection, rather than being sent to far-away data centers. This gives organizations the ability to process critical data in near real-time. With the growth of the IoT, edge computing is predicted to reach $22.45 billion by 2024. The Smart Edge acquisition positions Intel to be a dominant player in the market as it grows.

    “This transaction enhances our ability to address the 5G network transformation with a leading position in edge computing,” says Dan Rodriguez, Intel vice president in the Data Center Group and general manager of the Network Compute Division. “We plan to take full advantage of our combined technologies and teams to accelerate the development of the edge computing market while creating a compelling solution for customers.”

    As part of the agreement, Intel and Pivot will sign a Preferred Partner Agreement, making Pivot an authorized Smart Edge reseller, as well as Intel’s non-exclusive Preferred Systems Integrator for systems based on the Smart Edge platform.

    “Intel is the right company and brand to advance and scale Smart Edge’s software solution,” said Kevin Shank, CEO of Pivot. “Our partnership with Intel will leverage Pivot’s core strengths as a technology integrator and service provider with Intel’s advanced technology solutions to drive the adoption of the Smart Edge platform. We look forward to collaborating with Intel to develop and take to market many new edge computing use cases.”

  • Meghan McCain Hates Karl Rove, Blasts Republican Leadership

    Meghan McCain was interviewed on Ora.TV’s PoliticKING with Larry King on Thursday, and said many not nice things about Karl Rove. Although the interview covered a lot of abrasive issues, only a few soundbites have been picked up and sorted through by the media. Here are the ones that are making headlines, at least according to Politico:

    “I hate Karl Rove and I think he still needs to apologize to my family, which he has not done, for things that happened in 2000. I think there was an era where Karl Rove was relevant and I don’t know why people still give him attention.”

    On Rove’s comments about Hilary Clinton: “I think what we saw with Karl Rove talking about her health, though, is sort of just the beginning. Just the tip of the iceberg of what’s going to happen with the attacks on her.”

    And on her father, John McCain, and his chances of becoming president: “I think my father could have had Jesus Christ as his running mate and it wouldn’t have mattered in ’07.”

    McCain is not shy about voicing her views on Republican leadership. You can watch the whole interview here:

    Back in 2000, Rove made his bad reputation when he was linked to a campaign during the Republican primary that spread rumors that John McCain fathered an illegitimate black child. Rove denied the link.

    “This is the kind of thing the media love, these kind of allegations,” Rove said according to Politico. “But for people in practical politics, I’ve got to tell you, I was seized with fear when this rumor began to circulate through South Carolina. It was sent out by a professor at Bob Jones University.”

    If you want to hear more about her views, Meghan McCain hosts Pivot’s show Raising McCain.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt Gets His Own Variety Show

    Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who has spent the last few years working on and promoting his site HitRECcord, is now seeing that site come to life with its own variety show, HitRECord On TV. The show premieres on Pivot on January 18th with two back-to-back episodes. The first season is scheduled for eight episodes and contains content right from the website itself, HitRECord. The half hour show will be made up of short films, interviews, performances and more. Each episode will revolve around a different theme, based on the thousands of contributions from the website.

    “We like to call ourselves an open collaborative production company, where hundreds of thousands of artists around the world form a community around the art we make together,” co-creator Jared Geller tells SPIN magazine. The first episode alone uses content from over 400 contributors on the site. Plus, if your content is used, there’s a sweet cut from the $50,000 per episode check.

    If you don’t want to wait to catch the premiere episode on January 18th, or don’t have the cable channel Pivot (which seems likely), Joseph kindly uploaded the entire first episode to Youtube for fans to check out:

    In the Youtube introduction, Joseph writes: “I’m deeply proud of this show, and I think you’re realllllly gonna like it. Honestly, making this thing together with all the artists from around the world in our hitRECord community has been one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of my life so far.”

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Meghan McCain New Show Just Latest Victory

    Back in 2008, when Senator John McCain ran against Barack Obama for the presidency, little could anyone have guessed that the McCain that came out the biggest winner in that race would not be John. It would be his daughter Meghan.

    Matt Spencer reported earlier about Meghan McCain’s new show, called “Raising McCain”. But that show is just the latest in a series of star turns for the outspoken daughter of a straight-talking maverick Senator from Arizona.

    Meghan McCain blogged about the 2008 campaign train on her own website, McCain Blogette. Her personal take on politics and how it affected her family made her a star, even after the campaign was over.

    Meghan McCain is a Republican. But she and her father do not always see eye-to-eye on all issues. And she is often at odds with other highly visible Republican voices, particularly people like Ann Coulter or her father’s former running mate, Sarah Palin.

    Young voters have a trust of the young McCain, not seeing her as part of a long-standing establishment, but as an independent voice that they can sympathize with, unbought and unsoiled by the years of politicking that they see older politicians of both parties succumb to.

    In 2009, Meghan McCain became a regular author on The Daily Beast, and a contributor to MSNBC in 2011.

    McCain told the Television Critics Association that her new show lets her “be crazy, be myself and talk about issues.”

    “I came to Pivot because I think there has to be some sort of middle ground between the Kardashians and C-SPAN,” McCain said. “I want to give people information but not talk down to them. I am so excited. This is the best thing I’ve ever done.”

    She says her father has seen footage of her new show and supports her in this, as opposed to his disappointment when she started work with MSNBC.

  • Meghan McCain To Host Show On New Network

    Meghan McCain To Host Show On New Network

    It is not unusual for politicians and the like to find their way onto television in one form or another, often to the detriment of political discourse in the United States. However, the daughter of former presidential nominee Sen. John McCain may be taking a different route.

    Meghan McCain will be the host of “Raising McCain”, a hybrid doucmentary-talk series. The series will air on Pivot, a new entertainment network that set to launch on August 1st that will target a younger audience. McCain will also serve as an executive producer for the series.

    The show will follow McCain as she travels the country in search of answers to important, as well as unusual questions. McCain will reportedly interact with experts on certain topics as well as everyday people in her travels.

    The younger McCain’s turn from directly political television is surprising, and may represent a turn in the focus of networks from certain political principles to a more all-encompassing approach meant to entertain as well as inform.

    Not everyone is thrilled at the prospect of the child of a major politician hosting a show, however.

    Shows such as “Raising McCain” are also ripe for criticism from those who view it as right leaning fluff meant to show the softer side of the conservatism. Whether or not that is the case will not be evident until the launch of Pivot and the premier of the show.