GeekWire

AUGUST 22, 2020

The founders of the nonprofit had gathered heaps of anecdotal evidence that tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons could help kids who struggled socially — whether they had autism, ADHD, anxiety or other challenges — learn to more successfully interact with others. It seems, instead, that they shook their die and rolled a virtual 20.

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Computer Weekly

DECEMBER 22, 2017

If we look back on 2017 in educational technology, some of the biggest surprises were political and cultural. In 2017 the Trump administration did not embrace free tuition, to put it mildly, but localities did in various forms, from New York state to Providence, Rhode Island.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MAY 31, 2023

The metaverse has been described as the next phase of the internet: interconnected and persistent 3D spaces where we will work, play, and, so it seems, purchase virtual real estate. Sales of VR and AR headsets have fallen short of expectations. To read this article in full, please click here

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2021

The world’s biggest gaming showcase, E3, is going all-virtual for the first time in its history, with organizers revealing today how they plan to keep enthusiasts interested without the sights and sounds of the show floor. The virtual E3 will run from June 12th to June 15th. Registration is free and opens later this month.

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Vox

JUNE 9, 2021

Snap is, in its own words , a camera company sustained on intimacy and existing social networks. But beyond these core social features, Snap has bigger ambitions with augmented and virtual reality. Most social media users are already familiar with AR technology, whether they’re aware of it or not.

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Hacker Earth

MARCH 27, 2018

Not long ago, we were analyzing the trends unfolding in 2017 and in no time, we are talking about projections for the next year. So here’s a closer look at the lessons 2017 taught us and what we can expect from 2018. . The year 2017 saw a rise in the use of Social Media in recruitment. I am not on leave.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Seattle-based FFA just wrapped up a virtual version of its eight-week Ready Set Raise program, which requires each company to have a female or non-binary CEO. It now has more than 20,000 members since launching in 2017 and graduated three Ready Set Raise cohorts.

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GeekWire

JUNE 4, 2021

Blending the physical and digital: A crowd at The International, Valve’s Dota 2 eSports tournament, in Seattle in 2017, three years before the pandemic. The aftermath could prove even trickier, creating a hybrid audience, with some people attending virtually and others in the flesh. . What should the virtual experience be like?

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

Spiegel’s memo, which Snap later made public, also came as the big social companies were reckoning over what to do about President Donald Trump’s increasingly bellicose posts about voting by mail and peaceful protesters. Social platforms, for better and for worse, offer only the president’s words. Donald Trump Jr.

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GeekWire

APRIL 22, 2021

That includes kids who are Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC); children who struggle socially due to autism, ADHD or other conditions; and women eager to break into technology or entrepreneurial roles. On May 20 we will announce the winners live at the virtual GeekWire Awards , presented by Wave Business. Game to Grow.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This past weekend marked the first Sunday of the 2021 NFL season, and while it was full of exciting highlights, one may have towered over them all: the Carolina Panthers’ viral video of a giant virtual panther leaping around Bank of America Stadium. The video is ridiculous. The animations are intended to air live.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 16, 2023

higher [in 2022] than in 2017.” Because transactions are transparent, blockchain has the potential to increase trust and enable new types of disruptive applications and services, such as decentralized financial systems, marketplaces, and social networks.

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GeekWire

JUNE 16, 2020

Version One has a distributed team and was already comfortable with virtual meetings, said Boris Wertz, who leads the firm from Vancouver B.C. But this was the first time Version One has led a round virtually via video calls, Dropbox folders, DocuSign forms, and other remote tools. Lead for 3. — Boris Wertz (@bwertz) May 2, 2020.

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The Investing Edge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Investment by retailers in AR/VR may reach $30B by 2020, according to Surabhi Ghosh Chatterjee in “ How Retail Industry is Winning at Customer Experiences With Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality.” The list represents a broad selection of ideas and technologies, including social entrepreneurship. Some Stuff We Just Liked.

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Vox

MAY 16, 2024

BetterHelp and the FTC eventually reached a settlement, and now anyone who signed up for BetterHelp between August 1, 2017, and December 31, 2020, is being notified of their eligibility for a refund. According to the AP , BetterHelp has said it was simply adhering to practices that were “standard for the industry.”

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 21, 2021

The news of this spread quickly on social media and some people were doing the equivalent of a virtual jaw drop after hearing about this possibility. Don Williamson wrote a paper about the tax implications of ransomware payments in 2017 and since that time the number of ransomware attacks has surged.

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Vox

MARCH 14, 2024

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife Louise Linton hold a 2017 sheet of $1 dollar notes bearing Mnuchin’s name for a photograph at the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, DC, in 2017. On the other hand, I do think it is unlikely that a small company will have the resources to acquire TikTok.”

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Rudy Willingham , the Seattle artist known for his colorful, stop-motion photo cutouts on social media, is teaming with rapper/singer Lil Nas X to release TikTok’s first-ever NFT. He’s also a successful DJ and musician, and a onetime drone pilot whose images of the Amazon Spheres drew attention in 2017.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 3, 2021

It will feature 102 outdoor bays for hitting golf balls, a full-service restaurant and bar, and an event space for corporate and social events. Topgolf, which started in London 20 years ago, previously brought its pop-up concept Topgolf Crush to Seattle in 2017. The company opened a location in the Portland, Ore.,

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Dataconomy

JULY 20, 2023

.” Brace yourselves as we dive into the virtual canvas that brought together millions of individuals from across the globe, united by a single purpose – to pixelate, collaborate, and conquer in an unprecedented social experiment.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 11, 2017

Social media: I use Corebird for Twitter access from Linux when I’m traveling. Social media when I’m in the office (Tweetbot is far more powerful than Corebird). Any virtualization testing specific to VMware Fusion (like testing a VMware-formatted Vagrant box, for example). Where I Still Use OS X.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Facebook’s Connect conference is one of the biggest days of the year for virtual reality. Godin is the developer of Virtual Desktop, a top-selling VR app that enables desktop computer access inside headsets. By Godin’s reckoning, it would be the second time Facebook had pulled the rug from under Virtual Desktop.

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Vox

MARCH 11, 2024

Missouri , the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit — a far-right court dominated by MAGA judges — issued a vague and sweeping injunction that effectively forbids the federal government from communicating with social media companies about harmful content online. It may use firm, or even harsh, language when it does so.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 21, 2021

The news of this spread quickly on social media, and some people were doing the equivalent of a virtual jaw drop after hearing about this possibility. Don Williamson wrote a paper about the tax implications of ransomware payments in 2017, and since that time the number of ransomware attacks has surged.

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Hacker Earth

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The year 2018 saw a rise in the use of Social Media in recruitment. Social Recruiting’, a blanket term for finding talent through social media was coined in 2008. Also read – Social HR – New rules of talent acquisition ). 2018 saw the use of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in recruitment.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The Seattle-based organization this year is hosting a virtual version of its eight-week “ Ready Set Raise ” program, which requires each company to have a female or non-binary CEO. It now has 20,000 members since launching in 2017 and graduated two Ready Set Raise cohorts.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Seattle-based Pluto VR is launching a new streaming platform for virtual reality. The company plans to add more features to PlutoSphere post-launch, such as a persistent social layer and support for augmented reality apps. The official PlutoSphere logo. Pluto VR Image). The Pluto VR founding team. Pluto VR photo).

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GeekWire

APRIL 19, 2021

On May 20 we will announce the winners live at the virtual GeekWire Awards , presented by Wave Business. The Seattle-based startup, which spun out of Pioneer Square Labs (PSL) in 2017, also closely follows evolving immigration policies and publishes guides to help navigate a notoriously complicated process. Voodle Image).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The world’s largest social network is internally grappling with an existential crisis: an aging user base Earlier this year, a researcher at Facebook shared some alarming statistics with colleagues. If it doesn’t correct course, the 17-year-old social network could, for the first time, lose out on an entire generation.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2021

Roblox blurs the line between a large social game and a game engine or sales platform. Users don’t enter a single virtual world like Second Life ; they launch individual experiences created by users. It also wants to defend a ban on “stores within a store” on iOS. Apple has apparently worried about this fuzziness.

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Vox

MAY 31, 2023

I tend to check Find My Friends when I want to see if anyone’s nearby and might be up for a spontaneous hang, or else just to see their little bubbles in some kind of bizarre exercise in virtual closeness. The bigger issue they have is the social awkwardness of turning off your location after agreeing to share it with someone. “I

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

There’s virtual reality and there’s augmented reality — both of these are incredibly interesting. And nobody in here, few people in here, think it’s acceptable to be tethered to a computer walking in here and sitting down, few people are going to view that it’s acceptable to be enclosed in something, because we’re all social people at heart.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

When players logged on to catch virtual monsters, many discovered parts of their neighborhoods they’d never thought to visit. They forged in-person connections by sharing virtual experiences, but those connections could also allow for real-world harassment. And outside AR, some people are pushing for a near-total ban on the technology.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Wrapping up her first virtual semester at Princeton University, the Bellevue, Wash., Somewhere along the way, Dogra determined that she could do more with technology to impact the social causes that were important to her. 18-year-old now says she’s planning on studying computer science. Photo courtesy of Archika Dogra).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Since 2017, the group of five solar industry experts had visited 25 countries to share their clean-energy skills with teachers. This fall, the nonprofit launched a partnership with an instructor at Lake Washington Institute of Technology and the Northwest Indian College to pilot a virtual solar photovoltaic training program.

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GeekWire

MARCH 1, 2023

Five years after its acquisition by Amazon, smart doorbell and home security technology company Ring named a new CEO: Elizabeth (Liz) Hamren, a former executive in Meta’s Oculus division and Microsoft’s Xbox business, who was most recently chief operating officer for social messaging platform Discord.

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The Verge

APRIL 7, 2021

Facebook’s experimental app development division, the NPE Team, has released a new Q&A platform that borrows concepts from buzzy, audio-only social network Clubhouse but with dashes of live-streaming thrown in. Image: Facebook. Facebook later shut tbh down , despite Hazzard’s success attracting millions of users to the platform.

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