The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Now the company is indicating, along with Facebook, that the future of social media looks more like TikTok. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook parent company Meta, also identified TikTok as a formidable threat this week. Snapchat invented the Stories format of sharing pictures and videos that disappear.

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GeekWire

JUNE 16, 2020

Protestors carried signs that read ‘Tax Amazon’ on the company’s campus during the 2018 ‘head tax’ fight. It would levy a tax on salaries exceeding $150,000 annually at Seattle’s largest companies. Companies with annual payroll exceeding $1 billion would pay a 1.4%

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Network World

MAY 20, 2024

Proprietary AI chips To counteract this trend, genAI companies – including not only Google and Amazon but also Meta and Microsoft – are charging to market with significant investments in their own proprietary chip technologies to run genAI-driven workloads, Valle said.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Uber announce today that it will soon allow users in the UK to rent cars via its app in a partnership with car rental company CarTrawler. Rental cars can then be picked up from the “hundreds” of car hire company pickup locations. Last month the company reported that it had lost $1.8

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2020

The social, lovable robot went viral on Twitter last March when it performed a jaunty dance after telling owners, “The servers out there that let me do what I do will be turned off soon.” That meant its ability to perform many social interactions would wind down on an undefined date, effectively killing Jibo.

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The Verge

MAY 17, 2021

Epic argues that on top of “Nreal” sounding a lot like “Unreal,” both companies are competing in the same space. And the lawsuit notes that “Epic expects Unreal Engine to feature prominently in the creation of a virtual metaverse, a real time three-dimensional social platform where friends meet to interact and have enjoyable experiences.”

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mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The problem is, many companies don’t know what to do with their data. This article over on Forbes sums up the problem nicely: “But in the rush to avoid being left behind, I also see that many companies risk becoming data rich but insight poor. As we talk about technology needs moving forward, this is a key area of focus for 2018.”.

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GeekWire

JULY 10, 2020

Some companies have accelerated growth plans, many pivoted or reduced staff, and others are cautiously charging ahead. Companies across other sectors are not only weathering the COVID-19 storm but growing quickly. billion into 135 deals — significantly outpaced the number in 2019 and 2018, according to a GeekWire analysis.

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GeekWire

MARCH 26, 2024

Eight years later, Smartsheet is a publicly traded company valued at more than $5 billion, recently surpassing $1 billion in annualized recurring revenue. GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Which company will be the next tech titan to emerge from the Pacific Northwest? The company in 2023 announced a $52.5

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GeekWire

JANUARY 11, 2024

based travel tech company Steller raised $5 million to launch a new planning feature in its app called “Trips” that combines human experiences with artificial intelligence to help travelers plot their next adventure. the company bought the Steller platform from former Microsoft VP Richard McAniff in 2018.

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Galido

JULY 12, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - 5 Digital Marketing Tips to Grow Your Startup In 2018 - Information Technology Blog. Digital Marketing has been the talk of the town ever since the inception of internet age as companies are looking forward to different ways to make their online presence felt, which would help their business.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 15, 2022

Almost all major IT companies have joined the West’s global economic sanctions against Russia in recent weeks. The following is an overview — without claiming to be exhaustive — of companies from all over the world that have temporarily suspended all or part of their business in Russia. How the IT industry reacted.

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Galido

JULY 21, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - 2018 Local SEO Strategy: How to Outrank Competitors - Information Technology Blog. Make sure your company name, address and phone number are consistent. Before going wild with posting on the Internet, make sure your company name, address and phone number are consistent on all your listings.

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Kitaboo

JUNE 25, 2021

Williams founded the Topical Review Book Company. Williams founded Topical Review Book Company in 1936 in Auburn, NY. The company has grown to be known as the “LITTLE GREEN BOOK COMPANY” because of the color of their review books. Social Studies. Digital Publishing / June 12, 2018. The History.

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Galido

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - 2018 iPhone Launch: What Your Privacy Means to Apple - Information Technology Blog. When Apple introduced the new generation of iPhones on Wednesday, the media world took to their social media channels and proclaimed just how the new iPhones happen to be the best ones yet to be released by iPhone.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

-based social media management platform Hootsuite hired Antonis Papatsaras as its new chief technology officer. Prior to that role he was chief technology officer at SpringCM, a cloud document generation and contract management company acquired by Docusign for $220 million in 2018.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

Facebook will now require people behind individual profiles with “high reach” to verify their identity, the company announced today. Accounts on the social network that exhibit “inauthentic behavior” that have posts continuously going viral in the US will need to provide a form of ID. Illustration by William Joel / The Verge.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 10, 2022

The background: The husband-wife duo helped launch the company in 2020 as a way to house their fashion brands — Good Man Brand; Human Nation; LITA by Ciara — under one roof. The company is co-led by former Lululemon and Starbucks exec Christine Day , and employs less than 30 people. . GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota).

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Vox

JULY 20, 2022

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaking at a conference in 2018. Land of the Giants digs into Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s formative decisions that would later haunt the company. Our first episode, on the creation of the News Feed , told the story of Zuckerberg’s original vision for social media. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images.

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The Verge

JULY 6, 2020

Google Plus, the company’s failed social network, is officially gone as of today. After Google Plus personal accounts were shut down last year , Google announced that it would be replacing the social network for enterprise users with Google Currents. Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge.

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mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

JANUARY 16, 2019

What are the most important lessons that IT leaders and CIOs learned (or should have learned) in 2018? What lessons can you pull from 2018 that will help you succeed in 2019? A recent study found that the average cost of a data breach in 2018 was $3.86 We answer those questions (and more) in this article. What can we learn?

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The Verge

JANUARY 17, 2021

Social media platform Parler was all but wiped off the internet last week, but on Sunday, showed some signs of life. We believe privacy is paramount and free speech essential, especially on social media,” the message reads, pledging to “welcome all of you back soon.”. Matze said even Parler’s lawyers had cut ties.

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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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ComputerWorld IT Management

JANUARY 10, 2023

The company had announced its plan to create VRS for equitable distribution of ads as a part of a settlement with the DOJ, which was representing the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in June last year.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

Amazon, which is currently being sued for allegedly failing to protect workers from COVID-19, has unveiled a new AI tool it says will help employees follow social distancing rules. The company’s “ Distance Assistant ” combines a TV screen, depth sensors, and AI-enabled camera to track employees’ movements and give them feedback in real time.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2021

Motherboard reported that it was in contact with the seller of the data, who said they had taken data from T-Mobile’s servers that included Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and driver license information related to more than 100 million people. After reviewing samples of the data, Motherboard reported it appeared authentic.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The current CEO, longtime aerospace executive Bob Smith, is retiring from the post but will stay on with Blue Origin until January to help with the transition, a company spokesperson told GeekWire in an email. Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith shows a video of a BE-4 rocket engine firing during the Aerospace Futures Alliance Summit in 2018.

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The Verge

AUGUST 7, 2020

Anyone in the United States who held a Google Plus account between January 1, 2015 and April 2, 2019, and believes they were impacted by a security flaw that Google disclosed in 2018 can now register for a payout from a class action settlement. The lawsuit has settled for a total of $7.5

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As Brian Krebs reported when Bryan and Milleson were indicted, they were active participants of the OGUsers trading forum, which has spawned similar phishing attacks against Twitter and others, usually with the intent of stealing and trading social media handles. out of the victim’s account.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Less than two years after opening its first tech-infused physical clothing store , Amazon is closing its only two Style stores, the company confirmed Thursday. Amazon said it was working closely with affected employees to help them find new roles within the company. The company said it will continue opening new grocery stores.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2021

It’s true that these attacks happen to many companies, but it’s hard to take the statement as sincere when T-Mobile has had at least five breaches since 2018. That includes this one, two in 2020 , plus one each for 2018 and 2019.

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The Verge

MAY 22, 2020

The ruling stated that posting the photographs on social media could make them available to a wider audience. Under GDPR, which went into effect in 2018, whenever a company collects personal data on a citizen of the EU, that company needs the person’s explicit consent.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The whistleblower behind the leak of an enormous cache of Facebook documents to the Wall Street Journal , Frances Haugen, went public on 60 Minutes on Sunday, revealing more of the inner workings the most powerful social media platform in the world. She chose to leave the company in 2021 after the dissolving of the group.

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GeekWire

JUNE 22, 2021

Off the court, the shots he’s taking on companies such as Syndio are also gaining attention. Of its 160 clients, 40 are in the Fortune 500 and companies include Nordstrom, Salesforce, Slack, General Mills and others. “What we don’t want to have happen is for this to be construed as just a social impact investment.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Snapchat has previously included in-app voter registration tools, and more than half of the users who registered through the service actually voted in 2018. More than half of the users who registered through the service actually voted in 2018. That would be double what Facebook achieved in 2016 and 2018.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Prenuvo Photo) Prenuvo , the celebrity-endorsed company offering $2,500 full-body MRI scans designed to detect cancer and other diseases early, is planning to open one of its clinics in Seattle in 2024. The company has been generating buzz thanks to some of its high-profile clientele, including Kim Kardashian, who told her 3.6

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Former T-Mobile CEO John Legere accepts the award for CEO of the Year at the 2018 GeekWire Awards. Would that make him a suitable candidate to sit atop the social media giant’s C-suite? Legere announced he was stepping down from T-Mobile in November 2019 and in April 2020 he left the company’s board.

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