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Seattle VR startup Rec Room raises $145M, reaches $3.5B valuation

GeekWire

This is Rec Room’s second round of funding in 2021, following a $100 million raise in March that officially catapulted the company into “unicorn” status as a privately-held startup valued at over $1 billion. The startup is led by co-founder and CEO Nick Fajt , who previously was at Microsoft as a producer and program manager on HoloLens.

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Google is shutting down its VR field trip app Expeditions

The Verge

Google is ending support for its Expeditions virtual reality app. The app, which offered educational VR tours, will be removed from iOS and Android app stores on June 30th, 2021. The majority” of its tours will be migrated to Google’s separate Arts & Culture app, letting users view them via web or mobile device.

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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

GeekWire

Some of the winners at the 2021 GeekWire Awards during their virtual acceptance speeches on Thursday. But Thursday proved to be an inspiring day, as the 2021 GeekWire Awards returned to honor some of the leading innovators and entrepreneurs who make up the Pacific Northwest tech community. GeekWire video screen grabs).

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10 most popular IT certifications for 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Of those surveyed, only 9% of respondents said they felt certifications weren’t necessary for their role, down from 12% in 2021. Similarly, 12% of respondents said they were currently working toward earning a certification, up from 9% in 2021. According to the data from Dice, that is a 1% increase from 2021.

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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

CIO Business Intelligence

After we opened the museum, the director and curatorial staff were talking about how to how to reach even more people who wouldn’t be able to come to the museum and experience it,” says Jill Roberts, program manager of the Searchable Museum at the Office of Digital Strategy and Engagement (ODSE). “We And it’s working.

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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

GeekWire

He was self-taught, but also took courses at Bellevue Community College to ramp quickly, and over the years worked his way through support, database administration, developer roles, into technical program management, and ultimately into leadership roles. Dice, paper, and friends around a (now virtual) table – it’s great fun.

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Telenor proves the potential of zero-touch orchestration for slicing in EU 5G enterprise project

TM Forum

Virtualized functions from the network and service layer can be called upon from any facility, regardless of location. Virtualized functions from the network image. The 5G-VINNI platform exposes the management functions of the network slice lifecycle through TM Forum’s Open APIs. external_url. use cases and projects image.