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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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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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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. Google launched Expeditions for its Cardboard VR viewer in 2015 , and classrooms could get boxes of Cardboard headsets for “virtual field trips.”

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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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Amazon’s Ring names Xbox and Oculus vet Elizabeth Hamren as new CEO; founder Jamie Siminoff remains chief inventor

GeekWire

She started at Microsoft in 1995 as a group program manager, before working in marketing leadership roles at companies including Jawbone, Plantronics, and Dropcam. She was named COO of Discord in December 2021. Hamren has a civil engineering degree from Princeton and an MBA from Harvard, according to her LinkedIn profile.

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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

GeekWire

.” How it works: Rec Room is a free download which lets players use a collection of tools to make virtual rooms, objects, and playable games, such as paintball and laser tag, with a vast amount of community-created content that’s growing all the time. — Damir Becirovic (@damirbecirovic) March 24, 2021.

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Orange's goal-getting VP targets digital innovation

TM Forum

Her career led her to become Executive Vice President for Operations at Orange Business Services, before stepping up to the role of interim CEO of Orange Business Services at the end of December 2021. Photo Aliette 2021-1 (1) (002). ” Banking was a similar source of disappointment. ” image. image_alt_text.

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