The Verge

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

As part of its annual fashion awards, the British Fashion Council is adding a new category for 2021: an award for “metaverse design.” While it’s something of a publicity stunt, the virtual event is part of an ongoing fusion of games and fashion. The winner, cSapphire, operates an in-app clothing boutique.

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GeekWire

MARCH 13, 2024

With more than 50 finalists across more than a dozen categories — from Startup of the Year to Next Tech Titan — we’re once again recognizing amazing entrepreneurs, innovators, deal makers and non-profit leaders. Over the next few weeks, we’ll feature the finalists in special GeekWire editorial posts on each category.

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TechSpot

JUNE 4, 2021

Target’s Deal Days will be an online-only event scheduled to run from June 20-22, with thousands of deals across categories like electronics and home goods to toys, beauty and grocery. New deals will be added daily, and Target said there will also be limited-time deals that sound a lot like.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Microsoft is planning a series of news events over the coming months that will focus on categories like gaming, cloud, and Windows. The Verge has learned that Microsoft is dedicating time to particular categories at a time when the pandemic has halted in-person events. Save the date for our digital event.

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GeekWire

APRIL 8, 2024

This category highlights pioneering health, life science, biotechnology or medical breakthroughs that hold great promise for bettering our lives or improving the healthcare system. Last year’s winner in this category was AltPep, a Seattle startup developing a test that could detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Rooom has raised $7 million to take 3D virtual events a step closer to the metaverse -- or at least a lot more entertaining than Zoom calls. Read More.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 16, 2021

An insider’s perspective on how they went about activating leads from a hybrid event as well as tips you can use for your own event program. Read More.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Technology can be used to score your event interactions to quickly gauge interest and engagement, and qualify and prioritize your leads. Read More.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Party.Space has raised $1 million to scale up its metaverse-themed virtual events business for enterprise parties and collaborations. Read More.

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GeekWire

MARCH 26, 2024

But once a year, we formalize the process through the Next Tech Titan category in the GeekWire Awards, our annual event recognizing the top innovators and companies in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Vote here or below in this GeekWire Awards category, which is presented by Baird. Which one will prevail?

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 5, 2022

There are a lot of misconceptions circulating about what a hybrid event format entails and the best ways to plan for these events. Read More.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Videoconferencing app Zoom is trying to keep its lockdown success rolling with two big new features: a marketplace called OnZoom that will allow users to schedule and monetize virtual events, and new ways for business apps like Asana and Box to integrate their wares directly into your next Zoom call. First, OnZoom.

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Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The Game Developers Conference will spread its events out this year, with some taking place in March as expected and another event in July. Read More.

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Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Seven metaverse thinkers touted their visions for the shared virtual experience at Nvidia's GTC Fall 2021 online event. Read More.

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Venture Beast

AUGUST 1, 2020

And 3D event platforms are proving to be both powerful and affordable. With work-from-home orders in place, webinar attendance has spiked around the globe. Read More.

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Venture Beast

MARCH 13, 2022

Unity has partnered with Insomniac Events to create digital concerts. It's one of the steps toward a musical metaverse. Read More.

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Venture Beast

MARCH 18, 2021

Gamescom will attempt to pull off a hybrid gaming expo this summer, with both in-person and online events at the end of August. The fan-and-business trade show was the world’s biggest game event — with 370,000 people attending the physical event in 2019 — but it had to switch to online-only in 2020 due to the pandemic.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Xsolla is launching Unconventional, a platform for holding virtual events for the game industry in partnership with Pantera Entertainment. Read More.

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Forrester IT

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Web Summit is indeed a relative newcomer on the event scene, but you should take notice. In 2016, the event already attracted 53,000 visitors from 166 countries and 15,000 companies, with 65% of visitors being senior managers, including 7,000 CEOs. Read more Categories: Innovation. Recently, Web Summit took place in Lisbon.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Community nominations are now open across more than a dozen hotly contested categories, including Startup of the Year, Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Workplace of the Year, Next Tech Titan and many more. Email us to discuss opportunities for your company or organization to join the list: events@geekwire.com.

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GeekWire

APRIL 20, 2024

We look back at the past winners of the Next Tech Titan title in the awards, and consider the event’s track record in predicting major companies to emerge from Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. We also contemplate the evolution of the “Workplace of the Year” category through the rise of remote and hybrid work.

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Venture Beast

MAY 21, 2021

Roomkey hopes to carve out its own slice of the metaverse with an avatar-driven online event world for groups smaller than 40 people. Read More.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Zoom has launched a new virtual events marketplace called OnZoom, allowing anyone to market and monetize online events and classes. Read More.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 7, 2021

Hopin, an 18-month-old virtual events startup valued at $2.1 billion, has acquired video streaming studio StreamYard for $250 million. Read More.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 26, 2021

Major game events have played a significant role in creating excitement, even when the pandemic forced organizers to host events online. Read More.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hybrid functions offer flexibility and help bring down many of the barriers to running events, from distance to accessibility to budget. Read More.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 28, 2022

Thanks for coming to the GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 online event. This column is full of highlights from our event. Read More.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 26, 2021

With a smart, data-driven approach to content creation, the move to digital events is replete with opportunities to connect. Read More.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Bizzabo, a platform that helps businesses run hybrid events spanning online and offline, has raised $138 million in a round of funding. Read More.

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The Verge

JANUARY 23, 2022

Apple has extended its deadline requiring online group and event apps to comply with the company’s in-app purchase policy once again, as announced in a post on the company’s developer’s blog (via 9to5Mac ). Apple first deferred its rule targeting group event apps in November 2020. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Apple's annual fall media event is going fully online, only a little later than normal, but will apparently not include the latest iPhone models. Read More.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The metaverse will get discussed at Nvidia's annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC), an online event happening November 8-11. Read More.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Today is the last day for the community to nominate amazing entrepreneurs, innovators, deal makers and non-profit leaders that we’ll honor across more than a dozen categories at our annual event, May 9 in Seattle. Reserve a table for your team, or to secure a sponsorship, email events@geekwire.com. Nominate that place!

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Spatial has raised $25 million as it pivots away from AR/VR to NFT art exhibitions and metaverse experience events. Read More.

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GeekWire

JULY 23, 2020

We’ll crown the winners in a dozen categories, with special celebrity guests and a few surprises in store. And while registration is free for this virtual event, we hope you’ll consider a donation to our non-profit partner: Technology Access Foundation. You can join us starting at 4 p.m. Pacific today.

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GeekWire

MARCH 18, 2024

That’s true for the five finalists up for the Startup of the Year category at the GeekWire Awards : Kevala, Overland AI, Pictory, Shipium, and SingleFile. To be eligible for consideration in this category, startups need to be no more than five years old in 2024.

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Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Apple's third streaming event of fall 2020, One More Thing, will focus on Mac computers powered by ARM rather than Intel chip technology. Read More.

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