CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Autoscaling traffic peaks from the live shopping experience is necessary, so consumers don’t face slowdowns or crashes when buying a product. For example, the Canadian menswear retail chain, Harry Rosen , implemented digital clienteling that sparked online traffic peaks.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

If you want to harvest those apples, you better get on it soon: Zynga is shutting down its original FarmVille web game on Facebook at the end of the year, the company announced. The game launched in 2009 and had more than 10 million daily active users in less than two months. Farmville | Zynga.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

per kWh of energy, the company estimates an average-sized electric vehicle can be charged from 20 to 80 percent for under £10 (less than $13.25). The station’s chargers draw power from renewable sources, including solar panels installed on the station’s canopies, and the company’s network of hybrid solar farms. Image: Gridserve.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 7, 2023

Dice defines a growing tech hub as a city with universities and colleges to recruit from, venture funding opportunities, a strong social scene for networking, and existing companies looking to hire talent. These 10 cities are the fastest growing tech hubs by salary, according to Dice. increase from 2021, according to Dice. Tampa, Fla.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week on how the company’s store expansion is leading a “big-box real-estate revival” in 2023. Barnes & Noble, which peaked at 726 locations nationwide in 2008, now has about 600 stores, with plans to grow that number by 30 stores next year, the Journal reported.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The iPhone 12’s OLED screen has a peak brightness of 1200 nits and supports Dolby Vision, HDR 10, and HLG. Apple’s latest iPhone is powered by the company’s new A14 Bionic processor, which the company says is the first smartphone chip built on a 5nm process, leading to improved performance and efficiency.

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The Verge

JUNE 14, 2020

The company also said at the time that it was working with game publishers to deliver higher-bandwidth activities, like game updates, during off-peak gaming hours. Reinstating features like custom gamerpics may mean the strain of demand for Xbox Live has eased, with many areas loosening lockdowns and social distancing measures.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The service, called “LTE Home Internet,” offers unlimited data, no data usage caps, and typical download speeds of 25Mbps with peak speeds of 50Mbps. But it’s only available in “parts” of 189 markets, and only in areas where the company doesn’t already offer other broadband options such as Fios or its in-home 5G service.

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GeekWire

MARCH 5, 2021

As we’ve approached the 10-year anniversary of GeekWire’s launch , on March 7, we’ve heard plenty of ribbing from the GeekWire team about how we’d mark the occasion. We decided to do what we’ve always done: focus on the people, companies and trends powering the Seattle and Pacific Northwest tech and innovation community.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Elon Musk’s tunneling venture, The Boring Company, is planning a massive citywide expansion of the currently modest underground transportation system it’s building in Las Vegas. The Boring Company also wants to build an additional loop that connects properties owned by Caesars Entertainment. million to be a sunk cost.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 24, 2021

billion, an all-time high price for a cybersecurity company. PitchBook, a financial data and software company, recently released a report looking into the rise in cybersecurity buyouts over the last two years. The number of deals reached a peak in Q4 of 2020 at 37, while Q2 of this year has seen the value of deals skyrocket.

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The Verge

JANUARY 10, 2022

Key specs for Samsung Display’s new QD-OLED TVs have been revealed by third-party certification company SGS, the South Korean display manufacturer has announced. So it’s notable that these relatively impressive specs have now been validated by an independent certification company, albeit only partially. Image: Samsung Display.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Within one week the number of Omicron cases in King County is projected to soar to about three times the peak of the Delta wave in August, to more than 2,000 cases daily. times the August Delta peak. Centers for Disease Control says it may peak in the U.S. Cases of COVID-19 in the county are up 50% since Thanksgiving.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

There’s still no word on exactly what caused the problem or how many people were impacted at its peak. A message on the company’s outage status page (if you could reach it, which many people couldn’t) noted an issue and said it would be resolved at 10:49AM ET, without revealing why it had such a specific timeline.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Pandion is an end-to-end delivery solution designed to meet the ever-growing demand around e-commerce, most notably with a scalable platform that Ruffin believes can adjust to peak periods more successfully than what’s being demonstrated by FedEx and UPS. Pandion founder Scott Ruffin. LinkedIn Photo).

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As of this week, there are now more than 1,000 startup unicorns scattered across the globe — a group of privately-held companies valued at $1 billion or more. . ” Given the rapidly changing market conditions, we need to ask ourselves: Have we hit peak unicorn? Photo via Shutterstock. Source: CB Insights. 40%, 60%, 80%.

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The Verge

JULY 8, 2021

Polestar, which is jointly owned by Volvo and Volvo’s Chinese parent company Geely, has tuned the dual motor configuration to pump out 476 horsepower, compared to 408 horsepower in the production version. Polestar isn’t the first EV company to aspire to win the Goodwood Festival.

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The Verge

JUNE 2, 2020

Zoom doesn’t say exactly how many people used its software over the past few months, but the company claims it added an “unprecedented number of free participants,” including more than 100,000 K-12 schools. Zoom previously said that usage has grown to 300 million meeting participants each day , up from just 10 million in December.

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GeekWire

APRIL 18, 2023

But just as quickly, the founder and CEO of the 5-year-old company shifts the spotlight back to those she works with and what they’re building. “We’re going to have 10 billion people on the planet and it’s not possible to feed everybody with meat,” Lagally said.

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Vox

JULY 7, 2022

Data shows that managers are leaving their jobs at elevated levels, and that even though resignation rates for workers overall have declined from their peak, lots of people are still quitting their jobs. That’s slightly lower than the peak of 3 percent last winter but still very high. percent of employed people quit their jobs in May.

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The Verge

APRIL 21, 2022

But Asus isn’t leaving Intel behind — the company has also unveiled a new Zenbook Pro 15 Flip OLED convertible powered by 12th-Gen Core processors and Arc GPUs. 16:10 touchscreen with a 0.2ms response time and a claimed 550 nits of peak brightness. About the screen: it’s a 2.8K

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Big deals have become almost run-of-the-mill for Seattle-based home services tech company Porch Group , which has been acquiring an array of companies in areas such as home inspections, moving, real estate, and insurance. Porch says Floify is profitable, with a customer base of more than 1,500 companies using its software.

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Groups Insurance Real Estate Software 88

GeekWire

DECEMBER 6, 2021

INRIX, a traffic technology and data company, says that that amount of time is 59% less than pre-COVID levels, but that it still costs each driver $470 and the city $730 million. The average American driver lost 36 hours due to congestion in 2021, a 10-hour increase from 2020 yet 63 hours below pre-pandemic levels.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 22, 2024

based company that wants to find a new home at the right price for the stuff that arrived damaged, didn’t fit, wasn’t a good match, or was sent back for any number of reasons. The company was a Next Tech Titan finalist at the GeekWire Awards in 2019. Wander is a Spokane, Wash.-based And then COVID-19 hit.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 3, 2021

In a year when large swaths of the economy sputtered due to the pandemic, Wall Street opened its doors to new entrants with 218 companies raising $78 billion through initial public offerings. What’s even more remarkable is that the report did not even include the surge in so-called SPACs — special purpose acquisition companies.

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GeekWire

MARCH 8, 2021

based traffic technology and data company, has released its 2020 Global Traffic Scorecard and the COVID-19 pandemic — and stay-at-home orders — had a huge impact on traffic congestion and mobility trends in more than 1,000 cities across 50 countries. A sign over Interstate 5 near Seattle during the COVID-19 pandemic. GeekWire Photo).

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The Verge

JULY 29, 2021

Robinhood started trading at $38, dropped about 10 percent, recovered, but still closed down 8 percent at $34.90 That may mean bankers and other companies will avoid giving retail investors as much access to future IPOs. So I don’t know what today means for Robinhood the company. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Retail Financial Security Company 75

GeekWire

MAY 23, 2020

As COVID-19 restrictions ease in many states, companies whose platforms connect people to the outdoors are reporting a major spike in the desire to camp — or glamp — closer to home. Vox reported that “the era of peak travel is over” and the way we travel will “undergo a dramatic transformation.” Tentrr Photo).

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Social Travel Report Survey 140

GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

More than 10 years of digital commerce adoption has taken place in the past three months, according to McKinsey. But for now, it’s a boon for companies such as Flexe. But if a company wants to sell a product and deliver it next-day, they’d need 16 warehouses spread across the country in order to reach 98% of the U.S.

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Retail Google Web Services Company 114

GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

An additional 5-to-10% of charging is done while at work. “That’s what we’re looking for, is a company or companies that have a solid track record, that have strong maintenance plans, where they’re out checking [the chargers],” said Buell. Lee and other leaders at the company came from SpaceX.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 9, 2023

One common resolution to this challenge is for companies to seek outside support to ensure success. CIO magazine identifies the top 10 most in-demand tech jobs and says that 86% of technology managers say it’s challenging to find skilled professionals. There are four critical ways that outside support can make a difference.

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Kitaboo

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Harlequin Gender parity and feminism reign at their peak today, creating popular demand for books whose primary target audience is women. The company is a large publishing house with countless retail stores and even its own eReader – Nook. Guide: How to Build an eBook Store Download Now! appeared first on Kitaboo.

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eBook Retail Internet Travel 78

GeekWire

AUGUST 12, 2021

Naturally, that means most of the top 10 games on Twitch have lost some viewership as well, including Grand Theft Auto V, League of Legends, and especially Minecraft, which took a 27% hit to its overall hours watched in July. The audience for Amazon’s upcoming MMORPG New World did prove to extend to Twitch, however.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2023

The company’s overall strategy is to “have a customer experience that’s second-to-none — from the moment they first engage with the company to plan their experience, to when they return home at the end of their travels — regardless of what Journey Beyond adventure you are booking.” The IVR was also not standardized across the company.

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Tourism Unified Communications Travel System 119

The Verge

APRIL 29, 2021

Roc’s wheels were up at 10:30AM ET, and the plane reached a peak altitude of 2.6 The company kept enough employees on board to manage the carrier aircraft’s debut flight, which occurred in April 2019. miles over the Mojave Desert in California, Stratolaunch wrote in a press release.

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CTO Engineering Hardware Report 87

The Verge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

On Thursday, Facebook released a new moderation transparency report showing a marked uptick in bullying and harassment enforcement, which reached a peak of 6.3 The company said much of the change is due to improvements in the automated systems that analyze Facebook and Instagram comments. It’s an increase from 3.5 Facebook removed 2.5

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Artificial Intelligence Report CTO Video 97

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Aside from his own plans, Fazal is also engaged with CIOs and CTOs of partner agencies on several 10-to-15-year projects that involve purchasing new trains, building new tracks, and designing the proposed new tunnel between New York and New Jersey to add additional tracks. That’s how we measure success.”. Multicloud as enabler.

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