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Conferences want to cure the work-from-home blues

Vox

Sunshine and wine caves: How conferences are trying to win over a remote-work world. The tech conference was held, as it usually is, on numerous stages in and around a giant arena. It took me a solid 20 minutes to walk from one end of the conference to the other, trying to wade through myriad company booths and demonstrations.

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Microsoft CEO lays out post-pandemic vision for work — including a new metaverse concept

GeekWire

Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella described his company’s role in a new economy and society transformed by the pandemic in a keynote address on Tuesday kicking off Microsoft’s virtual 2021 Ignite developer conference. Related: Microsoft offers its own take on the metaverse with the introduction of Mesh for Teams.

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October Telecom Conference Coverage 2019

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GITEX ("Gulf Information Technology Exhibition") is an annual consumer computer and electronics trade show, exhibition, and conference that takes place in the United Arab Emirates at the Dubai World Trade Centre with over 10,000 attendees. Highlights of the 3rd Edition India Mobile Congress 2019 14th - 16th OCT.

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GeekWire Summit recap: Final week highlights include T-Mobile CEO and COVID-19 data gurus

GeekWire

GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop interviews T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert on the final day of the GeekWire Summit. This year’s GeekWire Summit may have looked a little different — a fully virtual experience stretched across three weeks. COVID-19 and the social justice movement of 2020 changed the workplace forever.

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Making social media happen in government: case study of NSW Department of Education

Trends in the Living Networks

I’m at the launch meeting of the social media community of practice set up by Institute of Public Administration NSW (IPAA). At the conference I wrote about the case study of Queensland Police , which is a great example of government bodies creating value through social media. Here are a few live notes from the event. .

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Microsoft’s ambitious Minecraft Earth game is closing down on June 30th

The Verge

Microsoft is closing down its Minecraft Earth mobile game in June, due to the ongoing pandemic. The ambitious game had aimed to rival Pokémon Go and cover the world in virtual blocks for players to meet and play together. Minecraft Earth aimed to cover the world in virtual blocks. Image: Microsoft.

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Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name

The Verge

The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, but could unveil sooner, is meant to signal the tech giant’s ambition to be known for more than social media and all the ills that entail.

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