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Tech Moves: Ad Lightning CEO Scott Moore steps down; Amazon Prime Video adds Nike vet

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Spun out of Pioneer Square Labs in 2017, Ad Lightning provides tools for publishers and ad networks to identify non-compliant ads. Prior to Ad Lightning, Moore was CEO of Cheezburger, a network of humor sites, and a media executive at Microsoft, Yahoo, MSNBC and Slate. Dan Frechtling has been appointed the new CEO. Marc Patrick.

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Tech Moves: Starbucks names new CFO as pandemic fuels mobile ordering; Panopto adds IBM exec; F5’s new security leader; and more

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She joined Starbucks in 2001, helping to launch the Starbucks Card as a member of the company’s accounting team. Seattle-based video platform Panopto hired former IBM executive Dave Neway as VP of marketing. I’m excited to join Panopto because on-demand video is the way of the future,” said Neway. “I’m Panopto Photo).

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‘Halo’ TV show will air in 2022, alongside ‘Star Trek,’ on new Paramount+ streaming service

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The long-awaited live-action adaptation of Halo has a new release date, as well as a new network. The Showtime network is still attached to produce Halo , alongside Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Halo developer 343 Industries, but will no longer air it. (343 Industries Image). So that’s a thing.

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Former Microsoft exec Ed Fries shares behind-the-scenes stories from the original Xbox project

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Fries came up through Microsoft in the ’80s, after the video game crash of 1983 forced him, as he put it onstage, to “get a real job” instead of pursuing game design. Power On: The Story of Xbox is planned to debut on IMDB TV, YouTube, and other streaming networks on Dec. 13, with commentary from Fries.

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Funding roundup: Nick Hanauer’s Second Avenue backs gift-box venture; support for Alzheimer’s app

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The tool allows gift givers to build an online page with photos, videos, logos and messages that pair with a limited selection of Knack items that a gift receiver can choose from. Jennings has been an investor and was a Microsoft vice president for 13 years, ending in 2001. The company targets individual, business and corporate giving.

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No more checking in: why public facial recognition may take off

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The facial recognition used at the 2001 Super Bowl was successful enough to apparently nab 19 people with pending arrest warrants, while facial recognition is now commonly used in border security. Tags: Mobile Social networks Technology trends. He says the next step is to use this technology for facial recognition.

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Shuffl helps create new social interactions on Slack to spark joy between coworkers

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He perused his professional and personal network and realized that his childhood friend Chris Watts had made a tool that randomly matched people to connect for lunches. The two had first met in 2001 when Lee immigrated to Seattle in seventh grade, and stayed on touch over the years.

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