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FlowPlay buys out investors as Seattle gaming startup sees revenue spike 50% amid pandemic

GeekWire

FlowPlay, a 14-year-old company behind social games such as Vegas World and ourWorld , has seen revenue grow 50% this year. It’s one of many gaming companies experiencing growth during the pandemic as more people play video games. This year FlowPlay launched Live Game Night and plans to release a new title in 2021. .

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Flipboard and Paper.li: Social news curation hits the tipping point

Trends in the Living Networks

Over the last six weeks they have taken social news curation to a new level. For several weeks it was ranked one of the top few free iPad apps in the News category in US, UK, and Australia, attracting massive interest for what it calls a “social magazine”. Flipboard and Paper.li are two of the hottest properties in media today.

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Augmented reality and ID tagging might be the killer apps for video glasses

Trends in the Living Networks

Since 2006 I have owned and written about video glasses , including in my Six Trends that are transforming Online and Future of Media Lifecycle framework. Despite my predictions, we still don't see many people around wearing video glasses. This is something far more easily and less obviously done using video glasses.

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AI SpongeBob: Absurdly hilarious or hilariously absurd?

Dataconomy

In a world increasingly fascinated by AI, the channel has found a novel way to use this powerful technology to entertain, bringing laughter and intrigue to social media users around the world. 2006 Honda Civic The “2006 Honda Civic” meme refers to a popular internet meme that gained traction in 2018. Obviously, not.

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When Wendy Sánchez went missing, her brother built a campaign to find her

The Verge

Her face has recently been seen on murals, video projections on buildings, illustrations shared on social networks, and missing persons posters. For 31-year-old Baruc Sánchez, Wendy’s youngest brother and a social media strategist, the first and most immediate action he could take was to turn to social media.

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In effort to ban caste discrimination, Seattle councilmember cites system’s link to tech industry

GeekWire

Sawant’s proposed legislation would be a first-in-the-nation attempt to address a social practice that is rooted in thousands of years of history in India and other countries. She announced last week that she won’t seek re-election when her term is up at the end of 2023. Without going into specifics related to his time in the U.S.

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My Time Leading Tech at BusinessWeek - Social, Agile, and.

Social, Agile and Transformation

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 But like all social products, Business Exchange needs time to mature.

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