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Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013

The Verge

Eddy Cue pushed to bring iMessage to Android as early as 2013, according to a new deposition made public as part of the Epic case. The latest deposition cites a specific email exchange between Cue and Craig Federighi, currently Apple’s SVP of software engineering, beginning on April 7th and 8th, 2013.

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For the love of gaming: Husband and wife co-founders raise $2.6M for social platform Game Jolt

GeekWire

Eight years after they left Zulily to concentrate full time on their social platform for gamers, husband and wife co-founders Yaprak and David DeCarmine are growing Seattle-based Game Jolt and raising new funding. “We’re building the social community platform for gamers and the types of content they love.”

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Social Media and Public Employees - Part 2 - CIO Musings

CIO Musings

Sunday, May 26, 2013. Social Media and Public Employees - Part 2. Access to social media and the internet is no longer based on your physical proximity to an access point. Each of us may carry the internet access with us, on our smartphone, ready to share pictures, comments and videos on a moment’s notice.

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Social Media and Public Employees - Part 3 - CIO Musings

CIO Musings

Sunday, May 26, 2013. Social Media and Public Employees - Part 3. YouTube video of the rally surfaces in August 2012, prompting calls for the council member’s resignation and scrutiny by the secret service. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Employee First Amendment Protection & Employer Discipline.

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Nonprofit takes D&D digital to help kids who struggle socially, and to study its own impact

GeekWire

The founders of the nonprofit had gathered heaps of anecdotal evidence that tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons could help kids who struggled socially — whether they had autism, ADHD, anxiety or other challenges — learn to more successfully interact with others. For Game to Grow , 2020 was going to be a year of opportunity.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Social Media

ForAllSecure

With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. In this episode, LiveOverflow talks about his six years of producing engaging YouTube content and what the rise of social media influencers might mean for traditional conferences like Black Hat.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Social Media

ForAllSecure

With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. In this episode, LiveOverflow talks about his six years of producing engaging YouTube content and what the rise of social media influencers might mean for traditional conferences like Black Hat.

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