GeekWire

MARCH 26, 2024

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader accepts the Next Tech Titan award at the GeekWire Awards in 2016. Eight years later, Smartsheet is a publicly traded company valued at more than $5 billion, recently surpassing $1 billion in annualized recurring revenue. The company in 2023 announced a $52.5 Which one will prevail?

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Forrester IT

JUNE 6, 2016

Jim Davis, who joined earlier this year as CMO from SAS, is leading the charge in positioning Informatica as not just a data management tool but a platform that is embracing cloud, mobile, social, big data, IoT and security. Read more Categories: Data management. Informatica. product information management.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 7, 2022

The tech: Pendulum’s software is used by corporate risk intelligence groups within Fortune 500 companies to identify risks and opportunities that arise from social media and other online content. government, helping to combat harmful narratives and foreign election interference in 2016. million seed round.

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GeekWire

JUNE 11, 2021

Seattle startup BigBox VR , the company behind multiplayer virtual reality game POPULATION: ONE , has been acquired by Facebook. Super excited about creating the future of VR + social + games! Big Box VR co-founders Chia Chin Lee (left) and Gabe Brown. GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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The Verge

APRIL 12, 2021

billion acquisition of Nuance is Microsoft’s second-largest behind its purchase of LinkedIn in 2016 for $26 billion. The company could integrate Nuance’s technology into its existing software, like Teams, or offer it independently as part of its Azure cloud business. Last month, the company completed its $7.5

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The Verge

AUGUST 16, 2021

Yik Yak — the anonymous, local social media app that only shows posts from people in your immediate area — has returned from the grave with new ownership after shutting down four years ago. But while the anonymity made it popular for college students, Yik Yak also was rife with bullying and harassment.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 24, 2016

We track RiskIQ in our Security Companies Directory -bg. RiskIQ Accelerates Momentum Across Entire External Threat Management Solution Set in First Half of 2016. Love that the use case below mentioned Facebook, which means RiskIQ is really protecting all of us already.

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Trends in the Living Networks

OCTOBER 11, 2009

and today describes the extraordinary social technologies of 2016. Over 40% of adults will work independently rather than as company employees, many providing services to organisations all over the world instead of commuting to an office every day. • Futurist proved correct!

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GeekWire

MARCH 18, 2024

The barrier between LinkedIn and other social networks isn’t audience uptake; it’s the “social” part. In the great battle of 2020s social media, LinkedIn scored a lot of points by standing still. Its revenue has steadily grown since Microsoft acquired it in late 2016 for $26 billion. Photo by Souvik Banerjee on Unsplash.

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TechSpot

MARCH 25, 2021

In 2016, Twitter changed its App Store category from Social Network to News, helping it move out of the shadow of Mark Zuckerberg's company and its billion+ userbase. Twitter has, however, introduced social media-style designs, such as its switch from stars to hearts (its 'Likes') and increasing the tweet character length.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As CEO of a cybersecurity company that’s raised nearly $15 million in funding, Frances Dewing has a surprising confession to make. “I I’ve always had a social justice kind of pull.”. To fill that gap, she helped spin out Rubica in 2016 as its COO, taking over as CEO two years ago. Your preferred social network?

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Vox

MARCH 19, 2024

In Akron, for example, students were coordinating fights to post on social media, Shipe said. But the move to keep phones out of schools also comes in the midst of a bigger debate about whether the devices, and social media in general, are having dire effects on childhood development and the lives of teenagers.

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Forrester IT

MARCH 6, 2017

We recently published an updated version of our Forrester Data: Business Intelligence And Analytics Software Forecast, 2016 To 2021 (Global). Unstructured data, such as tweets, call center logs, and social media comments, provide an increasingly important view into consumer sentiment and trends today. What's new?

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Galido

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - The Evolution of Logo Design Due to Social Media - Information Technology Blog. Social media has become ubiquitous in not only our everyday lives but also the industry. Another industry that has evolved due to social media is the logo designing industry. Before Social Media.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 3, 2012

Here is a very good compilation of statistics, perspectives, and news on social media as at the middle of 2012: 2H12: The State of Social Media & Social Media Marketing in the Second Half of 2012. Facebook has 71% of social network ad revenue. - Facebook has 71% of social network ad revenue.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 15, 2022

Almost all major IT companies have joined the West’s global economic sanctions against Russia in recent weeks. The following is an overview — without claiming to be exhaustive — of companies from all over the world that have temporarily suspended all or part of their business in Russia. How the IT industry reacted.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 30, 2024

The company’s overall revenue increased 18% to $62 billion, with profits of $21.9 “We’ve moved from talking about AI to applying AI at scale,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, in the company’s earnings release , citing the growing adoption of Microsoft’s AI tools across different industries and technologies.

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Cloud Musings

JUNE 30, 2015

Everyone from pre-teens to granddads, does social media today. With this said up front, many larger companies have taken the plunge anyway. companies with 100 or more employees that were surveyed are using social media for marketing purposes. percent in 2016. This figure is actually expected to rise slightly to 89.5

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

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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ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

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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GeekWire

APRIL 12, 2023

Employees of companies that issue credentials using Microsoft’s Verified ID will see a prompt in LinkedIn to verify their workplace. Employees of participating companies will see a prompt in LinkedIn to confirm their workplace using these credentials. Microsoft acquired LinkedIn for more than $26 billion in 2016.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Founded in 2009, Audiosocket is seeing growth of its music licensing software products used by social media creators, movie production studios, and others. Now the company is making a play to startups that need music for their games, apps, creator tools, metaverse worlds, and more. Audiosocket Image) The company has raised $3.5

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GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2022

Some of Tomorrow’s services, as seen on the company’s website. Tomorrow , a Seattle startup that helps people set up digital legal wills and trusts, has been acquired by life insurance provider Ethos , the companies announced Thursday. The company issued $13 billion in life insurance coverage last year and was valued at $2.7

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

But strategically this also means that large teams of investors believe strongly in the powerful capabilities and strong future of this company. SAN FRANCISCO – November 10, 2016 -- RiskIQ, the leader in digital risk management, today announced that it closed $30.5 With that in mind we share a RiskIQ press release below -bg.

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GeekWire

MARCH 16, 2022

social purpose corporation, has raised $15 million to expand its production of shelters made of hard, plastic panels that can temporarily house people experiencing homelessness. The startup launched in 2016. Perks of social purpose: “Profit is not our first priority,” said Pallet CEO Amy King. “We Pallet Photo).

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ComputerWorld IT Management

MAY 31, 2016

But that's quickly becoming the reality, as more recruiters turn to social media to find viable candidates to fill open job requisitions. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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The Verge

JANUARY 6, 2022

Snap first introduced its camera-equipped Spectacles in 2016 (“a wearable digital video camera housed in a pair of fashionable sunglasses,” according to its complaint), which can take photos and videos while the user wears them and connects with the Snap smartphone app. The company declined to provide a comment on the record to The Verge.

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GeekWire

JUNE 10, 2023

The device, which looks like a pair of high-tech ski goggles, lets users navigate with gestures in a manner very similar to Microsoft’s mixed reality headset, the first version of which was unveiled in 2015 and shipped in 2016. John Tomizuka, co-founder and CTO of Seattle-based tech company Taqtile.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

JULY 11, 2018

Our goal has to be to understand how the new technology works and to determine whether or not it can be useful for our company. What does this mean for our companies and is it a good thing or a bad thing? A great example of a company that is currently investing heavily into AI is Facebook. In the 2016 U.S.

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The Verge

JANUARY 6, 2021

million) in damages to an Italian developer over the social network’s “Nearby” feature. The Italian software developer responded by filing a lawsuit in 2013, and Reuters reported that the court issued a preliminary ruling in its favor in 2016, which was made public in 2017. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. million (around $4.72

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

(GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) When I met Satya Nadella in 1992, we were both engineers at Microsoft, and I never would have guessed we’d go on to be life-long friends or that he’d end up running the company for over a decade. 4 marks 10 years of Satya at the helm of the second company in the world to reach a $3 trillion market cap.

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GeekWire

JULY 2, 2021

Also unique: record breaking investment and M&A activity across the country and in Seattle, as companies take advantage of pandemic-driven trends such as virtual experiences, at-home healthcare, remote education and more. Here’s a look at the latest update to our list of privately-held tech companies based in the Pacific Northwest.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Social media companies are in a standoff with Russia on censorship — and there’s no easy solution. For the people living under these governments, losing access to major social media platforms can cut off a key way they communicate and resist their own government and its propaganda. . | Alexei Nikolsky/TASS/via Getty Images.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This is Rec Room’s second round of funding in 2021, following a $100 million raise in March that officially catapulted the company into “unicorn” status as a privately-held startup valued at over $1 billion. While Rec Room has been available since 2016, when it first arrived on Steam, its community grew dramatically over the course of 2020.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The project’s first report, published in 2016 , downplayed concerns that AI would lead to a Terminator-style rise of the machines and warned that fear and suspicion about AI would impede efforts to ensure the safety and reliability of AI technologies. “It eschews sensationalism in favor of measured and scholarly obligations.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

The circulation of this work by a major publisher like Springer would represent a significant step towards the legitimation and application of repeatedly debunked, socially harmful research in the real world.”. Images used in a 2016 paper that claimed to predict criminality from facial features.

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GeekWire

JULY 31, 2021

Satya Nadella at Microsoft Ignite 2016, two years into his tenure as Microsoft CEO and a few months after announcing the company’s acquisition of LinkedIn. After all, Microsoft was a company known for taking huge write-downs when its biggest acquisitions (aQuantive, Nokia, etc.) GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota).

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