GeekWire

MAY 18, 2020

The novel coronavirus has brought with it fears of infection, massive job losses, the challenges of teaching kids at home, social isolation, and the list goes on. In 2017, the team officially launched Lyssn. The nonprofit is publicly funded and many of its patients are experiencing homelessness and other difficulties.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Social media management tool Hootsuite appointed four new board members: Angel investor and HubSpot board member Julie Herendeen , who will serve as board chair. Kodukula previously held business development roles at Human Longevity, Life Technologies, and Prometheus Laboratories. From left: Al Cave, Laurie Martin and Lisa Wallace.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Ferguson spoke on a call organized by a group that calls themselves the Real Facebook Oversight Board , along with Color of Change, a progressive nonprofit that led the call for a Facebook advertiser boycott over the summer, and UK-based nonprofit technology justice organization Foxglove.

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GeekWire

MAY 17, 2021

Melinda French Gates speaking at the University of Washington in December 2017, with long-time computer science professor Ed Lazowska in the background. Experts see tremendous social and economic benefits if French Gates ramps up these efforts. Ada Developers Academy CEO Lauren Sato. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota). Ada Photo).

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 7, 2023

Dice defines a growing tech hub as a city with universities and colleges to recruit from, venture funding opportunities, a strong social scene for networking, and existing companies looking to hire talent. These 10 cities are the fastest growing tech hubs by salary, according to Dice. increase from 2021, according to Dice.

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2020

based social media management platform Hootsuite named Tom Keiser as its new CEO. Dossett originally joined the Seattle-based company in 2017 and was most recently EVP of sales and marketing. Ideoclick, a Seattle e-commerce startup, promoted Jonathan Ferrell to vice president of business development. GeekWire is a dot.LA

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

In 2019, Remote Energy traveled to Kenya to train women in solar photovoltaic installation in partnership with a nonprofit called Women in Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship, which works with women in Eastern Africa. Their nonprofit, Tacoma, Wash.-based Photo courtesy of Katie G. Photo courtesy of Gatwiri).

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GeekWire

JUNE 1, 2023

Washington Middle School three years ago entered a partnership with the Technology Access Foundation (TAF), an education nonprofit led by Millines Dziko, and began incorporating TAF’s pedagogy at the racially and economically diverse school. TAF offers multiple professional development opportunities for educators. million.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Nobody has developed a surefire way to interact with them either, despite experiments with voice controls, finger tracking, and handheld hardware. The owners of some homes near Pokémon Go gyms experienced a sudden influx of trespassers, leading a few to sue its developer Niantic and secure tweaks to the game’s design.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

develops technologies for police, such as Tasers and body cameras, intended to reduce violence and use of force. Axon launched a “Sprint for Justice,” bringing together 200 engineers to develop eight new product features designed to improve justice and equity in law enforcement.

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Vox

JUNE 3, 2020

Performative social media is just a step toward lasting, impactful change. Navigating social media in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd and the subsequent national wave of protests has been a frustrating experience for many people — especially if they’re trying to figure out what to do and what not to do.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 7, 2021

Tennisha: Black Girls hack is a nonprofit organization we recently got our 501 C three designation. Vamosi: So she founded Black Girls Hack to help others. I've mentioned before but InfoSec Twitter is a valuable resource. If you follow members and ask questions, you're likely to get answers.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 7, 2021

Black Girls hack is a nonprofit organization we recently got our 501 C three designation. Vamosi: So she founded Black Girls Hack to help others. I've mentioned before but InfoSec Twitter is a valuable resource. If you follow members and ask questions, you're likely to get answers.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blaise Judja-Sato , founder of Seattle-based global health nonprofit VillageReach. Peterson joined Tagboard in 2017 as VP of marketing. Tagboard originally launched as a social media aggregator. Lee was previously an engineering manager at Facebook in Seattle and also a software development manager at Amazon.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

The nonprofit, which provides rapid SMS-based access to counselors for people in crisis, had been trying to make inroads in black communities for years. But Jo, who worked at the company as a social media coordinator, found that her white boss did not agree. It’s very sad, but I’m struggling to see relevance,” she said.

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Vox

JANUARY 24, 2023

It was a source of growing criticism from the press and nonprofit experts as his net worth climbed, topping $100 billion by the end of 2017. Applying for a grant can often be a long, burdensome process for nonprofits. Bezos’s philanthropic track record Before 2018, Bezos didn’t have much of a philanthropic résumé.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Among the biggest beneficiaries has been Signal, the encrypted messaging app whose development is funded by a nonprofit organization. We’re organized as a nonprofit because we feel like the way the internet currently works is insane,” CEO Moxie Marlinspike told me. But Signal’s rapid growth has also been a cause for concern.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Our winner-take-all economy has resulted in a country where, according to a 2017 CareerBuilder/Harris Poll survey of nearly 3,500 workers, 40 percent of people report usually living paycheck to paycheck. My nonprofit group, Venture for America, is known for trying to rebuild local economies through entrepreneurship.

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Vox

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Zhang, whose job at Facebook was to identify spammy activity on the platform, gradually became aware of a deeper issue after she started working at the company in 2017: Authoritarian governments in places like Azerbaijan and Honduras were systematically using fake Facebook pages and profiles to influence politics in those countries.

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GeekWire

APRIL 22, 2021

Last month Vulcan announced that EarthRanger and a number of other AI-related projects would be moving to the nonprofit Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, another organization founded by Paul Allen. But after studying a Tableau dashboard, rangers knew where they needed to look and found the wayward rhino the very next day.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 30, 2021

trillion environmental and social spending package. The nonprofit, which supports CCS technology, is one of the groups pushing to get rid of the 75 percent requirement. Water vapor rises from the NRG Energy Inc. WA Parish generating station in Thompsons, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 11, 2022

The following list provides a brief profile of 178 fabulous female futurists [up from 78 in the original list of September 2015, 143 in the update of November 2015, 158 in January 2018, 167 in February 2017, and 178 in the 2018 revision]. Nisreen Lahham enjoys the trans-disciplinary nature of futurism. Zanelle Njapha. Location: South Africa.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

introduces the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones at a product launch event on October 4th, 2017, at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco, California. Human needs are pretty fundamental, I think, in terms of being social, wanting to meet people. Photo by Elija Nouvelage / AFP via Getty Images. We take a long-term view. The answer is yes.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

The latter app also drove growth in kids’ social app use by 100% in 2019 and 200% in 2020, the report found. So basically, before TikTok, kids used social apps a certain amount. If you are working on a social app, this is a good sign that you are doing something right. Dave Gershgorn / OneZero ). Sarah Emerson / OneZero ).

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