The Verge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Microsoft acquired AltspaceVR in 2017. Microsoft is removing all social hubs hosted in AltspaceVR and requiring users to log into the virtual reality app using a Microsoft account. The social hubs in AltspaceVR were designed “to help foster new friendships” and act as an entry point to get familiar with AltspaceVR itself.

Social 78

Social Microsoft Meeting Internet 78

GeekWire

MARCH 23, 2021

We are one of many, and we’re excited to add a consumer social company to that mix.” When GeekWire visited the company’s office and tested Rec Room in 2017, the startup was focused on virtual reality. Year-over-year revenue growth of 566% was fueled in part by the pandemic and trends toward social gatherings online.

Social 144

Social Company Virtualization Media 144

The Verge

JULY 23, 2020

The social, lovable robot went viral on Twitter last March when it performed a jaunty dance after telling owners, “The servers out there that let me do what I do will be turned off soon.” That meant its ability to perform many social interactions would wind down on an undefined date, effectively killing Jibo.

Social 129

Social Education Groups Virtualization 129

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. The original incarnation of Yik Yak ended up shutting down in early 2017, when it was sold for $1 million to Square for its engineering talent and IP.

Media 75

Media Social Engineering Network 75

Social, Agile and Transformation

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

I started Social, Agile, and Transformation over ten years ago as a Startup CTO posting technical insights that I developed while overseeing application development, innovating with new technologies, and driving customer experiences. This is my 300th post!

Devops 176

Devops Agile CTO Social 176

Vox

MAY 17, 2022

“It’s a tragedy because you only need one copy of the video for this thing to live forever online and endlessly multiply,” said Emerson Brooking, a resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank who studies social media. For the victims and victims’ families, these videos deprive people of their dignity in their final moments.

Media 82

Media Social Video Internet 82

SecureWorld News

JUNE 1, 2020

As it turns out, social media is about a lot more than status updates and memes. How many software vulnerabilities are posted on social media first? In this case, PNNL looked at what it calls social cybersecurity. Posting software vulnerabilities on social media: good vs. bad. Social cybersecurity is a huge threat.

Media 52

Media Social Software Software 52

Network World

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

There's no reason to believe 2017 will be any better. If anything, it could be even worse as cybercriminals continue to push social engineering, find new ways to deliver malware, crack vulnerable databases and leverage mobile technology to find ways to get inside corporate defenses and target individuals.

Security 60

Security Malware Engineering Mobile 60

GeekWire

AUGUST 22, 2020

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.

Nonprofit 145

Nonprofit Study Social Programming 145

Social, Agile and Transformation

JANUARY 6, 2020

My last one published in 2017 covered blockchain (just getting started), AI (breakthroughs coming), talent gaps (growing challenge), and the importance of social business (even more critical). It's been several years since I blogged on new year predictions. In some ways, little has changed in three years, and yet so much has changed.

Agile 150

Agile Devops Social Software Development 150

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

What are the most important lessons that IT leaders and CIOs learned (or should have learned) in 2017? So, what lessons can we learn from 2017? Here are 5 more lessons that CIOs (should have) learned in 2017. 2017 taught us that communications security needs to be a priority,” says Joel Wallenstrom, CEO of Wickr.

Backup 106

Backup Project Management Quality Assurance Tools 106

TechSpot

MAY 9, 2023

Teens have been moving away from Facebook in favor of other social media sites for years. Insta and Snap proved bigger draws in 2017, and the most recent survey (2022) found that Facebook. It was happening as far back as 2014 when Instagram started becoming more popular among that demographic. Read Entire Article

Survey 89

Survey Media Social 89

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Companies are now getting a constant flow of real-time customer data from websites, social media, and POS terminals that automatically capture clicks, likes, and sales transactions for analysis by business intelligence systems. Social media is crucial for companies to engage with their market to promote ideas and gather feedback.

Training 150

Training Mobile Social Virtualization 150

TechSpot

APRIL 19, 2022

The employment-focused social network sent HiQ Labs a cease and desist letter in 2017 demanding that it stop scraping its members' public profile data; something it did. The US Ninth Circuit of Appeals ruling is the latest chapter in a long-running battle between workforce analytics startup HiQ Labs and LinkedIn.

Social 116

Social Network Data 116

Galido

MAY 18, 2017

From Python to graphic database to the various other focused changes, let’s have a look through the major features arriving with SQL Server 2017. Reporting Services benefited from a big overhaul in SQL Server 2016, and more improvements are coming in SQL Server 2017. Python power comes to SQL Server 2017.

Microsoft 60

Microsoft Training Artificial Intelligence Engineering 60

Social, Agile and Transformation

JANUARY 17, 2017

I was doing some research last week on 2017 events for CIO, CTO, Chief Digital Officers, Chief Data Officers, and IT leaders. I found articles on CIO.com and TechTarget with a number of events listed and then went looking at other institutions (Gartner, Forrester, CDM Media, Evanta, Argyle, HMG Strategy, O'Reilly and others) for their lists.

CTO 100

CTO Data Media Research 100

The Verge

MAY 20, 2021

The social network suspended the program in November 2017 after it was widely criticized for verifying the account of a white supremacist. When the public application program was paused in 2017, Twitter attempted to clarify its rules about which accounts are eligible for verification.

Programming 72

Programming Authentication Applications Sports 72

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Business email compromise scheme and social engineering. Social engineering—in person—was the next part of the scheme. Those are some of the highlights, now let's look at a few specifics. Prosecutors say Ghaleb Alaumary, a native of Ontario Canada, confessed to two specific conspiracies. million CAD (approximately $9.4 Too many do.

Engineering 64

Engineering Social Banking Real Estate 64

CTOvision

APRIL 5, 2018

The Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus was launched in May 2017 by Congressman John Delaney of Maryland. The goal of the caucus is to inform policymakers of the technological, economic and social impacts of advances in AI and to ensure that rapid innovation in AI and related […].

Artificial Intelligence 160

Artificial Intelligence Social CTO 160

TechSpot

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In 2017, the company posted three made-up holiday sweaters on social media and asked users which one they preferred. Microsoft's ugly sweater campaign started as a gag five years ago. It ended up being their best performing post that year and prompted Redmond to take it from concept to reality.

Media 81

Media Social Microsoft Company 81

Forrester IT

OCTOBER 11, 2016

We evaluate nine of the top vendors in this emerging market that offer solutions to continuously monitor "digital" -- i.e., social, mobile, web, and dark web -- channels to detect, prevent, and mitigate any type of risk event posing a threat to organizations today. Social Media Security. Digital Risk. Digital Risk Monitoring.

Social 150

Social Media Government Mobile 150

Galido

JANUARY 17, 2017

Sprout Social. Social Media is gaining in importance everyday. Sprout Social is your one-stop-shop for social media optimization. With Sprout Social, you can: Monitor conversations and hashtags. With Sprout Social, you can: Monitor conversations and hashtags. Track and analyze social performance.

Tools 60

Tools Social Analysis Mobile 60

Galido

MARCH 31, 2017

Engaging in Social Media to Increase Sales. Great imaginary are very sharable, so have photos taken having an opinion and regular update on the social media feeds generating local interest in your brand, products and services. Do not just blindly believe on your vendor in order to get things right.

Travel 66

Travel Budget Financial Software 66

GeekWire

JANUARY 15, 2022

The former Techstars Managing Director for Amazon’s Alexa Accelerator, Ginzburg was co-founder of social analytics platform Simply Measured, acquired by Sprout Social in 2017. Before that, he was one of the first software engineers at Appature, which was later acquired by IMS Health.

Engineering 133

Engineering Social Software Software 133

Computerworld Vertical IT

MAY 31, 2023

And Microsoft shuttered AltspaceVR , the social VR platform it acquired in 2017, and has reportedly laid off workers focused on mixed reality development while making AI its clear priority going forward. Sales of VR and AR headsets have fallen short of expectations. To read this article in full, please click here

Real Estate 80

Real Estate 3D Virtualization Internet 80

Vox

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Compared to boomers, Gen Z was also twice as likely to have a social media account hacked (17 percent and 8 percent). The cost of falling for those scams may also be surging for younger people: Social Catfish’s 2023 report on online scams found that online scam victims under 20 years old lost an estimated $8.2 million in 2017.

Social 144

Social Internet Media Education 144

Social, Agile and Transformation

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

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 Social, Agile, Transformation Pages. social media. (3).

Big Data 100

Big Data Agile Social Data 100

ComputerWorld IT Management

MARCH 17, 2022

Maintaining a diverse culture and achieving its full potential is fundamental to its success, according to the company’s 2020/21 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report. Lenovo’s diversity and inclusion initiative got off the ground in 2017. Lenovo’s global D&I initiative.

Programming 81

Programming Government Social Report 81

GeekWire

JANUARY 18, 2022

billion in cash is a whopper by every stretch of the imagination — the biggest in the company’s 47-year-history and more than double the $26 billion it paid for business social networking giant LinkedIn in 2017. Microsoft’s plan to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 To put the $68.7 billion ; Skype at $8.5 billion.

Microsoft 111

Microsoft Social Network Company 111

The Investing Edge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The list represents a broad selection of ideas and technologies, including social entrepreneurship. The post Stuff Worth Reading – September 2017 appeared first on Ascent Venture Partners. Some Stuff We Just Liked. Here are the latest “35 Innovators Under 35” identified in the current MIT Technology Review.

Retail 49

Retail Artificial Intelligence Hotels Internet 49

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Tech Day of Pink is an annual initiative launched in 2017 by The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) to focus on raising awareness, educating, and fundraising for breast cancer research directly within the IT community in the fight to end breast cancer. Lauder's role in co-creating the iconic pink ribbon.

Research 93

Research Education Media Social 93

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

Development 120

Development Software Development Report Social 120

The Verge

JANUARY 11, 2021

After Parler was banned on both the Apple and Google app stores for failing to curb violent and threatening content on its platform, the social media site is now completely offline as a result of Amazon terminating Parler’s web hosting services. Parler has been taken offline | Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images.

Policies 145

Policies Apple Google Social 145

The Verge

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Ordering ahead through the Starbucks app is the company’s suggested way to get in and out of its locations faster during the pandemic, hopefully making it easier to maintain social distancing in the process.

Retail 121

Retail Mobile Google Research 121

GeekWire

APRIL 22, 2021

That includes kids who are Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC); children who struggle socially due to autism, ADHD or other conditions; and women eager to break into technology or entrepreneurial roles. Seattle’s FFA is an organization founded by Leslie Feinzaig in 2017 that supports women and non-binary entrepreneurs.

Groups 115

Groups Nonprofit Programming Training 115

The Verge

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Billie originally launched in 2017 but has grown since, likely prompting P&G’s interest and the FTC’s concern. Facebook saw rapidly growing competitors in the social media and messaging spaces and chose to swallow them whole, before they could pose a real threat, like P&G might be trying to do with Billie.

Government 118

Government Media Social Retail 118

GeekWire

JANUARY 10, 2022

She also sits on the board of Seattle marketing startup Amperity, leading corporate social responsibility efforts. In 2017 he teamed up with Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs to launch social networking startup TraceMe , which was eventually acquired by Nike.

Fashion 145

Fashion Nonprofit Film Social 145