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GeekWire 200 rankings update: E-commerce, virtual event, fintech startups heat up

GeekWire

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. Hootsuite , the widely used social media management platform and a star of the Vancouver, B.C. Snapbar (No.

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Twitter’s decentralized social network project takes a baby step forward

The Verge

Bluesky, Twitter’s decentralized social networking effort, has announced its first major update since 2019. The report covers how these systems handle key social network elements like discoverability, moderation, and privacy, as well as how services based on them can scale up, interoperate, and make money.

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The shift to ‘virtual first’ organizations will undoubtedly continue

Trends in the Living Networks

COVID-19 has shifted most organizations in the developed world to predominantly virtual work. ‘Virtual first’ is a useful phrase, as it means that is not the only mode of work, simply the default or primary one. The question is what happens from here.

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Telemedicine startup Bright.md raises more cash as interest in virtual healthcare surges

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million investment round for its AI-powered virtual healthcare service. Virtual healthcare services such as Bright.md “Healthcare will begin at the virtual front door, making healthcare delivery more efficient and allowing patients to get better care and providers to deliver it virtually and expeditiously.”

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Bumble’s new Night In feature is an attempt to break the ice on virtual dates

The Verge

Dating app Bumble has announced Night In, a new feature that lets you play games on a virtual date. However, Bumble says it plans to offer more games and virtual experiences in the “near future.”. Night In is an expansion of Bumble’s existing video dates feature, which it launched back in 2019. Bumble added video dates in 2019.

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Meta opens up access to its VR social platform Horizon Worlds

The Verge

More than two years and a company rebrand later, Meta is finally opening up access to its VR social platform Horizon Worlds. Originally just called Horizon, it requires a Facebook account and lets you hang out with up to 20 people at a time in a virtual space. Now we can open up and say we have interesting things that people can do”.

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Z2 vets raise $5M to grow Seattle studio Starform and launch social games

GeekWire

” Since its last round of funding in 2019, Starform’s team has grown to 11 people, which includes developers with experience from ArenaNet, Amazon, and Big Fish Games. “We’re big believers in social play,” Fasulo, Starform’s CEO, said in an interview with GeekWire.

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