GeekWire

JUNE 16, 2020

University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce gives a commencement speech at the UW’s first-ever virtual ceremony, with students and families watching via livestream. (UW It gathered nearly 7,000 photos of each graduate and applied graphics tricks to show the students with virtual caps in a Star Wars scrolling-type fashion.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

XOXO Festival co-founder Andy Baio unveiled his newest project on Tuesday : a new platform for virtual events called Skittish. Skittish looks like a very cute version of social spaces in video games like Second Life or VRChat but built specifically to host online events. They weren’t social in any meaningful way.”

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hybrid functions offer flexibility and help bring down many of the barriers to running events, from distance to accessibility to budget. Read More.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

is back for a special episode all about virtual dating in 2020. For this episode, Kaitlyn Tiffany and I talk to online daters and Bumble’s VP of strategy about how they’re adapting to virtual-only dating. They try to figure out what, if any, features and behaviors will stick around after social distancing and the pandemic end.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Information Technology Blog - - 5 Apps Every Entrepreneur Should Bookmark in 2020 - Information Technology Blog. Here are five apps that every entrepreneur should bookmark in 2020. Evernote is like a virtual notebook that you can use whenever inspiration hits. Social media plays a significant role in modern business.

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GeekWire

JUNE 4, 2020

“The pace of the city seems bustling and exciting, which is exactly what I wanted summer 2020 to be.” And she’s one of 8,000 interns that Amazon has taken on this summer around the world, hosting all of them virtually for the first time. She was excited to work in the “modern, beautiful buildings.”

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 8, 2021

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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GeekWire

MAY 10, 2020

Amazon says it uses its vast camera system for contact tracing and to try to enforce social distancing. — 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) May 10, 2020. In addition, 60 Minutes reports that Amazon is “trying to enforce social distancing by videotaping all its employees and using artificial intelligence to study their movements.”

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GeekWire

AUGUST 21, 2020

This is the spectator view for fans watching NBA games “courtside” in Microsoft Teams: the live stream on one side, and your virtual cheering section on the other. My big takeaway: Microsoft and the NBA are on to something with their new tech-fueled virtual fan experience. Look out for me in the virtual stands!!!

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GeekWire

AUGUST 22, 2020

For Game to Grow , 2020 was going to be a year of opportunity. 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.

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Galido

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - Technology Predictions: What Will the World be Like in 2020? The entertainment sector has also benefited from these technological advances through the incorporation of virtual reality into immersion experiences. Rise in Social Media. Information Technology Blog. Artificial Intelligence.

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The Verge

AUGUST 14, 2020

Pinterest employees are staging a virtual walkout today to protest discrimination and retaliation at the company. Scrutiny of Pinterest’s treatment of women began in June 2020 when Ifeoma Ozoma and Aerica Shimizu Banks , two Black women who worked on the policy team, accused the company of racial and gender discrimination on Twitter.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Moderator Tyra Mariani, left, president of Schultz Family Foundation, leads a “Future of Education” panel discussion at the 2020 GeekWire Summit in Seattle with Dr. Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College; Diane Tavenner, co-founder and CEO of Summit Public Schools; and Jessie Woolley-Wilson, CEO of DreamBox Learning. GeekWire Photo).

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2020

2020 was a year when people around the world were forced to find new ways to connect, and that trend is clearly visible when you look at the most downloaded apps on Apple hardware. Similarly, Zoom has seen massive growth as it became a de facto social space for people and businesses looking for face-to-face connections during the pandemic.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 10, 2020

There weren’t any bombshells on the scale of last year’s Xbox Series X reveal , but the 2020 edition of The Game Awards was still packed with news and trailers. The breakout social hit Among Us is getting a bit bigger. A new virtual pop group debuts. and a lot more. Among Us gets a new map.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2021

The world’s biggest gaming showcase, E3, is going all-virtual for the first time in its history, with organizers revealing today how they plan to keep enthusiasts interested without the sights and sounds of the show floor. The virtual E3 will run from June 12th to June 15th. Registration is free and opens later this month.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 2, 2020

Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 26, 2020. Seated in front of the world (virtually) during a House Judiciary Committee antitrust hearing, the CEOs of the richest technology companies on the planet offered a window into their “offices” on Wednesday. Welcome to the Social!

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GeekWire

JULY 12, 2021

Last year’s show was a virtual event, which combined with two other canceled conventions to become the 9-day, 24-hour “PAX Online.” The mask mandate, social distance, and cleaning protocols and the other safety regulations that we are putting in place were easier to verify and implement. Humans are social animals.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 22, 2021

Here is the report's opening paragraph: "In 2020, while the American public was focused on protecting our families from a global pandemic and helping others in need, cyber criminals took advantage of an opportunity to profit from our dependence on technology to go on an Internet crime spree. Business Email Compromise 2020. Ransomware.

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Hacker Earth

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

2020 looks like it’s going to be a phenomenal year for the recruitment industry. Create social spaces online – In addition to getting work done, you should also build relationships within your distributed team. There you have it, our selection of recruiting trends to look out for in 2020. Happy hiring!

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Rec Room is a free app described as a “universally accessible online community,” where users create a cartoony virtual avatar to participate in a variety of activities, many of which were designed by the application’s community. 2020, Rec Room ’s userbase had tripled. The more people are playing, the more people there are to play with.

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GeekWire

MAY 23, 2020

A longtime contact of mine recently emailed a New York Times article from June 18, 1998: “Virtual-Classes Trend Alarms Professors.” ” Viewed through the lens of 2020, the headline was worthy of The Onion. ” The final report from the 2020 Commission didn’t go as far as the professors feared.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Her app was selected as a national finalist in a competition by ProjectCSGIRLS in 2020. Krishnan, who last year received a Bellevue Youth Leadership award for “Outstanding Creative & Innovative Thinker,” uses social media and virtual announcements at her school to promote Treefish.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 26, 2020

That includes big social titles, classic games, and inventive indie releases. Not every element stands up in 2020, so you might find yourself frustrated with 64 ’s relic of a camera, or the awkward controls of Sunshine ’s water pack. Heck, one of my favorite experiences this year has been relearning chess on the Switch.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2021

Facebook has acquired yet another developer of a popular virtual reality game, announcing on Friday that BigBox VR, makers of the battle royale VR title Population: One, will be joining Oculus Studios. “ A character in Population: One. Image: BigBox VR.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It’s not the first time Minecraft has come to virtual reality, but it’s a welcome addition to the roster given the size of PlayStation VR’s install base. Minecraft's free #PSVR update is live today: [link] pic.twitter.com/4JrywP4JBK — PlayStation (@PlayStation) September 21, 2020. Explore, dig, and build in VR ?? Nothing removed.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 14, 2021

Steam’s user community broke a lot of records during the socially-quarantined year of 2020. It provides a look back on 2020, as well as a roadmap for what’s coming for Steam in 2021. Steam, like the rest of the games industry, had a banner year in 2020. Valve Software image). Bellevue, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

APRIL 22, 2021

They quickly went to work during the shortened 2020 season and used Microsoft Teams and the “Together” mode to bring fans who were locked out of arenas by the COVID-19 pandemic closer to the action via a virtual experience. — NBA (@NBA) December 22, 2020. pic.twitter.com/x085e7Nn38. pic.twitter.com/OFQSvMCFet.

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GeekWire

MARCH 26, 2024

Rec Room , the virtual reality community and gaming platform, a mainstay of VR and mixed reality platforms including the Meta Quest and, more recently, the Apple Vision Pro. Submittable , a social impact platform that helps corporations, governments, and nonprofits manage programs focused on social good.

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The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2021

Facebook is bringing the office to VR with Horizon Workrooms It wasn’t long into a recent press briefing I attended in virtual reality when Mark Zuckerberg showed up to talk about the metaverse. It’s the social network’s first stab at creating a VR experience specifically for people to work together in.

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GeekWire

APRIL 29, 2021

After two years of relative obscurity, Among Us became popular due to a number of high-profile Twitch streamers picking it up, and became a hit among fans during the summer of 2020. Despite technically debuting in 2018, Among Us went on to collect Best Mobile Game and Best Multiplayer during the 2020 Game Awards. ????

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The Verge

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Packing hundreds of attendees into extravagant venues to hang on every word of company executives was never going to be possible in an era of social distancing. In 2020, every presentation went off without a hitch, but it was hard not to doubt what we were being shown.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will speak at the 2020 GeekWire Summit on Thursday at 11:45 a.m. The GeekWire Summit returns this week, in an all-new virtual format, exploring the future of science, health, technology and what’s next in innovation. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota). The activities begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Would that make him a suitable candidate to sit atop the social media giant’s C-suite? Legere announced he was stepping down from T-Mobile in November 2019 and in April 2020 he left the company’s board. Former T-Mobile CEO John Legere certainly spent a good amount of time on Twitter when he was running the Bellevue, Wash.-based

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2022

A recruiter works on a computer, 19 June 2007 at the cyber cafe “Le Milk” in Paris, during the Neo Job-Meeting (NJM) event, the first virtual job fair on the 3-D “Second Life” on-line game. Linden Research launched Sansar , a VR successor to Second Life, a few years ago but sold the project in 2020 to focus on its main title.

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The Verge

APRIL 17, 2021

Virtual gaming platform Roblox is developing content ratings for games and easier-to-use parental controls, the company’s chief privacy officer Remy Malan told The Wall Street Journal. Roblox, which launched in 2006, has been a runaway hit during the pandemic, giving socially-distanced kids a social space to gather online.

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The Verge

JULY 6, 2021

Virtual world-building platform Roblox has signed a deal with Sony Music Entertainment. The deal extends an existing collaboration that included a 2020 Lil Nas X concert inside Roblox as well as a 2021 virtual dance party with Swedish artist Zara Larsson. Image: Roblox.

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