GeekWire

AUGUST 10, 2021

iUNU , a Seattle agtech startup that helps growers remotely monitor greenhouse plants, has acquired pest management company CropWalk. Founded in 2019, CropWalk develops pest and pathogen control programs. The company also runs The CropTalk Podcast via CropTalk Media.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 11, 2020

The “Top Gun” star and Emmy Award-winning actor recently launched a new digital media startup called Triple Squirrels , which this month revealed the EVRGRN Channel , a new free streaming channel airing on STIRR. “STIRR also provides local, live news programming, which pairs well with our regionally curated catalog.”

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Maven , the Seattle-based media company that publishes Sports Illustrated, raised an additional $24 million to help fuel expansion and reduce its debt. The publicly-traded company used security purchase agreements via private placements of convertible preferred stock. Maven CEO Ross Levinsohn. Maven Photo). It landed a $5.7

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 7, 2024

Here are the key recommendations I provided: AI training implementation: Introduce AI training aligned with company policies and processes to empower employees with the necessary skills and awareness. How much of this usage is part of ‘approved and budgeted’ corporate policy and programs? The discussion around policies is a great one.

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The Verge

MARCH 15, 2022

Verizon is introducing a new discount to its Fios Forward plans , which should let low-income customers get fiber internet for free when combined with discounts through the federal Affordable Connectivity Program. Verizon says Fios Forward is available to people who qualify for the government’s Lifeline program.

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GeekWire

APRIL 22, 2021

Jeff Bezos is among the investors taking part in an $80 million funding round in Overtime , a sports media brand with plans to launch a new basketball league for elite high school players. The company has raised more than $140 million to date and runs a popular app and sells branded merchandise. (Overtime Image via Twitter).

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Windows 11’s new media player. Microsoft has created a new Media Player app for Windows 11, and it’s beginning to test the app with Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel today. The redesigned Media Player app will support both audio and video, and it includes a design that better matches Windows 11’s UI improvements. “At

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A recent survey of senior IT professionals from Foundry found that 57% of IT organizations have identified several areas for gen AI use cases, 25% have started pilot programs, and 41% are engaged in training and upskilling employees on gen AI.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Twitter has introduced aliases for contributors in its Birdwatch moderation program | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Twitter is introducing aliases for participants in its Birdwatch moderation tool so they don’t have to include their usernames in notes they leave on others’ tweets, the company announced in a blog post Monday.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Twitter announced on Tuesday that it plans to support Twitter Spaces creators through a new three-month accelerator program called the Twitter Spaces Spark Program. Twitter’s plans follow a similar creator three-month program that Clubhouse launched in March 2021. Have 5,000 or more “active followers”.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2021

The company is teaming up with nonprofit Common Sense Media, which specializes in age-based content reviews, to curate various collections that’ll appear in the Apple Podcasts app in the US and online. Other companies, like Spotify and Amazon , place their kid-approved content into separate apps and experiences.

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GeekWire

MAY 25, 2021

As people around the country observe the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, companies that pledged to do more to support diversity, equity and inclusion in the wake of his death are sharing their progress and ideas. The company considered ways to make its products more accessible and waived fees where needed.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As part of it, the company will stop using facial recognition algorithms to tag people in photographs and videos, and it will delete the facial recognition templates that it uses for identification. Meta says the change will roll out in the coming weeks.

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2021

Fuse Media has announced the beta launch of Fuse Plus, a new streaming service that will roll out widely later this year. In a statement, Fuse Media CEO Miguel Roggero said the service will be “curated by, and for, a young, diverse viewer that craves representation in what they stream.”. Photo by David Pomponio/FilmMagic.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Amazon workers and others cross Lenora Street during lunch hour near The Spheres on the company’s Seattle headquarters campus on Wednesday. As employees ventured out during the sunny lunchtime hour, the only cloud hanging over the company’s office towers was the layoffs being conducted inside. “I work on devices.”

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Tableau Software will launch new Slack integrations that let users interact with data and graphics inside the popular communication and collaboration platform, trying out their newfound status as Salesforce sister companies. Salesforce spent $50 billion from 2018 to 2021 for Slack, Tableau and integration software company Mulesoft.

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GeekWire

MAY 19, 2020

million forgivable loan from the federal government, despite mounting criticism of public companies receiving funds through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The Seattle-based company owns TheStreet, Say Media, and Hubpages in addition to Sports Illustrated and other media properties.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Once finalized, the merged company will be one of the biggest media conglomerates in the US, blending Warner Bros.’ TV and movie assets with Discovery’s huge catalog of television programming. Last June, the companies announced the new media entity would be called Warner Bros. Discovery”) and AT&T Inc.

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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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CTOvision

JANUARY 2, 2019

Read Richard Ford’s article about why CISO’s find it difficult to implement robust insider threat prevention program on Dark Reading : There’s no shortage of good coverage in the media on the important topic of insider threats.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Panelists at an event for parenting-focused influencers hosted by Meta in Seattle, from left: Dana Geldwert, panel moderator and Instagram’s head of Global Policy Programs; Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, pediatric psychologist; and Instagram head Adam Mosseri.

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The Verge

JULY 3, 2020

Fortnite ’s Party Royale will air an in-game showing of We The People on Saturday, part of a series of conversations around race in America, the company announced Friday. The program, hosted by Van Jones of CNN, will include journalists Elaine Welteroth and Jemele Hill , and musicians Killer Mike and Lil Baby.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 2, 2024

“With motherhood, the media, movies, everything out there says it’s a rosy, beautiful thing — which it is — but our society doesn’t talk about the messiness of motherhood and parenthood,” Foley said. Multiple programs supporting startups have selected Yuzi to participate in their cohorts. Partners are also able to attend.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

Facebook’s Google Photos transfer tool, first announced for the US and Canada back in April, is now available globally, the company announced on Thursday. However, a Facebook spokesperson told The Verge in April that the “people will also be able to transfer photos to other companies that join the Data Transfer Program.”.

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Trends in the Living Networks

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Last week I was part of a panel on the SkyBusiness Technology Behind Business program discussing corporate social media policies, comprised of Peter Williams of Deloitte, Adrienne Unkovitch of Workplace Guardian, and myself. Allowing use of social media attracts Gen Y staff. Executives have less control than they before.

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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

JUNE 13, 2023

The 50-person company launched more than a decade ago to help sports teams display social media content. But it has expanded since then and now focuses on cloud-based production software that lets content producers integrate graphics, interactive tools, social media, and more in broadcasts across various channels.

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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. Do these numbers represent a business “social media gap”?

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The Verge

MAY 5, 2021

Amazon is infamous for tightly controlling its workers and contractors, but a report from Bloomberg shows that it also tries to control the employees of companies that it contracts. The company has explicit policies concerning personal grooming and social media etiquette that apply to the drivers from other delivery companies.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Kent School District in Washington state has joined Seattle Public Schools in filing suit against TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and their parent companies, seeking compensation to address the youth mental health crisis that both districts allege has been caused by the social media companies.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 19, 2020

CES 2021 will use Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Power Platform to deliver an exhibitor showcase, media events, conference programming, networking events and more over four days, Jan. 11 : Exclusive media-only access. 12-13 : Exhibitor showcase and conference programming. 14 : Conference programming.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Two Netflix employees at the heart of the Dave Chappelle controversy have filed labor charges against the company, alleging the streaming giant retaliated against them for engaging in protected activity. The narrative then spread in the media , though employees who spoke to The Verge said they didn’t believe it was true.

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ComputerWorld IT Management

APRIL 3, 2023

The program will continue to be open to companies worldwide this year. The program will be open to all companies with 5 or more IT employees, and 100 or more total employees worldwide. As in the past, overall and category awards will be named within three company size categories.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Julie Whalen, the Expedia Group chief financial officer, hinted at the possibility of cutbacks in the company’s fourth quarter earnings call on Feb. 8, saying at the time that the company was “taking a very close look at streamlining our cost structure to align with the next phase of our journey.”

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Sundar Pichai, the Google and Alphabet CEO, said in a blog post that Gemini represents “one of the biggest science and engineering efforts we’ve undertaken as a company,” under the umbrella of the company’s DeepMind AI initiatives. The Information reported Dec.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Keep in mind that Spotify pays $100 million for the programming and is financially incentivized to promote Rogan’s show to make back its investment through ad revenue. This is an especially troubling decision for some of the company’s trans and Black employees, as well as its science reporters.

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