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CIOs Have To Treat Social Media With Care

The Accidental Successful CIO

Hackers can learn a lot from a CIO’s social media Image Credit: Blogtrepreneur Every person with the CIO job knows what social media is. In fact, we all probably have Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media accounts. However, it turns out that there is a downside to social media that we may not be aware of.

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Microsoft targets AI skills gap with new training program and grant challenge

GeekWire

The initiative, announced Wednesday morning by Microsoft Philanthropies, is part of the company’s larger effort to address a technical skills gap in the broader workforce and economy. The company declined to disclose the expected size of the grants or the amount of its investment in the programs.

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Microsoft reports investments in banks, funds and other programs supporting Black-owned companies

GeekWire

based software and cloud giant offered an upbeat report, saying that in some cases programs that were expected to take years to build up have been accomplished in a matter of 18 months. Other tech giants including Apple have rolled out racial equity programs or pledged funding to various groups. The Redmond, Wash.-based

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Social giving startup Give InKind acquired by gift card company Wolfe

GeekWire

based startup that helps people create giving platforms to support their friends and family, was acquired by Wolfe , a Pittsburgh, Pa-based gift card company. The 9-person company will remain in Tacoma, just south of Seattle. It graduated from Graham & Walker’s accelerator program in 2019. Give InKind , a Tacoma, Wash.-based

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How to Innovate by Introducing Product Management in SMB and Non-Tech Companies

Social, Agile and Transformation

During the Coffee with Digital Trailblazers, a LinkedIn audio event that I host most Fridays at 11 am ET, Jay Cohen shared that January was a good time of the year to focus on learning programs and driving department and team-level realignments. It makes sense because people return to work from the holidays refreshed and ready to learn.

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Social media used to be free. Not anymore.

Vox

Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty Images You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” has long been a common refrain about the business of social media. But now, this free model of social media — subsidized by advertising — is under pressure.

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Seattle Schools vs. Social Media: What’s at stake in the suit against TikTok, Instagram, and others

GeekWire

Here are some of the key points to know: Seattle Public Schools is suing the social media giants for damages stemming from what the suit describes as a youth mental health crisis in Seattle and across the country. Related Story: Are social media companies to blame for youth mental health crisis? It’s complicated.

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