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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

GeekWire

Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”

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Tech Moves: Pathable founder joins vanlife app; Opanga Networks taps Seattle telecom vet as CEO

GeekWire

(Pathable Photo) — Veteran Seattle-area software entrepreneur Jordan Schwartz joined Sēkr , a San Diego startup that aims to help “vanlife” travelers find campsites and community, as its chief product officer. Brodman previously spent more than a decade at T-Mobile, holding positions as CMO and CTO.

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How this virtual event startup rebounded from a near-shutdown to an acquisition amid the pandemic

GeekWire

Founded in 2008, the Seattle-based company traditionally makes mobile apps for conferences and events. But as GeekWire reported in March , the 12-year-old startup quickly built out a virtual events platform and saw demand skyrocket. The show goes on(line): As events cancel due to COVID-19, Seattle startup builds a virtual platform.

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PGA of America swings for the public cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

That’s just one major drive under way by the nonprofit golf association, which is also delivering myriad tournaments and events, special services, and classes to its 28,000 members, a roster including celebrities, national golf pros, golf coaches, amateur players, and people who work in the golf industry, says PGA of America CTO Kevin Scott.

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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

GeekWire

He was also founder and CEO of i3D, which enhanced the interconnectivity of web platforms with the virtual 3D world of the product Second Life, and was an engineer at Redmond, Wash.-based Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance.

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How technology is trying to address bias in policing — and why experts say it won’t be enough

GeekWire

Axon also updated its virtual-reality peer intervention training product and made it easier for civilians and police to submit social media and internet evidence. “These are certainly not issues that can be solved entirely through technology,” said Jeff Kunis, the Axon chief technology officer.

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Why you should care about Facebook’s big push into the metaverse

Vox

It’s the next big breakthrough in technology. It’s the metaverse — defined most simply as a virtual world where people can socialize, work, and play — and Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes it is the future of the internet and of his trillion-dollar company. It’s a joke. It’s a marketing strategy. So what is the metaverse, really?