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Amazon giving $9M to Seattle-area organizations addressing needs around homelessness

GeekWire

The organizations include: Mary’s Place : Amazon is giving $6 million to the nonprofit to support its ongoing operations and to provide funding toward a new development of co-located affordable housing and family shelter and services in Burien, Wash. Previously: Inside Amazon’s new 8-floor family homeless shelter attached to its Seattle HQ

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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

GeekWire

The game development startup is now valued at $1.25 We are one of many, and we’re excited to add a consumer social company to that mix.” Year-over-year revenue growth of 566% was fueled in part by the pandemic and trends toward social gatherings online. Gaming company or social company? (Rec Room Image).

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Facebook’s plan to offer free internet in developing countries ended up costing users, WSJ reports

The Verge

Facebook partners with mobile carriers in developing countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, and Pakistan to give users free access to Facebook and a few other websites, but users have been unknowingly getting charged by their cellular providers, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

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Agile Process Improvement Using. Agile! - Social, Agile, and.

Social, Agile and Transformation

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 SDJ is the oldest magazine for developers in Poland.

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High school students learn how to spot misinformation at UW’s ‘Misinfo Day’ event

GeekWire

This is really useful information to help protect yourself as a teenager on social media,” said Ballard High School student Amelia Wagenbrenner. The UW is unique in providing a dedicated, university-led misinformation program for high school students, said Jevin West, director of the Center for an Informed Public. ” he said.

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COVID-19 accelerates tech solutions for lonely seniors, addressing ‘double pandemic’ of isolation

GeekWire

University of Washington researchers this summer interviewed dozens of leaders from senior-focused social service and healthcare organizations statewide for a study aiming to better understand the growing challenges faced by older people during COVID. “They develop relationships.”. And then it got worse. UC Davis Photo).

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Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

GeekWire

Swift is a longtime Seattle-area gaming industry vet whose resume includes Valve Software (she helped lead development of Portal), Airtight Games, Amazon, EA, and most recently Google Stadia, where she was a game design director for the tech giant’s cloud gaming service. Google Stadia closed its first-party game studios in February.

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