The Verge

AUGUST 26, 2021

A proposed agreement between Apple and a class-action lawsuit representing US app developers includes a $100 million payout from Apple. The change, while potentially important for developers, isn’t quite as significant as it may seem. Apple has decided to name this the “Small Developer Assistance Fund.”.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

And that’s not the only new experiment for Blue Origin’s five-year-old New Shepard flight test program: This 13th test flight will be the first to be flown since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, and the first to include extra COVID-19 safety measures. Both payload flights were funded by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program.

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GeekWire

JUNE 23, 2020

Over the next three years, Microsoft says it will double its number of Black-owned suppliers and spend an incremental $500 million with those companies; double its investment activity with Black-owned financial institutions, including a $100 million FDIC program; and establish a $50 million investment fund to support Black-owned small businesses.

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CTOvision

MAY 29, 2015

Governor McAuliffe said , “The CRCF program advances research with potential for economic growth in Virginia. In order to compete with other states and globally, we must focus on early stage economic development. Eminent Researcher Recruitment Program. Matching Funds Program. SBIR Matching Funds Program.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Two years ago the professors co-founded Banyu Carbon , a Seattle-based startup developing technology for extracting carbon dioxide from the ocean, which in turn lowers the levels in the atmosphere. It has support from programs including the U.S. The nonprofit [C]Worthy lists 19 startups in marine-based carbon dioxide removal.

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GeekWire

JUNE 3, 2020

Ingram is the CEO and founder of consulting firm Diverse City and tech startup Inclusology , which is developing a tech platform for diversity, equity and inclusion assessments inside companies. I don’t mean just giving it to nonprofits that are run by white leaders who have a white savior complex.

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Vox

JULY 29, 2022

Amazon’s employee relations team was developing a separate “internally-facing strategy,” the memo said. As a business that delivers to neighborhoods across America, we work hard to strengthen our connections in the communities we serve,” Amazon spokesperson Paul Flaningan said in a statement. The friend of my enemy is my … friend?

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