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Rec Room teams up with NFL in latest partnership for Seattle gaming startup

GeekWire

American football fans who use the Rec Room social gaming app can now grab their favorite team’s gear for their in-app avatars, just in time for the NFL playoffs. A new pop-up shop in the Rec Room app lets users purchase licensed NFL hoodies and hats for their avatars to wear. (Rec Room Image).

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Jibo, the social robot that was supposed to die, is getting a second life

The Verge

The social, lovable robot went viral on Twitter last March when it performed a jaunty dance after telling owners, “The servers out there that let me do what I do will be turned off soon.” That meant its ability to perform many social interactions would wind down on an undefined date, effectively killing Jibo.

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Record labels sue Roblox for letting users upload pirated songs

The Verge

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has sued Roblox for letting users upload music from Ariana Grande, Imagine Dragons, deadmau5, and other artists without paying a licensing fee. Virtually all big web platforms clash with record labels at some point, and the disputes often end with the companies striking a deal.

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Microsoft’s resurgence: Reflecting on Satya Nadella’s leadership, a decade after he became CEO

GeekWire

This is no small feat given that Microsoft wasn’t even part of FAANG , the name Jim Cramer coined in 2013 for the tech stocks (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) driving the market and consumer mindshare. This Sunday, Feb. 4 marks 10 years of Satya at the helm of the second company in the world to reach a $3 trillion market cap.

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eBook Store Success: Build, Create, and Sell Like a Pro!

Kitaboo

It is, essentially, a virtual bookstore. To run your business, you must also check your country and state taxes and licensing requirements to register accordingly. Google, the most commonly used search engine, uses over 200 ranking factors to evaluate a website’s position. Conclusion What is an eBook Store?

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Futurist conversations: Ross Dawson and Gerd Leonhard on Open vs Closed Systems

Trends in the Living Networks

Given this issue’s central role in virtually all business strategy today, we find that our clients are consistently asking us about how to think about and build strategies in this context. Google’s early move to expose APIs to many of its products provided the impetus for this to become standard practice across the net. *

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CIOs Struggle To Find The Machine Learning Employees That They Need

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs at credit-card business use AI-enabled applications to speed up credit-card authentication, identify and prevent fraud, power virtual agents and personalize marketing offers. It is estimated that Google Pay will reach 100 million users world-wide by the end of the year. AI is a competitive advantage for these firms.