The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bluesky, Twitter’s decentralized social networking effort, has announced its first major update since 2019. The report covers how these systems handle key social network elements like discoverability, moderation, and privacy, as well as how services based on them can scale up, interoperate, and make money.

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2020

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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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Google goes back to its old tricks, mostly for the better The amount of effort Google seems to put into its Pixel phones while simultaneously ensuring that they look and feel mundane never ceases to astonish me. The Google Pixel 5 in “sorta sage” green. The Pixel 5 is unassuming. And yet, it’s still a very good phone for $699.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2023

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. RELATED: Why avatar-based social gaming app Rec Room doesn’t consider itself a ‘metaverse’ company. (Rec Room Image).

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Vox

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The tech world got very fired up in 2013 when Google released a video of a wild concept. The gadget that would make all this possible was called Google Glass, a $1,500 device you wore like glasses , with a tiny display placed in front of one eye and a camera that could see (and record) everything you could see. We are not ready.

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CTOvision

JUNE 6, 2016

After acquisition by Google, Nest got "virtually unlimited budget", quadrupled employees, had no new products, caused constant bad PR, and may be for sale now (Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica). Hackers claim hijack of Mark Zuckerberg's social-networking accounts - CNET. Durex takes couples' phones away, enjoys wild viral hit - CNET.

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Vox

JUNE 2, 2021

Six months after Timnit Gebru left, Google’s ethical artificial intelligence team is still in a state of upheaval. But some current members of Google’s tightly knit ethical AI group told Recode the reality is different from the one Google executives are publicly presenting.

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The Verge

AUGUST 18, 2020

Epic Games took on Apple and Google in a very public way last week to protest what it believes are monopolistic app store policies. Epic typically puts a lot of effort into hyping events by plastering notices in-game and on social media to let players know that something is coming. Image: Epic Games.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 31, 2010

Melcrum recently released a report on How to use social media to solve critical communication issues , with as usual some great case studies and many practical insights. I was asked to write the closing section in the report, on The Future of Social Media and Internal Communications. Email use will be eroded by social media.

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SPF13

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Ranking Social Media. For some reason people have decided to apply this sort of ranking to social media. The problem with applying this commonly used metric is that in social media, there isnâ??t Parasites, virtual users created solely to artificially inflate follower count. A quick and dirty study on Social Media.

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Trends in the Living Networks

DECEMBER 11, 2011

I’m at the launch meeting of the social media community of practice set up by Institute of Public Administration NSW (IPAA). At the conference I wrote about the case study of Queensland Police , which is a great example of government bodies creating value through social media. Here are a few live notes from the event. .

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Vox

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The social network is scaling back facial recognition, but similar technology could show up in the metaverse. In fact, Meta is already exploring ways to incorporate biometrics into its emerging metaverse business , which aims to build a virtual, internet-based simulation where people can interact as avatars.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, but could unveil sooner, is meant to signal the tech giant’s ambition to be known for more than social media and all the ills that entail.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Personal social networking is central to the lives of millions of Americans,” Ian Conner, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, said in a statement. Justice Department filed an antitrust complaint against Google , alleging that Google uses its dominant position to its unfair advantage as a “monopoly gatekeeper for the internet.”

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ComputerWorld IT Management

APRIL 19, 2022

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who calls himself "a traditionalist," believes employees miss out on learning how to be great managers when "you are sitting at home on the sofa while you're working." They're not the only ones, though.

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GeekWire

JUNE 10, 2023

Apple hopes to popularize what it calls spatial computing by using Vision Pro to supersize the screens around us in the virtual world, with strong connections to iPad and Mac. EyeSight promises to make the device less socially awkward for the people using it, allowing them to interact with those around them.

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Trends in the Living Networks

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Continuing my sequence of top posts from this year, today I have selected the 10 most popular and interesting posts on social media I've written this year. Some thoughts on why Australians are #1 globally on social media usage (from a slow start). Predictions for enterprise social software and social network analysis.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

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 Social, Agile, Transformation Pages. social media. (3).

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Vox

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Pete Davidson and GameStop both topped Google’s trending searches this year. Wolf haircuts and Wall Street: What Americans googled this year. Each year, Google puts out lists of top trending searches in the United States, giving readers a tantalizing view into America’s collective id. It was certainly popular on Google.

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GeekWire

MAY 14, 2020

HBO added a new video chat feature to its HBO Now and HBO GO apps, allowing subscribers to watch shows and movies “together” via a Google Chrome extension. The “virtual movie theater” technology is powered by Scener , a two-year-old Seattle startup that was incubated inside RealNetworks. (Scener Photo).

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

We’ve reached the third and final week of the 2020 GeekWire Summit, and like many of you who’ve been joining us for this virtual event, we’re still buzzing with insights on the future of education, travel, biotech and other topics that we explored with our speakers in our second week. GeekWire Photo). Thursday, Oct.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has shifted its long-term strategy away from its social media apps to focus on the metaverse, a virtual world where people wearing augmented/virtual reality headsets can talk to each others’ avatars, play games, hold meetings, and otherwise engage in social activities.

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 29, 2024

Digital Platforms as Collaborative Spaces Interactive Multimedia Tools Video-Based Collaboration Cloud-Based Collaborative Editing Cross-Disciplinary Project Work Virtual Study Groups Inclusive Learning through Technology IV. How can Technology Teach K12 Students the Art of Collaboration?

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 29, 2024

Digital Platforms as Collaborative Spaces Interactive Multimedia Tools Video-Based Collaboration Cloud-Based Collaborative Editing Cross-Disciplinary Project Work Virtual Study Groups Inclusive Learning through Technology IV. How can Technology Teach K12 Students the Art of Collaboration?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Researchers discovered this malicious software reached more than 10 million people through Android’s Google Play Store and third-party app stores, resulting in millions of dollars stolen. This pie graph shows the top categories: GriftHorse Trojan social engineering technique. More than 200 apps were infected.

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The Verge

AUGUST 25, 2020

Facebook’s annual Oculus Connect conference will be held online-only on September 16th — and it’s being rebranded as Facebook Connect, part of the social giant’s gradual assimilation of its virtual reality subsidiary. Like the past few years’ events, it will cover a mix of virtual and augmented reality news from Facebook.

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Vox

AUGUST 31, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg is betting his company’s future on the metaverse — a virtual space in which people interact with each other using avatars and AR/VR technology — investing tens of billions of dollars in an attempt to build the platforms and hardware that captures a new generation of users.

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Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In the wake of the Mozilla layoffs, the company behind the famous browser has showed revisions to its product strategy ( Image credit ) Additionally, Mozilla has decided to discontinue Hubs, its 3D virtual environment introduced in 2018, and reduce its commitment to the mozilla.social Mastodon instance. This is impacting all industry players.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Facebook’s Connect conference is one of the biggest days of the year for virtual reality. Godin is the developer of Virtual Desktop, a top-selling VR app that enables desktop computer access inside headsets. By Godin’s reckoning, it would be the second time Facebook had pulled the rug from under Virtual Desktop.

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Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Slashdot is a social news website that originally billed itself as “News for Nerds. Google Online Security Blog.

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In stark contrast to human influencers who gain popularity through real-life experiences, talents, or expertise, AI influencers are entirely synthetic characters designed to engage audiences on social media platforms. Social media presence: AI influencers are typically active on various social media platforms, just like human influencers.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 3, 2021

It will feature 102 outdoor bays for hitting golf balls, a full-service restaurant and bar, and an event space for corporate and social events. Google purchased the site in September 2019. The three-level venue is expected to open in 2022 and employ more than 500 associates. The company opened a location in the Portland, Ore.,

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2021

and to instead participate virtually,” DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, Maryland Gov. Facebook said Monday it is blocking the term “stop the steal,” while Apple , Google , and Amazon have removed distribution of the right-wing social media app Parler over its failure to moderate. Larry Hogan, and Virginia Gov.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

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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The Verge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This week on The Vergecast, Nilay and Dieter bring in Verge senior reporter Alex Heath to talk about his discussion with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss on making The Matrix Awakens with Epic Games to demo Unreal Engine 5 and how technology is blurring the line between what’s real and virtual.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Listen below, and subscribe to GeekWire in Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you listen. I was never a big fan of virtual reality. I’m still somewhat cautious about what I would call full virtual reality. Continue reading for edited highlights. And that’s fundamentally the problem.

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GeekWire

JUNE 14, 2020

Prolonged social distancing will be the last nail in the coffin for the old way of gaming. The level of social engagement we have all been living without is driving a massive shift in how people socialize, spend time together and experience play. Here’s where I see it headed. Future work and spending funnel toward creation.

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