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Meta’s social VR platform Horizon hits 300,000 users

The Verge

Facebook has bet its future on virtual reality and the metaverse, rebranding to Meta and spending billions a year to build hardware and software that extends beyond traditional social media. Meta’s highest-profile bet right now is a social VR platform for the Quest headset called Horizon Worlds. The possibilities are endless.

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The hidden link between Seattle and Spokane: Tech companies find success on both sides of the state

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F5 Photo) Back in 1999, when F5 recruited Jeff Stockdale to build its hardware business, expanding beyond its core expertise in software, the engineering leader had one condition for the Seattle-based technology company. Employees in Spokane meet regularly for work meetings and social events, including a recent sushi-making class.

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Creating a Return on Investment (ROI) calculation for Enterprise 2.0 and internal social media

Trends in the Living Networks

A major challenge for organizations that are considering internal social media initiatives is that a business case including a financial justification is frequently required. and social media. Additional hardware required. Additional hardware required. Internal hardware or external hosting. Social capital.

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New White Paper, “The Public Sector Improves Security and Efficiency with Hadoop”, Available in Research Library

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Use Cases are grouped together into two main themes: IT Efficiency and Good Government practices. Good Government includes preventing fraud, waste, and abuse; delivering timely and accurate public reporting; analyzing citizen engagement with social media. You can download this white paper by clicking here. IT Efficiency.

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Tagboard, which helps cable giants and sports teams produce live content, lands $8M

GeekWire

Founded in 2011, Tagboard launched more than a decade ago, helping teams such as the Seattle Mariners find and display fan social media content at their stadiums during games. Other backers include Sinclair Broadcast Group and WISE Ventures. The 40-person company has more than 600 clients including CNN, FOX, Telemundo, and others. .

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Faze Clan is going public in $1 billion SPAC deal

The Verge

The competitive esports group is merging with B. With an audience of about 350 million people on social media, the group opened up Faze Studios last year with one of the producers behind the Netflix original 13 Reasons Why. Photo: FaZe Clan/Twitter. Faze Clan is on track to become a publicly traded company.

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Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name

The Verge

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. A spokesperson for Facebook declined to comment for this story.

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