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Seattle airport helping travelers avoid lines with mobile food ordering and delivery to gate via robot

GeekWire

A mobile food ordering service called Order SEA — that could even include gate delivery by a robot named Gita — was introduced earlier this summer and is expanding to include more eateries. The goal is to help travelers avoid standing in lines and expand the options for dining without having to leave a concourse. SEA Photo).

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Why avatar-based social gaming app Rec Room doesn’t consider itself a ‘metaverse’ company

GeekWire

Almost two years after officially attaining “unicorn” status , Seattle startup Rec Room continues to expand the audience for its eponymous flagship app Rec Room , with new physical gift cards, a virtual haunted house, a brand crossover with Mattel’s Masters of the Universe , and perhaps most importantly, the possibility of feet.

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GeekWire 200 rankings update: E-commerce, virtual event, fintech startups heat up

GeekWire

After more than a year of lockdowns, states are reopening, travel is picking up, and employees are returning to the office. Mobile remittance company Remitly remains one of the top-ranked startups at No. Hootsuite , the widely used social media management platform and a star of the Vancouver, B.C. The top 10. Snapbar (No.

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Seattle Mariners try to keep fans in the game with streaming practices, virtual cheering and more

GeekWire

Seattle Mariners players and coaches are seen on the field at T-Mobile Park during a livestream of one of the team’s Summer Camp workouts. If you’re going to root, root, root for Mariners in Seattle these days, you’re going to have to do it virtually as baseball has taken on a whole new look in the age of coronavirus.

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Virtual internships: Tech companies and students adjust as pandemic forces remote experience

GeekWire

And she’s one of 8,000 interns that Amazon has taken on this summer around the world, hosting all of them virtually for the first time. The information technology sector trailed only travel and tourism as the hardest hit industries. due to the coronavirus. Albert Kim. LinkedIn Photo). ” Not what anyone expected. .”

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GeekWire Summit recap: Final week highlights include T-Mobile CEO and COVID-19 data gurus

GeekWire

GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop interviews T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert on the final day of the GeekWire Summit. This year’s GeekWire Summit may have looked a little different — a fully virtual experience stretched across three weeks. COVID-19 and the social justice movement of 2020 changed the workplace forever.

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Conferences want to cure the work-from-home blues

Vox

Conferences are for networking, socializing with colleagues or peers in your field, and getting experiences you can’t get working remotely. were still important, the summit leaned in to the more social and experiential aspects of the conference. For them, work is for home, where people can concentrate.