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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

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On a video call from the hospital where he and his wife welcomed a baby boy over the weekend, CEO and co-founder Nick Fajt was excited about the 5-year-old startup he’s been raising into a unicorn in Seattle, where a majority of top tech companies operate in enterprise software or cloud computing. Gaming company or social company?

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Amazon says 19,000 employees tested positive for COVID-19 as it reveals pandemic data for first time

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Amazon first announced in April that it was assembling a team of its own workers with a variety of skills, including research scientists, program managers, software engineers and procurement specialists, to start building out testing capacity. An in-house pilot testing program for employees was confirmed in May. Amazon Photo).

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Amazon’s Ring names Xbox and Oculus vet Elizabeth Hamren as new CEO; founder Jamie Siminoff remains chief inventor

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Five years after its acquisition by Amazon, smart doorbell and home security technology company Ring named a new CEO: Elizabeth (Liz) Hamren, a former executive in Meta’s Oculus division and Microsoft’s Xbox business, who was most recently chief operating officer for social messaging platform Discord.

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Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires new CFO; Tune CEO lands at Roku

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based social media management platform Hootsuite announced Tiziana Figliolia as its new CFO. She was most recently VP of finance at InterDigital, a mobile and video technology company. The company acquired two international cosmetic resource platforms earlier this year. Tiziana Figliolia. Hootsuite Photo). Vancouver, B.C.-based

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Fed Tech News Roundup

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Using Social Media Effectively: Gaining Visibility In a Crowded Marketplace CTOvision (Today) - Social media is a big part of most people's lives, and has steadily increased in importance to businesses as well. Stewart of the United States Marine Corps. Can 'technology engines' power innovation at DHS?

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Ensuring Continuity in Learning in the Times of COVID-19

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Universities can utilize their existing mobile or web applications, and those who do not have any online platform can consider turning to outsourced program management companies (OPMs) to design the Learning Management System (LMS). Using an LMS, universities can deploy and track online training initiatives.

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Seattle-area tech leaders join forces to try to raise $10M to aid India’s COVID-19 battle

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Leaders with Seattle for India gathered for a video conference call Thursday to promote the cause. Social distancing, oxygen and personal protective equipment are privileges that not everyone can access, he added. The call included Madrona Venture Group’s Steve Singh, Apptio CEO Sunny Gupta, and Amperity CEO Kabir Shahani.

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