GeekWire

JANUARY 22, 2021

million Series A round in 2018 but shut down in August 2019. However, the company’s website is still up, with a message noting that its IP portfolio and tech are available for license. The pandemic has helped put mixed reality back into the spotlight as people look for ways to connect in a socially-distanced world.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

posted revenue of $816 million for 2020, a 24% increase from 2019. D&D saw a 33% boost in sales over 2019; Magic’s sales grew by 23%. This continues an upward swing for Dungeons & Dragons in particular, which had its previous best year ever in 2019. Oh, and there's a new Wizards of the Coast company logo!

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Watch parties have taken off in general over the last few months as people stuck at home figure out ways to make watching TV shows and movies more social and interactive. Twitch first started slowly rolling out Watch Parties to some streamers in October 2019.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2021

Motherboard reported that it was in contact with the seller of the data, who said they had taken data from T-Mobile’s servers that included Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and driver license information related to more than 100 million people. After reviewing samples of the data, Motherboard reported it appeared authentic.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The Page Transparency tab — which shows some history of the page, who it is managed by, and whether it runs ads — says the page was created on July 28th, 2019 to represent a “Kizito Gavin,” which is the reversed name of soccer player Gavin Kizito. Verification is a challenge for big social media platforms.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The Joon Care app connects customers to a licensed youth-focused therapist. Joon Care is riding another pandemic trend as social distancing has accelerated demand for remote healthcare options. Now that problem is exacerbated by the pandemic, which has forced social isolation and other issues. The Seattle startup just landed $3.5

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Now, headlines about ransomware, cyberattacks, and data breaches pour into social media feeds as steady as a river flows. First American Financial Corporation data breach (2019). What was compromised: Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver license numbers and credit card information.

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The Verge

APRIL 12, 2021

Nuance has licensed this tech for many services and applications, including, most famously, Apple’s digital assistant Siri. In 2019 , they announced a “strategic partnership” to use Nuance’s software to digitize health records for Microsoft’s clients. The deal includes Nuance’s net debt. Last month, the company completed its $7.5

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

There’s a lot of chatter these days about Web3 — a decentralized version of the internet that operates outside the confines and grips of social media and technology giants. Evernym raised an $8 million round of funding in 2019, with backers including Barclays Ventures and Medici Ventures.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Snap still won’t have a feed like TikTok that pushes viral music content, like dances or memes, to users and is instead focused on its partnerships with big publishers and tighter social webs between users. Instagram introduced music stickers for Stories in 2019 and rolled out its direct TikTok competitor, Reels , in August.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2021

That includes this one, two in 2020 , plus one each for 2018 and 2019. Too bad it’s only happening after a hacker made off with enough IMEI/IMSI, driver’s license, and social security data to spend the next few years stealing identities and phone numbers at will. Will that put an end to this ridiculous streak of insecurity?

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Trends in the Living Networks

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

to organizations | Main | Will libraries disappear in 2019? » Lloyds TSB pilots social media Ross Dawson, February 26, 2008 7:30 PM US PT James Gardner, head of innovation at Lloyds TSB, writes consistently on his blog Bankervision , disclosing some of the key issues involved in innovating in a major bank.

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Vox

MARCH 20, 2024

Reddit, the launchpad for many meme stocks , could now become one: The social media giant makes its debut on Wall Street this week in one of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings of the year. It’s the first time that a major social media company has gone public since Snap (i.e., Snapchat ) in 2017.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 24, 2022

Dunlap, who coined her company name after saving $100,000 by the age of 25, has been dispensing her wisdom through in-person and online classes since 2019. She’s attracted a huge audience doing it, with a massive following on social media, a top-rated podcast, website, newsletter and first book in the works.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Now headlines about ransomware, cyberattacks and data breaches pour into social media feeds at a steady drumbeat. First American Financial Corporation data breach (2019). What was compromised: Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases drivers' license numbers and credit card information.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Kinney founded Place in 2019 with Chris Suarez of Portland, who owns multiple Keller Williams real estate franchises. ” Kinney previously acquired ActiveRain , a social network for real estate agents, from Zillow in 2015 as part of a larger rollup of real estate ventures under the Ben Kinney Companies umbrella.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Microsoft Build developer conference in Seattle in May 2019. While Microsoft was an early pioneer in personal computing, it missed the mobile and search waves, didn’t participate in the consumer social networking wave, and was coming from behind on cloud. This Sunday, Feb.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 16, 2021

ID Verification relies on a government-issued piece of paper, like a passport or driver’s license, for proof of identity. The feature has been in use on Tinder in Japan since 2019, and it’s now rolling out globally, though it’s not yet… Read more. Tinder will start rolling out an ID Verification feature in its popular hookup app.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

But companies licensed to operate AVs on public roads in California still logged nearly 2 million miles of testing, with two of the top operators, Waymo and Cruise, comprising the bulk of those miles thanks to what some safety drivers allege was a lax attitude toward safety. million miles it drove in 2019.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 30, 2021

The personal information includes name, address, date of birth, driver's license information, and Social Security numbers. In 2019, T-Mobile "discovered and shutdown" unauthorized access to data of its customers. The company claims to know who was behind the attack and how they were able to illegally gain access to servers.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Back in 2019, photo storage service Flickr changed its previous policy of offering 1TB of free storage to its users, limiting free storage to 1,000 photos instead. It offers pros a place to store, exhibit, and license their work. Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge. There was, as you could imagine, a great outcry from Flickr members.

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Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Can use social media and eStores to promote, market & sell your eBook. Some vendors may sell their eBook publishing platform on an annual licensing basis or they would make a final sale where you can use the product endlessly. Digital Publishing / April 9, 2019. Eliminates the risks associated with warehousing and logistics.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

He’ll also be overseeing “music, gaming, Helo,” — a social media app that’s big in India — plus “emerging businesses” and helping to scale TikTok even more than the social media app already has in the last three years. TikTok saw a 97 percent growth in users within the United States in 2019, going from 18.8 million to 37.2

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The Verge

AUGUST 16, 2021

The feature will allow users to verify their identities by uploading documentation; in Japan, where the feature has been live since 2019, a passport or license is typically used, but that may vary from place to place.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

They allegedly used alcohol orders as an excuse to scan users’ driver’s licenses. Court documents outline a complicated fraud scheme involving bots, GPS spoofing, social security numbers bought on dark web sites, and driver’s licenses copied from unwitting app users.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The funds will go toward charitable causes and WT.Social, a donation-backed social network that Wales launched in 2019. Wales’ WT.social platform is an experiment in paid social networking, but not in the style of systems like Friends With Benefits that restrict access with high-priced cryptocurrency tokens.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 5, 2020

“Whether you are working on a document, keeping up on your social media feed or simply staying connected with family and friends, everything is accessible in one place, so your flow is never broken,” Microsoft exec Yusuf Mehdi wrote in a blog post. — Marc Saltzman (@marc_saltzman) August 5, 2020.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

billion in deal value) is almost four times the size it was in 2019 ($3.9 Indirect revenue” in the games industry is a $100 billion market, which encompasses esports, coaching services, IP licensing, and collaborations with brands outside video games, such as Rec Room ’s recent crossover with Masters of the Universe.

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Kitaboo

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Verify Your Social Media Accounts. Content spreads on social media like wildfire. It is arguably the most challenging endeavor to secure your content shared on various social media platforms. Digital Publishing / May 16, 2019. You can choose any watermarking software service available online for that purpose. .

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GeekWire

JULY 18, 2020

While commonly held definitions of beauty are often social and cultural constructs rather than reflections of fact, they are nonetheless powerful. Netflix could have simply focused their efforts on delivering a great streaming experience, licensing content from production houses and making it accessible to anyone with access to the internet.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2021

Put another way, Netflix wants to be more like social apps than other streaming services. And while Netflix plans to experiment with its approach to gaming, Peters said it will include licensing opportunities, games that build on its existing IP, and standalone games. Its main competitor in the space, according to Netflix, is itself.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Rob Grant, senior vice president of government affairs and social impact, said the permit “brings [Cruise] one step closer to achieving our mission to make transportation safer, better, and more affordable in cities with our fleet of all-electric, self-driving and shared vehicles.”. California is ground zero for AV testing in the US.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In one study, it was found that 60% of businesses were victims of insider attacks in 2019. Make sure that you have the proper license as well. You also have to monitor with whom executives communicate with – and how – across social media platforms. 70% reported that these attacks were becoming more frequent. “

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Trends in the Living Networks

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Will libraries disappear in 2019? Main | Great review of Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum in Sydney Morning Herald » BRW Digital Edition: new-style journalism and some insights into Web 2.0

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 17, 2022

We spoke with Williams to discuss Wizards’ year to date, a recent social media controversy, diversity, and the company’s ongoing expansion into developing video games in-house, among other topics. Going to my first E3 in 2019 was when I really understood what it means to have fans. The interview was edited for clarity.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 26, 2022

This is the first mainline Fire Emblem game since 2019’s Three Houses , and marks a return to the series’s traditional strategy/tactics gameplay. A similar licensing negotiation was being conducted with Smash World Tour, but it abruptly fell through Nov. 30, resulting in the cancellation of the Tour’s upcoming plans.

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TM Forum

AUGUST 9, 2022

million users in March 2019. million on March 31, 2019, shedding 21.87 Does this person like to buy only after having interacted on social media with his/her friends? The nodes in their chat graph represent the chat users, and the directed edges indicate the social ties between any two users. One points to how.

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