GeekWire

JULY 8, 2020

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. COMING UP: GeekWire virtual event: The Future of Sports. — Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) July 7, 2020. . Wash your hands ?

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GeekWire

JULY 16, 2024

(Mirra Image) Virtual reality entertainment startup Mirra plans to open its first location in Bellevue, Wash. Mirra is a “social entertainment venue” that offers an assortment of unique VR games that attendees can play for an hour at a time. We’re merging VR technology with a vibrant social scene to create unforgettable events.”

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Vox

AUGUST 12, 2020

In 2020, however, it’s possible that the threads of revolution would be found on Instagram — its message distributed through wide chunky typefaces and bold gradient graphics that preface a mini informative slideshow. A post shared by Slow Factory (@theslowfactory) on Jun 19, 2020 at 7:04am PDT. How to protest virtually.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

MARCH 29, 2023

For one thing, the process is getting faster, as virtual interviews have cut the time it takes to interview and hire to roughly four to eight weeks, rather than being drawn out over months of time-heavy trips. in the second half of 2020 from a near-record level in the year-earlier period. Most interviewing is being done virtually.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

But on Sunday he wound up for a different sport as the Microsoft CEO threw out the virtual first first pitch for the Seattle Mariners before the team’s game against the San Diego Padres. Former Mariners catcher Dave Valle joined Nadella for the socially distanced toss — who needs six feet when you can go with 60 feet, 6 inches?

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Venture Beat

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hybrid functions offer flexibility and help bring down many of the barriers to running events, from distance to accessibility to budget. Read More.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Information Technology Blog - - The Tech Trends You’re Forgetting in 2020 - Information Technology Blog. Unfortunately, in the race to stay relevant, many brands are looking at bleeding-edge tech like AI and virtual reality but forgetting about the proven technologies. Social Media. Going Mobile. Software Upgrades.

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Venture Beat

JUNE 15, 2020

Niantic is recasting its Pokémon Go Fest 2020 as a virtual event that will take place across the globe, rather than as a physical event. Read More.

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GeekWire

JUNE 16, 2020

University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce gives a commencement speech at the UW’s first-ever virtual ceremony, with students and families watching via livestream. (UW It gathered nearly 7,000 photos of each graduate and applied graphics tricks to show the students with virtual caps in a Star Wars scrolling-type fashion.

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GeekWire

JUNE 4, 2020

“The pace of the city seems bustling and exciting, which is exactly what I wanted summer 2020 to be.” 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. She was excited to work in the “modern, beautiful buildings.”

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GeekWire

MAY 10, 2020

Amazon says it uses its vast camera system for contact tracing and to try to enforce social distancing. — 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) May 10, 2020. In addition, 60 Minutes reports that Amazon is “trying to enforce social distancing by videotaping all its employees and using artificial intelligence to study their movements.”

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Seraphine is a virtual influencer, though as her growing fan base quickly noticed, there’s something different about her. Her posts are filled with League of Legends easter eggs, and she released an acoustic cover of “Pop/Stars,” the 2018 League anthem from the virtual K-pop group K/DA. seradotwav) August 22, 2020.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Facebook announced a name change on Thursday intended to bring together everything that it works on under a single brand called Meta, and in turn take some of the focus off the social media company that started in 2004. “Feeling truly present with another person is the ultimate dream of social technology. . ”

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GeekWire

AUGUST 22, 2020

For Game to Grow , 2020 was going to be a year of opportunity. The founders of the nonprofit had gathered heaps of anecdotal evidence that tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons could help kids who struggled socially — whether they had autism, ADHD, anxiety or other challenges — learn to more successfully interact with others.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 21, 2020

This is the spectator view for fans watching NBA games “courtside” in Microsoft Teams: the live stream on one side, and your virtual cheering section on the other. My big takeaway: Microsoft and the NBA are on to something with their new tech-fueled virtual fan experience. Look out for me in the virtual stands!!!

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 31, 2022

Currently, society is at an inflection point as people have lower confidence in the internet and in social media. billion in 2020 , is expected to reach $184.5 In 2020 alone, IDC found that 64.2ZB of data was created, captured, or replicated, and that number is expected to grow to 180ZB by 2025. billion by 2030.

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Galido

MARCH 23, 2020

Information Technology Blog - - 7 Emerging Technologies In 2020 - Information Technology Blog. Below, we’ll explore some of the trends emerging in 2020. AI is one of the new technologies that will transform eCommerce in 2020. Virtual Assistants allow the seller to provide a quick response to customers. Social Commerce.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

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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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Silver Spring Pathfinder (SSP) is championing change on this front, seeing the strengths and skills that PWDs can bring to contact center operations and helping to drive interest in PWD hiring, which has increased 30% since 2020. Supervisors can empower agents to be their best with live monitoring and automatic scorecards.

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Network World

AUGUST 21, 2024

Aaron Weismann joined Main Line Health as CISO in the summer of 2020 at the height of the pandemic, and the organization faced an enormous challenge. Everything was distributed, everyone went home, and everyone had telemedicine everywhere,” Weismann says. We want to get to the patients before they go to the hospital,” Weismann says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A holistic collaborative approach, involving all strategic business units, has become integral to supporting Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) commitments and targets across its core operations and processes. This serves as a foundation to maximize the benefits of technology for all while minimizing its impact on the environment.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Eight years after they left Zulily to concentrate full time on their social platform for gamers, husband and wife co-founders Yaprak and David DeCarmine are growing Seattle-based Game Jolt and raising new funding. “We’re building the social community platform for gamers and the types of content they love.”

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

XOXO Festival co-founder Andy Baio unveiled his newest project on Tuesday : a new platform for virtual events called Skittish. Skittish looks like a very cute version of social spaces in video games like Second Life or VRChat but built specifically to host online events. They weren’t social in any meaningful way.”

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The Verge

DECEMBER 10, 2020

There weren’t any bombshells on the scale of last year’s Xbox Series X reveal , but the 2020 edition of The Game Awards was still packed with news and trailers. The breakout social hit Among Us is getting a bit bigger. A new virtual pop group debuts. and a lot more. Among Us gets a new map.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Moderator Tyra Mariani, left, president of Schultz Family Foundation, leads a “Future of Education” panel discussion at the 2020 GeekWire Summit in Seattle with Dr. Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College; Diane Tavenner, co-founder and CEO of Summit Public Schools; and Jessie Woolley-Wilson, CEO of DreamBox Learning. GeekWire Photo).

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Galido

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Information Technology Blog - - 5 Apps Every Entrepreneur Should Bookmark in 2020 - Information Technology Blog. Here are five apps that every entrepreneur should bookmark in 2020. Evernote is like a virtual notebook that you can use whenever inspiration hits. Social media plays a significant role in modern business.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

It can get hard to navigate all of my various streaming services, work apps, chats, and social media using Chrome tabs — and it also puts me at greater risk of getting distracted. If there’s an app that defines 2020, it must be Zoom. Social Media. Video Chat. It’s like Windows Media Player, but significantly better.

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GeekWire

MAY 23, 2020

A longtime contact of mine recently emailed a New York Times article from June 18, 1998: “Virtual-Classes Trend Alarms Professors.” ” Viewed through the lens of 2020, the headline was worthy of The Onion. ” The final report from the 2020 Commission didn’t go as far as the professors feared.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Rec Room is a free app described as a “universally accessible online community,” where users create a cartoony virtual avatar to participate in a variety of activities, many of which were designed by the application’s community. 2020, Rec Room ’s userbase had tripled. The more people are playing, the more people there are to play with.

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Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Shift to Virtual Training. With remote working becoming the new normal in today’s pandemic-hit world, virtual training for remote workers is going to see a sharp upward trend in the future. . More Emphasis on Social Learning Methods. Socially Distanced Learning. However, this will have its own challenges.

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Galido

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - Technology Predictions: What Will the World be Like in 2020? The entertainment sector has also benefited from these technological advances through the incorporation of virtual reality into immersion experiences. Rise in Social Media. Information Technology Blog. Artificial Intelligence.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

is back for a special episode all about virtual dating in 2020. For this episode, Kaitlyn Tiffany and I talk to online daters and Bumble’s VP of strategy about how they’re adapting to virtual-only dating. They try to figure out what, if any, features and behaviors will stick around after social distancing and the pandemic end.

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Vox

JUNE 9, 2021

Snap is, in its own words , a camera company sustained on intimacy and existing social networks. But beyond these core social features, Snap has bigger ambitions with augmented and virtual reality. billion in 2020 and $770 million in the first quarter of 2021, with most of its revenue generated through advertising.

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GeekWire

JULY 12, 2021

Last year’s show was a virtual event, which combined with two other canceled conventions to become the 9-day, 24-hour “PAX Online.” The mask mandate, social distance, and cleaning protocols and the other safety regulations that we are putting in place were easier to verify and implement. Humans are social animals.

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The Verge

AUGUST 14, 2020

Pinterest employees are staging a virtual walkout today to protest discrimination and retaliation at the company. Scrutiny of Pinterest’s treatment of women began in June 2020 when Ifeoma Ozoma and Aerica Shimizu Banks , two Black women who worked on the policy team, accused the company of racial and gender discrimination on Twitter.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 26, 2020

That includes big social titles, classic games, and inventive indie releases. Not every element stands up in 2020, so you might find yourself frustrated with 64 ’s relic of a camera, or the awkward controls of Sunshine ’s water pack. Heck, one of my favorite experiences this year has been relearning chess on the Switch.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2020

2020 was a year when people around the world were forced to find new ways to connect, and that trend is clearly visible when you look at the most downloaded apps on Apple hardware. Similarly, Zoom has seen massive growth as it became a de facto social space for people and businesses looking for face-to-face connections during the pandemic.

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