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Seattle investor helps produce new film ‘East of the Mountains’ and learns how movies and tech differ

GeekWire

In the short time that he has been investing in film projects, Hall is gaining a keen understanding of the differences between making movies and making tech dollars. The film is based on the best-selling novel by David Guterson, who also wrote “Snow Falling on Cedars,” and was shot in Washington state. Did it get done?’

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The new class of CEOs at Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile

The Verge

Over the past decade, the leaders of Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T oversaw a shift from simplistic feature phones into the era of smartphones and streaming. If you “believe that mobile consumption is the future,” Smith says, “which clearly AT&T does, then you’re going to need a channel to deliver.”. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg.

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Microsoft vet’s new tech startup, SyncFloor, helps creative pros find independent music for projects

GeekWire

In his 20 years at Microsoft, Kirt Debique honed his tech skills as a Windows Media Platform engineering leader and Office Mobile general manager. The platform and commercial marketplace aims to make it easier for creative professionals to find and secure rights to independent music for everything from films to podcasts.

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Former Microsoft leader and FiftyThree co-founder Georg Petschnigg on TikTok, Surface Duo, more

GeekWire

A good model here is the acquisition of Accompli which became Outlook for Mobile or Bungie (developers of Halo). Accompli helped Microsoft understand mobile development for iOS and Android. It will define Microsoft’s take on mobile productivity and creativity. Single screen solutions on mobile just do not feel right.

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10 great games to play on your new 2020 VR headset

The Verge

Check out our app picks for iPhones , Android phones , Windows PCs , and M1-equipped Macs ; our favorite mobile games from Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass ; and our top choices for gaming PCs , the PS5 , Xbox One and Series X / S , Nintendo Switch , and VR. We’ve rounded up our favorite and most-used games, apps, and entertainment.

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Five steps to effective content distribution strategies

Trends in the Living Networks

By 2001 analysts were growing concerned that Microsoft’s revenue stream could falter, as the IT managers at large corporations began baulking at upgrading the software on all their PCs every time a new version of Microsoft Windows or Office was released. Define and refine strategies for standards and interfaces.

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Cloak your photos with this AI privacy tool to fool facial recognition

The Verge

Named after the Guy Fawkes masks donned by revolutionaries in the V for Vendetta comic book and film , Fawkes uses artificial intelligence to subtly and almost imperceptibly alter your photos in order to trick facial recognition systems. running Fawkes on your photos is like adding an invisible mask to your selfies.

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