Vox

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty Images You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” has long been a common refrain about the business of social media. But now, this free model of social media — subsidized by advertising — is under pressure.

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Information Week

MARCH 17, 2022

As the invasion of Ukraine continues, Russian citizens have turned to virtual private networks — boosting demand for the software by 27x — to circumvent the government's blocks on social media and news sites critical of the war.

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Trends in the Living Networks

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

From today’s suite of virtual reality and augmented reality product launches by Facebook, one of the most interesting was its announcement of Infinite Office , allowing users to work on multiple screens in a virtual/ augmented reality space. Today we will look behind the news that Facebook is launching a virtual office space.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Virtual worlds need strong and enforceable rules to avoid the harassment and stalking so common on social media platforms. The post Why a safe metaverse is a must and how to build welcoming virtual worlds appeared first on TechRepublic.

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GeekWire

JULY 2, 2021

Also unique: record breaking investment and M&A activity across the country and in Seattle, as companies take advantage of pandemic-driven trends such as virtual experiences, at-home healthcare, remote education and more. Hootsuite , the widely used social media management platform and a star of the Vancouver, B.C.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Higher Workload Through Data Virtualization – More apps, open-source software and big data will stream through the networks, which will demand efficient virtualization, workflow automation to handle the increased traffic and ally security concerns.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Scener , the platform that allows streaming media viewers to watch and chat together in a virtual movie theater setting, has raised $2.1 Scener co-founder Joe Braidwood told GeekWire that it’s “incredible” to see the industry finally embrace social TV. Scener image).

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GeekWire

MARCH 23, 2021

We are one of many, and we’re excited to add a consumer social company to that mix.” When GeekWire visited the company’s office and tested Rec Room in 2017, the startup was focused on virtual reality. Year-over-year revenue growth of 566% was fueled in part by the pandemic and trends toward social gatherings online.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 5, 2021

Investors are putting more fuel behind Omnivor , a Seattle startup gaining traction with its 3D holographic content media production platform. It also rolled out Live Holographic Telepresence, a separate product aimed at companies hosting virtual meetings, working in tandem with T-Mobile and its 5G network capabilities.

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Vox

AUGUST 12, 2020

But in a time of social unrest, these text-based slideshow graphics have found new resonance and an eager audience on the platform, which has been notorious for prioritizing still images over text. How to protest virtually. Defunding the police. Mail-in voting. Turkey’s concerning femicide rate. The crisis that’s afflicting Lebanon.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The gaming trend of the year is connected social games. Players relied on games to provide the crucial structure required for socialization. Read More.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 18, 2022

Two years ago, the consulting giant started shipping many of its recruits virtual reality headsets instead. At the same time, it created a virtual world or “metaverse” that enables employees to socialize, form teams, conduct training, and collaborate. “We More business applications are on the way. Next step: the office.

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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. Social distancing will be encouraged as much as possible both on the field and off.

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Kitaboo

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

It is a virtual library consisting of interactive learning nuggets which keeps students engaged in the content. Social Media for Collaborative Learning: One cannot ignore the importance of social media. Students usually spend a lot of time on social media. Virtual Reality.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 6, 2021

Hootsuite has acquired Sparkcentral, a customer engagement platform that offers virtual agents and automated message distribution. Read More.

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Vox

APRIL 12, 2024

Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images What the evidence about social media and teens’ mental health really says. So argues the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. This dispute has generated reams of commentary as the media’s middle-aged social media users argue about whether their favorite apps are poisoning their kids.

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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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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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TechSpot

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In announcing the name change, the company went all-in on selling the idea of the metaverse, a virtual 3D space that combines virtual reality and augmented reality technology. Zuckerberg during the livestream announcement hailed it as the next step in online communication after writing text on websites, and social media.

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Kitaboo

AUGUST 27, 2022

Social Media in Learning. Who would have ever thought that social media would one day be accepted as part of the learning process? With kids as young as eleven having social media profiles on various platforms, you can’t really expect to keep them away from social media for too long.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people. Lots of other science fiction media includes metaverse-like systems (some of them predating Snow Crash ). Support for users creating their own virtual items and environments.

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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. Most social media users are already familiar with AR technology, whether they’re aware of it or not.

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Hacker Earth

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Virtual hiring events are becoming vital for modern recruitment, and the hiring world is changing rapidly. As businesses embrace remote-first cultures and global talent pools, virtual recruitment events are a cost-effective, efficient, and scalable way to source and connect with top talent. What are Virtual Recruitment Events?

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, but could unveil sooner, is meant to signal the tech giant’s ambition to be known for more than social media and all the ills that entail.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 15, 2024

Incorporating the 7Ps, media, and AI into the core of its strategy, a company effectively harnesses a range of marketing instruments to elicit the desired reaction from its target audience. Digital marketing avenues, including social media, email marketing, marketing automation, and content marketing, have revolutionized business practices.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2023

American football fans who use the Rec Room social gaming app can now grab their favorite team’s gear for their in-app avatars, just in time for the NFL playoffs. RELATED: Why avatar-based social gaming app Rec Room doesn’t consider itself a ‘metaverse’ company. (Rec Room Image).

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Vox

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

These warnings were misleading, but social media posts about online threats to kids don’t have to be true to get views. But taken in context, it’s a great example of the role that law enforcement social media presences can play in spreading urban legends and moral panics, from viral teen challenges to THC -laced Halloween candy.

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Venture Beast

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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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 12, 2023

Virtual Agent, or VA, is the next natural step for significantly better customer and business outcomes. For example, you might present a customer with a choice of channels for engagement such as chat, phone, and social media. What is a VA? Another great example is intent recognition.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella described his company’s role in a new economy and society transformed by the pandemic in a keynote address on Tuesday kicking off Microsoft’s virtual 2021 Ignite developer conference. Related: Microsoft offers its own take on the metaverse with the introduction of Mesh for Teams.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The social network is scaling back facial recognition, but similar technology could show up in the metaverse. In fact, Meta is already exploring ways to incorporate biometrics into its emerging metaverse business , which aims to build a virtual, internet-based simulation where people can interact as avatars.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 9, 2024

This breakthrough technology can comprehend and communicate in natural language, aiding the creation of personalized customer interactions and immersive virtual experiences while supplementing employee capabilities. What sets generative AI apart from traditional AI is not just the ability to generate new data from existing patterns.

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Vox

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In a memo to Meta’s staff also posted on social media, one of Meta’s top executives, CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, reflected on Monday about the difficult moment the company is in. But Meta still needs to keep making money by growing its main business: selling ads on social media.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Rudy Willingham , the Seattle artist known for his colorful, stop-motion photo cutouts on social media, is teaming with rapper/singer Lil Nas X to release TikTok’s first-ever NFT. A cutout of Lil Nas X from a Rudy Willingham stop-motion creation. Rudy Willingham Photo). But he couldn’t even get an interview.

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Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Virtual learning environments (VLEs) are not just an option but a thoughtful, necessary choice to achieve desired learning outcomes. streamlining the development of robust virtual learning environments and eLearning tools. The question is, how do you implement such virtual learning environments and reap the benefits?

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GeekWire

MAY 14, 2020

The “virtual movie theater” technology is powered by Scener , a two-year-old Seattle startup that was incubated inside RealNetworks. The company pivoted to a co-watching model — a change that has paid off as people look for ways to connect socially without leaving their homes. The Scener team. Scener Photo).

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GeekWire

APRIL 22, 2021

They quickly went to work during the shortened 2020 season and used Microsoft Teams and the “Together” mode to bring fans who were locked out of arenas by the COVID-19 pandemic closer to the action via a virtual experience. Microsoft also has a partnership with the NFL, which uses Microsoft Surface tablets on the sidelines.

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