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Virtual Internships matches students with top companies around the world

TechCrunch

Remote work struck down barriers for many employees, and now Virtual Internships is doing the same for university students around the world by partnering with over 12,000 companies from 100 countries. Its host companies include AWS, Carrefour, Dentons, GAM Investments, Asian Development Bank and Bio Pharm Dongsung.

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Hong Kong’s offline and virtual events platform EventX closes $18M Series B

TechCrunch

But the virtual event space continues to attract investors, at least in Asia. Previous investors include Gaocheng Capital, an investment firm founded by a former Hillhouse partner, and HTC, the Taiwanese electronics giant that has pushed into virtual reality in recent years. EventX declined to disclose its post-money valuation.

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Kumospace raises new cash to replace physical offices with virtual ones

TechCrunch

According to ActivTrak, 41% of organizations didn’t have a dedicated remote work policy in place as of May 2020. Brett Martin, the co-founder and president of Kumospace, believes a core piece to easing the transition is workplace collaboration tools — especially video chat tools that foster a “virtual office” feeling.

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Virtual social network IMVU raises $35M from China’s NetEase and others

TechCrunch

The fresh investment will be used to fund IMVU’s product development and comes fresh off a restructuring at the company. In 2020, IMVU saw record growth, with over 7 million monthly active users and 400,000 products created every month by IMVU users. . The company declined to disclose its post-money valuation.

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Top 8 Web Design Trends in 2020

The Crazy Programmer

In 2020, minimalism and modern approach seems to be the ones that are on top. Any software development company can develop designs that are centered on the dark concept. A messy website isn’t considered flawed in 2020 as those designed well can quickly become crowd favorites. 3D and Virtual Reality.

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Join Us for a Virtual Workshop on Patterns for Distributed Work on October 15

Agile Alliance

This is an open invitation to the Agile community to join our virtual workshop exploring patterns for distributed work on October 15. The workshop is a half day event at the Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP) 2020 conference.

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Walmart acquires virtual clothing try-on startup Zeekit

TechCrunch

Retail giant Walmart announced this morning it’s acquiring the Tel Aviv-based startup Zeekit , which allows consumers to virtually “try on” clothing when shopping online. according to Wells Fargo, which estimated its apparel and footwear sales grew 15% in 2020 to over $41 billion, or 20-25% higher than Walmart.