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Niantic tries its hand at sports with NBA All-World

TechCrunch

Being that I’m not much of a sports person — my preferred type of game involves controllers and screens — I hadn’t given All-World much thought until Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch’s managing editor, assigned me to write a first impressions piece. Why’d the studio choose this sport for its next AR venture?

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What Recruiters Can Focus On During A Tech Hiring Freeze

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

There is nothing more frustrating to a recruiter than this phrase. It doesn’t matter if you are a human resources representative for a company or a recruitment agency. When recruiting and hiring stops, a company can save money and remain operational. Now, how can you, as a recruiter, use this time positively?

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Computer vision transforms tennis coaching at Billie Jean King Cup

CIO

With centuries of tradition behind it, tennis as a sport has been highly resistant to change. It’s fair to say that tennis has lived up to its roots as a traditional sport,” says Mat Pemble, executive director of IT for the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the sport’s governing body.

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Tiger Global is betting that more schools are going to share future student earnings

TechCrunch

The lack of gender diversity, even as an early-stage startup with a handful of employees, could hurt its competitive advantage, recruiting prospects, and performance over time. The startup is in talks with a sports association and large companies that are working on upskilling and reskilling their workforces.

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Technology Companies Need to Make Hard Choices to Teach More ‘Soft Skills”

CIO

To a certain extent, these types of power skills are innate; certain people just seem to perform them better than others. In sports, teams that play together well generally have an edge over those who don’t. To perform effectively in their job, IT managers need to bring a lot of skills to the table. When does it take effect?

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iOS gains new emoji, Showtime joins a pricier Paramount+, and Instagram launches Channels

TechCrunch

Talk about a good sport. At a time when Silicon Valley investors are heralding product-led growth , software in China is still largely counting on sales, marketing and services to recruit users. In the meantime, I’m here to nag you about TechCrunch’s upcoming headliner events.

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Seven Lessons From Squid Game For Your Innovation Program

Planbox

Gamification is both an art and a science: Recruiting players, motivating participants and rewarding contributors are key to creating a sustainable innovation practice. In Squid Game, the character whose job it is to recruit new players knows everything about them. The trick here is to understand your target audience.

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