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Niantic tries its hand at sports with NBA All-World

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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

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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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Strava searches for new CEO with cofounder Michael Horvath departing for a second time

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Horvath co-founded Strava back in 2009, steering the company to become one of the world’s biggest activity tracking social communities, passing 100 million registered users last year. “The other part of it is to ensure we always recruit and support the right leaders for the right times.”

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Instacart raises $265M at a $39B valuation

TechCrunch

The rapid sequence of venture capital injections were likely designed to fuel growth as demand for grocery delivery services surged while people attempted to quarantine or generally spend less time frequenting high-traffic social environments like grocery stores. Instacart raises $200M more at a $17.7B

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What it takes to succeed as a CIO today

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China, for example, has an alternate universe as far as social media and ecommerce are concerned. It’s less a collaborative team sport than the CIO position. Dan Roberts: Why should someone who’s not looking for a new job connect with an executive recruiter? Technology is a central lever in this. You have to own your own career.

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Guardians Collective wants to make parenting easier, or at least less alone

TechCrunch

And recently, KaiPod Learning raised millions to give homeschooled children exposure to local, supplemental and socially focused learning hubs. Teacher organizations are biting at the idea of joining a more asynchronous workforce: Guardians Collective did a callout to recruit 40 educators and got 470 applications within days.

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How to create a culture of innovation

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Another app is designed to teach socialization and concepts of inclusion so that the athletes can engage and compete through the app. “We Through that, [Olympians] are able to do sports-based activities and compete against other high schools. The app also enables families to connect with one another and provide support.

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