TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

In 2020, Humane filed an application with the USPTO ( spotted by 9to5Google) for a “body-worn device” that uses a “laser projection system” instead of a display — essentially projected AR glasses that can identify objects in the real world and apply digital imagery to them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

An article in the Washington Post notes that "fewer than 1% of those who have joined a cause have actually donated money through [the Facebook Causes] application." Later in this series I'll go into some reasons why the thinking and practice around these kinds of applications are flawed. Where are we today? What's going on?

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

By Zeph Harben, Director of Application Architecture, VolunteerMatch Every day we encounter hundreds of decision points. As an application service provider with roots that stretch back to the early days of the Web, we've been through several phases of change and development. Should I wear jeans or khakis to work?

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2022

Combining the freewheeling hype market of crypto with the complicated economic workings of a massively multiplayer game, Axie Infinity’s in-game world has spent months trying to avert a financial crisis. The dream of Axie Infinity , like a lot of blockchain applications, is to get paid for something you currently do for free online.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Cupi says it’s in a growth-focused phase at present so is not seeking to make chunky margin on resales. “Blockchain itself is not bad for the environment as a technology — there’s different applications of it,” he argues. “So we try to minimize the usage of energy intensive solutions.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Moreover, in recent years, hype about claimed environmental benefits from making tweaks to existing agricultural processes has seen the buzzy badge of ‘regenerative’ keenly taken up by some of the biggest names in (junk) food production, from PepsiCo to McDonalds. Some of this hype has — frankly — been unbelievable.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Same goes with digital health and consumer-focused health applications. When we see a particular trend, we try to understand if there is a need behind the trend and see beyond the initial hype. For example, previously there was hype around drones. What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders?

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

Ok, so we were at the whiteboard and very little prior art existed, in the application we were in. This initial phase is a relatively small number of cars. I spend a lot of time thinking about the 5G hype cycle, and how it didn’t pan out, and I was made to believe that there was some sort of race to 5G that was important.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

’ To its credit, the new app has perfectly executed on a series of choices designed to fuel day one growth — from its pre-launch TikTok hype cycle to drive App Store pre-orders to its post-launch social buzz, including favorable tweets by its backers. — Chase Stubblefield (@chasestubb) May 25, 2021.

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TechNode

JUNE 12, 2024

However, many AI application companies are currently being overvalued amid the hype, which was the consensus among guests at the Summit. We all like to shoot for the moon. We want to invest in the biggest idea that eventually goes on to an IPO. And that’s how we make money, said Harry. De-risking or global collaboration?

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

There are many different kinds of tools that use machine learning and rule-based programmingand other kinds of algorithmsto develop applications. But what the algorithm was doing was downranking any application where the word woman or womens appeared, or any proxy for that. The applicants werent even classified by gender.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 4, 2025

On Wednesday, while announcing the broad, seemingly indiscriminate application of that wonderful word during a much-hyped speech in the White House Rose Garden, Trump lingered on another word he loves: groceries. Its his cellar door, apparently.

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