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Varo Bank raises another $63M, led by NBA star Russell Westbrook

TechCrunch

Westbrook’s investment came through Russell Westbrook Enterprises , which previously backed social avatar startup Genies. The round was led by NBA star Russell Westbrook, who will also join the startup as an advisor focused on the direction of Varo Bank’s programs aimed at underserved communities, including communities of color.

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Daily Crunch: News and updates from TechCrunch’s Meta Connect 2022 coverage

TechCrunch

Money smarts, gamified : This company wants to improve your credit by gamifying financial literacy , reports Christine. And, the pièce de résistance, Lucas lets us all know that Meta announces avatar legs. Among Us is coming to the Meta Quest 2 on November 10 , reports Taylor. Meta announces the $1,499 Quest Pro , by Lucas.

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Nonprofit Commons in Second Life Survives Griefing Attack

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, at the BlogHer in Second Life panels and social events no problems were report as indicated by this report by VintFalken and the Information Literacy Weblog. " Griefing can be a problem in Second Life, although it does not happen at every location all the time. Griefing can turn a virtual event into an unpleasant experience.

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Second Life and Communities of Practice Group Action Learning Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first level is the second life literacy skills - how you move around and communicate. The places with more than a handful of avatars present always seem to increase the probability of trouble though. First, as with a lot of online facilitation/collaboration it can be frustrating and a little chaotic. If there???s

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Announcing… 29 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2012!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

selects a new set of nonprofit avatars to be featured in the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Prevent students from dropping out of high school and increase literacy: @ CISNational , @ FirstBook. Every January Nonprofit Tech 2.0 The selection process is a personal one. Educate about the realities of climate change in the 21st Century: @ TckTckTck.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m.

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Meet 15 companies that are turning ads and marketing into cultural moments

Fast Company Tech

Current F1 driver Logan Sargeant raced against the virtual avatars of Williams Racing legends like Mario Andretti, Alain Prost, and Jacques Villeneuve. The agency worked with Wyclef Jean for its client TIAA on a sponsored anthem on financial literacy for Black Americans. That wasnt the Martin Agencys only pop-culture play last year.

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