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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Our official launch of text communication will be done at a Los Angeles Kings hockey game on November 27 th. Our official launch of text-to-donate will be January 3, 2011 at another Los Angeles Kings hockey game. We just launched mobile texting and text-to-donate this month (November).

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Meta adds 3D avatars to Instagram Stories, with updates for Messenger and Facebook

The Verge

Mark Zuckerberg’s lifelike 3D avatar | Meta. Facebook parent company Meta is introducing 3D avatars to Instagram Stories and direct messages and updating the avatars in Facebook and Messenger, the company announced Monday. A look at Mark Zuckerberg’s avatar across Meta’s platforms. New 3D avatars on Instagram.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

TechCrunch

Digital avatar startup Genies , known its for high-profile partnerships with celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Migos and Cardi B, has just released its long-anticipated NFT storefront, “The Warehouse.”

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Two men arrested for $1.1 million NFT ‘rug pull’ scam

The Verge

A Frosties NFT avatar. Buyers earned only a few dollars when they tried to resell their NFTs, and they gave up any hope of seeing future promised rewards, including 3D versions of their avatars and a Frosties video game. Now, the two men behind Frosties have been arrested in Los Angeles, California.

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Virtual artist Miquela debuted a music video at Lollapalooza

The Verge

For the uninitiated, Miquela is essentially a digital avatar that started out as a CG influencer on Instagram and has since expanded into the world of music, releasing several singles and music videos since 2017. She’s part of a burgeoning field of digital influencers. We were eager to show-off a world that could only be her own.”.

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Sandbox VR expands to new locations globally with $37M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz

TechCrunch

One day, it’ll be like stepping into a portal where players can embody their persistent virtual avatars,” Zhao said. . Los Angeles’ AmazeVR raises more cash, heads to Incheon for first location-based VR installation. The pandemic has probably killed VR arcades for good.

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MeetKai launches new room-scanning tech and metaverse builder

TechCrunch

Kaplan claims these assistants — which take the form of avatars that can converse on any number of predefined topics — have “real time reasoning capabilities” (although the jury’s out on that) and can “leverage any form of multimedia to instantly interact with end users.”

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