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Poparazzi hypes itself to the top of the App Store

TechCrunch

’ 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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Technology Hype Cycle from Gartner

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cc "BY" license Photo by Cosmic Spanner What we're witnessing with the hype and anti-hype or schmype swirling around Web2.0 "Technology Trigger" The first phase of a Hype Cycle is the "technology trigger" or breakthrough, product launch or other event that generates significant press and interest.

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Why Sustainable AI is the Next Step for a Better Digital Future

Forum One

Whether your organization is just starting its AI journey or has existing systems in place, we can help integrate sustainable practices into your digital ecosystem through: AI Strategy and Enablement : Our AI Impact Accelerator is designed to cut through the AI hype and identify real, impactful and sustainable opportunities for your organization.

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Lidar company Quanergy to go public via $1.4B SPAC deal

TechCrunch

Quanergy is a developer of solid state silicon lidar units, which pulses a low-power laser through an optical phased array to measure the distance and shape of objects. Historically, lidar sensors involved moving parts — generally some mechanism to rotate the laser so it can scan the surrounding area.

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Lucid Motors strikes SPAC deal to go public with $24 billion valuation

TechCrunch

The hype and speculation that has been rampant for weeks drove up the stock price of Churchill Capital IV Corp. The company plans to expand the factory over another three phases in the coming years to have the capacity to produce 365,000 units per year at scale. Lucid might have been the most anticipated.

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How to incorporate web3 gaming into your Web 2.0 strategy

TechCrunch

Tom Fleetham is the head of sports and gaming at Zilliqa, where he is helping scale up partnerships in the next phase of its growth. There’s also plenty of healthy skepticism — is web3 enabling meaningful new user experiences, or is it just a hype bubble complicating what was already possible in Web 2.0? Tom Fleetham. Contributor.

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Oculus Connect is now ‘Facebook Connect,’ and it’s happening September 16th

The Verge

The “Facebook Connect” rebranding follows a controversial choice to require Facebook logins on Oculus headsets — phasing out the option to keep a non-linked Oculus account. So far it’s focused on bringing phone-based AR to consumers, but it’s hyped more futuristic ideas — like “Live Maps” for smart glasses — during past Connects.

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