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Apple and Google’s COVID-19 tracking system will make its full US debut in new Virginia app

The Verge

This week, Virginia plans to release a COVID-19 exposure notification app based on the specifications published by Apple and Google in April. No location data or personal information is ever collected, stored or transmitted to VDH as part of the app,” a health department official told Virginia Public Media , which first reported the news.

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3-day outbreak of severe weather leaves hundreds displaced in U.S. South and Midwest

Fast Company Tech

More than 70 homes were destroyed by wildfire outbreaks Friday in and around Stillwater, home to Oklahoma State University. The community is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Norfolk, Virginia. Four deaths so far were blamed on the fires or high winds, according to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management.

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How to Run Facebook Fundraising Ads: 5 Simple Steps

Nonprofit Tech for Good

His analysis of digital media and politics has been published by The George Washington University, The Virginia Mercury, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, MediaShift, and Parse.ly in Media and Strategic Communication from The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs, where he was a University Fellow, and a B.A.

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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The other recipient this year was Kay Ferrell, Professor of Special Education at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, who won the Medal for her tremendous work with and on behalf of children and youth who are blind and visually impaired. That was over 24 years ago!

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Alexis Ohanian says he’s a ‘techno optimist,’ despite social media’s impact on society

TechCrunch

The entrepreneur and founder of venture fund Seven Seven Six, speaking at an event at the University of Virginia, espoused a fairly negative view of the current social media landscape and the creator economy — an environment where he says, everyone has “been so trained […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Facebook reinvents Facebook with the launch of Campus for college students

The Verge

For now, Campus is being piloted with 30 universities around the US, including Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, University of Louisville, Vassar, and Virginia Tech. (No No Harvard, though!) These students won’t be able to interact with each other, and neither will students from nearby colleges.

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Back to school: JMU parent helps improve university’s COVID-19 dashboard

Tableau

As James Madison University (JMU) prepared for Fall 2020 classes, freshman parent and Tableau Partner, Lee Feinberg, volunteered to help improve the school’s Stop The Spread dashboard. Editor's note: this story was originally published on James Madison University News. . Sometimes help comes from unexpected places.

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