Washington’s tech industry hasn’t been immune to the pandemic. Companies such as the IT giant DXC and the event-organizing platform Cvent cut jobs amid the slowdown. But some, including the hot cloud-computing company Appian, committed to hundreds of new hires.
Indeed, plenty of other good business news came from Washingtonian’s Tech Titans during the past year. Our 2021 winners who were selected through both reporting and an informal process of nominations from their peers managed to start up new and innovative companies, close on huge funding rounds, ink massive contracts, and announce initial public offerings.
Some of this year’s Tech Titans expanded their companies not only in spite of the pandemic but because of it. Michael Chasen, founder of the “edtech” firm Blackboard, leveraged the demand for at-home education to launch Class, a company that creates virtual classrooms using Zoom. Class has already raised more than $40 million. Blake Hall, founder of ID.me, wh
Social network for web outcasts can be downloaded again from next week for iThings, we re told
Katyanna Quach Tue 20 Apr 2021 // 00:24 UTC Share
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Parler is set to return to Apple s App Store next week after the social network agreed to moderate hate speech on its platform.
In a letter [PDF] to Congress on Monday, Apple’s senior director of government affairs in the Americas, Tim Powderly, confirmed a duly updated version of Parler will be allowed into the iGiant s software souk.
The decision comes months after the self-described “free speech social network” was deplatformed by Big Tech over concerns it was used by far-right netizens to spread hate speech and whip up violence, particularly around the January 6 insurrection attempt at the US Capitol.
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Apple to let Parler back on App Store after approving a âcontent moderation policyâ update
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Illustrative image of human hand with mobile device showing logo for the social media platform Parler, Lafayette, California, January 21, 2021. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
Apple said Monday it approved an updated version of Parler and that the app will be available again soon in the App Store.
Parler, the social network known as a conservative alternative to Twitter, was removed from the App Store and Google Play in the days following the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. Google and Apple removed the app over objectionable content.
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