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Social media links for WiVR

Since Google Plus was the main way WiVR members communicated with one another, and that platform is now gone, the main alternative is the Women in Virtual Reality LinkedIn group, which has more than 400 members.

Female VR visionaries speak at Mondo.NYC conference

Music and technology converge at Mondo.NYC, a tech summit and music festival that starts today at New York University in New York City. During the day, Mondo.NYC will present discussions and demonstrations on a wide range of music industry, business and tech-related issues, including Virtual Reality, terrestrial and Internet radio and streaming services, policy issues …

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Lesbians Who Tech launch coding scholarship honoring Edie Windsor

Lesbians Who Tech, the organization for lesbian and queer women in tech, will select more than ten lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer women to receive scholarships to attend coding bootcamps at General Assembly, Dev Bootcamp and Turing. There is no deadline for applications, and acceptance is on a rolling basis, organizers told WiVR. The coding …

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Fashion Model Karlie Kloss launches coding initiative

Fashion model Karlie Kloss has launched two scholarship opportunities through her organization Kode with Klossy for young girls and women interested in computer programming. The idea is to change the perspective towards women in IT and to get students to learn programming languages behind apps like Twitter and The New York Times. The two scholarship opportunities, Camp Scholarship and …

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World’s largest computing society elects all-female leadership team

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has announced the election of new officers who will lead the organization for a two-year term beginning July 1. With this election, ACM will have its first all-female Executive Committee. “This is an opportunity to highlight the contributions that women have made to computing and to inspire young women to view …

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Unity sponsors ‘Women in Gaming’ talk series

Press release: Unity Technologies To Promote and Invest in Success of Women Globally With Series of ‘Women in Gaming’ Talks Key Female Leaders and Executives Will Offer Their Views on Best Practices for Strategic Thinking, Influencing, and Career Navigation in Five Talks Globally Throughout 2016 San Francisco, CA — Unity Technologies, the largest global development platform …

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