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Amazon adds new Prime benefit with One Medical virtual and in-person health care service

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Amazon’s Prime One Medical membership benefit includes 24/7 virtual care through the service’s app. billion acquisition of primary care company One Medical, Amazon is making health care through the platform a benefit for Prime members. There is no additional charge beyond the membership fee for virtual care.

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Healthcare company Accolade lays off workers and closes offices

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(Accolade Photo) Seattle and Philadelphia area-based primary healthcare company Accolade is cutting its workforce and closing or reducing some facilities, according to a recent regulatory filing. A company spokesperson declined to say how many Accolade workers are affected by the reductions. for $460 million.

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Cisco’s Webex videoconferencing software now lets you set virtual backgrounds

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As it tries to catch up with the popular features offered by some of its younger competitors, Cisco’s Webex has unveiled virtual backgrounds for its videoconferences. It was founded in 1995 and acquired by Cisco in 2007 for $3.2 The company said in April it tripled its average number of meeting minutes to 25 billion.

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Health benefits platform Accolade to acquire virtual primary care startup PlushCare in $450M deal

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The news: Seattle-based health benefits platform Accolade will pay up to $450 million to acquire PlushCare , a Bay Area-based startup that offers virtual primary care. It follows the company’s $460 million deal to acquire another telemedicine startup, 2nd.MD, in March. (PlushCare Image). acquisition. million (down 9%).

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They make a good Teams: Slack CEO’s virtual wedding could take place on rival Microsoft tool

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Rubio said that she and Butterfield — described by some as Silicon Valley’s newest “it” power couple — were planning to get married virtually in California next week. The two founded the photo-sharing site Flickr together in 2004 and split in 2007. Butterfield was previously married to Caterina Fake. billion.

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Sharing my life story from a virtual perspective

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Last week on The Virtual Excellence Show our scheduled guest was not able to make it at short notice, so I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to share my own life story and how it relates to the virtual. Hi, welcome to The Virtual Excellence Show. So I thought it’d be worth sharing my story of the virtual.

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Health tech company Accolade goes public at $1.2B valuation in Seattle’s first IPO of 2020

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Accolade CEO Raj Singh on video in New York’s Times Square for the virtual ringing of the Nasdaq opening bell. ” The company splits its headquarters between Seattle and the Philadelphia area. Accolade was founded in 2007 by Michael Cline and Tom Spann. The company posted a net loss of $51.4 billion in 2014.

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