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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. For $9 a month, or $99 a year, Prime members can get access to One Medical’s on-demand virtual care or in-office care at locations across the U.S. Amazon Photo) Almost eight months after closing its $3.9

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I had a blast playing ‘Squid Game Virtuals’ at a VR arcade — but here’s why I likely won’t return

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(Sandbox VR Photo) After years of hype, virtual reality still hasn’t achieved mainstream consumer adoption. We spent a weeknight at Sandbox VR in Seattle, one of more than 45 locations worldwide where the San Francisco-based startup offers virtual reality experiences for groups of 2-to-6 people.

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‘Amazon Clinic’ virtual health care platform expanding nationwide and adding video visits

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Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding its Amazon Clinic virtual health care service to all 50 states and Washington, D.C., The company launched its Amazon Pharmacy service in November 2020 , following its $753 million acquisition of prescription-by-mail company PillPack in 2018.

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Watch the epic first-ever virtual Space Needle light show for New Year’s celebration in Seattle

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But the virtual version isn’t too shabby, either. ” Watching the virtual show in the comfort of your own home isn’t a bad option. Morgan partnered with Maxin10sity out of Budapest, Hungary, who he worked with on another unique art and light show in Seattle in 2018, called “Borealis.”

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Intrado acquires Hubb, which builds software for in-person and virtual events

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based startup that makes technology for virtual and in-person events. The startup last year quickly expanded into virtual events technology, after focusing largely on in-person events before the pandemic. Tech services giant Intrado has acquired Hubb , a Vancouver, Wash.-based Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hubb was ranked No.

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Citrix’s Acquisition Is Big News But Hardly Surprising

Forrester IT

The perennial desktop and app virtualization provider has been on an acquisition tear over the past few years, having bought Sapho in 2018 and Wrike in 2020, in an effort […]. Once Again, Citrix Is In The News For An Acquisition If you’re like many of us, you might have first wondered, “another acquisition by Citrix!?”

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Say Cheese: Snap’s Spectacles 3 Enhance Snapchats With Augmented Reality

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Mixed reality experiences run the gamut from augmented reality (AR) mobile apps to try-on lipstick and shoes to completely immersive virtual reality headsets used for military and surgical training. Spectacles 3, the latest camera-equipped sunglasses from Snap, marks a large improvement from Spectacles 2 (launched in April 2018).

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