Alphabet’s Verily begins offering stop-loss health insurance

Verily, Alphabet’s healthcare business, is overseeing a new subsidiary that will offer stop-loss insurance to employers. Coefficient Insurance Company is backed by insurance megacorp Swiss Re,… See the article here: Alphabet’s Verily begins offering stop-loss health insurance

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In search of lost time

At the healthcare IT vendor where this pilot fish works as a supervisor for a group of Level 2 support engineers, a CRM system is used to track the time they spend resolving customer issues…. Follow this link: In search of lost time

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Global smartphone shipments tanked by 20.4 percent due to the pandemic

A new report from Gartner says global smartphone sales dropped 20.4 percent to 295 million in Q2 2020. And as you might have guessed, the coronavirus pandemic played a significant role. “Travel… Read more here: Global smartphone shipments tanked by 20.4 percent due to the pandemic

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Is it EOL for IE11? (Not yet.)

Microsoft last week began a process that will, eventually if not immediately, result in it canning Internet Explorer (IE), the browser it’s built since 1994. Although IE survived this initial… Read more: Is it EOL for IE11? (Not yet.)

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Arturia’s MicoFreak gets a vocoder mode and limited-edition makeover

When Arturia announced the MicroFreak in January of 2019 I said “there’s nothing stopping Arturia from adding more oscillators down the road through firmware updates.” And the company has not… Original post: Arturia’s MicoFreak gets a vocoder mode and limited-edition makeover

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