Urgent Care Franchise Leader Partners with Solutions Technology amidst COVID-19

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To better handle the influx of inquiries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, American Family Care (AFC) today announced a partnership with Botco.ai to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into AFC’s chat channels. Botco.ai intelligent chat provides patients with immediate and relevant answers regarding COVID-19 testing and clinic wait times, in addition to resources for potential … [More]

Misguided TikTok and WeChat Bans Risk Fragmenting the Internet Economy, Says ITIF

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

In response to executive orders signed by Trump that would require TikTok and WeChat to either shut down or find new owners within 45 days, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) issued the following statement from ITIF Vice President Daniel Castro: The United States is creating a double standard. There is no security justification for banning an app … [More]

New Identity Integrates Global Tech Subsidiaries to Boost Transformational Outcomes

Encora

Next-Gen product engineering and digital experience services leader Indecomm Digital Services Inc. announced the company and its subsidiaries, Nearsoft and Söoryen Technologies, have unified and are now operating under the name Encora. The strategic positioning better enables Encora to boost business outcomes for its global client base by combining the best talent and … [More]

Hiring Remote Software Developers? Consider This … 

by Alister Harris

Whenever you need a software developer — whether it is to build a website, create an app, for a smartphone idea, or to enable a more integrated CRM and accounting system for your business — quotes from American companies can feel prohibitively expensive. So outsourcing the work to far-flung countries like Colombia, India, the Philippines or Vietnam for a fraction of the cost … [More]

Tech Best Practices Co. Formed to Address Critical Customer Challenges, Headquartered in Arizona

GMI

GMI (Global Market Innovators), one of the largest women- and minority-owned Information Technology Solutions companies in the United States, officially launched. GMI, headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, was formed by industry leaders General Microsystems Inc., nVision Networking, Inc., and Extreme Integration who merged to combine their expertise, leadership, and … [More]

Is Market Concentration Leading to Fewer Startups in the U.S. Economy?

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Many economists, market analysts, and antitrust hawks claim increased market concentration over the past 30 years has stifled new business creation, leaving the U.S. economy with fewer start-ups and economic vitality. But a new report released today by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science and technology policy, shows … [More]

Improving and Expanding ‘Personal’ Virtual Connections

by Eric Miller

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a unique environment for everyone in both their personal and professional lives. It has disrupted how we interact with friends and family and has thrown a wrench in every aspect of the way business gets done. One of the biggest disruptions at our jobs has been the way we collaborate, network and sell. We’re no longer side by side with our … [More]

Trade Bitcoin Securely and Efficiently on a Decentralized Exchange

by Fabio Canesin

In the first half of 2019 alone, hackers stole more than $4 billion through cryptocurrency crimes industry-wide. For security purposes, it’s essential that cryptocurrency traders move to decentralized blockchain exchanges. Yet, existing decentralized exchanges can’t handle Bitcoin, as they lack full smart contract support. Fortunately, new revolutionary state channel … [More]

App ‘Sees’ for Visually Impaired

by Mike Hunter

Path Finder is a new app developed to help users navigate through public environments and all the unknowns surrounding them. Leveraging the machine learning capabilities of Android, Path Finder helps people with visual impairments by identifying and calculating the trajectories of objects moving in their path. Custom alerts then inform the user of how to avoid these obstacles … [More]

HCM Connected and Futureproof

by Todd La Fever

Transforming the way businesses manage their most important asset — their people — iSolved provides awesome human capital management (HCM) outcomes and a full employee experience by design through a connected futureproof solution. iSolved’s human capital management and people platform brings together HR, payroll, time and attendance, and benefits enrollment all in one … [More]