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Nothing negative about Positive Food’s meal expansion plan after $7M investment

TechCrunch LA

In 2018, co-founders Schuyler Deerman and James Chan started selling healthy meals at WeWork offices around Los Angeles out of giant Yeti coolers, standing around the kitchens during lunch time. Positive Food Co., Amazon expands palm-scanning payment tech to 65 more Whole Foods locations.

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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

TechCrunch LA

Then, in 2018, programming language Python ditched the racist terminology. Meanwhile, Twitter began taking steps to replace those terms earlier this year and hopes to finish replacing that terminology by the end of 2021, according to CNET. . Meanwhile, we’re seeing ads for Yes on 22 inside on-demand apps.

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Best Network Setups for Media Content Delivery

Southern California Edison Blog

Media and content creation businesses expanding their services to meet future content needs require a network that can support growing media content demands. in 2018 was 228.8 million in 2021 1. The number of digital video viewers in the U.S. million and is expected to increase to 244.3

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Location-based virtual reality is increasing its footprint in the U.S.

TechCrunch LA

It’s a matter of survival thanks to the persistent lack of demand from consumers. . million head mounted displays sold in 2018, according to data from Canalys. By 2018, New York was home to at least seven virtual reality spaces where users could experience the technology, according to The New York Times.

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Origin wants to make accessible physical therapy women’s new normal

TechCrunch LA

“We had originally planned to spend more time with in person care and then actually launch our digital platform — telehealth — in 2021. The team started working with this practice in late 2018, with a formal partnership following on last year. Early growth in visits is running at 100%, month over month, per Carmy.

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