No PTO can be a barrier to getting vaccinated - Marketplace
Special enrollment in the federal health insurance marketplace is underway
CLEVELAND — Right now, you could be missing out on money. It has to do with health insurance plans in the federal marketplace.
"The special enrollment is virtually an open enrollment," said Ron Irvine, a federal certified navigator in Ohio with HRS Erase Navigators.
Navigators help people enroll in coverage through the marketplace, and are funded through federal grants and must undergo training, licensing and background checks.
Trend Micro launches cloud security platform on AWS Marketplace
Trend Micro has today launched its cloud-based security platform Cloud One on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace.
Organisations that build on AWS are now able to leverage Trend Micro Cloud One to protect their cloud-based environments with security that covers applications, cloud security posture management, containers, file storage, networks, and workloads.
The company points to Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Cloud Security, 2020, which states that enterprises are often turning to hybrid data centre architectures that workloads across on-premise and public cloud, as well as serverless, container-based implementations.
U.S. and China agree to cooperate on climate change - Marketplace
CDC: Vacant middle seats reduce COVID exposure risk - Marketplace
We've all known for a while now that wearing masks and social distancing are two of the best ways to prevent COVID from spreading. Turns out the same is true on airlines. “Distancing can have a significant protective effect,” said James Bennett, a research engineer at the CDC who worked on the study.
“At the low end, we were looking at a 23% reduction in exposure, just from the fact of not being seated right next to another passenger if they happen to be infectious,” he said. At the high end, it’s a 57% reduction in exposure.
Gwyneth Paltrow invests in The Expert, a video marketplace for high-end interior designers
The pandemic-induced lockdowns halted many a home decoration project, but the irony was that our homes became even more important. But where to get ideas to decorate? Home décor experts could no longer visit. Now an LA-based startup is addressing this digitization of the interior design market, but kicking off with a typically LA-oriented, high-end clientele.
The LA-based The Expert — a platform for video consultations with interior designers — has raised a $3 million seed funding round led by Forerunner Ventures, with participation from Sweet Capital, Promus Ventures, Golden Ventures, Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo, AD 100 designer Brigette Romanek and CEO/founder of goop , Gwyneth Paltrow.
NFTb launches NFT marketplace focused on environmental sustainability
NFTb, a nonfungible token platform built on the Binance Smart Chain, is launching a new version of its marketplace focused on supporting social causes and providing artists with more affordable listing options.
The new marketplace connects artists and leading charities, allowing anyone to auction their artwork at an affordable rate and donate a portion of their proceeds towards a charity of their choosing. NFTb claims over 120 artists have already joined the waitlist.
Consumers will pay more for crowdfunded products to boost equality in marketplace
Findings show that consumers are willing to pay 21 percent more for the same product when it is crowdfunded—a venture funded through contributions from individuals, without conventional funding sources.
The studies—of which there were 13 in total including contributions from 6,495 people—identified that up to 52 percent stronger preference for the same product when it was a crowdfunded product versus when it was a venture capital funded product, wanting to level the playing field for the 'underdog', who consumers consider to be relatively disadvantaged in terms of their power, influence, or financial resources .
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