So, Trump has publicly turned to Google for help.
And the public has turned to Amazon as their supply lifeline.
Big tech may be more savior than devil.
Amazon to hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/amazon-to-hire-100000-warehouse-and-delivery-workers.html
This is a good point. The big tech companies have the infrastructure to keep functioning during this pandemic. Amazon and Google are particularly well suited to handle remote access to products and information.
On a personal note, I'm still able to do much of my work as usual so far.
>work as usual
Sales holding up?
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White House urges researchers to use AI to analyze 29,000 coronavirus papers - Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tech-research/white-house-urges-researchers-to-use-ai-to-analyze-29000-coronavirus-papers-idUSKBN2133E6
Sales are fair, not great, not dreadful.
Grocery and food delivery apps set record days of app downloads - TechSpot
https://www.techspot.com/news/84415-grocery-food-delivery-apps-set-record-days-app.html
>>big tech companies have the infrastructure to keep functioning during this pandemic
During normal times we only have a couple dozen remote workers but now all office workers are working remote. With our video conferencing tools, VPNs, Slack, etc. the company is fairly well suited for people to work at home so there hasn't been too many hiccups as of yet. Since we have offices spread throughout the country and the world a lot of the work was done in multiple locations already.
I'd imagine that most of us are better off than the average person out there.
>most of us are better off than the average person
Yep, Tech Privilege.
See how Facebook's Disease Prevention Maps could fight coronavirus - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/see-how-facebooks-disease-prevention-maps-could-fight-coronavirus-2020-3
British Army adopts WhatsApp for formal orders as coronavirus isolation kicks in • The Register
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/18/army_adopts_whatsapp_orders_coronavirus/
The coronavirus crisis is what Amazon was made for — Quartz
https://qz.com/1820008/the-coronavirus-crisis-is-what-amazon-was-made-for/
Due to coronavirus, Facebook and Google may give location data to the government - Vox
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/18/21184160/government-location-data-coronavirus
FDA turns to Twitter to help track testing supply shortages
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/18/fda-twitter-coronavirus-testing-136014
COVID-19 Information & Resources - Google
https://www.google.com/covid19/
Governor bans reusable shopping bags
https://www.wmur.com/article/governor-bans-resuable-shopping-bags-10-new-coronavirus-cases-reported-in-nh/31855463
traditional contact tracing won't scale
New digital tools could speed up Covid-19 contact tracing
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/02/coronavirus-spreads-too-fast-for-contact-tracing-digital-tools-could-help/
Amazon stock hits a new all-time high as it sees unprecedented demand
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/14/amazon-stock-hits-a-new-all-time-high.html
I've made more money this year than before with my affiliate sites, still only about £120 per month but better than this time last year.
I was shocked today when looking at my Amazon orders, 102 orders in 6 months, no way i'm letting my gf see that ;+}