China claims its image is 'seriously tarnished' by American journalists and is retaliating against them | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584471608.8750439/Green-Bits,-a-cannabis-startup-backed-by-Tiger-Global,-quietly-terminated-over-40-employees-in-a-bid-to-cut-costs?ref=audio_experience

RubiconMD specializes in connecting primary care clinicians to top specialists.

RubiconMD’s eConsult platform offers primary care clinicians timely access to specialist insights across more than 120 specialties.

With this tool, primary care clinicians can provide better care, improve the patient experience and reduce costs.

By empowering primary care clinicians to provide the best care possible, eConsults save patients valuable time and money while improving their care plans.

We contract with primary care organizations and health plans to provide RubiconMD licenses to our end users. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584469916.3133218/RubiconMD-Raises-Another-$18M-to-Connect-Primary-Care-Physicians-to-Specialists?ref=audio_experience

1 Share EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInWhile the world is struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic, one Austin-based virtual incubator is amping up efforts to use technology to confront infectious disease threats.

Subscribe to the Crunchbase DailyDr. Andrew Nerlinger and his wife, Dr. Lisa McDonald, launched PandemicTech in 2016.

McDonald is also director of healthcare at Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), the startup incubator of the University of Texas at Austin.

It recently launched “The PandemicTech Innovation Fellowship 2020” – a $100,000 innovation challenge focused on global health security.

It’s also interested in partnering with investors or other funding organizations to support early-stage innovation in the fight against pandemics. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584468006.9240339/Meet-PandemicTech:-A-4-Year-Old-Incubator-Confronting-Infectious-Disease-Threats-With-Tech?ref=audio_experience

Much like China, India is planning to establish a National Social Registry linked to Aadhaar ID, and aggregating data from various government databases such as home, employment as well as marriage records.

According to a report in Huffington Post, government documents accessed through an RTI inquiry show that the government can track life events such as marriage registrations, address changes, job changes among other details under the National Social Registry programme.

There are no checks and balances as far as getting data for any other government agency working on the National Social Registry programme.

India’s Massive Facial Recognition PlansIn October 2019, the central government is said to have opened bids to build a centralised facial recognition surveillance system across India, similar to the one .

Previously, police officers in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh have also accepted that they are using also facial recognition technology in their operations as well. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584466205.021309/India-Mulls-Aadhaar-Linked-National-Social-Registry-To-Surveil-Citizens?ref=audio_experience

If you are attending the interview of a particular company, or planning for a business tie-up with a company, or writing a guest post for that company, or curating a social media planner for the company, where will you obtain information about that particular company from?

The Internet houses some of the best company information website which give you authentic information about various companies.

Here is the list of top seven websites which provide reliable information about the companies:Tofler: It is one of the best and most reliable company information websites to get information about any company.

Apart from the basic information, employees of the company give an insight into the company and give honest reviews.

Next time you want to crack an interview, write about the company, or get an insight into the company, turn to these websites for information. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584464406.5654767/Top-7-Websites-to-Find-Company-Information?ref=audio_experience

How to Implement a Nap at Work CultureHowever, this doesn’t mean you need to set a strict nap time or napping policy in the office.

Nap at Work ProductsYou can also supply products or share information that makes the actual process of taking naps at work easier.

For example, you can set up nap pods or invest in chairs that recline fully to give people a comfortable place for a quick power nap.

However, Hobsbawm isn’t convinced that nap pods or office nap furniture are always necessary.

Then she takes a quick power nap and wakes up refreshed for the rest of the work day. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584462607.0678642/Should-You-Allow-Employees-to-Nap-at-Work??ref=audio_experience

The petition appeals for a “strict lockdown” and imposition of Section 144 across major cities in India by this week.

It urges that Section 144 be imposed, latest by March 20, to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The group has also urged the government to scale up novel coronavirus testing infrastructure by opening it up to the private sector.

India has so far reported three deaths and 141 cases of infection related to the novel coronavirus.

Last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) characterised the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584460807.501643/Coronavirus:-Startups-urge-PM-Modi-to-initiate-strict-lockdown,-impose-Section-144?ref=audio_experience

Spectro Cloud emerged from stealth today with a $7.5 million investment to give you a third choice which falls somewhere in the middle.

“Spectro Cloud is solving a massive pain that every large enterprise is struggling with; how to roll your own Kubernetes service on a managed platform without being beholden to any large vendor.” Sim told TechCrunch.

Spectro co-founder and CEO Tenry Fu says that an enterprise should not have to compromise between control and ease of use.

“There’s an infrastructure control continuum that forces enterprises into trade offs against these needs.

They sold that company to Cisco in 2016, and began developing Spectro Cloud last spring. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584459007.4759004/Spectro-Cloud-launches-with-$7.5M-investment-to-help-developers-build-Kubernetes-clusters-their-way-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

However, late payments can throw a significant spanner in the works – companies paying you for goods or services can, perfectly legitimately, wait up to 30 days before paying what they owe.

Thankfully, invoice factoring can help.

However, there are a lot of invoice factoring companies out there and it can be tricky to find the right fit for your small business invoice factoring needs.

Getting started is easy though, simply fill in the form at the top of the page and you’ll get quotes from the UK’s top invoice factoring companies, all tailored to the specific needs of your small business.

Or, simply read on for more detailed insight into six of the best invoice factoring companies operating in the UK. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584457207.0531228/The-UK’s-6-best-invoice-factoring-companies?ref=audio_experience

Now, onto the science behind viruses and the SARS-CoV2 that causes COVID-19 in particular.

Like most of you, I have spent a lot of time reading about COVID-19 including numbers infected, deaths, conspiracy theories and more.

I do realise that many don’t really understand the science behind virus attacks and our interactions with viruses as a human race.

Some of you may find reading scientific papers daunting, I thought I could simplify it for the average reader.

Now inside the cell, the virus hijacks the cell’s machinery like the ER, Golgi apparatus and makes many copies of itself. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584455407.0675733/Coronavirus:-The-science-behind-COVID-19-for-the-avid-reader?ref=audio_experience