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Arketi Group Offers Free Reopening Readiness Checklist for Communications Professionals

Useful questionnaire helps communications teams address key opportunities for safely bringing employees back into the office

Sharecare acquires MindSciences, fortifies platform with best-in-class digital therapeutics for anxiety, tobacco and overeating

Sharecare has acquired MindSciences, the leader in evidence-based behavior change apps. Founded by renowned neuroscientist and behavior change expert, Dr. Jud Brewer, MindSciences provides best-in-class digital therapeutics that help people reverse unhealthy habits involving food, tobacco, stress and anxiety – which contribute to the most costly and widespread health issues in the United States. This acquisition builds on Sharecare’s existing partnership with MindSciences, through which its tobacco cessation program was made available to the digital health company’s payer, provider, government and employer group customers.

Alogent Expands its Digital Banking Footprint with Space Age Federal Credit Union

Alogent announced today that Space Age Federal Credit Union selected its digital banking platform, NXT. By increasing member engagement through its intuitive interfaces and full-featured interactions that can start on one channel and continue in another, NXT delivers consistency and simplicity throughout the user journey on both native and web applications.

MCPc and Apptega Partner to Deliver Managed Cybersecurity Governance and Compliance

Apptega’s Comprehensive Platform Gives MCPc Edge in Managing the Cybersecurity Programs of Their MSSP Clients.

PPRO Publishes its 2020 Payment Almanac – The Most Complete Source of Payments Insights in the Market

Today, PPRO, the leading local payments platform-as-a-service, launches its 2020 Payment Almanac in partnership with Edgar, Dunn & Company. The product of thousands of hours of research, analysis, and insights from PPRO’s payments experts, the third edition of the almanac contains detailed information for more than 450 local payment methods and the latest e-commerce data from 60 countries around the world. In addition to updated figures, this edition reveals new data, including granular e-commerce growth rates and the top industries for cross-border shopping.

TwoRivers ITAD Solutions Joins Terra’s “Done with IT” Mail-in Electronics Recycling Program

TwoRivers ITAD Solutions (TIS) has joined TERRA’s Done with IT program to provide a simple and safe electronics recycling mail-in option for businesses and individuals from their Certified R2 facility in Lithonia, GA.

Robinson College of Business Introduces South’s Most Advanced Education Platform

Robinson Anywhere, a digital teaching facility that provides high-quality remote access to Robinson’s graduate programs, beginning in the fall.

Sharecare and Augusta University forge public-private partnership to accelerate Georgia’s recovery from COVID-19

Georgia-based health organizations launch Well-Being Georgia to educate, boost testing, track real-time status of pandemic on behalf of all Georgians

Sharecare and National Alliance partner to connect employers and communities to improve health and well-being across U.S.

Digital health company Sharecare and the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions announced a partnership designed to help employers develop data-driven strategies to positively impact the well-being of their employees and families and the broader communities in which they live, work and play.

Money makes the cyber-crime world go round – Verizon Business 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report

“As remote working surges in the face of the global pandemic, end-to-end security from the cloud to employee laptop becomes paramount,” said Tami Erwin, CEO, Verizon Business. “In addition to protecting their systems from attack, we urge all businesses to continue employee education as phishing schemes become increasingly sophisticated and malicious.”

Artis Partners with Leader in High-Assurance Digital Identity Verification

The company has partnered with Socure, a leader in Day Zero digital identity verification, to validate the identities of consumer loan applicants in real-time.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: TAG Sales Leadership Society Opens Applications for Annual Sales Mentorship Program

Don’t Let Covid-19 Slow Down Your Career!  Apply today – the deadline for the 2020 Program is June 5, 2020.

Google Launches “Be Kind To Your Mind”

To coincide with Mental Health Month, Google is launching “Be Kind To Your Mind” in collaboration with the CDC to share practical tips and resources to help individuals take care of their well-being.

Georgia Deploys 448 Wi-Fi Rangers to 36 School Districts

Today Governor Brian P. Kemp announced a donation from AT&T to the Georgia Department of Education, Foundation for Public Education. The donation will be used to deploy 448 Wi-Fi Rangers to 36 school districts, filling the internet connectivity gap for thousands of students in rural areas, tripling the number of Wi-Fi buses in the state.

Sharecare’s Flatten the Curve survey completed by 115,000 Americans in April, finds respondents in Hawaii experiencing most financial worry while those in Mississippi and Alabama report least

Comparative well-being analysis reveals 230% increase in anxiety across U.S. due to COVID-19

Survey also reveals more than 50% of Americans exhibiting healthier behaviors during pandemic

Cory Hewett Named to Bloom Our Youth Board of Directors

Cory Hewett, Co-founder and CEO of Gimme has been named to the Board of Directors for Bloom Our Youth, (d.b.a. Bloom) a social service nonprofit serving foster care children and families throughout Georgia.

TAG Launches Blockchain Society to Engage Fast-Growing Sector

TAG Blockchain Society to Launch Events, Engagement Opportunities Aimed at Advancing Blockchain Technology in Georgia

Sharecare and Atlanta Police Foundation collaborate to protect and serve the health and well-being of Atlanta Police Department personnel

The Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) and Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, today announced a collaboration to provide Atlanta Police Department personnel with direct, on-demand access to board-certified emergency medicine physicians for real-time COVID-19 screening and testing referrals. Available for free to all Atlanta Police Department sworn officers, Sharecare Virtual Care is an easy-to-use, secure telehealth solution that empowers people to safely and conveniently address their urgent healthcare needs related to COVID-19.

OrasiLabs Advances Virtual Application Training for Instructors, Students

Orasi Software, a leading DevOps technology and consulting firm, announced OrasiLabs, the train anyone, anywhere, anytime cloud-based hands-on learning lab solution—an engaging new training environment for software application instructors and students at independent software vendors and companies.

Aventis Systems Announces Work from Home Bundle

New Offering Is in Response to Urgent Need for Quick and Affordable Remote Office Solutions

Atlanta Startup, Trella Health, Releases COVID-19 Heatmap for Vulnerable Counties

In an effort to support the healthcare community and its fight against COVID-19, Atlanta startup and TAG ‘Top 40 Innovative Company’ recipient, Trella Health, has released a COVID-19 heatmap.

Artis Launches White-Label Lending Solution for Financial Institutions to Drive More Business to SMBs

Today Artis Technologies introduced Artis Connect, a cloud-based, white-label lending solution for banks and credit unions to reach more consumers with accessible financing through their own local small- and medium-sized business clients.

Sharecare and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Business of Health host student competition to identify data-driven solutions for North Carolina well-being

Competition winners earn a total of $6,000 in prize money for local non-profit organizations supporting COVID-19 relief efforts

Sharecare partners with IPsoft and NTT DATA to power free COVID-19 screening solution with conversational AI

Pisgah Health Foundation becomes Sharecare’s first Blue Zones Project partner to integrate and deploy interactive screener to help people get clinically validated guidance on COVID-19

Sharecare launches free platform to enable providers in U.S. with telehealth

HIPAA-compliant Sharecare Telehealth – powered by Updox – available to U.S.-based healthcare providers for free through Sept. 1, 2020

Sharecare, Blue Zones renew and extend partnership to drive community well-being transformation

Long-term extension of Blue Zones Project collaborative confirms continued demand for community well-being improvement solutions

Hawks star John Collins joins Sharecare’s Shots for Heroes initiative to give a boost to Atlanta healthcare heroes and first responders

Collins, Hawks Foundation Donate Funds to Provide Immunity-Boosting Shots from Kale Me Crazy for Workers on Front Lines of COVID-19 Pandemic

Cancer Treatment Planning Must Continue During COVID-19 Pandemic

OncoLens Virtual Tumor Board Software Now Available at No Cost to Support Cancer Treatment Professionals

Retailers risk losing 42% of US customers if they don’t offer preferred payment methods

Despite a growing focus on customer experience, online retailers are still falling short when it comes to the final stage of the online customer journey. Today, PPRO announces research findings that reveal over half of US respondents (58%) would stop a purchase if the checkout process is complicated. These findings highlight the increasing need for retailers to address consumers’ payment preferences.

Technology Councils of North America Urges Paycheck Protection for Technology Associations

Technology Councils of North America (TECNA), representing tech associations in 35 states which serve over 20,000 technology firms and hundreds of thousands of employees, today sent a letter to Congress and the Trump Administration urging that trade and membership associations can apply for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the CARES Act.