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patientMpower, the innovative app that is providing remote monitoring for those in self-isolation because of COVID-19We all know that the current direction for those who are concerned that they may have COVID-19 is to continue self-isolation and call your doctor or 111 (in the UK) for advice, not head to the hospital. While this seems counterintuitive when you are feeling ill, the reality is that...
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Got any unused foreign currency? Exchanging it just became a whole lot easier thanks to Bidwedge... While holidays abroad may not be on any of our minds at the moment, chances are we may still have some reminders of our last trip away - in the form of unused foreign currency that we didn’t get around to spending.It might have seemed like too much hassle to take it to the bank or the excha...
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In order to combat some of the impact caused by the coronavirus, many tourism companies are, or could, turn to tech solutions. Here's a few new and existing tech focused innovations, care of the team at luggage storage app Bounce, that might offer up some inspiration to others. It’s no exaggeration to say that the coronavirus has impacted the entire world.  With most countries in...
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The lowdown on Budget Music Videos, the Belfast-based startup that will help you make a music video in a matter of minutes Musicians, singers, and bands all have to start somewhere, and that somewhere is usually the bottom. Or their parents’ garage. They have a long and arduous process of clawing their way up the ladder, booking gigs where they can, negotiating with café managers, ba...
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WebARX creates a COVID-19 cyber threats page to collect all the cyber attacks and online threats surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic As the COVID-19 virus has led many to work from home, scammers are taking advantage. WebARX, an Estonian web security company was inspired by the #hackthecrisis movement to do their part in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. On late Friday evening on 20th of March, WebA...
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26 Social Enterprise startups share the $1m No-Strings Chivas Venture Fund  Some good news with the announcement that due to the global COVID-19 outbreak, leading blended Scotch whisky, Chivas, will be distributing this year’s Chivas Venture $1 million fund evenly amongst the 26 global finalists. The Chivas Venture has been in operation for six years and it provides $1m in no-str...
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The community-driven team that's on a mission to develop an emergency-use ventilator to aid COVID-19 patients... Open Source Ventilator Ireland is a community-driven team of volunteer engineers, designers, medical professionals, and community builders working together to develop a low-cost and open-source emergency-use ventilator, producible at scale to aid the treatment of COVID19 patients....
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Tandem, the language learning app that makes the process a whole lot easier... With most of us likely to be spending more time at home in the coming weeks, we ought to be thinking of ways to use that time well. It may be easy to wile away the hours endlessly scrolling through social media but apart from being a waste of time, it’s also pretty detrimental to our mental health. It’d be ...
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AdLaunch - the startup that's created a data-driven video creation service looking to help change how digital videos are made... We have said plenty of times before that video content is the future. We already see that videos and images are more popular in social media stats. They are easier to consume on our small screens and on the move, and we feel like we can get more out of a shorter amoun...
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In the face of the COVID 19 pandemic, Irish startup Wellola collaborates with the Irish HSE (Health Service Executive) on an innovative portal to help both patients and clinicians...  In the wake of coronavirus, everyone is asking how can we can triage and care for patients faster, remotely and more effectively? Step forward the HSE COVID19 Portal, a simple digital tool designed t...
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Tzvete Doncheva, innovation ecosystems builder shares her thoughts on how we can all come together (while apart) to face the COVID-19 challenges... "Country-wide lockdown in three of Europe’s largest economies. Travel restrictions imposed in over half of the Old Continent’s states in the race to curb the COVID-19 spread. Europe declared as the ‘epicentre’ of the global cor...
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Stuffstr is an innovative app that is tackling the waste issue within the fashion sector... The issue of waste has been to the forefront for quite a while now - and rightly so.More and more startups are addressing sustainability and the impact that our actions have on the environment. Our latest startup of the week is a prime example and has a focus on one area in particular - fashion. Stuffst...
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