For Older Adults, The Internet Has Become A University, A Gym, A Support Group, And A Coffee Shop

As we cross the mid-point of 2021, older adults are starting to enjoy going out again, resuming work, and doing some light traveling, but many are still reluctant to re-join their gyms, attend crowded events, or engage in enclosed venues with people they don’t know. This is especially true for people with compromised immune systems or other conditions which may still make them vulnerable to Covid-19. However, thanks to online communities, staying safe does not sentence anyone to a life of inactivity, loneliness, or boredom. It’s important to also note that many older adults were active and engaged throughout the pandemic, and for some, that took stepping out of their comfort zone, technologically speaking

During most of 2020 and into 2021, being social required being online. Kids did it for school; parents had to be online to understand what was required of them in schooling their kids; mid-life adults were online for work. Retired adults could have isolated themselves and sunk into a lonely depression, with only the occasional Zoom meeting with their kids and grandkids. However, a variety of organizations, both new and old, saw the gap and rose to the occasion with a cornucopia of opportunities for men and women who were faced with an imposed isolation of indefinite length.

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Digbi Health launches Digbi Digestive™, the first gut microbiome and genetic-based digital care program to address IBS and functional digestive disorders affecting 70M Americans.

Digbi Digestive was launched based on a recent real-world outcomes study of members reversing digestive disorders.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – June 16, 2021 – Overwhelming research now links gut microbiome to mental health, sleep disorders, chronic pain, inflammatory digestive and skin illnesses along with chronic lifestyle illnesses including diabetes and obesity. 

Digbi Health, the first company with a clinically proven digital genetics and gut-microbiome therapeutic platform program launches Digbi Digestive, a precision care program designed to improve, reverse and monitor gastrointestinal and functional bowel disorders by prescribing food and lifestyle as medicine. Many functional gastrointestinal disorders disproportionately impact women and Caucasians. 

Digbi Digestive starts with analyzing a member’s genetics, gut microbiome, meals, habits, clinical markers of sugar and fat in the blood, to isolate inflammatory interactions and develop deeper understanding of metabolic pathways supported by the gut microbiome like serotonin production which regulates sleep and mental health. Members have direct access to gastrointestinal health trained health coaches for personal nutrition support and guidance with meal planning. The program includes live coaching sessions for managing cravings, stress, and sleep. Members can additionally access ongoing gut microbiome monitoring services and personalized prebiotics. 

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Uberall raises $115M, acquires MomentFeed to scale up its location marketing services

Location-based services may have had their day as a salient category for hot apps or innovative tech leveraging the arrival of smartphones, but that’s largely because they are now part of the unspoken fabric of how we interact with digital services every day: We rely on location-specific information when we are on search engines, when we are using maps or weather apps, when we are taking and posting photos and more.

Still, there remain a lot of gaps in how location information links up with accurate information, and so today a company that’s made it its business to address that is announcing some funding as it scales up its service.

Uberall, which works with retailers and other brick-and-mortar operators to help them update and provide more accurate information about themselves across the plethora of apps and other services that consumers use to discover them, is announcing $115 million in funding. Alongside that, the Berlin startup is making an acquisition: it’s buying MomentFeed, a location marketing company based out of Los Angeles, to continue scaling its business.

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Niantic partners with Hasbro to launch Transformers: Heavy Metal in 2021

Niantic has partnered with Hasbro on Transformers: Heavy Metal, a new augmented reality mobile game now in the works.

Transformers: Heavy Metal will allow players to battle the robots in an AR street environment, similar to Pokemon GO's raid battle system. Development is being undertaken by Seattle-based studio Very Very Spaceship, which will utilise Niantic's Lightship platform.

During an interview with Bloomberg discussing the collaboration, Niantic CEO John Hanke confirmed that the previously announced Pikmin AR and Catan: World Explorers games will release later this year. Both titles are currently in soft launch.

It was further stated that Niantic has about a dozen games in active development and it has been speaking with potential buyers about an acquisition. Namely, a conversation with Microsoft was supposedly in discussions at one point, though the latter seemed to have shown no interest in pursuing a deal (according to the Bloomberg report).

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Berkshire Hathaway’s CleanMachine Said First Midstream Equipment TrustWell Certified

Project Canary provided its first TrustWell Responsibly Sourced Gas (RSG) certification for midstream equipment to Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) Compression Services’ CleanMachine compressor package.

The CleanMachine minimizes methane intensity to 0.2% through the elimination of raw methane produced by traditional compressor packages. Any methane that cannot be removed is captured by the system. The system also employs Project Canary’s monitoring sensors that provide live data on raw methane emissions. 

The company is set to produce RSG “with full transparency on real-time performance via Project Canary’s continuous monitoring solution, as well as a third-party verification and certification process through TrustWell,” said BHE’s Peter Strezo, vice president of technology and environmental.

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