Covid 19 Park

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  Foxconn Continues Closed Loop Production as China Imposes Lockdown on 600,000 People Around iPhone Plant

  Foxconn on Wednesday said that its Zhengzhou park, the largest iPhone manufacturing plant in the world "maintains closed-loop operation", as Chinese authorities imposed lockdowns on 600,000 people in the area surrounding the factory. China is the last major economy committed to a zero-Covid strategy, persisting with snap lockdowns, mass testing and...

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  Disney+ Grows to Nearly 138 Million Subscribers, Even as Profit Slips Despite Return to Parks

  Disney reported net income of $470 million (about Rs. 3,645 crore) at the end of Q2 2022, just over half of the $912 million (about Rs. 7,075 crore) profit it made in Q2 2021. Disney+ gained 7.9 million subscribers to hit 137.7 million. When adding in subscriptions to Disney's streaming services Hulu and ESPN+, the overall number tops 205 million.

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  Mumbai's Back: Here's What's Opening (Yes, Beaches!)

  Amusement and theme parks can also be operational with half their capacity. Weddings are now allowed guests up to 25 per cent of the capacity in open grounds and banquet halls, or 200 guests, whichever is lower.

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  Apple to Help Employees Get COVID-19 Vaccine Shots at Its Offices

  Apple said on Friday that it will help its employees get COVID-19 vaccine shots at its offices. Apple is one of the first large Silicon Valley companies to launch a program to help workers get vaccinated.

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  Facebook to Turn Menlo Park Headquarters Into COVID-19 Vaccination Site

  Facebook has announced that it’s converting a part of its Menlo Park headquarters into a vaccination site to help government speed up the vaccination drive in the US.

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  Google to Open US Offices as COVID-19 Vaccination Centres, Spend $150 Million on Vaccine Awareness: CEO Sundar Pichai

  Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced via a blog post that the company’s offices in the US will be used as COVID-19 vaccination centres. Google has also pledged $150 million (roughly Rs. 1,090 crores) for programmes to promote vaccine education.

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  Los Angeles Cafe Sets Up Mini Greenhouses For Safe Post Covid Dining

  Ladybyrd Cafe in Echo Park, Los Angeles had shut down in March but reopened in a new avatar with private glass cabins in the parking lot.

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  Google Travel Data Show Lockdown Fatigue in US, Australia; Other Countries Stay Home

  More people stayed home in Brazil, Japan and Singapore in April as those countries' novel coronavirus cases surged, while people in the United States and Australia returned to parks and jobs as infection rates flattened, data from Google show.

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  Chinese Startup Rokid Sees Opportunity With COVID-Fighting Smart Glasses

  In response to the COVID-19 outbreak in late 2019, Hangzhou-based startup Rokid developed a pair of glasses to help screen for symptoms. Rokid Vice President Xiang Wenjie says demand has risen for the company's T1 glasses, developed in only two weeks, after it sold roughly 1,000 pairs to governments, industrial parks and schools.

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  India Sees a Huge Drop in Visits to Public Places, Google Data Reveals

  There was a 77 percent decrease in visits to retails and recreational places, which includes restaurants, cafes, shopping centres, theme parks, museums, libraries, and movie theatres in India at the end of March. Similarly, visits to grocery markets and pharmacies also declined by 65 percent. Parks across the country witnessed a 57 percent decrease...

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  #HighRiskCovid19: Missing The Gym? Here's How To Workout At Home

  Fitness and health experts have advised gym freaks to hit the neighbourhood parks and make their home a place to work out.

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  Apple Asks Silicon Valley Employees to Work From Home as Coronavirus Spreads

  Apple on Friday asked employees at its Silicon Valley headquarters to work from home if possible as a "precaution," a spokesman confirmed to Reuters.