The annual hajj that brings more than 2 million pilgrims to Saudi Arabia’s Mecca has been drastically scaled back this year due to the pandemic, but virtual software developers are hoping to let Muslims experience what it’s like to worship at the city’s holy sites from afar.
Some stores are trying to turn window shopping into real business during the coronavirus pandemic.
Garble no more: Platform looks to smooth first contacts by allowing users to record their own name and add the clip to their profile.
The mindfulness site has created a younger-skewed version of its app for Snapchat, which is hosting new ‘mini’ apps from different companies.
Finalists in a competition to improve the crowded Brooklyn Bridge experience for pedestrians and cyclists are proposing a new glass walkway, “microforests” at either end and even car bans.
Social distancing inside and outside stores and other venues is making lines longer. Some businesses are borrowing restaurants’ virtual queues in response.
