Tech shows go digital route amid coronavirus risks

The spread of the coronavirus has resulted in a wave of conferences reconfigured as digital summits that can be attended remotely from home. On Tuesday, Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL)(GOOG) and Okta Inc. (OKTA) became the latest companies to reposition their developer conferences from in-person to virtual. “While we’re always looking for new ways to engage with our community and host many digital-first events throughout the year, this is a unique circumstance due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and we fully expect to return our normal in-person events cadence in the future,” a Google spokesperson told MarketWatch, after the Google I/O 2020 conference was canceled in favor of a “digital-first” event. Read More...