The Technology 202: Tech that lets you stay home might be immune from coronavirus damage on Wall Street

The Technology 202: Tech that lets you stay home might be immune from coronavirus damage on Wall Street

There's one kind of technology stock that's been immune to the coronavirus fears roiling the market: Companies that allow people to stay at home.. Teladoc, a company enabling people to talk with physicians remotely, yesterday saw its shares rise more than 15 percent.. So far this month, at least 65 public company transcripts included the phrases "work from home" or "working from home," according to financial data platform Sentieo's blog .. Many tech companies have major conferences in the spring that could be disrupted, and they've already taken steps to limit employee travel to countries such as China.. As there are increasing signs that people could be spending more time at home, Wall Street is thinking about its next play.. "We tried to identify what products/services/companies would potentially benefit in a world of quarantined individuals.. But there was little public scrutiny of the company until the New York Times revealed last month that the company had developed systems to match photos of people of interest to online images culled from millions of sites.. The agency said in May 2018 it was investigating reports that a website vulnerability may have allowed mobile phone customers to be tracked.. An industry group