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  • ServiceNow expands into indoor mapping with Mapwize acquisition

    VentureBeat

    ServiceNow is extending its footprint into indoor mapping with the acquisition of French startup Mapwize. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ServiceNow, a workflow automation platform used by businesses such as Deloitte and American Express, said that when the Mapwize acquisition closes in the next couple of months, it will offer the technology as part of a broader service to help employees reserve seats, conference rooms, and other public spaces — as well as generally navigating around la…

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  • When Scaffolding Hands Them Lemons, Developers Make Lemon Trees

    NY Times

    Under billowing, cloudlike fabric stretching the length of a football field, fake lemon trees with purple-and-blue trunks sprout from AstroTurf. Lemon slices the size of cafe tabletops are scattered about like oversize stone pavers, and knee-high plants bear halves of the citrus fruit cast in fiberglass resin.

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  • Touchless Taco Bell could be the future of drive-thrus

    Axios

    Late-night munchies will be a little easier to satisfy for mobile customers at Taco Bell’s new touchless drive-thru restaurant coming to Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Why it matters: When you’re hungry, you want your food NOW. Flashback: Axios’ crack local reporters in Minneapolis-St. Paul already flagged plans for this prototype fast-food joint back in February, pointing out its odd resemblance to a bank branch. Details: The “Taco Bell Defy” restaurant will open in the summer of 2022….

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  • Top of the Morning

    Axios

    With everything going up and to the right, it’s only fitting that corporate venture capital investments did too during the past quarter. What’s happening: Global CVC-backed funding reached $79 billion across 2,099 deals in the first half of 2021 — more than the $74 billion invested in all of 2020, according to new CB Insights data. Between the lines: Corporate VCs can be large check writers thanks to their parent companies’ large balance sheets, making them hefty players wh…

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  • Cities Are Starting To Move On Proof Of Vaccination. Many Bars And Restaurants Aren’t Waiting

    Bisnow

    Restaurants, bars, gyms and other places where people gather are getting behind requiring proof of vaccination because they want employees and customers to stay healthy. And because they want their businesses to stay healthy.

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  • Peter Scialla, President and Chief Operating Officer of Delos Joins Distinguished Line-Up of Speakers at CREtech New York Conference this Fall

    CREtech

    New York, NY (August 17, 2021) — CREtech, the world’s leading community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector has announced that Peter Scialla, President and Chief Operating Officer of Delos, will be joining a distinguished line-up of speakers at CREtech’s flagship conference, CREtech New York, this fall. With hundreds of real estate and tech professionals already registered for the event, this year’s conference is expected to attract the most innovative …

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  • 120 EV charging stations to be installed at California apartment complexes through state partnership

    Smart Cities Dive

    Backed by state funding, a tech company is installing 120 electric vehicle chargers at apartment complexes throughout California in an effort to remove obstacles that prevent lower-income renters and residents from owning EVs.

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  • Construction tech startup Agora raises $33M in Tiger Global-led round amid 760% YoY ARR growth

    TechCrunch

    Agora, a startup that has built a materials management platform for contractors, has raised $33 million in a Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. 8VC, Tishman Speyer, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Michael Ovitz, DST, LeFrak and Kevin Hartz also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total raised since its 2018 inception to about $45 million.

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  • Airbnb Revenue Nearly Quadrupled in Second Quarter

    Wall Street Journal

    Airbnb Inc.’s second-quarter revenue nearly quadrupled, rebounding from the lows of the pandemic and exceeding pre-pandemic levels, as domestic travel lifted the home-sharing company’s fortunes.

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  • California takes a first-of-its-kind step on building decarbonization

    Smart Cities Dive

    The California Energy Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to adopt changes to the state building energy efficiency standards that in part heavily encourage the use of electric heat pumps over gas alternatives. The state updates the code every three years. If later approved by the California Building Standards Commission, the changes will apply to all newly built or renovated residential and nonresidential structures beginning Jan. 1, 2023.  …

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