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Social distancing and “stay at home” orders have meant tough times for many community management platforms. However, the New York based startup HOM (pronounced ‘home’) has managed not just to survive during the COVID era, but to thrive.
Aircall, which makes cloud-based software that can help businesses create virtual call centers, said it raised $65 million in its latest funding round as a surge in remote working makes its products more popular. The startup, whose product can be used to add analysis, routing, contact sharing and customer management functions to voice calls, will use the funds to add about 150 employees and expand...
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The rise of remote working could empower renters in places like New York City and San Francisco to finally buy homes—just not necessarily in those cities. That could be good news for major online real-estate companies such as Zillow
General Electric Co. is getting out of the business of making lightbulbs, selling a unit that defined the company for nearly a century and was its last direct link to consumers. GE said it would sell its lighting business to Savant Systems Inc., a seller of home-automation technology. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but the transaction valued the unit at around $250 million, including assum...
When travelers return, hotels will be different places, replete with new technology used to provide a safer post-pandemic environment, hotel operators and other experts say. Some new hotel tech will be an acceleration of trends underway before the pandemic, such as contactless, touchless check-in.
The valuation of Monday.com, an Israeli startup that makes software to help employees work remotely, jumped to $2.7 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, managing a 42% increase since it last raised money ev...