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Zillow Group’s bet on instant homebuying boosted its second-quarter revenues 84 percent to $599.6 million, the company said Wednesday.
Revenue for Zillow Offers — which debuted last year — totaled $248.9 million for the quarter. Meanwhile, Zillow Mortgages revenue rose 40 percent to $26.9 million.
In a statement, co-founder and CEO Rich Barton described demand for Zillow Offers as “i...
An under-construction skyscraper in London was the battleground for a trio of well-capitalized flexible office space firms in growth-mode.
New York-based Convene, a startup that partners with commercial landlords to offer meeting spaces and amenities in office buildings, ultimately won out. The firm signed a 100,000-square-foot lease at 22 Bishopsgate in central London, the firm’s chief execu...
The AR feature in Google Maps that Google first demoed more than a year ago — a heads-up mode called Live View that provides directions from phones’ cameras in real time — will roll out in beta in the coming weeks for compatible iOS and Android devices, the company today announced. Live View was previously
For employees in increasingly tech-enabled offices, the idea of spending every working day sitting at the same desk is rapidly becoming outdated.
From workplace apps to improved video conferencing, digital tools that help teams collaborate online are facilitating a rise in flexible and remote...
Airbnb has settled a federal lawsuit it brought against the city of Miami Beach, and both sides are claiming victory.
The vacation rental tech company sued Miami Beach in late 2018, after the city commission passed new regulations. Those measures require Airbnb to display the resort tax account and business tax rec...
A Silicon Valley-based construction startup has hired a former oil-industry chief executive, a sign that its rapid growth is starting to attract prominent talent from other industries.
Katerra Inc. has brought in Paal Kibsgaard a...
DENVER — When Julia Ellis arrives at a train station in a Denver suburb to go to work, she opens her Uber app. Next to the ride-hailing options, she taps a train icon marked “Transit.”
The click buys her a ticket for Denver’s public transit system, the Regional Transportation District. Ms. Ellis said she had used Uber to g...
A year after coming out of stealth mode with $40 million, self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics will begin making its first commercial deliveries in Texas.
Kodiak will open a new facility in North Texas to support its freight operations along with incre...
The City of Boston is installing neighbourhood newsfeeds across a number of diverse communities as part of the Beta Blocks project, run by the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics.
Screens will be located in Codman Square, Chinatown, and Lower Allson, enabling community members to be more involved in how new urban technologies should be used in their neighbourhoods.
Tripalink, a Los Angeles-based real estate startup providing co-living space for students and young professionals, has raised a $10 million Series B at a $100 million valuation.
Founded by University of Southern California-Los Angeles (USC) ...