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CRETech January 29, 2019
Wireless carrier T-Mobile, along with Intel and Ericsson, recently completed the world’s first 5G data and video call on 600 MHz on a live commercial network. The teams created a 5G signal that was capable of covering more than a thousand square miles from a single tower during the tests in Las Vegas,
CRETech January 29, 2019
The retail market successfully emerged into 2019 with a bright future ahead, but that doesn’t mean the industry as a whole isn’t looking to minimize costs moving forward. Particularly in terms of IT. “Everybody wants to innovate, but as inexpensively as possible,” said Sucharita Kodali, vice president and principal analyst at
CRETech January 29, 2019

Airbnb has acquired Gaest.com, an online marketplace for renting out meeting spaces for just hours at a time, the company announcedFriday.

Gaest was founded in Denmark in 2015 by CEO Anders Mogensen. It's used by guests to book spaces for meetings, team building events and "even photoshoots," according to the press release....

CRETech January 28, 2019
AirWorks Solutions, a property tech mapping and surveying startup, just raised $2.3 million in seed funding. Boston-based Innospark Ventures led the funding round, and the company’s managing director, Venkat Srinivasan, will join AirWorks’ board of directors, representatives for AirWorks announced on Friday.
CRETech January 28, 2019

In startup circles, it’s trendy to talk about how entrepreneurs are leaving high-tax, high cost-of-living metros for cheaper locales. While Silicon Valley remains ground central for hobnobbing with investors, the common wisdom goes, early-stage funding stretches much further elsewhere.

As memes go, it makes sense. But does the data bear this out? Is Texas turning i...
CRETech January 28, 2019

No one will be entirely safe from automation in the future, but according to a new study out of the Brookings Institute, around 25 percent of U.S. jobs are at “high risk.” It’s a stark bit of foreshadowing in a job market that has yet t...

CRETech January 28, 2019
Amazon.com Inc. will use robots to deliver packages in the suburbs north of Seattle, its latest experiment to automate the last-mile of delivery that’s a labor-intensive and costly component of buying products online. The e-commerce giant on Wednesday
CRETech January 28, 2019

One of tech's most recognizable startup accelerator programs is getting in on the rush to try a new model of company creation: the startup studio.

Techstars announced on Wednesday that it's launched Techstars Studio, a program to "co-create" companies through its network of entrepreneur alumni and corporate partners. Based out of Techstar's home base of Boulder,...
CRETech January 28, 2019
If the average U.S. apartment did the Facebook 10-year challenge, it would reveal itself to be 52 SF skinnier. Renters all over the country are choosing smaller units with bigger rents, all in the name of proximity to bars, restaurants and cafés, according to a recent study by RentCafé using data by Yardi Matrix. The average size of an apartment built in 2018 in the U.S. was 941 SF — 5...
CRETech January 28, 2019
Singapore’s Orchard Road has been synonymous with shopping for decades. But lately shoppers are swapping sales for sweat sessions in gyms that are becoming an increasingly prevalent part of the landscape. Fitness First, Virgin Active and Anytime Fitness are expanding rapidly across the island and taking up space in malls. Mega-gym PURE Fitness just took 28,000 square feet of ...