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CRETech July 30, 2018
Expedia Group Inc.’s 2015 purchase of HomeAway, meant to help it compete with online home-rental upstart Airbnb Inc., is finally starting to pay off. After years of...
CRETech July 30, 2018

Martin Ford says office workers shouldn't assume their jobs are safe.

It may take some major technological breakthroughs before robots are able to think creatively or handle complex human interactions.
CRETech July 30, 2018

WeWork competitor Knotel announced Monday its acquisition of commercial real estate search engine

CRETech July 30, 2018
CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) reported second-quarter results on July 24. The provider of commercial real estate information services and online marketplaces delivered strong revenue and profit growth, prompting it to boost its financial forecast for the second time this year. What happened with CoStar Group this quarter? CoStar ...
CRETech July 30, 2018
Last week, WeWork announced the launch of its real estate advisory business, which will represent companies and help them find office space outside of the co-working company’s locations. The Real ...
CRETech July 27, 2018

Commercial property owners and managers can now detect potential damage faster and more accurately than manual inspections or first-generation drone solutions with new Kespry radiometric thermal inspection capabilities

MENLO PARK, Calif. – Kespry, the leading drone-based aerial intelligence solution provider, today announced new hig...
CRETech July 27, 2018
Google demonstrated an impressive new AI-enabled automated voice system that speaks and understands natural language much like the now famous Duplex digital assistant. Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Google's chief AI scientist, stressed that the intention of the technology is not to replace human customer-service reps. But the obvious question following the demonstration was what happens when the system ev...
CRETech July 27, 2018
Amid a steady drumbeat of attacks from President Trump that probably don’t make Amazon feel particularly loyal to the leader of the United States, new statistics have emerged that paint Toronto as an attractive candidate for the company’s second headquarters.
CRETech July 27, 2018

The CEO of Nextdoor, the social network for local neighborhoods, plans to step down from his role after almost eight years.

Nirav Tolia, one of Nextdoor’s founders, emailed employees today that he is beginning a search for his own replacement, and will move into an “active” chairman role on the company’s board once the new hire is made.

CRETech July 27, 2018
Office provider Knotel has inked a lease for its largest Soho location to date after agreeing to take 49,000 square feet at 530-536 Broadway. Knotel signed on to take the entire second and third floors and part of the fourth floor at the trio of interconnected 11-story office buildings at the northeast corner of Spring Street, the company confirmed to Commercial Observer. Askin...