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Editor's Note: This post was originally published in August 2015 and has been updated with the most recent information. If people just aren’t your thing, check out the Henna Na hotel in southwestern Japan. Instead of your normal—and let’s face it, mercurial—hotel staff, you’ll get 140 robots catering to your every whim. Now, the two concerns weighing equally on your mind are probabl...
Real estate tech startup Amitree is making life easier for real estate agents, which it hopes will make life even easier for the homebuyers they work with. The company has raised $7 million to grow its Folio assistant for real estate agents. It’s been a long, strange trip for Amitree. The company originally launched with a consumer-facing tool to help usher homebuyers through the closing process...
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Seeking to provide residents with a state-of-the-art living experience that exceeds expectations, Excelsior Park, a community owned and operated by Burns Management and located in Saratoga Springs, NY, has partnered with Epproach Communications, a leading provider of high-tech amenities in the apartment industry, to install a site-wide multifamily smart home solution. M...
The National Association of Realtors has released its long awaited Commercial Real Estate ALERT which analyzes the latest trends in CRE. We’re breaking down some of their top findings with 4 compelling statistics: 1. 84% Of CRE executives see technology as the answer to industry complexity This was the finding of a global survey conducted by KMPG. The day of “mom and pops” managing regionall...
One of retailers' top priorities is to figure out how to gain an edge over Amazon. To do this, many retailers are attempting to differentiate themselves by creating highly curated experiences that combine the personal feel of in-store shopping with the convenience of online portals. These personalized online experiences are powered by artificial intelligence (AI). This is the technology that ...
WeWork has raised $4.4 billion in funding from SoftBank Group and SoftBank Vision Fund, the office sharing startup announced Thursday. SoftBank is investing $3 billion in WeWork itself, and putting another $1.4 billion into three new WeWork subsidiaries — WeWork China, WeWork Japan, and WeWork Pacific. As part of the investments, SoftBank will is naming two directors to WeWork's board: ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa approved a deal Thursday to give Apple $208 million in state and local tax breaks to build two data storage centers near Des Moines and the promise to create 50 jobs. The deal approved by the Iowa Economic Development Authority includes a refund of $19.6 million in state sale taxes for Apple Inc. and a $188 million break on property taxes from Waukee, a booming subur...
NEW YORK (AP) — In the name of convenience, Amazon and Walmart are pushing people to shop by just talking to a digital assistant. Shopping by voice means giving orders to the Alexa assistant on Amazon's Echo speaker and other devices, even if your hands are tied up with dinner or dirty diapers. And next month, Walmart will start offering voice shopping, too, with the Google Assistant on the...
Walmart and Google are forming a partnership that will see Walmart’s products sold through Google Express’ website and app, as well as Google Home, starting in September, Business Insider reports. Google Express has eliminated its $95-a-year membership fee that includes free two-day shipping, and will instead allow retailers to select a minimum purchase value threshold for the perk. Walmart wi...
Business Workspace: Advantages & Disadvantages Of Co-working Spaces August 23, 2017 10:00 AM Filed Under: Co-Working Space, Human Resources, Small Business Growth, Small Business Pulse Shared Workspace (Photo Credit: Thinkstock) As the workplace changes and transforms, co-working has become a very popular option whether you are a contractor, consultant or small company. The definition of c...