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NEW YORK — Our parent company's Inman Connect NY 2018 (ICNY) conference concluded on Friday with Capital Connect, a panel discussion dedicated to the massive influx of private investment into real estate tech. The discussion, which took place in a conference room at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square, featured prominent venture capitalists, lenders and marketers, who weighed in on h...
The city and developer RAL Development Services today plan to kick off the public-review process for a proposed 20-story technology hub and office building in Union Square. The project, which is expected to be officially set in motion by the City Planning Commission this afternoon, will be one of the first controversial rezonings to make its way through the City Council under Speaker Corey Johnson...
Voicelabs, a company that has been experimenting in the voice computing market for some time with initiatives in advertising and analytics, is now pivoting its business again – this time, to voice-enabled commerce. The company is today launching its latest product out of stealth: Alpine.AI, a solution that builds voice shopping apps for retailers by importing their catalog, then layering AI tech...
The municipal mega-beauty-pageant over which city Amazon selects for its second headquarters this year is heating up. According to insiders, Atlanta, ranked among the top three contenders, brings even more to the competition than most realize. The discussion is moving beyond Atlanta's unstoppable talent and untamable traffic into dimensions that make Atlanta not just another good location,...
Oh, the pitches that come along with the pitches. They are many and to be honest, lately, some of them are so very good. A few that have caught my attention and the few that have stood out are the ones that are facing the consumer. And when I say facing the consumer I mean directly facing them. Where do these companies live? They live where the rest of the entire world lives. On that screen. that ...
The Amazon Go store that finally opened for business on Monday may not be coming to your neighborhood anytime soon, but elements of that bricks-and-mortar shop and the experience of shopping there certainly are. Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN, +1.75% latest venture, which is located in Seattle and is a year late, does away with traditional queues and cash registers. “This is not a checkout solution. I...
The hangar at Hercules Campus West, known as the Spruce Goose hangar (Credit: David Alf, Wikimedia Commons) Google will move into the repurposed “Spruce Goose” aircraft hanger in Playa Vista in the fall, more than a year and a half after signing a lease for the cavernous, 319,000-square-foot building. The hangar is owned by Japanese conglomerate ASO Group, which is building out a three-story o...
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is picking up steam in warehouse aisles and factory floors around the world. As advancing technology brings the manufacturing industry closer to the vision of a ‘smart factory,’ the future of U.S. manufacturing depends on how well industry leaders play the new cards in the deck: robotics, data, automation and 3D printing—without overlooking the value of human...
Tom Goodwin Contributor Tom Goodwin is EVP, head of innovation at Zenith Media. More posts by this contributor: In the new age of ubiquitous connectivity the message is the medium 5G promises to transform the world again The world’s largest taxi firm, Uber, is buying cars. The world’s most popular media company, Facebook, now commissions content. The world’s most valuable retailer is now A...
It sounds like an Onion story: A long dead 1990 brand will lead the retail zombie apocalypse to your mobile device. Such a ridiculous concept that it's funny. Except, the joke's on all of us, because that's exactly what's happening, and the concept might just work. Circuit City is rearing its head after years of bad sales and the Great Recession put the company into the ground ...