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CRETECH January 02, 2018
Airbnb beats big property landlord's lawsuit in California Posted 1 hour ago by Megan Rose Dickey (@meganrosedickey) 0 SHARES Next Story Apple buys app development service Buddybuild A California judge has dismissed Apartment Investment & Management Company’s lawsuit against Airbnb. Last February, Aimco, which owns or manages about 50,000 properties, sued Airbnb, saying that the com...
CRETECH January 02, 2018
It takes moxie to go public with a huge prediction regarding what’s going to happen in tech, particularly if the prophesy would seismically alter the landscape of commerce. While plenty of people are divining that artificial intelligence will grow like crazy this year, and that the voice user interface will become a primary way for people to interact digitally, how about somebody think of someth...
CRETECH January 02, 2018
The Internet giant will acquire Target Corp., Loup Venture co-founder Gene Munster wrote in a report highlighting eight predictions for the technology industry in 2018. (Bloomberg)—Amazon.com Inc.’s shakeup of the retail landscape may not be over, according to one well-known technology analyst. The Internet giant will acquire Target Corp., Loup Venture co-founder Gene Munster wrote in a report...
CRETECH January 02, 2018
Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Vision Fund committed almost $5 billion to real estate startups WeWork and Compass in 2017 — and that’s just a drop in the bucket. With $93 billion in capital raised, Son has been showering startups with cash, whether they want it or not. A new Bloomberg profile takes readers behind the scenes of the Japanese mogul’s delmaking spree. Here are five key takeaways: He...
CRETECH January 02, 2018
Over the past few months, blockchain has taken over the headlines. Industry specialists, serial entrepreneurs and influential technologists have not stopped buzzing over the long term implications of cryptocurrencies and decentralized systems. Though many predict an imminent bubble, there are many tangible, actionable use cases for blockchain that will significantly affect the greater startup ecos...
CRETECH January 02, 2018
Ein dezentrales Datenverbundnetz, das die KI-Welt verändern wird SHANGHAI, 2. Januar 2018 /PRNewswire/-- Gute Nachrichten für alle Interessenten und Käufer von Kryptowährungen: Auf diesem sensationellen globalen Feld gibt es ein neues Netz mit dem Namen „Bottos" – ein dezentrales KI-basiertes Datenverbundnetz, das auf Blockchain-Technologie aufbaut. Weiterhin lädt die bahnbrechende ...
CRETECH January 02, 2018
In a sign that computers will be able to perform image analysis as fluently as text analysis, a group of Stanford-based researchers were able to make accurate predictions about neighborhood voting patterns based on millions of pictures collected from Google Street View, reports The New York Times. While other academic projects have used artificial intelligence to mine Google Street View for socioc...
CRETECH January 01, 2018
A commercial real estate development in Dubai became the first of its kind to accept the digital currency Bitcoin.   Aston Plaza and Residences, developed by The Knox Group, is a 2.4M SF property consisting of two residential towers and a shopping mall. The project is expected to be completed in 2019, but Bitcoin is well on its way to making inroads in the commercial real estate mainstream. Knox...
CRETECH January 01, 2018
On the evening of Dec. 19, roughly 30 of Douglas Elliman’s top executives gathered at Bouley Test Kitchen in the Flatiron District for the residential firm’s annual managers’ party. All the firm’s key players were on hand: Chairman Howard Lorber, CEO Dottie Herman, plus newly minted President Scott Durkin and Susan De França, the firm’s hard-charging development chief and rumored succes...
CRETECH December 31, 2017
Should I invest in Bitcoin? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Auren Hoffman, SafeGraph CEO, on Quora: There are two questions one should think through. 1. Will Bitcoin become a long-term trusted store of value? Whether one should invest in bitcoin or not depends on whether you think...