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  • The Who’s Who of Built World Tech On Stage At CREtech Austin

    CRETECH

    Do not miss your chance to hear from the most innovative visionaries at CREtech Austin on April 22-23, 2020. Join us as we explore the next frontier in built world tech while you network with the most innovative leaders in real estate and tech. CREtech’s conferences are proven to deliver outstanding ROI for technology companies, VC’s, landlords/developers, asset managers, brokers and professionals servicing the commercial real estate industry.  Super Early Bird rate expires next week, register t…

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  • What Short-Term Rental Lessons Can be Learned From US Cities?

    GLOBEST

    There is a conundrum between fueling the $87 billion STR market and supporting innovation. The last decade might well be defined as the sharing economy decade. And, leading the pack are short-term rentals. Houston-based Dunyha founder Tanvir Aman recently shared insights on new approaches for short-term rentals and co-living.

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  • The United States Of Venture Capital: The Most Active VC In Each State

    CBINSIGHTS

    Our map shows the top VC investing in tech companies in each state, from Andreessen Horowitz in California to Lerer Hippeau in New York. Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment in the US, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country. Using CB Insights data, we analyzed the most active venture capital firm investing in tech startups in every US state. Our analysis excludes debt de…

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  • Venture-backed Lightbox acquires broker software startup ClientLook

    THEREALDEAL

    A Silver Lake Partners-backed real estate data company that is sizing itself up against Moody’s Analytics has purchased a commercial broker software platform. The firm, Lightbox, is attempting to build out a real estate data and information service akin to the Bloomberg Terminal. And it has been on an acquisitions tear over the last year – in 2019, Lightbox acquired four firms, including EDR and ExactBid, at a cost of $200 million.

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  • Why The Most Favorable Markets for Tech Expansion Aren’t Where You Might Think

    ZILLOW

    Markets smack in the middle of the so-called “Silicon Prairie” – including Kansas City and Oklahoma City – top the list of those that may appeal to growing tech companies, followed by markets in the Midwest and the South that have the ability to draw talent and the tech companies looking to hire them. Eroding affordability and relatively lackluster quality of life put the nation’s more-stereotypical tech hubs – the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle and/or New York – at or near the bottom of the ra…

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  • SoftBank eyes investment in Indonesia’s new smart capital city

    SMARTCITIESWORLD

    Masayoshi Son, founder of Japanese telecom and investment conglomerate SoftBank, has signalled his company’s interest in backing a new technology-infused capital city for Indonesia. Indonesia’s government plans to move the capital city from Jakarta due to overcrowding with over 10 million people, pollution and the fact that it is sinking. The new capital city will be located in a now-forested area of Borneo and the shift is due to be complete by the end of 2024.  

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  • The Humble Office ID Badge Is About to Be Unrecognizable

    WSJ

    For many employees, the workday starts by swiping a plastic ID card to enter the office. But employers can’t always be sure who’s holding the card. That humble ID badge is starting to be replaced by biometric identification systems, microchip implants and tools that monitor workers’ gaits or typing habits—technologies that might not only make workplaces more secure and easier to navigate but also generate personalized health and productivity data….

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  • SoftBank-Backed Startups Rappi & Oyo Hotels Facing Major Layoffs

    CRUNCHBASE

    The bad news just keeps coming for SoftBank. In the past 24 hours alone, two more SoftBank-funded startups are in the news for either confirmed or rumored layoffs: Colombian on-demand delivery unicorn Rappi this week laid off hundreds of employees, according to Axios. And Bloomberg published this morning that discount lodging provider Oyo Hotels reportedly “is firing thousands of staff across China and India.” Rappi told Brazil Journal that it would be letting go of about 6 percent of its workfo…

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  • CREtech Austin TX: Super EarlyBird Passes Expire Soon!

    CRETECH

    Attend CREtech Austin on April 22-23, 2020 to explore the next frontier in Built World Tech while you network and learn from the brightest minds in the business. CREtech’s conferences are proven to deliver outstanding ROI for technology companies, VC’s, landlords/developers, asset managers, brokers and professionals servicing the commercial real estate industry. CREtech is thrilled to announce the agenda and hotel booking information is now live, explore our sessions and stay tuned for speaker a…

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  • Los Angeles Rethinks Taxis as Uber and Lyft Dominate the Streets

    NYTIMES

    The cars flow into Los Angeles International Airport in an endless stream, and in this loosely organized chaos, for-hire vehicles self-segregate at a new pickup terminal, called LAX-it. On one side, fast-moving lanes of app-hailed cars jockey to pick up their passengers. On the other, cabs inch along the curb, waiting for a fare. “I’ve never taken a taxi,” Heather Brandon, 36, of Arizona, said moments before she was whisked away. In an Uber on a recent Sunday morning to catch a Carnival cruise. …

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