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  • Airbnb CEO pledges to take more responsibility for impact to housing

    Reuters – Business News

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- Home-booking company Airbnb has sparred with regulators across the globe, but Chief Executive Brian Chesky on Thursday spoke of coming to terms with his responsibility for how the company can impact housing markets and neighborhoods. “Every year I think you have a sense you have even more responsibility than the year before,” Chesky said in an interview with Reuters. Chesky’s view represents a striking evolution for the company, which just a few years ago defended itself…

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  • Amazon may open six new Amazon Go stores this year

    Mashable

    Amazon may open six new Amazon Go stores this year Share Tweet Share What's This? Image: stephen brashear/Getty Images By Monica Chin2018-02-22 18:23:58-0500 The first Amazon Go store opened just a month ago,  but the franchise's next steps may already be in the works.  Amazon could open as many as six new Amazon Go stores this year, reports Recode, citing "people familiar with the company's plans."  SEE ALSO: What it's like to shop at Amazon Go The stores will like…

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  • Airbnb Plus: New luxury service offers standardized, hotel-like stays

    Curbed – National News

    Home-sharing giant Airbnb announced a new service, Airbnb Plus, this morning, part of a long-awaited strategy announcement, as well as confirmation that the room-sharing service seeks to promote higher-quality, more hotel-like experiences. The Plus service promotes homes that represent a higher-tier of quality, “meet a 100-plus point quality inspection” and are run by hosts “known for great reviews and attention to detail,” according to a announcement on the company’s website. Going forward, the…

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  • Virtual Reality Via Smartphone Starts to Get Real

    Connected Real Estate Magazine

    AT&T, GridRaster Team Up to Solve Mobile VR Latency Dilemma Virtual Reality is finding new uses among auto makers, healthcare providers and even astronauts, but VR graphics are often choppy or fuzzy when viewed over a smartphone. Digital overlays and high-end graphics needed to create immersive virtual environments tend to put too much strain on mobile device processors, leaving users scrambling for a wired connection to a computer. To create a platform for a more convincing AR/VR (augmented…

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  • What does the democratization of CRM mean for CRE?

    Apto Blog

    Before the days of more sophisticated technology, businesses had to manually stay up-to-date with their schedules, client information, and all other important data. And many still do. Small businesses in particular are less less likely to have more advanced technology due to cost. Instead, they often still rely on spreadsheets or handwritten notes, which only increases the likelihood of making careless mistakes, like forgetting commitments or losing important information. These days, thanks to n…

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  • Indigo Fair raises $12M to connect wholesalers with smaller retail outlets with a smarter service

    TechCrunch – All Stories

    Max Rhodes was walking around that weird little parklet in Hayes Valley in San Francisco after taking a break from a five-year stint at Square to figure out what he wanted to do next — and he kept seeing Square registers everywhere. It was spotting them over and over again in smaller retail shops dotted throughout the city that made him think about the connections between the average product maker — that kind of small group making a bespoke funny candle — and those retailers. That’s what prompte…

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  • How bright are smart buildings?

    The Real Deal – New York

    Every time a tenant enters or exits a Rudin Management-owned property, the building notices. A sensor in a turnstile near the entrance sends a signal to the property’s operating system, dubbed Nantum. The system can sense sudden shifts in occupancy and quickly adjust its heating and air-conditioning depending on the season. Rudin launched the independent tech startup Prescriptive Data — Nantum’s creator — in June 2016. The Manhattan-based company supplies Rudin’s buildings as well as properties …

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  • Must-Watch Retail Trends for 2018

    The Broker List Blog

    Must-Watch Retail Trends for 2018 Setting your retail establishment apart from the competition gets more difficult with each passing year thanks to the unstoppable popularity of e-tail. That’s why good store design is so important – not only does it create a pleasurable environment that people will keep coming back to, it also delivers an experience that can’t be matched by impersonal online shopping. This year’s hottest design trends are all about creating unique experiences and emphasizing the…

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  • ParkBee closes €5M funding to open up private car parks to public bookings

    TechCrunch – All Stories

    ParkBee, a Netherlands-founded startup that lets private car parks monetize underutilized spaces by making them bookable to the public, has picked up €5 million in new funding The round is led by German-based Statkraft Ventures, with participation from existing investors. Statkraft Ventures is backed by the Statkraft Group, which claims to be Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy. Originally launched in Amsterdam in early 2016 where it now has over 60 parking locations, ParkBee says the…

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  • Leavitt Digital Supercharges CRE Listings Throughout the World Wide Web

    CRETECH

    Leavitt Digital (LDCRE) is a free commercial real estate listing distribution platform, sending CRE listings to more than 900 news websites around the world. This syndication platform enables brokers and owners to use listings to increase their local and global reach. Its ability to spread your word is a result of its partnership with Geocentric Media — LDCRE’s listings appear in the CRE sections throughout Geocentric Media’s news websites. The platform projects that it will power 2,000 new…

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