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  • Women Who Tech is Tackling Tech’s Diversity Problem by Showcasing and Funding Female Founders at the Women Startup Challenge at Google

    PR Newswire – Real Estate Transactions

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/– Women Who Tech, a U.S.-based nonprofit that advocates to close the funding gap for women in the technology and startup industry, today announced the 10 finalists selected for the sixth Women Startup Challenge who will pitch their startup in a "Shark Tank-style" competition to top investors and an audience of tech industry executives at Google's New York campus in Chelsea. "A meager 7 percent of investor money goes to women-led startups…

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  • And Yes, the Broker Tech Arms Race Is Now Official!

    Michael Beckerman

    Colliers Launches Real Estate Technology Accelerator With Techstars I have been talking about this on my blog and speaking about it at conferences for the better part of a year. Namely, that I think one of the biggest trends in CRE tech is going to be that the brokerage firms will all begin to compete very aggressively on who can invest the most in tech and, as a result, differentiate themselves in the marketplace. And it’s really not just about who will “invest” the most (because they all…

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  • The Rise of Roommates and Shared Housing: Trends Renters and Real Estate Companies Need to Know About

    CRETECH

    Guest Post by Ajay Yadav, CEO & Founder, Roomi Real estate is one of those industries in which things can change on a dime. From minimalist living to crown-molding to a decrease in median down payments, the industry has seen it all.There is one trend that we didn’t quite see coming (but we’re glad is here), and that’s the steady rise of roommates and shared housing.The generations before us approached real estate in a pretty straightforward way: Live with your parents, rent, buy, buy bigger,…

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  • Japan’s SmartHR raises $13.3M led by 500 Startups

    TechCrunch – All Stories

    SmartHR, a startup helping Japanese employers run HR and staffing smarter — because that’s of course its name — has raised a JPY 1.5 billion ($13.3 million) Series B round led by 500 Startups Japan. The startup is perhaps comparable to the likes of Zenefits and Gusto in the U.S. — it aims to drag Japanese HR departments into today’s digital era. “In Japan few companies think about doing their HR online, they are accustomed to doing it in spreadsheets and paperwork,” Takafumi Kurahashi, SmartHR’s…

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  • Don’t Miss these 5 Real Estate Tech Trends in 2018

    Inc.com – Headlines

    The real estate industry has changed a lot over the last decade, and new technologies are having a surprising amount of an impact on the way that real estate agents do their jobs. At the same time, comparison sites and other newcomers to the industry are giving consumers more choice when it comes to buying and selling property. All of this means that the industry as a whole is coming to terms with what maturity looks like, while iterative development and brand new technologies are changing the w…

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  • Yours.org Bitcoin-Based Social Network Raises $1.5M in Funding Round Led by Bitmain, nChain

    PR Newswire – Real Estate Transactions

    SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/– Yours.org, the app that makes it easy to earn Bitcoin for good content, has closed its $1.5 M Series A led by Bitmain and nChain to bring Bitcoin to a global audience. Since its launch in August 2017, Yours.org has seen explosive 20% weekly growth. Users earn and pay with Bitcoin micropayments for high quality content about any subject. Because of its user-friendly interface, Yours.org has enabled anyone to start earning, spending and saving Bitcoin to…

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  • Amazon’s new grocery store doesn’t have checkout lines or cashiers

    KCCI Des Moines – Local News

    Starting today, you can walk into a grocery store, grab what you want, and walk out — without ever dealing with a checkout line. USA Today reports that Amazon officially is opening its first Amazon Go grocery store, which eliminates all checkout lines, after testing the concept for a year. The location is in downtown Seattle, and it's open on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Advertisement Related Content Amazon hikes monthly Prime membership fees The final 20: Amazon narrows list of candidate…

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  • Walmart applies for 3D image patent for online grocery

    Business Insider – Retail

    Walmart recently applied for a patent for a system that allows customers to preview food items selected for their online orders through pictures, according to CB Insights. The system, which is referred to as a “Fresh Online Experience” in the patent, would use 3D scanning to show online shoppers in-store items. The system gives customers the ability to choose the exact items that will be put into their orders. After a customer places an order, a store associate uses a 3D scanner to scan items th…

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  • Amazon to open checkout-free store in Seattle

    ABC 15 KNXV TV Phoenix General News

    Amazon to open checkout-free store in Seattle CNN 6:46 AM, Jan 22, 2018 48 mins ago Share Article Amazon is about to open its long-promised convenience store with zero checkout lines. Amazon 2018 Cable News Network, Inc. Show Caption Hide Caption Previous Next Attention Seattle shoppers: Amazon is about to open its long-promised convenience store with zero checkout lines. Customers must scan the Amazon Go app upon entering the store. Sensors will then track their movements and charge shoppers&#0…

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  • Amazon’s grocery store of the future opens today: no cashiers, no registers, and no lines

    Business Insider – Retail

    Amazon is breaking into physical retail in a new way. Amazon's checkout-free grocery store opens in Seattle on Monday. The online retail giant first started testing its grocery store with employees in December 2016, when it also revealed its vision for a store without cashiers. The store, called Amazon Go, doesn't work like a typical Walmart or supermarket — instead, it's designed so that shoppers will use an app, also called Amazon Go, to automatically add the products they plan …

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