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  • Technology is reshaping how buildings are managed

    FINANCE & COMMERCE

    An Eden Prairie-based company has launched a new platform that’s designed to streamline building maintenance and operations, one of the latest examples of how technology is changing the way building owners manage their properties. Renexus Technologies’ new platform, known as TracFax, aims to make life easier for property managers by bringing owners, vendors, contractors and other service providers together under one virtual, cloud-based roof. Property owners can submit requests to contract…

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  • After New York City’s War With Amazon, Uber Could Be Next

    NY TIMES

    After New York City and Amazon went to war over a new campus in Queens, the city is heading into battle with another tech giant: Uber. Mayor Bill de Blasio approved a yearlong cap on Uber vehicles last summer, making New York the first major American city to rein in the booming ride-hail company. Now Mr. de Blasio wants to extend the cap, prompting Uber to sue the city last week to overturn the law. Uber has fiercely opposed the cap, arguing that it hurts New Yorkers who rely on the app, espec…

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  • Connectivity, Mobility Key CRE Technology Trends, Says Emerging Sectors Panel

    GLOBEST

    PHILADELPHIA, PA—Connectivity and mobility are among the key technological trends affecting the commercial real estate market over the past decade, according to participants in the “Emerging Sectors Affecting Commercial Development” panel at ALM’s GlobeSt.com Philadelphia Conference last week at the Crystal Tea Room. The panel was moderated by Jeffrey Tertel, executive managing director, Newmark Knight Frank. …

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  • Walmart says automation is not the enemy of U.S. workers

    CHAIN STORE AGE

    Automation will reshape the next generation of American work, but a new report from Walmart finds an effective response will create positive results. According to “America at Work: A National Mosaic and Roadmap for Tomorrow,” a new analytical report from Walmart and McKinsey & Company, automation means jobs will be done differently, but not disappear. McKinsey data indicates 60% of occupations could see at least 30% of their activities automated. Walmart suggests that six principal res…

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  • Partnership will harness technology to solve affordable housing crisis

    REAL ESTATE WEEKLY

    To help solve issues in affordable housing, startups, venture capital and public players all agree on one thing: it’s time to turn to technology. According to Leila Collins a senior associate at MetaProp, an accelerator and advisory arm with a venture capital fund, the promise of tech’s role in helping to increase access to, and quality of, affordable housing is one worth investing in.

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  • IIoT: How It Factors into Construction

    CONSTRUCTION TECH

    The IIoT (industrial IoT) is often referred to in conjunction with manufacturing and automated factories—so how might this impact the construction industry in the months ahead? With a rise in pre-fab manufacturing and the move toward off-site production methods, the construction industry stands to benefit from the rise in the IIoT, as much as any other vertical market. Here’s an inside look at what is happening in this area: The IIoT is being driven by low-cost, low-power wireless components,…

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  • Facebook’s chief AI scientist: Deep learning may need a new programming language

    VENTUREBEAT

    Deep learning may need a new programming language that’s more flexible and easier to work with than Python, Facebook AI Research director Yann LeCun said today. It’s not yet clear if such a language is necessary, but the possibility runs against very entrenched desires from researchers and engineers, he said. LeCun has worked with neural networks since the 1980s.

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  • 10 Commercial Real Estate Systems That Can Help Your Business

    FORBES

    In recent years, new and evolving technologies have impacted the way nearly every industry operates. This is especially true of real estate, where tech has revolutionized everything from property listing databases to signing contracts. The members of Forbes Real Estate Council have seen a lot of disruptive commercial real estate solutions emerge during their careers, and many of them have leveraged these new products and methods to improve their business. Below, members discuss some of the te…

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  • How to create an effective pitch deck: A data-driven analysis of what makes successful slides

    MATT RUBRIGHT

    Building an effective pitch deck is a unique topic of conversation in the startup ecosystem. It’s one of the few topics where every startup has created one before, many people have written playbooks about how to create them, yet many early stage companies I speak with are still looking for guidance. What I surmise from hearing this time and again is that pitch decks are so important to the livelihood of a startup that we’re constantly in the pursuit of more perfect information.

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  • EXCLUSIVE: CoStar CEO Andy Florance On Moody’s New CRE Network: ‘We Welcome The Competition’

    BISNOW

    The launch of a new commercial real estate data service could threaten industry leader CoStar’s dominance, but the head of the $14B D.C.-based company said he encourages the new competition. CoStar Group CEO Andy Florance, a pioneer of the commercial real estate data industry, told Bisnow he is glad to see Moody’s Analytics launching a competitive service, and he even wishes it would invest more in its platform.

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