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Merchants Gone Wild: The Surcharge Edition

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Since about mid-December of 2018, checking out in the stores here in Boston has become even more of a hassle. This newfound friction is the result of the City of Boston passing a bill that bans plastic bags and gives merchants the right to charge for ones made of paper. Innovation by Any Other Name.

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Data Dive, Go Big Edition: Apple, Amazon And CloudKitchens

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From an operational and risk perspective, we’ve handled the inflows smoothly, and without comprising our credit underwriting standards.”. According to reports last week, Amazon will soon be heading to Boston to construct a $40 million state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub. Amazon’s Big Robotics Investment .

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

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Is It ‘A Bot Time’ For Payments To Jump On The Bot Bandwagon?

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Technology enthusiasts draw pictures on whiteboards showing bots as the new king of the stack, out-stacking the last great stack — apps, which sit on top of the next-to-last great stack — mobile operating systems, which sit on top of the next-to-next-to-last great stack — the web. WeChat was launched in 2011 by Chinese internet giant Tencent.

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Power Trip: New Technologies From Tesla, Mercedes, Ikea, And Others Could Hold The Key To Widespread Solar Adoption

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Where’s the innovation & money in renewables? Now, several innovative new methods for storing solar energy are gaining traction, from lithium-ion batteries to substances that have high heat-holding capacities, like molten salt. The Powerpack is meant to last ten years while operating daily. Tesla’s Powerpack.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

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Australian music streaming company Guvera has reportedly stopped operating, with its co-founder and biggest financial backer walking away from the project. and a dearth of people with technical, operational experience running energy facilities. The lack of people with real operational experience “hurt KiOR a lot,” says O’Connor.

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2019: What To Take Forward And What To Leave Behind

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This is the year that everyone takes a critical look at the innovations they’ve pursued over the last decade to decide what’s worth taking forward into the decade of the ‘20s and what’s best left behind in the decade whose door will close 358 days from today. Roughly 55,000 vehicles use it to get in and out of Boston every day.

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