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PC Market Notches First Year Of Growth In Years

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As Microsoft concludes its support for Windows 7 and companies need to upgrade their legacy devices, the PC market has reportedly had its first year of growth since 2011. Both firms have widely agreed on the direction of the PC market , but they differ a bit in their count of devices. percent to 266.7 and Lenovo Group Ltd.

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Mambu’s Valuation Hits $2 Billion After TCV-Led Investment Round 

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The Berlin-based firm said it plans to use the money to speed up its expansion and “deepen its footprint” in the 50 countries where it currently operates, with a special focus on the United States, Japan and Brazil. Nearly a decade later, this is more true now than ever, particularly given developments over the past year.”.

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Risk-Aware Marketing to Personalize Telco Customer Engagement

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Risk-Aware Marketing to Personalize Telco Customer Engagement. Here's how technology from the banking space can help telcos compete with aggressively competitive sales and retention tactics. Innovators are shoring up their market share by opting for cloud-hosted platform technology more typically favoured by banks.

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Airbnb Considering A Move Into Long-Term Rental Market

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Airbnb is considering a move into the long-term rental business, with Bloomberg Technology reporting that the company has asked McKinsey & Co. to research the market. has reportedly performed a competitive analysis of Craigslist, which currently dominates the rental market in many cities. McKinsey & Co.

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Chatbots Bringing On Business Operations Revolution?

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Now while Facebook initially launched its Messenger chat service in 2011, it wasn’t a major hit right away and the social media giant continued to refine its offering. Like all new technologies, chatbots are facing challenges. Like all new technologies, chatbots are facing challenges. Cambridge, Mass.–based

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Yotpo Joins UPS eCommerce Tech Program For SMBs

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Yotpo, the New York-based eCommerce marketing platform, has been selected as a partner by the UPS Customer Technology Program ( CTP ) that promises to provide small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with access to customer reviews, visual marketing, loyalty and referrals, the company announced.

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Yandex May Buy Out Joint Venture With Uber

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Russian-based Yandex may drop plans for having an initial public offering (IPO) of stock for its ride-hailing business, which it owns with Uber Technologies, Inc. Such a move would come in the middle of the economic tsunami that has rocked the ridesharing market — with Uber and Lyft shares down, making an IPO less attractive.

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