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Facebook Opens New Boston Office

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Facebook , which is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, opened a new office this week in Boston. The social media company invited some journalists along for a tour of the facilities, giving them a rare inside look at one of the world’s biggest companies and how it treats employees.

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Facebook Tracker: East, West And Everything In Between

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Facebook is getting big, and we don’t just mean popular: the social media giant has gotten bigger than its britches in more places than one, with new offices cropping up across the U.S. Chicago, Illinois. This week, Facebook announced it is increasing its office space in Chicago. Henrico County, Virginia.

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Today In Payments: Facebook Closes $5.7B Deal For Stake In Reliance Jio; GM Shutters Its Car-Sharing Platform

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billion deal on Tuesday (April 21) for a minority stake in Indian telecom startup Reliance Jio, giving the social media giant a larger foothold in the region. Maven had already began winding down the number of cities in which it operated, shutting down in major markets like Boston, Chicago and New York City.

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

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The model for the DineVite online and mobile app is actually similar to social media. As the year rolls on he expects to launch in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Boston and Miami. They decide how to extend selected discounts, when to offer them and who to offer them to.

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Matchmaking Millennials To The Experiences They Desire

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In this week’s episode of The Matchmaker Is In series, Bolus joined host Karen Webster to discuss how Boston-based VocoLife is matching these two sides together through the use of curation and dynamic rewards. Many of the restaurants in Boston or across the U.S. 9 Park, which is certainly one of the best restaurants here in Boston.

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55 US Companies That Became Unicorns In 2018

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New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Company Description: Circle Internet Financial is a Boston-based cryptocurrency company offering a crypto exchange platform, money transfers, and investment services. Circle Internet Financial. Valuation: $3B.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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Vegan fast casual: By Chloe (NYC, Boston, LA, Providence, London). The restaurant has 12 current locations, in New York, LA, Providence, Boston, and most recently London, and another 20 are planned. An enormous part of By Chloe’s success is that its dishes and restaurants are optimized for social media. table of contents.