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Google Moves In Where Amazon, GE Move Out

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Amazo n and GE may be giving up on New York City and Boston respectively, but Google is taking a different approach, expanding in both cities. According to reports , Google — which already announced plans to expand its Hudson Square space late last year — is investing billions of dollars into real estate in New York.

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‘Google Checking,’ T-Mobile Data Breach Top This Week’s News

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We have a deep dive on accounts payable (AP) automation, analysis on “Google Checking” and news on the T-Mobile data breach. Does ‘Google Checking’ Foreshadow Big Tech, FinTech Payments Changes? T-Mobile Data Breach Puts Personal Data Of 1M+ Customers At Risk. Silicon Valley Braces As VCs Pump The Brakes.

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Top News In Payments: Bank Closings Hit Rural Areas; Kaspersky Highlights Rise Of Fake Notifications

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Bank Branch Closings Take Toll On Rural Communities. Rural communities with lower incomes or a higher percentage of minorities experienced the most closings, losing 1,553 bank branches in 794 counties, a decline of 14 percent. Urban areas, however, lost only 9 percent of offices in 802 communities.

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Saving Main Street: How A Business School Is Helping Toronto SMB Retailers

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Next, Carder developed a plan to unleash the students, who have digital marketing and product management skills, to the retail community along with partnerships in their belts from Google, Facebook and Shopify. A partnership was born, and the students could then help retailers get onto the Shopify program and generate precious revenue.

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Smart Watches, Run Hubs And New Balance’s Retail Reset Button

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Boston-based athletic company New Balance has a simple mission: to become the world’s best running brand. It’s a multi-pronged attack that is leveraging both gadgets and a big reboot of the in-store experience that the Boston-based firm is betting big on. The Step Into Tech: The RunIQ . We started in the U.S.

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Facebook Tracker: East, West And Everything In Between

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Google, for instance, has its Midwest headquarters in the former Fulton Market Cold Storage building. Building upon its Boston-area staff, Facebook plans to open a new office in neighboring Cambridge next year. Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Tech Center: Fishers Deepens Its Technology Innovation By Launching IoT Lab

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While some cities like Kansas City hoped to attract entrepreneurs and technology innovators with its Google Fiber installation, it wasn’t enough. This city took a different approach to bring in the tech community. What big cities lack in space and cost savings, communities like Fishers are providing in plenty.

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