CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

From the digitization of medical records to smart patient care platforms, technology is disrupting the healthcare industry. One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. Get the 47-page google in healthcare report. See how Google is using AI to transform the $3 trillion US healthcare system. Founded: 2008.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The app, which was released in May, is available in Apple’s App Store and on Google Play. The finding was reported by Boston Retail Partners in its 20th annual POS/Customer Engagement Benchmark Survey. And nearly three quarters — or 73 percent — of consumers want self-service technology, such as self-checkout. Roche Bros.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Long before innovators began talking about the power of ecosystems to transform commerce, scientists spent centuries studying them under microscopes in their labs. Decomposer for innovator large or small, established or emerging. Some spend much more in cities like Boston, New York and San Francisco. Consumer for the end user.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2017

Plain cake, glazed, chocolate dipped, Boston creme, powdered sugar and jelly was the standard line – with perhaps the occasional cruller or blueberry cake thrown in for exoticism. Customers, after downloading the new app, log in via Facebook, Google or email and register a card or to use Apple Pay.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

This issue has come into the spotlight before, even as recently as last year when Google came under fire after reports that they were using millions of people’s data to build a new search network. They denied it, saying all they had access to was patient information in order to organize things, nothing else.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

The company’s technology was in place at 700 of the company’s stores in the quarter that was most recent. Just look to Google. It recently introduced the ability to order food for pickup or delivery via services like DoorDash, Postmates and ChowNow through Google Maps. Mobile-Order Ahead.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

Companies across the globe are innovating their mPOS solutions for faster, more secure services. The company recently launched a new reader that’s compatible with mobile wallets, such as Google Pay and Apple Pay. Around the Mobile Point-of-Sale World. Tech giant Apple is also upping its payments game.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Chris Carder , co-director of Entrepreneurial Studies at Schulich School of Business, outlines the story of how innovation can become teamwork. He was an essential part of a program that taught Main Street businesses about technology platforms and how to onboard them quickly and efficiently.

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Maine Retail Google Community 142

PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2016

But it seems as if the Department of Defense doesn’t share the Department of Justice’s antipathy for the tech innovators of today, and a press release also issued on Wednesday confirms the fact. It’s worth noting that Schmidt won’t be consulting the DOD as a representative from Google. ” The kicker?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

With a big focus on technology in Silicon Valley and Boston, New York City slowly made its way to becoming a powerhouse tech player. With New York City having tech company offices including the likes of Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon, the city has a lot to offer in terms of tech job opportunity and growth.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Before there was Alexa , Bixby , Siri and Google Assistant , there was Emma Nutt. She stayed with Bell and the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company for more than 30 years until her retirement. Google’s recent announcement makes it clear that it isn’t about to let Alexa hog the road. population had a phone in their homes.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The more technologically or health-minded among us might even note things like tablet-based POS systems or an HVAC system with disinfecting UV light built in to attack COVID-19. The company started off in voice technology, particularly in the context of making food ordering via voice assistants like Alexa or Google Assistant.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2017

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 . The Run Hub. We started in the U.S.

Retail 100

Retail Boston Community Branding 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Google couldn’t make smart glasses work, and Snapchat’s Spectacles haven’t exactly done a booming business either, but Amazon is optimistic that it has the missing piece to push this futuristic technology to success, and her name is Alexa. Rose-Colored Glasses. Kohl’s Partnership. Setting Trends.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

That most of our elected officials don’t have any clue how Facebook, much less the platform business models that have powered so much innovation across industry segments for thousands of years, work. It’s why I said then that Google Search and Amazon and platforms like them — not Facebook — are among the new power brokers in our world.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

Well, it is “an innovative new payment platform created to transform the payments industry by drastically altering the economics through Internet-based technology, generating significant consumer benefits.” Maybe it is the umpteenth attempt by Google to insert itself into payments. We profile innovators on PYMNTS.com every day.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2017

Filling that hole — and making it easy for customers to get their drinks delivered right to their doors — is an area that caught the eye of many an innovator. Boston-based Drizly , which raised more than $35 million, has a foothold in 70 cities and a stated ambition to be the “Amazon of Alcohol.”

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New York Operations Retail Boston 100

CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

It comes as no surprise, then, that big tech players like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) are investing heavily in data security — especially as several have fallen victim to data breaches themselves. is a Boston-based startup that verifies government-issued IDs for third-party businesses. Table of contents.

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Google Apple Security Data 76

Javelin Strategy & Research

JUNE 21, 2014

I had the pleasure of speaking at NextBankUSA in Boston the other week on the Future of Payments, as I see them. I think that the deliverance of FNC will come not from Apple, or Google, or Isis, or Facebook, or Square. Dynamic Payments Mobile Amazon Apple EMV FaceBook Google ISIS NFC Square' What can I say? I crack myself up.

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Google Apple Retail Boston 70

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. If Google has its way, passwords will be a thing of the past – and hip, hip, hooray for that. Google is said to begin testing an alternative to logging in with passwords in favor of one that mixes a bunch of things to authenticate the consumer. And will people want and use it?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Yet, according to Fung Global Retail & Technology, 6,985 stores closed in 2017 , up 229 percent from 2016, and well above the number of stores which closed in the year that started physical retail’s death spiral: 2008. The average temperature in Boston in February is 37 degrees Fahrenheit, but on Saturday it was 52 degrees.

Big Data 135

Big Data Data Retail Marketing 135

PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

regulators have levied $126 million in fines for data violations since mid-2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for international cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI) governance and U.K. France issued the largest single violation against one firm, fining Google €50 million. Google CEO Calls For AI Governance.

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Google Regulation Data Boston 130

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The world of B2B payments saw its latest significant acquisition play this week with Boston-based private equity firm Great Hill announcing its intention to acquire VersaPay, a company that provides cloud-based invoice-to-cash solutions. The burgeoning world of smart homes and technology is heading for a similarly collaborative moment.

Payments 131

Payments Google Apple Boston 131

William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Race Data brought bank client on stage who is thrilled with the product, he also states that the technology gives context to bank call center employees as well. ^KT. Katerina Frolovicheva (MD, Technologies Innovations). This is a leading bank in Russia, with a track record of fintech innovation. Robert Armiak (CEO).

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CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

They’re also bullish on how Element AI’s cooperative platform and “non-predatory” approach to AI talent (in which academic researchers are paid like private employees) will accelerate AI innovation. Frankel also sees the startup’s location in Boston as giving them an “unfair advantage” in talent acquisition. ” –Greylock Partners.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Retailers are leveraging technology, such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality, to enhance operational visibility and personalize their customer service, a new necessity in fast-changing and demanding consumer market. However, this isn’t the whole story. The new big-box store. Ikea as a model.

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

They are a diverse group of players, ranging from automotive industry stalwarts to leading technology brands and telecommunications companies. This list is not intended to be exhaustive of corporations working on autonomous vehicle technology. Top initiatives: Filed patent in 2016 for autonomous lane-switching technology.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

While the technology exists to build a digital city “from the internet up” (Google’s parent company Alphabet is doing it in downtown Toronto ), not every city can get the Google treatment. She said her commute from 13 miles outside Boston can take well over an hour some days. The time and costs are simply too great.

Data 121

Data Mobile System Resources 121

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The media has declared chatbots the digital version of the little black dress: a technology staple that every brand must now have and every payment type must now commerce-enable. For instance, Google Play doesn’t operate in China, and Apple has had relatively few users until recently. We take our weather very seriously in Boston.

Payments 100

Payments Mobile Apple Google 100

CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Select Investors: Camelot Venture Group, Align Technology, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Spark Capital, Clayton Dubilier & Rice. Plaid Technologies. Valuation: $3.2B. Total Funding: $1.3B. Valuation: $3B.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Again another financial wellness platform using machine learning technology. How they describe their product/innovation: Project Finance is a personal finance application that shows users the future of their finances based on all the choices and decisions they’re making today. HQ: Boston, MA. Pretty good dashboard.

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Security Samsung Strategy San Jose 40

CB Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The companies were selected from a pool of 2,000+ startups based on several criteria, including investor profile, tech innovation, team strength, patent activity, mosaic score, funding history, valuation, and business model. Boston-based Cybereason is close to reaching Unicorn status. conference in San Francisco. Enterprise.

Industry 78

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

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. Technology.

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Technology companies have infiltrated the home. We deep dive into the trends disrupting the housing industry, as well as the startups and technologies making these changes possible. However, new technologies could help bring the construction industry into the modern era. Offsite, modular, & prefabricated.

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Seattle Capital Industry New York 56

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

We recognize the value of technology hubs like Northern California, the Boston area, and New York. And we are reminded of the importance of fintech innovations from entrepreneurs from the rest of America (17 states total), as well as places as Canada (five companies), Europe (13 companies), and Israel (two companies).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Technology — not traditional payments companies — will be who leads the way. Looking at the data, how players in payments and commerce more broadly are using technology and the shopping habits of consumers all make that fact indisputable. Google lets consumers buy from its search pages and via its YouTube videos. Not anymore.

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. Galloway’s narrative asserts that “the four” — Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google — should be broken up. Their twins. Our really, really bad weather.

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Google Apple Retail Millennials 148