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Facebook And Google Payments Efforts Top Week’s News

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This edition includes news about Facebook’s new payments push, Amazon’s new robotics plan and why Google is working more closely with financial institutions. Google Dives Into DDAs. The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. Amazon To Build $40M Robotics Innovation Hub Near Boston.

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Early Days: AI Shows Promise And Limitations For Retailers

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Give said scientist(s) a budget to lease a Tensor Flo server with Google and start parsing transaction data. Start creating more customer data to feed the algorithm and then you too can join the artificial intelligence (AI) retail revolution. But the present and future of AI in retail is much richer. Not so fast.

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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? As Voice-Assisted Retail Gets Emotional, Privacy Issues Loom. T-Mobile Data Breach Puts Personal Data Of 1M+ Customers At Risk.

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Amazon Tracker: Cities Clamor To Become Amazon’s Home Away From Home

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On Thursday, an Amazon spokesperson told Forbes the company does not engage in surge pricing, nor does it allow product prices to fluctuate based on region or delivery location. So far, however, the candidates (including Toronto, Boston, Washington, Atlanta, Dallas and Denver) seem to suffer from the same shortcomings.

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Data Dive, Fall Chill Edition: Fraudsters, Sears And India’s Data Privacy Laws

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fans traveling to Boston for the start of the World Series will want to pack — and possibly purchase for the first time — sweaters, as this week will be an excellent opportunity to enjoy New England’s crisp fall weather. In fact, they have favored brands, with iTunes and Google Play cards popular favorites. locations at its peak.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

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He received his MBA in 1993 from UT Austin before joining Credit Suisse First Boston as an Equity Research Analyst, where he focused on computer hardware and software. After 4 years with the company, Brian joined Google as a Software Engineer and inevitably rose to become an Engineering Manager. BILL GURLEY. JEFF JORDAN.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

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Unity Software, a software platform aimed at video-game developers, pursued a bidding-based approach to its IPO in September 2020, similar to the process used by Google when the search giant went public in 2004. He also helped Google in an advisory capacity when Microsoft was considering bidding on Yahoo.