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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I’ll leave the political and public policy discourse to others. Now, there are lots of reasons to complain about Facebook’s lax governance – and critics, including regulators and lawmakers, are pushing to make it harder for Facebook to collect data from the consumers on its platform. But wait a second.

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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. Law” or “CSI” or reading The Boston Globe or The Wall Street Journal all more or less liked the same things. trillion searches a year.

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MARCH 27, 2019

into cybersecurity startups globally — especially as tech companies have been largely at the center of privacy regulation issues. Additional director level staff members are also being hired to specifically address privacy policy legislation, protection, and other concerns. Collectively, FAMGA has poured nearly $2.5B Confirm.io

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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 B2B Receivables Revolution . Great Hill will be buying VersaPay — and paying a fair premium.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Source: Beyond Antitrust: The Role of Competition Policy in Promoting Inclusive Growth Jason Furman Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers. Source: Beyond Antitrust: The Role of Competition Policy in Promoting Inclusive Growth Jason Furman Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers.

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JULY 23, 2020

A completely remote workforce seems unlikely, given the intangible benefits of social connection, collaboration, and innovation that in-person working provides. Wellness checks are not fail-proof, especially considering the FDA’s loosening of regulations around thermal camera systems. Company name. Phone number.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

This is the year that everyone takes a critical look at the innovations they’ve pursued over the last decade to decide what’s worth taking forward into the decade of the ‘20s and what’s best left behind in the decade whose door will close 358 days from today. Roughly 55,000 vehicles use it to get in and out of Boston every day.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Title: Boston startup Besomebody, once featured on ‘Shark Tank,’ shuts down app. Product: Besomebody.

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