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Silicon Valley Investor Aims To Create Tech Hub In Maine

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The city can’t hope to compete in every way with heavy-hitters like Boston, Seattle, San Francisco and Silicon Valley, which captured nine out of 10 jobs between 2005 and 2017. The logic behind the institute is that innovators do their best work when they are surrounded by other innovators.

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

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Technology innovation can happen at any place at any time. As rental prices for prime real estate in large cities continues to rise, startup companies and innovation centers look to the surrounding areas. It soon found out that it needed more than just fast internet to attract the tech-savvy crowd.

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DraftKings To Merge With Other Companies, Go Public

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Online betting company DraftKings is merging with two other companies and going public, according to a report by the Boston Business Journal. Jason Robins, the co-founder and CEO of DraftKings, is going to run the new company, which will be incorporated in Nevada and keep its headquarters in Boston.

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DraftKings To Merge, IPO At A $3.3B Market Value

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Online betting company DraftKings is merging with two other companies and going public, according to a report by the Boston Business Journal. Jason Robins, the co-founder and CEO of DraftKings, is going to run the new company, which will be incorporated in Nevada and keep its headquarters in Boston.

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Fed Exploring ‘Hypothetical’ Digital Currency

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A week after details of the Federal Reserve’s instant payment initiative emerged, news came via Bloomberg that the central bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency.

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Uber Eats Updates Its App To Pay Tab While Dining In

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The dine-in payment feature will launch in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, New York City, Vermont, and Washington, D.C. The San Francisco-based company's app update comes as people rely on food delivery platforms to reduce face-to-face contact with people amid the pandemic. Instacart came in fourth.

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Car Marketplace CarGurus Has Acquired Autolist

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CarGurus, an auto marketplace based in Boston, has acquired car shopping platform startup Autolist, according to reports. Autolist is based in San Francisco, and the terms of the deal were not revealed. CarGurus is a successful company that went public in 2017, and it’s going to keep Autolist as its own brand and website.