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How Collectives Aim To Make Cities Into Blockchain Centers

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A group called the Austin Blockchain Collective , for instance, is looking to establish the Texas city as a hub for blockchain innovation. Factom , whose website describes the firm as a “blockchain innovations company,” is likely the oldest such company in the region and is five years old this month, according to Harris.

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Apart-Hotels Turn Apartments Into Boutique Lodging

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Gandhi said he has always been the one to look for the coffee shop with a great atmosphere (and, of course, great coffee). Locale currently lists locations in Austin, Houston and Nashville on its website. Quality is also important: The company is looking to work with properties that are usually newer and well-located.

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Team USA Launches Omnichannel Strategy For Olympic Retail

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With a location just steps away from Olympic sponsor NBC — and, of course, the ice rink at Rockefeller Center — it’s located in a prime spot for an experiment. “We But, generally speaking, the most popular cities for Fanatics’ Olympic sales are New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston and Los Angeles.

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FinovateSpring 2016 Live Blog – Day 1

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For Banks, Know Your Customer, is a critical security responsibility. Houston Frost (SVP, Prepaid Products). We expect to see innovations in mobile, security, analytics, customer experience, and more. ^SR. Kofax has a great suite of solutions for authenticating customers. Good job. ^WM. Matt Decker (VP, Technology).

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Why Contextual Commerce Is The Next Big Thing

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I argued that making buying seamless inside of environments that consumers used regularly for other reasons would drive innovation for those environments —and for the third parties that enabled those new commerce experiences. This capability is as disruptive as it is innovative. Third on that list was “contextual commerce.”.

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