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Ex-Uber Exec To File $250M SPAC IPO Backed By Former Google CEO

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A former Uber executive is planning to launch a $250 million initial public offering (IPO) for a blank check company whose advisors include billionaire Eric Schmidt, an ex- Google CEO, IPO Edge reported. a special purpose acquisition company or SPAC , with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 2) for DPCM Capital Inc. ,

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How To Pay The Millennial Workforce

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With other payment offerings already prevalent in the market (such as those offered by PayPal , Tencent , Google , Amazon , Alibaba and Facebook ), consumers and corporations aren’t flocking to TIPS as expected, prompting the European Commission to muse over a potential regulatory measure to encourage uptake.

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Using Cloud to Solve Healthcare Pain Points

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This is the second post in a series on Google healthcare capabilities. With the healthcare industry having to quickly jump on the cloud bandwagon with telehealth recently, it is becoming apparent that a new norm is (in my millennial opinion, finally) emerging. You can learn more about our Google healthcare capabilities here.

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Why Millennials Want To Crowdfund Their Mortgage Down Payments

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When one tries to Google the phrase “millennials and mortgages,” something curious happens. Two different – and in some cases, mutually exclusive sounding – accounts of millennials and their home-buying habits, or lack thereof, emerge. Millennials are shaping the market more than anyone realized.

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Weddings, The Millennial Way? There’s A Marketplace For That

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The point is that when it comes to wedding planning — especially those put together by millennials, who are finally coming into their own as important consumers — there is always a better way to go about things. All this new revenue is going from the cities where most millennials live to the countryside,” he said. An Idea is Born.

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360i Pits Amazon Alexa Against Google Home

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Who’s smarter: Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home? In a study by New York-based digital agency 360i, researchers used proprietary new Voice Search Monitor (VSM) software to ask Alexa and Google the same set of 3,000 questions and found that Google Home was six times more likely to answer correctly. In Other News….

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Mobile Payments: Samsung To Tackle Africa And Google The App Landscape

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Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Millennials Eschew Bank Mobile Wallets. The study found that both millennials and non-millennials want to use mobile to manage finances, and cash is becoming less important to both groups.

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