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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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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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Deep Dive: Voice Assistant Technology For Mobile Order-Ahead

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Such tools are no longer at the far reaches of the universe, and today’s technologies would make the Enterprise’s crew feel right at home. Wingstop, a fast-casual buffalo wings chain with 1,031 locations worldwide, tends to be an early adopter for new technologies. Orderscape is also working on voice-activated ordering technologies.

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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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Affirm Unveils High-Yield Savings Account With Optional Auto-Deposit

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The alternate payment company said the offering is available through its app, which users can download from the Google Play Store or App Store. Affirm said that millennials and Generation Z comprise more than half of Affirm’s user base and are “especially suspicious of the fine print and hidden fees linked with traditional banking services.”

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