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Tech Center: Seattle Brings Heat to The Tech Arena

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Seattle, Washington is known for a great many things including its rainy weather and many pop culture phenomenas. From Grey’s Anatomy to Frasier, Sleepless in Seattle and the band that started the grunge movement in the early 90’s, Nirvana, the city has seen its fair share of recognition and consequentially tourism attraction over the years.

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Cashierless Stores Take Seattle Grocery Cues To Asia

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Thousands of miles from Seattle, where Amazon Go opened in January , the cashierless checkout model is taking hold in other parts of the world. habitat by honestbee , which is an extension of a regional on-demand delivery service called honestbee, is a 60,000-square-foot space that is billed as both a grocery store and a dining destination.

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WeWork Makes Its Pitch As An Innovation Enabler

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The innovation economy requires more than caffeine and collaboration for fuel. WeWork also wants to make a bigger name for itself as an enabler of innovation. Innovation Program. Coffee Meets Bagel has recently set up operations in Seattle — its first office outside San Francisco — and used WeWork space for that.

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Embracing disruption at Bank Innovation Ignite with IBM

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IBM has helped many regional and global organizations along this path with everything from migrating existing workloads to forward-looking projects such as blockchain and AI. IBM Signs On to Sponsor Bank Innovation Ignite. Explore IBM Banking and Financial Markets Solutions.

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Digital Freight Services Race Toward More Cash And Last Mile Innovation

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The latest example of the power of those digitally-enabled innovative efforts comes from online freight marketplace operator Convoy. Founded in 2015, Seattle-based Convoy is among the biggest operators of online marketplaces that match truckers with shippers needing to move cargo,” the report said. Rowe Price Associates.

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Grocers Consider Checkout Line-Free Future With Unattended Retail

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Amazon has arguably pioneered the concept with its Amazon Go stores: The first location opened in Seattle this past January. This marks the fourth Go store, and the first to open outside of Amazon’s hometown of Seattle. The first Amazon Go opened earlier this year in Seattle, and two more locations have launched since then in the city.

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HSBC’s Banking Robot Debuts In Miami

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Miami’s tech scene is experiencing positive growth and we see a lot of opportunity for disruption in the region,” Pablo Sanchez, head of retail banking and wealth management for HSBC in the U.S. Pepper has continued to be rolled out and is now available in Beverly Hills and Seattle. Its also aimed at reducing customer wait times.

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