(source: business.gov.au)
“Do you see PayPal as a tech company, or as a financial services company?” Dan Schulman still vividly remembers the first question he was asked on his first day on the job as PayPal’s CEO in 2014. Shortly after being introduced to the assembled employee...
Alphabet’s Waymo, the self-driving car company, recently completed its 100,000th trip with driverless and autonomous cars, according to a report by Bloomberg. The program is officially one year old, and it started in Chandler, Arizona. Waymo said it was going to open up the service...
Excuse the cliché to come, but whether travel is about the journey or the destination, it does pay to at least have some rough idea about where you want to go long-term. And that’s where Expedia – and, indeed, the larger travel industry – comes...
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The holiday season isn’t only about retail and payments. It’s about family and friends – and killing time with those relatives and pals. And that means this is the time of year for board games to shine. Yes, board games. On the cusp of 2020,...
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The old carving knife will appear on countless tables this Thursday (Nov. 28) – and other longstanding Thanksgiving Day traditions will also take place. People will eat too much pie, some will drink too much booze and celebrants of all ages will fall asleep watching...
To help diners purchase their favorite foods from Portillo’s Hot Dogs and Nekter Juice Bar, food ordering platform Olo is testing out in-car ordering. Consumers can order from the restaurants directly from BMV vehicles through the end of the year, according to an announcement. Jackie Berg,...
New, emerging and increasingly popular technologies go through a few tests on their way to more mainstream acceptance. Are they efficient? Are they secure? Are they fun and appealing? Can they make money? And, sometimes, do they make consumers ill? That last question is in...