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Samsung Buys VR Startup VRB For $5.5 Million

Samsung Buys VR Startup VRB For $5.5 Million
Samsung Buys VR Startup VRB For $5.5 Million
June 19, 2017  |  Partnerships

Samsung Electronics has made more inroads into the virtual reality (VR) market by making an acquisition of VRB, a New York–based startup that develops VR content. Get...

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Airbnb Enhances KYC Thru Acquisition
Airbnb Enhances KYC Thru Acquisition
June 19, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

Airbnb, the home sharing platform, is acquiring Trooly, a background check startup as it aims to prevent guests and hosts from running into bad situations...

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Ridesharing Co. Taxify Aiming To Take On Uber By Giving Drivers A Bigger Cut Of Fares
Ridesharing Co. Taxify Aiming To Take On Uber By Giving Drivers A Bigger Cut Of...
June 19, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Taxify, the Estonia ridesharing startup, is aiming to take on Uber Technologies in the carsharing market by luring drivers with big profit-sharing incentives. Get the Full...

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Monese Adds Direct Debit Capability To Its Mobile App
Monese Adds Direct Debit Capability To Its Mobile App
June 19, 2017  |  Mobile Commerce

Monese, a fintech startup based in London that has a mobile banking app, added a new feature to its offering that is aimed on taking on...

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Square Premieres Second Short Film In Small Business Series
Square Premieres Second Short Film In Small Business Series
June 19, 2017  |  Events

Square premiered Made in Iowa last week, the second short film in its For Every Kind of Dream series. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Amazon And The Art of (The Grocery) War
Amazon And The Art of (The Grocery) War
June 19, 2017  |  Amazon

Let me tell you a story about the art of the grocery store war, one that Amazon and supermarket Whole Foods just took to the...

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NetPlus And Winning The Battle Against Cash In The Developing World
NetPlus And Winning The Battle Against Cash In The Developing World
June 19, 2017  |  News

While cash is not an unimportant part of life in developed countries, it certainly isn’t central. The vast majority of Americans, 80 percent, carry less...

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Time, Really, for Real-Time Payments?
Time, Really, for Real-Time Payments?
June 19, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

Real time payments, as a concept, has been around for a while. What will it take to make the concept a reality?  In our latest...

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