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The Next Three Years: Collaborative 3D Platforms Bring Digital Smarts to Industrial Design
The Next Three Years: Collaborative 3D Platforms Bring Digital Smarts to Industrial Design
May 04, 2022  |  Innovation

From creating cars and footwear to imaging experiential new worlds inside the metaverse, product and software design teams have long operated using 2D tools, and...

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Emerging Markets See Stablecoins as Viable Alternative to Bitcoin
Emerging Markets See Stablecoins as Viable Alternative to Bitcoin
May 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Shortly after legalizing the use of cryptocurrency, the Central African Republic (CAR) recently became the second country in the world, after El Salvador, to adopt...

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Facebook’s eCommerce Division Faces Exec Departures, Frustrated Retailers
Facebook’s eCommerce Division Faces Exec Departures, Frustrated Retailers
May 03, 2022  |  Meta

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, isn’t making as much progress on eCommerce as employees thought it would at the time when the pandemic...

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NFT Sales Drop 92% Since September’s High
NFT Sales Drop 92% Since September’s High
May 03, 2022  |  NFTs

The NFT market seems to be doing poorly, if the daily average of 19,000 this week is any indication – a drop of 92% from...

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SEC Probes Didi’s US IPO
SEC Probes Didi’s US IPO
May 03, 2022  |  IPO

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will be examining the public offering from Didi in the U.S., Bloomberg writes. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Today in Crypto: 2 Argentinian Banks Let Customers Buy Crypto; Coinbase CEO Anticipates A Billion Crypto Users in 10 Years
Today in Crypto: 2 Argentinian Banks Let Customers Buy Crypto; Coinbase CEO Anticipates A Billion...
May 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Two Argentinian banks will be the first in their country to allow the use of cryptocurrency, with Banco Galicia, the biggest private bank there, and...

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Instacart Expands in Canada; Now Can Reach 90% of Households
Instacart Expands in Canada; Now Can Reach 90% of Households
May 03, 2022  |  Delivery

Instacart will be partnering with more than 10 new retailers in order to make more accessible same-day deliveries, including retailers like Metro, Giant Tiger, specialty...

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PayPal Ventures Invests in Latam SMB Platform Xepelin
PayPal Ventures Invests in Latam SMB Platform Xepelin
May 03, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Xepelin, the B2B payments and financial services platform working in Latin America, has raised $111 million in a Series B round including some from PayPal...

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Aquila Buys Marketing Production Workflow Solutions Firm Comosoft
Aquila Buys Marketing Production Workflow Solutions Firm Comosoft
May 03, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Aquila has announced its buy of Comosoft, a provider of marketing production workflow solutions for various things like retail, catalogue, eCommerce and manufacturing, a press...

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