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Route Package Tracker Raises $12M For AI Enhancements

Route Package Tracker Raises $12M For AI Enhancements
Route Package Tracker Raises $12M For AI Enhancements
November 21, 2019  |  Investments

Package tracking platform Route raised $12 million in seed funding that includes $500,000 from a January pre-seed round, TechCrunch reported on Thursday (Nov. 21).  Get the...

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Top News In Payments: PayPal Agrees To Buy Honey; Aon Acquires Insurance Platform CoverWallet
Top News In Payments: PayPal Agrees To Buy Honey; Aon Acquires Insurance Platform CoverWallet
November 21, 2019  |  News

In today’s top payments news, PayPal has agreed to acquire shopping discount and rewards platform Honey Science Corporation. Also, professional services company Aon has announced it will buy digital...

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Verizon And Snap Team On 5G To Power AR Development
Verizon And Snap Team On 5G To Power AR Development
November 21, 2019  |  Innovation

Verizon has announced that it’s partnering with Snap Inc., the company that owns popular social media video platform Snapchat, to provide 5G content for users,...

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WeWork Begins Layoffs Of 20 Pct. Of Workforce
WeWork Begins Layoffs Of 20 Pct. Of Workforce
November 21, 2019  |  Personnel

Co-working office space company WeWork is slashing its worldwide workforce by 20 percent – a total of 2,400 employees – as it strives to revamp...

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Qualcomm Expects 5G Adoption To Outpace 4G
Qualcomm Expects 5G Adoption To Outpace 4G
November 21, 2019  |  Innovation

As retailers and payment service providers look for what might be their best 5G edges, clarity is emerging about the pace of the global rollout...

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Balloon Company Loon To Provide Web Access In Amazon Rainforest
Balloon Company Loon To Provide Web Access In Amazon Rainforest
November 21, 2019  |  Innovation

Loon, an Alphabet-owned high-altitude balloon internet access provider, has teamed up with Internet para Todos (IpT), a mobile infrastructure firm that’s part owned by Telefonica...

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Sluggish Sales Sink Macy’s Earnings
Sluggish Sales Sink Macy’s Earnings
November 21, 2019  |  Earnings

The mall has not been kind to Macy’s, or at least that was the takeaway from the retailer’s earnings report released earlier today (Nov. 21)....

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Plaid Expands Global Footprint
Plaid Expands Global Footprint
November 21, 2019  |  API

The FinTech unicorn Plaid has rolled out in three more European countries – Ireland, France and Spain – as part of an expansion initiative, CNBC...

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