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Soci raises $120M in debt and equity to grow its marketing management platform

TechCrunch

“Soci became an essential partner to brands for this transformation, which led to an increased need for brands to turn to technology to manage their presence in local digital market channels.” Yelp) and then automatically responds to those reviews. ” Khoury has a colorful background.

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Bolt makes first acquisition with Tipser, launches ‘Remote Checkout’

TechCrunch

The ability to purchase something at the point of discovery from digital content exists, but checkout technology company Bolt has the opportunity to give that its “one-click” treatment. It announced Monday that it made its first acquisition in Tipser , a Swedish-based technology company enabling direct checkout on any digital surface.

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Alphabet makes cuts, Twitter bans third-party clients, and Netflix’s Reed Hastings steps down

TechCrunch

While our fearless Week in Review leader Greg enjoys parental leave, I’m filling in, curating the latest on the tech news front. Somewhere in the midst of all that, Boston Dynamics demoed an improved bipedal robot, Wikipedia launched a redesign and major universities banned TikTok from their campus networks. Howdy, folks!

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Daily Crunch: Citing slow growth and desire to be ‘at the forefront of the AI era,’ Dropbox CEO lays off 500

TechCrunch

Ingrid reports Houston said the cuts are due to slowing growth and “the era of AI.” The concept of SaaS as a business model changed the game in tech by moving users away from buying software outright and toward paying for service availability based on time-based subscriptions, typically with per-month or annual pricing, Ingrid reports.

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Web 3.0: The next big thing tech world is counting on

Openxcell

is the next generation of Internet which grants websites and applications the ability to process data intelligently through Machine Learning (ML), Decentralised Ledger Technology, AI, etc. This blockchain technology-based World Wide Web was also termed as Semantic web because it is deemed to be intelligent and autonomous. and web 2.0.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2021

TechCrunch

In October, it was reported that Waverly Labs had acquired Abundant’s IP, meaning that its technology may still live on in some form. Dark Sky (2012-2021). Clearly the tech giant was interested in its features, many of which it incorporated into the iPhone weather app. Chanje (2015-2021). Image Credits: Chanje. Loon (2015-2021).

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The answer can be found in the theory of economic rents, and in particular, in the kinds of rents that are collected by companies during different stages of the technology business cycle. Then the cycle begins again with a new class of competitors, who are forced to explore new, disruptive technologies that reset the entire market.