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NavInfo, Tencent and GIC to invest in HERE; companies to develop location services for Chinese market

HERE, the Open Location Platform company, NavInfo Co., Ltd (“NavInfo”), a leading provider of digital maps and location services in China, and Tencent Holdings Limited (“Tencent”), a leading provider of Internet value added services in China, today announced their intention to form a strategic partnership to develop and offer best-in-class location services for the Chinese […]

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VW to Purchase PayByPhone For Undisclosed Sum – WSJ

Volkswagen AG’s financing arm has acquired a Canadian mobile payments company, PayByPhone, which deals with parking fees. It’s the latest move by a car maker investing heavily in mobile. Source: VW to Purchase PayByPhone For Undisclosed Sum – WSJ

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5 Bleeding-Edge Brands That Are Infusing Retail With Artificial Intelligence | Adweek

Once the stuff of sci-fi novels, AI is poised to juice up everything from customer service to merchandising—except jobs for humans.”AI is going to be like electricity or the internet—it’s going to be foundational technology [for] which most things are built,” says Kyle Nel, executive director of Lowe’s Innovation Labs. “It becomes so interwoven into […]

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German automakers launch mobility-on-demand startups | AIM Group

After BMW’s investment in Moovit, Volkswagen and Daimler launch their own mobility service initiatives covering car-sharing and more. Source: German automakers launch mobility-on-demand startups | AIM Group

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French employees can legally ignore work emails outside of office hours – The Washington Post

The “right to disconnect” bill was packaged with new and controversial labor reforms introduced in France earlier this year. Source: French employees can legally ignore work emails outside of office hours – The Washington Post