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Square confirms acquisition of food delivery service Caviar

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by on August 4, 2014 at 5:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Payments processor Square announced today that it has bought Caviar, a US-based service which allows its users to order food for delivery from restaurants that would not otherwise offer delivery. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but rumors from Recode yesterday suggested an announcement was imminent and that the deal would be valued at around $90 million. Clearly not content to stay purely a payments processor, Square has now expanded its remit to food delivery. Caviar said in its own announcement that its service will remain unchanged following the acquisition. ➤ Square acquires Caviar [Square blog] Featured Image Credit – Shutterstock

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Digital Darwinism: Transforming your business in the #selfie era

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by on August 4, 2014 at 5:10 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur, Investigations, Social Media

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Brian Solis is a Principal Analyst at Altimeter Group, a research-based advisory firm that helps companies thrive with disruptive technologies. Digital transformation is about to change the way business is done. That’s not a startup pitch from HBO’s new comedy series “Silicon Valley.” Digital transformation is the latest trend in business where companies invest in new technologies to align with the evolution of customer expectations and behavior.   Even though digital transformation implies a technology first approach, it is in fact a much more human process. Everything begins with understanding where and how traditional strategies and models stray from the…

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Google News gets a Publisher Center to let news sites directly update details, section URLs and labels

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by on August 4, 2014 at 4:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

Google today introduced the Google News Publisher Center, a new tool that lets news publishers keep Google News current on the changes they have made to the structure of their site. In other words, media companies can now directly edit the Google News record of their news site. More specifically, the Publisher Center lets you make the following changes: Update your news site details, including changing your site name and labeling your publication with any relevant source labels (like Blog, Satire, or Opinion). Update your section URLs when you change your site structure (e.g., when you add a new section…

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Google News gets a Publisher Center to let news sites directly update details, section URLs and labels

Aug04
by on August 4, 2014 at 4:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

Google today introduced the Google News Publisher Center, a new tool that lets news publishers keep Google News current on the changes they have made to the structure of their site. In other words, media companies can now directly edit the Google News record of their news site. More specifically, the Publisher Center lets you make the following changes: Update your news site details, including changing your site name and labeling your publication with any relevant source labels (like Blog, Satire, or Opinion). Update your section URLs when you change your site structure (e.g., when you add a new section…

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Time and luck: Knowing when your startup should dine and dash

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by on August 4, 2014 at 3:46 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

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George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures, a growth consulting, advisory and executive staffing firm based in Chicago.  Timing and luck are key elements for success, but they are the hardest to identify and control. Here are the key drivers to consider when trying to optimize your odds of success: Market timing Market timing is basically the old adage of being in the right place at the right time. As an example, MediaRecall, my past company, had built the fastest, cheapest solution to digitize large archives of film and video content, for publishing on the Web. However, the…

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