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Connecting Consumers To Friction-Free Car Buying
 
Getting a new car can be a lot of fun. The process leading up to the day that consumers drive away in that new car is, well, less fun, particularly if that consumer happens to be financing that purchase. AutoGravity says they can make the whole experience fun, and CFO Lukas Wickart tells Karen Webster how they do that. And why VW Credit thought that fun was worth owning a piece of.
 
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Amazon And Walmart's eCommerce Impact
 

Amazon and Walmart have been going head to head over the battle of eCommerce ruler over the past few years. In today's Direct to Consumer piece, we explore the recent actions by both companies and what it could mean for the consumer.  Read More...

 
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Google And AI: The Perfect PAIR?
 

There's got to be more to (AI) life than speech recognition, image search, and translation, and Google wants to find out what it is. The company has launched PAIR, the People + AI Research initiative, to better understand machine learning and how humans interact with software. From there, it hopes to bring AI to the masses with innovative new applications - and it's open-sourcing tools for outside researchers to enter the conversation.  Read More...

 
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PayPal Helps SMBs Go Global In The Flip Of An API

 

SMBs have spent the better part of the last decade hearing that they need to go “cross border” yet find taking the first steps overwhelming. That, PayPal’s Director of Global Initiatives Melissa O’Malley told Karen Webster, is all about to change at the flip of an API in partnership with WebinterpretRead More...

 
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