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Cloud software suffers a cold November rain. Can Snowflake and Salesforce turn the tide?

Cloud software suffers a cold November rain. Can Snowflake and Salesforce turn the tide?

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The week after Thanksgiving could determine if cloud software is still too big or if there are tasty leftovers for Wall Street. It was a tough month for cloud software stocks, which had their worst week on record to start November and saw cold rains continue to fall amid a perceived slowdown in business spending …

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Investors are comfortable with Internet of Things startups, a tech conduit for retailers

Investors are comfortable with Internet of Things startups, a tech conduit for retailers

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Crashing markets are pushing investors to pull funding from startups that make internet-connected devices for retailers, threatening to stifle an innovation pipeline for emerging tools like smart shopping carts and inventory management robots. Many stores, which have come to rely on software-connected systems during the Covid-19 pandemic, are now harnessing these capabilities to gain efficiencies …

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Investors are comfortable with Internet of Things startups, a tech conduit for retailers

Investors are comfortable with Internet of Things startups, a tech conduit for retailers

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Crashing markets are pushing investors to pull funding from startups that make internet-connected devices for retailers, threatening to stifle an innovation pipeline for emerging tools like smart shopping carts and inventory management robots. Many stores, which have come to rely on software-connected systems during the Covid-19 pandemic, are now harnessing these capabilities to gain efficiencies …

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The man who put Americans online said "the next five years will be about the internet meeting the real world."

The man who put Americans online said “the next five years will be about the internet meeting the real world.”

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When MarketWatch began providing financial information and data exclusively online in 1997, about half of US households that had Internet access were connected through America Online. AOL was led by Steve Case, who ran the business from dial-up to instant messaging and general Internet access. Case eventually merged AOL with Time Warner in a $164 …

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