The California -
based company allows users to get bitcoin through a «secured loan,» which can be paid for with any payment method recognized by PayPal.
The German -
based company allows its customers to save for big goals by making tiny deposits into an account.
nTrust — This Canada -
based company allows you to pay from anywhere on a mobile device, to anyone.
Not exact matches
The new feature
allows them to get a broader picture of what potential consumers are interested in, and to target ads towards them
based on data from what the
company calls its Topic Engine.
The European Commission ruling wraps up a three - year long investigation into whether Amazon received an unfair advantage
based on a 2003 Luxembourg tax ruling which
allows an Amazon subsidiary to pay less tax there than other
companies.
Cramer was also burned on Pfizer's aborted takeover bid for drug
company Allergan, which had an overseas taxation rate that would
allow the
company to pay lower taxes than if it were
based in the U.S.
Not only does it sharpen my knowledge
base, but it also
allows me to think of the possibilities for my own
company, which puts me in the mindset to conquer my day.»
Curiously, that would bar firms such as the largest U.S. -
based exchange Coinbase from advertising on the platform, while presumably still
allowing Twitter's sister
company, Square, to advertise its young Bitcoin buying and selling function on its Cash app.
«There are two ways to connect a car: There's the original telemetry readings, but the new phase, now that we have 4G is infotainment devices, and the vehicle as a hotspot,» says Larry Zibrik, vice-president of Market Development at Sierra Wireless, a Vancouver -
based company that's become a global leader in the modules that
allow machines to communicate over cellular networks.
Cloud -
based phone services are
allowing companies to manage customer phone calls with more flexibility than ever before.
• Facebook acquired Confirm.io, a Boston, Mass. -
based startup that
allows companies to verify government - issued identification cards.
Other
companies, like RealSelf, a Seattle
based company that provides cosmetic treatment information, searched for a location that would
allow them to be pet - friendly.
Based on the results, the
company put together the infographic below, which looks at three critical areas of cloud security: Virtual Private Networks (VPN, which
allows a computer or a Wi - Fi - enabled device to send and receive data securely across a shared or public network), bring your own device (BYOD) policies and a Domain Name System (DNS, the system that Internet domain names and addresses are tracked and regulated by).
Many
companies like 352 Inc. create ad hoc teams
based on a signed project, but this new dedicated, permanent team model
allowed teams to continue to work together, project to project.
Another example is Austin, Texas -
based software
company Chaotic Moon, which has plans to use Oculus Rift to
allow consumers to view and test - drive cars.
Hamilton's portfolio includes Text Engine, a startup that
allows users with «dumb phones» to pull information from the internet; Radial, a music - streaming app focused on the soca, a Caribbean -
based drum - heavy dance offshoot of calypso; and Tinsel, a hardware
company that makes fashionable necklaces that double as headphones.
The move will
allow these
companies to diversify their customer
bases.
This Stratford, Ontario software
company makes a cloud -
based tool that
allows leaders to collect anonymous feedback from teams
Jerry Koonar, a Calgary -
based portfolio manager with Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel, adds that new technology will
allow companies to extract even more out of those reserves.
The Switzerland -
based company, whose service lets users instantly convert one type of digital currency to another, built an API that
allows Overstock to accept any major digital currency and get paid in bitcoin on the backend.
«AI technology
allows us to take an experience that would have required our customers to navigate through several pages on our website, and turn it into a simple conversation in a chat environment,» said Steve Ellis, head of Wells Fargo's Innovation Group, where the
company's AI team is
based.
In October, Verizon's top lawyer Craig Silliman said the
company has a «reasonable
basis» to believe that Yahoo's earlier data breach of at least 500 million email accounts represents a material impact that could
allow Verizon to withdraw from the merger.
Perth -
based Carnarvon Petroleum says it will invest about $ 10 million to acquire 3D and 2D seismic data, which will
allow the
company to expand its search for oil and gas at its Phoenix project off the Pilbara coast.
This will
allow you to focus your efforts on the operational side of your business while your developer creates your app and other web -
based platforms you may need to set your
company up for success.
It would
allow them to reach a broader client
base and would improve decision - making inside the
companies.
The Miami -
based company had ships available due to cancelled cruises,
allowing them to mobilize the vessels for evacuations of people on hurricane - ravaged islands in the Caribbean region such as St. Thomas and St. Martin.
Well, that's what happened this week with 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU), a Landover, Maryland -
based technology
company that
allows non-profits and universities to deliver cloud -
based education to people no matter where they are.
London -
based Babylon Health, which has raised a total of $ 85 million, started as a telemedicine
company, enabling doctors to make diagnoses via video and
allowing patients to rate the quality of each interaction.
There have been some small successes, like $ 25 million in commitments to Maiden Lane, a quasi-independent fund that primarily backs
companies via AngelList's syndicates program, which
allows well - known individual investors to create pools of committed capital that gets invested on a deal - by - deal
basis.
Douyin, an app that
allows users to create and publish short videos, is owned by Beijing -
based new media
company Bytedance.
The Chicago -
based company gave a wider - than - usual range for full - year guidance
allowing it to «flex up and flex down» on marketing spend and some other investments to drive additional growth, DeWitt said.
The San Francisco -
based company also recently rolled out a new option that
allows campaigns to remain open indefinitely without a set deadline.
The
company says the deal will
allow the two pure - play
companies to attract an investor
base attuned to their businesses, simplify financial results and more efficiently allocate capital.
The
companies also say that merging will
allow them to deploy more quickly a much faster 5G -
based network.
Crowdfunder, a Los Angeles -
based start - up, took a similar tack in August, when it announced that it had formed a strategic alliance with GATE Global Impact, a registered broker - dealer, to
allow accredited investors to make investments in
companies registered on the Crowdfunder site.
The proposal would also
allow the commission to explore usage -
based pricing at some point, in which consumers are charged
based on how much data they use and
companies are able to subsidize traffic to their websites or applications.»
An ESOP
allows owners of closely held
companies to sell to an ESOP and reinvest the proceeds from the sale on a tax - deferred
basis, provided that the ESOP owns at least 30 % of the
company and certain other rules are met.
Back in 2011, the Montreal -
based product developer co-founded a platform that
allowed companies with little technical know - how to create their own apps in less than a minute.
The additional spectrum will
allow more consumers to be on its network at the same time watching a hockey game on their mobile devices, giving them a consistent and fast experience, the Toronto -
based telecom
company said.
The demand dividend, also called a Variable Payment Obligation, is effectively a loan that
allows young
companies to make payments
based on their free cash flow.
The new system, called Facebook Exchange, will
allow companies to more narrowly target consumers
based on their demonstrated interests and deliver more timely ads.
• Lob, a San Francisco -
based platform
allowing companies to manage and send physical mail to customers, raised $ 20 million in Series B funding from Y Combinator's Continuity Fund.
At its Build 2015 conference, the
company announced that its new Windows 10 will
allow developers to easily reconcile both Android and iOS apps on the Windows platform as well as incorporate older Win32 -
based apps (which compete with desktop OS platforms).
Known inside the
company as Future Ready, the initiative is a $ 1 billion web -
based, multiyear effort that includes online courses; collaborations with Coursera, Udacity and leading universities; and a career center that
allows employees to identify and train for the kinds of jobs the
company needs today and down the road.
• Acorns acquired Vault, a Portland -
based company that
allows users to automatically invest part of their paycheck into a retirement fund.
Environmental, social and governance investing, or ESG, looks at the performance of a
company based on the six principles laid out by the United Nations» Principles for Responsible Investment,
allowing investors to align values with investments.
This type of investing
allows for channeling investments into
companies, or funds,
based on themes, such as energy, health care or natural resources.
The ability to talk about these transactions on a one - on - one
basis and market them more broadly online is going to
allow us to go from the small
company that we are today to a
company that does millions and millions of dollars of transactions.»
«Uplisting to Nasdaq
allows us to attract a broader investor
base which will be essential in enhancing the value of the
company moving ahead,» CEO Saagar Govil said in a statement.
There are lots of dumb things you could do as a startup entrepreneur — like
base your
company out of Bakersfield,
allow yourself to be acquired by Groupon in an all - stock transition, or pitch your growing U.S. -
based startup to the Samwer brothers — but nothing could be more dumb than throwing your hard - earned venture capital money at a public relations firm.