Who doesn’t love Google Maps? The Maps Android app helps those of us with oatmeal for brains find our way anywhere, without having to fire any neurons or exercise any synapses. It even helps us find places to pick up tasty cuisine — like, uh, oatmeal (yum!). But there’s much more to Google Maps than meets the eye — and odds are, you aren’t taking advantage of at least a few handy hidden features lurking within the Maps Android app. With Android 12 right… Source link

U.S. states posted a much larger-than-expected drop in initial unemployment claims last week, bringing the number of those newly unemployed back toward their pre-virus pace.  The Labor Department released its jobless claims report Thursday morning. Here were the main metrics from the print, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Initial unemployment claims, week ended October 9: 293,000 vs. 320,000 expected and a revised 329,000 during prior week Continuing claims, week ended… Source link

Partners Catalina, Epsilon, IRI and NCSolutions support DOOH measurement and optimization NEW YORK, October 14, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Yahoo today announced In-Flight Sales Analysis (ISA) for digital out-of-home (DOOH), allowing advertisers to tie online and offline sales with DOOH ad exposures, as well as measure and optimize for near real-time campaign performance. The solution is enabled by integrations with leading and trusted data providers Catalina, Epsilon, IRI, and… Source link

A courier for Yango Deli, a rapid grocery delivery service run by Russia’s Yandex, rides through London. Yango Deli LONDON — Russian technology giant Yandex is jumping into London’s heated grocery delivery market, with a service that ships essential items to people’s doors in as little as 15 minutes. Yandex said Thursday it has opened four dark stores — mini warehouses designed to fulfill online grocery orders — across the U.K. capital. The company’s service, called Yango Deli, has the… Source link

The fall IPO calendar is heating up, with a slew of hotly-awaited companies, such as Rivian and InstaCart, on deck to list. Yet it’s already been a banner year for equity raises via the IPO process in the U.S. — on track to beat last year’s record.  As of the end of September, 19 companies raised more than $1 billion via IPOs on the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange. The top five are Coupang (CPNG), which raised $4.6 billion, DiDi Global (DIDI), which raised $4.4 billion, Bumble (BMBL),… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, October 14, 2021 Rents are surging, and your ticket out of town could be next The latest on the inflation front shows that consumer prices are still on the rise. As usual these days, there’s good, bad and worse news. First, the (sort-of) good news: September’s consumer price index (CPI) was relatively stable, with the headline rate… Source link

Russia’s Yandex has launched a rapid grocery delivery service in London — the latest expansion into Western markets for a major Russian technology firm. The ultrafast delivery service will operate under the Yango Deli brand and offer delivery of more than 2,500 products in 15 minutes. The business model is based on the technology giant’s success in rolling out its Yandex Lavka grocery service across Russia, and follows launches in Israel and France as part of an… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. forecast fourth-quarter sales and margins that exceeded some analysts’ estimates, as demand for chips stayed robust in the face of worsening snarls in the supply chain. Most Read from Bloomberg The world’s No. 1 foundry said Thursday it expects revenue of as much as $15.7 billion in the three months ended December, helping full-year sales grow by about 24% in dollar terms. Gross margin may be as high as 53%, with executives reiterating… Source link

Google teased its Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro in August, and now the company is ready to give the phone line its grand reveal…. Source link

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / October 13, 2021 / Labaton Sucharow, a nationally ranked and award-winning shareholder rights firm, is investigating potential securities violations and breach of fiduciary duty claims against The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (“Boston Beer” or the “Company”) (NYSE:SAM). On September 8, 2021, after the market closed, Boston Beer announced that it was withdrawing its 2021 financial guidance issued on July 22, 2021 as a result of a decrease in demand for its hard seltzer… Source link