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Toyota, Panasonic to set up company for ‘connected’ homes
Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp and Panasonic Corp said they plan to establish a joint company to develop “connected” services to be used in homes and urban development. Toyota and Panasonic said they will set up a new company early next year to focus on technology that could be used to offer personalized services in the home. The pair plan to be 50-50 partners in the new firm and will increase cooperation at their respective housing operations in Japan. (Fonte: Reuters)
Heetch raises $38M to take on Uber in French-speaking countries
With Uber just days away from going public, a small challenger has raised some funds of its own to take it and the rest of the field on in francophone markets. Heetch, a ride-sharing platform based out of Paris with operations across France and French-speaking Africa, has picked up a Series B of $38 million, at a valuation that we understand to be around $150 million. The list of Heetch’s investors speaks to both the untapped opportunity that investors (and founders) think still exists in the wider market, and the fact that many believe that Uber doesn’t address everything and everyone, and there remains room for more companies to approach the need to transport people in different ways. (Fonte: TechCrunch)
Bike sharing e monopattini, Uber pronta a portare Jump in Italia
Era già successo con Uber Eats. Pochi mesi prima che il servizio di consegna cibo a domicilio made in Uber sbarcasse ufficialmente in Italia, l’azienda californiana postò su LinkedIn alcuni annunci di lavoro che di fatto svelavano questa mossa. Ora la storia si ripete. Di nuovo Uber, di nuovo LinkedIn. Stavolta la ricerca sul social network per professionisti è relativa a un General Manager, in Italia, per Uber Jump. Jump è il servizio di Uber dedicato al noleggio delle bici elettriche (e in alcuni casi anche dei monopattini, mezzi di trasporto sempre più in auge anche nelle città italiane). Funziona attraverso la classica app di Uber, quella utilizzata per prenotare una corsa in auto, dove è disponibile. (Fonte: Il Sole 24 Ore)
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