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Adam Fagen

Airbnb Proves To Be A Formidable Rival For Hotels Looking To Expand To Cuba

Despite Starwood Hotels & Resorts inking a deal in March that will allow it to become the first hotel company offering rooms in Cuba, traditional lodging companies are struggling to play catch up with Airbnb, which began offering rooms for rent on the island nation last year. [More]

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“Chirp” Is Google’s Answer To Amazon Echo; Could Be In Your Home Later This Year

The Amazon Echo can do just about everything — order pizza, pay your credit card bill, and answer all your spur-of-the-moment questions, among other things — but can it compete with other connected home speakers? That’s something Google is poised to find out with its own connected-device that could launch later this year. [More]