Friction

TalkShopLive Launches New Instagram "Shoppable Simulcast" Feature

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Monday, March 4, 2024

LOS ANGELES, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading video commerce and retail media enablement platform TalkShopLive announced today the launch of its new "Shoppable Simulcast" feature with Instagram. The product officially debuts with a livestream featuring Grammy-nominated artist, producer, songwriter, and actor Benny Blanco today at 1 p.m. Eastern. The Shoppable Simulcast featuring Blanco preparing recipes from his new cookbook and entertaining guide, titled Open Wide, will also stream in association with TalkShopLive media partner Billboard. Blanco will be featuring signed copies of his book.

Key Points: 
  • The Shoppable Simulcast featuring Blanco preparing recipes from his new cookbook and entertaining guide, titled Open Wide, will also stream in association with TalkShopLive media partner Billboard.
  • Further showcasing TalkShopLive's unique distribution, the live event will be embedded across multiple destinations, including Billboard.com and Billboard's Instagram and Facebook page, Blanco's Instagram and Facebook page, TalkShop.Live and across TalkShopLive's content distribution network.
  • The Instagram integration comes after TalkShopLive launched its Shoppable Simulcast product and first destination with Meta on Facebook.
  • Shoppable Simulcast amplifies the already expansive TalkShopLive Distribution Network by enabling sellers to connect with their customers wherever they are.

Taiko Raises US$37M from Top-tier VCs Ahead Of Mainnet Launch

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Saturday, March 2, 2024

NEW YORK and LONDON and SINGAPORE, March 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Taiko, an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution provider, today announced the close of commitments for a US$15 million Series A funding round led by Lightspeed Faction, Hashed, Generative Ventures, and Token Bay Capital. Other notable participating investors in this latest round include Wintermute Ventures, Presto Labs, Flow Traders, Amber Group, OKX Ventures, GSR, WW Ventures, and more. The close of its most recent round brings Taiko's total capital raised to US$37 million across three rounds. The closing of its Series A round comes just ahead of Taiko's highly-anticipated mainnet launch. 

Key Points: 
  • Last month, Taiko launched a new testnet, Katla , which has seen >1.1M wallet addresses and >13M total transactions to date.
  • The closing of its Series A round comes just ahead of Taiko's highly-anticipated mainnet launch.
  • Taiko is an Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup, scaling Ethereum by supporting all EVM opcodes in a Layer 2 architecture that is decentralized, permissionless, and secure.
  • Since it was founded in 2022, Taiko has successfully executed six testnets involving over 1,100,000+ unique wallets, 30,000+ proposers, and 14,000+ provers.

PROG Holdings and Infosys Forge Strategic Collaboration to Bring AI-Powered Experiences to Customers and Intelligent Automation to Operations

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Friday, March 1, 2024

The collaboration will enable PROG Holdings to take advantage of Infosys' digital services, including cutting-edge technologies, which PROG Holdings believes will help it realize operational efficiencies, accelerate technology enhancements, and improve speed to market.

Key Points: 
  • The collaboration will enable PROG Holdings to take advantage of Infosys' digital services, including cutting-edge technologies, which PROG Holdings believes will help it realize operational efficiencies, accelerate technology enhancements, and improve speed to market.
  • The relationship is also expected to enhance and innovate key PROG Holdings' customer-and partner-facing technologies and systems, helping to widen its leadership gap within the virtual lease-to-own market.
  • Steve Michaels, President and CEO of PROG Holdings, said, "We look forward to working with Infosys to develop and enhance key systems that positively impact the speed to market, agility, and scalability of key PROG Holdings technologies and platforms.
  • We expect our collaboration with Infosys will reduce friction for both our customers and retail partners, further solidifying PROG Holdings' position atop the virtual lease-to-own industry we helped create twenty-five years ago."

The 20 MSP Announces Triple Play in Strategic Acquisitions

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Friday, March 1, 2024

PLANO, Texas, March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Leading managed IT services provider, The 20 MSP, today announced its completion of three MSP acquisitions, the latest round of deals in an ongoing M&A growth plan aimed at consolidating the company's national footprint and enhancing its service offerings.

Key Points: 
  • The 20 MSP closes three new MSP acquisitions, deepens national footprint.
  • "We've successfully completed 30 acquisitions, and with each one, the process becomes increasingly streamlined," said Tim Conkle, CEO and Founder of The 20 MSP.
  • As with The 20 MSP's previous twenty-seven acquisitions, these three MSPs all achieved steady year-over-year growth as members of The 20 MSP Group.
  • Pinecrest Capital Partners served as the exclusive financial advisor to The 20 MSP on the acquisitions.

Couchbase Announces New Features to Accelerate AI-Powered Adaptive Applications for Customers

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ: BASE), the cloud database platform company, today introduced vector search as a new feature in Couchbase Capella™ Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) and Couchbase Server to help businesses bring to market a new class of AI-powered adaptive applications that engage users in a hyper-personalized and contextualized way. Couchbase is the first database platform to announce it will offer vector search optimized for running onsite, across clouds, to mobile and IoT devices at the edge, paving the way for organizations to run adaptive applications anywhere.

Key Points: 
  • Businesses are racing to build hyper-personalized, high-performing and adaptive applications powered by generative AI that deliver exceptional experiences to their end users.
  • Our integration with Couchbase provides customers another powerful database option for vector store so they can more easily build AI applications."
  • This will let organizations do more on one, unified platform to accelerate the development of adaptive applications."
  • Register here to attend a webcast to learn more about the new features and capabilities for AI-powered adaptive applications.

Boostr Names Fraser Woollard EVP of Business Development, Deepens Expertise in Linear/Digital TV Convergence

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Boostr, the only advertising management platform built specifically for modern media organizations seeking to scale, today announced the appointment of Fraser Woollard as the company's EVP of Business Development & Partnerships. Fraser's leadership deepens Boostr's expertise in all facets of media, especially in broadcast and streaming TV and audio, which are particularly high-demand use cases for the company's platform of solutions.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Boostr , the only advertising management platform built specifically for modern media organizations seeking to scale, today announced the appointment of Fraser Woollard as the company's EVP of Business Development & Partnerships.
  • Fraser's leadership deepens Boostr's expertise in all facets of media, especially in broadcast and streaming TV and audio, which are particularly high-demand use cases for the company's platform of solutions.
  • - Patrick O'Leary, CEO and Founder of Boostr
    "We are thrilled to welcome Fraser to Boostr.
  • As EVP of Business Development & Partnerships, Fraser will shape the company's business strategy and application of the company's best-in-class solutions to new verticals.

AWARD-WINNING LG APPLIANCES FEATURED AT KBIS 2024 OFFER EFFORTLESS CLEANING, EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics USA is showcasing its latest innovative cleaning solutions this week at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show. Led by the updated LG Styler with a handheld, high-pressure steamer, new 5.5-cubic-foot Mega Capacity Smart Top Load Washer with EasyUnload™, AI Sensing, ezDispense®, Water Faucet & LCD Digital Dial Control (WT8600CB) and 7.3-cubic-foot Ultra Large Capacity Rear Control Dryer with EasyLoad™ Door, Built-In Intelligence and TurboSteam™ (DLEX8600BE), as well as the new CordZero™ A9X All-in-One Combi Tower + R5 with Auto Empty technology, LG offers effortless and efficient solutions to clean and freshen your home and clothes.

Key Points: 
  • With a built-in ventilation system, the new LG Styler automatically circulates air throughout the room.
  • In an all-new matte black finish, the Mega Capacity Top Load Washer and Ultra Large Capacity Rear Control Dryer make laundry easy and energy efficient.
  • LG's new CordZero™ A9X All-in-One Combi Tower + R5 provides users with a space-saving vacuum solution to help make cleaning effortless and efficient.
  • [2] Both washer and dryer need to be registered in LG ThinQ app and connected to Wi-Fi to set up Smart Pairing feature.

Mesh Payments Integration with NetSuite OneWorld Sets New Standard For Global Multi-Subsidiary Spend Management

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

The Mesh integration with NetSuite OneWorld —the premier ERP solution for multi-subsidiary management—delivers a streamlined, efficient approach to managing global expenses across currencies and tax jurisdictions while ensuring compliance and global sync.

Key Points: 
  • The Mesh integration with NetSuite OneWorld —the premier ERP solution for multi-subsidiary management—delivers a streamlined, efficient approach to managing global expenses across currencies and tax jurisdictions while ensuring compliance and global sync.
  • Aaron Crow, Assistant Controller for MRI Software, a leader in real estate software solutions, commented: "The integration between Mesh and NetSuite OneWorld goes beyond simplifying transactions between our entities.
  • Our integration with NetSuite OneWorld supports businesses in their local and international operations, providing real-time insights and unmatched control over their expenditures."
  • Learn more about how the Mesh NetSuite integration elevates spend management and eliminates intercompany transfers for global companies.

InnovationForce Launches InnovationWorks 2.0: A Cloud-Based SaaS Platform to Accelerate and Simplify the Innovation Process

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

RALEIGH, N.C. and ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- InnovationForce, the world's first AI-powered Ecosystem Relationship Management (ERM) platform for innovation, today announced the availability of InnovationWorks 2.0 at DISTRIBUTECH 2024. The InnovationWorks platform accelerates innovation with a cloud-based SaaS software solution that measures, automates, scales and democratizes innovation in complex organizations so that everyone and anyone can innovate at any time.

Key Points: 
  • The InnovationWorks platform accelerates innovation with a cloud-based SaaS software solution that measures, automates, scales and democratizes innovation in complex organizations so that everyone and anyone can innovate at any time.
  • RALEIGH, N.C. and ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- InnovationForce , the world's first AI-powered Ecosystem Relationship Management (ERM) platform for innovation, today announced the availability of InnovationWorks 2.0 at DISTRIBUTECH 2024.
  • The InnovationWorks platform accelerates innovation with a cloud-based SaaS software solution that measures, automates, scales and democratizes innovation in complex organizations so that everyone and anyone can innovate at any time.
  • The InnovationWorks 2.0 platform is a fully automated innovation management SaaS platform that includes a number of unique features to help scale innovation inside and across organizations, including industry ecosystems.

Brinker International Announces Executive Leadership Team Appointments

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Monday, February 26, 2024

DALLAS, Feb. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Brinker International Inc. (NYSE: EAT) today announced updates to its executive leadership team, including the retirement of Joe Taylor, EVP and Chief Financial Officer, the appointment of Mika Ware as SVP and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 27, 2024, and the appointment of Chris Caldwell as SVP and Chief Information Officer, effective Feb. 26, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • His calm and solution-focused approach leadership was critical to Brinker's success during the company's navigation of COVID-19, he has been a trusted advisor to leaders throughout the business and has developed an industry-leading finance team at Brinker.
  • "I am truly grateful for Joe's strategic leadership, accomplishments, and the finance team he has established and coached.
  • "Mika has excelled in every role at Brinker in her 35 years, both in the restaurants and in Brinker leadership.
  • "We couldn't be more excited to welcome Chris to the Brinker team," said Hochman.