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Airbnb to review and verify every listing on its site
Airbnb is to verify every listing on its platform, following a string of scams and a deadly shooting at a house party.
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MPs struggle to keep pace with technology – and it’s a big problem
The bid to create a regulatory environment in which technology can thrive will be thwarted if regulators take the position that innovation is what happens outside parliament and not within it. By Gwen Ngwenya.
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Airbnb eyes 2020 for public market debut
Airbnb’s Brian Chesky is trying to soothe the masses. The co-founder and CEO of the home-sharing website told employees on Thursday that it will pay them cash bonuses and is aiming to hold an IPO before late
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Airbnb quarterly revenue said to double to $1bn
Airbnb doubled net revenue in the third quarter and remains on a profitability streak, as the business builds toward an initial public offering expected next year, according to people familiar with its
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Will your insurance cover your Uber or Airbnb?
The sharing economy has very quickly gained wide acceptance. Using apps like Uber and Airbnb is now mainstream. “Young people today are demanding access to goods over ownership of goods,” says Daniel Breier
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How to tackle tech giants’ growing dominance
People in the US, not just in the European Union, are finally getting worried about tech sector leaders’ market dominance and the political power it confers. Unfortunately, the solutions gaining traction are the kind of anti-monopoly
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Uber needs to change to stay a tech company
It is now highly likely that the European court of justice will later this year reject Uber’s fiction that it’s simply a marketplace that brings together drivers and riders by declaring it – gasp! – a taxi company. That
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120 companies challenge Trump on immigration
More than 120 companies, from Apple to Zynga, filed an impassioned legal brief condemning US President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, stepping up the industry’s growing opposition to the policy. The amicus brief was filed late
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Tech giants angry over Trump immigration order
Google has asked staffers who may have been affected by a new executive order on immigration to return to the US quickly, joining a growing number of technology executives voicing concerns over restrictions that could
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Airbnb moves into full-service travel
Airbnb took a first step toward shifting its identity from a home-rental business to a full-service travel company, unveiling additions to its website and mobile applications that will give travellers tools to plan
