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United States / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
Funding / M&A / /
Facility
Restaurant Game / Buddy Beacon / MIT’s campus / Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab / /
IndustryTerm
friend-finding applications / Digital technology / retail bank / private equity / investor / real time / big payment network / Location-based services / realtime modeling software / bank / investment / quantitative analysis / artificial intelligence software / social networks / technology trends / friend-finding services / trade / payment systems / formed / mobile operator / friends location services / when their devices / online game / banking / mortgage lender / wireless carriers / /
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Wireless Association / Transactions Lab / Center for Future Banking / Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab / MIT / /
Person
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Product
iPhone / /
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Minnesota / California / North Carolina / Massachusetts / /
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The Wall Street Journal / Directions Magazine / The Boston Globe / /
Technology
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Lava COS - Boston Globe Article - April 14, 2008