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The news today that Google has entered into an agreement to acquire retail tech company Pointy is a vindication for Pointy’s founders, who in the early days of the company had to convince investors ...

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Google LLC said today that it’s acquiring Pointy, a Dublin, Ireland-based startup that has carved out a unique niche for itself developing e-commerce hardware. The search giant didn’t disclose how ...

Google has been on a long-term mission to build inroads into the world of e-commerce by working more closely with brick-and-mortar retailers, and now it looks like it plans to extend that work a ...

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