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Zillow Group will sell 2K homes to investment firm as it winds down failed homebuying business

GeekWire

Zillow Group will sell around 2,000 homes across 20 markets to an investment firm as the real estate giant begins winding down its home buying business. The Wall Street Journal reported that New York City-based Pretium Partners will turn the homes into rental units. It paid market price for the homes.

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How Can CIOs Avoid Wasting Their Budget?

The Accidental Successful CIO

However, if we are not careful we can end up buying too much of what we no longer need or simply buying the wrong things. What steps can a CIO take in order to avoid spending their budget buying technology that will just end up going to waste? Where Is The Money Going? The CIO Builds Software Instead Of Buying It.

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The case of the insecure printer

ComputerWorld IT Management

Hewlett Packard (HP) wants you to know that while you pay more up front when you buy genuine new HP ink cartridges , you’ll "actually save you money in the long run." I don't buy it. And neither do companies, whether they’re buying printers (and ink) for the office or for newly-remote workers who’ve had to set up shop at home.

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Real estate startup Flyhomes aims to address homebuyer’s remorse with new guarantee

GeekWire

A remedy for homebuyer’s remorse: Real estate startup Flyhomes today unveiled a new offering called Flyhomes Guarantee for Buyers that gives clients a way to move out of a home they recently purchased. The client will still need to pay the buyer’s agent when the home sells, in addition to excise taxes and seller closing costs.

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Opendoor acquires Seattle startup Pro.com and Skylight, will shut both platforms down

GeekWire

Opendoor , the online real estate giant that lets people directly buy and sell homes online, has acquired Seattle-based startup Pro.com and San Francisco-based Skylight. Both platforms, which offered digital home improvement services, will be discontinued. It also offers ancillary services including home repairs and mortgage.

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Peloton and the fate of the fitness industry

Vox

The at-home digital exercise company is one of several that thrived during the pandemic and promised to change forever how we work out. But now, it’s not clear if they’ll be around to finish the at-home fitness revolution they started. There’s no denying that the pandemic made working out at home extremely popular.

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Apple lawsuit over ‘buy’ and ‘rent’ labels for digital content can continue, rules federal judge

The Verge

A federal judge has rejected a motion by Apple to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit over the company’s use of the labels “buy” and “rent” when selling digital content. Just like Best Buy cannot come into a person’s home to repossess [your] DVD”. To quote Webster’s definition of “buy”.

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