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New Japanese app is like Airbnb for parking spaces

You’re driving around the family’s favorite restaurant looking for a parking spot. The kids are whining in the back seat and everyone is starving, but there’s not a parking spot in sight. Sound familiar? Japanese company Rakuten feels your pain and wants to solve that nightmare for you. Last week, the e-commerce company launched Rakupa, …

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Your disappearing Snaps could be worth billions (The 3:59, Ep. 142)

Snapchat is coming to Wall Street. The social company reportedly filed for an initial public offering that values it at as much as $25 billion. The filing and that price illustrate just how significant Snapchat, and its parent company Snap Inc., have become since its founding just five years ago. Also on the show, San Francisco tightened its rules on …

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