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Tech roundup: OpenTable partners with Clear to ease vaccine verification

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 23, 2021

It is the reservation platform's most robust tool yet to help restaurants navigate new guidelines. Also, DoorDash hits a milestone, Bite Ninja lands a big investment and more.

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Calif.'s Prop 22 ruled unconstitutional in blow to DoorDash, Uber

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 22, 2021

The law defining delivery drivers as independent contractors passed behind massive financial support from gig companies. They plan to appeal the ruling.

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Why the company that pioneered the cash register is getting into cryptocurrency

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 22, 2021

With the purchase of software provider LibertyX, NCR believes it could have hundreds of thousands of crypto payment touchpoints by next year.

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Fee caps take a bite out of Just Eat Takeaway’s U.S. plans

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 20, 2021

New York’s lingering cap is forcing the company to shake up its strategy for Grubhub.

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McDonald’s app got a big boost from its ‘Famous Orders’ platform

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 20, 2021

The promotions led to more app users and downloads, which is helping set the company up for its future efforts.

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TGI Fridays owner invests in digital restaurant company C3

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 20, 2021

As part of the deal, some of TriArtisan Capital's restaurants will start offering C3 brands as delivery-only options.

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Sweetgreen taps former Starbucks tech exec as CTO

By Patricia Cobe on Aug. 19, 2021

Wouleta Ayele is Sweetgreen’s new chief technology officer following a 16-year career with Starbucks.

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Tech roundup: Grubhub is changing its controversial phone call system

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 18, 2021

The company will stop charging restaurants for calls that don't relate to an order. Also, more tech suppliers launch tools to help navigate vaccination policies, and another YouTube celeb starts a virtual brand.

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