Some 3% of US adults have already purchased real estate in a metaverse environment, and a further 8% are interested in staking their claim on a digital land plot. That said, more than half of US adults have never heard of virtual real estate, indicating we’re still a ways out from society going meta.

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Google buys UK offices for $1B: As the rest of the world works remotely, Big Tech continues buying up real estate in preparation for growth and expansion.

Verizon banks on private 5G for business: The carrier’s service in BlackRock’s offices will showcase an opportunity for 5G to shine while challenging Wi-Fi’s dominance in office, enterprise, and government use.

So, pharma companies likely have less mental real estate in consumers’ minds this year than last year. All US racial and ethnic groups only experienced a 1 percentage point or less change in vaccination rates between March and April 2022, according to KFF. Consumers' lack of trust in pharma could also be driving the drops in ranking.

Finance and real estate firms can analyze location data for trends. Activity near ports, factories, or stores can provide early clues of a company’s performance. Increased traffic in certain neighborhoods or cities can also be early indicators of real estate demand. Read the full report.

It also means tech companies may reconsider their US expansion plans, which could hinder those that seek to amass real estate for new offices and data centers in lower-cost areas.

Meta’s misses: The initial buzz around the metaverse—heralded as the future of gaming, live events, business and productivity, real-estate, and social networking—has waned considerably as investors take a more sober wait-and-see approach. Meta’s stock price has declined by 40% since the start of 2022, and employees say that Facebook’s business is plateauing and that it could be the next Yahoo.

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Finance and real estate firms can analyze location data for trends. Activity near ports, factories, or stores can provide early clues of the performance of a company. Increased traffic in certain neighborhoods or cities can also be early indicators of demand for real estate. What Trends Will Disrupt My Industry?

A health plan’s website or app is often the first thing people turn to for information—a key piece of real estate insurers need to use to help consumers understand their out-of-pocket costs. Insurers don’t just have to be transparent about costs, though—they need to make it explicitly clear what a patient is responsible for.

From Big Tech’s perspective, its real estate spending sprees—including Apple’s $5 billion Apple Park campus—need bodies to justify the expenses. Additionally, companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft are likely enacting their in-person policies because of a desire to carve a distinct company culture.

Sellers may have hesitated to work with Amazon out of unwillingness to share real estate on their checkout pages with a major rival. Though Buy with Prime will still give Amazon access to their data—and perhaps even more of it—the increased control it gives sellers might encourage more of them to take the plunge—in turn broadening Amazon’s ambit.

These prompts leverage in-app real estate to highlight navigations and suggest capabilities to try. Since many users fear wallets aren’t secure, per NYC.gov, it can also resolve pain points such as fraud risk through initiatives like Apple’s recent push to improve security and Google’s virtual card program. Proximity Mobile Wallets.

Wildly speculative auction prices for everything from the first tweet to virtual real estate suggest the blockchain hype is getting out of hand.