iPad Air 2 reviews, McCarthy Building Cos. wins tech award: TechFlash 7 things

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Brian Feldt

Reporter- St. Louis Business Journal

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St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Companies was named a 2014 Vision Award winner by Constructech magazine, a construction technology magazine.

A slew of reviews are now out for the new iPad Air 2, including inspections from Re/code, TechCrunch and the New York Times.

Hatchbuck, the sales and marketing software startup based in St. Louis, has launched a new website called First Buck Stories to give startups a chance to talk about how they made their first sales. The First Buck series is leading up to the 2014 Global Entrepreneurship Week, which is Nov. 17-23.

Apple Pay is going well in stores, but is hitting some snags when it comes to e-commerce or m-commerce.

St. Louis-based PGAV Destinations has published a study that looks at how people are reacting to functional and experiential technologies at theme parks, zoos, aquariums, museums, and heritage sites.

A Florida augmented reality startup called Magic Leap, which was relatively unknown until this week, has now raised more than $540 million from investors including Google.

Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, a Washington University research assistant professor, was one of 11 recipients to split an $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Cavazos-Rehg will use the money to examine how social media content and engagement affect alcohol and marijuana use.

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