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Papaya raises $50M to give you a way to pay bills via its mobile app

TechCrunch LA

The company’s mobile application lets users take a photo of any bill and then its artificial intelligence-powered “bill-understanding technology” makes sure it gets paid (after a user has provided payment details, of course). has been an anomaly, with only 3% of bills being paid by a mobile device.

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Zingle Acquired By Medallia For $42M

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Carlsbad-based Zingle , a developer of mobile messaging and customer experience software for the hospitality, travel , and retail markets, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Medallia , a provider of customer experience management software. Medallia said it will pay approximately $42M in cash for Zingle.

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The Five Major Tech Trends of 2016

Xconomy

As we draw closer to the end of 2016, it is important that we take a moment to look back and reflect on all of the ways technology has inspired us, and transformed the way we live and do work. To augment and overcome physical distance, we are starting to use drones, virtual reality, and driverless cars. percent of digital buyers in the U.S.

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The Mobile Majority Acquires Brazilian Company

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Santa Monica-based The Mobile Majority --which recently zoomed past $50M in revenues--has acquired a Brazilian web development company called Elastic , according to the company. The Mobile Majority said the deal is valued between $3 million to $7 million. The Mobile Majority is led by Rob Emrich. READ MORE>>.

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What I Learned In 2015: Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

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In summary, it really has been an amazing year and we look forward to supporting additional compelling software companies in 2016. What was the biggest lesson you learned over the past year? What are the technologies or things you think people out to watch in 2016? they are very rare and I have a lot of bidders.

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Privacy Advocate Richard Holober on the Tech Backlash of 2017 

Xconomy

elections, democracy, free speech, fairness in hiring, sexual harassment, privacy, data security, and the future job market for humans in the age of robots and artificial intelligence. We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S.

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SoftBank’s Arm to Include Cybereason Security Services in IoT Hub

Xconomy

Boston-based Cybereason has formed a partnership with Arm, the dominant developer of computer chip architecture, which was acquired by SoftBank in 2016. Security-tech company Cybereason is announcing another boon flowing from close ties with its biggest investor, Japanese telecom and tech giant SoftBank.