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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. The Continued Growth of Cloud.

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

TechCrunch LA

It has developed technology to give people a way to pay bills outside of traditional methods, such as through the mail, over the phone or via a Web portal. The financing brings the previously under-the-radar company’s total raised to $65 million since its 2016 inception.

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The Mobile Majority Acquires Brazilian Company

socalTECH

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 it is adding talent in product development, UI, backend, high speed API integration, operations, and machine learning.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

Tech.Co

As investors continue pouring funding into artificial intelligence and consumer habits shift, many AI and subscription model startups have been enjoying rapid growth. Gumroad Gumroad is a web-builder and ecommerce platform that lets creators sell products directly to consumers. million site visits in October alone.

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Data Scientist Team Share Lessons Learned From Competition

Tech.Co

They left the competition with their lessons learned and came back to win first place in 2017. “To To us, the ‘expert questions’ were like the typical machine learning questions we’d get in a Galvanize classroom,” said Baolin Liu. Delivery is key: The guys picked up the pace of their presentation after going too slowly in 2016.

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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. Cambridge, U.K.

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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.