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Reflections on 2017: Michael Terpin, Transform Group International

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What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017? Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017? Just as email kicked off the reasons to online, followed by websites and instant messenger, adoption went global with Google, Amazon and Facebook. CryptoKitties!

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GM exits car-sharing business and shuts down Maven

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The company sent an email to customers Tuesday that after examining the business, the car-sharing industry and COVID-19, it decided to shutter the service permanently. Below is a screenshot of the email sent Tuesday morning to Maven customers. Image Credits: Screenshot/Maven email. The Verge was the first to report the story.

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Update: Bird buys more scooters

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in September 2017, Bird has become synonymous with both the perils and promise that scooters hold for last mile mobility. Indeed, emails from suppliers seen by TechCrunch confirm that one of the suppliers mentioned in the Bird release still intends to fulfill planned orders from a direct Bird competitor.

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j2 Global Buys Five More Companies

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The company said it completed five acquisition in the first quarter of 2017 across three of its business units. The company said it acquired MXForce (email), SendInc (email), Longscope (email), MailerMailer (email marketing), and Scrypt (fax).

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SendGrid IPO Expected Next Week

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If successful, the IPO would raise around $137M for the company, which provides back-end email delivery services for other companies. SendGrid is offering up 7,700,000 shares of its common stock, and most recently estimated an IPO range of between $13.50 and $15.50 The company has been approved to list as SEND on the NYSE. READ MORE>>.

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Digital Summit LA

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017 -- Digital Summit LA. Event Name: Digital Summit LA Dates: April 4-5, 2017. Brilliant speakers bring phenomenal content on Marketing Strategies, UX and Design, Email, Search, Mobile, Video, SEO and so much more. See [link] (more)

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SendGrid Now Part Of Twilio After $3 Billion Acquisition

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Email delivery services provider SendGrid is now officially part of cloud communications platform operator Twilio , Twilio said on Friday. The company had its IPO in November of 2017. SendGrid--which has significant operations in Anaheim, where one of its co-founders also was based--was acquired in a deal worth $3 billion.