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Payscout Buys Paywire

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Sherman Oak-based Payscout , a provider of payment processing services, said on Thursday that it has acquired cloud and mobile software developer Paywire. Payscout said the acquisition will provide its customers with expanded payment processing technology, including solutions for the education and healthcare industries.

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Patent Suit Spawned By NTI Group Buy Settled

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A patent lawsuit against educational software provider Blackboard , which was spawned by the acquisition of Sherman Oaks-based NTI Group last year, has been settled, according to Texas-based TechRadium. TechRadium said the move would allow each company to continue to provide mass notification technology and services to clients.

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Five Startups Revolutionizing Music, In Southern California

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intersection of technology and music. All of these startups are applying technology (software development and algorithms) to some aspect of music and the music business. The firm's apps are revolutionizing sheet music, applying modern technology to what has--until recently--been stuck in the era of pencil and paper.