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JULY 20, 2018

Sherman Oak-based Payscout , a provider of payment processing services, said on Thursday that it has acquired cloud and mobile software developer Paywire. Paywire develops software which integrates payment processing with third party systems, web sites, hardware, SAP systems, and processors.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

Sherman Oaks-based Serviz , the on-demand home services company founded by serial entrepreneurs Zorik Gordon and Michael Kline, has been acquired by Porch , another online marketplace for home services. Porch, which is based in Seattle, said it will integrate the Serviz technology platform into its own site, Porch.com.

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APRIL 1, 2013

A new, Los Angeles startup hopes its service will help users simplify life choices, by asking other users to comment on different questions. ChoicePunch , founded by Hamid Saify, recently launched its services, letting users post their own questions and answers to such questions like "What's the safest car?", READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based Gorilla Nation Media , the division of Evolve Media which provides advertising representation services to websites, said this morning that it has launched a new kids, tweens, and teens vertical. Other sites in the new vertical include HIT Entertainment, Thomas & Friends, and Barney. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Sherman Oaks-based Brilliant Digital Entertainment , operator of the Kazaa peer-to-peer digital music service, has sold its Kazaa peer to peer network and brand, according to New York-based Altrinsic. Brilliant Digital Entertainment web site says it would be relaunching Kazaa last year.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

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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AUGUST 6, 2009

The patent lawsuit filed Wednesday,/a> against popular micro-blogging site Twitter by a Texas company, TechRadium , has echoes of a lawsuit spawned by the acquisition of Sherman Oaks-based NTI Group last year. Blackboard acquired NTI in January, and was one of the big exits for Southern California startups last year.

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