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TurboTax parent company Intuit is exiting the IRS Free File Program

The Verge

TurboTax parent company Intuit has opted out of the IRS Free File Program. Intuit, the parent company of tax filing software TurboTax, is exiting an IRS program that allows many Americans to file their taxes for free. Intuit closed on an acquisition of credit score monitoring company Credit Karma for $7.1

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WebMD will pay $75M to acquire employee experience company Limeade

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(Limeade Photo) Limeade , the employee experience software company based in Bellevue, Wash., Limeade, founded in 2006, sells software that aims to help companies improve employee well-being and satisfaction. The company made its initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December 2019.

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Strata + Hadoop World is March 13–16, 2017 in San Jose, CA

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Strata + Hadoop World 2017 (happening March 13–16 in San Jose) has its strongest program ever. Plan early for 2017 and register before Early Price ends on January 20. Bob Gourley. You'll find Business Case Studies and Data-driven Business Management. Save an extra 20% on most passes with PCCTOV. link] cpc/42643.

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Twitter is pausing its verification program again, after giving fake accounts blue checks

The Verge

Twitter is once again putting a halt on applications to its verification program, saying that it needs to work on the application and review process that lets people into the blue check mark club. The company didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The 2017 Enterprise Architecture Awards: Driving The Customer-obsessed Digital Business

Forrester IT

Just about every company Forrester works with tells us they are driving to become Digital Businesses. An EA program could ignore these critical success factors - do what it's always done for tech standards and application designs. We call this focus Customer-obsessed Digital Business.

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Amazon expanding ‘upskill’ training for software developer roles to workers outside of company

GeekWire

Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding one of its so-called “upskilling” programs to people outside of the company who are interested in acquiring training for roles in software engineering. Building on that coursework foundation and graduate success, Amazon is now bringing the program to students outside Amazon.

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Scoop: Flyhomes acquires Loftium, combining two Seattle real estate tech companies

GeekWire

Loftium and other Seattle real estate tech companies including Redfin , Zillow , and Inspectify also laid off workers. Loftium made headlines in 2017 for its unusual plan to provide down payment assistance to potential homebuyers who agreed to split Airbnb profits with the company through renting out a room in the house.