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America’s largest music streaming service Pandora has paid $145 million for digital audio technology AdsWizz. AdsWizz offers an end-to-end technology platform that powers music platforms, podcasts and broadcasting groups, servicing customers such as radio networks, media companies as well as Spotify.

Adobe has acquired voice app platform Sayspring for an undisclosed amount, in a deal that signals that the multimedia and creativity software giant is pushing hard into the audio trend.

When a Chinese state-controlled semiconductor company acquired Acuity’s US-based client this January, the deal made headlines on both sides of the pond for a very specific reason: this was the first Chinese-backed deal cleared by CFIUS since Trump took office.

Moneysupermarket.com has agreed to buy fellow comparison business Decision Technologies, in a £40 million deal.

For the first time since the financial crisis, the Royal Bank of Scotland has made an acquisition.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is getting down to business. Out of the 8.4 billion connected devices currently in use, Gartner estimates that over 4 billion are aligned to business practices. This industrial slice of the IoT pie is expected to grow to 7.5 billion by 2020.