A boom in gaming acquisitions signals how much the industry has grown.

Henceforth, there’ll be fewer new emoji.

AI-powered exam software is helping educators curb cheating, but comes with its share of controversy.

LinkedIn found that its members would prefer writing out-of-office emails if they were more fun. So, Cameo helped turn them into carols.

Autodesk has helped bring the industrial world into the future, but with Forge -- its cloud development platform -- it’s giving companies the tools to build the future themselves.

Plus: Huckleberry Finn(ance), cavities to fill, and DocuSign woes.

Adobe rolls out new tools to take on Figma (online collaboration) and another to help NFT artists (via a content verification program in Photoshop).

Video startup Loom is worth $1.5B and -- with 14m users already -- wants to be “email on camera.”

Waze and Headspace partnered to launch a mindful driving experience to curb road rage.

Canva has grown from humble origins to a $40B design powerhouse, and one of Adobe’s fiercest competitors.

Intuit helps small businesses operate with QuickBooks, TurboTax and Credit Karma. Mailchimp is a tool to help acquire and retain customers to these services.

Ramp is a startup that offers corporate cards and spend management software that is valued at $3.9B.

Automattic, the parent company to WordPress, recently executed a $250m buyback, valuing the company at $7.5B.

Figma just raised $200m at a $10B valuation, with revenue hitting $75m in 2020.

Salesforce announced plans to launch a streaming service for business professionals called Salesforce+.

Cloud computing costs are on the rise. Cisco is mulling a cheaper alternative that helps companies bring data back to private data centers.

Walmart is partnering with Adobe on software for small businesses that makes it easier to offer curbside pickup for their customers.

Teamflow, a startup that offers virtual collaboration software, raised $35m to build a better hybrid work experience.

CFOs want to replace Microsoft Excel with new tools. Why? Remote work has exposed Excel’s weaknesses.

ZoomInfo plans to spend $575m to acquire Chorus.ai to broaden their offering for sales teams.

Autodesk is a $65B software firm that powers the critical infrastructure our lives depend on.

Confluent -- previously an internal LinkedIn data tool -- will test public markets.

Fresh off victorious activist campaigns against Dell and AT&T, hedge fund Elliott Management is going after Dropbox.

Firefly helps us deal with the Zoom meetings by automatically transcribing audio.

TaniHub matches 45k+ farmers with 350k buyers across Indonesia, the world’s 4th-most-populous country.

Internet Explorer once controlled 95% of the browser market. Today, it has <1% share and Microsoft is moving onto the Edge browser.

Squarespace started in 2003 in a University of Maryland dorm. Here’s a timeline of its path to success.

Following an internal disagreement, Basecamp’s CEO released a “no politics” policy. It backfired and a third of the company resigned.

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Panasonic’s acquisition of Blue Yonder is the latest billion-dollar deal marrying a manufacturer with a software firm.