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Zendesk Expands Feedback Data Service With $4.1B SurveyMonkey Buy
Partnerships / Acquisitions // November 02, 2021

Zendesk is hoping that its $4.13 billion acquisition of Momentive Global, which owns SurveyMonkey, will give it the power to see what users and consumers are thinking, TechCrunch reported. Zendesk’s core offering is related to customer service. With SurveyMonkey, the company can now access feedback...

How Recurring Payments Support Customer Services
Cross-border Payments // December 05, 2019

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) support platforms have more to worry about than solving customer service problems — they must manage the backlash when interrupted subscription payments shut customers out from getting the help they need. In the new Global Recurring Payments Tracker, Pablo Kenney, director of product...

Recurring Payments’ Supporting Role In Keeping Customers Loyal
Cross-border Payments // December 04, 2019

Entertainment powerhouse Disney made a big splash last month when its long-awaited streaming service Disney+ officially launched on Nov. 12. Within weeks of the launch, Disney+ acquired more than 10 million global subscribers, making the service highly competitive in the SVOD/OTT space. As a newcomer...

Hacktivists Leak Colin Powell’s Salesforce Potential M&A Emails
What's Hot // October 19, 2016

What companies does Salesforce.com have its eye on? Fourteen companies including Tableau Software, Adobe, Pegasystems, and Qlik, to name a few. That’s according to leaked — yes, leaked — emails from former Secretary of State Colin Powell who has been on the board of the...

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Is Emotion Detection the Next Frontier for AI?

October 03, 2024
Artificial intelligence is getting better at decoding human emotions, and businesses are using the software to improve customer interactions and drive sales. A new study in CAAI Artificial Intelligence Research examines how AI is transforming emotional recognition, with potential impacts on healthcare and customer service. The research, led by Feng Liu from East China Normal […]

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Zendesk Expands Feedback Data Service With $4.1B SurveyMonkey Buy

November 02, 2021
Zendesk is hoping that its $4.13 billion acquisition of Momentive Global, which owns SurveyMonkey, will give it the power to see what users and consumers are thinking, TechCrunch reported. Zendesk’s core offering is related to customer service. With SurveyMonkey, the company can now access feedback it didn’t have and collect data on the interactions, according […]