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Our staff writers compile a bulletin covering important news in the world of Marketing Technology. This bulletin is the best source of the major MarTech developments of last week.

Microsoft to Acquire XOXCO, Bringing Together Leading Bot Development Communities to Help Advance Conversational AI

Brabble Integrates *Star Tags in Its Products in an Attempt to Revolutionize E-Commerce

The Company Will Integrate *Star Tags and Re-launch Its Own Social Media Application in December 2018.* Star Tags Technology Will Be Made Available to Marketers Sometime in 2019

Sisense Recognized As A 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice

The Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Business Intelligence Recognizes Product Excellence, as Rated by Users

Sprout Social and HubSpot Merge Platforms with the Common Goal of Enhancing Client Experience

Sprout Social Stated That It Is Now a Certified Connect Partner of HubSpot. HubSpot’s Connect Partners Are Independent Brands That Build Integrations to It and Function in Conjunction with Its Capabilities

Deloitte Bolsters Salesforce Offerings with CloudinIT

Leading Salesforce Specialists CloudinIT to Join Deloitte Digital from 1 February 2019

Digital Publishers to Save Millions of Dollars with Blockthrough’s Acquisition of PageFair

Both Companies Share the Same Vision of Producing High-Value Advertising Content and Mitigating Losses for Publishers from Unfair Ad-Blocking Practices

SAP Acquires Contextor to Augment Robotic Process Automation Capabilities

Nimble Launches Android Mobile CRM 3.0, Enhanced Relationship & Pipeline Manager for Office 365, G Suite

Nimble Launches Android Mobile CRM 3.0, Enhanced Relationship & Pipeline Manager for Office 365, G Suite

SEMrush Reveals Winners and Losers as UK Consumers Search for Black Friday Deals

Consumer Search Trends Data in UK Shows Apple Slipping While Sony’s PS4 Dominates

Accenture Interactive Acquires Swedish Customer Relationship Management Firm Kaplan

Kaplan Strengthens Accenture Interactive’s Customer Experience Offerings and Data-Driven Marketing Capabilities in the Nordics

That’s a wrap from us for this week. We will be back with more news next week.