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Facebook Messenger hits 900M MAUs, adds short URLs and Snapchat-like scannable codes for starting conversations with businesses and individuals — Facebook pushes businesses to Messenger with new tools for Pages, including Snapchat-like scannable codes — A day after people started noticing Facebook …
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Tweets: @dannysullivan, @chartier, @sfiegerman, @mattnavarra, @joshconstine and @chrismessina
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Facebook will announce chatbot and live chat APIs at F8 — Chatbots could replace 1-800 numbers, and Facebook wants them on Messenger. But most businesses don't have the resources or technical skills to build chatbots themselves. That's why Facebook is currently providing developers … | CNNMoney: |
FBI director James Comey says the 3rd-party tool the FBI bought and used to unlock San Bernardino shooter's iPhone does not work with iPhone 5s or later — FBI director: We bought ‘a tool’ to hack terrorist's iPhone — FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that the government had purchased …
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Facebook adds video search to combat original content sharing decline — Facebook is desperate to get you to watch original videos. They're all over the feed, yesterday it launched a dedicated video browsing hub, and now it's announcing a video search engine.
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Tweets: @bluechoochoo, @eringriffith, @theinformation, @ataussig, @paulgreenberg, @joshconstine, @ia and @dangillmor
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Sources: Verizon plans to make bid for Yahoo's core business next week; Google is also considering a bid — Verizon to Proceed With Yahoo Bid, Google Weighs Offer — Verizon Communications Inc. plans to make a first-round bid for Yahoo Inc.'s Web business next week …
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Outlook iOS and Android apps now integrate events and tasks from Wunderlist, Facebook, and Evernote — Introducing Wunderlist, Facebook and Evernote in Outlook on iOS and Android — The Outlook team is passionate about making your life easier by helping you manage and make the most of your time.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Reddit launches its first official apps for iOS and Android — Reddit's long-awaited native mobile applications - the first-ever to be built by the company in-house - have now launched. Available today for both iOS and Android, the new Reddit app will not only serve as the official means …
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The Daily Dot, App Store, Mashable, WinBeta, CNET, PhoneDog.com, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, Liliputing, Engadget, HYPEBEAST, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Macworld, Windows Central, Socialnomics, The Next Web, Android Police, Insanely Great Mac, Neowin, WebProNews, iLounge, Android Authority, 9to5Toys, The Verge, Tech Times, iMore, Ubergizmo, TechnoBuffalo, BetaNews, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, SlashGear, 9to5Google and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @robinwauters
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Edge to auto-pause Flash content that is not central to a page with Windows 10 update this summer — Microsoft to change how Windows 10's Edge browser handles Flash content — Microsoft will give users more control over Flash content in its Edge browser for Windows 10 when it delivers the Anniversary update this summer.| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Amazon names Andy Jassy CEO of Amazon Web Services, Jeff Wilke CEO Worldwide Consumer; Bezos remains CEO of company — Amazon now has three CEOs: Tech powerhouse promotes Andy Jassy and Jeff Wilke to CEO roles of respective divisions — Amazon.com is changing the titles for the top bosses …
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Re/code, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Business Insider, Seattle Business Journal, Fortune, About Amazon, FierceCIO News, SiliconBeat, GeekWire and The Register. Thanks:@johnhcook
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Open Whisper Systems' Signal Desktop messaging system now available to all, no longer invite-only — Now's your chance to try Signal's desktop Chrome app — The desktop version of Edward Snowden's favored end-to-end messaging system, Signal, is now available to anyone who wants to check it out.
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Virtual assistant bot startup X.ai raises $23M Series B, sources say at a valuation of around $100M — Rise of the bots: X.ai raises $23m more for Amy, a bot that arranges appointments — While voice-recognition-powered virtual assistants like Siri, Cortana and Amazon's Echo continue … | John Leyden / The Register: |
Sensitive data of 55M Philippine voters, including passport info and 15.8M fingerprint records, leaked in massive breach — Megabreach: 55 MILLION voters' details leaked in Philippines — Election officials shrug: Yeah, we were hacked - but not of sensitive info...
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