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Facebook's main app gets Snapchat-like Stories atop the News Feed, Direct for sharing ephemeral images and video with friends, and in-app camera effects — We want to make it fast, fun and easy for people to share creative photos and videos with whomever they choose, for however long they choose …
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Facebook copied Snapchat a fourth time, and now all its apps look the same — Facebook doesn't seem concerned with giving each of its core services a unique identity. — Facebook is copying Snapchat again: Today it launched Stories, the 24-hour photo and video montages that ultimately disappear, inside of its core Facebook app.
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Uber's first diversity report: staff is 36.1% female worldwide with 15.4% female engineers; in US, 49.8% white, 30.9% Asian, 8.8% black, 5.6% Hispanic overall — Uber just released its highly anticipated, first-ever diversity report detailing the demographics of its employees as of this month.| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Tinder unveils Tinder Online, a web-optimized version currently being tested in emerging markets with plans to launch everywhere “soon” — Tinder is today introducing a new way for users to access the platform with the launch of Tinder Online, a web-optimized version of the dating app … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Amazon debuts AmazonFresh Pickup, a drive-in service delivering groceries straight to the trunks of customers' cars, in beta at two Seattle locations — Amazon's grocery efforts just got a new level of convenience for shoppers: AmazonFresh Pickup, a drive-in grocery delivery right to your car's trunk, launching in beta on Tuesday.
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AWS launches Amazon Connect, a tool for call centers that uses its Lex speech recognition and AI; Salesforce says it's integrating Einstein service with Connect — Amazon Web Services just unveiled a new service for running call centers, dubbed Amazon Connect, leveraging the same technology used …
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Google Home and Google Wifi will be available in the UK on April 6 for £129, the first market outside the US for both — Google announced today that its Home and Wifi devices will be available soon in the U.K., the first international markets for the gadgets.
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| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Didi weighing $6B SoftBank-backed funding to expand R&D; Apple and Tencent considering joining investment on a pro-rata basis to avoid stake dilution — Tencent, Apple considering chipping in to avoid share dilution — The Chinese ride-sharing leader needs capital for R&D| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Twitter will start selling pre-roll ads ahead of Periscope videos — Twitter is looking for some more video ad dollars. — Twitter is going to start making some money from Periscope, its livestreaming video service. — The company announced on Tuesday that it will begin selling pre-roll video ads …
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Tencent buys 5% passive stake in Tesla for $1.8B, making it the fifth-largest shareholder in the automaker — China's most valuable company, buys 5% stake in Elon Musk's electric-vehicle maker ahead of ambitious launch of $35,000 sedan — Tencent Holdings Ltd. bought a 5% stake in Tesla Inc. …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
IKEA's Trådfri system for smart home lighting goes live on Swedish website, available in Swedish stores on March 31 starting at about $85 — Smart lights on a budget — Ikea is finally getting into the home automation game with its own system for smart lighting.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Payments company Square launches in the UK, its first European market and fifth globally — Mobile payments company Square is finally landing in Europe with the news today that it's now open for U.K.-based business owners. — This launch represents the fifth market for Square, after the U.S. …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases watchOS 3.2 with Theater Mode, an easily accessible option to disable “Raise to Wake”, and SiriKit, which will allow users to give Siri commands — Apple today released a new software update for the Apple Watch, upgrading watchOS 3.1.3 to watchOS 3.2. watchOS 3.2 … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
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