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Facebook introduces Messenger Platform for building apps that integrate with Messenger and Businesses on Messenger, which lets users communicate with businesses — Introducing Messenger Platform and Businesses on Messenger — Today at F8, we launched Messenger Platform and announced Businesses on Messenger.
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Facebook's Parse unveils SDKs for the Internet of Things — Facebook today introduced new software development kits for its Parse mobile app development platform, to let developers incorporate data from Internet-connected devices. — The news, which first leaked yesterday from within a Facebook app … | Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
Facebook introduces an embeddable video player — At its F8 conference today, Facebook announced it is introducing a video player that can be embedded onto other sites - finally. — Starting today, users will see an embed option on their videos. They'll then be prompted to copy and paste the necessary HTML code onto their website.| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Facebook Launches a Mobile Ad Exchange on Top of LiveRail — Facebook announced a number of expected updates to its ad product LiveRail at its F8 developer conference Wednesday, including the use of Facebook user data, instead of just Web cookies, to help advertisers target users outside of Facebook.| Todd Hamilton / Facebook Developers: |
Facebook introduces new share sheet, refreshed Comments Plugin that integrates with Pages, Share and Send button, and App Invites to share an app with a friend — Grow Your App By Helping People Share — Our goal is to make it easier for people to share great content from apps …
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Facebook Unveils Immersive 360-Degree Video for News Feeds — Facebook is testing what it calls spherical videos, part of a new breed of online video you can “move through,” much like a 3D game. — Company founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the technology on Wednesday morning …
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Facebook introduces Analytics for Apps, giving marketers a view of how their Facebook-powered apps are performing across platforms — Introducing Facebook Analytics for Apps — Using Data To Improve Your Marketing and Build People-First Mobile Apps — Today we're releasing Facebook Analytics …
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Sources: YouTube plans to relaunch live streaming service this year with a focus on gaming, taking on Twitch — YouTube to relaunch livestreaming service with focus on esports and gaming — YouTube is preparing to relaunch its livestreaming platform with a renewed focus on live gaming …
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| John Koller / PlayStation.Blog: |
PS4 update brings suspend and resume, external HD backups, improved social features, and more — PS4 System Update 2.50 Available Tomorrow, Features Detailed — Tomorrow, PlayStation 4 will get an update to system software version 2.50, codenamed “Yukimura,” which will bring an onslaught of features …
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| Kyle Russell / TechCrunch: |
Leap Motion Is Bringing Hand Tracking To The OSVR Headset In May — The open-source OSVR virtual reality headset is getting one of its first peripherals in the form of an optional faceplate that brings hand tracking to virtual reality projects via an embedded camera.| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg Business: |
RadioShack's Bankruptcy Could Give Your Customer Data to the Highest Bidder — The phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and shopping habits of more than 100 million customers are part of RadioShack's bankruptcy auction … The remnants of RadioShack's retail empire went on the auction block on Monday …
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Amazon's On-Demand Services Marketplace Launches Monday — Amazon's Angie's List competitor called “Amazon Local Services” has been rebranded as “Amazon Home Services” ahead of a larger launch happening Monday, sources familiar with the plans tell TechCrunch.| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
Highlights Of The FTC Staff Report On Google & Antitrust Issues — We've dug through the report for you and pulled out parts that seem especially interesting. Come read along! — The Wall Street Journal has released the 2012 FTC staff report it received investigating Google on antitrust allegations.
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