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March 25, 2015, 3:10 PM

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Lexy Franklin / Facebook Developers:
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.
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.
Harshdeep Singh / Facebook Developers:
Facebook releases Graph API v2.3 with better video management and real-time updates to Pages, Facebook SDK v4.0 for iOS and Android with native Share buttons  —  Introducing an updated Graph API and improved Facebook SDKs for iOS and Android  —  Today, we're excited to announce the launch of the new …
Richard Lewis / The Daily Dot:
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 …
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 …
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 …
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Apple Acquires Durable Database Company FoundationDB  —  Apple has acquired FoundationDB, a company that specializes in speedy, durable NoSQL databases, TechCrunch has learned.  —  A notice on the FoundationDB site notes that it's no longer offering downloads of its database software.
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.

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