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Slack hits 2M daily active users, launches third-party App Directory, $80M developer fund — Slack has made its next move in building out its platform. At a major press event in San Francisco today, the company announced that it has launched a third-party App Directory aimed …
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| Owen Thomas / ReadWrite: |
Slack launches Botkit, an open-source framework for building apps for Slack, after working closely with Howdy — Slack Is Releasing Botkit To Make Bots Easier To Build — Slack, the increasingly popular team-messaging software, wants more developers to build apps that hook into its work-chat software.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google's top tech searches in 2015: iPhone 6s, Samsung Galaxy S6, and Apple Watch — Just like every other company on the planet, Google puts together end-of-year lists for its various properties. But there's only one that matters more than all the rest: Search.| Brad Smith / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft deepens longstanding commitment to philanthropy with expanded vision, new organization — Today we're announcing an expanded commitment to our corporate philanthropy around the world with a broader ambition and a new organization within the company, Microsoft Philanthropies, to make this ambition a reality.
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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
New EU privacy rules make parental consent mandatory for kids under 16 to use social media, add hefty fines, more; EU countries to have two years to pass laws — E.U. Expected to Approve Tough New Data Protection Rules — European officials are expected to approve long-awaited data protection regulations …
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| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
Social Analytics Firm Topsy Shut Down by Apple Two Years After Purchase — Two years after being purchased by Apple for $200 million, social analytics firm Topsy today announced the end of its service. On Twitter, the company tweeted that it has “searched [its] last tweet.”
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| Charlie Osborne / CNET: |
UK police arrest 21-year-old in connection with last month's VTech hack that exposed data of 6M+ children — Man arrested in VTech children's data hack — A 21-year-old British man is accused in the cyberattack, which stole data of more than 6 million children.
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| Bloomberg Business: |
Google to Make Driverless Cars an Alphabet Company in 2016 — Unit said to plan transportation service in Uber challenge — Autonomous vehicles seen reducing roadway fatalities — Google Inc. plans to make its self-driving cars unit, which will offer rides for hire …
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USA Today, 9to5Google, TIME, The Verge, Business Insider, The Next Web, Engadget, Ubergizmo, Fone Arena, SlashGear, Android Central and Fortune. Thanks:@_trendspotter
| Aldrin Calimlim / App Advice: |
Rdio set to be turned off by Pandora on Dec. 22 — As it turns out, Rdio wont live long enough to get through the holidays. — A month ago, it was announced that Rdio would be acquired by one of its competitors in the music streaming business, the pioneer that is Pandora.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Vroom Raises $95M And Acquires Texas Direct Auto In Its Quest To Bring Car-Buying Online — People seem to be comfortable buying an ever-growing number of things online, but are they ready to purchase their cars that way? Vroom says they are, and it's making a couple of big deals to move forward with that vision.
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
SEC approves Overstock's plan to sell public securities using blockchain technology — SEC Approves Plan to Issue Stock Via Bitcoin's Blockchain — The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a plan from online retailer Overstock.com to issue company stock via the Internet … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Philips Hue Reverses Decision To Block Third-Party Light Bulbs — Philips shipped a controversial firmware update for its Philips Hue bridge yesterday. The company decided to block third-party light bulbs to fix interoperability issues. Today, the company announced that this move was a mistake.
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| Ben Wheeler / Medium: |
App developer calls for transparency at Product Hunt, decrying hidden role of power users, some with financial conflicts, in promoting products to front page — How Product Hunt really works — It starts with a mystery — Earlier this year, having devoted countless hours to creating my latest app …
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