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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
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 teams with Howdy to launch Botkit, an open-source framework for building apps for Slack — 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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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
New EU privacy rules makes parental consent mandatory for kids under 16 to use social media, adds 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 …
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| 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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| 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.| 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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| 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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Android Pay now works in mobile apps, with discounts in select apps including OpenTable, Lyft, and DoorDash to encourage use — Android Pay Now Works In Mobile Apps — Following its launch this fall, Google's Apple Pay rival known as Android Pay is taking another notable step this morning …
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Pebble rolls out free health-tracking system, Pebble Health, to new Pebble models except Classic and Classic Steel, adding native step counting, sleep tracking — The Pebble smartwatch finally does real fitness tracking — Pebble may have started out as a smartwatch for early adopters …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Facebook rolls out expected changes to how it enforces real name policy, starting in US — Facebook is changing the way it enforces its real name policy — After enduring more than a year of criticism, Facebook is making major changes to the way it enforces its real name policy.| 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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| 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 … | Bloomberg Business: |
IBM to open global headquarters and research lab in Munich for Watson-based IoT apps — IBM Bets on Watson With Global Research Center in Germany — Munich HQ is biggest investment in Europe in two decades — Internet of Things division to play ‘key role’ in growthSponsor Posts
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