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April 12, 2016, 10:55 PM

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Casey Newton / The Verge:

Facebook unveils Surround 360, a 17-lens, 3D VR camera, will open-source hardware designs and specs this summer, materials to build will cost $30K — This is Facebook's gorgeous, open-source 360-degree video camera — Hoping to dramatically increase the amount of 360-degree video on its platform …

More: Facebook Code, BuzzFeed, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Guardian, Forbes, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Digital Photography Review, Wired, TechSpot, SocialTimes, GeekWire, MacNN, ARC, Fortune, TechnoBuffalo, SiliconANGLE, MobileSyrup.com, CIO.com, tech.co, PCWorld, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Facebook Media and CNET

Tweets: @mikeisaac, @marshallk, @jguynn and @lexnfx

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Aigerim Shorman / Facebook Developers:

Facebook's Profile Expression Kit lets users update their Facebook profile with videos from third-party apps, like Vine

More: TechCrunch, Fortune, Forbes, The Verge, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Engadget and iMore

Cade Metz / Wired:

Mark Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's future: Messenger bots, AI, live video, virtual reality, and open sourcing key technologies

More: New York Times, Re/code, The Verge, Refinery29, The Next Web, BuzzFeed, USA Today, Newsweek and ZDNet

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Facebook's Save feature has 250M monthly users, now lets developers add the button to their web sites

More: Facebook for Developers, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, Computerworld, The Next Web and Business Insider

Tweets: @mollywood and @jguynn

Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:

A look at Mevo, Livestream's new $399 portable video camera hub, which can stream to Facebook's Live Video API out of the box

More: TechCrunch, Mashable, Gizmodo, Digital Trends and Engadget

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook launches Messenger platform with chatbots — Facebook will now allow businesses to deliver automated customer support, e-commerce guidance, content and interactive experiences through chatbots. By providing utility through its huge developer and business ecosystem …

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook says it's testing allowing businesses to send sponsored messages in Messenger — Facebook starts allowing “Sponsored Messages” ads — Facebook launched its Messenger chatbot platform today, but how will it make money on it? By charging businesses to send re-engagement messages …

More: The Next Web, Business Insider, Silicon Valley Business …, Business Insider, GeekWire, TechCrunch and BetaNews

Tweets: @mg and @joshconstine

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:

Facebook releases Bot Engine to help developers build more complex, machine-learning enabled bots, a further development from last year's Wit.ai acquisition

More: wit.ai, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Android Police, MacRumors, Social Media Today and Engadget. Tweets: @robinwauters

Jessi Hempel / Wired:

Facebook's David Marcus on the future of Messenger, how brands integrate into the platform, and how there are no plans for a bot store

More: USA Today, USA Today, PhoneDog.com, WebProNews, Tech Times, TechSpot, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Android Central and TechCrunch. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Lauren Goode / The Verge:

Messenger and WhatsApp process 60 billion messages a day, three times more than SMS

More: The Verge, Nieman Lab, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, eWeek and Re/code. See also Mediagazer

Ian Hardy / MobileSyrup.com:

Logitech acquires Jaybird for about $50M in cash and $45M in potential earn-outs to expand into wireless audio wearables market — Logitech acquires Jaybird for $50 million (USD) in cash — Earlier this year ZAGG agreed to purchase Mophie for over $100 million.

More: Logitech Online Newsroom, Logitech Blog, The Verge, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, iMore, MacRumors, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, TechnoBuffalo, Droid Life and SlashGear

Joshua Ho / AnandTech:

HTC 10 hands on: SoC in parity with every high-end device in US, Super LCD 5 display one of best, smooth and responsive navigation — Hands On With The HTC 10: A Fresh Start — At this point it's probably not a secret that HTC has been struggling for the past few years.

More: DxOMark, Android Police, PCWorld, 9to5Google, TechConnect and BGR. Thanks:@iancutress

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

HTC 10 launched with 5.2-inch quad HD display for $699, Snapdragon 820, 12MP camera, 3000mAh battery, AirPlay audio support, can pre-order now, ships next month — HTC 10 announced: a modern phone with familiar design — HTC is today formally announcing the 10, its flagship smartphone for 2016.

Narottam Medhora / Reuters:

Uber releases its first transparency report, showing it gave US regulatory agencies data on over 12M users and received 415 data requests from law enforcement — Uber says gave U.S. agencies data on more than 12 million users — Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Tuesday released …

More: Medium, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, The Stack, MacNN, SlashGear, TIME, Fortune, News. Pop Culture. Satire., BBC, Engadget, The Register, NPR, The Verge, Mashable, VentureBeat and The Hill

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:

Sources: FBI did not use Cellebrite to crack San Bernardino iPhone, paid hackers for undisclosed software flaw that was used to create hardware to crack PIN — FBI paid professional hackers one-time fee to crack San Bernardino iPhone — The FBI cracked a San Bernardino terrorist's phone …

More: AppleInsider, Gizmodo and MacRumors. Thanks:@cauchon

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

Box teams up with AWS and IBM for Box Zones, which lets firms store files locally in Europe, Asia — Box Teams Up With Amazon, IBM to Offer Local Storage Worldwide — Cloud storage company Box is making an effort to widen its appeal as the office file storage and sharing product …

More: Box, GeekWire, PCWorld, The Register, Data Center Knowledge, eWeek, diginomica, Silicon Valley Business …, Investor's Business Daily, AWS Blog, Wired, VentureBeat, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg and TechCrunch

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

USB-IF announces new USB Type-C authentication spec so devices can verify certification status of accessories to avoid damage from rogue cables — A software fix for dangerous USB-C cables is coming — Now that it's becoming clear to everybody that it's distressingly easy to accidentally buy …

More: Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, Laptop Mag, Windows Central, MacRumors, KCEN-TV, TechSpot, Liliputing and Neowin

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