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Microsoft Boosts Its Chatbot Future By Acquiring Wand Labs — The startup, which ties together an array of services through a conversational interface, will help build out Satya Nadella's vision. — On Monday, Microsoft made headlines by plunking down $26 billion for LinkedIn.
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| Peter Rubin / Wired: |
Lucasfilm's ILMxLAB and Magic Leap partner to produce mixed-reality Star Wars content — You're used to C-3PO being diplomatic and prissy, wringing his droid hands over any and every little setback. You're used to him sticking close to R2-D2. What you're probably not used to, though …
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Facebook Messenger's home tab on mobile now organizes the app into recent messages, favorites, active users, messages awaiting a response, and birthdays — Facebook wants to make Messenger the app to anchor a post-app Internet that lets you do everything within a chat. Need an Uber?
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| Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung Electronics to acquire US cloud services firm Joyent; Joyent to retain name and top management, will be integrated into Samsung's mobile division — Acquisition of Joyent shows device maker is pushing to beef up software and services — SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday …
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| George Slefo / Ad Age: |
Twitter will now let advertisers target users based on the emoji they have tweeted — It's Exactly What You Think It Is — Advertisers will either cry with laughter or happiness following Twitter's announcement of emoji based-targeting. — The company's move is in time for next month's World Emoji …
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| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Apple confirms iPad can be used as a hub for HomeKit — Apple's update for HomeKit may make the Apple TV even more important, with its addition of remote access to control things from afar, but it turns out you don't actually need the set-top box. In an ideal setup - and certainly … | Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative makes its first investment, leading $24M Series B round in Andela, a company that trains software developers in Africa — Chan Zuckerberg Initiative makes its first investment in company that trains developers in Africa — Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg's … | Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Arizona-based Space Data Corporation sues Google alleging Project Loon infringes on two of its patents and uses trade secrets shared under NDA in 2007 — When Google first announced its plan for a balloon-based Wi-Fi system called Project Loon, it was unlike anything most of the world had ever heard.
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Pro-ISIS hacker pleads guilty after stealing names of over 1,000 US military personnel — The 20-year-old has admitted pilfering the data before sending it along to ISIS members. — An ISIS supporter has admitted to stealing identifiable information of roughly 1,300 members of the US military … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Airbnb secures $1B debt facility from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley — Airbnb Inc. secured a $1 billion debt facility from some of the largest U.S. banks to help the home-sharing company develop new services and fund growth initiatives, people familiar with the matter said.
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| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Cloud infrastructure monitoring startup LogicMonitor raises $130M from Providence Strategic Growth — LogicMonitor, a Santa Barbara-based startup, is taking a whopping $130 million investment from Providence Strategic Growth, an affiliate of Providence Equity Partners.
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| Jay Greene / Wall Street Journal: |
Oracle posts revenue of $10.59B, beating estimates, with total cloud revenue up 49% YoY to $859M while profit rose to $2.81B — Rising cloud operations offset continuing declines in conventional software business — Oracle Corp. earnings rose 2% in the fourth quarter as growth …
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