France’s Drivy raises $35 million to grow its car-rental marketplace into new markets
U.S. House unanimously passes email privacy bill
Zuckerberg: Facebook bots will help businesses respond faster than with messaging
Mass Effect attraction hits California’s Great America amusement park this summer
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Facebook looking at interactive formats beyond livestreaming and 360 videos
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New customer data creates emerging roles in mobile (event)
Google Store runs out of Nexus 9 stock
You can finally own your own Wind Waker baton from The Legend of Zelda
PayPal revenue jumps 19% as it adds users, processes more payments
Zuck says Facebook’s proposed Class C stock would help him ‘fund important work sooner’
Facebook passes 1.65 billion monthly active users, 54% access the service only on mobile
Facebook reports $5.38 billion in revenue, 82% from mobile advertising
Marvel Puzzle Quest is getting in on the Civil War (the superhero one, not the U.S. one)
OpenAI launches Gym, a toolkit for testing and comparing reinforcement learning algorithms
Samsung predicts mobile gaming performance will surpass PS4 by 2020
SpaceX plans Mars mission for 2018
Apple releases second Safari Technology Preview update with rendering and Web Inspector improvements
Samsung launches Artik Cloud platform to connect Internet of Things devices
Minecraft enters virtual reality on Samsung’s Gear VR headset
Samsung to debut Gear 360 VR camera on April 29
Samsung Health devices reach 150M users in 130 countries
Google releases Android TV remote app for iOS
Samsung makes its best pitch to steal developers from Apple
Google Calendar for Android can now find meeting times that work for everyone
Vreal can teleport you into a VR game so you can be a spectator
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End stolen in the U.K. — Sony warns to beware spoilers
Affirm acquires personal finance startup Sweep to expand beyond point-of-sale lending
Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt play the NSA whistleblower in first ‘Snowden’ trailer
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Plag, the virus-inspired content sharing app, gets its own chatbot
Judge finds Amazon liable for in-app charges racked up by kids
IDC: Smartphone shipments flat for the first time; Samsung widens lead over Apple in Q1 2016
Spotify buys photo and video aggregation startup CrowdAlbum
Rocket Lolly throws switch on Rocky Horror Show mobile game Kickstarter
Yahoo to add 4 directors to board in deal with Starboard
Shopify launches cash-advance service for merchants
Uber’s new board member: Huffington Post cofounder Arianna Huffington
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