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3 stats that show chatbots are here to stay

Why IBM wants you to build bots that talk to each other

Facebook stops employing humans to write trending topic descriptions

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3 challenges facing virtual assistants

Apple releases iOS 10 public beta 7

Cloud giant Rackspace goes private in $4.3 billion acquisition

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How Reverb’s social strategy grew it to 7 million users and $100 million in revenue in just 3 years (VB Live)

Open Benchmarks gives a live view into the revenues of 600+ startups

Reddit hosts Crackle’s first episode of ‘StartUp’, a dark drama about entrepreneurship

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How Facebook’s pushing the boundaries of computer vision technology

Fresh from its IPO, mobile messaging giant Line finally lets users sign up from a PC or tablet

Uber reportedly lost at least $1.27 billion in first half of 2016

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Niki.ai’s new Messenger bot lets you hail cabs and order snacks in India

BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories

Google removes its Device Assist app from the Play Store

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How to build and launch your own Slack bot

LinkedIn for Android and iOS now lets you search by topic, article, or hashtag

Where chatbots fit on the Gartner hype cycle of innovation

How the biggest bot platforms, startups, and investors are working on common tech standards

Twitter is working on a ‘permanent’ page for streaming live events

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Why Wingstop is betting big on chatbots

Apple is reportedly developing an iOS video editing app

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SAP is acquiring big data startup Altiscale for over $125 million

Apple releases iOS 9.3.5 to patch security flaws following targeted attacks

Peer-to-peer international courier service Grabr grabs $3.5 million

Facebook open-sources A.I. software for segmenting objects in images

Songkick raises $15M to help artists sell more concert tickets and thwart scalpers
Arrow Electronics Brings Crowdfunded Technology to Life with Indiegogo
Nepris Raises $1M in New Round of Seed Funding to Build More Connections Between Industry and Education

WhatsApp will share user data such as phone numbers with Facebook, but you can opt out

HP fights to survive decline of the printer market

The world’s first public self-driving taxi service hits Singapore roads today

Lyft now lets business users customize their expense reports

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Satya Nadella is wrong about chatbots

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How to cross the conversational commerce chasm

HP reports revenue of $11.89 billion, beats Q3 analyst estimates

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What would Alexa do?

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Inside Backstage: YouTube’s plan to bring photos, polls, and text to the video service
