BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories
Chute launches service for brands to find and manage influencers
Amazon unveils three livestream-friendly PC games at TwitchCon
Turtle Beach updates its Stealth headsets and debuts a mic for console broadcasters
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Still relying on cost per lead? Time to rethink your campaigns (VB Live)
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How Hearthstone’s new card nerfs will change the game
Nutanix raises $237 million in IPO, setting price at $16 per share
Study shows retailers can keep customers loyal if they get cross-channel right
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How chatbots will help education
Neverwinter’s Sea of Moving Ice swaps your Rod of Rulership for a fishing rod (update)
Facebook is now available in Corsican, Fula, and Maltese
Minecraft VR demos hit Microsoft’s stores
This chart shows why Pokémon Go’s server collapse was inevitable
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3 workplaces where human assistance bots can improve daily life
Call of Duty’s art shows the soul behind the megafranchise
Zynga hires former EA executive as its chief financial officer
The FCC is making emergency alerts longer… and adding links
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Forget millennials: 5 reasons the ‘new generation’ will love chatbots
Ubisoft sheds more details on its victory over Vivendi at annual meeting
Google updates Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides with machine intelligence features
Ubisoft CEO: NX will put Nintendo ‘back in the race’
Epic Games dishes out $50,000 in Unreal developer grants
Google reorganizes cloud services under new ‘Google Cloud’ brand
Amazon launches $2.5 million Alexa Prize for college students building bots
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered gets an explosive launch trailer
Fig’s non-accredited game-investment platform is now SEC-approved
Higher Logic raises $55 million to help organizations create online communities
Titanfall 2’s cinematic trailer examines the aspirations of a lowly grunt
Ubisoft claims win over Vivendi’s hostile takeover in board election
AWS’ next data center site will be in Paris
Kik’s new concierge bots help you shop with friends
Razer’s Kraken gets 7.1 V2 makeover with 50mm drivers and unibody aluminum frame
Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius is now out on Amazon devices
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Website personalization: How to move the needle on conversions in just one month (VB Live)
Wellington Financial Endows Technology Evaluation Scholarship at the University of Toronto
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