Facebook tests machine learning to detect ads that discriminate by race
Flipboard redesigns app with an eye to identifying passions
Facebook’s Community Help tool launches to let people help one another after a disaster
Square launches dedicated point-of-sale app and service for retail merchants
Twilio acquires messaging provider Beepsend to boost its SMS delivery network
Twilio reports revenue of $82 million in Q4 2016 and 36% growth in accounts
Y Combinator and Watsi launch study to see how technology can fix health care
Facebook opens registration for F8 2017 in San Jose
Salesforce launches Quip Connect app for Sales and Service Clouds
Gusto now lets businesses set up 529 college savings plans for employees
YouTube opens up mobile livestreaming to all creators with more than 10,000 subscribers
Hootsuite acquires AdEspresso to beef up social ad play
Slack hires Twitter’s former developer advocate lead Bear Douglas
Facebook shareholders urge company to replace Mark Zuckerberg with ‘independent’ board chair
Productivity analytics firm GitPrime names Prosper cofounder as president
Zenefits names former Ooyala CEO Jay Fulcher to succeed David Sacks
Snap pledges up to 13 million Class A shares to new foundation for arts, education, and kids
Here’s how much Snap paid for Bitstrips, Looksery, and Vurb
Evan Spiegel controls 44.3% of Snap
Snap files to raise $3 billion in much-hyped IPO
Facebook marks 13 years with new Friends Day video and Messenger GIFs
Google ending pilot program for Hands Free payment app on February 8
Facebook reports $8.81 billion in revenue as monthly users jump 17% to 1.86 billion
Twitter’s latest move to improve safety allows reporting of tweets from users that block you
Braintree hires former Lending Club exec John MacIlwaine as CTO
Facebook reportedly creating app to bring videos to the television
Slack expands beyond teams to entire organizations with Enterprise Grid
Zenefits adds compliance and document management apps to its HR platform
Design, Inc. pivots its 99designs-like service to be ODesk for designers
Y Combinator backs the ACLU as the nonprofit challenges Trump
Uber adds Daimler to its roster of self-driving car makers
SoundHound raises $75 million to expand access to its Houndify voice-powered platform
Twitter says it will do more to stop harassment in the coming days
Comparably raises $7.25 million to help match employees with the best companies
Lyft follows Uber with in-app calendar integration
Square to save sellers $350 in processing fees if they use Apple Pay
Fitbit reportedly to lay off up to 10% of workforce
LinkedIn brings refugee assistance program to the U.S.
