


Twitter testing Periscope feature that pulls video from external sources

Samsung begins ‘thorough inspection’ of Note7 following reports of exploding batteries

Facebook Messenger now lets you easily switch to video within any mobile conversation

Facebook fixing ‘bug’ showing vomit sticker when searching for ‘liberals’ or ‘feminism’

Samsung unveils Gear S3 Classic and Gear S3 Frontier smartwatches

Uber president Ryan Graves steps down, replaced by Target CMO

Snapchat makes it easier to design geofilters with customizable templates

Okta giving away identity cloud platform to nonprofits for free, up to 25 employees

Flipboard’s new marketplace lets brands buy ads programmatically

Twitter now lets U.S. creators add pre-roll ads to videos

Uber is giving free rides to Visa cardholders who shop locally

Why Venrock Partners gave free room and board to 12 startups without taking any equity

Square extends platform further with TouchBistro and Vend point-of-sale integrations

Math Camp shuttering Shorts and Roll apps on August 30, following Pinterest acquisition

Facebook stops employing humans to write trending topic descriptions

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

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

Twitter launches button letting you send direct messages from any website

LinkedIn’s ProFinder service to find freelancers now available to all in the U.S.

The House Fund unveils Berkeley startup incubator and $2 million philanthropic round

Instrumentl helps match scientists with the best research grants

Pinterest acquires Instapaper to improve article discovery

Former Facebook Live product manager launches Alively for private video livestreaming

Boomerang for Gmail creators launch Respondable to help you write better emails using A.I.

GitLab launches Issue Boards, an open-source task management tool that resembles Trello

Twitter rolling out night mode for iOS

Tesla offering 2-year leases on Model S and X cars purchased by September 12

Google secretly acqui-hired mobile app development startup Apportable

Amazon Alexa Fund invests in smart thermostat company Ecobee’s $35 million round

Google is opening a San Francisco office for its Launchpad Accelerator

Twitter rolls out quality filter setting to all users

Twitter has suspended more than 360,000 accounts related to terrorism and ISIS

500px launches way to search for photos by colors or designs

Instagram launches channel to curate the best videos around events

Twitter’s Crashlytics can now track out-of-memory iOS app crashes

Pinterest launches promoted video ads in the U.S. and U.K.

Y Combinator launches video series interviewing successful founders, starting with Mark Zuckerberg

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Samsung Galaxy Note7 review: This productivity phone is worth the price
