


Kiip raises $12 million to further its moments-based advertising platform

LinkedIn syncs its Sales Navigator with Salesforce and launches Gmail extension

Yahoo takes $482 million charge on Tumblr in Q2 2016, hits $1.31 billion in revenue, still no buyer

Facebook adds specific action-based bidding to its mobile app install ads

Ride shuts down commuter carpooling service, pivots to family-friendly shuttle option

Google’s latest election tool helps U.S. citizens register to vote

SurveyMonkey goes political with election tracking tool

Facebook activates Safety Check after truck incident in Nice, France

Pinterest acquires the team behind mobile apps Highlight and Shorts

YouTube will livestream the Republican and Democratic national conventions in 360 degrees

DCM Ventures raises $770 million for its early-stage, flagship, and growth funds

Nest’s new product is a $199 security camera that works outdoors

Accounting software provider Sage previews chatbot that manages your business expenses

HealthTap launches Facebook Messenger bot that provides fast access to health care

Weave shutting down professional matchmaking service, says wasn’t ‘financially viable’

Shopify-owned Kit’s artificial intelligence marketing bot now on Facebook Messenger

Dashbot wants to be the Google Analytics of bots

The Troops Slackbot lets you talk to your Salesforce data

Disney taps SoundHound’s virtual assistant to help guests navigate its theme parks

Twitter opens its Audience API to all brands, adds new search features

Codecademy raises $30 million to further its global and academic expansion

Twitter expands GIF size limit to 15MB, but only for the web

This tool lets you geo-fence your Facebook Live video broadcasts

Anki introduces tool that allows developers to hack its Cozmo A.I. robot

eBay acquires predictive analytics startup SalesPredict to boost its machine learning

Facebook testing ability to let you buy event tickets directly from its site and apps

‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2 premiere debuted on Twitter and Facebook, but only for a short time

Why Hearsay Social’s Clara Shih pushes companies to think digitally

Twitter denies it can see your Vine password

Facebook Messenger starts testing end-to-end-encryption in secret chat mode

General Catalyst’s Phil Libin invests in 2 more chatbot startups, Growbot and Butter.ai

Y Combinator will hold an investor day for meetings with startups after demo day

Yahoo brings its news, weather, monkey, and finance bots to Facebook Messenger

Lyft relaunches its luxury car service to rival Uber

Light raises $30 million and adds wider zoom, more storage for its mini-DSLR camera

Twitter adds Quip CEO and former Facebook CTO Bret Taylor to board

Flipboard’s Mike McCue on the last startup he’ll ever do

How GV handles the unsexy part of growing startups
