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Why LinkedIn sees messaging (and bots) as the next frontier for networking

Yahoo claims state-sponsored hackers stole data on 500 million users

LinkedIn reveals what it’s doing with Lynda.com: LinkedIn Learning

Facebook Messenger gets polls and now encourages peer-to-peer payments

Yahoo shutting down Flickr Marketplace as it rethinks photo licensing and royalties

Weebly’s online platform adds email marketing

Tumblr now supports Live Photos on the web, open-sources JavaScript library

Yelp opens up access to more local content with launch of Fusion API

Standard International opens up its Hotel Tonight competitor to more hotels

Twilio acquires Kurento’s WebRTC media server technology

Twilio’s Voice Insights lets developers manage WebRTC call quality in apps

Facebook acquires hardware developer Nascent Objects

Twitter removes photos, videos, GIFs, polls, and quote tweets from 140-character limit

Stripe launches Instant Payouts feature to all after pilot with Lyft

Google launches travel app that lets you personalize your whole trip

AdStage gets $2 million from Verizon Ventures for its marketing tech platform

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Reports of email’s demise have been greatly exaggerated

iTunes and the App Store are down for some on day of iPhone 7 launch

Twitter’s first NFL Thursday Night Football livestream watched by 2.1 million viewers

Google acquires Urban Engines to bring its location-based analytics to Google Maps

PayPal’s One Touch platform used by 36 million consumers and 5 million merchants

Twitter now lets brands list customer support information in profiles

Carbon3D raises $81.1 million and forms strategic deals with GE, BMW, Nikon, and JSR

Uber, Square, Airbnb, and others form cybersecurity coalition for vetting vendors

Salesforce hires former Microsoft exec Tony Prophet as its first chief equality officer

500px’s new app helps photographers get hired

Facebook’s next data center will be in Los Lunas, New Mexico

Facebook says about 10% of News Feed stories are actually read daily

Twitter launches live video app for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Xbox One

Canva raises $15 million at a $345 million valuation for its online design tool

Lyft teams with Budweiser to curb drunk driving with free rides

WhatsApp for iOS now lets you use Siri to send messages and make calls

Stripe acquires app prototyping startup Tonic

SAP’s Concur acquires travel booking app Hipmunk

Salesforce to name chief equality officer next week

Foursquare users have checked in over 10 billion times

Foursquare now lets you use Swarm coins to pay for perks, brings stickers to iMessage

Tenor launches iOS 10 iMessage app with GIF creator and Snapchat-like filters
