


Salesforce, Google join $30 million campaign to reduce family homelessness in San Francisco

Sixa raises $3.5 million and launches personal cloud computing platform

Sprinklr Audiences helps brands improve ad targeting across Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook

Shift launches to help military personnel find civilian jobs

Yahoo officially launches its Yahoo Answers Q&A mobile app

Dashbot now helps bot developers building on Google Assistant measure what works

Tempow lets you dust off your old Bluetooth speakers and sync them like Sonos

Facebook now lets brands use dynamic ads to drive mobile app installs

Uber’s new guidelines explain how to get kicked off the service

Lyft’s feature to match drivers with riders along the same route is now available to all

Slack introduces a Google Drive bot and connection to Google Team Drives

Airbnb’s Guidebooks now features photos powered by Foursquare

Google now lets you take a virtual tour of New York City’s holiday windows

LinkedIn launches ‘conversation starters’ to boost its messaging service

Zenefits extends its payroll service to Florida, Texas, and Washington

Microsoft’s LinkedIn acquisition approved by regulators, but there’s a catch

Instagram launching comment control and follower removal tools to curb abuse

PayPal now lets you send designer cards when gifting money this holiday season

Earth Networks acquires Whisker Labs and launches DIY home energy monitor

WordPress Foundation to create public-benefit corporation supporting nonprofits

Zenefits CEO David Sacks stepping down (updated)

Facebook commits $20 million to Silicon Valley housing, legal services, and job training

Twitter acquires Yes, Inc. to better connect people around events (and get a product lead)

Automattic readies big WordPress SSL push for hosting partners and features

You can now access Box files from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android

AngelList acquires Product Hunt

Dashbot raises $2 million for its bot analytics service

Fitbit is buying Pebble for $34-40 million

SurveyMonkey shutting down its mobile app insight service on January 31

Geohot’s startup Comma.ai open-sources its self-driving car technology

Twitter now lets you curate your own Moments on mobile

Data science startup Civis Analytics raises $22 million

Lyft’s upfront price estimation tool now available for all rides

Here are at least 12 ways to give back this holiday season

AT&T to launch DirecTV Now streaming service on November 30

Uber drivers join nationwide strike to demand $15 minimum wage

PayPal: Nearly 1/3 of Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping was done on mobile

Venture capitalists and the search for moonshots
