Google launches Cloud Composer beta, a managed Apache Airflow service
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MobileBridge launches Momentum to replace loyalty points with cryptocurrency
Security chatbot startup Demisto raises $20 million
Cloud security startup Evident.io raises $22 million led by GV
Facebook is testing Beach Mode in Workplace to reduce notifications
Fuze raises $104 million to grow its unified communications platform for enterprises
Egnyte launches refreshed desktop app for Mac and Windows
Deloitte predicts machine intelligence, not mere AI, as a big trend for 2017
How on-demand laundry startup Laundrapp plans to take on the world
Netflix open-sources a Slack bot that helps devs manage GitHub repos
NEA’s Dick Kramlich, Anthony Schiller raise inaugural $130 million fund for Green Bay Ventures
Salesforce launches Quip Connect app for Sales and Service Clouds
PayPal launches Slack bot for peer-to-peer payments
Exabeam raises $30 million led by Cisco and Lightspeed
AT&T, Microsoft Ventures back networking startup SnapRoute in $25 million round
Slack hires Twitter’s former developer advocate lead Bear Douglas
How Russia’s new ‘Google tax law’ is impacting Uber
Google removes restrictions from free version of Data Studio, its tool for creating customized reports
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MapAnything raises $33.1 million to map Salesforce data
Nexon launches retro arcade mobile game Evil Factory
Viber appoints former AdTech chief to lead the company after more than a year without a CEO
IDC: Smartphone shipments up 6.9% in Q4 2016, Apple overtakes Samsung for first place
iPad in free fall after sales plunged 22% in Q1
Slack expands beyond teams to entire organizations with Enterprise Grid
SAP starts making Slack bots for its enterprise software
Google launches G Suite Enterprise edition with Drive data loss prevention, S/MIME encryption
Tech IPOs doubled in the last half of 2016, setting the stage for a robust 2017
Google will open-source its Earth Enterprise on-premises software in March
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Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, and others’ tepid responses to Trump’s Muslim ban
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Google parent Alphabet stock slips 3% after earnings miss
Microsoft reports $26.1 billion in Q2 2017 revenue: Azure up 93%, but Phone down 81% and Surface down 2%
AWS Marketplace now offers desktop apps for Amazon WorkSpaces
Alphabet’s health-tech company Verily gets $800 million from Singapore investment firm Temasek
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