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The world doesn’t need another social messaging app; but Yubl disagrees
Twitter launching redesigned embedded timeline on March 3
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Bubbl launches Air, the ‘world’s first’ social media keyboard
Facebook says Instagram now has more than 200,000 advertisers
Facebook gives everyone access to Reactions, its ‘Like button’ extension
UC Davis uses a game to chart its future
Zynga puts its San Francisco headquarters up for sale
Twitter launches Fabric app for iOS and Android
Snapchat now gives you a special lens effect on your birthday
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Twitch competitor DingIt rounds up 20M monthly viewers
Facebook’s Zuckerberg appears at Samsung event to talk VR, confirms Minecraft is coming to Oculus
Facebook says people have watched 1 million hours of video with Samsung Gear VR, forms Social VR team
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Yahoo warns of industry-wide ‘pause’ in mobile growth for 2016
Google Play Games drops Google+ integration
Twitter launches customer feedback tool and direct message deep links for businesses
The Tribeca Film Festival is now accepting submissions via Snapchat (updated)
Skype starts to roll out group video calling on iOS and Android
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Twitter reveals there was a bug in its password recovery system; no information exposed
Twitter now lets you record and share videos in direct messages
Facebook will open Instant Articles to all publishers on April 12
Microsoft rolls out massive Outlook.com overhaul out of preview
Twitter rolls out native GIF support in partnership with Giphy and Riffsy
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Synthesio overhaul makes speed the priority in social media monitoring
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Yahoo Labs faces big changes as two execs depart
Messaging is eating the app store: New Tribe app growing 80% weekly
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Intelligent assistant landscape shows slow growth but huge potential
Telegram just made it easier to send and receive secure voice messages
Slack now has 2.3 million daily active users, 675,000 paid seats, and 280 apps in its directory
Facebook India head steps down in wake of ‘Free Basics’ debacle
This app turns your Android phone into an earthquake sensor
Court says Facebook nude painting case can be tried in France
Pinterest open-sources its Teletraan tool for deploying code
Viral all-star OK Go picks Facebook over YouTube to launch new music video
Facebook is testing SMS integration in Messenger on Android, launches multiple account support
Instagram starts rolling out view counts for videos
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