
AWS introduces free and premium Shield DDoS mitigation services

Pokémon Go leads list of Google Play’s top trending games of 2016

Europe’s biggest tech hope Spotify could see profits next year

AWS launches CodeBuild for unit testing and X-Ray for debugging

Microsoft-owned SwiftKey removes final in-app charges as it makes premium themes free on Android and iOS

Hearthstone’s Mean Streets of Gadgetzan expansion is now live in the Americas

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Interfaces on demand: the new services inside chatbots, voice computing, and mixed reality

AngelList acquires Product Hunt

Annapurna Pictures forms studio to bring storytelling of films like Her to video games

PlayFab raises $3.1 million for back-end service for game developers

Mobile security startup Seworks raises $8.2 million from SoftBank, Qualcomm, Samsung, others

Bullpen Capital closes ‘oversubscribed’ third fund at $75 million, targets post-seed startups

Iam8bit announces game-related art showcase for the Game Developers Conference

Amazon Prime gets HBO and Cinemax subscriptions for $15 and $10 per month

Super Evil Megacorp starts team-franchise program to energize Vainglory’s esports scene

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How this insurance giant leverages messaging for long-term customer connections (VB Live)

GoDaddy launches new Pro service letting devs manage multiple WordPress sites from a single dashboard

Assassin’s Creed film gets a companion experience for VR

Dashbot raises $2 million for its bot analytics service

Osterhout Design Group raises $58 million for augmented reality smartglasses

Food delivery giant Just Eat claims ‘world’s first’ drone-delivered meal

Y Combinator-backed employee training startup WorkRamp raises $1.8 million

New Nokia Android phones and tablets are coming as 10-year licensing deal is finalized

Opendoor raises $210 million to buy and sell even more homes

Robotics startup Exotec raises $3.5 million to help warehouses pack and dispatch goods using mini robots

On-demand ride service Gett receives $100 million loan from Russia’s Sberbank

Fitbit is buying Pebble for $34-40 million

Drake is the most-streamed artist on Spotify for the second year in a row

Amazon Alexa skills are about to become much smarter
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I’m going to miss Hearthstone’s vanilla Arena meta

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Sony, Facebook, Google, and Samsung dominate VR, with over 50% market share

Trump reportedly to appoint Pence ally to FCC chair, setting stage to rollback net neutrality

Skillz introduces brand-sponsored tournaments for its mobile esports games

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How chatbots will factor into elections

Gears of War 4 is testing crossplay between Xbox One and PC

Amazon unveils Dash button for AWS IoT with twice the battery life of the original

SurveyMonkey shutting down its mobile app insight service on January 31

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The limitations of letting chatbots imitate humans
