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How Easy Taxi beautifully integrates on- and off-line tactics to acquire 20 million users (VB Live)

Analysis
Deciphering Google’s messaging app strategy: Allo, Duo, Hangouts, and Messenger

Instagram now lets advertisers use videos in carousel ads

Data analytics startup ThoughtSpot raises $50 million to expand beyond the U.S. and U.K.

Google is working with IMAX and Yi Technology to build Jump-ready VR camera rigs

Apprenda acquires Kubernetes startup Kismatic

Google’s chatbot strategy is missing something important

Google Maps for iOS makes it easier to find food and drinks nearby
Venture Atlanta Adds Four New Board Members

Product Hunt adds a Stripe-powered buy button so you can shop right on the site

Uber to test self-driving cars on Pittsburgh roads in the coming weeks
Abpro Announces Agreements with Two Boston Hospitals to Co-develop Therapeutics for Inflammation, Autoimmunity, Fibrosis and Oncology

Onvi launches smart toothbrush Prophix, with a camera to show you where to brush

Google takes right-to-be-forgotten fight to France’s highest court to avoid ‘global race to the bottom’

Futurefly’s Rawr Messenger app reinvents chat using 3D-animated avatars

Paris startup Shift Technology raises $10 million to help insurers fight fraud with artificial intelligence

The sharing economy is creating a new digital divide, says Pew study

E.ventures launches $150 million fund for early-stage European startups

Apple boosts its mapping credentials with new development hub in India for up to 4,000 workers

Tesla needs more batteries to meet Model 3 demand

FlightCar revamps airport car-sharing service after major shakeup

Everything Google announced at I/O 2016

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Social appetizing: The underused secret sauce for driving app downloads (VB Live)

Google is bringing custom tensor processing units to its public cloud

Google Classroom launches Coursework API for working with assignments, grades

Google announces Slides API, more powerful Sheets API, embeddable charts

Google extends Android Pay APIs to let you pay on mobile sites

Google unveils Android Instant Apps that launch immediately, no installation required

RCA and Xiaomi working on Android TV-enabled devices

Google announces Universal App Campaigns for iOS and 2 billion app installs via ads, just like Facebook

Google launches Android Studio 2.2 preview with Layout Editor, Firebase plugin, and APK Analyzer

Google teases Daydream, a platform for ‘high-quality’ mobile virtual reality, launching this fall

Google unveils Android Wear 2.0 with new design, standalone apps, and Complications API

Google announces Duo, a video calling app with end-to-end encryption coming this summer

Google wants your help naming Android N

Google launches Android N Developer Preview 3 with seamless updates and VR mode

Google debuts Allo, a messaging app with built-in Google Assistant and Smart Reply
