


Chat startup Pypestream to advise major insurance companies

Ozlo chatbot now helps you hunt Pokémon

App Annie: Pokémon Go makes $10 million every day without cannibalizing other games

Talend closes at $25.50 after first day of trading, up 41% from IPO price

Twilio launches an API that notifies it of any message deliverability issues

Google.com starts redirecting HTTP requests to HTTPS

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What does and doesn’t work with chatbots today

YouTube reveals RNC and DNC livestreams were viewed over 9 million times, average watch time was 25 minutes

Chinese developer Mirage raises $1.5 million to take on VR gaming

Facebook open-sources SDK for embedding 360 photos and videos into apps

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Hearthstone’s new adventure, and Pokémon can’t save Nintendo

As Sonic turns 25, former Sega boss Tom Kalinske looks at gaming’s past and future

The DeanBeat: The Platform Awakens

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Trolls, terrorists, and Trump: Twitter’s brand and legacy are crumbling and may never recover

Sony has shipped 43.5 million PlayStation 4s to retailers

Sony’s PlayStation division accounted for 78% of its Q1 2016 profits

The first 7 cards revealed for Hearthstone’s One Night in Karazhan adventure

Hearthstone’s next adventure is One Night in Karazhan

IBM steps up efforts in fight against Zika

AMD reveals specs for Radeon RX 470 and RX 460 that will launch in early August

Deckstorm launches as DeNA’s latest stab at the $1.2 billion card game market

Google brings Material Design to overview mode in Chrome OS Dev update

Dungeons & Dragons gets a new virtual tabletop — Roll20

Fluenty is a good example of how chatbots save time

Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition will get Oculus Rift VR support in the ‘next few weeks’

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Changing how financial-service apps perform: This time it’s personal! (VB Live)

Techmate launches to take on Geek Squad with its technology concierge service

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This is what effective conversational commerce looks like

Amazon beats expectations with $857 million in profit spurred by Prime and AWS

Amazon Web Services posts $2.88 billion in revenue in Q2 2016, up 58% from last year

Google parent Alphabet reports strong $21.5B in revenue and $8.42 EPS for Q2 2016

Just Sing is Ubisoft’s newest music game, and it uses your phone as a mic

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How the most connected hospitals will use chatbots

Heroes of the Storm’s newest character is the angel Auriel from Diablo

Why Mic is betting big on chatbots

Google launches Docs and Sheets add-ons for Android; could come to iOS next
