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Beyond Excel: What analysts — not data scientists — need

Imperson launches its ‘WordPress for bots’ so you can create your own

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How to decide when self-service bots should call human assistants for help

Spotify could be planning its IPO for 2017
Sift Security Exits Stealth with an Easier, Faster and Smarter Approach to Threat Hunting and Incident Response

Reddit and weep: Imgur makes it easier to upload images in just 2 steps

IBM’s Watson and Macy’s team up to make in-store shopping assistant

Twitter announces crackdown after online abuse of ‘Ghostbusters’ actor

Latvian developer’s success with AntiChat app shows independents can still win in the App Store
New VP Engineering, Djamel Zouaoui, Aims to Make Tinyclues the Go-to Platform for Predictive CRM

Pinterest’s commerce head explains how A.I. and machine learning will transform shopping

Unilever buys on-demand toiletry service Dollar Shave Club for reportedly $1 billion

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Mobile user 30-minute series: Show me the monetization! (VB Live)

U.S. judge hears lawsuit over Seattle law allowing Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize

The Ozlo chatbot helps you find restaurants better than Google

Sixa wants to put your personal computers in the cloud

LinkedIn launches Open19 project to create a new standard for servers

WhatsApp service restored in Brazil

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Inside story of how Ghostbot handles texting creepers

The mental health tracker Joy wants to get more people professional help

Microsoft Azure compute usage doubles year over year in Q4 2016

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Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 is a big bet that may pay off for the entire industry

Twitter now lets anyone apply to get verified

Windows 10 warns Chrome and Firefox users about battery drain, recommends switching to Edge

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CNN, one of the first news orgs on a major bot platform, launches on Kik

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Slack reveals the next 11 bot startups from its $80 million fund

Google unveils Accelerated Mobile Pages for ads

Peter Shankman, being ADHD positive, and scaling a give-to-get mindset – VB Engage

Duolingo expands beyond language learning with launch of memorization app Tinycards

Doppler Labs raises $24 million led by The Chernin Group for wireless listening system

Quip now lets you do more from Slack
Smart Choice PreK-12 Application & Enrollment Platform on Track to Hit 3-Million-Student Mark

Snapchat rolls outs Bitmojis for chats and snaps following Bitstrips acquisition

With $50M and Peter Thiel on board, Zenreach helps brick-and-mortar retailers bring customers back
TapInfluence Surpasses $1M in Monthly Influencer Payouts; Releases Influencer Marketing Benchmarks on Cost Per Engagement

Hootsuite adds support for Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, and Microsoft OneDrive

Kiip raises $12 million to further its moments-based advertising platform

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