


BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories

Chute launches service for brands to find and manage influencers

Amazon unveils three livestream-friendly PC games at TwitchCon

Turtle Beach updates its Stealth headsets and debuts a mic for console broadcasters

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Still relying on cost per lead? Time to rethink your campaigns (VB Live)

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How Hearthstone’s new card nerfs will change the game

Nutanix raises $237 million in IPO, setting price at $16 per share

Study shows retailers can keep customers loyal if they get cross-channel right

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How chatbots will help education

Neverwinter’s Sea of Moving Ice swaps your Rod of Rulership for a fishing rod (update)

Facebook is now available in Corsican, Fula, and Maltese

Minecraft VR demos hit Microsoft’s stores

This chart shows why Pokémon Go’s server collapse was inevitable

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3 workplaces where human assistance bots can improve daily life

Call of Duty’s art shows the soul behind the megafranchise

Zynga hires former EA executive as its chief financial officer

The FCC is making emergency alerts longer… and adding links

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Forget millennials: 5 reasons the ‘new generation’ will love chatbots

Ubisoft sheds more details on its victory over Vivendi at annual meeting

Google updates Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides with machine intelligence features

Ubisoft CEO: NX will put Nintendo ‘back in the race’

Epic Games dishes out $50,000 in Unreal developer grants

Google reorganizes cloud services under new ‘Google Cloud’ brand

Amazon launches $2.5 million Alexa Prize for college students building bots

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered gets an explosive launch trailer

Fig’s non-accredited game-investment platform is now SEC-approved

Higher Logic raises $55 million to help organizations create online communities

Titanfall 2’s cinematic trailer examines the aspirations of a lowly grunt

Ubisoft claims win over Vivendi’s hostile takeover in board election

AWS’ next data center site will be in Paris

Kik’s new concierge bots help you shop with friends

Razer’s Kraken gets 7.1 V2 makeover with 50mm drivers and unibody aluminum frame

Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius is now out on Amazon devices

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Website personalization: How to move the needle on conversions in just one month (VB Live)
Wellington Financial Endows Technology Evaluation Scholarship at the University of Toronto

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How Teddy Roosevelt and I became BFFs in Civilization VI

HotelTonight launches loyalty rewards program
