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Your personal assistant doesn’t need any chatbots — or does it?

PayPal: Nearly 1/3 of Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping was done on mobile

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Don’t cancel the retrospective

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4 things you should never say if you want to innovate successfully

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Computers could soon be our best developers

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5 marketing trends to watch for in 2017

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HP Spectre x360 (2016) review: A nice refinement of an already good convertible laptop

Thanksgiving and Black Friday store sales fall, but online rises

These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week

Forget Black Friday. Here’s my gift guide

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How machine learning can make humans better managers

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What happens when bots start writing code instead of humans

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The cloud hit escape velocity in 2016, powering a SaaS buy-up

Hackers pose threat to retailers’ cyber sales plans

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What if Google and Facebook got it all wrong?

CloudTot baby monitor will detect if your infant has wet the crib

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The VR industry’s biggest threat is underwhelming content

Venture capitalists and the search for moonshots

How voice search may threaten Google’s advertising business

Uber seeks EC ruling that it is a digital service, not a transportation company

Putin: Tech should not be demonized, but it is ‘an objective threat’ to businesses

Banks reportedly seek to invest $59 million in blockchain startup R3

Stripe now worth more than $9 billion after raising $150 million

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The real opportunities with Facebook Messenger

Black Friday online sales expected to hit a record $3 billion

WordPress.com rolls out Google Translate widget to let visitors convert websites into 103 languages

This messaging app is helping Cox and Citizens Bank reinvent customer service

Leading developer Lightricks launches Facetune 2.0 to leverage Apple’s app subscription model

Encrypted email service ProtonMail offers limited number of ‘Lifetime’ accounts for $1,400 each

Xiaomi says shrinking smartphone sales won’t hit the company

Thanksgiving sales surge online as shoppers stay home for holiday

BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories

China will defend WTO rights if Trump moves on tariffs

Huawei leapfrogs Samsung to become world’s most profitable Android device maker

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Skyscanner CEO discusses why he just sold his company for $1.7 billion

Toronto blockchain security startup hires antivirus pioneer John McAfee as chief security officer (update)

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Finnish town proposes adopting ‘Emoji Street’ and ‘Meme Street’ in new business district development

Toyota says it will develop more advanced electric-car batteries with up to 15% greater range
