Jam City’s Cookie Jam hits 100 million downloads as Cookie Jam Blast debuts
Sphero bets on Pixar’s Cars after striking gold with BB8
How 1APP wants to disrupt the app stores with infinite distribution
Apple’s App Store is creating twice as many million-dollar publishers as Google Play
Samsung’s new Gear 360 camera costs $229 and goes on sale in the U.S. on May 25
Donna Troy Joins Kony Advisory Board
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Mark Cuban leads $1.5 million round in SaaS management tool Meta SaaS
IFTTT now lets any developer build and publish applets for others to use
Work management startup Smartsheet raises $52.1 million, claims a $852 valuation
Why alternative app stores and emerging markets are good for developers
Mark Zuckerberg tours old Harvard dorm room and dishes on Facemash, Hot Pockets, and crappy roommates
Apple expands economic development agenda with new app class for high schools and colleges
Microsoft reportedly acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup Hexadite for $100 million
Poland’s DocPlanner raises $16.8 million to expand its doctor booking platform into more markets
How eastern European tech entrepreneurs are drawing global interest
Top Gear mobile game dev Motorious Entertainment raises $894,000
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Game engine maker Unity raises $400 million in private equity from Silver Lake
5 bots to try this week: Karrueche, Eclipse, Andromeda, PooBot, and Trivia Blast
Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius is ‘on the right path’ in mobile gaming
5 things Amazon Alexa needs to do before 2020
Call of Duty shows off more of its new take on World War II
Quiqup, the Postmates of London, raises $26 million to grow its on-demand logistics platform
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Grand Theft Auto Online cushions the blow of Red Dead’s delay
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Consultancies are taking out ad agencies … and upending ad-tech and mar-tech
Overwatch’s first anniversary event has great content with no real theme
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Why every worker needs a virtual assistant
Google’s AlphaGo narrowly beat the top Go player because it avoids risks
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Why AI won’t replace all human data analysts
Twitter created an ad format to put bots in your DMs
Civ VI was a large contributor to Take-Two’s net revenue growth
Take-Two teases mystery game in 2018 from one of ‘2K’s biggest franchises’
Ikea’s smart lights will soon work with Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant
Supercell acquires 62% of London’s Space Ape Games for $55.8 million
Transformers roll out into VR in China
Google starts selling 4K digital whiteboard Jamboard for $4,999 in the U.S.
Embrace.io raises $2.5 million to tell developers how their apps perform
Trove raises $8 million from Greylock Partners to help store your furniture (not data)
