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Google launches Hangouts Chat, its Slack competitor

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Facebook Messenger’s Snapchat Stories-like feature launches globally

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Uber says it will stop targeting regulators with ‘greyballing’

Quora launches in French, its third language

Pinterest acquires Biz Stone’s Q&A service Jelly

Facebook launches Samsung Gear VR app dedicated to showing 360 photos and videos

Vimeo adds support for 360-degree videos

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Lyft offers ride hailing for developers to use in their apps

Nest introduces two-factor authentication

Yahoo’s new Captain bot keeps track of things you need to do

Y Combinator opens registration for its free Startup School online course

Wifi Dabba wants to help stores in India provide low-cost internet access

General Motors’ Maven launches monthly car plan

Mapbox hires former SAP and Twilio exec Roy Ng as COO

Facebook Messenger now offers a more dynamic persistent menu for bot developers

Ever launches image recognition tool to make photo-sharing with friends easier

Uber’s new analytics tool lets restaurants better track sales and service issues

Lyft reportedly seeks $500 million in new funding

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gives up 2016 and 2017 bonuses following security breaches

Medium’s new Snapchat-like story format is called Series

Twilio hires former Salesforce exec George Hu as chief operating officer

Lively launches to be the Zenefits for health savings accounts

Foursquare launches Pilgrim SDK to open up access to location intelligence in apps

Octane AI opens to the public, launches Convos feature to bring blog posts into Messenger

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Twitter’s latest anti-troll update brings new filters and proactive monitoring
