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Facebook launches Marketplace on mobile for buying and selling items, initially in US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, won't facilitate payment or delivery — By Mary Ku, Director of Product Management — Facebook is where people connect, and in recent years more people have been using Facebook …
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| Tom Mulcahy / Facebook: |
Facebook launches Messenger Lite on Android for slower internet speeds, initially in Kenya, Tunisia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Venezuela — By Tom Mulcahy, Engineering Manager for Messenger Lite — Furthering our goal to empower people all over the world to stay connected …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft to build its first Azure data center in France this year, as part of a $3B investment to build its cloud services in EU — Companies like Microsoft, Amazon and Google continue to compete fiercely in the area of cloud services for consumers, developers and enterprises … | Tad Friend / New Yorker: |
A profile of Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator, whose companies are valued at $80B — Is the head of Y Combinator fixing the world, or trying to take over Silicon Valley? — One balmy May evening, thirty of Silicon Valley's top entrepreneurs gathered in a private room at the Berlinetta Lounge, in San Francisco.
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| Roger Parloff / Fortune: |
A history of deep learning and how it's being used in more tech products than ever — Decades-old discoveries are now electrifying the computing industry and will soon transform corporate America. — Over the past four years, readers have doubtlessly noticed quantum leaps in the quality of a wide range of everyday technologies.| Priya Anand / BuzzFeed: |
Uber will get subsidies from Summit, NJ, for residents' rides to and from the local train station in a pilot program starting Monday — Summit, New Jersey, a bedroom community to New York City, will begin subsidizing Uber rides for residents traveling to and from the local train station starting Monday … | Barb Darrow / Fortune: |
Salesforce rebrands Demandware e-commerce offering as Salesforce Commerce Cloud, adds Apple Pay support and some Einstein AI capabilities — Three months after completing its $2.8 billion acquisition of Demandware, Salesforce is officially bringing that company's e-commerce software in-house … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
What to expect at Google's Oct. 4 event: two new flagship devices without Nexus branding, more details about Home, Google Wi-Fi, Android-Chrome OS hybrid, more — So. Much. Hardware. — PIN — Now that Apple has had its big fall phone event, it's Google's turn to show off its goods.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Samsung waits to see whether VR is hype or mainstream before moving on standalone headsets, 10K displays — At a company event today in San Francisco, Samsung President & Chief Strategy Officer Young Sohn detailed that the company is actively pursuing both smartphone-focused VR headsets and standalone solutions.| Donovan Jones / Seeking Alpha: |
Premium Wi-Fi chip designer Quantenna Communications files for $100M IPO — IPOs, tech, alternative investments, CEO VentureDeal.com — Quantenna Communications manufactures premium Wi-Fi chipsets and wants to raise $100 million in an IPO. — The markets for Wi-Fi and Internet of Everything are growing rapidly.
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
45K developers are using Microsoft Bot Framework to make bots for Skype and other chat platforms, while 34K developers are making bots for Facebook Messenger — More than 45,000 developers are now using the Microsoft Bot Framework, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Monday.
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| Bloomberg: |
Spotify's growth likely to be weak at first in Japan, where physical music sales are 84% of total and digital sales fell 50%+ since iPhone launch in 2008 — The music streaming service will have to fight record labels still clinging to lucrative CD sales — Bloomberg Anywhere Remote LoginBloomberg Anywhere LoginSponsor Posts
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Zoho:
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