June 6, 2017
WhatsApp embraces visuals with filters, albums, and reply shortcuts
The camera is the new keyboard, and WhatsApp refuses to be left behind. While its sister app Instagram dukes it out with Snapchat in the west, WhatsApp is…
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June 6, 2017
Databricks releases serverless platform for Apache Spark along with new library supporting deep learning
Today to kick off Spark Summit, Databricks announced a Serverless Platform for Apache Spark — welcome news for developers looking to reduce time spent on cluster management. The move to…
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Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon coming to 3DS on November 17
Pokémon fans will have a lot to enjoy this coming fall; not only is Pokkén Tournament DX arriving as the first Pokémon Switch title, but Ultra Sun and…
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Pokémon lands on Nintendo Switch on September 22 with Pokkén Tournament
Nintendo hosted on of its Nintendo Direct streaming events today, just ahead of E3, and it had big news to share for one of its most popular and…
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Apple’s Business Chat will bring customer service to the iMessage platform
Apple is working on a way to bring businesses to the iMessage platform, in order to answer customer questions, offer customer service and even perform transactions. Though not announced…
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Box’s cloud content management vision showing results
For years, Box has been seen by many in the press, analyst and investor communities as a storage product and nothing more, which given its roots, was an…
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Cloud security broker Netskope raises $100m more led by Lightspeed and Accel
As enterprises continue to move more of their computing to the cloud, and across an ever-expanding range of devices from computers to phones and tablets and more, hackers…
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Snap acquires Placed to prove geofilters drive store visits
If Snapchat’s growth remains slow, it needs to maximize how much it can charge per ad by demonstrating they inspire purchases and physical store foot traffic. So today,…
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Everything Apple announced at its WWDC keynote
WWDC is usually a key event for Apple. This is the company’s developer conference. While Apple has mostly focused on software news in recent years, this one was…
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The sequel to the amazing Monument Valley is now available for iOS
Apple had one surprise on stage that you can check out immediately – Monument Valley 2, the sequel to the amazing, beautiful isometric puzzle game from developer ustwo…
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