Pinterest Poaches 2 Longtime Google Execs to Develop New Ad Formats and Targeting
Pinterest is after Google’s talent. The San Francisco-based company has scooped up two Google execs as it looks to build out its advertising team.
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Facebook’s new “Explore Feed” makes its way to the app’s main navigation
Earlier this year, Facebook was spotted testing a new type of News Feed – one that designed to help you discover content across the social network, beyond posts from friends and Pages you already follow.
Facebook camera now has built-in GIF creator
Next time you swipe left to access the Facebook camera, you’ll be presented with the option to record your own GIF.
OpenGL Overload: OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan
OpenGL Overload (GLO) aims at being a cross-platform implementation of OpenGL and building a streamline and modern APIs friendly OpenGL like API.
Baidu acquires natural language startup Kitt.ai, maker of chatbot engine ChatFlow
China’s search giant Baidu has made another acquisition to continue its push into artificial intelligence, and specifically to help it carve out a place for itself as a platform for developers who want to create chatbots and other services based on natural language technology.
Twist is Slack without the annoying distractions
When Slack implemented threaded conversations, it seemed like the holy grail for internal communications. Slack finally lets you talk about multiple things in separate conversations.
Tumblr’s Unclear Future Shows That There’s No Money in Internet Culture
Earlier this month, Verizon completed its acquisition of Yahoo, incorporating the internet-portal pioneer’s slate of brands under a new umbrella corporation named, ominously, Oath.
Browser market share reports emphasize that Microsoft Edge just isn’t good enough for users
With the start of the new month, market share reports have started to come in. However, these reports don’t bring encouraging news for every company, especially not Microsoft.
Microsoft’s Whiteboard app leaks, shows the future of Windows 10 stylus support
Microsoft first demonstrated its Whiteboard app for Windows 10 back at the company’s Surface Pro event in May.
Facebook open sources its IT management tool for distributing Adobe’s Creative Cloud tools to employees
The company today open sourced one of its internal IT management services for giving users access to products in Adobe’s Creative Cloud.