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Amazon Web Services launches bare metal compute instances

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Airbnb now lets groups of guests split the cost of their stay

Why the artist behind Twitter’s Fail Whale thinks you should treat art as a currency

Facebook will now show you the Russian bots you unknowingly follow

AppLovin’s acquisition by Orient Hontai is off, accepts $841 million investment instead

Facebook Messenger now supports 4K photos

Behind Pinterest’s push to make the world pinnable

Trocafone raises $15 million to provide emerging markets with affordable refurbished phones

Google’s Chatbase bot analytics platform opens to all

FollowUp launches a personal CRM that prods you to keep in touch with contacts

Airbnb focuses on accessibility with Accomable acquisition

Yahoo Mail adds new coupon and travel tools

Twitter warns some accounts may lose verification

Google Docs is down for some, and users are not impressed (Updated)

LinkedIn launches Career Advice to connect you with a professional mentor

LinkedIn brings lead generation forms to Sponsored InMails

Twitter’s new premium APIs give developers access to more tweets, higher rate limits

How one entrepreneur is building bridges to help spur American innovation

Eventbrite: Events on Facebook result in 2X the ticket sales

Square’s college Code Camp is moving to Atlanta

On-demand child care startup Trusted expands to New York

Medium now offers audio versions of its stories for members

Android Pay is coming to Brazil, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, and Canada

Former Wealthfront CEO Adam Nash rejoins Greylock

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and LG will support Google’s Daydream VR

Google Photos passes 500 million users, gets better sharing features and $10 photo books

Biz Stone rejoins Twitter to ‘guide the company culture’

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Behind Hawaii’s push to be a startup paradise

Design Inc. shuts down self-service platform, blames poor growth and business model

Uber’s saved places feature bookmarks your favorite destinations

Pinterest names first CTO, launches new Lens updates

EyeEm moves beyond photos with video support

Zendesk acquires Outbound.io to help companies proactively approach customers

Zapier’s team service brings task automation to the enterprise

Kiip’s Clip-to-Card service lets you save rewards to loyalty cards

Slack introduces Frontiers, its first future of work conference

Facebook passes 1.94 billion monthly users, 1.28 billion that use it daily
