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    • Microsoft acquires Atlanta-based app provisioning and virtualization startup FSLogix, to improve Office 365 performance in "multi-user virtual environments" (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

    Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Microsoft acquires Atlanta-based app provisioning and virtualization startup FSLogix, to improve Office 365 performance in “multi-user virtual environments”  —  Another day, another profitable exit for a well-regarded startup.  Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Atlanta … Microsoft acquires Atlanta-based app provisioning and virtualization startup FSLogix, to improve Office 365 performance

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    • Deep dive into Latin America’s last-mile delivery startups

    The last-mile delivery apps servicing the $2 trillion USD e-commerce market are drawing global attention, notably those that deliver products, groceries, and restaurant-made meals on-demand. McKinsey reports that nearly 25 percent of consumers are willing to pay a significant premium for the privilege of instant or same-day delivery. Younger consumers are also more inclined to choose on-demand

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    • BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti suggests the site could eventually merge with rival publishers to negotiate better terms with companies like Facebook and Google (Edmund Lee/New York Times)

    Edmund Lee / New York Times: BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti suggests the site could eventually merge with rival publishers to negotiate better terms with companies like Facebook and Google  —  Jonah Peretti, the chief executive, says his company could eventually merge with other online publishers in order to negotiate better terms with tech platforms like

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    • Eight parliaments are now demanding Zuckerberg answer questions about fake news and more, as Brazil, Latvia, and Singapore join a UK-led grand committee (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

    Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Eight parliaments are now demanding Zuckerberg answer questions about fake news and more, as Brazil, Latvia, and Singapore join a UK-led grand committee  —  Facebook’s founder is facing pressure to accept an invite from eight international parliaments, with lawmakers wanting to question … Eight parliaments are now demanding Zuckerberg answer questions

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    • Hackers infect official Make-A-Wish site with cryptocurrency mining malware

    It seems crypto-jackers have absolutely no ethical standards. After governments, universities, and technology giants, even charitable organizations are finding themselves at the receiving end of cryptocurrency malware. The latest victim is the US-based Make-A-Wish Foundation. Researchers from security firm Trustwave found that one of the foundation’s websites – worldwish.org – was compromised with cryptocurrency malware

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    • Lightricks, creator of Facetune and Enlight apps, raises $60M, and says Enlight Pixaloop, which launched in September, now has 6M users and 200,000 subscribers (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

    Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Lightricks, creator of Facetune and Enlight apps, raises $60M, and says Enlight Pixaloop, which launched in September, now has 6M users and 200,000 subscribers  —  The mobile app market is on the upswing, according to research firms like App Annie.  Global downloads grew an estimated 15 percent … Lightricks, creator of

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