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August 14, 2015

The latest news about growth and innovation within the enterprise space.

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Samsung Launches Samsung Pay In The U.S.

Tech Crunch

"the company announced that its mobile payment feature, Samsung Pay, is launching in the U.S. in September. In many ways, Samsung Pay works like Apple Pay. It lets seamlessly pay with your phone, and it should be very easy for merchants to add Samsung Pay support."

Facebook's Parse Open-Sources All Of Its SDKs

Tech Crunch

"Parse, the backend platform for apps Facebook acquired back in 2013, today announced that it will open source all of its software development kits (SDKs). The Parse SDKs for iOS, Android and OS X are available on GitHub now, and the service's other SDKs for the likes of Windows Phone, JavaScript, Xamarin and React will follow soon."

Tinder Founder Sean Rad Returns as CEO, Replacing Chris Payne

Re/code

"As part of the move, Chris Payne — the former eBay and Microsoft exec who was hired in March to give the company more experienced management — is leaving. In addition, Greg Blatt, a top exec at IAC, which owns a big chunk of the fast-growing dating app company, will become executive chairman of Tinder."

HTC cutting 15 percent of workforce as it battles poor sales

The Verge

"HTC's job cuts are designed to position the company to "diversify beyond smartphones," says HTC CEO Cher Wang. "We need a flexible and dynamic organization to ensure we can take advantage of all of the exciting opportunities in the connected lifestyle space."

Dell unveils sleek Chromebook 13 with carbon fiber cover starting at $400

Mashable

"The Chromebook 13 comes with a 13.3-inch display with 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. There are two models, one with a touchscreen made with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and a non-touchscreen version with a matte screen."

Salesforce Adds E-Commerce To Its Community Cloud

Tech Crunch

"The Community Cloud allows businesses to build sites where customers can interact with the company and with each other. By introducing the ability to make purchases directly from those communities, Mike Stone, the senior vice president of marketing for Salesforce Community Cloud, said the company is enabling "a whole new evolution of social commerce."

Tesla is installing rapid charging stations in Manhattan garages

Mashable

"The new chargers can give a Tesla an additional 58 miles of range per hour of charge, meaning owners who live and/or work in Manhattan will never have to worry about being empty."

Google gets to grips with ABCs, rebrands parent company Alphabet

memeburn

"Alphabet, the new entity was announced by Page, who will be its CEO, in an official blog post. According to the post, Google co-founder Sergey Brin will serve alongside Page as president."

Twitter finally drops the 140-character limit from direct messages

The Verge

"it will now allow messages of up to 10,000 characters in its mobile apps, desktop apps, and the web. It will also work in third-party apps, such as Tweetbot"

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