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• Startup touts safe sharing of Office 365 documents

  Startup Vera promises to secure Microsoft Office 365 documents no matter where they go using policies set by the businesses that create them.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, April 16

  Europe has a hard case to make against Google... Apple buys Israeli imaging company... Twitter revamps homepage with content... and more tech news

• Facebook still king of social media among teens

  The findings of a new survey debunks theories that Facebook is losing its "cool factor" among teenagers.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, April 3

  Uber poaches Facebook security chief... Your next PC could take mobile payments... EU investigates Apple's streaming music plans... and more tech news

• Snapchat tallies government data requests for the first time

  Snapchat's service featuring disappearing messages is known for its popularity among teens. Now it's becoming popular with law enforcement.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, April 2

  Obama authorizes sanctions for hackers... Facebook Riffs on video apps... Uber takes its fight to Brussels... and more tech news

• Alibaba investing $200 million in photo-messaging app Snapchat

  Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is investing US$200 million in photo-messaging app Snapchat, following a string of prior investments in U.S. tech companies.

• Snapchat and Twitter violate each other's personal space

  Things are about to get testy between the Snapchat ghost and Twitter's birdie as the popular Internet companies invade each other's space: Twitter has launched a private group messaging feature, while Snapchat added news content.

• Google, Facebook, Apple spent record amounts on lobbying in 2014

  The tech industry's most influential companies spent record amounts of money on federal lobbying in 2014 despite a general drop in lobbying by most tech companies. The spending was often directed at areas away from the central business of technology, and it indicates how diverse and powerful major tech companies are becoming.

• Internet venture funding hits a post-2000 record last year

  U.S. venture funding for Internet startups last year rose to its highest level since 2000, as even controversial companies like Uber Technologies attracted big bets on the future.

• Wire App from Skype Co-Founder Targets Hipsters, Minimalists

  Wire is a new, free communications app for Android, iOS and Mac OS X from Janus Friis, a Skype co-founder. Does the world need another Skype competitor? Maybe. In my opinion, however, Wire doesn't fit that bill, at least not yet.

• FTC chair wants clearer disclosures to protect privacy

  Online service providers need to do a better job telling users what information will be gathered about them and how it will be used, a top official at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.

• Snapchat to ask users to stop using unauthorized apps

  Snapchat has decided to ask users to stop using unauthorized apps, after the compromise of an app that offered to save snaps led to questions about the security of the photo and video messaging application itself.

• Facebook's Anonymous 'Rooms' Could Cause IT Headaches

  A new mobile app from Facebook could prove to be a cause of concern for CIOs and IT managers. Facebook Rooms, the latest in a series of niche apps developed by Facebook's Creative Labs division, lets users anonymously create and join small online communities based on specific topics.

• Snapchat rolling out non-'creepy' ads that still might get creepy

  Ads are officially coming to Snapchat, in a form the company says is not "targeted," but Snapchat's own terms of service suggest it could do something very much like that.