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Interview with Evernote CEO Chris O'Neill on migrating backend to Google Cloud, recent growth in business users, and release of new collaboration tool, Spaces (Alex Konrad/Forbes) אסף מגידש

Udacity says its 2017 revenue was $70M, up from $29M in 2016, and it's still not profitable but has $100M+ in the bank, as it eyes eventual IPO (Heather Somerville/Reuters) אסף מגידש

Sensor Tower: Snapchat's first-time US downloads were up 55%+ in week following launch of redesign; SimilarWeb suggests Android install rate was also stable (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Google Clips review: nice design and simple set up, but no sound recording, poor image quality, pricey, and redundant alongside a decent smartphone camera (Dan Seifert/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten will roll its $9B loyalty program into a new blockchain-based cryptocurrency, Rakuten Coin (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Pinterest has hired former Google and Square executive Francoise Brougher as its first COO (Kurt Wagner/Recode) אסף מגידש

Germany's highest court rules that Google is not obligated to ensure websites are free from defamatory content before displaying links to them in search results (Maria Sheahan/Reuters) אסף מגידש

Sick people in the US are increasingly using Uber or Lyft to get to the emergency room, instead of an ambulance, exposing drivers to potential legal risks (Caroline O'Donovan/BuzzFeed) אסף מגידש

Sources: CFIUS, a US inter-agency panel focused on national security that can stop mergers, is examining Broadcom's bid for Qualcomm (Diane Bartz/Reuters) אסף מגידש

News Media Alliance, a trade group for 2K+ US newspapers, forms PAC to push for a safe harbor exemption to compete against Google and Facebook (Sara Fischer/Axios) אסף מגידש

Big data analytics service Splunk says it will acquire security automation platform Phantom Cyber for $350M in cash and stock; Phantom has raised $22M (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

Sources: Alphabet's Verily has been talking with insurers about joint bids for contracts that would involve taking on risk for hundreds of thousands of patients (Christina Farr/CNBC) אסף מגידש

Facebook to launch Local News Subscriptions Accelerator, a $3M three-month pilot program to help metro papers boost digital subscription efforts (Sara Fischer/Axios) אסף מגידש