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• Amazon to pay $1B for video doorbell maker

  ​Amazon.com has agreed to buy video doorbell maker Ring, the companies said on Tuesday, in what analysts see as a growing bet on delivering packages inside of shoppers' homes and on home security.

• How 'survivor' Ciena is using video to change its culture

  Ciena has been in business for 25 years. Not all of them have been easy.

• Facebook, Snapchat and the future of live video

  Live mobile video isn't new, but many of today's most popular social media companies are investing heavily in the technology, and they're pushing more live broadcasts to their users' feeds. The development has significant potential implications for digital marketers and the enterprise.

• NSW Police begin rolling out body cameras

  NSW Police are now wearing body-worn cameras to help them collect evidence and stream live video back to operational command units to support investigations.
  

• Zuckerberg: Video today, virtual reality tomorrow

  When people grow tired of posting photos and videos on social media, what then? Virtual-reality posts, according to Mark Zuckerberg.

• Yahoo unveils app for texting with silent video

  Yahoo is releasing a mobile messaging app that combines texting with live one-on-one video.

• Google to decouple Google+ from some of its sites

  Google is severing the ties between its social network and other of its services, so that users will not need to log in to other sites like YouTube using a Google+ account.

• YouTube chief claims 'best year ever,' plays down Facebook threat

  Thousands of teenagers stood in line for hours this week in the sweltering Anaheim, Calif., summer heat at the sixth-annual VidCon online-video conference to get selfies with their favorite YouTube stars. As throngs of screaming fans rushed from one Web-celebrity sighting to another, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki presented her opening keynote, and said that the company "just had its best year ever." She also shared numbers to back up the bold statement.

• YouTube cofounder endorses paid version

  As Google prepares to launch a subscription version of YouTube, the move has been endorsed by at least one interested party: YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley.

• GE in mammoth Office 365 rollout

  General Electric (GE) will deploy Microsoft Office 365 to more than 300,000 staff across 170 countries worldwide following a new agreement between the two companies.
  

• Google to begin closing Google+ Photos on Aug. 1

  The end is near for Google+ Photos, the photo sharing service that's part of the company's social network.

• The average mobile YouTube session is now 40 minutes, Google says

  Why stop your video for a snack, or when nature calls, when you've got a smartphone?

• Facebook tests a new way to show video - and make money from it

  Facebook is preparing a new way to show videos on the social network and opening the door to a new source of advertising revenue at the same time.

• Instagram gets more Twitter-y with trending photos

  Instagram, the popular app for sharing photos with friends, is broadening the reach of those photos.

• Twitter adds autoplaying videos

  Twitter has moved well beyond its foundation of 140-character messages. The site will now host videos that play automatically in users' feeds.