Snapchat looks as though it is entering the next stage of monetizing its popular photo sharing app. Digiday reports that the company is in negotiations with around a dozen media companies to launch a content section with the app called Discover that will serve up articles, music and videos. The media brands, according to a mockup of the feature that Digiday has obtained, include: CNN, Mail Online, ESPN, Comedy Central, Cosmopolitan, BuzzFeed, Spotify, Vevo, National Geographic, Vice and People Magazine.

The first days of the OpenStack Summit in Paris have provided some amazing opportunities to learn about how in just four years OpenStack has gone from humble beginnings as a joint project between a single company and a government agency, and a cloud powerhouse now backending some of the most advanced IT infrastructures in the world while growing every day.

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The expected rise in holiday sales this year is good news for small businesses— and for hackers attempting to steal sensitive customer information. While headlines have focused on security breaches at big corporations like Target, Neiman Marcus and most recently, Home Depot, small businesses are not immune to such attacks; in fact, an alarming 71 percent of all security breaches target small businesses.

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