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Summary Beeper is basically all of your chats in one app. It is built on Matrix, an open source federated messaging protocol. Among the messaging services are WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Instagram and Twitter DMs, Messenger, Skype, Hangouts and others. Quotes My thoughts With the mess of each messaging APIs I thought we'll never see a modern version Trillion. Anyone who has dealt with APIs from social networks will know the headache. However, it is understandable that API calls are limited as it can be used for spam. This is were Matrix comes in with it "bridging" function (a relay that connects other messaging services to Matrix). The matrix team will maintain these bridges and developers only need to deal with a single API from Matrix. Sources https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/21/pebble-founder-launches-beeper-a-universal-chat-app-that-works-with-imessage-and-others/

After braking the record for total prize pool in eSports once again, The International 7 has breach the $10M mark for 1st place prize. The competition is organize by Valve themselves. Being a first party event, it allows Valve to crowdfund the price pool through in-game Battle Pass sales. With the sales still going on throughout the month expect the prize money to grow. https://www.joindota.com/en/news/57232-8-digits-1st-place-at-ti7-is-now-worth-over-10000000

After the news that Micromax is releasing a $140 smartphone running Cyanogen Mod, there has been speculations that OnePlus will ditch Cyanogen Mod. It seems that might be true judging from a resent post on the OnePlus forum. OnePlus has announce a contest to name the new upcoming custom ROM. http://www.zdnet.com/article/140-smartphone-running-cyanogenmod-released-by-micromax/ https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/contest-oneplus-rom-you-name-it.208689/