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Over the last five years, Docker has become synonymous with software containers, but that doesn’t mean every developer understands the technical details of building, managing and deploying them. At DockerCon this week, the company’s customer conference taking place in San Francisco, it announced new tools that have been designed to make it easier for developers, who might not be Docker experts, to work with containers. As the technology has matured, the company has seen the market broaden, but in order to take advantage of that, it needs to provide a set of tools that make it easier to work with. “We’ve found that customers typically have a small cadre of Docker experts, but there are hundreds, if not thousands, of developers who also want to use Docker. And we reasoned, how can we help them get productive very, very quickly, without them having to become Docker experts,” Scott Johnston, chief product officer at Docker told TechCrunch. To that end, it announced a Beta of Docker En...

We’re in hot pursuit of bold exhibitionists. It’s time to show the world your stuff. By that we mean it’s time to secure your spot in Startup Alley , the exhibition floor at the very heart of Disrupt San Francisco 2019 , which takes place on October 2-4. Simply buy a Startup Alley Exhibitor Package to place your early-stage startup in the path of more than 10,000 influential technologists, founders, investors and media. Startup Alley epitomizes world-class networking and opportunity. It’s where hundreds of early-stage startups showcase their tech and talent to an enthusiastic, targeted audience. And it’s where people make connections that can potentially change the course of their future. Here’s just one example. While exhibiting in Startup Alley, TestCard received media coverage from several different outlets. Luke Heron, the company’s CEO, said that the article helped to push TestCard in the right direction: The coverage we received while exhibiting in Startup Alley — among all...

Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Messenger adds a Close Friends tab, the ability for users to book appointments with merchants, other business tools like lead generation chatbot templates, more   —  To win chat, Facebook Messenger must be as accessible as SMS, yet more entertaining than Snapchat. from Techmeme http://bit.ly/2VI3GLW

Facebook for Developers : Live stream of Facebook's F8 keynote   —  Hear from Mark and other Facebook leaders about the latest technology from our family of apps and the future we're building together. from Techmeme http://bit.ly/2J4Tar3

Sage Lazzaro / OneZero : Residents of a rent-controlled Manhattan building are suing smart lock startup Latch for providing data about tenants and their guests to landlords   —  Great for landlords.  Not so great for you.  —  atch is on a mission to digitize the front door, offering apartment entry systems … from Techmeme http://bit.ly/2WnVgpK

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Masabi, a UK-based developer of mobile ticketing and public transport payments software, raises a $20M Series B led by Smedvig Capital   —  Masabi, a U.K.-based developer of mobile ticketing and public transport payments software, today announced that it's secured $20 million in a series B round led … from Techmeme http://bit.ly/2VIYFCR

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk : General counsel to both Bitfinex and Tether says in an affidavit that the USDT stablecoin is only 74% backed by cash and equivalents as of April 30   —  The USDT stablecoin is only about 74 percent backed by fiat equivalents as of April 30, says its issuer's general counsel. from Techmeme http://bit.ly/2GTnO5a