Dating app Zoosk laid off 40 employees, this week. Previously, “Zoosk laid off 15% of its workers in January 2015, which came shortly after the company’s top executives stepped down and the startup delayed its initial public offering,” The Wall Street Journal reports. “Zoosk officially withdrew its IPO in May.”

Amid a broader restructuring, GoPro just lost its entertainment head Zander Lurie. Lurie was lured by SurveyMonkey where he has assumed the CEO seat from former Hewlett-Packard exec Bill Veghte. “Because this is Silicon Valley (hugs all around!), Lurie will join the board of GoPro and Veghte will do the same at SurveyMonkey,” Re/code reports.

Microsoft has agreed to buy some assets from Australia-based Event Zero, a vendor of management software for Skype for Business. “Currently, Event Zero provides management and reporting software for Skype for Business Online, the cloud version of Skype for Business,” ZDNet notes. “But in the future, Event Zero's UC Commander technology will be integrated directly into Skype for Business.”

Skype is adding mobile group video calling for all major smartphone platforms. “It's been six years since Skype enabled mobile one-to-one video calling, and now the Microsoft-owned messaging app is expanding the feature to multi-person calls on iOS, Android, and Windows 10 Mobile,” The Verge reports.

Fast Company spends some quality time with Tinder CEO Sean Rad, who is notorious for over sharing with members of the press. “Rad is especially pumped … because he’s testing out a new algorithm that’s designed to make more matches, and so far it’s performing in overdrive,” FC notes. The bigger issue, however, is whether Tinder and parent Match Group are better off with or without Rad at the helm.

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo are appealing to the UK Parliament over a draft Investigatory Powers Bill, BBC News reports. “The firms are worried about the phrasing of proposals on encryption, bulk collection of data and openness,” it writes. The submission joins another, from Apple, which challenges the reach of the draft legislation.”

Twitter apparently filed a lawsuit in a Turkish court on Thursday. The social giant is “seeking to annul a fine by the Turkish authorities for not removing content Turkey says is ‘terrorist propaganda,’” Reuters reports, citing sources. A spokesperson for Twitter confirmed the legal action to Reuters.

Clearly a hit with users, Instagram is expanding its Spotlight Compilations feature. The social network has started creating vertical slideshows of videos related to all sorts of themes. “That’s critical for an app in danger of going stale after a half decade of sunsets and food porn,” TechCrunch notes. “It’s easy to get complacent with following your friends and a few accounts matching your interests.”

Snapchat is reportedly interesting in adding some proprietary ad technology to its platform. “The ephemeral photo and video messaging platform is in discussions with ad tech companies and advertising agencies about opening up an API … which would see it significantly ramp up its ad sales business,” Business Insider reports.

Facebook is reportedly testing a Chat SDK that lets developers build interactive experiences and “bots” in Messenger for shopping, booking travel, and other tasks. “The Chat SDK allows developers to create bots that users can send text messages to directly and that automatically respond with information, images, location services, product prices, Buy buttons, and more,” TechCrunch reports, citing sources.