|
October 28, 2014, 7:05 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Twitter: |
Twitter Reports Third Quarter 2014 Results — SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - October 27, 2014 - Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. Q3 revenue of $361 million, up 114% year-over-year Q3 net loss of $175 million and non-GAAP net income …
More:
CNET, Wall Street Journal, Tech Trader Daily, Quartz, Yahoo! Finance, Forbes, Business Insider, PC World, ReadWrite, Re/code, Electronista, VatorNews, The Daily Dot, PandoDaily, Fortune, SiliconBeat, Engadget, Tech Trader Daily, Re/code, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Seeking Alpha, Marketing Land, AdExchanger, WebProNews, MobileSyrup.com and AllTwitter
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Tweets: @joshconstine and @ingridlunden
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
More:
New York Times, Gigaom, Marketing Land, Reuters, Associated Press, NASDAQ.com, Adweek, Telegraph, Reuters, Associated Press, BuzzFeed, Variety and The Verge
Tweets: @mathewi, @yoreekoh, @jguynn, @fromedome, @scottmaustin, @chris_ciaccia, @benedictevans, @jguynn, @jguynn, @twitterir, @vindugoel, @jguynn and @puiwingtam
See also Mediagazer| Office Blogs: |
Microsoft announces initiative for enabling apps built on Office 365, including new SDKs for iOS, Android, and Visual Studio, plus new APIs — New Office 365 extensibility for Windows, iOS, Android and web developers — In a world where people move between multiple devices and numerous apps …
More:
MS Open Tech, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, PC World, PC World, iMore, Ars Technica, Forbes and PR Newswire. Tweets: @officedev
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
More:
Computerworld, Office Blogs and TechnoBuffalo
| Lauren Goode / Re/code: |
YouTube's Wojcicki says they're considering paid ad-free subscriptions, reaffirms a music service is on the way — Susan Wojcicki Wants to Sell You YouTube Video Subscriptions — YouTube is in the early stages of exploring new subscription services, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki told Re/code's Peter Kafka …
More:
Business Insider, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, Engadget, 9to5Google and CNET. Tweets: @stefanomaggi
| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Half of YouTube's views now come from phones and tablets — More people are watching videos on smaller screens — Where are people watching videos on YouTube? A little while ago, the majority were on desktop, but now the company says that half are tuning in from mobile devices like phones and tablets.| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Jack Ma and Tim Cook to talk this week on potential Alipay, Apple Pay partnership — Alibaba's Jack Ma “Very Interested” in Possible Apple Partnership — Jack Ma, co-founder and chairman of Alibaba and China's richest man, is interested in partnering Alipay with Apple's new mobile payments system, Apple Pay.
More:
The Verge, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Mac, CNET, PC World, New York Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tech in Asia, USA Today, VentureBeat, AppleInsider and Fortune. Tweets: @rblumenstein
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
T-Mobile now up to 52.9M customers after biggest growth quarter in company history … T-Mobile continues to add customers at a record pace and today reported an addition of 2.3 million subscribers during the third quarter. — The Bellevue-based carrier added 1.4 million post-paid customers …
More:
AppleInsider, Re/code, CNET, PhoneDog.com, Reuters, iMore, Electronista and Tech Trader Daily
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
T-Mobile's John Legere Talks Apple SIM, iPhone 6 Demand, and Landing the iPhone — T-Mobile CEO John Legere today took the stage at Re/code's Code/Mobile event in Half Moon Bay, California, where he spoke on the new Apple SIM, demand for the iPhone 6 Plus, and the importance of selling the iPhone.
More:
Re/code, The Register, Re/code, Electronista, iDownloadBlog.com, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac and TmoNews
| Robert McMillan / Wired: |
Verizon altering web traffic, inserting a unique identifier allowing websites to track you, with no opt-out available — Verizon's ‘Perma-Cookie’ Is a Privacy-Killing Machine — Verizon Wireless has been subtly altering the web traffic of its wireless customers for the past two years … | Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Tim Cook says Apple killed the iPod classic because it couldn't get the parts — Apple CEO justifies shelving iconic device at WSJD Live — Apple quietly discontinued the iPod classic last month, just short of the iconic MP3 player's 13th birthday. Tonight, Apple CEO Tim Cook explained …
More:
Guardian, ABC News, App Advice, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac and MacRumors
Tweets: @benedictevans and @daiwaka
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Alienware Area 51 desktop with latest Intel processor and chipset coming in December, starts at $1,699 — Alienware shows off its new Area-51 gaming desktop — Alienware makes PCs for serious gamers. That's evident in a demo I saw of the Alienware Area-51 gaming desktop, which ships to retail Tuesday morning.
More:
Engadget, Gizmodo, Engadget, The Verge, VentureBeat, PC World, TechRadar.com, Computerworld, VG247, Laptop Mag and Electronista
| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Tim Cook says Apple Pay activated in excess of 1M cards within first 72 hours — Tim Cook says that Apple Pay is already the leader in contactless payments — It's only been a week since Apple Pay made its debut, but apparently the launch has been successful thus far.
More:
Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Reuters, SlashGear, AppleInsider, iMore and BGR
| Anna Irrera / Wall Street Journal: |
UBS CIO: Blockchain Technology Can Massively Simplify Banking — What technology has the potential to disrupt the financial services sector the most? — It's not the tech giants like Apple , Facebook or Google , who have all made recent moves into payments services.
Tweets: @microexchanges
| Elizabeth Rust / Guardian: |
Should we be concerned about Placemeter - an app which monitors street views from apartment windows? — Placemeter pays New Yorkers to suction-cup an old smartphone to their window, then records and analyses what's happening outside — Placemeter's algorithm counts the number of people entering shops and monitors traffic levels
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Taiwan's XYZprinting launches $800 all-in-one 3D printer and scanner — XYZprinting announced it has created an all-in-one 3D printer and scanner for sale starting today at $800. — The Da Vinci 1.0 all-in-one 3D printer allows just about anyone to create a 3D-printed object …
More:
Computerworld, Wall Street Journal and Gizmodo
| Andy Baio / Medium: |
Analysis of 316,669 #Gamergate and #NotYourShield tweets in 72 hours: 69% retweets, 25% of activity from recently created accounts — 72 Hours of #Gamergate — Digging through 316,669 tweets from three days of Twitter's two-month-old trainwreck — Visualizing the social graph of the #GamerGate/#NotYourShield universe
More:
New York Magazine. Tweets: @davidahilljr, @robtruman, @mattthomas, @robmillis, @chrismessina and @garf02
| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Apple confirms decline in sales of iTunes digital music downloads — In a securities filings, Apple confirmed what just about everyone else suspected: Sales of iTunes music downloads are falling. — The admission came in the company's annual report filed yesterday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK's New Call Telecom buys 70% stake in Nimbuzz for $175M — Big In India: Messaging App Nimbuzz Goes To UK's New Call In $250M Deal — Yet more consolidation in the messaging app business: Nimbuzz, an early mover in messaging that currently has 200 million+ users with a large number of those in India …
More:
Tech in Asia and Times of India
| Se Young Lee / Reuters: |
LG says it will end the production of plasma TVs by the end of November — LG Electronics exit suggests end is near for plasma TVs — (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc said it will wind down its plasma television business by end-November, as a technology long overtaken … | Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Nextbit is bringing iOS-like app continuity and ‘limitless’ storage to Android — You may just about recall that Nextbit, a startup formed by ex-Googlers, has been collaborating with Cyanogen on a “really cool” secret project. As it turns out, this is all about the continuity experience …
More:
cyngn.com, Android Authority, Re/code, TechCrunch, BGR, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, TechnoBuffalo, Android Central, VentureBeat, CNET, Gigaom, The Verge and Android Police. Thanks:@ceelew
| Derek Walter / TechHive: |
Google's guide for switching from iPhone to Android locks you into its cloud — Following Google's new guide for switching to Android will put you firmly in the company's grip. — That's not necessarily a bad thing, as Google has strong cloud services for managing your mail, photos, contacts, and music.
More:
Guardian
| Malavika Velayanikal / Tech in Asia: |
Japan's Softbank invests $627M in e-commerce site Snapdeal and $210M in taxi app Ola as part of $10B earmarked for India — Snapdeal bags $627M funding, Ola nets $210M, as SoftBank ploughs $10B into India — The investments into Snapdeal and Ola are part of a whopping US$10 billion earmarked …
More:
VentureBeat, Times of India, GeekTime, CNBC, TechCrunch, Reuters, Bloomberg, VCCircle, Wall Street Journal, RTTNews, DEALCURRY and TechCrunch
Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Kulkan Security:
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Zoho:
Instant invoice insights with Zoho Cliq and Zoho Invoice — Timely communication is the cornerstone of successful invoicing management. Picture this: your business diligently sends out invoices to customers …
Instant invoice insights with Zoho Cliq and Zoho Invoice — Timely communication is the cornerstone of successful invoicing management. Picture this: your business diligently sends out invoices to customers …
Mastodon:
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
How to Cultivate Everyday Dharma, Suneel Gupta (#54)
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Subscribe to the Kevin Rose Show!
Techmeme Ride Home:
Wed. 04/24 - What Now For TikTok?
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 7:05 AM ET, October 28, 2014.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
More:
ZDNet, Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware Guide, CNET, TechRadar.com, AnandTech and PC Magazine
| Jonathan Vanian / Gigaom: |
More:
BetaNews, TechCrunch and PE Hub Blog
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
More:
Facebook, 9to5Google, AndroidSPIN and 9to5Mac
| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
More:
Search Blog, Ubergizmo, CIO.com, Neowin, WinBeta, Gizmodo, Windows Phone Central, VentureBeat and BetaNews
Earlier Picks
| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
More:
Rude Baguette, Business Insider, Racked National and Re/code
Tweets: @gregbettinelli and @eringriffith
| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
More:
Computerworld, PC World, NEWS.com.au, CNET, Techvibes Global News, WCCFtech, App Advice, ReadWrite, ABC News, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, Digital Trends, ZDNet, Network World, iMore, BGR and MacNN. Tweets: @amir