|
November 4, 2015, 10:15 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Facebook: |
Facebook Reports Third Quarter 2015 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. — “We had a good quarter and got a lot done,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. “We're focused on innovating and investing …
More:
BuzzFeed, VentureBeat, AdExchanger, eWeek, VatorNews, TechCrunch, Gigaom, Marketing Land, Engadget, Forbes, Wired, Re/code, Guardian, ZDNet, PCWorld, GeekWire, New York Times, The Next Web, SocialTimes, internetretailer.com, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Tech Trader Daily and WebProNews
Tweets: @jimcramer and @fmanjoo
See also Mediagazer| Alexei Oreskovic / Business Insider: |
Facebook generated $9.86 in ad revenue from every user in the US in Q3, up 50% from a year ago — Facebook makes 50% more ad revenue from every US user than it did a year ago — Facebook's ad business delivered a strong quarter that helped the social network handily beat Wall Street's revenue and profit targets.
More:
ABC News
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
More:
Fortune, SiliconBeat, Marketing Land, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Social Media Today and Variety
Tweets: @joshconstine, @mattrosoff, @mh, @mikeisaac and @msquinn
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
More:
CNBC, Business Insider, VatorNews, Forbes, Business Insider, VentureBeat, The Verge, Seeking Alpha, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg View, Forbes and The Verge
Tweets: @joshconstine, @iansherr, @cdixon, @lexnfx and @joshconstine
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Facebook's Notify app for news alerts to launch next week with dozens of media partners including Vogue, the Washington Post, and CBS — Facebook links with media groups to launch news app — Facebook is preparing its latest push into news with a new standalone app called Notify …
More:
The Digital Reader, The Verge, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, Tech Insider, Ubergizmo, Patently Apple, 9to5Google, Marketing Land, Pocketnow, Good E-Reader, Talking New Media, Fone Arena, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget, Canadianreviewer.com, iPhone Hacks, iMore and WebProNews
Tweets: @mmasnick, @dannysullivan, @dangillmor, @mattgarrahan, @tomgara and @andrewwyrich
See also Mediagazer| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Expedia to acquire HomeAway for $3.9B in cash and stock, challenging Airbnb … Bellevue, Wash.-based travel giant Expedia announced on Wednesday that it is acquiring Airbnb competitor HomeAway for $3.9 billion worth of cash and stock. — The boards of both companies have approved the deal …
More:
HomeAway, Inc., Re/code, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Next Web, Gigaom, Tnooz, VentureBeat, Xconomy, New York Times and Skift. Tweets: @pkedrosky. Thanks:@taylor_soper
| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: facing cash crunch, Jet.com close to completing $550M round at $1.55B post-money valuation, after discussing valuation as high as $3B this past summer — Facing Cash Crunch, Retailer Jet.com Racing to Complete Funding Round — Investment would prevent the e-commerce startup from running out of money by the end of the year
More:
Fortune, internetretailer.com, Re/code, Business Insider, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and Business Insider
Tweets: @rolfewinkler, @walkerdavide, @shiraovide, @ychernova, @wsjd, @pkedrosky and @mikeisaac
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says over 19K organizations are testing or using Android For Work; Blackberry will support Android for Work, match Google's patch schedule — Google Says Over 19K Organizations Are Now Testing Or Using Android For Work — Google today announced that over 19,000 organizations … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Google and India's Lava to launch new low-cost smartphone as part of revamped Android One scheme with relaxed requirements on features, price, more — Alphabet's Google to Try Again With Low-Cost Smartphone for India — Indian phone makers said Android One hardware requirements made it tough to differentiate devices
More:
9to5Google, Android Authority, Ubergizmo, Pocketnow, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, PhoneDog.com, SlashGear, ZDNet, Android Central and The Verge
| BBC: |
Proposed new UK surveillance bill requires ISPs to store which sites users visit for a year — May unveils plan to store web browsing — Internet firms will have to store data on what people access online for a year, under new surveillance law plans. — At the same time …
More:
Guardian, The Intercept, BetaNews, Guardian, BBC, Ars Technica, GOV.UK departments and policy, Techdirt, Guardian, The Independent, ZDNet, TheDomains.com, Engadget, The Next Web, ExtremeTech, The Register, PYMNTS.com, Apple World Today, TechCrunch, New York Magazine, MacNN, The Verge, Re/code, Hit & Run, Tech City News, Common Dreams, Techdirt, Mashable, Inquirer, Motherboard, Business Insider, Pocket-lint, The Register, TechEye, Ars Technica UK, Wired.co.uk, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac and The Register
Tweets: @arrington, @snowden, @ianburrell_lond, @curlywand, @richieallenshow and @dgwbirch
| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Fast-growing online marketplace OfferUp announces it has raised $90M in total to date and its users have sold $2.9B worth of merchandise so far in 2015 — Fast-growing OfferUp breaks silence with $90M in funding, goes after Craigslist … OfferUp — one of the Seattle area's most valuable …
More:
New York Times, PR Newswire, VatorNews, Xconomy, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, The Seattle Times and Forbes
Tweets: @anuhariharan, @treehcapital and @mikeisaac
Thanks:@toddbishop| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Microsoft and Red Hat Team Up to Offer Linux on Azure Cloud — Microsoft said today that it will offer Red Hat's version of the open source Linux operating system on its Azure cloud computing platform. — The alliance, which will be detailed in a webcast later today …
More:
Fortune, InfoWorld, Microsoft, The Official Microsoft Blog, Red Hat, Ars Technica, PCWorld, Business Insider, MSDN Blogs, SD Times, eWeek, TechNet Blogs, SiliconANGLE, Windows Central, Wall Street Journal, BetaNews, Phoronix, The Register, WinBeta, WebProNews, Microsoft News, Microsoft Openness Blog, The Fire Hose, ZDNet and Fortune
Tweets: @scottgu, @burrsutter and @richsharples
| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Dropbox hits 150K paying business customers, with 50K joining this year — Dropbox, a company that provides free and premium version of a cloud file sync and sharing service, now boasts more than 150,000 paying business customers, cofounder and chief executive Drew Houston said today.
More:
TechCrunch, BetaNews, PCWorld, ReadWrite, Computerworld, Re/code, ZDNet and WebProNews. Tweets: @levie
| Darren Orf / Gizmodo: |
Samsung announces ATIV Book 9 Pro laptop with 15.6-inch 4K display, Core i7 Skylake processor, 8GB RAM, 4K HDMI port, available this month for $1600 — Samsung's ATIV Book 9 Pro Is a 4K Super Laptop — At CES 2015, Samsung introduced the ATIV Book 9 laptop, carrying a Core M chip within a super thin, light chassis.
More:
Engadget, The Verge and Laptop Mag
| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Circle with Disney is a $99 device that pairs with a WiFi network to give parents control over what internet content kids can access and when — ‘Circle With Disney’ Locks Down Kids' Devices From Afar — In 2013, Jelani Memory joined the ranks of Kickstarter hopefuls with Circle, a device to help families manage screen time.
More:
Engadget, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Yahoo, Stitch Kingdom, The Next Web and Tom's Guide
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
Zoho People in 2025: A year in review — As we wrap up 2025, we're taking a moment to look back on a year filled with progress and transformation at Zoho People. Our team has been constantly pushing boundaries …
Zoho People in 2025: A year in review — As we wrap up 2025, we're taking a moment to look back on a year filled with progress and transformation at Zoho People. Our team has been constantly pushing boundaries …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Big Technology Podcast:
OpenAI's Potential, Google's Speedy Model, Copilot Hits Turbulence
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Hard Fork:
Why Roomba Died + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin' Xmas Song
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
Access:
Betting on reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Lenny's Podcast:
The new AI growth playbook for 2026: How Lovable hit $200M ARR in one year | Elena Verna (Head of Growth)
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
"Neither Side Is Used to Losing." Lucas Shaw on What's Next for Netflix and Paramount in the Battle for Warner Bros.
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:15 PM ET, November 4, 2015.
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
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:Paul Glynn / BBC:
Ken Vogel / @kenvogel:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
More:
MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iMore and TechCrunch
| Manish Singh / NDTV Gadgets360.com: |
Earlier Picks
| Ruth Reader / VentureBeat: |
More:
Business Wire, Techvibes Global News, Globe and Mail, BetaKit and Ottawa Citizen. Tweets: @mdudas
| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
More:
BuzzFeed, Gizmodo, Internet Archive Blogs, Re/code, TechCrunch, Fusion, CNET, The Hill, Engadget and Hit & Run
| Lucian Constantin / Computerworld: |
More:
BBC, Mashable, Telegraph, TIME, Tech Insider, PC Magazine, iTnews, Fortune, Thurrott.com, SC Magazine, Index, BGR, TechnoBuffalo, Fone Arena, BetaNews, TechEye, The Verge and The Register