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| John Mannes / TechCrunch: |
GoPro reports Q3 2016 revenue of $240.6M vs $314M expected and a loss of $0.60 per share vs $0.36 expected; stock drops 20% in after hours trading — Expectations were already incredibly low for GoPro this go around and yet somehow the company managed to eclipse even the worst fears of analysts.
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GoPro, Fortune, CNBC, Reuters, Engadget, Quartz, Business Insider, ZDNet, The Verge, Mashable, Fortune, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tech Trader Daily, TechCrunch, Business Insider and The San Diego Union-Tribune
Tweets: @jowens510, @dcurtis, @dougtee and @gamoid
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft is testing differential updates for Windows 10 as part of its Unified Update Platform, potentially reducing download size by up to 35% — Change will bring smaller downloads and quicker checking for updates. — Major Windows 10 updates, including this summer's Anniversary Update … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube rolls out new comments system allowing creators to pin a comment to the top of the feed, and give hearts to acknowledge their favorite comments — YouTube today is rolling out an upgrade to its comments system, with the goal of putting creators more in control of which comments …
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YouTube Creator Blog, The Verge, The Next Web, Tech Times, CNET, Android Police, VentureBeat, Engadget, Droid Life, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Tubefilter, The Tech Portal, Refinery29, SocialTimes, MobileSyrup.com and Mashable
Tweets: @caseynewton, @jenstar, @zeroyalviking and @kwebbelkop
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Google Home review: attractive design and good sound quality, but works with only one Google account at a time, and its assistant is not proactive — Help me, Google — For over a decade, Google search has been indispensable. It's the first place we go whenever we need to find information on virtually anything.
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Tweets: @fmanjoo, @wired, @anildash and @arrington
| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
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The Verge, New York Times, TechConnect, Electronic House, 9to5Google, New York Times, Liliputing, Marketing Land, Gizmodo, ABC News, TechCrunch and Search Engine Land
Tweets: @joshelman and @brianroemmele
| Linda Sui / Strategy Analytics: |
Report: Android captures record 88% share of global smartphone shipments in Q3 2016 with 375M units; iOS dips to 12% share worldwide, down from 13.6% in Q3 2015 — According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments reached 375 million units in the third quarter of 2016.
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AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, Computerworld, Android Central, TalkAndroid.com, Tom's Guide, The Next Web, CNNMoney, The Register, Digital Trends, TechSpot, Business Insider, Android Authority, WinBeta, BetaNews, Quartz, Cult of Mac, Tech Times, AndroidGuys, SlashGear, Pingie.com, CNET, Digital Trends, MacRumors and CNBC. Tweets: @benbajarin
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Slack's ad in The New York Times made the company look afraid of Microsoft Teams, undermining its message and echoing past sentiments from companies like Rdio — Paper tiger — Slack has always been easy to like. The fast-growing team communication startup had a classic underdog story …
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eWeek, AOL, Office Blogs, TechEye, TechCrunch, MediaNama, MSPoweruser, TechCrunch, The Verge, VentureBeat and New York Times
| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Slack's chief marketing officer, Bill Maciatis, quietly stepped down a few months ago after less than two years but remains on Slack's board — Slack's head of marketing has quietly stepped down after two years on the job, leaving a key position at the $3.8 billion startup unfilled just as it faces tough new competitors.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google says Android developers will soon be able to set limited-time subscription prices for apps — All in hopes you won't cancel when the normal rate kicks in — At its Playtime event for Android developers today, Google announced that apps on the Play Store will soon gain a new option …
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Android Developers Blog, International Business Times, Digital Trends, VentureBeat and 9to5Google. Tweets: @androiddev
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
NFL Films is producing an exclusive nine-part VR video series for YouTube and Google's Daydream about life in and around the NFL, to debut November 24 — The videos will be available on YouTube and Google's new VR headset, Daydream. — If anything can bring virtual reality into the mainstream, it's NFL football, right?
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9to5Google, The Verge, Engadget and HBO
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Huawei debuts Fit, a $130 basic fitness tracker with a continuous heart-rate monitor and a six-day battery life; initial use suggests it is overpriced — It's almost gift-giving season, and companies are scrambling to release products that will fill your loved ones' stockings later this year.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
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Inquirer, Softpedia News, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Engadget, The Register, BetaNews, ZDNet, Tom's Guide, AnandTech, The Next Web and TechCrunch
| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
Google responds to EU allegations that Google skewed shopping search results to favor its own services, saying the revised case “doesn't fit the reality” — Search giant responds to EU statements of objections — Says EU fails to see Amazon and EBay are key competitors
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The Keyword, Engadget, The Hill, Tech Times, The Tech Portal, Digital Trends, PCWorld, TechCrunch, USA Today, New York Times, Agence France-Presse, Wall Street Journal, Telegraph, Fortune and BBC
Tweets: @business and @googlebrussels
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Intel acquires Voke VR, which makes VR camera hardware and software for delivering VR sports content to a range of devices — Nov 3, 2016, 9:00 amNov 3, 2016, 11:51 am — Intel has made another acquisition to build out its virtual reality strategy and business: the chip giant …
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Intel Newsroom, VentureBeat, eWeek, PCWorld, Silicon Valley Business … and Recode. Thanks:@lucas_matney
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Department of Justice sues DirecTV and its owner, AT&T, claiming collusion with competitors during carriage talks for Los Angeles Dodgers games — Dodgers games blacked out after pay-TV companies colluded, DOJ lawsuit says. — The Department of Justice today sued DirecTV and its owner …
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The Verge, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington Post, Gizmodo, Techdirt, RCR Wireless News, Motherboard, CNET, DSLreports and Engadget
Tweets: @txlaw_v2, @iliananunez and @l0jeda
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Condé Nast's Wired Media Group is launching the Emerging Tech Council, a $4K/year membership program for executives who want to stay ahead of tech trends — In the quest for new sources of revenue, publishers have been launching subscription programs and events series.Sponsor Posts
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