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| Mark Zuckerberg / About Facebook: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook the company is now Meta, to better encompass all of its products — We are at the beginning of the next chapter for the internet, and it's the next chapter for our company too. — In recent decades, technology has given people the power to connect and express ourselves more naturally.
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Meta, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Associated Press, New York Times, Insider, CNBC, Axios, Engadget, Search Engine Land, The Verge, San Francisco Business Journal, Protocol, The Hill, SiliconANGLE, International Business Times, AppleInsider, Silicon Valley Business …, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, GamesIndustry.biz, Washington Post, Facebook Design, The Verge, Android Police, PYMNTS.com, 9to5Mac, The Information, Associated Press, GeekWire, Decrypt, NPR, CNET, TNW, Gizmodo, BBC, XDA Developers, BuzzFeed News, AppleInsider, UploadVR, Quartz, Neowin, Crypto Briefing, CNBC, Connect The Watts, Android Headlines, Insider, Tubefilter, Pocketnow, Social Media Today, GameRevolution, afrotech.com, Gizchina, Patently Apple, NBC Bay Area, Fast Company, Variety, Financial Times, Deadline, Mashable, The Wrap, and PC Gamer
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @jack, @facebook, @gregisenberg, @aoc, @evleaks, @teddyschleifer, @pixelatedboat, @heatherkelly, @viacristiano, @mosseri, @danpfeiffer, @yoda, @joshconstine, @twittersafety, @kantrowitz, @markgurman, @ibogost, @mathewi, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @ambermruffin, @pwnallthethings, @_kinjalbshah, @donie, @kottke, @beijingdou, @loomdart, @larakiara, @tobi, @aprilaser, @cmclymer, @lollardfish, @janelytv, @the_law_boy, @buzzfeed, @bocxtop, @nickclegg, @aldiuk, @pixelatedboat, @jason_kint, @facebook, @kamirieck, @cwarzel, @ricmac, @danprimack, @mahon_e, @artificialnix, @bensoskis, @brandyljensen, @teddyschleifer, @teddyschleifer, @kurtwagner8, @masonpelt, @fbnewsroom, @leonardwongly, @jeremy_childs, @gte, @dcseifert, @tomaxwell, and @pierce
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on rebranding the company to Meta to avoid the awkwardness of sharing the name of its main app, building the metaverse, and more — The company wants to move past the ‘confusion and awkwardness’ of sharing a name with its main app
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The Verge, Stratechery, Stratechery, TechCrunch, BetaNews, TheStreet, TNW, Insider, New World Notes, Benzinga, Blockworks, Telegraph, CNET, Game Developer, news.com.au, Appleosophy, NBC News, Livemint, The Irish Times, Protocol, The Guardian, UploadVR, TechCrunch, New York Times, MacRumors, USA Today, Destructoid, OnMSFT.com, Android Central, Associated Press, and SlashGear
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @alexsobel, @tressiemcphd, @alexeheath, @jonesonthenba, and @mathewi. Thanks:@thekenyeung
| Andrew Bosworth: |
Andrew Bosworth says Meta will replace the Oculus brand starting in early 2022, changing Oculus Quest to Meta Quest and Oculus App to Meta Quest App — Well the cat's (officially) out of the bag: Our company is now Meta to better reflect who we are and our ambitions to help build the metaverse.
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The Verge, PCMag, UploadVR, Vox, Engadget, CNET, TechCrunch, Engadget, Protocol, SlashGear, GameSpot, Liliputing, and Variety
Tweets: @devindra, @nathievr, @katienotopoulos, @bcarlton727, @stephentotilo, @tomwarren, @gavindyoung, and @kentbye
| YouTube: |
Video of Facebook Connect 2021, where VR updates, Project Cambria, and a new Meta brand name were announced — Tune in at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET on Thurs. Oct. 28 when Facebook holds its annual Facebook Connect. The company is expected to announce Oculus updates and o...
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VICE, The Verge, Bloomberg, GameRevolution, UploadVR, Road to VR, VentureBeat, and Ad Age
Facebook: Facebook Reality Labs. Tweets: @edludlow, @caseynewton, @carolecadwalla, @manoushz, @kantrowitz, @janelytv, @willoremus, @caseynewton, @kantrowitz, @willoremus, @sarafischer, @tobi, @jason_koebler, @can, @samfbiddle, @donie, @kevinbankston, @benedictevans, @heatherkelly, @heatherkelly, @ashleyrgold, @harrymccracken, and @teroterotero
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Facebook unveils Horizon Home social VR spaces, Messenger VR calls, fitness VR, Quest for Business, including Work Accounts support on Quest 2, and more — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.
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Oculus, Axios, MobileSyrup, Facebook Technology, Oculus Blog, UploadVR, TechCrunch, Engadget, techadvisor.com, CNET, Gizmodo, Livemint, The Verge, VentureBeat, Road to VR, and VRScout
Tweets: @daveyalba, @oculus, @technology, @papapishu, @axios, @jeffbercovici, @boztank, and @davidzmorris
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Facebook teases Project Cambria, a high-end mixed reality headset coming next year with cameras that allow high-resolution passthrough — We'll learn more next year — Facebook is planning a high-end virtual and augmented reality headset codenamed “Project Cambria.”| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
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Engadget, UploadVR, Engadget, Android Central, Road to VR, CNET, The Verge, Protocol, Protocol, Engadget, Engadget, and TechCrunch
| Apple: |
Apple misses with Q4 revenue of $83.4B, up 29% YoY, vs $84.85B est., iPhone revenue of $38.87B, up 47% YoY, services revenue of $18.3B, up 25.6%; stock down 5%+ — New September quarter record with revenue up 29 percent — Services and Mac revenue reach new all-time highs
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iThinkDifferent, Reuters, apple.com, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, Macworld, MacRumors, Engadget, ZDNet, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iPhone in Canada Blog, Six Colors, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @iansherr, @rogerwcheng, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @jsnell, @starfire2258, @jsnell, @jsnell, @jsnell, and @jsnell
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple reports Q4 Mac revenue of $9.18B, up 1.6% YoY, and iPad revenue of $8.25B, up 21.4% YoY, and says supply chain issues cost the company ~$6B in the quarter — - Apple revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations in its fiscal fourth quarter on Thursday, which Apple CEO Tim Cook attributed …
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The Verge, MacRumors, MobileSyrup, AppleInsider, CNET, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, and Patently Apple
Tweets: @neilcybart and @growth_value_
| About Amazon: |
Amazon misses with Q3 revenue of $110.8B, up 15% YoY, vs $111.6B est., net income of $3.2B, down from $6.3B YoY, AWS net sales of $16.1B, up 39%; stock down 4%+ — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2021.
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CNBC, GeekWire, Yahoo Finance, Protocol, CNET, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Financial Times, SiliconANGLE, Thurrott, The Verge, ZDNet, and CNBC
Tweets: @timbray, @thestalwart, @dee_bosa, @asymco, @fshakir, @dee_bosa, @jordannovet, @spencerchen, @asymco, @somospostpc, @jonerlichman, @robotodd, and @lamonicabuzz
| Zachary Basu / Axios: |
Microsoft launches a campaign to help fill 250,000 cybersecurity jobs in the US by 2025, offering scholarships and free curriculum for community colleges — Microsoft announced Thursday that it's launching a national campaign to help fill 250,000 cybersecurity jobs in the U.S. by 2025 …
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The Official Microsoft Blog. More:
Livemint, FXStreet, PCMag, CNBC, Bloomberg, Windows Central, ETF Trends, and GeekWire
Tweets: @lastmilefund and @msftissues
| K.G Orphanides / Wired UK: |
Review of Raspberry Pi's new $15 Zero 2 W, featuring a 64-bit CPU, 512MB RAM, and WiFi 4: surprisingly powerful and ideal for emulation and automation projects — The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is powerful for a computer the size of a matchbox, but get a Pi 4 or Pi 400 if you want a better desktop experience
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Raspberry Pi. More:
Tom's Hardware, YouTube, Jeff Geerling, XDA Developers, HotHardware.com News, and BetaNews. Tweets: @raspberry_pi
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple support document says 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro users can turn on “scale to fit below built-in camera” to avoid notch app compatibility issues — Apple today shared a new support document that explains how users can ensure that an app's menu bar items do not appear hidden behind …
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Apple Support. More:
9to5Mac, PCMag, 9to5Mac, Apple Support, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Tom's Hardware, How-To Geek, iThinkDifferent, MobileSyrup, The Verge, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @jatodaro
| Reuters: |
Meme-based coin Shiba Inu rose about 160% this week, briefly surpassing dogecoin to become the eighth biggest cryptocurrency by market cap — Dogecoin, watch out! — Meme-based cryptocurrency Shiba Inu soared more than 45% over the last 24 hours, muscling its way into the top 10 largest digital tokens by market capitalization.
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CoinDesk, Decrypt, CNN, CNN, Bloomberg, and Fortune
Tweets: @cokedupoptions, @kedric, @pt, and @nastyshib
| Jacob Silverman / New York Magazine: |
While whistleblowing and accountability journalism are useful, only sweeping political changes can limit Facebook's power, which has proven enduring — Amid years of ongoing crisis, Facebook in recent weeks has faced the public-relations equivalent of nuclear annihilation.| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Global money laundering watchdog FATF releases guidelines that could force crypto companies to check customers' identities and report suspicious transactions — New guidelines could spur more crypto firms to check their customers' identities and report suspicious transactions to regulators| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Apple joins Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems, a program by Belgium-based R&D organization Imec to help reduce environmental impact of chips — Apple today announced that it has joined Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems (SSTS), a new research program launched … | Jennifer Ryan / Bloomberg: |
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, who earned $154.6M last year, will take a pay cut to $62,500 and forego equity grants until diversity goals are met — - Compensation included paying CEO $154.6 million last year — Company facing sexual harassment and discrimination case
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Business Wire. More:
CNN, New York Times, Windows Central, Wccftech, Reuters, and Wall Street Journal
| Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the impact of Apple's ATT on Alphabet and Facebook: limits on Facebook's ad targeting raises ad spends for brands, sending some advertisers to Google — New iPhone privacy standards rocked digital advertising, raising some boats and lowering others| Washington Post: |
NYU research suggests Twitter's algorithms promote conservative politicians because they are more likely to be “ratioed”, which Twitter may count as engagement — Our research suggests conservative politicians are ‘ratioed’ more often. That may explain why they're in your timeline.| Reuters: |
Shopify reports Q3 revenue of $1.12B, up 46% YoY, gross merchandise volume of $41.8B, up 35% YoY, and says cumulative GMV reached $400B — Canada's Shopify Inc's (SHOP.TO) third-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates, hurt by stiff competition as rivals invest more money to develop their e-commerce platforms.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter launches the Spaces Recording feature that was announced last month, to a limited number of Spaces hosts on iOS and all listeners on iOS and Android — Twitter announced last month it would soon introduce an option that allows hosts to record their live audio sessions in Twitter Spaces to make them available for replay.| Berber Jin / The Information: |
UnitedMasters, a music distribution app for independent musicians, raises a $50M Series C led by a16z at a $550M valuation — UnitedMasters, a music distribution app for independent musicians, has raised $50 million in a round led by venture firm Andreessen Horowitz at a $550 million valuation, including the new investment.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Anomalo, which uses AI to find issues in data sets, raises a $33M Series A led by NVP, formally launches, and says it already has $1M+ in revenue — As companies gather ever-growing sets of data, finding issues with that data that could impact the viability of a machine learning model becomes increasingly important.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google says it will roll out e2e encrypted phone calls on Google Fi over the coming weeks — But only for calls between two Android phones on Fi — In the coming weeks, Google is rolling out end-to-end encrypted phone calls on its Google Fi MVNO, the search giant announced today.
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CNET, The Keyword, Android Central, Engadget, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @richontech, @jrraphael, and @9to5google
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