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01:57 05.11.2015

Expedia Acquires Airbnb Rival HomeAway For $3.9B

Expedia Inc. today announced that it has agreed to acquire the publicly traded vacation rental service HomeAway and its brands (including VRBO.com) for $3.9 billion in cash and common sto Read More... →

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01:53 05.11.2015

We Want You To Show Your Gear At Hardware Battlefield

People get ready: applications for TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield are now open. Submit your application by November 18 at 9pm PT to compete for free demo space at the Consumer Electronics Show, $50,000 prize and the Metal Man trophy. Hardware Battlefield is part of TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield series, but with a few small differences. Of course, there is the requirement… Read More... →

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01:48 05.11.2015

Facebook now makes 78 percent of its ad revenue on mobile

It wasn’t that many years ago that Facebook had it’s a-ha moment when it realized that mobile was the way forward for advertising. Flash forward to today, and mobile advertising makes up 78 percent of the social network’s total advertising revenue. Advertising makes up almost all of Facebook’s income. Facebook reported $3.4 billion in mobile advertising revenue, while total advertising […]... →

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01:26 05.11.2015

Facebook sees more than 8B video views daily from 500M users

Facebook is certainly growing its video capability in an effort that could eventually rival YouTube. On the company’s Q3 2015 earnings call, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg disclosed that more than 8 billion video views take place daily on the social network from 500 million users. This is a 100 percent growth rate since April […]... →

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01:20 05.11.2015

Code Girl documentary perfectly sums up why more girls don’t code

a”In our school we have 67 cases of Hepatitis A, because of the water,” begins one of the high school girls behind Apa Pura, an app that maps the level of contamination from E. coli, hepatitis, and heavy metals in well water around Stefanesti, Moldova. People in Stefanesti drink well water because bottled water is too expensive. But […]... →

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01:08 05.11.2015

Facebook Hits 8 Billion Daily Video Views From 500 Million Users, Up From 4B In April

Facebook video viewership is growing by leaps and bounds. It now sees 8 billion average daily video views from 500 million users. That’s up from just 4 billion video views per day in April. Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement on the call to investors following Facebook’s blockbuster Q3 2015 earnings report. The new stat explains why Facebook is running a ton of experiments on how… Read More... →

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01:08 05.11.2015

Remember When Google Tried To Start Uber In May 2005?

The internet is a wonderful thing. It’s a place for new and fresh ideas, forums for people to discuss them. And well, ways to find ones that had been dropped. One idea that was dropped was Google’s attempt to start what sounds a whole lot like Lyft and Uber. The project was called “Google Ride Finder” and it was announced on May 31st, 2005. It got a little bit of… Read More... →

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00:59 05.11.2015

Apple TV Updated With A New Categories Section

Apple TV’s App Store now has a Categories section, a feature which was missing at launch alongside Top Charts. The latter section rolled out on Monday, confirming that the new TV App Store is largely filled with games and other video and media applications. The addition of Categories, meanwhile, is notable because app discovery has been something of an issue on Apple’s new app… Read More... →

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00:58 05.11.2015

Expedia buys HomeAway for $3.9B because Airbnb

Travel booking site Expedia has agreed to buy publicly traded vacation rental company HomeAway for $3.9 billion, the companies announced today. It’s a big deal partly because it validates the growth of fast-growing startup Airbnb. HomeAway operates vacation rental site VRBO, which some people think of as an alternative to Airbnb. Now Expedia is getting […]... →

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00:56 05.11.2015

GoDaddy Reports Q3 Earnings Beat On Revenue of $411M, Stock Jumps 7%

GoDaddy just released its Q3 2015 earnings report, showing GAAP revenue of $411 million and a loss of $.08 per share. The street expected the company to report a loss of $.09 per share on revenue of $408 million, while the company itself expected third quarter revenue to be between $405-410 million. After trading flat all day, GDDY is up 7.47 percent after-hours to $29.50. This… Read More... →

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00:55 05.11.2015

Twitter Launches A Political Transparency Page

Twitter rolled out new page policy.twitter.com aimed at disclosing where the company stands on critical policy issues to users and Twitter’s political endeavors – including donations and Twitters’ PAC involvement. The social networking platform has strengthened its policy division in the last year, adding former FCC staffer Colin Crowell to a list of employees with a D.C. Read More... →

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00:49 05.11.2015

King beats Wall Street estimates for Q3 earnings, but revenues weaken

King, the Candy Crush Saga game publisher which has agreed to be acquired by Activision Blizzard for $5.9 billion, reported earnings for the third quarter that beat Wall Street’s estimates. The results show that King wasn’t necessarily desperate to be rescued because it was overly dependent on one game, as critics have said. Even though […]... →

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00:26 05.11.2015

Firefox Founder Writes Original Screenplay Called ‘PRICKS’ Brutally Parodying Theranos

When Firefox cofounder Blake Ross last showed off his writing wits, he was imagining new adventures for the fictional Pied Piper team on HBO’s Silicon Valley. Now he’s creating a new original series called “PRICKS,” based on the antics of a fictional high profile startup that’s developing a specialized blood test. Sound ever so vaguely familiar? Well, now add… Read More... →

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00:26 05.11.2015

“Circle With Disney” Is A New Device That Helps Families Manage Online Usage And Apps

Parents looking to manage their children’s internet usage and screen time have a new option with today’s launch of Circle with Disney, a hardware device that works in conjunction with an iOS application that allows moms and dads to filter web content, set “bedtimes,” block ads, view insights and usage history, and even pause the internet entirely. In addition, the… Read More... →

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00:24 05.11.2015

Hortonworks Picks Up 3% After Reporting Better-Than-Expected Q3 Earnings, Strong Guidance

Following the bell, Hortonworks announced its third quarter financial performance including adjusted earnings per share of negative $0.74, and revenue of $33.1 million. Investors had expected the company to lose $0.83 per share, off revenue of $30.69 million. Up a mote in regular trading, the Hadoop shop is up several points in after-hours trading following its earnings beat. The… Read More... →

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00:22 05.11.2015

47% of Facebook’s users never touch the service on desktop

Facebook’s user base is nearing a mobile majority. Today the company said it now has 1.55 billion monthly active users. Of those, 727 million only access the service on mobile — up from 655 million in July. This isn’t a new trend. We pointed it out after Facebook’s second-quarter earnings this year, but it remains fascinating. As […]... →

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00:16 05.11.2015

With $93 Million in Spending Money, OfferUp Quietly Becomes a Top Shopping App

OfferUp, a four-year-old, Bellevue, Washington-based mobile-first marketplace that’s trying to take on stodgy – albeit stubbornly successful – Craigslist, is making a big media push right now. The reason, in part: so reporters will stop calling to ask how much the company has raised. Recode reported back in March that OfferUp was raising between $60 million and $100 million at… Read More... →

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00:16 05.11.2015

FireEye Shares Tank 14% After Hours On Sales Miss

Cybersecurity and malware protection company FireEye on Wednesday reported its third quarter sales were $165.6 million, compared to the $167.13 million Wall Street expected. Despite missing on sales, the company’s losses were not as high as analysts expected. Wall Street thought the company would lose 45 cents per share, but instead the company posted a loss of 37 cents per… Read More... →

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00:15 05.11.2015

Daily Search Forum Recap: November 4, 2015

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

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00:08 05.11.2015

Facebook beats Q3 2015 expectations with $4.5B in revenue and an EPS of $0.57

Facebook has released its Q3 2015 earnings, saying that it generated $4.50 billion in revenue and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.57. “We had a good quarter and got a lot done,” says chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. “We’re focused on innovating and investing for the long term to serve our community and connect the entire world,” […]... →

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