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Apple has now rolled out a “Top Charts” section on the Apple TV App Store, following the release of the company’s revamped streaming media player which went on sale last week. The TV App Store had only hundreds of titles at the time of launch, but that grew to over 1,000 during the weekend, according to independent third-party reports. However, developers were disappointed… Read More... →

This week's SEJ Wrap-Up is all about finding the best blog ideas and why clickbait journalism is no longer cutting it. The post SEJ Wrap-Up: Finding Blog Ideas That Win, Clickbait Not Cutting It by @megcabrera appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

The Salesforce Marketing Cloud now has an integration with Pinterest, which the companies say will allow marketers to make “pinners” part of their overall digital marketing plans. A new set of tools becomes available to help marketers connect with customers on Pinterest using Salesforce’s Social Studio social media marketing platform. The tools will allow companies to “compose, preview, schedule and publish Pins across Pinterest […]... →

Posted by KaneJamisonI've been obsessed with Facebook Ads for the past few years. It probably didn't hurt that the first test campaign we ran earned an excellent $0.04 cost-per-engagement from a $10 budget. I'm obsessed because I'm convinced Facebook Ads are one of the most powerful tools we currently have as digital marketers. Whether you're looking to spend $200 a month advertising to a single zip code or $20,000 a day reaching sports fans, you can reach the ideal target audience for your organization wit... →

A group of activists from the Coalition on Homelessness took over Airbnb headquarters in the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco this afternoon to protest what they believe is a company at the root cause of evictions and homelessness in the city. Airbnb has added the lion’s share (more than $8 million) into defeating Proposition F, a proposal some believe is hiking up the rent in SF… Read More... →

For Menlo Ventures‘ managing director Shawn Carolan, bringing some sense of focus to his life is important. It’s because of this reason that he founded Handle, a workflow companion app designed to bring order to your personal and professional lives. The app debuted in January (although a beta version first released in 2013) to let the general public […]... →

EBay today finalized the sale of its previously announced eBay Enterprise business. As part of this deal, Zeta Interactive, the big data-driven marketing firm co-founded by David Steinberger and former Apple and Pepsi-Cola CEO John Sculley, today announced that it has acquired the CRM division of eBay Enterprise. Sources close to the two companies tell us Zeta Interactive paid about $80 to… Read More... →

Here’s one way that Thrillist Media Group is spending the $54 million that it raised earlier this year: It’s adding three new sections to its website, one for entertainment, one for health and one for sex and dating. Naturally, the company is supporting this expansion with some new hires. John Sellers, former senior editor at New York Magazine’s Vulture, will run the… Read More... →

Plex, the much adored app for streaming totally-legit-and-not-at-all-bootlegged-cough-cough content from your PC to your other gadgets, has just hit the new Apple TV. Still wondering what the heck Plex is? The short answer: you run a Plex server on your PC, and load it up with video and music files in just about any format — from your standard DiVX/XVid file to a big ol’ high res MKV. Read More... →

WASHINGTON (By David Morgan, Reuters) — Internet giant Alphabet Inc, the new holding company for Google, expects to begin delivering packages to consumers via drones sometime in 2017, the executive in charge of Google’s drone effort said on Monday. David Vos, the leader for Google’s Project Wing, said his company is in talks with the […]... →

Dear reader, Please keep in mind that this list is tongue-in-cheek. We are being silly. If you take this list seriously, and complain, we shall giggle at you. Let’s have fun! Read More... →

TechCrunch is pleased to announce our second monthly Include Office Hours! On November 17th, Ryan Sweeney and Dan Levine of Accel Partners will open their doors for underrepresented founders. Launched in 2014, Include is TechCrunch’s diversity program, aimed at facilitating opportunities for underrepresented groups in tech to take their startups to the next level. Read More... →

The idea that the average consumer i.e. a non “high net-worth individual” could invest in a small equity round has been in the works since June but a new rule released last week now brings the US closer to true equity crowdfunding. You can check out the entire release here but, in general, it opens the door to a new form of investment. Companies will be able to raise a maximum of… Read More... →

Following the bell, Fitbit announced its third quarter financial performance, including revenue of $409.3 million, and earnings per share using normal accounting methods of $0.19. The company’s adjusted profit totaled $0.24 per share. The results are notably strong. Investors had expected the company to report a far-slimmer $0.10 adjusted per-share profit off of revenue of just $350.97. Read More... →

Open Whisper Systems, a provider of security-related technologies and apps for mobile devices, has started rolling out an Android version of its private messaging and calling app Signal. In doing so, the company has consolidated the two current apps it has on Android into one, thereby mirroring what iOS users have. Competing alongside Telegram, Open […]... →

Online textbook and tutoring company Chegg beat Wall Street’s expectations when it reported its third quarter sales of $81.3 million. Its revenue was expected to total $78.28 million. The company posted a loss of 12 cents per share, compared to the 15 cents loss per share Wall Street expected. The company’s beat was driven by strong growth in its digital revenue, which now… Read More... →

Will Quist has joined four-year-old Slow Ventures as a partner. Slow Ventures, managed by Facebook employees Dave Morin and Kevin Colleran, raised a $65 million fourth fund in April. At the time, it announced that Sam Lessin, another former Facebook employee, had been named a partner. Lessin was a VP product at Facebook, which he’d joined in 2010 when it acquired his startup… Read More... →

Ahead of FireEye’s Wednesday report, Qualys reported its third quarter performance today, including revenue of $42.5 million, and earnings per share of $0.11 using normal accounting techniques. Employing less rigorous standards, Qualys earned a steeper $0.19 per share. Read More... →

Gillmor Gang SPECIAL EDITION : Notifications Summit Wrap-up – John Northwick, Dennis Crowley, Om Malik, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session at 1pmPT today. Read More... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Google: Penguin 4...... →