


Facebook releases Halloween-themed reactions and live video Snapchat-like lenses

Twitter reports Q3 2016 revenue of $616 million, up 8% YoY; 317 million MAU, up 3% YoY

Intel Capital expands diversity fund to include LGBTQ, disabled, and veteran founders

Prisma is bringing its filters to Facebook Live videos

Verizon acquires Vessel to further online video ambitions, will shut it down October 31

Snap reportedly aims to raise $4 billion in IPO at up to $35 billion valuation

Facebook now lets verified profiles share branded content

Zendesk launches new tools to help brands get ahead on customer service

Uber’s newest API lets developers reach and reward drivers

Samsung Pay gets a refreshed interface that transforms it into a digital wallet

Facebook demos Prisma-like augmented reality app for live video

Former Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh joins Y Combinator to work on New Cities project

Twitter’s MoPub service now lets advertisers buy rewarded video ads programmatically

SurveyMonkey’s real-time map lets you track how the presidential election is going

Initialized Capital raises $115 million for its third fund

Amazon adds 60 new Dash Buttons, including Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts, Milk Bone, and Coca-Cola

Lyft is testing paid memberships like Uber that offer discounted Line rides

AT&T to acquire Time Warner for $85.4 billion

GitLab now lets you create multiple Issue Boards for each project

Facebook bucks censorship in favor of newsworthy or public interest images and stories

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‘South of Market’, the musical, perfectly mocks tech industry egos

Facebook’s Instant Articles now support 360 photos and videos

PayPal integrates with money transfer service Xoom, 15 months after buying it

Square’s Virtual Terminal product lets merchants accept payments on their computer

Everalbum rebrands and launches a Shutterfly competitor

Uber and Lyft made up 52% of business travel transportation expenses in Q3

Yahoo demands ‘transparency’ from National Intelligence director over security order

Stripe’s new Radar tool gives online merchants advanced fraud detection insights

Quora en español launches out of beta

Pinterest launches the Pin Collective so brands can hire influencers to create ads

LinkedIn updates endorsements to make them actually relevant

Facebook rolls out recommendation feature that lets your friends tell you what to do

You can now publicly endorse candidates on Facebook

Yahoo reports solid $1.31 billion in Q3 revenue as Verizon deal moves forward

Facebook’s Storyful-powered newswire service shutting down on October 18

Instagram adds Stories to search and explore tab

Zenefits’ new paid app offers companies HR advice from experts and business owners

You can now request time off with the Zenefits Slack bot
