Top Stories of the Day // October 8, 2015

With Reactions, Facebook Supercharges The Like Button With 6 Empathetic Emoji | Zuckerberg Confirms Facebook Is Working On Augmented Reality | Amazon Launches Snowball, A Rugged Storage Appliance For Importing Data To AWS By FedEx | Sunshine, A Crowd-Sourced Weather App, Goes Live | Alphabet Now Owns abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com | Pause Is A Super Simple Mindfulness App From ustwo | Amazon Treads On Etsy’s Toes With Handmade Marketplace Launch |

DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Ingrid Lunden With Reactions, Facebook Supercharges The Like Button With 6 Empathetic Emoji In September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made some waves when he hinted Facebook was working on a way to expand its famous Like button — not by adding... Read More… Matthew Lynley, Josh Constine Zuckerberg Confirms Facebook Is Working On Augmented Reality “Yeah!” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said excitedly in response to a big question for his company: is Facebook working on augmented... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Sign up for Disrupt London Startup Alley Now! Startup Alley is jam-packed with early stage companies showing off their talent and technology to attendees. With different companies exhibiting on both days of the conference. See you in London! Learn More… Frederic Lardinois Amazon Launches Snowball, A Rugged Storage Appliance For Importing Data To AWS By FedEx Amazon surprised developers today with the launch of Snowball, a new physical appliance that will allow AWS users to ship huge amounts of data for import into... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Pandora Is Acquiring Ticketfly Amazon web services reaches 1 million active businesses, Google unveils Accelerated Mobile Pages Project to help load articles faster on mobile, Jet.com announces it will no longer charge $50 annual fee, Anthony Ha interviews Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle about their new Steve Jobs biopic. Watch Now Jordan Crook Sunshine, A Crowd-Sourced Weather App, Goes Live When it comes to the weather, there is no lack of applications to choose from to get your information. But there is very little diversity when it comes to those... Read More… Drew Olanoff Alphabet Now Owns abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com Since it couldn’t buy ABC.com or Alphabet.com, Google Alphabet has acquired the next best thing. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com Google announced the... Read More… Natasha Lomas Pause Is A Super Simple Mindfulness App From ustwo If you're tired of all the digital demands on your time and attention, take note: there's a (new) iOS app for that... Pause is the latest release from digital... Read More… Natasha Lomas Amazon Treads On Etsy’s Toes With Handmade Marketplace Launch Amazon has expanded its ecommerce empire yet again, opening a marketplace for handcrafted goods that takes it right onto Etsy's bespoke knits. The new... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2015 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service