Check out Mini-Techmeme for simple mobiles or Techmeme Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:55 AM ET, August 10, 2009

Techmeme

 Top Items: 
Susan Stellin / New York Times:
Bank Will Allow Customers to Deposit Checks by iPhone  —  The Internet has taken a lot of the paperwork out of banking, but there is no avoiding paper when someone gives you a check.  Now one bank wants to let customers deposit checks immediately — through their phones.
tr.im URLs:
tr.im R.I.P.  —  Regretfully, we here at Nambu have decided to shutdown tr.im, the first step in shutting down all of our products and services within that brand. — tr.im did well for what it was, but, alas, it was not enough.  We simply cannot find a way to justify continuing to work on it …
RELATED:
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
SHORTURL SAVIOR: Bit.ly Swoops in to Save Tr.im  —  The announcement this weekend that Tr.im will shut down has deeply worrying implications for URL shorteners: when these services go away, tens of thousands of links on the web simply stop working.  Some sites will lose hundreds of inbound links, and the traffic that comes with them.
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Twitter's platform shortcomings
Discussion: Computerworld and TechCrunch, Thanks:atul
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:   Why You Shouldn't Rely On URL Shorteners
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Coffee Can Wait.  Day's First Stop Is Online.  —  Karl and Dorsey Gude of East Lansing, Mich., can remember simpler mornings, not too long ago.  They sat together and chatted as they ate breakfast.  They read the newspaper and competed only with the television for the attention of their two teenage sons.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Source: Dell Mobile Phone Launching In China Within Days  —  A source with knowledge of the situation tells us that Dell is launching (or at least announcing) a mobile phone in China in the next day or two.  We are trying to verify the information and gather more details on the hardware and operating system now.
Brandon Miniman / pocketnow.com:
Windows Mobile 6.5 Build 23022: What is Microsoft Up To?  —  The latest build of Windows Mobile 6.5 from XDA (and by this point, the version we'll see on phones this fall has already been completed) adds several mysterious new features that may imply that an interim build of Windows Mobile …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Rogers Wireless Web Page Appears to Confirm 8 GB iPhone 3GS  —  A Rogers Wireless web page appears to confirm last week's alleged screenshots of the company's internal retail software revealing a forthcoming 8 GB iPhone 3GS model.  The “iPhone Comparison” tab on Rogers' iPhone 3GS page contains …
RELATED:
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
King Of The Apple Geeks  —  John Gruber's Daring Fireball is the homepage for Mac nerds.  Even top Apple (AAPL) brass tune in regularly.  And it's a real business, too, now in its fourth year as Gruber's full-time gig.  —  Daring Fireball's influence was in full display last week …
Discussion: The Blog Herald
Marco.org:
Planet Calacanis  —  I've seen a lot of people quoting and linking to Jason Calacanis' recent article, The Case Against Apple—in Five Parts, in a positive light.  But I can't.  It's ridiculous.  —  Let's start with an easy one: … I don't need to get into this very much with this audience …
RELATED:
Boy Genius Report:
AT&T pre-launch lineup: BlackBerry 9700, HTC Tilt 2, Garmin G60, more!  —  One of our oh so trusty ninjas just hit us up with a fantastic-looking pre-launch list for AT&T. These phones listed are not launched yet but are reportedly coming soon.  Just remember that coming soon could mean anywhere …
RELATED:
Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
Motorola Morrison specs - Next T-Mobile Android phone  —  Motorola will have two Android phones on sale this holiday season; Sholes on Verizon and Morrison on T-Mobile.  We gave you the Sholes specs yesterday and today we present Morrison(via a trusted tipster).
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Sixteen Reasons the Windows Vista Era Never Quite Happened  —  In a small way, this is a significant post: It's the first one in which I'm going to refer to Windows Vista in the past tense.  Which might be premature and/or unreasonable-Windows 7 won't reach consumers until October 22nd …
Discussion: Softpedia News
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
How I Learned To Quit The iPhone And Love Google Voice  —  At the end of July I declared my intention to quit the iPhone and AT&T, port my mobile phone number to Google Voice and use any mobile device that I pleased (or lots of them at once) in the future.  Like others, I will no longer blindly follow all things Apple.
RELATED:
CBS News:
War In The Valley: Apple vs. Google  —  The Monday Note: Behind The Coming Clash Between Tech Titans  —  (CBS) The Monday Note covers the intersection between media and technology and the shift of business models.  It is jointly edited by Frédéric Filloux …
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac and BoomTown
Mike Barris / Wall Street Journal:
GM, eBay to Test Online Car Sales  —  General Motors Co. on Tuesday will launch a pilot program with online auction site eBay Inc. aimed at potentially introducing a new avenue for buyers, the companies said Monday.  —  The tie-up — the latest chapter in the auto maker's makeover after its exit …
Ashlee Vance / Bits:
Microsoft's SharePoint Thrives in the Recession  —  Hang around at Microsoft's Redmond, Wash., headquarters for five or ten minutes and someone dressed in khaki pants and a blue shirt is bound to tell you about the wonders of SharePoint — one of the company's most successful and increasingly controversial lines of software.
Louis Gray:
iPhone Call Recording: It Makes Too Much Sense Not to Do  —  The introduction of the Voice Memos capability on Apple's iPhone was a nice touch.  Now, in theory, if I am out and about and don't want to type in a note, I can speak into the Voice Memo and save a short audio clip.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech:
Sex-predator iPhone app is back in business  —  Of all the applications that Apple (AAPL) has pulled from the iPhone App Store — and there have been quite a few — none were as creepy, sad or profitable as Offender Locator.  —  Launched in early June by ThinAir Wireless …
Discussion: iPhone Savior
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 11:55 AM ET, August 10, 2009.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Techmeme Sponsor Posts: 
Tribe AI:
Is AI just hype?  —  Find out how top enterprises use Tribe to get real business results.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more  —  We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics.  Download reports immediately for just $100.
Zoho:
Authy killed their desktop apps.  Time to switch to a reliable authenticator.  Time to switch to Zoho OneAuth.  —  Twilio's Authy recently announced end of life (EOL) for their desktop apps on March 19, 2024—five months ahead of schedule.
Comprehensive.io:
Browse salary data from 3,000 startups for free  —  Click for FREE, immediate access to real-time compensation benchmarking data.  Paid version helps HR automate comp reviews and communicate total compensation to employees.
Sponsor Techmeme
 
 See Also: 
Techmeme: site main
Techmeme River: reverse chronological Techmeme
Techmeme Mobile: for phones
Techmeme Leaderboard: Techmeme's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Techmeme RSS feed
Techmeme on X
Techmeme on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
G. Pascal Zachary / Technology Review:
An Operating System for the Cloud
Discussion: Slashdot
Dan Nystedt / Computerworld:
Samsung invades HTC territory with Android handset
Discussion: Softpedia News
Kelly Riddell / Bloomberg:
Nortel Chief Mike Zafirovski Steps Down as Asset Sales Near Completion
Discussion: FierceVoIP
Jeffrey M. O'Brien / Brainstorm Tech:
Duke Energy, Echelon team up on $1 billion smart grid project
Discussion: Tech Trader Daily
New York Times:
As Rivals Branch Out, SAP Is Sticking to Software
Jason Hiner / Tech Sanity Check:
Majority of CIOs still reject the iPhone, but resistance is weakening
Los Angeles Times:
Barry Diller's air of tech savvy hasn't paid off for shareholders
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Fildes / BBC:
Rivals bid to snatch green domain
Om Malik / GigaOM:
San Francisco to Get Clearwire WiMAX in 2010
Timothy / Slashdot:
AT&T Makes Its Terms of Service Even Worse, To Discourage Lawsuits
Discussion: MobileCrunch and SlashGear
David Barboza / New York Times:
An Online Market Flourishes in China
Lee Mathews / Download Squad:
Latest Google Chrome dev build adds Windows 7 jumplist support
Chris Matyszczyk / CNET News:
Have Craigslist's erotic ads changed at all?
Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
There's an App for That. But a Revenue Stream?
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
Sister Sites:

Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page