|
May 29, 2012, 12:50 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Siim Teller / Flattr Blog: |
Apple rejected Flattr... and it's not the end — Those following us on Twitter already know that last week Apple rejected Instacast, a well-love podcatcher, over its Flattr integration. What does this mean for the future of Flattr inside applications for iPhone and iPad?| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Facebook rumored to buy facial recognition tech startup Face.com for up to $100 million — Ready for another post-IPO Facebook acquisition rumor? — Israeli business publication Calcalist reports (in Hebrew) that the social networking giant is close to purchasing face recognition technology company Face.com.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
More:
ZDNet, The Register and eWeek
| Tory Newmyer / Fortune: |
Mr. Cook goes to Washington — Apple CEO Tim Cook got barely any notice when he slipped into the Capitol last Tuesday for a handful of meetings with Congressional leaders. The low-key visit was in keeping with the company's traditional approach to Washington.
More:
Engadget, MacRumors, CNET, VentureBeat, iDownloadBlog.com, The Verge, 9to5Mac, AllThingsD and Wall Street Journal
| Anderson Antunes / Forbes: |
Eduardo Saverin Finally Opens Up: ‘No Hard Feelings Between Me And Mark Zuckerberg’ — It took almost a decade, one Hollywood flick and roughly a billion friends for Eduardo Saverin to agree on telling his side of the story about the founding of Facebook, the social-networking website that since 2004 has changed the way we communicate.
More:
CNET and Business Insider
| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Meet ‘Flame’, The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers — A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware named Flame has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation.
More:
BBC, Securelist, The Register, certcc.ir, The Verge, Business Insider, Boing Boing, Inquirer, Engadget, Computer Business Review, Naked Security, ZDNet, Reuters, SlashGear, V3.co.uk, Telegraph, Naked Security, Forbes, CNET and Slashdot. Tweets: @davelee
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Prototype Original iPad with Dual Dock Connectors Surfaces — Ever since its initial introduction in early 2010, the iPad has offered a single dock connector oriented in portrait mode. But a rumor just prior to that introduction had indicated that the device would include … | Eran Feigenbaum / Google Enterprise Blog: |
Google Apps receives ISO 27001 certification — In the early days of the cloud, security concerns were often at the top of business minds as they considered moving to Google Apps. More recently, though, security has become a major reason businesses are moving to the cloud.
More:
TechCrunch
| Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat: |
A cure for your incubator fatigue: Meet nReduce, the open-source Y Combinator — Incubators are like belly buttons: Everybody's got one. — Or so it seems from where we sit in San Francisco, where if one throws a rock in certain neighborhoods, one is sure to hit an incubator or accelerator or at least a hackathon.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S III launches in 28 countries, to be available in 145 by July — Although some retailers are saying they don't expect to have inventory right away, Samsung is officially claiming that it has launched the Galaxy S III in 28 countries today. That's a massive launch …
More:
The Next Web, Clove Technology's Blog, Engadget and Reuters
| Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson / NEWS.com.au: |
Australian probe looms for Google Street View — AUSTRALIA'S Privacy Commissioner could launch a second investigation into Google's collection of personal information after a report found the internet giant was warned its Street View cars were harvesting everything from text message to internet passwords.
More:
Sky News Australia and DailyTelegraph
| Alastair Sharp / Reuters: |
RIM's top lawyer joins parade of resignations — (Reuters) - The top lawyer at Research In Motion Ltd has resigned and will soon leave the struggling BlackBerry maker, RIM said on Monday, joining a parade of long-time company executives to depart since Thorsten Heins took over as CEO earlier this year.| Nate Lanxon / Wired UK: |
Ubi turns any wall into a touchscreen using Microsoft's Kinect — “We can turn any surface into a 3D touchscreen,” explained Anup Chathoth, one third of Munich-based startup Ubi Interactive. Such claims typically conjure up images of floating Minority Report-style touchscreens made from curved glass …
More:
The Verge, Electronista, Neowin and Softpedia News
| Henry Blodget / Business Insider: |
If Facebook Really Goes Into The Mobile Hardware Business, Investors Should Run Away Screaming — Facebook is poaching ex-Apple engineers to build a smartphone, Nick Bilton of the New York Times reports. — This is the third iteration of Facebook's smartphone plans—from hardware to software and back to hardware again.
More:
garry's posterous, CNET, PC World, The Next Web, Los Angeles Times, The New Persuaders, wmpoweruser.com, OnlyGizmos, Profectio, TechCrunch, Forbes, Examiner, Tech and China, Global Nerdy, Guardian, Globe and Mail, TechSpot, the Econsultancy blog, DailyTech, CNN, GigaOM, Dave Winer's …, Fortune and Be a Force of Good
Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Kulkan Security:
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Zoho:
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
Mastodon:
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
Magatte Wade, Unlocking Prosperity in Africa (#53)
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Subscribe to the Kevin Rose Show!
Techmeme Ride Home:
Fri. 04/19 - All The News About Llama 3
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 12:50 AM ET, May 29, 2012.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Mari Saito / Reuters: |
| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
More:
Pulse2 Technology …, Examiner and The Verge
| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
More:
The Verge and dailywireless.org
| Lee Chyen Yee / Reuters: |
More:
Techworld.com, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, Pulse2 Technology …, Inquirer, TechEye and PhoneArena
Earlier Picks
| John R. Quain / New York Times: |
| Zachary Lutz / Engadget: |
| Jeff Blagdon / The Verge: |
More:
Engadget, Electronista and VentureBeat
| Joshua Brustein / New York Times: |