|
July 14, 2012, 6:35 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Om Malik / GigaOM: |
In Memoriam: Even in losing, how Digg won — The Digg Townhall meeting broadcast live from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. 2008. Photo courtesy of Eric Magnuson, via Flickr — Having spent a major part of the week sitting on a beach, practically disconnected … | Aubrey Sabala / TechCrunch: |
Thumbs Up: Digg Wasn't A Failure, It Was A Beginning — “Don't let him climb a wall. We haven't finalized his life insurance plan.” — That was one of the first directions I was given at Digg when I started in early 2008. “Him” was Kevin Rose, the founder of the widely popular social news site, and I was on my third day.| Paul Tassi / Forbes: |
| Ryan Holmes / Fortune: |
The Facebook tweak that killed a billion-dollar industry — Facebook is known for operating in a perpetual beta state, making major changes not infrequently. Problem is, that can stifle a quickly growing niche. — FORTUNE — Mark Zuckerberg is famous for keeping Facebook (FB) in a state of permanent beta.
More:
Mashable!, MediaFile and Ted's Take
| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
How did the new MacBook Pros get Gold-level green ratings? — They may not stick. A recycling coalition says the notebooks flunk two key tests — FORTUNE — Apple (AAPL) may have thought it put the EPEAT kerfuffle behind it with the release of Bob Mansfield's mea culpa letter Friday.
More:
Examiner, MacRumors, Electronista, ReadWriteWeb, The Loop, The Next Web and Neowin. Thanks:@philiped
| Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook: |
A Show-and-Tell With Google's Hardware — Meet Eric Schmidt, Google's traveling salesman. — Mr. Schmidt, the executive chairman of the search giant, began a fireside chat with the media on Thursday at the Allen & Company conference with a brief show-and-tell.
More:
iDownloadBlog.com and The Verge
| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
Innovative bookmarking service Spool is shutting down. Team joins Facebook — Spool today confirms its innovative bookmarking service is shutting down. — In an email, the Spool team says: … Spool was kind enough to attach all a user's bookmarks to the email and provided a handy link …
More:
CNET, TechCrunch, Spool, AllThingsD and VentureBeat
| Kyle McDonald / Wired: |
When Art, Apple and the Secret Service Collide: ‘People Staring at Computers’ — Steve Jobs, staring at the first version of Photo Booth. All watercolors courtesy of David Pierce. — I really wasn't expecting the Secret Service. — Maybe an email, or a phone call from Apple.
More:
ANIMAL, PetaPixel, Gawker, The Verge and ifoAppleStore
| Ari Levy / Bloomberg: |
MobiTV Pulls $75 Million IPO, Citing ‘Unfavorable’ Conditions — MobiTV Inc. (MBTV) (MBTV), the maker of software that lets smartphone users watch live television, withdrew its plans for an initial public offering, citing “unfavorable market conditions.” — The Emeryville, California-based company …
More:
GigaOM, Multichannel News and Wall Street Journal
| New York Times: |
Vast Effort by F.D.A. Spied on E-Mails of Its Own Scientists — WASHINGTON — A wide-ranging surveillance operation by the Food and Drug Administration against a group of its own scientists utilized an enemies list of sorts as it secretly captured thousands of e-mails that the disgruntled … | Brittany Darwell / Inside Social Games: |
Zynga, Kixeye and EA work with Facebook to allow users to begin playing games without requiring permissions dialog — Zynga, Kixeye and EA have signed contracts with Facebook to let users begin playing games immediately without the roadblock of a permissions dialog, we've learned from a source familiar with the matter.
More:
VentureBeat
| Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Sprint's LTE network going live a day early for some users — Sprint's first LTE cities — Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Atlanta, and Kansas City — are set to officially go online sometime tomorrow, but we've been hearing reports that some lucky users are already connected to the carrier's 4G network.| Martyn Williams / PC World: |
Japan's FujiFilm Sues Motorola Over Phone Patents — Japan's FujiFilm is suing Google's Motorola Mobility subsidiary over four patents associated with digital camera and photo technology in cellphones. — The lawsuit has its roots in April 2011, when FujiFilm says it first notified Motorola …
More:
FOSS Patents
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:
Thu. 04/18 - Game Emulators On iOS And The Atlas Robot Lives!
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 6:35 PM ET, July 14, 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
David Ingram / NBC News:New York Times:
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
More:
Inside Mobile Apps, SlashGear, BGR, VatorNews and VentureBeat
| Cotton Delo / AdAge: |