|
September 21, 2012, 5:15 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Jeff Benjamin / iDownloadBlog.com: |
The Verizon iPhone 5 is GSM unlocked, tested with AT&T — I can confirm that the Verizon iPhone 5 is indeed GSM unlocked. Even though I bought an iPhone 5 from Verizon under contract, I was able to cut down my AT&T Micro SIM, and use it in my Verizon iPhone 5 to pick up an AT&T signal.
More:
BGR, 9to5Mac, Engadget, The Verge, MacRumors, GigaOM, PhoneArena, Pocketnow, iClarified, iLounge and App Advice. Tweets: @gartenberg. Thanks:@idownloadblog
| Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech: |
Apple A6 Die Revealed: 3-core GPU, — Our good friends at UBM TechInsights sent over the first diffusion images of Apple's new A6 SoC. It's still too early to tell a lot but we have confirmation of a lot of things. The image above shows two 32-bit LPDDR2 memory channels and three GPU cores.| iFixit: |
More:
VentureBeat, DailyFinance.com, iMore.com, Digits, Ars Technica, The Tell, Business Insider, The Next Web, Liliputing, TUAW, WebProNews, HotHardware.com News, Wired, Gotta Be Mobile, Jailbreak | iOS, MobileSyrup.com, TechEye, Inquirer, Softpedia News, socalTECH.com, The Verge, PalmAddict, Ubergizmo, LaptopMemo, ZDNet, nbcnews.com, MacRumors, iClarified, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Technabob, CNET, iPhone Alley, IntoMobile, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo UK, MacNN and dailywireless.org
| Arnold Kim / MacRumors: |
Black iPhone 5 Anodized Aluminum Susceptible to Scratching? — After the original announcement of the iPhone 5, one early concern amongst readers was how well the anodized aluminum back and edges of the black iPhone 5 would hold up over time. — One lengthy thread on our forums … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Turns Off Facial Recognition In The EU, Gets The All-Clear On Several Points From Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner On Its Review — The ongoing investigation into Facebook's transparency on user data and privacy by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner has come to a positive conclusion for the social network.| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Verizon finally rolling out Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean for the Galaxy Nexus — Google announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean back in June and released it for the unlocked GSM Galaxy Nexus a few weeks later, but Verizon's version has remained stuck on Ice Cream Sandwich.| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Good Karma! Facebook to launch social gifting app in the US in a matter of weeks — Around the same time it started listing its shares on NASDAQ, Facebook announced that it had acquired social gifting app maker Karma for a reported $80 million+, making it one of the company's largest purchases to date.| Arnold Kim / MacRumors: |
iPhone 5 Now on Sale in the U.S. — The iPhone 5 just launched in the U.S. along the east coast. Fortune's Philip Elmer-Dewitt is at the 5th Avenue Store and notes that the line is longer than last year's iPhone 4S line: … The first day pre-orders for the iPhone 5 doubled last year's iPhone 4S launch.| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Google Welcomes Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson's “The Internship” on Campus — You wouldn't know that relations between Google and Hollywood are testy by the week they've had together. — Google has taken in movie stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn with open arms, lending its campus as the set for their upcoming film “The Internship.”| Reuters: |
China's Alibaba to spin off team developing mobile operating system — (Reuters) - Alibaba Group, China's biggest e-commerce firm, will spin off the team developing its Aliyun mobile operating system, which Google Inc claims uses aspects of its own mobile operating system Android.
More:
Marketing Land, Pulse2 Technology …, TechCrunch and Tech in Asia
| Bloomberg: |
Apple Loses German Court Ruling Against Samsung in Patent Suit — The 4G Price War Brewing Over the IPhone 5 — Apple Inc. (AAPL) lost a court ruling against Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) in Germany regarding claims the South Korean company's Galaxy devices infringed patents on the iPhone maker's touch-screen technology.| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
OpenStreetMap Gets First Major Funding From Knight News Challenge — OpenStreetMap, the increasingly popular Wikipedia-like project to create a map of the world — it's now used by Apple, Foursquare and others — has gotten its first major funding grant. — Knight News Challenge … | John Herrman / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook Pulling Back On Frictionless Sharing Apps — On Thursday, Facebook's Manager of Media Partnerships, Andy Mitchell, told a panel of journalists and fellow Facebookers that the site was moving away from “passive sharing,” referring to apps released by the Washington Post … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Facebook adds searches to the Activity Log, allows you to view and remove your search activity — Facebook today announced it has added searches to the Activity Log. As with most Facebook updates, the new addition will be rolling out over the next few weeks.| Brad Linder / Liliputing: |
Asus to unveil the Padfone 2 in October — The Asus Padfone hasn't exactly taken the world by storm since Asus first introduced the smartphone that can transform into a tablet, notebook, or desktop with liberal use of docking stations. In fact, the Padfone has yet to officially go on sale in the US.
More:
Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena, The Verge, Engadget, The Tech Report and Pocket-lint
| Megan Garber / The Atlantic Online: |
Google News at 10: How the Algorithm Won Over the News Industry — Google's “billions of clicks” are only half of the story. — In April of 2010, Eric Schmidt delivered the keynote address at the conference of the American Society of News Editors in Washington, D.C. During the talk … | Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
W3C announces plan to deliver HTML 5 by 2014, HTML 5.1 in 2016 — The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the group that manages development of the main specifications used by the Web, has proposed a new plan that would see the HTML 5 spec positioned as a Recommendation—which in W3C's lingo represents …
More:
The Register, Softpedia News, The H Open Source and Slashdot
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Testing Feature To Quiz You While You're Watching A Video — YouTube videos may soon be getting a little more interactive. There's now a page on the YouTube website describing a feature called “Video Questions Editor Beta,” which was spotted by the Dutch tech site WebSonic.nl.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
LightSquared redux: Lawmakers admit lack of expertise, but blame FCC — US Rep Cliff Stearns (R-FL) is mad at the FCC for halting LightSquared's plan to build a cellular network. — Cliff Stearns — The saga of LightSquared and its failed plan to build a nationwide LTE network …
More:
Computerworld
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 5:15 PM ET, September 21, 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
New York Times:Sara Fischer / Axios:
David Ingram / NBC News:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Charles Arthur / Guardian: |
| Chad Catacchio / The Next Web: |
More:
Macgasm, The Verge, Betabeat and The Next Web
| Vanessa Mock / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
EU Press Room, BBC, Engadget, Reuters, Bloomberg, Deal Journal and Tech Daily Dose. See also Mediagazer
| Amir Efrati / Digits: |
More:
SiliconBeat, LUMA Partners and Business Insider
| Daniel Terdiman / CNET: |
| Ellyne Phneah / ZDNet: |
More:
Associated Press, Tech in Asia, Reuters, memeburn, Softpedia News, The Register and The Next Web
Earlier Picks
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
| Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits: |
More:
The Verge, Pulse2 Technology … and Slashdot
| Eliza Kern / GigaOM: |
More:
AllThingsD
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
More:
PC Magazine, DSLreports, Reuters, AllThingsD and ValueWalk