|
July 30, 2013, 2:35 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Zach Epstein / BGR: |
From kindling to inferno: Full specs for next-gen Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets — Amazon to combine powerhouse specs and affordable prices in bid to scorch the competition — Amazon's first-generation Kindle Fire was absolutely not an iPad killer, and that's exactly why it was so successful.| Brian Klug / AnandTech: |
Android 4.3 Update Brings TRIM to All Nexus Devices — One of the common complaints late in the life of the original Nexus 7 was slow storage I/O performance, leading to an inconsistent user experience. After a fresh flash, the Nexus 7 was speedy and performant, but after months …
More:
Examiner, TechHive, GigaOM, The Verge, 9to5Google, Engadget, BGR India, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, GSMArena Blog, Phones Review, Tested and Android Beat. Thanks:@nerdtalker
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Instagram deleting and blocking photos uploaded from third-party Windows Phone app (update) — While Vine, Flipboard, and Path have all promised Windows Phone 8 support, one particular app is still missing: Instagram. Nokia has tried to pressure Facebook into building an Instagram Windows Phone app …
More:
Windows Phone, CITEworld, Engadget, Gizmodo, AllFacebook, Geek.com, SlashGear, Gotta Be Mobile, Windows Phone Central, The Next Web, IntoMobile, TechnoBuffalo, memeburn, Softpedia News, BGR and WMPoweruser
Tweets: @dannysullivan, @gaborfari, @edbott and @tomwarren
| OpenSignal: |
Android Fragmentation Visualized — Fragmentation is both a strength and weakness of the Android ecosystem. When comparisons are made between Android and iOS the issue of different API levels, and the vastly different devices running them, is often emphasised.
More:
TechCrunch, The Verge, GigaOM, VentureBeat, Business Insider, SlashGear, TechSpot, PhoneArena and Quartz. Thanks:@brendan_gill
| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Announces New Mobile Game Publishing Effort — A few weeks ago, we reported that Facebook was experimenting with becoming a mobile games publisher by offering distribution to studios in exchange for a cut of revenue. — Today, Facebook is formally announcing that effort … | Wall Street Journal: |
Intel, Apple and Others Rethink How We Watch TV — SANTA CLARA, Calif.—To understand how much television could soon change, it helps to visit an Intel Corp. INTC +0.40% division here that runs like a startup. Erik Huggers, a Dutch-born former British Broadcasting Corp. executive …
More:
GigaOM, Digits, Business Insider, iDownloadBlog.com, TechSpot and The Verge. Tweets: @geoffreyfowler
| Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: |
Vimeo and Redbox Instant are coming to Chromecast. Next up: Plex and HBO Go? — Chromecast, the streaming video adapter introduced by Google last week, is quickly gaining support from a number of media platforms. Case in point: Vimeo told us it wants to support Chromecast … | Michael Gorman / Engadget: |
More:
Gotta Be Mobile and AnandTech
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Netflix's Personalized User Profiles Begin Showing Up on Apple TV — According to multiple Twitter reports and a tipster who contacted MacRumors, individual Netflix profiles are now showing up on the Apple TV. The personalized profile feature, which is expected to be launched in August … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Bitly Hires Former AOL And Outside.In Exec Mark Josephson As Its New CEO — Bitly is announcing that Mark Josephson (pictured), who was most recently senior vice president of Patch Labs at AOL, has joined the link-shortening and tracking company as its new CEO.| Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: |
Apple workers file lawsuit for lost wages due to bag searches — Former employees at Apple stores in New York and Los Angeles have filed a class action suit, claiming the iPhone maker required them to stand in line for up to 30 minutes every shift and wait for a manager to search their bags.
More:
NYT Bits, Business Insider, AppleInsider, Examiner, SiliconBeat, CNET, Macgasm, TechEye, Softpedia News, bizjournals and MacDailyNews
| Erwin Visser / The Windows Blog: |
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview Now Available — Today, I'm excited to announce that Windows 8.1 Enterprise Previewis now available for download for customers to start testing the operating system in their environments. Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview builds on the Window 8.1 Preview …
More:
The Next Web, PC World, BetaNews, ZDNet, WebProNews, WindowsObserver.com and TechNet Blogs
| David Pogue / Pogue's Posts: |
SmugMug Revamps Its Site, in a Challenge to Flickr — In May, Yahoo riled up photography lovers everywhere by revamping its popular Flickr photo-sharing site. The new Flickr offers everyone 1 terabyte of free storage. That's a lot. It's enough to back up and display 600,000 photos at full resolution.
More:
TechCrunch, AllThingsD, The Next Web and Thomas Hawk Digital Connection. Tweets: @smugmug. Thanks:@thomashawk
| Josh Gerstein / Politico: |
Bradley Manning trial verdict: Acquitted of aiding the enemy, convicted on lesser charges — FORT MEADE, Md. — A military judge Tuesday acquitted Pfc. Bradley Manning of aiding the enemy — the most serious charge the Army intelligence analyst faced for leaking hundreds of thousands …
More:
TechCrunch, The Guardian, Wired, The Atlantic Wire, Associated Press, CNN, BBC and Mashable
Tweets: @drudge_report, @xeni and @tcarmody
See also Mediagazer| Jason Del Rey / AllThingsD: |
Fab Lays Off More Than 100 Employees in Europe, as It Continues Retreat From Flash Sales — Fab has just made significant cuts to its European staff, laying off more than 100 employees at its headquarters in Berlin. The reason for the cuts, the company said, is a transition away …
More:
TechCrunch, Betashop, VatorNews, Betabeat, Venture Capital Dispatch, Business Insider and Skift. Thanks:@benfrumin
| Reuters: |
HTC sees Q3 revenue sliding as much as 30 pct, missing forecasts — (Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC Corp expects revenue to fall as much as 30 percent in the third quarter compared to the previous three months, far below analysts' forecasts. — A delayed launch for the much-hyped HTC One this year …
More:
HTC, Engadget, Android Beat, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Digits, GeekWire, VentureBeat, GigaOM, The Verge, 9to5Google, Forbes, AndroidGuys, I4U News, Bloomberg, Ubergizmo, Cult of Android and ZDNet
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Former Mozilla CEO Kovacs to Head Security Software Firm AVG Technologies — Gary Kovacs, who recently stepped down as the top exec at Mozilla Corporation, has been named CEO of AVG Technologies. — Kovacs said he wanted to join the publicly held Internet and mobile security software company …
More:
OStatic blogs, Softpedia News and bizjournals
| Fred Wilson / A VC: |
Mentor/Investor Whiplash — I've been doing a tour of the summer accelerator programs and a question I get a lot is about the feedback the teams get from the investors and mentors they meet with. They ask me how much should they react to the feedback they are getting advising them to do things differently …
More:
Feld Thoughts and Business Insider. Tweets: @nyuentrepreneur, @phil_hendrix and @jackrmcdermott
| Klint Finley / Wired: |
When Lousy Code Strikes, Google Dispatches Its Elite ‘Gopher Team’ — Brad Fitzpatrick was using the most routine bit of Google software you can imagine when the damn thing stalled. The download was 99 percent done and just stopped. Download stalls happen every day, but Fitzpatrick took it personally.| Yuliya Chernova / Venture Capital Dispatch: |
RelayRides to Provide Peer-to-Peer Car Rentals at San Francisco Airport — Flyers who don't want to pay $18 per day for long-term parking at the San Francisco International Airport will have an option, starting in August, to park their cars for free, courtesy of startup RelayRides Inc.
More:
AllThingsD, Forbes, Corporate Intelligence and SiliconBeat
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
SkyDrive updated with animated GIF, high DPI, and new sharing support — Microsoft is rolling out a number of changes to its SkyDrive cloud-based storage service this week. While the service has long supported high resolution imagery, including RAW files, SkyDrive will now measure the DPI scale …
More:
The Windows Blog, LiveSide.net, CNET, Engadget, VentureBeat, ZDNet, The Next Web, Softpedia News, Ubergizmo and TechNet Blogs
| Stephen Lawson / PC World: |
Flash breakthrough promises faster storage, terabytes of memory — In the ongoing quest for faster access to data, Diablo Technologies has taken what could be a significant next step. — Diablo's Memory Channel Storage (MCS) architecture, expected to show up in servers shipping later this year …
More:
GigaOM and SiliconANGLE
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:
Instant invoice insights with Zoho Cliq and Zoho Invoice — Timely communication is the cornerstone of successful invoicing management. Picture this: your business diligently sends out invoices to customers …
Instant invoice insights with Zoho Cliq and Zoho Invoice — Timely communication is the cornerstone of successful invoicing management. Picture this: your business diligently sends out invoices to customers …
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:
How to Cultivate Everyday Dharma, Suneel Gupta (#54)
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:
Wed. 04/24 - What Now For TikTok?
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 2:35 PM ET, July 30, 2013.
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
Michael Sisak / Associated Press:Eli Stokols / Politico:
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| David Abel / Boston Globe: |
More:
Lessig Blog, v2, TarenSK, New York Times, GigaOM, The Atlantic Wire, Lessig Blog, v2, ABC News, MIT, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, The Verge, NPR, Boing Boing and MIT. Tweets: @steveklabnik
| Adrian Bridgwater / Open Source Insider: |
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
More:
Sprint Newsroom, AllThingsD, eWeek, Featured News, The Switch, VentureBeat, GigaOM, MacRumors, ZDNet, MacNN, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, The Verge, CNET and WebProNews
| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
More:
Bitcoin, Softpedia News, SiliconANGLE, I4U News, memeburn, Telegraph, The Register, The Next Web, The Verge, Wired.co.uk and CoinDesk
Earlier Picks
| Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo: |
| Douglas MacMillan / Bloomberg: |
More:
Business Insider, TechCrunch, Mashable, SlashGear and GeekWire
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
More:
Google Commerce and eWeek
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |