Techmeme: Microsoft to start showing people's social and career info in Bing results (Edgar Alvarez/Engadget)

Open Links In New Tab

Mobile Archives Advertise Site News Contact Editors

October 11, 2013, 4:40 PM

Top News

Google:

Terms of Service update — We are updating the Google Terms of Service. The new Terms will go live on November 11, 2013 and you can read them here. — Because many of you are allergic to legalese, here's a plain English summary for your convenience. — We've made three changes:

New York Times:

Google updates ToS allowing inclusion of users' names, photos and comments in web ads — Google Sets Plan to Sell Users' Endorsements — SAN FRANCISCO — Google, following in Facebook's footsteps, wants to sell users' endorsements to marketers to help them hawk their wares.

More: Google, Google Operating System, PandoDaily, Forbes, GigaOM, The Next Web, Quartz, Salon, Marketing Land, internetretailer.com, Daring Fireball, ReadWrite, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Nextgov, Softpedia News and Electronista

Tweets: @mathewi, @chartier and @xor

See also Mediagazer

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Apps on iPhone 5s Crashing at Twice the Rate as on Other iPhone 5 Models — Whenever there is a new operating system, it's not surprising to see apps crash at a somewhat higher rate, given all the changes. — But one of the interesting things in Apple's latest iPhone transition …

Tom Warren / The Verge:

iPhone 5S users report ‘Blue Screen Of Death’ reboots — Apple's latest iPhone 5S has an unexpected feature: the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD). While it's typically an error found on older Windows PCs, a number of iPhone 5S users are reporting random reboots on their handsets following a BSOD.

More: TechCrunch, CNET, The Next Web, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, Geek.com, PhoneArena, TechSpot, iPhone, iClarified, Inquirer, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Softpedia News, InvestorPlace and MobileSyrup.com

Reuters:

Sony to focus on Europe and Japan smartphone markets, leaves US and China for the future — Without grand plans for China, U.S., Sony set to lag in smartphones — (Reuters) - Kazuo Hirai's plan to restore Sony Corp to lasting profitability rests in large part on its smartphones leapfrogging rivals …

More: Electronista, Digital Trends, GigaOM, The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile, Unwired View, Phandroid, TechCrunch, TechnoBuffalo, Android Community, The Droid Guy, AndroidHeadlines.com, AndroidGuys, Android Beat, DailyFinance.com, Droid Life, PhoneArena, Reuters and Phone Scoop

Brad Molen / Engadget:

AT&T to streamline traditional voice plans in favor of Mobile Share on October 25th — AT&T is planning to axe its traditional monthly calling and data plans for new customers — both individual and family — in favor of the network's latest shared data options, Engadget has learned …

More: ATT Blogs, AppleInsider, AllThingsD, MacRumors, The Verge, iMore, Gizmodo, TechnoBuffalo, Gotta Be Mobile, Droid Life and MacNN

Mercury News:

Apple's new headquarters: Exclusive images of Cupertino plan — The Mercury News was given an exclusive look at a model of Apple Computer's circular new corporate headquarters, proposed to be built on a 175-acre plot of land bounded by North Wolfe Road and East Homestead Road.

More: 9to5Mac, The Verge, MacRumors, AppleInsider, MobileSyrup.com and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @nickbilton. Thanks:@mercnews

Ryan Gallagher / Guardian:

Skype under investigation in Luxembourg over link to NSA — Ten years ago, the calling service had a reputation as a tool for evading surveillance but now it is under scrutiny for covertly passing data to government agencies — Skype is being investigated by Luxembourg's data protection commissioner …

More: VentureBeat, GigaOM, Inquirer, CNET, ZDNet, TechWeekEurope UK, WebProNews, Mashable, Electronista and Softpedia News

Tweets: @rj_gallagher, @beuctweet, @davidkenner, @headhntr and @anonyops

Milton Mueller / IGP Blog:

Major Internet organizations announce break with US, as ICANN president aligns with Brazil — The core Internet institutions abandon the US Government — In Montevideo, Uruguay this week, the Directors of all the major Internet organizations - ICANN, the Internet Engineering Task Force …

More: VentureBeat and InfoWorld. Tweets: @matthausk. Thanks:@matthausk

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

ICANN, W3C Call For End Of US Internet Ascendancy Following NSA Revelations

More: ICANN and Kindle Review. Tweets: @p_crowley

Daniel Rubino / Windows Phone Central:

Verizon Nokia Lumia 2520 set to launch 3rd week of November, priced at $499 — This morning we've received some confirmation from a trusted source about the Verizon Nokia Lumia 2520, the 10.1-inch Windows RT 8.1 tablet with the codename ‘Sirius’. The tablet will be Nokia's first Windows RT 8.1 tablet …

More: The Verge, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo, My Nokia Blog, Gotta Be Mobile, Unwired View, WinBeta and pocketnow.com

Miguel Helft / Fortune:

Sheryl Sandberg: The real story — The motorcade that snaked through 1 Hacker Way earlier this year surprised even jaded Facebook employees, who are used to on-campus celebrity sightings and visits from politicians and world leaders. So a few days later, at the question-and-answer session …

More: SiliconBeat. Tweets: @nytimesbits

Brian Crecente / Polygon:

New York Comic Con using attendee Twitter accounts to send promo tweets — Some registered press, professionals and fans attending New York Comic Con this year seemed unusually enthusiastic about the show on Twitter. That's because the New York City-based convention was tweeting positive messages on their behalf.

More: Mashable, Betabeat, Digiday, The Escapist, PC Magazine, VentureBeat and Kotaku

Tweets: @dannysullivan and @dtoidchris

Joan E. Solsman / CNET:

Broadcasters petition Supreme Court in Aereo fight — Television broadcasters Friday petitioned the US Supreme Court to get involved in their fight against Aereo, the online service that streams their over-the-air programming to its paying members. Aereo, which is backed by IAC Chairman Barry Diller …

More: The Verge and Engadget. Tweets: @brianstelter. See also Mediagazer

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Best Buy offering between $200 and $350 for Microsoft Surface trade-ins — As it has previously done for iPads, Best Buy is now running a trade-in promotion for Microsoft's Surface tablet. The retailer is guaranteeing that customers will receive a gift card worth at least $200 when they trade …

More: Business Insider, ZDNet, PC World, Computerworld, POPSUGAR, Softpedia News, Gotta Be Mobile, The Register, CNET, Windows Phone Central, WinBeta and The Seattle Times

Tim Peterson / AdAge:

Amazon Is Courting YouTube Networks for Short-Video Push — E-commerce Giant Widely Considered YouTube's Biggest Threat — Not content to contend only with Netflix and Hulu for long-form video content like movies and TV shows, Amazon is exploring a push into the short-form territory dominated by YouTube.

More: GeekWire, Engadget, Softpedia News and Mashable. See also Mediagazer

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Instagram no longer lets users disable video autoplay, a small but important step towards ads — Instagram announced earlier this month that it will begin serving in-feed advertising before the end of the year, and the Facebook-owned photo and video app has made a subtle, but important …

More: TechHive, iDownloadBlog.com, Digital Trends and WebProNews

Financial Post:

Apple Inc looks to poach BlackBerry Ltd workers in Waterloo — Apple Inc. has all but destroyed BlackBerry Ltd.'s business model and now it's after the Canadian company's decimated workforce. — Just days after BlackBerry Ltd. revealed plans to lay off 40% of its global workforce amid …

More: AllThingsD, Los Angeles Times, CNNMoney.com, iClarified, Digits, Financial Post, TUAW, MacDailyNews, App Advice and The Mac Observer

Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:

Chrome rises from 1.5% to 3% of iOS use since June 2012 launch — After stagnating for months, usage of Google's Chrome browser for iOS in North America is on the rise. According to data from its ad network, Chitika says Chrome for iOS has climbed to 3 percent of iOS web traffic on the network as of the end of September.

More: Chitika Online Advertising …, Marketing Land, MacRumors, App Advice, Softpedia News, TUAW and The Next Web

Brandon Bailey / Mercury News:

Zuckerberg buys four houses near his Palo Alto home — PALO ALTO — Living the fantasy of every homeowner who's faced the prospect of a nuisance project next door, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has bought four homes adjacent to his own 5-bedroom crash pad in one of Palo Alto's toniest neighborhoods.

More: Guardian, AllThingsD, AllFacebook, GeekWire, Business Insider, Softpedia News, NBC Bay Area, WebProNews, Valleywag, Gawker and Betabeat

Tweets: @caseyjohnston, @mike_ftw and @drewharwell

Thanks:@brandonbailey

Edgar Alvarez / Engadget:

Microsoft to start showing people's social and career info in Bing results — Back in 2011, the relationship between Microsoft and social analytics company Klout made it possible for some folks to take home a free Windows Phone. In 2013, though, it's all about Bing.

More: TechCrunch, The Official Klout Blog, The Next Web and Search Engine Land

Sponsor Posts

Command Line:

Introducing Microsoft-Decision-1, our model for fast decision-making — Our new model delivers top performance in latency and quality on structured decision tasks to outperform other models.

Will Reed:

The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.

Zoho:

Zoho Books now supports CT600 & Final Accounts Filing as an add-on in the FREE plan — Managing end-of-year filing for limited companies in the UK is often expensive and multi-layered.

IDrive:

Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.

Sponsor Techmeme

Featured Podcasts

Big Technology Podcast:

Meta & Microsoft's Claude Slowdown, His Agent Leaked His Banking Info, Don't Bully Your AI

The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.

Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.

Sources:

Qualcomm's CEO on the coming AI phone supercycle

Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.

Subscribe to Sources.

The Upstarts Podcast:

Bringing Back Mammoths And Building Noah's Ark 2.0 | Colossal's Ben Lamm

Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.

Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.

Great Chat:

The launch industrial complex

A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.

Subscribe to Great Chat.

Channels with Peter Kafka:

Larry Ellison's Media Ambitions & Kevin Roose on AI's Biggest Gamble

Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.

Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.

Training Data:

Google's AI Infrastructure Chief, Amin Vahdat, on the Physics & Economics of Frontier AI

Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.

Subscribe to Training Data.

Add your podcast here

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:40 PM ET, October 11, 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.