|
January 13, 2014, 2:45 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Facebook acquires link-sharing service Branch for around $15 million — Link-sharing service Branch and subsidiary Potluck have agreed to be acquired by Facebook for around $15 million, sources familiar with the deal told The Verge. Branch CEO Josh Miller broke the news in a Facebook post this morning, but didn't disclose a price.
More:
Re/code, Gigaom, ReadWrite, iMore, SiliconBeat, PC Magazine, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Business Insider, VatorNews, Nieman Journalism Lab, Computerworld, Engadget, TechCrunch, AllFacebook, Inside Facebook, CNET, VentureBeat, Betabeat, ClickZ, Nibletz, Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, Business Insider, SlashGear, Overclockers Club, Softpedia News, Electronista, Valleywag, Mashable, bizjournals, and WebProNews
Tweets: @joshm, @om, @pkafka, @benpopper and @pkafka
| Matt Mullenweg: |
In role swap, Matt Mullenweg becomes Automattic's CEO, Toni Schneider to focus on new products — Toni Schneider & Automattic CEO — Eight years and one day ago I blogged about Toni Schneider joining Automattic as CEO, as I said then: … Fast-forward roughly two thousand, nine hundred …
More:
Om Malik, Gigaom, Toni.org, VentureBeat, ZDNet, TechCrunch and Re/code
Tweets: @dangillmor, @hunterwalk and @jeffjarvis
See also Mediagazer| Liam Boogar / Rude Baguette: |
Taxi protest in Paris turns to guerrilla warfare as Uber car attacked on freeway — The right to protest has always been powerfully upheld in France - whether it's protesting an immigrant's right to healthcare, the closing of a factory, or even Taxis, who have perfected the art of making their voice heard …
More:
GeekWire, blogs.ft.com, Los Angeles Times, bizjournals, Tech.eu, CNET, PC Magazine, Engadget, VentureBeat, CNET, Mashable, Gigaom, english.rfi.fr, Business Insider, Gawker, TechCrunch, SlashGear and The Verge
Tweets: @katborlongan, @katborlongan, @papadimitriou, @loic, @michaelklishin, @sacca and @rudebaguette
| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Sprint's ‘One Up’ early upgrade plan axed after just four months — Sprint's One Up early upgrade plan is no more. With the announcement of the plan last September, Sprint joined T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon in offering a way for customers to upgrade their handset mid-contract.| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Nokia's Android phone appears in prototype form — Images of Nokia's Android phone — code-named Normandy — were published in November, showing what purported to be a low-cost smartphone that would run with a custom implementation of Android. Now another picture of the phone has appeared on Twitter …
More:
Gigaom, TechMesto, Examiner, BGR, LAPTOP Magazine, Gotta Be Mobile, TechSpot, Android Beat, WinBeta, SlashGear, Business Insider, TechnoBuffalo, pocketnow.com, My Nokia Blog, Gizmodo, Inquirer, Phandroid, Electronista, The Next Web, MobileSyrup.com, Mashable, Android and Me, AndroidHeadlines.com, Gizchina.com and WMPoweruser
Tweets: @seamissu and @tomwarren
| Simon Khalaf / Flurry: |
Mobile Use Grows 115% in 2013, Propelled by Messaging Apps — In November 2013, Benedict Evans, a well-respected and widely followed analyst, shared an updated version of his famous slide deck called “Mobile is Eating the World”. This deck quickly made the rounds on social media … | Brendan Eich: |
Firefox, which is 100% open source, has a critical security advantage over all other browsers — Trust but Verify — Background — It is becoming increasingly difficult to trust the privacy properties of software and services we rely on to use the Internet.
| Matthew Lynch / Capital New York: |
CNN consolidates tech coverage — CNN and CNNmoney.com will merge their respective tech desks into one team headed by New York-based editor David Goldman. — CNNMoney.com executive editor Chris Peacock and CNN Digital managing editor Meredith Artley made the announcement in an email to staffers this morning.
| Michael Gold / Reuters: |
New Acer CEO disappoints with lack of detail on future plans — (Reuters) - Investors looking for specifics as to the future of Acer Inc, the world's No.4 PC vendor, came away disappointed when the new CEO spent more time delivering a history of the company's past mistakes than on where it was headed.
More:
ZDNet and Wall Street Journal
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple now shipping the Mac Pro to Europe once again, after EU ban of old model — Since March, the old Mac Pro has not been available to buy in Europe as changes in regulations meant that the old Mac Pro no longer complied with EU law. In particular, the large exposed fans of the Mac Pro …
More:
iMore, MacRumors, Digital Trends, Apple Bitch, Cult of Mac, ZDNet, iPhone, App Advice, Electronista, Engadget, Mashable, The Register, Softpedia News, The Verge, VentureBeat and CNET
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Groupon Moves Into Flash Fashion, Buys Ideeli For $43M In Cash — More acquisitions for Groupon to widen the net of consumers using its platform for more than daily deals. Today it is announcing the acquisition of ideeli, a flash fashion retailer, for $43 million in cash.
More:
Business Wire, VentureBeat, Re/code, The Next Web, internetretailer.com and WebProNews. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: |
Internet of Things: The “Basket of Remotes” Problem — We count on WiFi and Bluetooth in our homes, but we don't have appliances that provide self-description or reliable two-way communication. As a result, the Internet of Things for consumers is, in practice, a Basket of Remotes.
Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Equals:
Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.
Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.
Zoho:
App Spotlight: Grow Payments for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
App Spotlight: Grow Payments for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
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.
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.Featured Podcasts
Access:
The AI writing app fighting AI slop
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Lenny's Podcast:
Adam Mosseri: AI is a tailwind for authenticity
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Great Chat:
SPVs have a brand problem
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth: Our Path To Frontier AI, Renting Models, Consumer AI's Struggles
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
"We're in a Race Against Time," Joe Kahn on Running the New York Times in the Age of AI Slop
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.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Connecting the Unconnected: Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 2:45 PM ET, January 13, 2014.
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
Betsy Morais / Columbia Journalism Review:Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
A.J. Katz / The Wrap:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
More:
Snapchat, CNET, TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Gigaom, Re/code, The Next Web and Business Insider
Tweets: @evanspiegel and @mg
| Loek Essers / PC World: |
More:
Irish Independent, VentureBeat, Search Engine Land, Gigaom, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, 9to5Google, Tnooz, CNET, Telegraph, Skift, Skift and AndroidHeadlines.com. Tweets: @fredericl
| Leslie Kaufman / New York Times: |
| Stephanie Armour / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
VentureBeat, Bloomberg, Reuters and CNN
Earlier Picks
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
More:
Popular Mechanics and Forbes
| Casey Johnston / Ars Technica: |
More:
Business Insider, Daily Mail, CNET, Wall Street Journal and Phys.org
Tweets: @drpizza, @benbajarin and @benbajarin
| Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek: |
More:
CNBC, Computerworld, eWeek, The Switch, Examiner, Electronista, TechSpot, Re/code, Naked Security, SlashGear, Help Net Security, usnews.nbcnews.com, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, CNET, Rev2.org, VentureBeat and WebProNews
Tweets: @briankrebs, @george_kurtz and @adora
| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
| Ben Thompson / stratechery: |
More:
SiliconANGLE, ZDNet and Cult of Mac