|
January 24, 2014, 5:30 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Steven Levy / Wired: |
The Macintosh Is 30, and I Was There for Its Birth — Nineteen eighty-four was not like 2014. When Steve Jobs launched the Macintosh, he had to generate excitement about a product — a computer — that was unfamiliar to most people, if not downright scary.
More:
Tech.pinions, MacDailyNews and kottke.org
| iFixit: |
Macintosh 128K Teardown — Join us as we live the time-traveler's dream—the deep, lucid, Orwellian vision of hope, fear, and nostalgia that is 1984. Just in time for its 30th anniversary, we laid hands on an '84 original: the Macintosh 128K. And, you guessed it—we're tearing it down like it's the Berlin Wall.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple takes over its homepage to celebrate 30 years of Mac, with accompanying video, timeline and poll — In addition to interviews with the press, Apple is celebrating 30 years of Mac with a full-bleed graphic on its homepage, which links to a minisite that plots how the Mac evolved over the years.
More:
NYT Bits, Computerworld, BetaNews, Business Insider, CNET, Macworld, iMore, AppleInsider, The Verge, Hypercritical, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, MacNN, iPhone Hacks, Business Insider, ReadWrite, Gigaom, GSMArena Blog, MacRumors, TUAW, BGR, Guardian, I4U News, iPhone in Canada Blog, BetaNews, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Next Web and MacRumors. Tweets: @tim_cook
| Jason Snell / Macworld: |
More:
TechCrunch, Business Insider, Digits, Computerworld, The Verge, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, The Register, Guardian, MacRumors, BGR, Lastest ITProPortal news, Scripting News, Digital Trends, InvestorPlace, Ars Technica, eWeek, Forbes, The Next Web, TUAW, SiliconANGLE, pocketnow.com, CNET, MacStories, iPhone in Canada Blog, VentureBeat, Gotta Be Mobile, Cult of Mac, Inquirer, IntoMobile, Mashable, AppleInsider, Digital Spy, I4U News, Softpedia News, ZDNet, iMore, ParisLemon, ParisLemon, Guardian, MacNN, iPhone in Canada Blog, NEWS.com.au and App Advice
Tweets: @jyarow, @mattrosoff and @papadimitriou
Thanks:@jsnell| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Gmail And Google+ Go Down Across The World, Service Returns After Roughly 50 Minutes — Update 2: As of 2:52 service seems to be restored and reliable on both Gmail and Google+ for most of those affected. — Update: Users are now reporting that Gmail service at least is back for some …
More:
9to5Google, Mercury News, eWeek, Mercury News, Marketing Land, PC World, Examiner, GeekWire, Data Center Knowledge, Business Insider, The Verge, Forbes, iMore, The Register, The Switch, Consumerist, Computerworld, Gotta Be Mobile, SFist, WebProNews and POPSUGAR. Tweets: @gaberivera
| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
More:
TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Los Angeles Times and The Verge
| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Black Car Competitor Accuses Uber Of DDoS-Style Attack; Uber Admits Tactics Are “Too Aggressive” — Competition is fierce in the world of on-demand transportation. The consumer demand for better, more convenient car service has exploded over the last two years, and startups services are racing to capitalize.| Hanni Fakhoury / Wired: |
The U.S. Crackdown on Hackers Is Our New War on Drugs — Before Edward Snowden showed up, 2013 was shaping up as the year of reckoning for the much criticized federal anti-hacking statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA"). The suicide of Aaron Swartz in January 2013 brought the CFAA … | Douglas MacMillan / Digits: |
SoundCloud raises over $60M at a $700M valuation, led by IVP and Chernin — Music-Sharing Service SoundCloud Raises New Funds at $700 Million Valuation — SoundCloud, the site for uploading and sharing music, has raised a new round of funding valuing the company at about $700 million, according to a person familiar with the deal.
| Bloomberg: |
Founders Fund aiming to raise $750M in Q1 for fifth fund, 20% increase over previous pool — Facebook-Backer Thiel's Venture Firm Raising $750 Million Fund — Founders Fund, the venture firm started by Facebook Inc. (FB) backer Peter Thiel, is aiming to raise about $750 million for its fifth fund …
More:
StrictlyVC and VentureBeat
| Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com: |
Sony Pictures, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Make Movie Deal For ‘Lean In’ — EXCLUSIVE: In a deal spearheaded by Sony Pictures production president Hannah Minghella, the studio has made a preemptive acquisition of film rights to Lean In: Women, Work, And The Will to Lead, the 2013 book written by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
More:
Betabeat, CNET, Business Insider, The Verge, Bloomberg, Valleywag, bizjournals, WebProNews, Digital Spy, The Tell and New York Magazine. Tweets: @mikeisaac
| Ryan Knutson / Digits: |
31% of new customers prefer smartphone financing, instead of subsidies on big 3 US carriers — Mobile Plans With No Phone Subsidies Are Winning Over Customers — Wireless customers seem to like early upgrade plans, according to a survey out this morning by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, LLC.| New York Times: |
Neiman Marcus now says security breach puts 1.1 million cards at risk — Neiman Marcus Data Breach Worse Than First Said — The theft of consumer data from Neiman Marcus appears far deeper than had been disclosed originally, with the luxury retailer now saying that hackers invaded … 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:
Fri. 04/19 - All The News About Llama 3
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 5:30 PM ET, January 24, 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
Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:Todd Spangler / Variety:
New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Jon Southurst / CoinDesk: |
More:
Business Wire, I4U News, Technabob, Examiner, SlashGear, Bitcoin Magazine, TechSpot and The Next Web. Tweets: @coindesk. Thanks:@coindesk
| Edward Moyer / CNET: |
More:
New York Times, Washington Post, TechCrunch, CNN, NBCNews, TechSpot, Post Politics, Politico, Reuters, USA Today, TIME, Bloomberg, Forbes, Naked Security, It's a Gadget, Bloomberg, WebProNews, Guardian, SlashGear, Mediaite, Softpedia News, The Verge, BetaNews, The Register, Inc.com, Los Angeles Times and ZDNet
| Phil Goldstein / FierceWireless: |
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
More:
Business Insider, Computerworld, Gotta Be Mobile, BGR India, SlashGear, PhoneArena and Ars Technica. Thanks:@jordankahn
| Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online: |
More:
BuzzFeed, Innovations, Mashable and PetaPixel
Tweets: @ofadam, @_katie_lane, @accenturesocial, @mckelvie and @stevesilberman
See also MediagazerEarlier Picks
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
More:
Macworld, Gotta Be Mobile, TUAW, Softpedia News, GeekWire, Macworld, SlashGear, BGR India, Gigaom, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, Engadget, AppleInsider, App Advice, iLounge, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews and Macworld
| Jungah Lee / Bloomberg: |
More:
Reuters, BGR, Reuters, TechCrunch, TechnoBuffalo, Technovia, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, MobileSyrup.com, Softpedia News, Gigaom, SiliconANGLE, App Advice, Light Reading, AndroidHeadlines.com, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, Associated Press, AppleInsider, Pocket-lint, 9to5Google and 9to5Mac
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
More:
AllFacebook, The Register, Digits, Examiner, Daily Dot, Internet Evolution, InvestorPlace, TechSpot, Wired.co.uk, Business Insider, Motherboard, SiliconANGLE, T3 News, Telegraph, The Technology Chronicles, NBC News Technology, BGR, Slate, Marketing Land, FlowingData, memeburn, BetaNews, Mashable, PC Magazine, ResearchBuzz, Mashable, Business Insider, The Next Web, Los Angeles Times, CNET, Telegraph, NEWS.com.au, TIME, Re/code and The Escapist
Tweets: @counternotions, @auanon, @dkthomp and @fxshaw
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |