|
August 24, 2014, 11:10 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
LG will reveal “G Watch R” circular smartwatch at IFA next week to compete with the Moto 360 — LG will reveal a circular smartwatch next week to compete with the Moto 360 — Of the three Android Wear smartwatches introduced at Google's developer conference in June …
More:
MobileSyrup.com, The Verge, Gizmodo, CNET, ZDNet, Wearables Arena, PhoneDog.com, PC Magazine, Gizmobic, Phones Review, Electronista, Techaeris, VentureBeat, Android and Me, Android Beat, 9to5Google, Wearable World News, TechCrunch, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo, Android Central, Connectedly, Android Police and TechHive
Tweets: @monkbent, @jeffersongraham and @benwood
| Dan Frommer / Quartz: |
Top 25 most used apps in US: Facebook on top, followed by YouTube; Google is top publisher — These are the 25 most popular mobile apps in America — In its latest mobile app report, comScore tracks the 25 most popular apps in the US. This is an interesting slice of the App Store …
More:
comScore, PopHerald Technology News and Digital Trends
Tweets: @kristacanfield, @tlowdermilk, @buzzfeedben, @mdudas, @taavet, @fromedome and @jayrosen_nyu
| Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic Online: |
| Robert McMillan / Wired: |
White House recruits techies like Mikey Dickerson by dropping suit requirement; still issues BlackBerries — The White House Gives Up on Making Coders Dress Like Adults — The U.S. Government wants to hire more people like Mikey Dickerson. He's the former Google engineer …
More:
NPR, White House.gov Blog, FishbowlDC, Washington Post, 9to5Google, The Hill, ReadWrite, The Register, Quartz and Fortune
Tweets: @dbasch, @alejandropoire, @vkhosla, @andrewsu, @nickdawson and @mims
| Adam Jourdan / Reuters: |
China's homegrown OS with app store support may be ready for desktops in October, will extend to mobile devices later — China targets own operating system to take on likes of Microsoft, Google — (Reuters) - China could have a new homegrown operating system by October to take on imported rivals …
More:
Xinhua News Agency, CNET, Computerworld, PC Magazine, PhoneArena and Engadget
| Blair Hanley Frank / GeekWire: |
OnBeep raises $6.25 million to create a Star Trek-style communicator device — OnBeep, a San Francisco startup founded by Chef co-founder and former Amazon Availability Program Manager Jesse Robbins, has raised a series A funding round worth $6.25 million. The money will be used to fund …
More:
Mashable, SlashGear, Wired, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Gigaom, FierceWireless and PC World. Thanks:@johnhcook
| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Aim of Amazon's in-store payment system may be to allow brick and mortar shops to sell on Amazon's online store — Predicting Amazon's Secret Plans in Physical Retail — The recent launch of Amazon's in-store credit card reader and checkout software was one of Jeff Bezos' most deliberate acts … | Claire Cain Miller / New York Times: |
Delivery startups return: services like Instacart try to avoid flaws of dot-com-era companies — Delivery Start-Ups Are Back Like It's 1999 — Last year, I was excited to hear about a new start-up in San Francisco that delivered cheap bottles of wine within an hour. It was called Rewinery, and it was fantastic.
More:
Valleywag. Tweets: @upshotnyt, @clairecm, @rakeshlobster, @alsaqqaf, @bronwynbailey, @horwitzjosh and @bryce
| Cat Zakrzewski / TechCrunch: |
Wells Fargo Launches Accelerator To Promote Innovation In Financial Services — Wells Fargo on Wednesday announced the launch of its first accelerator program, which will provide funding and mentorship to young companies aiming to pioneer new financial services technology.
More:
bizjournals, San Francisco Chronicle, bizjournals, Wells Fargo, Fox Business, tech.co and Silicon Prairie News
Tweets: @leimer and @kyron4startups
| Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom: |
Ralph Lauren partners with OMsignal to test connected shirts with ball boys at the US Open — Ralph Lauren taps OMsignal for sleek, connected shirts at the U.S. Open — Technology and fashion don't often come together in elegant ways, but a collaboration between Ralph Lauren …
More:
New York Times and Cantech Letter
| Nellie Bowles / Re/code: |
YC's Jessica Livingston Was Hit On by a VC on the Way to This Interview — When Jessica Livingston, a co-founder of the influential startup accelerator Y Combinator, arrived at The Wine Room in Palo Alto, Calif., a little early for our meeting, a man who was also waiting outside the wine bar started to chat her up.
More:
Valleywag, TechCrunch and Business Insider
Tweets: @davidcowan, @loyalelectron, @tqbf and @johnolilly
| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Kreyos smartwatch ships to some Indiegogo backers 9 months late, and containing numerous flaws — Utter Failure Of Kreyos Smartwatch With $1.5 Million In Backing Shows The Continued Perils Of Hardware Crowdfunding — Crowdfunding complex hardware is risky business, and it seems that risk …
More:
Gizmodo, docs.google.com, Betabeat, Betabeat, Gizmodo, Crowdfund Insider, TechHive, Crowdfund Insider, and The Guardian. Tweets: @richardlai
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Conjecture on new iPhone resolutions: 1334 x 750 for the 4.7" model, 2208 x 1242 for 5.5" — Conjecture Regarding Larger iPhone Displays — Throughout the entire rumor cycle for this year's new iPhones, we've been inundated with reports of two new screen sizes, 4.7 and 5.5 inches.
More:
Forbes, MacRumors, Rusty Rants, Softpedia News, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @jjlin, @incanus77, @robjdavey, @tapbot_paul and @toddmparker
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:
Stay alert: Zoho Cliq keeps you in the Checkout loop — Payment pages are becoming increasingly significant for various organizations. For instance, consider an NGO committed to helping those in need.
Stay alert: Zoho Cliq keeps you in the Checkout loop — Payment pages are becoming increasingly significant for various organizations. For instance, consider an NGO committed to helping those in need.
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:
Tue. 04/23 - Microsoft's Own LLMs and Perplexity's Big Raise
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 11:10 PM ET, August 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
Amy Graff / SFGATE:Elle Griffin / The Elysian:
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
| Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
More:
sciencemag.org, New Scientist, sciencemag.org, Ars Technica and Popular Mechanics. Tweets: @ross
Earlier Picks
| Nick Statt / CNET: |
| Reed Albergotti / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
Mashable, The Verge, PC Magazine, PopHerald Technology News, iStrategyLabs, USA Today and AllFacebook
Tweets: @lessien and @reedalbergotti
| Kyle Russell / TechCrunch: |