|
November 19, 2014, 8:40 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| BuzzFeed: |
Uber investigating its New York general manager, Josh Mohrer, for tracking Buzzfeed journalist's location without her consent — “God View:” Uber Investigates Its Top New York Executive For Privacy Violations — In the wake of a BuzzFeed News story, the transit company is looking …
More:
Washington Post, Engadget, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The Verge, Mashable, Medium, iMore, PandoDaily and TIME
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @semil and @mattdpearce
See also Mediagazer| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Uber risks turning off investors, employees, and the public with its aggressive culture — Uber, a Start-Up Going So Fast It Could Miss a Turn — In just four years of operation, Uber has ignited a new global ride-sharing industry with the promise of transforming urban transportation … | Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag: |
Ten good questions Travis Kalanick failed to address in his tweetstorm apology — Uber CEO Posts 13-Tweet Apology Without Answering a Single Question — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick just responded to privacy and ethics concerns about Emil Michael, after the top executive publicly suggested paying $1 million …
More:
Guardian, USA Today, The Awl, PandoDaily, Washington Post, USA Today, Quartz, VatorNews, ITworld.com, Engadget and TechCrunch. See also Mediagazer
| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
More:
Daring Fireball, Upstart Business Journal, Channel EYE, VICE, The Next Web, NBC News, CNET, MobileSyrup.com, NBC Bay Area and The Huffington Post. Tweets: @tomkrazit. See also Mediagazer
| Nancy Scola / Washington Post: |
More:
Uber Blog, BuzzFeed, Mashable, Business Insider, PandoDaily, VentureBeat, Gizmodo and The Next Web. Tweets: @caseynewton
| Ross Miller / The Verge: |
Apple Watch will feature info-rich “Long Look” notifications if wearer keeps wrist raised, and static, non-interactive maps — 11 things we just learned about how the Apple Watch works — As of today, developers can now make apps for Apple Watch.
More:
SiliconANGLE, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, TechSpot, Business Wire, OS X Daily, Ars Technica, Tech Times, Business Insider, Mashable, Daring Fireball, TUAW, TIME, The Mac Observer, Ubergizmo, iLounge, Cult of Mac, iMore, App Advice, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacStories, TechnoBuffalo and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @ohnorosco
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
More:
Inquirer, 9to5Mac, Phones Review, ReadWrite, Mercury News, Gizmodo, InvestorPlace, AppleInsider, The Register, CNET, TUAW, Macworld, MacNN, ZDNet, SlashGear, Gdgt Arena and AppleInsider. Tweets: @pschiller
| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Big numbers for Prezi: 50 million users, 160 million presentations created and $57m in fresh funding — It's a big day for Prezi, the Hungarian-American company behind the nifty cloud-based presentation platform with the same name. — At the Slush conference in Helsinki, Finland …
More:
TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat and Webrazzi
| Shirley Sun / Facebook: |
Facebook launches standalone Groups app for iOS and Android — Introducing the Facebook Groups App — People use Facebook Groups every day to stay in touch with family, collaborate on projects, plan trips and offer support to friends. — Today, we're introducing a new Facebook Groups app … | Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun: |
Prosecutors withdraw key evidence in robbery case to avoid revealing how police used phone tracking technology — Judge threatens detective with contempt for declining to reveal cellphone tracking methods — Baltimore prosecutors withdrew key evidence in a robbery case Monday rather …
More:
Ars Technica. Tweets: @nacdl, @mikescarcella, @hannifakhoury, @patrickctoomey, @dangillmor and @justin_fenton
| Yi Zhuang / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter search finally indexes all public tweets since 2006 — Building a complete Tweet index — Today, we are pleased to announce that Twitter now indexes every public Tweet since 2006. — Since that first simple Tweet over eight years ago, hundreds of billions of Tweets … | Bloomberg: |
Apple told to pay $23.6M for infringing pager technology patents from the 1990s — Apple Told to Pay $23.6 Million Over Pager Technology — Apple Inc. (AAPL) was told to pay a Texas company $23.6 million after a jury found its iPhone and other devices used pager technology from the 1990s without permission.
More:
SiliconBeat, Re/code, Cult of Mac, The Register, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac and Ars Technica. Tweets: @sudecker1
| Cliff Edwards / Netflix: |
Netflix to launch in Australia and New Zealand in March 2015 — World's Leading Internet Television Network to Offer Original Series, Movies, Documentaries, Stand-Up Comedy Specials and TV Shows for Low Monthly Price — Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), the leading Internet movie and TV subscription service …
More:
TechCrunch, Digital Trends, The Next Web, SlashGear, Electronista, Ubergizmo, The Register, Tech Times, Lifehacker Australia, TechSpot, Gizmodo and Engadget. Tweets: @netflix. See also Mediagazer
| Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg: |
Toronto Asks Court to Shut Down Uber's Operations — Toronto is asking a court to order the mobile car-booking service Uber Technologies Inc. to shut down in North America's fourth-largest city. — Uber has been operating in Toronto since 2012 without a proper license …
More:
Toronto, Globe and Mail, Fortune, TIME, CBC News, CTV News, Toronto Star, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times
| Mic Wright / The Next Web: |
O2 UK launches shared data plans for families and people with multiple devices — Good news if you carry multiple devices or want to share a data plan with your family: O2 UK has launched two new data sharing plans. The Sharer and Family Sharer contracts give you one data bundle of up to 8GB to share across multiple devices.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Gruber says next year's iPhone may include a two-lens, DSLR quality back camera — Apple May Introduce ‘Biggest Camera Jump Ever’ in Next-Generation iPhone — Apple may introduce its “biggest camera jump ever” in the next-generation iPhone, according to Daring Fireball's John Gruber (via The Tech Block).| Erin Kelly / USA Today: |
Senate effectively kills USA Freedom Act, a bill that proposed an end to NSA phone metadata collection — NSA spying bill stalls in Senate vote — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday failed to get the 60 votes needed to advance a bill that would stop the National Security Agency …
More:
New York Times, Ars Technica, The Verge, Guardian, The Intercept, The Hill, Reuters, GeekWire, Bloomberg, NBC News, ZDNet, The Huffington Post and Senator Wyden's Press Feed
Tweets: @ronwyden, @govgaryjohnson and @levie
| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Indian phone manufacturer Micromax to put Cyanogen software on its upcoming low-cost devices — Cyanogen's next stop is India — The Android mod-maker inks a deal to come preinstalled on new Micromax phones — Cyanogen, the company that makes the popular Cyanogenmod Android Firmware …
More:
SlashGear, Android Central and Android Police
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Jolla Crowdfunds $380K+ To Build An iPad Alternative — Update: Well that was very fast indeed. Jolla's Indiegogo campaign to build an open source iPad alternative — taking its Sailfish OS onto the tablet form factor — has passed its initial funding target of $380,000 with around 2,450 backers putting in cash.
More:
The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget, ZDNet, BetaNews, PC World, Digital Trends, CNET, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo, Electronista, Technology Personalized, Financial Times and iPhone in Canada Blog. Thanks:@riptari
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
U.K. Government Funds Free Online Courses Teaching Startup Skills — A tech industry-backed, U.K. government-funded initiative offering free online courses to those wanting to learn commercial digital business skills goes live today, aiming to upskill Brits to work for tech companies or even start their own startup.
More:
Tech City News and The Next Web
| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
500 Startups Launches $10M Mobile Collective Fund, Hires Ex-Dolphin Browser Exec Edith Yeung To Run It — “In the past we were 500 Startups. In the future we might be 500 VCs.” — That's Dave McClure, founding partner and Sith Lord behind global seed fund 500 Startups and his growing roster of investment partners.| David Meyer / Gigaom: |
Nokia N1 will be made and sold by Foxconn, will include Google Play in markets where Play is available — Non-Microsoft Nokia launches Android N1 tablet with Foxconn — Here's a shocker — Nokia, not to be confused with its former handset business that is now owned by Microsoft, has unveiled an Android tablet.
More:
Nokia, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Reuters, PhoneRadar and Ars Technica
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
Zoho Webinar: A look back at 2025 — As 2025 comes to a close, it's the perfect time to look back at how Zoho Webinar has transformed the way businesses connect, engage, and grow.
Zoho Webinar: A look back at 2025 — As 2025 comes to a close, it's the perfect time to look back at how Zoho Webinar has transformed the way businesses connect, engage, and grow.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box 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 & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
The Talk Show With John Gruber:
'A Naughty Citizen', With Quinn Nelson
The director's commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Subscribe to The Talk Show With John Gruber.
Big Technology Podcast:
2025 In Review, 2026 Predictions — With Reed Albergotti
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:
Podcast Pioneer PJ Vogt's Second Act: Less Budget, More Control
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.
BG2 Pod:
AI Enterprise - Databricks & Glean
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
Great Chat:
The stories we told ourselves in 2025
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.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
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 8:40 AM ET, November 19, 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
Todd Spangler / Variety:Henry Blodget / Regenerator:
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
More:
VentureBeat and TechCrunch
| David Meyer / Gigaom: |
More:
Engadget, Ofcom and The Next Web
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Earlier Picks
| Pete Rizzo / CoinDesk: |
More:
The Coinbase Blog and TechCrunch
| Kevin Montgomery / Valleywag: |
More:
THE CORNERPLAY, Daily Mail and Forbes
| James Trew / Engadget: |
More:
Gizmodo, SlashGear, PSFK, MacRumors, Digital Trends, Lifehacker, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, The Daily Dot and CNET
| Lucian Constantin / PC World: |
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
More:
Wired, Open Whisper Systems Blog, MediaNama, MobileSyrup.com, PC Magazine, New York Times, Android Police, ABC News, iPhone in Canada Blog, PC World and PandoDaily
Tweets: @rj_gallagher and @csoghoian