|
January 22, 2015, 3:30 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple targets Watch battery life of 2.5 hours heavy use and 3.5 hours standard use; standby battery life likely to be 2-3 days; CPU said to be A5-caliber — Apple targets for Apple Watch battery life revealed, A5-caliber CPU inside — Although Apple has said that the Apple Watch will need …
More:
BGR, SamMobile, MacRumors, TechCrunch, The Verge and App Advice
| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
Inside Nadella's plan to reinvent Microsoft, starting with HoloLens, a flatter org chart, and a willingness to forge new partnerships — Satya Nadella's Got a Plan to Make You Care About Microsoft. The First Step? Holograms … REDMOND MISSED MOBILE — The old Microsoft never gained turf in smartphone operating systems.
More:
SiliconBeat, The Verge, Gizmodo, CNET, Washington Post and Fusion
Tweets: @stevebmicrosoft, @ericnewcomer, @stentontoledo, @sfiegerman and @sfiegerman
| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
More:
Ars Technica, NASA, CNET, Quartz, Tech Times, TechCrunch, Re/code, SlashGear and Gizmodo
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
BlackBerry CEO Wants Legislators To Make Developing BlackBerry Apps Mandatory — At this point, BlackBerry and Windows Phone fans are probably used to having a much smaller selection of apps than their counterparts on iOS and Android smartphones. After all, diehard devotees of BlackBerry and Windows Phone …
More:
Inside BlackBerry, Techdirt, ABC News, The Verge, The Register, Telegraph, Android Police, BBC, PC Magazine, 9to5Mac, Forbes, The Daily Dot, CITEworld, DSLreports, Quartz, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Business Insider, Geek.com, Gigaom, MacRumors, PhoneDog.com, BGR, iMore, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Inquirer, Digital Trends, ITworld.com, InvestCorrectly.com, MacDailyNews, Channel EYE, Electronista, Ubergizmo, GSMArena Blog, Cult of Mac, CNET, MobileSyrup.com, Pocketnow, AppleInsider, SlashGear, VentureBeat, memeburn, TechSpot, TUAW, MobileBurn.com, Mashable, MCV: Home Stream, SiliconANGLE, CrackBerry.com and Android Central
Tweets: @pmarca, @backlon, @carnage4life, @michaelbshane, @fmanjoo, @film_girl, @iankar_, @noelc, @swiftonsecurity, @jonrussell and @lessien
| Horace Dediu / Asymco: |
Apple paid iOS app developers $10B in 2014, more than Hollywood's US box office revenues — Bigger than Hollywood — Apple paid $10 billion to developers in calendar 2014. Additional statistics for the App store are: — $500 million spent on iOS apps in first week of January 2015| Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Persado Raises $21 Million to Replace Human Copywriters With Computers — Persado Inc. has raised another $21 million for software that aims to replace copywriters with computers, in another demonstration of the power of machines to solve problems that used to be the sole domain of humans.
More:
VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Xconomy, Consumerist, bizjournals, PE Hub Blog and Wired
| Nick Bilton / New York Times: |
In-flight Wi-Fi is getting slower, less reliable, and more expensive as demand increases — The Sorry State of In-Flight Wi-Fi — 35,000 FEET, SOMEWHERE OVER THE MIDWEST — I've finally found something on commercial flights that's worse than airplane food: the Wi-Fi.| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Uber study of US drivers: average earnings are $19/hour, more than for taxi drivers; 40K joined in December; 70% drivers active after six months — Uber Study Shows Its Drivers Make More Per Hour And Work Fewer Hours Than Taxi Drivers — The people who drive for Uber generally … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Gift Card Marketplaces Raise Grabs $56 Million From NEA And Others — A company offering a marketplace where consumers can buy and sell their unused gift cards, Raise.com, announced this morning it has taken in a sizable $56 million round of Series B funding, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA).
More:
Re/code, PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat and Gawker
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Kim Dotcom Launches Skype Competitor MegaChat — Kim Dotcom, the infamous entrepreneur behind Megaupload, has released his latest product. Currently in beta, MegaChat is a browser-based encrypted video calling and file-sharing platform that is being positioned as a Skype competitor.
More:
The Next Web, Guardian, BetaNews, Gigaom, The Verge, CNET, PC World, Engadget, Windows Central, theWHIR.com, Geeky Gadgets, Electronista, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo, Lifehacker, gHacks Technology News, Cult of Mac, Gizmodo, GSMArena Blog and Inquirer
Tweets: @kimdotcom and @megaprivacy
| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Button Raises $12 Million to Make the App World as Interconnected as the Web — Could 2015 be the year of “deep linking?” — One startup trying to ride that wave is Button, a New York City-based company which is today announcing a $12 million Series A investment less than a year after its launch.| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
The case for Marissa Mayer, as key metrics suggest the turnaround at Yahoo is on track — Marissa Mayer's Plan for Yahoo Takes Hold. The Question Now Is Time. — When Marissa Mayer was offered the chief executive job at Yahoo in the summer of 2012, she had a script for returning …
Tweets: @fmanjoo, @fmanjoo, @anildash, @vindugoel, @pmarca, @wucker and @ruthcoxeter
| Brian Beach / Backblaze Blog: |
Backblaze: 4 TB HGST and Seagate hard drives are most reliable, 3 TB Seagate and WD drives fail often — What is the Best Hard Drive? — It was one year ago that I first blogged about the failure rates of specific models of hard drives, so now is a good time for an update.
More:
InfoWorld, Ars Technica, TechSpot, Photography Bay, ZDNet, Lifehacker, CITEworld, Electronista, Cult of Mac, The Tech Report, Gigaom and MacDailyNews
| Jack Clark / Bloomberg: |
Amazon Agrees to Buy Israel's Annapurna Labs for AWS Cloud Unit — Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) agreed to acquire Israeli semiconductor company Annapurna Labs, seeking to improve performance within its Amazon Web Services cloud unit. — A deal has been reached but hasn't yet closed …
More:
Re/code, ZDNet, Seeking Alpha and Tech.eu
| Michael Carney / PandoDaily: |
Braintree opens private beta allowing US merchants to accept bitcoin via its v.zero SDK and Coinbase integration — Paying for Uber with Bitcoin? Braintree opens up bitcoin payments to its thousands of merchants — Two of the biggest forces in modern payments collided today …
More:
VentureBeat, Blogtree, Gigaom, NEWSBTC, TheDomains.com and CoinTelegraph.Com News
| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Surface devices running Windows RT will not be updated with a full version of Windows 10 — Microsoft's Windows RT isn't dead...yet — The software giant says it's working on an update for the versions of its Surface tablet that used an ARM-based chip. But it will only have some of the functionality of Windows 10.
More:
The Verge, PC World, Gigaom, Liliputing, Neowin, Windows Central, ZDNet and Digital Trends
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Journalist and Anonymous advocate Barrett Brown sentenced to 63 months in prison on charges stemming from Stratfor hack — Barrett Brown has been sentenced to 63 months in prison — After years of legal battles, Barrett Brown's legal saga has finally come to a close.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Tumblr's Creatrs Network connects Tumblr's top artists with brands to help make ads — Tumblr wants its best artists to create ads people actually like — Tumblr's beautiful, GIF-filled feed is what keeps bringing visitors back, and it wants to make sure the feed stays that way even as brands begin to fill it with ads.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:
Why eIDAS 2.0 might be the EU's boldest digital move yet — eIDAS: The first building block of digital trust More than a decade ago, the EU introduced the eIDAS regulation (Regulation [EU] No 910/2014) …
Why eIDAS 2.0 might be the EU's boldest digital move yet — eIDAS: The first building block of digital trust More than a decade ago, the EU introduced the eIDAS regulation (Regulation [EU] No 910/2014) …
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
Big Technology Podcast:
Sam Altman: How OpenAI Wins, AI Buildout Logic, IPO in 2026?
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.
Access:
Betting on reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour
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:
The new AI growth playbook for 2026: How Lovable hit $200M ARR in one year | Elena Verna (Head of Growth)
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
"Neither Side Is Used to Losing." Lucas Shaw on What's Next for Netflix and Paramount in the Battle for Warner Bros.
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.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Saam Motamedi from Greylock Partners
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
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 3:30 PM ET, January 22, 2015.
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:Shane O'Neill / Washington Post:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
More:
Office Blogs, GeekWire, BetaNews and The Verge
| Mike Snider / USA Today: |
More:
Verizon, Tech Trader Daily, Reuters, Gigaom, Wall Street Journal, CNET, Bloomberg, PhoneDog.com and ZDNet
| Derrick Harris / Gigaom: |
More:
Index Ventures, Fortune, VentureBeat, bizjournals, Xconomy and Re/code
| Ben Woods / The Next Web: |
Earlier Picks
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
More:
SiliconANGLE, Upstart Business Journal, Entrepreneur, Daily Front Row and MobileSyrup.com
Tweets: @stevesi and @chrisfralic
Thanks:@sassykap| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
More:
Android Authority, PC World, Pocketnow and 9to5Google
| Dennis Fisher / Threatpost: |
| Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
More:
PandoDaily, Engadget, Slashdot, Boing Boing and SocialTimes
Tweets: @dangillmor and @chrismessina
| Jonathan Vanian / Gigaom: |
| Paul Rosania / The Twitter Blog: |
More:
New York Times, PC Magazine, Macworld, Socialnomics, Ubergizmo, InvestorPlace, iDownloadBlog.com, Tech Times, SocialTimes, Geeky Gadgets, WebProNews, Wall Street Journal, Lowyat.NET, TechSpot, App Advice, PC World, Mashable, SlashGear, The Verge, Phandroid, CNET, GeekWire, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, MacStories, NEWS.com.au, Re/code, Engadget, AppleInsider, MacRumors, VentureBeat, The Next Web and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @gaberivera, @jayrosen_nyu, @caseynewton and @fraying
See also Mediagazer