Techmeme
February 27, 2015, 12:10 PM

Top News

Bloomberg Business:
Ericsson Sues to Block Apple IPhone in U.S. Amid Patent Spat  —  (Bloomberg) — The licensing battle between Apple Inc. and Ericsson AB is escalating.  —  Ericsson, a pioneer in mobile phones that transformed itself into the world's largest maker of wireless networks, said Friday it's filing seven …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Verizon mocks FCC ruling with Morse code response dated 1934, despite using Title II to its benefit  —  Verizon issues furious response to FCC, in Morse code, dated 1934  —  Verizon wants 1st Amendment right to edit the Web, but rules from 1934 are too old.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
VLC gets first major release across Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows RT, and Android TV  —  VideoLAN today launched what is arguably the biggest release of its popular media player to date: an update to VLC for the desktop coordinated with new versions across all major mobile platforms.
Ariel Adams / aBlogtoWatch:
Swiss watchmakers launch luxury smartwatches with embedded activity tracker based on an open platform  —  MMT ‘Horological Smartwatch’ Platform Finally Ties Switzerland To Silicon Valley  —  Ever since the smartwatch became a thing, I have been preaching that companies need to pool …
Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica:
Twitter adds “report dox” option, makes some users verify contact info  —  Temporarily banned users may need to confirm phone or e-mail to tweet again.  —  On Thursday, Twitter announced that its abuse-report system, which was recently refined to simplify and shorten the reporting process …
Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Smartflash LLC sues Apple again over use of same patents in iPhone 6/6 Plus and iPad Air 2  —  Apple faces second suit from victorious patent firm  —  (Reuters) - Fresh off a $532.9 million jury win against Apple Inc (AAPL.O), a Texas company is again suing the tech giant …
Paul Carsten / Reuters:
China censorship sweep deletes more than 60,000 Internet accounts  —  (Reuters) - Some of China's largest Internet companies deleted more than 60,000 online accounts because their names did not conform to regulations due to take effect on Sunday, the top Internet regulator said.
John Cook / GeekWire:
PopCap Games co-founder emerges with virtual reality startup Pluto VR  —  As the co-founder of PopCap Games, John Vechey helped create some of the most compelling and beloved games for PCs, consoles and mobile devices.  Now, the 37-year-old Seattle entrepreneur sees the same opportunity …

Sponsor Posts

Tribe AI:
Is AI just hype?  —  Find out how top enterprises use Tribe to get real business results.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more  —  We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics.  Download reports immediately for just $100.
Zoho:
All new Zoho Workerly 2024  —  Staffing businesses around the world face a unique set of challenges when it comes to managing their temporary workforce.  With a constantly shifting job market and changing staffing needs …
Comprehensive.io:
Browse salary data from 3,000 startups for free  —  Click for FREE, immediate access to real-time compensation benchmarking data.  Paid version helps HR automate comp reviews and communicate total compensation to employees.
The Kevin Rose Show:
Henry Shukman, Lessons from an Authentic Zen Master
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Techmeme Ride Home:
Thu. 03/28 - Claude 3 Opus Surpasses GPT-4 For The First Time
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 12:10 PM ET, February 27, 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.

More News

Earlier Picks

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: