|
June 27, 2015, 7:40 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Reto Meier / Android Developers Blog: |
Google to drop support for Android Developer Tools in Eclipse IDE to focus on developing Android Studio — An update on Eclipse Android Developer Tools — Posted by Jamal Eason, Product Manager, Android — Over the past few years, our team has focused on improving the development experience …
More:
Android Police, InfoQ, SlashGear, 9to5Google, The Next Web, Android Central, VentureBeat and Droid Life
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Intuit lays off 399 people, about 5% of the company's staff — Intuit Lays Off 399 Employees In Company Realignment — Intuit has confirmed to TechCrunch that it has laid off 399 people, or just under 5 percent of the company's roughly 8,000 employees, in a re-alignment of the company.| Dominique Vidalon / Reuters: |
Amid Paris protests, police seize Uber vehicles on sight, and the French Interior minister targets local managers in effort to shut down Uber nationwide — French government files legal complaint against UberPOP — French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Friday …
More:
BBC, New York Times, The Local, France 24, SlashGear, CNN, NPR, Guardian, International Business Times, TIME, Los Angeles Times, The Independent, ABC News, Engadget and Wired. Tweets: @davegirouard
| David Michaels / Bloomberg Business: |
SEC allows startups raising up to $50M to tweet about stock or debt offering to gauge interest among potential investors — SEC Approves Tweeting by Startups to Test Investor Interest — Trying to figure out how many investors might want to fund your small business? Go ahead and tweet about it.
Tweets: @startupljackson and @peterpham
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Samsung will stop disabling Windows Update on its hardware, to issue a patch in a few days — Samsung will patch its software to stop disabling Windows Update ‘within a few days’ — On Tuesday night, news broke that Samsung's SW Update software was disabling Windows Update on at least some computers.
More:
ZDNet, Gizmodo, Neowin, Ubergizmo, The Verge, Ars Technica, Windows Central, Engadget, KitGuru and The Tech Report
| Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
Twitter VP of Corporate Development and Strategy Rishi Garg is leaving the company — Twitter's VP of Corporate Development is leaving — Rishi Garg, Twitter's Vice President of Corporate Development, is leaving the company after joining in May 2014. — Even though he wasn't at Twitter … | Tom's Guide: |
In 6 of 9 real-world tests and benchmarks, Samsung Galaxy S6 outperforms LG G4 and iPhone 6 — The Samsung Galaxy S6 Is The World's Fastest Smartphone — A fast phone shouldn't just score well in benchmarks. It should deliver swift, everyday performance, too, whether it's opening a large file …
More:
Tech Times, Android Authority, Ubergizmo and SamMobile
| Josh Horwitz / Quartz: |
Evernote, LinkedIn, and Uber are succeeding in China by playing by the government's rules — A new wave of US internet companies is succeeding in China—by giving the government what it wants — Facebook found itself shut out from China in 2009. Twitter got blocked the same year.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
AppleCare+ for mobile devices now covers batteries retaining less than 80% capacity, up from 50% — AppleCare+ for iPhone, iPad, iPod and Apple Watch Now Covers Batteries That Retain Less Than 80% of Original Capacity — Apple has updated the terms of its AppleCare+ Protection Plan for iPhone …
More:
ZDNet, CNET, AppleInsider, BetaNews, PC Magazine, ITworld.com, TechnoBuffalo, InvestorPlace, The Next Web, TechCrunch, SlashGear, O'Grady's PowerPage, The Straits Times, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, iPhone Hacks, iMore, Ubergizmo and iLounge. Thanks:@rsgnl
| Bloomberg Business: |
Uber launches UberBOAT ferry service in Istanbul with rides starting at 50 liras, about $19 — Uber Crosses Continents With Istanbul Water-Taxi Service — Ships pass along the Bosphorus strait past the Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridge between the continents of Europe, top, and Asia in Istanbul.| Teresa Rivas / Tech Trader Daily: |
EBay Board Approves PayPal Spinoff; Stock Distribution Set For July 17 — Shares of eBay (EBAY) are up 0.3% in after hours trading just minutes after the company said that its board of directors approved the completion of the PayPal spinoff. — According to the press release …
More:
Re/code, Barron's Online, CNET, Fortune and VentureBeat
| Leena Rao / Fortune: |
Instacart lets some retailers collect personal data on customers if the user opts in, starting with Whole Foods — Instacart is asking its customers to do something new — Grocery delivery service Instacart recently premiered a new feature asking users to share their personal data and shopping histories with retailers.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 7:40 AM ET, June 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.
From Mediagazer
Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian: