Techmeme: Google Fiber has pushed ISPs to improve broadband speeds in many markets, a result the FCC's National Broadband Plan failed to achieve (James Surowiecki/MIT Technology Review)

Open Links In New Tab

Mobile Archives Advertise Site News

June 28, 2015, 8:30 PM

Top News

Tim Culpan / Bloomberg Business:

Sources: Apple has started early production of new iPhone models with Force Touch, volume manufacturing scheduled to ramp up as soon as next month — Apple Suppliers Start Making iPhones With Force Touch — Apple Inc. has started early production of new iPhone models with a feature called Force Touch …

James Surowiecki / MIT Technology Review:

Google Fiber has pushed ISPs to improve broadband speeds in many markets, a result the FCC's National Broadband Plan failed to achieve — Broadband Speeds Are Improving in Many Places. Too Bad It Took Google to Make It Happen. — It's too often said that some event “changed everything” in technology.

More: Wall Street Journal

Rachael King / Wall Street Journal:

Automakers tackle the huge security challenges of vehicle-to-vehicle communication — Automakers Tackle the Massive Security Challenges of Connected Vehicles — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is accelerating its efforts to mandate vehicle-to-vehicle communications …

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apple Music will be available on Sonos speakers by end of the year — Update: Apple has confirmed in a statement to Buzzfeed that Apple is working with Sonos to get Apple Music available on the connected speaker system by the end of the year. Original story below.

More: FISTFULAYEN, iMore, BuzzFeed, The Verge, AppleInsider, Engadget, PC Magazine, CNET, Ubergizmo, Wall Street Journal, MacRumors, MobileSyrup.com, Variety, TechnoBuffalo, BGR and iPhone Hacks

Pew Internet:

US Internet adoption patterns by age, class, race, and urban vs. rural over the last 15 years — Americans' Internet Access: 2000-2015 — As internet use nears saturation for some groups, a look at patterns of adoption — Main Findings — The Pew Research Center's unit studying …

More: Digital Trends, USA Today and CIO.com

Tweets: @donaldhackett and @frankluntz

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:

Xiaomi Mi 4i review: great build quality and performance for $200, but KitKat-based MIUI skin feels dated, lacks many Lollipop features — Xiaomi Mi 4i review—The best specs for $200, but not the best software — A Snapdragon 615 and 3120 mAh battery are a steal, but the skin needs updating.

Wall Street Journal:

How Paris is confronting Airbnb's impact on housing after becoming the company's largest market — Paris Confronts Airbnb's Rapid Growth — City of Light brags about Airbnb but ramps up inspections of listings, as residents turn to tourist rentals — PARIS— Xavier Fouquerand is among the most prolific hosts on Airbnb Inc.

Tweets: @loic

Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:

OPM hackers obtained details more damaging than previously reported, including potentially humiliating “adjudication information” on federal workers — Hackers Stole Secrets of U.S. Government Workers' Sex Lives — Infidelity. Sexual fetishes. Drug abuse. Crushing debt.

More: Newsweek, Computing and Fox News

Tweets: @cstross, @shaneharris, @shaneharris, @anonyops and @just_security

Karen Weise / Bloomberg Business:

How Uber used its lobbying force, one of the largest and most successful in the US, to start operating legally in Portland — This Is How Uber Takes Over a City … Charlie Hales, the mayor of Portland, Ore., was running a zoning hearing last December when he missed a call on his cell from David Plouffe …

More: TechCrunch and Medium. Tweets: @jwjnational, @joshk, @joshk, @paulsingh and @nitashatiku

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

Reddit's stance on policing behavior and not ideas is irresponsible because an echo chamber of hateful ideas can incite barbaric behavior — Reddit Is An Incubator Of Hate — Reddit's decision to police “behavior, not ideas” isn't just foolish — it's reckless.

Tweets: @startupljackson

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

Some on-demand companies hire employees, not contractors, to provide a higher quality service — Start-Ups Finding the Best Employees Are Actually Employed — When Ron Johnson was pitching his idea for an e-commerce delivery company to venture capitalists last year …

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.

More: Beyond Search. Tweets: @jonrussell, @greatfirechina and @gabrielsnyder

Sponsor Posts

Google:

Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life

Shopify:

Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26 — Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.

Zoho:

Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.

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.

Sponsor Techmeme

Featured Podcasts

Big Technology Podcast:

OpenAI's 2026 Priority, Disney's AI Play, Datacenter Buildout Trouble

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.

Hard Fork:

Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped

The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.

Subscribe to Hard Fork.

Access:

Why the next AI frontier is phone calls, with Beside CEO Maxime Germain

A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.

Subscribe to Access.

Great Chat:

So what happens after AGI?

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.

Channels with Peter Kafka:

Lachlan Cartwright Started in Tabloids. Now He's a Must-Read Media Gossip.

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.

Add your podcast here

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 8:30 PM ET, June 28, 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.