|
July 16, 2015, 10:00 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook tests shops within Pages that bring entire shopping experience from product discovery to checkout inside Facebook — Facebook Takes Big Step Forward On Commerce, Builds Shops Into Pages — A test with the potential to transform online commerce. — Mock-up of Facebook's new shop pages.
More:
International Business Times, SiliconANGLE, Marketing Land, The Digital Reader, PCWorld, TIME, Digital Trends, Mashable, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Fone Arena, MediaNama, Gizmodo, Neowin, The Verge, GeekWire, The Next Web, Fortune, WebProNews, SocialTimes, Engadget, VentureBreak, ITworld.com and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @kurtwagner8 and @joshconstine
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
EBay confirms agreement to sell eBay Enterprise to investment consortium for $925M — EBay has confirmed previous rumors that it's selling its enterprise services business, eBay Enterprise, for $925 million. — The unit specializes in developing and managing e-commerce sites for retailers …
More:
Wall Street Journal, Re/code, The Next Web, New York Times and eBay Inc.
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
eBay Reports Q2 Revenues Of $4.4B, EPS Of $0.76, Sells Enterprise Division For $925M — In its last quarter before the spin off of PayPal as a separate company, e-commerce giant eBay today reported its Q2 earnings for the quarter that ended June 30. — The company reported total revenues …
More:
ABC News, Wall Street Journal, CNET, Reuters, Bloomberg Business and StreetInsider.com
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Intel shows Moore's Law is slowing with plans for a third generation of 14nm chips, delays switch to 10nm process to 2017 — Intel confirms tick-tock-shattering Kaby Lake processor as Moore's Law falters — Company will make three generations of 14nm processors, delaying the switch to 10nm.| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
| Orr Hirschauge / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook to Pay About $60 Million for Gesture-Control Firm Pebbles — Facebook Inc. Thursday agreed to buy Israel-based gesture-control company Pebbles Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter. — Facebook agreed to pay around $60 million for the company, according to one of these people.
More:
Tech.eu, TechCrunch, GeekTime and VentureBeat
| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Android M will feature visual voicemail in the native dialer, support T-Mobile US and French carrier Orange at launch — [Android M Feature Spotlight] Android M Will Have Proper Visual Voicemail Support In The Dialer — Voicemails are terrible. Anyone willing to sit through the message …
More:
TechCrunch, The Verge, Tech Times, TmoNews, PhoneDog.com, The Next Web, Pocket-lint and Android Beat
| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
FireEye suspends intern Morgan Culbertson from future work after Justice Department charges him with creating Dendroid, a remote access toolkit for Android — Darkode Shutdown: FireEye Intern Accused Of Creating $65,000 Android Malware — One of the more successful English-speaking cybercrime forums … | Rick Webb / Medium: |
Banners are useful for brand marketers despite “fraud”, because they're cheap and effective for raising awareness — Banner “Fraud” Doesn't Matter — A Message from brand marketers to publishers — Here's a message on behalf of brand marketers everywhere.† We know about banner fraud already.
Tweets: @jasonlbaptiste, @timmcdougall13, @treehcapital and @ertraeglichkeit
| Jackie Dove / The Next Web: |
App Annie: iOS lags Google Play in app downloads but still generated 70% more revenue on strength in China — App Annie report: Google Play's downloads top the App Store as Apple retains revenue lead — While the Google Play store crushed Apple's App Store in worldwide downloads …
More:
App Annie Blog, VentureBeat and AndroidHeadlines.com
| Carmel DeAmicis / Re/code: |
California Public Utilities Commission fines Uber $7.3M for failing to provide accessibility data, Uber to appeal — Uber Fined $7.3 Million for Not Reporting California Accessibility Data — The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) slapped Uber with a $7.3 million fine for failing …
More:
Los Angeles Times, The Register, Ars Technica, Techdirt, VatorNews, The Next Web, Quartz, Hit & Run, Boing Boing, TechCrunch and CNET
| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
E.U. Opens Antitrust Investigations Into Qualcomm — The European Commission announced two antitrust investigations on Thursday into the chip maker Qualcomm, the latest in a number of competition inquiries that have targeted United States technology giants.| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Pushbullet Android update brings full SMS syncing to your desktop — Pushbullet Update Brings Full SMS Messaging Support To Your Desktop — It's been scarcely two weeks since Pushbullet had its last big update, and here we are again. An update is rolling out in the Play Store … | Erica Swanson / Google Fiber Blog: |
Google to offer free internet access in select public housing areas in all Google Fiber markets, as part of ConnectHome, Obama's low-cost Internet program — Bringing Internet access to public housing residents — The web is where we go to connect with people, learn new subjects …
More:
DSLreports, New York Times, Tech Times, Bloomberg Business, NBC News, TechCrunch, VentureBreak, Plain Dealer, The Register, Mashable, GamePolitics blogs, Fortune, USA Today, tech.co, VentureBeat, Wired, Oregonian, Engadget, AppleInsider, PC Magazine, ZDNet, Gizmodo, The Next Web and 9to5Google
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:
Transform ML Experimentation with Tangle — Save months of compute time with Tangle, built by Shopify. Try this open-source platform to simplify ML workflows, ensure reproducibility, and seamlessly share with collaborators.
Transform ML Experimentation with Tangle — Save months of compute time with Tangle, built by Shopify. Try this open-source platform to simplify ML workflows, ensure reproducibility, and seamlessly share with collaborators.
Zoho:
Contract Signed. Project Ready. Tasks Created. — Every project begins with a promise; a contract that outlines the deliverables, the timelines, and the terms. But for most businesses …
Contract Signed. Project Ready. Tasks Created. — Every project begins with a promise; a contract that outlines the deliverables, the timelines, and the terms. But for most businesses …
Bitrix24:
Bitrix24 powers the next generation of high-performing businesses — Chat, projects, CRM, and automation — all in one place. Replace dozens of tools so your team moves faster, collaborates smarter, and grows effortlessly.
Bitrix24 powers the next generation of high-performing businesses — Chat, projects, CRM, and automation — all in one place. Replace dozens of tools so your team moves faster, collaborates smarter, and grows effortlessly.
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
Lenny's Podcast:
The 100-person AI lab that became Anthropic and Google's secret weapon | Edwin Chen (Surge AI)
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
AI Device Wars Heat Up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers
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:
"Hollywood is Truly Freaked Out." Inside the Netflix/WBD Deal with Lucas Shaw
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.
Hard Fork:
OpenAI Calls a 'Code Red' + Which Model Should I Use? + The Hard Fork Review of Slop
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:
Is Roblox making the internet better or worse? We asked the CEO
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Anthropic's quest to study the negative effects of AI is under pressure
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:00 AM ET, July 16, 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
Financial Times:Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
More:
PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat, Macworld, The Next Web and socalTECH.com
Tweets: @flyosity and @startupljackson
Thanks:@drew. See also Mediagazer| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
More:
CNNMoney, BuzzFeed, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, Business Insider, BGR, TIME, Forbes, Business Wire, Gizmodo, New York Times, Adweek, Quartz, CNBC, Slate, PC Magazine, Washington Post, BGR, Forbes, Inc.com, E! Online, The Verge, International Business Times, GeekWire, TIME, USA Today, SlashGear and Business Insider
| Rich Lord / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: |
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
More:
Bloomberg Business, The Verge, Variety, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, The Register, The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, VentureBeat, Re/code and bizjournals
Tweets: @pkafka and @lauramandaro
Thanks:@lucas_matney. See also MediagazerEarlier Picks
| Jamieson Cox / The Verge: |
More:
The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, TechnoBuffalo, Tech Times, Globe and Mail, Mashable, CNET, MacNN, PC Magazine, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Stereogum, Consequence of Sound, Macworld, Rolling Stone, The Register, Cult of Mac, Fortune, and WebProNews
Tweets: @fmanjoo and @jasoncartwright
See also Mediagazer| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
More:
The Register, AppleInsider, SlashGear, O'Grady's PowerPage, Ubergizmo and MacNN
Tweets: @stephengillett and @richdemuro
| Alex Sherman / Bloomberg Business: |
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
More:
Apple, AppleInsider, BetaNews, iMore, The Loop, iMore, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Mercury News, Gizmodo, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, InvestorPlace, MacStories, MacRumors, Techvibes Global News, Computerworld, Engadget, ZDNet, The Next Web, Gotta Be Mobile, ABC News, Re/code, Tech Times and CNET
Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @reneritchie and @harrymccracken