|
July 31, 2015, 6:40 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
YotaPhone cancels US launch of YotaPhone 2 despite successful Indiegogo campaign, citing complications with its manufacturing partners — YotaPhone 2 won't be coming to the US — Yota Devices revealed today that it is canceling its plans to launch the YotaPhone 2 in the US, citing complications with its manufacturing partners.| Yusuf Mehdi / Windows Blog: |
Windows 10 passes 14M installs 24 hours after launch — Windows 10 - The First 24 Hours — It has been an incredible 24 hours for Windows and our fans. We're humbled and grateful to see the response to Windows 10. We have seen unprecedented demand for Windows 10 …
More:
Windows Central, Guardian, BGR, The Mozilla Blog, ReadWrite, BGR, GeekWire, HP, SiliconANGLE, Computerworld, SiliconBeat, Neowin, BGR, Rapid News Network, WinBeta, Telegraph, Wired, The Register, PCWorld, Network World, USA Today, Procera Networks, SlashGear, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, InfoWorld, TechEye, BetaNews, Forbes, MacNN, Digital Trends, jkOnTheRun, International Business Times, ValueWalk, TIME, Inquirer, Internet Phenomena Blog, TechnoBuffalo, SuperSite for Windows, ITworld.com, Graham Cluley, Dan Rayburn, Seeking Alpha, Ubergizmo, Fortune, CNET, Mashable, Good E-Reader, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, gHacks Technology News, Engadget, ITProPortal, WinBeta, The Tech Report, Engadget, Pocket-lint, Ars Technica, Tech Insider, MobileSyrup.com, The Seattle Times, The Verge, Neowin, BetaNews, AnandTech and WMPoweruser. Tweets: @dstorey
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Uber closed round of nearly $1B with Microsoft participating, valuing the company at over $50B and bringing total funding to more than $5B — Uber Valued at More Than $50 Billion — Ride-sharing app, which just closed a funding round, reaches mark faster than Facebook
More:
SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, Re/code, New York Times, The Verge, Business Insider, TIME and Reuters
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Will Acquire Fashion Startup Polyvore — Yahoo just announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire style-focused community Polyvore. — In a blog post about the deal, Yahoo's senior vice president of publisher products Simon Khalaf highlighted “Polyvore's expertise … | Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
LinkedIn asks its top 500 “Influencers” for blanket permission to syndicate posts, with no money changing hands — LinkedIn Starts Building a Syndicated Content Network — LinkedIn has gotten a lot of mileage out of the free content that famous people like Richard Branson write for the social network.
More:
The Digital Reader
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Early Apple Designer Susan Kare Joins Pinterest's Creative Team — Susan Kare, an early Apple designer behind some of the company's early typefaces and icons, has joined Pinterest. — She'll be part of Pinterest's creative team as a product design lead, according to the company.| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Nvidia recalls all Shield Tablets due to battery fire hazard — Nvidia promised spectacular, unprecedented gaming performance from its 8-inch Shield Tablet last year, but its pursuit of extreme performance seems to have gone a tiny bit too far. The company is now recalling …
More:
NVIDIA Newsroom, Engadget, Wired, U.S. Consumer Product …, The Register, Laptop Mag, MCV: Home Stream, 9to5Google, eWeek, Wired.co.uk, SlashGear, AndroidGuys, Inquirer, The Next Web, Android Police, Android Authority, Gizmodo, Android Central, Greenbot, TechnoBuffalo, PhoneDog.com, Pocket-lint, Droid Life, AnandTech, Android Beat, The Tech Report, Rapid News Network, Pocketnow, Android and Me, Phandroid and TechCrunch
| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Snapchat Revenue Could Hit $50 Million This Year — But It Still Needs a CFO — Snapchat is finally making some real money, with a lot more coming in 2016. It's also looking for someone to manage all that cash. — Snapchat is targeting around $50 million in revenue this year …
More:
Business Insider and International Business Times
| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Game add-ons and other digital goods account for 77% of all Electronic Arts Q1 revenue — Electronic Arts Raises Guidance on Strong Quarter — Revenue, profit forecasts boosted amid gains in digital sales — Electronic Arts rode a wave of momentum through its fiscal first quarter … | Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
Anti-Virus Firm BitDefender Admits Breach, Hacker Claims Stolen Passwords Are Unencrypted — BitDefender, a much-respected anti-virus firm, has leaked a portion of its customers' usernames and passwords after facing an extortion attempt by a hacker, going by the name DetoxRansome.
More:
HACKER FILM BLOG, Computerworld and TechWorm
| Bloomberg Business: |
Appeals court upholds Microsoft's $14.5M jury verdict against Motorola in patent royalty case — Microsoft Beats Google as Patent Royalty Case May Aid Consumers — Microsoft Corp. won an appeals court ruling that may lower the rates many electronics makers pay to license technology considered standard in smartphones and computers.
| Kana Inagaki / Financial Times: |
Japan's Sharp to stop making TVs for the North American market after worse-than-expected quarterly loss of $274m — Japan's Sharp to quit North America TV market — Sharp is to pull out of the North American television market and will consider spinning off its display business as a slowdown … 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: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26 — Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
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.
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.
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:
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:40 PM ET, July 31, 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
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Barb Darrow / Fortune: |
More:
TheStreet.com, CNBC, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and FierceMobileIT News
| Jessica Bartlett / Boston Business Journal: |
More:
USA Today, IBM, A Smarter Planet Blog, TechCrunch, CNET, PCWorld, Washington Post, ZDNet and Mashable