|
August 21, 2015, 4:10 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Ashley Madison hackers post new 20GB archive that appears to include company emails and internal documents — Hackers Dump More Ashley Madison Data — Over the past few days, people have been digging through 10GB of data apparently sourced from the extramarital dating site Ashley Madison, and its parent site Avid Life Media.
More:
Ars Technica, TrustedSec, Wired, Associated Press, Fast Company, The Verge, The Intercept, Reuters, Slate, BBC, Gizmodo, Washington Post, Naked Security, Engadget, TechSpot, Daily Mail, Guardian, The Verge, BetaBoston, Mashable, ABC News, BuzzFeed, ZDNet, Fortune, Business Insider, NEWS.com.au, Gawker, Fusion, The Next Web and SC Magazine. Thanks:@derektmead
| Carmel DeAmicis / Re/code: |
Bill Gurley marks recent tech sell-off with another warning about unprofitable unicorns, says cycle “where growth is valued more than profitability” may end — Bill Gurley to Unicorns: Winter Is Coming. You Ready? — Tech stocks have been taking a beating lately …
Tweets: @bgurley, @pkedrosky, @stevesi, @bgurley, @stewart and @benedictevans
| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
New Spotify privacy policy says it can collect data on location, sensors, and photos from your phone — Location, Sensors, Voice, Photos?! Spotify Just Got Real Creepy With The Data It Collects On You — Spotify has updated its privacy policy, and users should be careful about what they agree to.
More:
Wired, Music Ally, TechHive, Digital Trends, TechSpot, Business Insider, RAIN News and Naked Security
Tweets: @funnymonkey and @iblametom
Thanks:@bupbin. See also Mediagazer| Nigel Manuel / CNET: |
Samsung offers iPhone users a free 30-day trial with new Galaxy phones on any carrier — Samsung to give iPhone users a trial run with new Galaxy smartphones — Just weeks before the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ launches, Samsung is attempting to sway iPhone users.| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
Google ordered by UK's ICO to remove nine links to ‘right to be forgotten’ removal stories — Google ordered to remove links to stories about ‘right to be forgotten’ removals — UK data protection watchdog orders search engine to remove search result links to news stories about right to be forgotten link removals
More:
ico.org.uk, Re/code, The Verge, Information Commissioner's …, Gizmodo, BetaNews, Engadget, VatorNews, Search Engine Journal, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, SiliconBeat, The Next Web, CNET, Search Engine Land and broadstuff
Tweets: @mcandrew, @niemanlab, @dangillmor and @dannysullivan
Thanks:@samuelgibbs. See also Mediagazer| ZDNet: |
Intuit announces it will divest Demandforce, QuickBase, and Quicken as it reports mixed Q4 earnings — Intuit reports mixed bag on Q4 earnings; divestitures on deck — Wall Street expected a loss of 12 cents per share, with revenues of $738.9 million. — Intuit published its fourth quarter …
| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
Microsoft files federal antitrust lawsuit against Interdigital for “abusive licensing practices” — Microsoft files antitrust suit against InterDigital in patent feud — InterDigital Inc has violated U.S. antitrust law by failing to keep its promise to fairly license …
More:
GeekWire, Bloomberg Business, WMPoweruser and CIO.com
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook to allow businesses to post GIFs as ads and Page posts, begins testing with Wendy's and Coca-Cola's Brazilian brand Kuat — After Years Of Restraint, Facebook Tries Allowing GIFs In Ads And Page Posts — Facebook refused to fill its site with flashy animated banner ads for a decade.
More:
The Next Web and Marketing Land
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Oracle to acquire cloud-based consumer personalization software firm Maxymiser — Oracle nabs marketing software maker Maxymiser — Oracle plans to integrate Maxymiser's software into the Oracle Marketing Cloud and use it to better compete with rivals Salesforce and Adobe.
More:
SiliconANGLE, AdExchanger, eWeek, The Drum, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal and Fortune
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's Surface Pro 4, Band 2, and new Lumias set for October launch event — Microsoft is planning to hold a massive hardware launch event in October. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that the software giant will use the event to unveil two new Lumia handsets, the Surface Pro 4, and a Microsoft Band 2.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Note5 review: excellent software support for the S Pen and amazing screen make it a great smartphone despite a smaller, irreplaceable battery — Samsung Galaxy Note 5 review — Samsung's Note line of phones has always been about three things: a huge screen, outsized performance, and a stylus.
More:
Gizmodo, iMore, InfoWorld, Gotta Be Mobile, Gizmag, Latin Post and BGR
| Tom Cheredar / Gigaom: |
Flipboard update brings personalization to news feed with voting options using Zite technology — Ahead of Apple News launch, Flipboard adds voting to its news feed — Digital magazine app Flipboard is getting an update that will allow users to fine-tune the news feed that appears …
More:
The Next Web, Flipboard and VentureBeat
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Mobile search app Vurb launches on Android, introduces chat, discloses Tencent as investor — Search App Vurb Adds Messaging To Become The U.S. WeChat — WeChat dominates China with its messaging hub that lets you shop, call a taxi, and pay bills — all from one app.| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Salesforce beats Q2 targets, with revenue of $1.63B, up 24% year-over-year; outlook strong — Salesforce.com delivers above Q2 targets, outlook strong — Wall Street was looking for earnings of 18 cents per share with $1.60 billion in revenue. — Salesforce.com published better …
More:
Reuters and Business Insider
| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Giphy releases Giphy Cam, an iOS app that lets you create and share homemade gifs — Giphy Cam Lets You Create And Share Homemade Gifs — Giphy, the search engine for all things gif, has today released a new app called Giphy Cam that lets users create their own gifs to send or share on social media.
More:
The Verge, Engadget, The Next Web, Tech Times, CIO.com, SiliconANGLE, Pocket-lint, Quartz, VentureBeat and MobileSyrup.com
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Brings Interactive Watch Faces And Built-In Google Translate Support To Android Wear — Android Wear's watch faces are getting a bit more interesting today. Developers were always able to display a lot of information on their watch faces, but users couldn't interact with it.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:
Wed. 04/17 - Copilots Or The Biggest Model Wins? The Competing AI Visions.
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 4:10 AM ET, August 21, 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
Oliver Darcy / CNN:Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
More:
Office Blogs, The Next Web, WinBeta, Thurrott.com and GeekWire
| Jack Clark / Mercury News: |
| Jared Newman / TechHive: |
More:
Parks Associates, The Next Web, CNET, Android Authority, MacRumors, TechCrunch and Engadget
| Garett Sloane / Digiday: |
More:
Seeking Alpha
Earlier Picks
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
| James Vincent / The Verge: |