|
September 27, 2015, 2:15 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Michael Crider / Android Police: |
Nexus 6P training deck for retail employees leaks, reveals 3450mAh battery, Gorilla Glass 4, and confirms other previously leaked specs — Nexus 6P Presentation Leak Includes More Images, Confirms Metal Body, Gorilla Glass 4, And 3450mAh Battery — The leaks continue to flow out of Mountain View.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Behind the creation of Epic's Bullet Train, a first-person shooter built for Oculus Touch — Inside Epic's incredible first attempt at real VR gaming — Walking through the darkened hallways of Epic Games, I know three things about the secret project I'm about to see.
More:
eWeek, Polygon, Engadget, IGN and Tech Times
| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting with top execs in Silicon Valley this weekend — Big Tech Rolls Out Red Carpet for Indian Prime Minister, Lobbies Behind Closed Doors — Tech adores him. He poses for photos with (then-) Twitter CEOs, and can shoot selfies on Twitter over the firewall in China.
More:
New York Times, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, ValueWalk, NBC Bay Area, Satellite News, Tech2, Reuters, Reuters, Guardian, Fortune, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post
Tweets: @narendramodi, @scepticgeek and @narendramodi
| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
How tech entrepreneurs are fighting to take back a porn industry disrupted by piracy and free tube sites — Meet The Tech Entrepreneurs Trying To Take Back The Porn Industry — It's a cloudless, mid-January day in Los Angeles, and I'm in a cramped, dimly lit hotel conference room off … | Brett Howse / AnandTech: |
Toshiba updates Chromebook 2 with 5th generation Core i3 and Celeron processor options, backlit keyboard — Toshiba Refreshes The Chromebook 2 With Broadwell — Toshiba announced today that it has refreshed their Chromebook 2 model. The new version will be available with 5th generation Core i3 or Celeron processors.
More:
PCWorld, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Engadget, Android Central, Gizmag, TechnoBuffalo and PC Magazine
| Sapna Maheshwari / BuzzFeed: |
A look at the history of sketchy online marketing schemes run by the founders of $1B JustFab — JustFab: The Billion Dollar Startup With A Dark Past — After more than a decade spent running sketchy online marketing schemes, JustFab's founders have made it big in Silicon Valley.| Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Samsung offering up to $120 in rebates towards your monthly installment plan with purchase of a new Galaxy device — Samsung will pay you up to $120 for buying a Galaxy S6, Note 5 on an installment plan — Despite making some of its very best smartphones this year, Samsung has faced …
More:
BetaNews, Android Authority, Business Insider, Android and Me, Droid Life, TmoNews and PhoneDog.com. Tweets: @rdr0b11
| Josh Chin / Wall Street Journal: |
Researchers connect hacking activity with Chinese military staffer, providing glimpse inside Beijing's state-controlled cyberespionage operations — Cyber Sleuths Track Hacker to China's Military — The story of a Chinese military staffer's alleged involvement in hacking provides …
More:
Fortune, CNNMoney, ThreatConnect, The Register and Fortune
Tweets: @comradewong and @paulmozur
| Ben Kuchera / Polygon: |
Oculus VP says the company isn't close to supporting Xbox One, but there have been talks — Don't expect to see the Oculus Rift on Xbox One anytime soon — Oculus has been pretty cozy with Microsoft lately. The companies announced that the retail Oculus Rift will ship with an Xbox One controller in the box.
More:
Windows Central, Tech Times and Forbes
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business: |
Netflix plans to serve as its own studio for more shows, strengthening its control over distribution rights — Netflix to Make More Shows of Its Own — Streaming service wants to produce and own more programs — Shift would help company offer same lineup of shows worldwide
More:
Forbes, FierceOnlineVideo News, The Verge and Business Insider
| Atavist Insider: |
The Atavist abandons native apps to focus on web, saying apps have poor discovery, slow approval, tech limitations, smaller readership — Goodbye, Native Mobile Apps — When we concocted the ideas that would become Atavist and The Atavist Magazine, in 2010, we did so amidst a frenzy … | Joanna Sugden / Wall Street Journal: |
Study on global salaries of mid-career level IT staff finds Switzerland offers best salaries at $171K/year, Bulgaria worst at $25K/year — What IT Professionals Earn Around the World — Information technology professionals continue to be one of India's most competitive exports.
More:
Fortune
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:
Cultivating creativity and innovation in the modern workspace — In the realm of modern business, success depends on more than just delivering products or services—it requires an environment where creativity thrives and new ideas are welcomed.
Cultivating creativity and innovation in the modern workspace — In the realm of modern business, success depends on more than just delivering products or services—it requires an environment where creativity thrives and new ideas are welcomed.
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:
How to Cultivate Everyday Dharma, Suneel Gupta (#54)
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. 04/24 - What Now For TikTok?
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 2:15 PM ET, September 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
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:New York Times:
Rolling Stone:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
More:
Digital Trends, eWeek, AndroidGuys, Tech Times, Re/code, Ubergizmo, BetaNews, Pocketnow, Neowin, Ars Technica UK, WebProNews, TechSpot, Android Police, Guardian, Inc.com, FierceWireless, Mashable, Marketing Land, SiliconBeat, Wired and Bloomberg Business
Tweets: @dannysullivan, @startupljackson, @jowens510 and @benbajarin
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
More:
Uber, Digital Trends, Engadget, The Next Web, Business Insider and Bloomberg Business. Tweets: @sacca