|
November 16, 2015, 1:15 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Adrian Weckler / Independent.ie: |
Tim Cook: Apple won't create ‘converged’ MacBook and iPad — ADRIAN WECKLER TWITTER — Apple will not create a “converged” MacBook and iPad, according to chief executive Tim Cook. — Google — Speaking to Independent.ie , Cook denied that the death of computers such as the Mac …
More:
9to5Mac, PCWorld, PC Magazine, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Engadget, Ars Technica, Forbes, Fortune, USA Today, iMore, iPhone Hacks, TechnoBuffalo, TechRadar.com, MacRumors, O'Grady's PowerPage, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, Redmond Pie, MacNN, App Advice, The Next Web, Tech Times, BetaNews, iLounge, Pocketnow, Business Insider, AppleInsider, Neowin, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, ZDNet, Cult of Mac, Mashable, Ubergizmo, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, Slashdot, MobileSyrup.com and The Daily Dot. Tweets: @joannastern
| Scott Webster / CNET: |
AT&T selling Microsoft Lumia 950, Samsung Galaxy View Nov 20 — The carrier will sell the first Windows 10 smartphone and the gargantuan tablet later this week.
More:
AT&T, AT&T, The Verge, ZDNet, PCWorld, Engadget, Digital Trends, AndroidGuys, WinBeta, Ubergizmo, PhoneDog.com, WinBeta, Pocketnow, Neowin, Inquirer, Windows Central and Thurrott.com. Tweets: @verge
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
How Facebook is betting its future on artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and bringing Internet to 4B people not yet connected — Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Bold Plan For The Future Of Facebook — Facebook is firing on all cylinders. Now Mark Zuckerberg is looking to the decade ahead, from AI to VR to drones.| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
SteamOS gaming performs significantly worse than Windows, Ars analysis shows — Cross-platform 3D games face 21- to 58-percent frame rate dip on same hardware. — Since Valve started publicly talking about its own Linux-powered “Steam Boxes” about three years ago now …
More:
Business Insider, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, TechSpot, GamesIndustry.biz and Tech Times. Tweets: @edzitron
| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Microsoft and Code.org will use Minecraft to teach kids the basics of computer programming … Microsoft wants to turn kids' love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming through a partnership with Code.org, announced on Monday morning. — They've built a tutorial that students across … | Co.Design: |
Apple's quest for style and appearance comes at the cost of usability, particularly on iOS, according to former employees — How Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name — For years, Apple followed user-centered principles. Then something went wrong. — Once upon a time …
More:
Business Insider, 9to5Mac, Patently Apple, Thurrott.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Fortune, Chris Pirillo's Tech … and Medium
Tweets: @ingridlunden, @bigmediumjosh, @parisba, @whatthebit, @counternotions, @reckless and @panzer
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Expands Launchpad, Its Product Hunt-Meets-Shopify-Shyp Rival, To The UK — Following on from last week's news that Amazon would expand its Pantry household items delivery service to the UK while also discounting new Prime memberships in the country, the e-commerce is now quietly adding another service …
More:
Fortune, Financial Times, Engadget, Wired.co.uk and Business Insider
| Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab: |
Storyful is testing Slack integrations that let clients subscribe to news alerts within channels — How Storyful is turning Slack into an extension of its newswire — Usage of the messaging app Slack has exploded. The company says it has 1.25 million daily users, tenfold growth in just a year … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Ups Its Sticker Game As The First Paid Packs Arrive For Messenger — In a move that may seem trivial, but could be indicative of the future, you can now buy paid-for stickers for Facebook Messenger. Facebook itself isn't offering stickers directly, but it is working closely with a third-party …
More:
iPhone Hacks, Business Insider, Ubergizmo and The Next Web
| Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook allows Google to crawl and index public profiles, Pages, Groups, and Events from its mobile app — Google Gets Surprise Ally in Mobile-App Search Push: Facebook — Google's effort to keep its search engine relevant in a world of mobile apps just got a boost from a big rival.| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Withings' third analog fitness tracker is the $170 Activite Steel — Last year, French hardware maker Withings debuted the Activité, a $450 Swiss-made watch that also functioned as a fitness tracker. It then followed that up with the Activité Pop, a much lower-end version that cost only $150.
More:
The Verge, TechCrunch, MacRumors, iMore, MobileSyrup.com, TechRadar.com, Digital Spy, Pocket-lint and SlashGear
| Dan Ackerman / CNET: |
Lenovo Yoga 900 review: significantly improved performance and battery life over last year's Yoga 3 Pro thanks to higher-end components — Lenovo Yoga 900 review: A hybrid laptop with some serious muscle — What a difference a year makes. Just about 12 months ago, Lenovo released the Yoga 3 Pro … 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:
Fri. 04/19 - All The News About Llama 3
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 1:15 PM ET, November 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
Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed: |
More:
The Hill, PC Magazine, Social Media Today, TechSpot, Macworld, International Business Times, Telegraph, VatorNews, Fortune, Tech Times, Wired.co.uk, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, bizjournals, Wall Street Journal, POPSUGAR, WRIC-TV, SocialTimes, CNET, Engadget, Business Insider, Facebook, Mashable, Facebook Safety, SlashGear, TIME, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Fusion, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, CNET, The Verge, Gizmodo, The Huffington Post, Android Police, VentureBeat, Newser, Financial Times, TIME, BetaNews, Phones Review, Android Police, Engadget, USA Today and CBS News
Tweets: @michael_saylor, @venturebeat, @antoniocasilli, @johnlegere, @darrellprichard, @timcohn, @karaswisher and @jabolins