|
September 14, 2016, 3:00 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Series 2 review: serious fitness tracker with GPS, better performance, but display not visible in direct sunlight, software glitches remain — A GPS sensor and better water resistance make the new Apple Watch a serious fitness tracker — Let's call it what it is: a fitness tracker.
More:
TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Daring Fireball, The Loop, CNET, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, CNET, iMore, The Verge, Socialnomics, Tech Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, USA Today, TechRadar.com, BuzzFeed, CNET, MacDailyNews, Pocket-lint, 9to5Mac, WatchAware, Business Insider, Gizmodo, O'Grady's PowerPage, The Independent, NEWS.com.au, BetaNews and Digital Trends
Tweets: @joannastern, @voxmediainc, @ow, @jonathanhaynes and @mims
| Signe Brewster / TechCrunch: |
A look at the experience of riding in Uber's autonomous vehicle as pick-ups start in Pittsburgh — Beginning today, a select group of Pittsburgh Uber users will get a surprise the next time they request a pickup: the option to ride in a self driving car. — The announcement comes a year …
More:
VentureBeat, Uber Global, New York Times, VatorNews, SiliconBeat, PCWorld, GeekWire, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Digital Trends, The Atlantic, New York Times, USA Today, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, SiliconANGLE, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Phandroid, IEEE Spectrum, Quartz, Los Angeles Times, InvestorPlace, Business Insider, Droid Life, NPR, Consumerist, Recode, SlashGear, MIT Technology Review, VentureBeat, ABC News, Greensburg Tribune-Review, Silicon Valley Business …, CNNMoney, Quartz, Mashable, Engadget, Engadget, Business Insider, TIME and Udacity
Tweets: @billpeduto, @mcwm, @rsarver, @andyjayhawk and @msquinn
| ABC News: |
Tim Cook favors AR over VR, suggests it may be more commercially viable because it allows users to be more “present” — In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Apple CEO Tim Cook said he favors augmented reality (AR) over virtual reality (VR), and suggested the emerging technology …
More:
MacRumors, ABC News, USA Today, Digital Trends, The Verge, Engadget, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, CNET, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ubergizmo, Business Insider, Tech Times and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @philiped and @brianroemmele
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Spotify hits 40M paid subscribers, up 10M in five months, compared to Apple Music's growth of about 4M over roughly the same period — In a tweet shared by Spotify's official Twitter account today, the company's CEO and Founder Daniel Ek hinted that the service has hit the 40 million subscriber milestone.
More:
Mattermark, Digital Trends, Recode, CNET, MacRumors, Engadget, Jeff Levick, VentureBeat, TechSpot, Ubergizmo, The Nordic Web, Music Ally, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocketnow and FACT Magazine
Tweets: @eldsjal, @neilswmurray, @pkafka and @jyarow
See also Mediagazer| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
New Twitter app launches on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Xbox One, brings free video content from Periscope, Vine, and partners like NFL, NBA, and Bloomberg — Twitter needs to figure out a way to continue to grow — and it certainly seems open to looking into a lot of new places outside your phone to figure out how to do that.
More:
PR Newswire, VentureBeat, The Verge, BetaNews, AppleInsider, SiliconBeat, Macworld, The Next Web, International Business Times, MacRumors, Recode, 9to5Mac, Windows Central, Marketing Land, Investor's Business Daily, WinBeta, USA Today, New York Times, Business Insider and MobileSyrup.com
Tweets: @hannahkuchler and @businessinsider
See also Mediagazer| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft will now let devs distribute repackaged Win32 desktop apps through the Windows Store, which was previously limited to Universal Windows Platform apps — The Project Centennial “bridge” for Win32 apps is now ready for production. — Traditional desktop Windows applications …
More:
Windows Blog, ZDNet, Windows Blog, PCWorld, VentureBeat, The Fire Hose, Windows Central, WinBeta, TechRadar.com, Petri, MSPoweruser and Softpedia News
Tweets: @windowsdev and @maryjofoley
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon restocks the Echo Dot at $49.99, down from the $89.99 launch price, and adds a white option — We already knew it was coming - thanks to an accidental tweetAmazon posted earlier this week - but now it's official: Amazon's connected speaker Echo Dot is back in stock and at a lower price point of $49.99.| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
More:
TIME, The Verge, Engadget, VentureBeat, Amazon.com, TechCrunch, Business Wire, The Next Web, PCWorld, ZDNet, Six Colors, Neowin, Android Police, Bloomberg, Inquirer, BetaNews, TechnoBuffalo and BBC
| Bruce Schneier / Lawfare: |
Companies running critical Internet infrastructure are observing recent probe-like DDoS attacks at a scale that points to state actors, likely China or Russia — Over the past year or two, someone has been probing the defenses of the companies that run critical pieces of the Internet.
More:
Digital Trends, Petri, Softpedia News, BBC and Inquirer
Tweets: @sheeraf, @reimers_ and @hunterwalk
| Aoife White / Bloomberg: |
EU publishes proposals for new copyright rules which would allow news publishers to demand payment from aggregators like Google News — Copyright plan may curb online use of news articles, content — EU also seeks to bolster rights of music performers, authors
More:
Techdirt, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, TheDomains.com, The Irish Times, Fortune and Investor's Business Daily
Tweets: @jeffjarvis and @business
See also Mediagazer| Kelly Liyakasa / AdExchanger: |
Google and AppNexus sever ties with ComboTag, the partner company behind Adblock Plus' ad exchange; ComboTag says the exchange will still go ahead — Google has severed its relationship with ComboTag, the Israeli startup that sourced buyers for Adblock Plus' recently launched Acceptable Ads Platform.| Katie Benner / New York Times: |
Sapphire Ventures, whose sole investor is SAP, raises $1B to invest in late-stage startups — Sapphire Ventures has closed on a $1 billion fund to invest in privately held start-ups, easing fears about a downturn in the venture capital industry. — Sapphire Ventures, a venture capital firm … | Harriet Taylor / CNBC: |
Forrester: AI will eliminate 6 percent of jobs in customer service, trucking, taxi industries in five years — A Forrester Research report expects intelligent agent to displace about 6-percent of positions within the next five years. — Within five years robots and so-called intelligent agents … | Jasper Jackson / Guardian: |
Google-backed First Draft's new coalition network, which aims to help improve social media newsgathering, adds Twitter and Facebook as partners — Channel 4 News, Telegraph, New York Times, Washington Post and BuzzFeed have also signed up to network organised through Google-backed First Draft
More:
First Draft News, Reuters, Silicon Valley Business …, ValueWalk, Engadget, Digital Trends and CNET. Tweets: @raju
| Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung says it will replace Note7 in US and Canada after country safety regulators end investigations, plans to offer replacements in Singapore this week — Smartphone's recall hurts consumer and investor confidence in South Korean company — Samsung Electronics Co. is facing growing consumer confusion … | Cho Mu-Hyun / ZDNet: |
More:
eWeek, Android Authority, Bloomberg, USA Today, The Next Web, Tom's Guide, Geek.com, TechEye, International Business Times, Silicon Republic, Consumerist, Business Insider, SlashGear, BGR, Ubergizmo, Tech Times, B21M, CNET, Associated Press, Lifehacker, Ausdroid, The Verge, PhoneDog.com and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @technology
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's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
Connecting, collaborating, and growing: Zoho Mail 2025 wrap-up — Your inbox has been home to a lot this year—quick updates, long threads, approvals, reminders, and the occasional late-night draft you weren't sure about.
Connecting, collaborating, and growing: Zoho Mail 2025 wrap-up — Your inbox has been home to a lot this year—quick updates, long threads, approvals, reminders, and the occasional late-night draft you weren't sure about.
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
BG2 Pod:
AI Enterprise - Databricks & Glean
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
Great Chat:
The stories we told ourselves in 2025
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.
Grit:
How Brands Stay Visible When AI Decides | Profound CEO James Cadwallader
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
The coming AI security crisis (and what to do about it) | Sander Schulhoff
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:
OpenAI's Potential, Google's Speedy Model, Copilot Hits Turbulence
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.
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 3:00 PM ET, September 14, 2016.
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
Sara Fischer / Axios:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Sean Michael Kerner / eWeek: |
More:
SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, Globes Online, Marketwire, Fortune, Reuters, CRN, VentureBeat and GeekTime
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
More:
VentureBeat, New York State Attorney …, Fortune, USA Today, CNET, Engadget and The Next Web
Tweets: @paul__walsh, @pokemonparent and @jeremiahg
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Earlier Picks
| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Tweets: @recode, @mtfarnsworth, @markjacob16, @pkafka, @petersterne, @librab103, @mattdpearce and @ap. See also Mediagazer
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
More:
The Verge, Inquirer, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, BGR, The Next Web, Refinery29, PhoneDog.com, New York Magazine, OS X Daily, Wired, USA Today, Android Central, MacRumors, Macworld, Wall Street Journal, TechnoBuffalo, International Business Times, Cult of Mac, AppAdvice.com Latest, Mashable, Recode, POPSUGAR, iPhone Hacks, Adweek, iMore, Silicon Valley Business …, AppleInsider and Softpedia News
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
More:
YouTube Creator Blog, The Verge, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Tubefilter, Lifehacker, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, SlashGear, Tech Times, TalkAndroid.com, Engadget, gHacks Technology News, Ubergizmo, Marketing Land, 9to5Google, Android Police, Mashable and WebProNews. Tweets: @bindureddy. Thanks:@annelisemcgough. See also Mediagazer