|
March 30, 2017, 9:25 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter stops counting @-reply usernames toward 140 character limit on web and mobile, now showing them above tweet's text, nearly a year after sharing the idea — Nearly a year ago, Twitter announced it would begin distancing itself from the requirement that all tweets could only contain 140 characters …
More:
The Twitter Blog, Slate, The Verge, Softpedia News, Tubefilter, Digital Trends, WRAL Tech Wire, Android Police, PhoneDog.com, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Phandroid, International Business Times, Social Media Today, Consumerist, Lifehacker, iDownloadBlog.com, PCWorld, Windows Central, SlashGear, The Mac Observer, CNET, Android Central, AppAdvice.com, Marketing Land, Droid Life, The Ringer, Engadget, BetaNews, Android Authority, Axios, TechnoBuffalo, Insanely Great Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, The FADER, Cult of Mac, Refinery29, TalkAndroid.com, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Recode, iPhone Hacks, GeekWire, and MacStories
Tweets: @jack, @requestgranted, @nycjim, @stevekovach, @lukezim, @clarajeffery, @mariosundar, @steven_lebron, @ericgeller, @panzer, @jyarow, @caseynewton, and @alexeheath
| Sarah Jeong / Motherboard: |
Twitter has botched its new @-reply feature by hiding nuance that comes with ordered usernames and making it onerous to untag people — Twitter has rolled out its new @-replies to me about three or four times now, ambushing me with its unspeakable badness on the iPhone app or web Twitter.| Joe Durbin / UploadVR: |
Facebook says Oculus co-founder and Rift creator Palmer Luckey is leaving the company and will be “dearly missed” — Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey, the man behind the Rift concept and its first prototypes, is leaving the company three years after selling to Facebook.
More:
New York Times, The Next Web, Business Insider, TechCrunch, TheStreet, Recode, Quartz, Digital Trends, International Business Times, Axios, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, The Verge, Fortune, Gizmodo, TechSpot, Engadget, Silicon Valley Business …, Road to VR, Motherboard, GamesIndustry.biz, destructoid, New World Notes, Seeking Alpha, The Tech Report, Polygon, Tech Narratives, and Mashable
Tweets: @vrchadwick, @yoda, @noahshachtman, @tim_stevens, @flyosity, @nickstatt, and @wsj. Thanks:@hmltn
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook debuts personal fundraising, limited to six categories at launch including medical and education, and adds donate buttons in Facebook Live for Pages — Facebook today announced it's expanding its set of online fundraising tools to include its own GoFundMe competitor …
More:
Facebook, The Verge, Breitbart, Softpedia News, Fortune, SiliconANGLE, InvestorPlace, MacRumors, PhoneDog.com, The Tech Portal, Adweek, SlashGear, BetaNews, CNBC, San Francisco Chronicle, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @samantar, @jake_k, @perlarapbc, @snwh, @mariosundar, @brianroemmele, and @kimmaicutler
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says it will sell customized “Microsoft Edition” versions of Galaxy S8, S8+, which will be bundled with Office, Cortana, more, at its US retail stores — Microsoft-customized versions of Samsung's new Galaxy S8 and S8+ phones will be available for purchase in Microsoft retail stores in the U.S.
More:
Engadget, The Verge, The Verge, TechSpot, Windows Central, TechConnect, Fortune, AndroidGuys, BetaNews, Business Insider, Inquirer, 9to5Google, Android Beat, Tech Narratives, On MSFT, GeekWire, Neowin, and Greenbot
Tweets: @windowscentral, @dannysullivan, @ericschmidt, @mgsiegler, and @sokane1
| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Google's tool for booking fitness classes and spa appointments, Reserve with Google, is now available across the US — Google's little-known tool for booking fitness classes and spa appointments, Reserve with Google, is now available across the U.S. — When the service first launched in December …
More:
Google, Digital Trends, Engadget, CNET, The Next Web, and Droid Life
Tweets: @davidmihm and @brianroemmele
| Lucian Constantin / PCWorld: |
Flaw in Microsoft IIS 6.0 web server, which is no longer supported but reportedly still powers millions of websites, has been actively exploited since Aug. 2016 — An exploit for a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft IIS 6.0 was published online, increasing the risk of attacks
More:
0patch Blog, The Register, TrendLabs Security …, ZDNet, On MSFT, Help Net Security, and Neowin. Tweets: @swati_thn
| Nate Rau / The Tennessean: |
RIAA report: streaming music in 2016 grew 68% YoY to bring in 51% of total revenues in music market, as total retail sales hit $7.7B, up 11.4% YoY — The U.S. music industry, which was beguiled two decades ago when online music service Napster invaded college campuses … | Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: |
Dell reports Q4 revenues of $20.1B, up 58% YoY, driven by EMC as PC and server growth flatten, and paid down $7B debt in last six months — Dell Technologies Inc. said it's growing market share in all of its key markets as synergies between its new EMC subsidiary and other federated companies kick in.
More:
Investor Relations, ZDNet, Tech Trader Daily, Investor's Business Daily, and Data Center Knowledge. Thanks:@robhof
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Uber now lets you adjust pickup location after booking a ride and adds new customer support options for drivers — Uber talked about a few of the changes coming to help improve its relationship with drivers during a press call last weekheld to address a number of concerns, including regarding its leadership and culture.
More:
Uber Global, MacRumors, International Business Times, and Engadget
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says HoloLens has 150 apps one year after dev kit launch; Elizabeth Hamren, former chief marketing officer at Oculus, will head marketing for HoloLens — MIcrosoft has hired Elizabeth Hamren, the former CMO of Oculus VR at Facebook, to run a new dedicated Mixed Reality marketing team.
More:
Windows Blog, The Verge, Digital Trends, CNET, Tom's Hardware, On MSFT, Windows Central, Neowin, and The Fire Hose
Tweets: @arstories and @alexia
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Dropbox secures $600M credit line ahead of expected IPO; the debt deal is from six banks led by JPMorgan Chase and is expected to close on Monday — The debt facility provides flexibility as the cloud-storage company explores a public offering as soon as this year. — by
More:
Michael Tsai, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Axios, and PE Hub Blog
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Samsung's DeX dock for the Galaxy S8 costs $150 and will ship in April — All those ports and a fan add up — The dock that unlocks the Galaxy S8's desktop PC-like experience will retail for $149.99, according to Samsung's website. It's scheduled to ship in “late April,” …
More:
Pocketnow, Tech Narratives, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Droid Life, The Verge, and Samsung
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
More:
eWeek, Digital Trends, BGR, TIME, The Loop, TalkAndroid.com, Business Insider, Android Authority, Ars Technica, TechConnect, Forbes, Softpedia News, Tech Times, InvestorPlace, Tom's Guide, Quartz, The Verge, BetaNews, Ubergizmo, YouTube, Pocketnow, NFC World, Android Police, Tech2, Fone Arena, bgr.in, ZDNet, My Feed, AndroidGuys, 9to5Google, Axios, ABC News, TechSpot, New York Times, Greenbot, CNNMoney, SiliconANGLE, POPSUGAR, Computerworld, Cult of Mac, Macworld, The Register, CIO.com, ValueWalk, Android and Me, The Guardian, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, TmoNews, Engadget, Tom's Guide, The Verge, The Verge, The Verge, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @steipete, @jchengwsj, and @geoffreyfowler
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
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.
Hard Fork:
Why Roomba Died + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin' Xmas Song
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.
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 9:25 PM ET, March 30, 2017.
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:Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Jessica Murphy / BBC: |
More:
Wired, iPhone in Canada Blog, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, BNN, CBC News, Motherboard, Canada NewsWire Group, Financial Post, and BetaKit
Tweets: @wiredbusiness, @atekassetscan, and @shivon
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
| Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic: |
More:
Fortune, Naked Security, Pew Research Center, SiliconBeat, CNET, Nieman Lab, and Tech.Co
Tweets: @victoriajane, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, @stanford, @aisehman, @harrymccracken, @pewresearch, @devjpow, and @adriennelaf
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
More:
Facebook Media, Tech2, The Tech Portal, Adweek, Ubergizmo, and International Business Times
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |