|
February 27, 2018, 1:55 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google releases beta of its open-source Flutter SDK for building iOS and Android apps — Flutter is Google's open source toolkit for helping developers build iOS and Android apps. It's not necessarily a household name yet, but it's also less than a year old and, to some degree … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Google Clips review: nice design and simple set up, but no sound recording, poor image quality, pricey, and redundant alongside a decent smartphone camera — Can you trust Google's algorithms with your most precious moments? — Picture this: you're hanging out with your kids or pets …
More:
Engadget, 9to5Google, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Thurrott.com, Android Authority, Android Police, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Droid Life, and SlashGear
| Tom McKay / Gizmodo: |
Google says it received ~2.4M takedown requests from 2014-2017 under EU's right to be forgotten laws and complied with 43% of them — Google has now been complying with the European Union's controversial “right to be forgotten” laws, which the European Court of Justice first ruled applied to search engines in 2014, for three years.| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Pinterest has hired former Google and Square executive Francoise Brougher as its first COO — Brougher joins as Pinterest is eyeing an IPO. — Pinterest just made an important new hire: The visual search company is bringing on Francoise Brougher, a former executive from both Google and Square, to be its first-ever COO.
More:
TechCrunch and Marketing Land
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Sources: Apple is launching AC Wellness, a group of medical clinics for its employees and their families, starting in California this spring — - The company is advertising for doctors, health coaches, and “designers” to create a program to promote healthy behavior.
More:
The Guardian, VentureBeat, GeekWire, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, CNET, MacRumors, TechCrunch, Macworld, The Verge, The Next Web, Mashable, FierceHealthcare, TechSpot, CNNMoney, iLounge, Silicon Valley Business …, Engadget, Computerworld, iPhone Hacks, The Mac Observer, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, The Loop, Cult of Mac, Financial Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, MAC blog, Fortune, MacDailyNews, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @rkischuk, @ericnakagawa, @farzad_md, @romaindillet, and @drhughharvey
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Venmo reaches FTC settlement over bad security and transaction practices, with FTC Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen noting “consumers suffered real harm” — ‘Consumers suffered real harm,’ says commissioner — The Federal Trade Commission has announced a settlement with Venmo …
More:
Federal Trade Commission and Axios
Tweets: @carnage4life, @ftc, @mohlhausenftc, and @russellbrandom
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook to launch Local News Subscriptions Accelerator, a $3M three-month pilot program to help metro papers boost digital subscription efforts — Facebook Journalism Project will announce today the launch of its Local News Subscriptions Accelerator, a $3 million, three-month pilot program …
More:
Facebook Media, Engadget, CNET, Nieman Lab, The Verge, and CNBC
Tweets: @joshconstine, @alexhern, @jamesrbuk, @nickwoltman, @thewilderthings, @katiedrumm, @michellemanafy, @nathanbomey, @nkulw, and @jason_w_white
| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
Vero, an ad-free social networking app that first launched in 2015, becomes the top app on the App Store in US as frustration with Instagram's algorithm grows — Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work.
More:
iMore, Vero, hypebot, BBC, Bustle, TechSpot, Michael K. Spencer, POPSUGAR Living, Houston Chronicle, Tom's Guide, iPhone Hacks, Fast Company, Refinery29, Slate, and Forbes
Tweets: @thenextwoods, @bernardotowers, @phmai, @ischafer, @pasql, and @caseynewton
| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
Coinbase to comply with court order and send IRS details of ~13,000 users who moved $20K+ through their accounts in a single year between 2013 and 2015 — Within 21 days — Coinbase told its customers on Friday that it plans to comply with a court order and hand over about 13,000 customers' data to the IRS within 21 days.
More:
Coinbase, Ubergizmo, TechSpot, BetaNews, Slashdot, CoinDesk, CNET, Fortune, Bitcoinist.com, Digital Trends, Bitsonline, and International Business Times
Tweets: @jamesgrickards and @aantonop
| Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed: |
Sick people in the US are increasingly using Uber or Lyft to get to the emergency room, instead of an ambulance, exposing drivers to potential legal risks — Mike Fish was driving for Uber 10 minutes outside of Boston when he picked up a second passenger in his Uber Pool who, he said, seemed “out of it, drowsy — almost sedated.”| Wendy Lee / San Francisco Chronicle: |
A look at tech real estate in the Bay Area: Google has 19.9M sq. ft. of office space for 34K+ workers, 38% more than Apple's 14.4M sq. ft. for 25K+ people — Google's parent company, Alphabet, has been adding office space more rapidly than any other tech company in the Bay Area.| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
Sources: CFIUS, a US inter-agency panel focused on national security that can stop mergers, is examining Broadcom's bid for Qualcomm — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A national security panel that can stop mergers that could harm U.S. security has begun looking at Singapore-based chipmaker Broadcom Ltd's plan … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Big data analytics service Splunk says it will acquire security automation platform Phantom Cyber for $350M in cash and stock; Phantom has raised $22M — Big data-crunching platform Splunk has announced plans to acquire Phantom Cyber Corporation ("Phantom"), a security automation and orchestration platform …
More:
Business Wire, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, ZDNet, and Silicon Valley Business …
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail how tech magnate Masayoshi Son invests in companies, often acting quickly and detached from fund's investor committee and Softbank's directors — SoftBank is on a shopping spree, investing billions in firms such as Uber and WeWork, both directly and through an affiliated tech fund
Tweets: @davecbenoit, @zerohedge, @kushkatakia, @krisnair, @eliotwb, @eliotwb, @hkanji, @bcdaileywc, @scottmaustin, @gilliantan, @scottmaustin, and @mdudas
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten will roll its $9B loyalty program into a new blockchain-based cryptocurrency, Rakuten Coin — Back in 2016, Amazon's Japanese rival Rakuten acquired Bitnet, a bitcoin wallet startup that it had previously invested in, to help it work on blockchain technology and applications.| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Interview with Evernote CEO Chris O'Neill on migrating backend to Google Cloud, recent growth in business users, and release of new collaboration tool, Spaces — On the screen in front of him, Anirban Kundu draws a simple caricature of a face and turns to the computer screen to his left.Thanks:@alexrkonrad
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 1:55 PM ET, February 27, 2018.
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
| Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC: |
More:
Silicon Valley Business …, SEC, 9to5Google, and SEC