|
October 30, 2018, 9:15 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Apple unveils new MacBook Air with 13.3" Retina display, 50% narrower bezel, wedge design, Touch ID, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, 8th gen Intel CPU, for $1,199+ — Apple has brought the MacBook Air back to life today, announcing the first proper refresh of its super thin laptop line in three years during its October hardware event.
More:
TechCrunch, ZDNet, Wired, Laptop Mag, iMore, Digital Trends, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, BuzzFeed News, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, The Register, Fast Company, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, ABC News, Bloomberg, Macworld, CNET, Mashable, The Next Web, Inquirer, Ars Technica, Tom's Guide, The Guardian, TechCrunch, CNBC, MacRumors, The Verge, CNET, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Thurrott.com, Axios, and Business Insider
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Apple says MacBook Pros with AMD's Radeon Pro Vega graphics chips will be available to order Nov. 14, giving a 60% performance boost for graphics-related tasks — Although today's event was focused on Apple's new MacBook Air, Apple also quietly announced an update to its MacBook Pro lineup … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces an updated Mac mini in space gray with Intel 8th gen CPU with four to six cores, up to 64GB RAM and 2TB SSD, starting at $799 for 8GB RAM model — Now that the Air's got shiny new update, it's time for the other major neglected entry in the Mac line.
More:
Apple, AppleInsider, The Verge, Ars Technica, Wired, ZDNet, TechRepublic, Macworld, The Verge, VentureBeat, Engadget, Mashable, Engadget, MacRumors, Thurrott.com, Mashable, 9to5Mac, O'Grady's PowerPage, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, The Next Web, Gizmodo, and The Register
Tweets: @asymco, @mgsiegler, @gizmodo, @stshank, @asymco, @gizmodo, @eliblumenthal, @tapbot_paul, @pinboard, @pierce, @asymco, and @viticci
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Hands-on with the new MacBook Air: glossy screen is great, mostly on par with the MacBook Pro, but the third-gen butterfly keyboard remains a polarizing design — This is the MacBook most people should get — Apple has finally unveiled a long-awaited revamp of the MacBook Air …
More:
TechCrunch, Motherboard, The Verge, SlashGear, Engadget, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @waltmossberg
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple unveils new iPad Pros with no home button, thinner design, smaller bezels, A12X SoC, USB-C, Face ID, no 3.5mm jack; 12.9" model for $999+, 11" for $799+ — After months of rumors, Apple has today announced a completely redesigned iPad Pro with slimmed-down bezels, Face ID, a USB-C port …
More:
Apple, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iMore, CNET, The Verge, TechCrunch, The Verge, VentureBeat, Washington Post, CNET, Variety, TechCrunch, Mashable, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, 9to5Toys, The Verge, IGN, TechCrunch, The Verge, Ars Technica, BuzzFeed News, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, Wired, and InvestorPlace
Tweets: @venyageskin1, @whatthebit, @pierce, @stroughtonsmith, @panzer, @raywongy, @cnet, @tldtoday, @gizmodo, @ow, @mgsiegler, @geoffreyfowler, @panzer, @mrcippy, @techcrunch, @benbajarin, @thurrott, @mikearildbrown, @edzitron, @techledes, @mrcippy, @eliblumenthal, @asymco, @gizmodo, @techledes, @gadgetlab, @techcrunch, @tomwarren, @stevekovach, @panzer, @wjrothman, @techcrunch, @techcrunch, @panzer, @supersaf, @panzer, @thekenyeung, @tapbot_paul, @gizmodo, @mrcippy, @noxvoyager, @techcrunch, @asymco, @petepachal, @techcrunch, @panzer, @stroughtonsmith, @techcrunch, @asymco, @gartenberg, @thurrott, and @vladsavov
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple unveils new $130 Pencil, which can attach magnetically to iPad Pro, uses inductive charging, and can detect double tap gestures on the side of the Pencil — Apple Pencil 2. Apple originally introduced the Apple Pencil in September 2015 as an accessory for the first-generation iPad Pro — the company's first iPad stylus.
More:
iMore, Engadget, Ars Technica, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, CNET, MacRumors, The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Macworld, Engadget, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, and CNBC
Tweets: @gruber, @markgurman, and @justaaronbrown
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 12.1 with eSIM and dual SIM support, Group FaceTime, new emoji, real-time Depth Control, fix for bug that smoothed skin in selfies, and more — Apple today released iOS 12.1, the first major update to the iOS 12 operating system designed for the iPhone and the iPad. iOS 12.1 comes … | William Turton / VICE News: |
Reporters tried to buy fake Facebook ads on behalf of all 100 US senators and Facebook approved all of them, following other high profile fake ad approvals — One of Facebook's major efforts to add transparency to political advertisements is to require those paying for the ads to make a …
More:
The Hill. Tweets: @williamturton, @stevekovach, @kevinroose, @jamessurowiecki, @williamturton, @joshconstine, @stevekopack, and @aaschapiro
| Facebook: |
Facebook reports Q3 revenue of $13.73B, up 33% YoY, DAUs of 1.49B on average, up 9% YoY, says mobile ad revenue represented ~92% of all ad revenue — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2018. — “Our community and business continue …
More:
Quartz, The Information, The Verge, Engadget, GeekWire, SiliconANGLE, Telegraph, ZDNet, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Axios, Social Media Today, CNBC, and Digiday
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @alexeheath, @alexeheath, @kurtwagner8, @mikeisaac, @sarahfrier, @alexeheath, @dollydeighton, @nickstatt, @jank0, @kurtwagner8, @rmac18, @karissabe, @jguynn, @ranimolla, @jonerlichman, @hannahkuchler, @jguynn, @rmac18, @mikeisaac, @sarahfrier, @mikeisaac, @lfdodds, @sarahfrier, @rmac18, @mikeisaac, @juddlegum, @mikeisaac, @kurtwagner8, @jonerlichman, and @kerrymflynn
| Will Sommer / The Daily Beast: |
How Instagram has become a refuge for far-right figures who have avoided being banned from the site, including Alex Jones — Instagram hosts accounts from prominent right-wingers who have already been banned from Twitter and Facebook. — Alt-right social network Gab shuttered itself … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
Source: Rich DeVaul, a director at X, Alphabet's moonshot unit, left the company today following reports of sexual harassment, did not receive an exit package — Rich DeVaul, a director at X, the moonshot unit of Alphabet, Google's parent company, has left the company following reports of sexual harassment.| Asiff Hirji / The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase raises $300M Series E led by Tiger Global Management at a post-money valuation of $8B+ — At Coinbase, we believe that cryptocurrencies and the technologies that power them represent a breakthrough in computer science that will change both the internet and the global financial system for the better.
More:
Fortune, Crunchbase News, TechCrunch, Bitcoinist.com, BTCMANAGER, Bitcoin Magazine, and CryptoGlobe
Tweets: @coinbase, @paulvigna, @macroscope17, @asiffhirji, and @julieverhage
| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Waymo granted the first permit from California's DMV for driverless testing of autonomous cars on public roads, will start with limited tests in Silicon Valley — Waymo is the first company in California allowed to test robot cars on public roads with no human driver behind the steering wheel, it said Tuesday.
More:
Waymo, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, SlashGear, Forbes, Fortune, and Axios
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber announces Ride Pass, a $14.99+ per month service that locks in a flat fare for UberX and UberPool trips, available today in five US cities — For $14.99 a month, riders get flat, heavily discounted fares that can save them 15 percent on travel — Uber has a new plan to lock customers … | Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Google says Gmail for iOS will let users view all of their accounts in a single inbox, like Gmail for Android; feature rolling out over the next 15 days — Today, Google announced that all of the email accounts you manage in the Gmail app on iOS can be viewed in a single, universal inbox.
More:
G Suite Updates Blog and VentureBeat
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
One year after doubling tweet length, Twitter finds the average tweet is now 33 characters, one fewer than before the change; 5% are longer than 190 characters — Nearly a year since Twitter doubled the character limit of tweets from 140 to 280, the company has found that the most common length …
More:
TechCrunch and 9to5Mac
| BuzzFeed News: |
Twitter's new dedicated page for the US midterms, meant to provide commentary and analysis, quickly surfaced tweets from conspiracy theorists and bots — Twitter launched an events page for the upcoming US midterm elections on Tuesday. And already it is surfacing tweets from popular online figures …
More:
CNET, TechCrunch, and Engadget
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
DOJ charges 10 Chinese nationals for conspiring to hack and steal IP and confidential data from US and European companies between Jan. 2010 and May 2015 — Department of Justice charges ten Chinese nationals for hacks on US and French aviation companies — The US Department of Justice …
More:
The Verge, Axios, Gizmodo, Cyberscoop, Washington Times, SlashGear, Softpedia News, and Financial Times
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon debuts Alexa Presentation Language in public beta, a suite of dev tools for making “visually rich” skills for devices like Echo Show, Fire TV, Echo Spot — Amazon introduced the Alexa Presentation Language (APL), a suite of tools designed to make it easier for developers to create … 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: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26 — Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26 — Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Zoho:
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
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
Big Technology Podcast:
OpenAI's 2026 Priority, Disney's AI Play, Datacenter Buildout Trouble
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:
Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped
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.
Access:
Why the next AI frontier is phone calls, with Beside CEO Maxime Germain
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Great Chat:
So what happens after AGI?
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.
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Lachlan Cartwright Started in Tabloids. Now He's a Must-Read Media Gossip.
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:15 PM ET, October 30, 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
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sam Roberts / New York Times: