|
February 28, 2019, 9:35 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
FTC settles with Musical.ly, now TikTok, for $5.7M, over the app's violation of US child privacy laws; TikTok's app updates with a new UX for users under 13 — A significant FTC ruling issued today will see video app TikTok fined $5.7 million for violating U.S. children's privacy laws …
More:
Federal Trade Commission, TikTok Newsroom, The Verge, BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Music Ally, CNN, MediaNama, TechSpot, Geek News Central, Fortune, The Wrap, Engadget, Telegraph, BuzzFeed News, Wired, Boing Boing, The Hill, Digital Music News, Mashable, PYMNTS.com, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, USA Today, Tubefilter, The Daily Caller, Axios, The Verge, Gizmodo, TechNode, CNET, and epic.org
Tweets: @tlordan, @shiraovide, @joshconstine, @mrdylancollins, @stokel, @joshconstine, and @profcarroll
| Roland Li / San Francisco Chronicle: |
In a letter to the CA government, Apple confirms that 190 employees, including 124 engineers, will be laid off from its self-driving car division on April 16 — Apple will lay off 190 employees in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale in its self-driving car division, the company said.
More:
Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Inquirer, Business Insider, Silicon Republic, PYMNTS.com, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, O'Grady's PowerPage, Mashable, Firstpost, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, Engadget, SlashGear, MacRumors, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, MAC blog, and Boing Boing
Tweets: @sallyshin, @neilcybart, @sfchronicle, @karlhodge, and @chrissyfarr
| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Strategy Analytics: Apple shipped 22.5M Apple Watch units in 2018, accounting for about half of global smartwatch shipments — Fresh statistics from research firm Strategy Analytics show Apple retained its position as the clear leader in the smartwatch sector, with Apple Watch capturing 51 percent …
More:
Strategy Analytics …, 9to5Mac, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, VentureBeat, Thurrott, The Verge, CNET, Cult of Mac, and Softpedia News
| Fred Imbert / CNBC: |
Report: both Uber and Lyft plan to give some of their most-active or longest-serving drivers a cash award with an option to put it toward stock in their IPOs — - Uber's plan would give some drivers either a cash bonus or the option to use that money to buy shares at the IPO price, the report says.| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Motorola confirms it is working on a foldable smartphone; it will likely be a revival of the Razr brand that will launch this summer — By now, it's not much of a secret that Motorola is working on a folding phone of its own: A patent for such a device surfaced late last year …
More:
Inquirer, 9to5Google, BGR, Android Authority, Phandroid, Gizmochina, MSPoweruser, TechSpot, Pocket-lint, ExtremeTech, Business Insider, XDA Developers, Fortune, Android Police, SlashGear, Droid Life, and The Verge
Tweets: @danawollman and @chrisvelazco
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Equipment from Cellebrite, popular with law enforcement for hacking into iOS/Android devices, is selling for $100-$1,000 on eBay; new units usually cost $6,000 — When eBay merchant Mr. Balaj was looking through a pile of hi-fi junk at an auction in the U.K., he came across an odd-looking device.
More:
9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Mashable, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @iblametom and @forbes
| The Seattle Times: |
Though Seattle repealed its “head tax”, Amazon says it won't use the 722K sq. ft. in Rainier Square tower it had leased, which would have housed up to 5K staff — The lease was one of the biggest in Seattle history — enough space to hold at least 3,500 employees and perhaps up to 5,000.
More:
GeekWire, Curbed Seattle, The Real Deal New York, Fox Business, Splinter, KING-TV, Gizmodo, MyNorthwest.com, Financial Times, Fortune, Business Insider, and CNBC
Tweets: @jasonrantz, @cmkshama, @byrosenberg, and @cruickshank
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Dow Jones' watchlist of 2.4M high-risk individuals, including current and former politicians, criminals, and terrorists, was exposed on an unsecured AWS server — A watchlist of risky individuals and corporate entities owned by Dow Jones has been exposed, after a company with access …
More:
Security Discovery, IT PRO, CNET, Engadget, DataBreaches.net, and SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @techcrunch
| Alex Feerst / OneZero: |
Interviews with 15 content moderators from YouTube, Facebook, and other platforms on their day-to-day, how the job has affected them personally, and more — Tech platform trust and safety employees are charged with policing the impossible. They open up to Medium's head of trust and safety.| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Figure, which uses blockchain tech to provide home equity loans, raises $65M; founded over a year ago by ex-SoFi CEO Mike Cagney, Figure has raised $120M total — Figure, a 13-month-old, San Francisco-based company that says it uses blockchain technology to provide home equity loans online …
More:
CoinDesk, PR Newswire, Barron's Online, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, Cointelegraph, The Block, Bloomberg, FinSMEs, and PE Hub Blog. Tweets: @ekp
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Coinhive, an in-browser Monero miner known for cryptojacking, says it will shut down on March 8, citing the crypto crash and a recent Monero hard fork — Coinhive wanted to be an alternative to classic banner ads but it became malware after constant abuse.| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud survey of enterprises and SMBs: Azure adoption grew from 45% to 52%, reaching 85% of AWS adoption, up from 70% last year — The RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud Report from Flexera highlights how enterprises are spending more on cloud computing …
More:
Flexera, eWeek, BetaNews, Forbes, TechRepublic, CRN, Security Boulevard, InfoWorld, TechRepublic, BetaNews, and diginomica
Tweets: @mdymondyyz, @lawrencehecht, @lawrencehecht, and @lawrencehecht
| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Square reports Q4 adjusted revenue of $464M, up 64% YoY, 15M Cash App MAUs in Dec. 2018, up from 7M YoY, issues weak Q1 guidance; stock down 6%+ after hours — - Payment company Square reported fourth-quarter results that beat analysts' expectations for earnings and revenue on Wednesday.
More:
Square Investor Relations, Bitcoinist.com, PYMNTS.com, ZDNet, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @selina_y_wang, @jonerlichman, @delrey, @lamonicabuzz, and @dee_bosa
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
BlackBerry sues Twitter for allegedly infringing six messaging patents; BlackBerry sued Facebook and Snap in 2018, also alleging messaging patent infringement — (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd on Wednesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit accusing Twitter Inc of illegally using technology … | Bloomberg: |
Chinese used-car trading platform Chehaoduo Group is raising $1.5B from SoftBank Vision Fund at a $9B+ valuation — - The investment valued Chehaoduo Group at over $9 billion — The startup intends to spend the money on technology and AI — SoftBank Vision Fund is investing $1.5 billion …
More:
FinSMEs and TechCrunch
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Paris-based Mirakl, which provides an API-backed ecommerce marketplace for B2C and B2B verticals, raises $70M Series C led by Bain Capital — Mirakl, a Paris-based software company that develops ecommerce solutions for corporate and retail clients, isn't shy about throwing its weight around …
More:
TechCrunch and FinSMEs
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Fortnite dance emote lawsuits set a precedent for media companies to abuse copyright law further and turn shared culture of dance moves into private property — Fortnite is one of the most popular and profitable video games in history, and its publisher Epic is copying creative work … Sponsor Posts
Command Line:
We can build it. Can we judge it? — As agentic AI shortens the path from idea to shipped code, journey evaluation becomes a critical design skill.
We can build it. Can we judge it? — As agentic AI shortens the path from idea to shipped code, journey evaluation becomes a critical design skill.
Will Reed:
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
Zoho:
App Spotlight: Map My Client Location for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
App Spotlight: Map My Client Location for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce 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 & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
The Talk Show With John Gruber:
'Lubricate the Inside of the Hinge', With Joanna Stern
The director's commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Subscribe to The Talk Show With John Gruber.
Lenny's Podcast:
An 86-minute guide to finding PMF | Rob Snyder (Author, The Power of Pull)
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:
Google's Potential, AI Money Spigot Shutting?, PHP Bug & Cybersecurity's "Black October"
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.
Machine Gods:
Fired OpenAI Safety Researchers Speak Out + We Look Inside Pandora's Box
The official podcast of the singularity, from Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Twice-weekly news, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the future.
Subscribe to Machine Gods.
The Upstarts Podcast:
The Parking Startup That Swallowed A 100-Year-Old Giant | Metropolis CEO Alex Israel
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
Great Chat:
AI's Spooky Season
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:35 AM ET, February 28, 2019.
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
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:Max Tani / Semafor:
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
More:
Engadget, ExtremeTech, IGN, MMORPG.com, CNN, shadow.tech, Tom's Guide, TechNode, CNET, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @mikel_triny, @shadow_usa, @shadow_usa, and @im_ebg
| Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic: |
More:
The Guardian, Boing Boing, and NBC News
Tweets: @doritmi, @zeyneparsel, @alexismadrigal, @theatlantic, and @triketora
Earlier Picks
| Isobel Asher Hamilton / Business Insider: |
More:
Sensor Tower Blog, Digital Information World, Social Media Today, Firstpost, USA Today, TechNode, CNET, Adweek, and Mashable. Tweets: @owenc
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
More:
Engadget, Geek.com, SiliconANGLE, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, ABC News, CNBC, ZDNet, Neowin, Socialnomics, Digital Trends, Mashable, and IGN
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
More:
Digiday, The Verge, Digital Information World, Tubefilter, Mashable, PaymentsSource, PYMNTS.com, and Gizmodo
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
More:
Music Ally, Android Police, The Register, Mashable, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Valley Business …, Federal Trade Commission, Fortune, Boing Boing, TechSpot, New York Times, Tech.pinions, TechCrunch, Axios, The Daily Beast, PYMNTS.com, Geek News Central, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, MIT Technology Review, Gizmodo, Business Insider, AppleInsider, Engadget, and Washington Examiner
Tweets: @karlbode, @delrey, @wired, @business, @nitashatiku, @tonyromm, @tonyromm, @mikeisaac, @ceciliakang, @spencerdailey, @stevekovach, @davidcicilline, @kellymakena, and @hshaban