|
April 9, 2019, 11:40 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Zheping Huang / South China Morning Post: |
China's economic planning body has proposed new rules that would ban all local cryptocurrency mining farms; the rules are under public consultation until May 7 — Bitcoin, the world's most traded cryptocurrency, is now at around US$5,200, its highest level in four months China's plan …
More:
Reuters, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, BBC, Modern Consensus, NullTX, NewsBTC, TechSpot, CryptoSlate, Mashable, The Next Web, Cointelegraph, PYMNTS.com, Trustnodes, Bitcoinist.com, CryptoGlobe, TechNode, Seeking Alpha, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Tweets: @matigreenspan, @el33th4xor, @coindesk, @pingroma, and @nouriel
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: 31.6-inch Apple display with mini-LED backlight will launch in Q2 or Q3 2019; new iPad and MacBook with mini-LED displays will launch by 2020 or early 2021 — TF Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo has released a report which lays out Apple's product interest in mini-LED technology.
More:
DigiTimes, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, CNBC, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gotta Be Mobile, iPhone Hacks, Redmond Pie, iDownloadBlog.com, Seeking Alpha, Thurrott, The Mac Observer, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, Mashable, Inquirer, The Verge, SlashGear, and Business Insider
Tweets: @marcoarment and @bzamayo
| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Instagram class accounts are used by incoming freshmen to make friends and find roommates, similarly to how teens once used Facebook — By the time many college freshmen arrive on campus this fall, they'll have already met their roommate, their core friends, and many of their classmates on Instagram.
More:
Forbes. Tweets: @chsever, @balajis, @kscheib, @angelmendozaazc, @sachgau, @pavtalk, @elanazak, @erinblasco, @mattnavarra, @theatlantic, @oneunderscore__, @taylorlorenz, and @taylorlorenz
| Jake Evans / ABC: |
Alphabet's Project Wing gets approval in Canberra, Australia to launch a commercial drone delivery service, will initially deliver from a dozen local businesses — Google has launched a world-first commercial air delivery business in Canberra's north, delivering gelato and golfing equipment by drone directly to homes.
More:
Wing Blog, Engadget, Reuters, Business Insider, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, The Verge, The Guardian, and KnowTechie
Tweets: @nisummers and @jcobevans
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter lowers the number of accounts a user can follow per day from 1,000 to 400 to cut down on spam and bot activity — Twitter just took another big step to help boot spammers off its platform: it's cutting the number of accounts Twitter users can follow, from 1,000 per day to just 400.
More:
help.twitter.com, Gizmodo, CNN, Firstpost Tech, Silicon Republic, Social Media Today, Geek.com, BetaNews, BGR India, MSPoweruser, Engadget, Neowin, Search Engine Journal, SlashGear, Mashable, Memeburn, CNET, and Axios
Tweets: @twittersafety, @yoyoel, @yoyoel, @yoyoel, @calbucci, @yoyoel, and @fredericl
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Klook, an online activity booking platform for travelers, raises $225M “Series D plus” led by SoftBank's Vision Fund — We recently noted that SoftBank's Vision Fund has stepped up its deal-making in Asia this year, and today it added a new company to its roster: travel services platform Klook.
More:
PE Hub Blog, FinSMEs, and China Money Network
| EU Press Room: |
Facebook agrees to update its T&Cs in EU and clarify its use of user data to develop profiles and target advertising — Today, the European Commission and consumer protection authorities have welcomed Facebook's updated terms and services. They now clearly explain how the company uses …
More:
Engadget, CNET, BetaNews, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @eu_consumer and @eu_commission
| David Canellis / The Next Web: |
Bitcoin wallet Electrum hit by DoS attack with the attackers apparently directing users to download “backdoored” versions of Electrum to steal their bitcoin — The servers of popular Bitcoin wallet Electrum are under heavy attack, and users are advised to be extra careful when using the pl
More:
CoinGeek, SiliconANGLE, CryptoSlate, NullTX, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @electrumwallet and @hardfork
| Joe Hindy / Android Authority: |
Snap is officially rolling out a faster version of its Snapchat Android app, which it's been rebuilding since the beginning of 2018 for better performance — Snapchat announced a big move in late 2017. It was going to fix all of the problems its Android version had in comparison to the iOS version.
More:
Android Police, 9to5Google, Thurrott, Gizchina, The Verge, Firstpost Tech, Digital Trends, Social Media Today, InvestorPlace, Engadget, XDA Developers, TechnoBuffalo, Neowin, Memeburn, and Business Insider
Tweets: @snapchat, @ohthatflo, @mtatsis, and @alexeheath
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Facebook is using AI to map population density around the world and is releasing new maps covering the majority of Africa — The work has humanitarian applications, but it could also benefit Facebook's commercial interests — Facebook has always been a company with global ambition …
More:
TechCrunch, MIT Technology Review, Facebook AI Blog, Engadget, and VentureBeat
| Zheping Huang / South China Morning Post: |
Tencent leads game streaming in China after Panda TV shuts down; China's streaming market, the world's biggest, is expected to reach $16.5B in revenue by 2022 — China is home to the world's biggest live streaming user base, with industry revenue expected to grow to US$16.5 billion by 2022 … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
PubNub, which develops infrastructure to power data streams for real-time apps and IoT devices, raises $23M Series D — PubNub, a startup that develops the infrastructure to power key features in real-time applications and devices covering chat, tracking, and internet of things (IoT) …
More:
FinSMEs and TechCrunch
| Becky Peterson / Business Insider: |
In an updated filing, video conferencing company Zoom sets an IPO price range of $28-$32 per share, valuing it at $8.25B on the upper end of the range — - Video conferencing company Zoom has set an IPO price range of $28 to $32 per share, giving the company a $8.25 billion valuation on the upper end of the range.
More:
Washington Post, SiliconANGLE, MarketWatch, Business Insider, and CNBC
| James Ball / MIT Technology Review: |
Some fear the sweeping nature of UK's proposal to combine work done by 8+ regulators into a new “super-regulator” with the power to block online platforms — Technology giants will be forced to have a “duty of care” for their users, if a proposal announced by the government on Monday becomes law.| BBC: |
More:
GOV.UK, The Guardian, TIME, GOV.UK, BuzzFeed, Financial Times, Pocket-lint, Telegraph, Hit & Run, Index on Censorship, diginomica, Wall Street Journal, Neowin, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, TechCrunch, and Geek.com
| Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
Opera for desktop now includes a cryptocurrency wallet, after its Android app got one in December; wallet keys and transactions are synced between PC and mobile — Opera has updated its eponymous web browser for the desktop with a crypto-makeover and a number of additional features.
More:
Opera Desktop, The Next Web, CNET, CoinDesk, TechRadar.com, BetaNews, Memeburn, Windows Central, Cointelegraph, and ZDNet
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Roku rolls out an update that makes it less of a neutral platform, as it now more prominently features and automatically plays back The Roku Channel's content — In the past, Roku seemed to be more of neutral platform compared with streaming media player rivals like Amazon Fire TV or Apple TV.
More:
CNET
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft makes developer and “canary” builds of its Chromium-based Edge browser available today for Windows 10 64-bit, says builds for macOS “coming soon” — Microsoft today released the first Edge build based on Google's Chromium open source project, the same browser that Google's Chrome is based on.
More:
Microsoft Edge Blog, The Verge, Windows Experience Blog, 9to5Google, ZDNet, The Register, Ars Technica, Techdows, The Verge, TechCrunch, Inquirer, Softpedia News, BetaNews, Thurrott, gHacks Technology News, The Tech Report, Android Police, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, PCWorld, The Hacker News, Thurrott, CNET, GeekWire, PC Gamer, BleepingComputer, Liliputing, Engadget, The Next Web, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @h0x0d, @h0x0d, @tomwarren, @seanontwt, @maryjofoley, @msedgedev, @quinnypig, @mohamedmansour, @thurrott, @joebelfiore, @greywulf, @mderooij, @sinclairinator, @zacbowden, @campuscodi, @helgeklein, @thurrott, @epro, and @backlon
| Eric Feng: |
Study: the App Store's Top 30 popular apps have been available to download for 5+ years on average in 2019, compared to less than two years on average in 2014 — My current favorite podcast is Hit Parade, by music writer and Billboard chart historian Chris Molanphy at Slate.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 11:40 AM ET, April 9, 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
Sara Fischer / Axios:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Ajit Mohan / Facebook: |
More:
Hindustan Times, MSPoweruser, The Economic Times, CNET, Al Jazeera, India Today, Beebom, Livemint, Firstpost, Entrackr, Business Insider, The Economic Times, Neowin, and Reuters
Tweets: @delexical, @digiphile, and @raju
| Ian Boudreau / PCGamesN: |
More:
Firstpost Tech, PC Gamer, TechRaptor.net, Overclock3D.Net, Game World Observer, TechNode, and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @gwobserver, @akatigra, @jasoncaston, and @pcgamesn
| Brian Merchant / Gizmodo: |
More:
The Guardian, GeekWire, and Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Tweets: @bcmerchant, @krishnan, @greenpeaceusa, @alexckaufman, @joshgreenman, @strangerworks, @techworkersco, @bcmerchant, and @bcmerchant
Earlier Picks
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
More:
Digital Single Market, ZDNet, Inquirer, LJ infoDOCKET, SiliconANGLE, Axios, Firstpost Tech, Engadget, TechCrunch, THINKPolicy, Tagesspiegel, and TechSpot
Tweets: @vdignum, @nathaliesmuha, @sub8u, @cwalshmd, @algorithmwatch, @bschorr, @asteris, @noelsharkey, and @dsmeu
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
More:
European Data Protection …, Inquirer, Bloomberg Law, Reuters, Silicon UK, Reuters, Dark Reading, The Register, and WinBuzzer
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
More:
AppleInsider, Inter IKEA Group, Voicebot, 9to5Mac, Engadget, The Next Web, The Daily Dot, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, TechSpot, Geek.com, Neowin, Android Police, Wired, Geek News Central, iPhone Hacks, InvestorPlace, MacRumors, Droid Life, Digital Trends, Thurrott, Variety, Gizmodo, BGR, SlashGear, and Mashable
Tweets: @counternotions, @chriswelch, @reckless, @dcseifert, @genmon, @caseynewton, @ow, and @c_davies
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
More:
New York Times, Axios, Coinspeaker, Crunchbase News, Observer, Silicon Valley Business …, Business Insider, AdExchanger, SiliconANGLE, PE Hub Blog, and Fortune
Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1, @jonerlichman, @refsrc, @nytimes, and @eringriffith
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
More:
The Verge, Microsoft, KnowTechie, Neowin, The Next Web, Firstpost Tech, BGR, Forbes, TechRadar.com, LarrysWorld.com, and Gizmodo. Tweets: @way0utwest