|
April 29, 2019, 10:50 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Spotify: |
Spotify reports Q1 revenue of €1.5B, up 33% YoY, reduces net loss to €142M, says it has 217M MAUs, up 26% YoY, with 100M premium subscribers, up 32% YoY — Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT) today reported financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2019 ending March 31, 2019.
More:
The Verge, Reuters, Engadget, Telegraph, Business Insider, Thurrott, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Variety, Spotify, SlashGear, MSPoweruser, Cult of Mac, Patently Apple, Wall Street Journal, Memeburn, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @robinwauters and @pkafka
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple says $250 Powerbeats Pro wireless earbuds will be available to preorder on May 3 and ship on May 10 in black with three other colors coming in the summer — Preorders start just a few days from now on May 3rd — There was a ton of reader interest in the new Powerbeats Pro … | Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: |
Microsoft rebrands Bing Ads as Microsoft Advertising, says it will introduce more advertising products with built-in AI over the next year — The new name reflects a broader focus on ad inventory, data and targeting capabilities. — First there was Microsoft adCenter. Then there was Bing Ads.
More:
Bing Ads, Thurrott, MSPoweruser, Search Engine Roundtable, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @ginnymarvin, @kerrymflynn, @rustybrick, and @carnage4life
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
How Microsoft learned from its past mistakes to embrace an “open design” philosophy, which integrates hardware and software for more inclusive designs — A new open design challenge for a 44-year-old company — One room at Microsoft's headquarters represents everything that's changed about its design philosophy.
Tweets: @tomwarren and @ow
| Nicholas Thompson / Wired: |
Yuval Noah Harari and Fei-Fei Li discuss the challenges AI poses to society as the merger of biological knowledge and tech may enable hacking of humans at scale — THIS WEEK, I interviewed Yuval Noah Harari, the author of three best-selling books about the history and future of our species …
Tweets: @alexjohnlondon, @drfeifei, and @wired
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Facebook to give 60+ academics around the world access to its data from January 2017 to February 2019, which excludes run-up to the 2016 US election and Brexit — Facebook is opening up its data for the first time to more than 60 academics from around the world, who will be able to look … | Laura Hautala / CNET: |
Researchers find the addresses and demographic details of more than 80M US households listed on an unsecured database stored on a Microsoft cloud service — In yet another blow to the privacy of consumers, the addresses and demographic details of more than 80 million US households are listed … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches P2P payments via Amazon Pay for Android users in India, built on the government-backed UPI platform — Continuing its investment in India, Amazon today announced the launch of person-to-person (p2p) payments via Amazon Pay for Android users in the country.
More:
Online Shopping site in India and Moneycontrol
| BBC: |
Consent forms to access the phones of victims of crime, including those alleging rape, have been rolled out across England and Wales — Victims of crimes, including those alleging rape, are to be asked to hand their phones over to police - or risk prosecutions not going ahead.
More:
9to5Mac, Forbes, ITV, Mashable, and Telegraph
Tweets: @adamwagner1, @jeremycorbyn, @fionalaird, @stephaniealys, @hillarymargo, and @spilleroftea
| Roger Parloff / Yahoo Finance: |
Profile of Chris Cox, who, despite being chief product officer for years, never drew the attention for Facebook's scandals that Zuckerberg and Sandberg did — In late 2003, during his senior year at Stanford, Chris Cox, the future Chief Product Officer at Facebook (
More:
Business Insider. Tweets: @yahoofinance, @hkanji, @hardcorevalue, @agisilaosts, @sfiegerman, @mathewi, @jason_kint, @alexeheath, @zooko, and @mikeisaac
| New York Times: |
How the boom in Chinese bike-share companies like Ofo and Mobike was quickly followed by a bust, wiping out many investors and littering towns with unused bikes — Bike-sharing start-ups brought prosperity to Wangqingtuo. Now residents are dealing with the mess they left behind.
More:
Reuters. Tweets: @drinksolapop, @gregcipes, @jotted, @nytimesbusiness, @absurdistwords, @sanjay__bakshi, @jotted, and @jotted
| Deanna Ting / Skift: |
Marriott launches Homes & Villas, an Airbnb competitor, in more than 100 markets around the world, following an year-long pilot program with 200 homes in London — This news will trigger responses from elated to downright furious, whether you're a Bonvoy member, Marriott hotel owner …
Tweets: @p_brady and @marksilva
Sponsor Posts
Soxton:
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Equals:
Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.
Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.
Zoho:
Meet Zia Agents: Zoho SalesIQ's autonomous AI workforce — AI in customer support is moving fast. Not long ago, rule-based bots gave way to conversational AI, which quickly evolved into generative assistants.
Meet Zia Agents: Zoho SalesIQ's autonomous AI workforce — AI in customer support is moving fast. Not long ago, rule-based bots gave way to conversational AI, which quickly evolved into generative assistants.
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
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Trae and Delian from Founders Fund
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
Training Data:
Why Hardware-Software Co-Design Is AI's Real 100x: Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis
Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.
Subscribe to Training Data.
Grit:
Airwallex's Jack Zhang on Fintech, Failure, and Growth
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Connecting the Unconnected: Doreen Bogdan-Martin
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.
Lenny's Podcast:
OpenAI Codex lead on the new shape of product work | Andrew Ambrosino
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:
Anthropic's Mythos is Back, OpenAI Releases GPT 5.6, Apple's Price Increases
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:50 AM ET, April 29, 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
Todd Spangler / Variety:Madeline Halpert / BBC:
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Kieren McCarthy / The Register: |
More:
TechSpot, Skift, Boing Boing, AdExchanger, and Adweek
Tweets: @lissijean, @jelleprins, @rob_knight, @johnwilson, and @bazscott
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
More:
CNBC. Tweets: @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @danprimack, @nytimes, @boztank, @mikeisaac, @tejeshwi_sharma, and @mikeisaac
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
More:
Apple, Macworld, MacRumors, Business Insider, BBC, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, The Loop, CNBC, FierceWireless, Tech.co, MSPoweruser, The Mac Observer, Telecoms.com, iDownloadBlog.com, IT PRO, 9to5Mac, Firstpost Tech, ZDNet, iPhone Hacks, Pocket-lint, Neowin, iMore, KTLA, Notes from Silicon Valley, Thurrott, MacStories, TIME, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Seeking Alpha, The Daily Dot, AppleInsider, BetaNews, Pocketnow, MACお宝 …, and New York Times