|
May 11, 2019, 10:15 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Uber closes down 7.6% on its first day of trading after raising $8.1B in its IPO, which valued the company at about $82.4B — - Uber debuted Friday on the New York Stock Exchange at $42 per share, trading under the symbol “UBER.” — Uber dropped 7.6% on its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange Friday.
More:
New York Times, The Information, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Business Wire, Axios, New York Times, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Business Insider, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, New York Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Gizmodo, Coinspeaker, CNBC, MarketWatch, The Guardian, The Hill, Vox, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, The Register, The Outline, Domain Name Wire, Curbed, Mashable, Bloomberg, Quartz, TechCrunch, Socialnomics, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, BuzzFeed News, GeekWire, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, Crunchbase News, Axios, Engadget, Bloomberg, The Hill, Boing Boing, SludgeFeed, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wall Street Journal, Neowin, and New York Times
Tweets: @scottmaustin, @mikeisaac, @jessicalessin, @stevejang, @dkhos, @scottmaustin, @danprimack, @ryangraves, @noahpinion, @shiraovide, @bendavenport, @harjeet, @scottmaustin, @eladgil, @cnbc, @amir, @karaswisher, @mikeisaac, @rolfewinkler, @qhardy, @jamessurowiecki, @rolfewinkler, @kevinroose, @lam_barrett, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @emilychangtv, @lexnfx, @reuters, @tferriss, @joshk, @business, @scottmaustin, @pt, @susanthesquark, @pkedrosky, @pkedrosky, @stevekovach, @stevekovach, @eliotwb, @obrien, @emilychangtv, @lexnfx, @shiraovide, @danprimack, @danprimack, @tonyromm, @amir, @msquinn, @dee_bosa, @seth_kaplan, and @seldo
| Alison Griswold / Quartz: |
Benchmark made billions on an early-stage Uber investment, but it isn't clear if late-stage investors like SoftBank or Saudi Arabia's PIF made serious profit — We've known practically since Uber started dispatching rides that one day it would make a lot of people very rich.| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
More:
TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Guardian, TechSpot, Reuters, Fortune, Bloomberg, CNBC, and Xconomy
Tweets: @daveleebbc, @madhavchanchani, @markmilian, @mattrosoff, and @arashmassoudi
| Heather Somerville / Reuters: |
SEC approves the creation of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, or LTSE, a Silicon Valley-based national securities exchange proposed by Eric Ries — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday approved a new stock exchange that is the brainchild of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur …
More:
CNBC, Quartz, Wall Street Journal, SEC, TechCrunch, Business Insider, longtermstockexchange.com, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @alexisohanian, @garrytan, @anthonyjz17, @bznotes, @sferik, @rrhoover, @martinsfp, @ltse, @christophera, @jespow, @moorehn, and @katemilani
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
In its lawsuit against Rankwave, Facebook alleges Rankwave misused Facebook data outside of the apps where it was collected and refused to comply with an audit — Facebook might have another Cambridge Analytica on its hands. In a late Friday news dump, — TechCrunch has attained a copy …
More:
Telegraph. Tweets: @lfdodds, @gcluley, @joshconstine, @lfdodds, @lfdodds, @lfdodds, @joshconstine, @lfdodds, @joshconstine, @gcluley, @lfdodds, @lfdodds, @joshconstine, @lfdodds, @lfdodds, and @lfdodds. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Jessica Romero / Facebook: |
Facebook sues Rankwave, a South Korean data analytics company with apps on Facebook, says Rankwave didn't cooperate with efforts to verify policy compliance — Today Facebook filed a lawsuit in California state court against Rankwave, a South Korean data analytics company that ran apps on the Facebook platform.
More:
CNET, Superior Court …, Gizmodo, Coinspeaker, Forbes, Financial Times, Washington Post, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @tonyromm, @david_ingram, @swodinsky, @martyswant, @bcmerchant, @alexeheath, @david_ingram, @thomasclaburn, @david_ingram, @theregister, @swodinsky, @david_ingram, @lfdodds, @alibreland, @stevekovach, @swodinsky, @joshsternberg, @david_ingram, @swodinsky, @johnpaczkowski, @swodinsky, @lfdodds, @swodinsky, @alexeheath, @martyswant, @lfdodds, and @edbott
| Simina Pasat / The GitHub Blog: |
GitHub unveils GitHub Package Registry, a package management service that supports npm, Maven, RubyGems, NuGet, and Docker, available today in limited beta — Today, we're excited to introduce GitHub Package Registry, a package management service that makes it easy to publish public or private packages next to your source code.
More:
GitHub, ZDNet, GitLab, TechCrunch, GeekWire, The Register, MSPoweruser, and Business Insider
Tweets: @jamesmontemagno, @ow, @matvelloso, @timdorr, @ztolley, @mjrowles, @nystudio107, @mgonto, @conroydave, @elibelly, and @qrush
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
A look at the super app trend in India, where companies like Paytm, Ola, and Amazon are increasingly bundling a range of new services into their apps — Companies like Paytm and Amazon bundle other services to give users an all-in-one experience — Truecaller, an app that helps users screen strangers …
Tweets: @alanmamedi
| Paul Thurrott / Thurrott: |
Internal docs show Windows 10 is now active on 825M+ devices, SwiftKey has 159M+ MAUs, and that the mobile versions of Edge have been downloaded 4.5M times — According to internal documentation viewed by Thurrott.com, Windows 10 is now active on over 825 million devices worldwide.| Bernhard Warner / The Atlantic: |
Algorithms used to take down “terrorist” videos are deleting evidence of war crimes and could hinder efforts to bring human-rights abusers to justice — Algorithms that take down “terrorist” videos could hamstring efforts to bring human-rights abusers to justice. — Journalist based in Rome| Recorded Future: |
The dark web is tiny and unreliable: analysis of 55K onion domains on the Tor network finds only 8,400 had a live site, with many having poor up times — Click here to download the complete analysis as a PDF. — Key Findings — The collection of onion sites that is sometimes called …
Tweets: @webbreacher
| Emily Dreyfuss / Wired: |
Q&A with Melinda Gates on why the tech industry must embrace women's empowerment, how we can get more women and people of color to enter tech, and more — FOR ALMOST 20 years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission to make the world better. When she and her husband launched the Bill …
Tweets: @emilydreyfuss, @caitlin__kelly, @wired, and @wired
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Inside Amazon's acquisition of PillPack as it prepares to take on CVS, Walgreens, and others in the $500B-a-year prescription drug market — It was May 2018, and PillPack CEO TJ Parker was in Seattle to meet with a small contingent from Amazon. — Suitors had been swarming around his online pharmacy …
Tweets: @eugenekim222, @drugchannels, @chrissyfarr, @kellan, @chrissyfarr, @libertyrpf, @mattrosoff, @jordannovet, and @chrissyfarr. Thanks:@mattrosoff
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:
Zoho Webinar: A look back at 2025 — As 2025 comes to a close, it's the perfect time to look back at how Zoho Webinar has transformed the way businesses connect, engage, and grow.
Zoho Webinar: A look back at 2025 — As 2025 comes to a close, it's the perfect time to look back at how Zoho Webinar has transformed the way businesses connect, engage, and grow.
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
The Talk Show With John Gruber:
'A Naughty Citizen', With Quinn Nelson
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
2025 In Review, 2026 Predictions — With Reed Albergotti
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Podcast Pioneer PJ Vogt's Second Act: Less Budget, More Control
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.
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.
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 10:15 AM ET, May 11, 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
Henry Blodget / Regenerator:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
More:
Android Authority, PCWorld, Gizmodo, Dazeinfo, TechSpot, and Wired
Tweets: @brideoflinux and @cstross
| Daniel Arkin / NBC News: |
More:
Wall Street Journal, MediaPost, FierceVideo, Variety, and The Streamable
Tweets: @d_arkin and @jasonabbruzzese
| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
More:
Ars Technica, Forbes, How-To Geek, Gizmodo, InvestorPlace, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @hallstephenj, @patricknorton, @jeremiahlee, @dcseifert, @dcseifert, @dcseifert, @dcseifert, @gtp_updates, @voxcpw, @dcseifert, and @dcseifert