|
December 30, 2020, 11:05 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Stephanie Chan / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Consumers worldwide spent $407.6M across the App Store and Google Play on Christmas, up 34.5% YoY; mobile games rose 27% YoY to $295.6M, led by Honor of Kings — 2020 has been a record-setting year for worldwide spending on mobile apps and games, which passed $100 billion in a single year for the first time ever in November.
More:
MacRumors, Laptop Mag, Softpedia News, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, Patently Apple, Redmond Pie, BGR India, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @glenngabe and @sensortower
| Flurry: |
Survey: US smartphone activations on Christmas Day fell 23% YoY as iPhones dominated the top 10 activated smartphones and budget devices, like LG K30, surged — Christmas day in the United States is the single greatest day for new smartphone activations. And despite supply chain delays caused …
More:
MacRumors, Softpedia News, PYMNTS.com, BGR, phonearena.com, iMore, MakeUseOf, TechSpot, Tom's Guide, Redmond Pie, iPhone Hacks, MacDailyNews, Apple Must, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, Patently Apple, and ArcticStartup
Tweets: @somegadgetguy, @jonyiveparody, @stevesi, @snazzyq, @andruedwards, @stroughtonsmith, and @khoi
| Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg: |
More:
IGN, Sensor Tower Blog, Ars Technica, The Streamable, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @so_ethereal and @bloombergasia
| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Analysis of internal data at Coinbase through 2018 highlights pay inequity for women and Black employees; Coinbase says it implemented a new compensation plan — An analysis of internal pay data at the San Francisco company Coinbase shows disparities that were much larger than those in the tech industry.
More:
Crypto Briefing, The Coinbase Blog, CoinDesk, coinspeaker.com, Gizmodo, and Cointelegraph
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google is testing an expansion of its “Short Videos” feature at the top of mobile search that will surface TikTok and Instagram videos in a dedicated carousel — Google is testing a new feature that will surface Instagram and TikTok videos in their own dedicated carousel …
More:
Engadget, Search Engine Roundtable, PCMag, 9to5Google, Android Police, BGR, BGR India, Pocketnow, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @type_seo, @chrismessina, @glenngabe, @joshconstine, @eddie_childs, and @rustybrick
| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Federal judge dismisses Apple's claims that mobile device virtualization company Corellium violated copyright law with its software to run iOS on PCs — Corellium helps customers find bugs in Apple's mobile operating system. Apple aimed to shut it down. — Corellium, a security research firm sued …
More:
Reuters, Crunchbase News, Engadget, The Verge, Bloomberg, Slashdot, Daring Fireball, Daring Fireball, TechCrunch, MacRumors, iTnews, SiliconANGLE, Patently Apple, PYMNTS.com, iMore, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Wccftech, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, iClarified, and Michael Tsai
Tweets: @migueldeicaza, @reedalbergotti, @josephfcox, @stroughtonsmith, @pwnallthethings, @lanceulanoff, @lorenzofb, @padresj, @msuiche, @osxreverser, @gartenberg, @0xcharlie, @lorenzofb, @zackwhittaker, @ifenixx, @grhmc, @pwnallthethings, @emtgray, @pwnallthethings, @pwnallthethings, @pwnallthethings, @pwnallthethings, and @pwnallthethings
| Kevin Helms / Bitcoin News: |
New York regulators have authorized a subsidiary of Japan's GMO Internet to issue the world's first publicly available stablecoin backed by the Japanese yen — The New York State Department of Financial Services, the Bitlicense regulator, has authorized GMO to issue U.S. dollar and Japanese yen-pegged stablecoins.
More:
PR Newswire, CoinDesk, Coin Journal, TechCrunch, and Modern Consensus. Tweets: @modernconsensus
| Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: |
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is tying the fate of $2,000 stimulus checks to the repeal of Section 230 — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is tying the fate of $2,000 stimulus checks to the repeal of Section 230, an effort that will likely doom both pieces of legislation in the Senate.
More:
Washington Post, The Verge, Techdirt, CNN, beta.documentcloud.org, CNBC, Reason, Gizmodo, and Deadline
Tweets: @realdonaldtrump, @evan_greer, @brianschatz, @waveturtlejake, @oneunderscore__, @steventdennis, @dangillmor, @evan_greer, @ryangrim, @mmasnick, @themarketswork, @dangillmor, @kevincollier, @emmavigeland, @birnbaum_e, @briantylercohen, @evan_greer, @juddlegum, @yashar, @martinsfp, @sethabramson, @kellymakena, and @karaswisher
| Rohit Prasad / Fast Company: |
The head scientist for Alexa argues that Turing Test, designed as a thought experiment, is no longer relevant for building AIs that are designed to help humans — This year marks 70 years since Alan Turing published his paper introducing the concept of the Turing Test in response to the question, “Can machines think?”
Tweets: @gavinsbaker, @carnage4life, and @edbott
| Jaewon Kang / Wall Street Journal: |
Some US supermarkets say they aren't making money through Instacart due to the service's 10% commission on each order — Some supermarkets plan to stick with delivery service despite fees; Instacart says it lets grocers expand e-commerce without building their own infrastructure
Tweets: @layon_overwhale, @eyevariety, @chancekelch, @anthony, @sub8u, @silvermanjacob, and @benpershing
| CoinDesk: |
Coinbase says it will suspend trading of XRP on January 19, 2021, following the SEC's suit against Ripple — Coinbase said it will suspend trading of XRP, the cryptocurrency the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claimed last week is really a security.
Source:
The Coinbase Blog. More:
Ripple, Forbes, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Crowdfund Insider, CryptoSlate, CryptoGlobe, NewsBTC, coinspeaker.com, The Daily Hodl, Cryptonews, CoinGeek, Bloomberg, TechRadar, InsideBitcoins.com, Cointelegraph, Gizmodo, SlashGear, TechSpot, BTCMANAGER, Financial Times, Decrypt, KnowTechie, Crunchbase News, Coin Journal, blockchain.news, PYMNTS.com, OKCoin Cryptocurrency …, Ethereum World News, The Verge, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @ripple, @coinbase, @cypheriumchain, @dclblogger, @nebraskangooner, @ldrogen, @bitboy_crypto, @marcvanderchijs, and @kieranmlkelly
| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
eMarketer: US e-commerce sales, up 12%-16% in recent years, will have grown by 30%+ in 2020 and Amazon's US retail business grew an estimated 39% YoY in 2020 — When we look back at 2020 in the business world, we'll remember it as the year online shopping stopped being the future of retail and became the present.| Golan Hazani / CTech: |
Sources: SimilarWeb is planning a Nasdaq IPO in Q2 2021, aiming for a $2B+ valuation; the company has raised $240M in total, including $120M in October — The market intelligence company joins list of Israeli firms set to embark on a U.S. IPO in the coming months which already includes eToro …
More:
Tech.eu
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:
Transform ML Experimentation with Tangle — Save months of compute time with Tangle, built by Shopify. Try this open-source platform to simplify ML workflows, ensure reproducibility, and seamlessly share with collaborators.
Transform ML Experimentation with Tangle — Save months of compute time with Tangle, built by Shopify. Try this open-source platform to simplify ML workflows, ensure reproducibility, and seamlessly share with collaborators.
Zoho:
Zoho Billing Enterprise Edition: A platform for strategic revenue operations — Today's enterprises are adopting more flexible pricing models, charging customers based on actual consumption.
Zoho Billing Enterprise Edition: A platform for strategic revenue operations — Today's enterprises are adopting more flexible pricing models, charging customers based on actual consumption.
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
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.
Invest Like the Best:
Gavin Baker - Nvidia v. Google, Scaling Laws, and the Economics of AI
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Pat Grady & Alfred Lin from Sequoia
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
Big Technology Podcast:
AI Device Wars Heat Up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers
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.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
The Social Radars:
Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO of Boom Supersonic
Come be a fly on the wall as Y Combinator's Jessica Livingston and Carolynn Levy talk to some of the most successful founders in Silicon Valley about how they did it.
Subscribe to The Social Radars.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:05 AM ET, December 30, 2020.
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
Rohan Goswami / Semafor:Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Wall Street Journal:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Svea Herbst-Bayliss / Reuters: |
More:
CNBC, ExtremeTech, Bloomberg, Protocol, Financial Times, coinspeaker.com, The Information, The Motley Fool, Investopedia, Business Insider, MarketWatch, Barron's Online, IT Management, MacDailyNews, TheStreet, CRN, Financial Times, Wccftech, Tom's Hardware, Wall Street Journal, Intel Newsroom, MSPoweruser, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @modestproposal1, @jonmasters, @handleym99, @fpiednoel, @handleym99, @therealveedrac, and @markhachman
| Bloomberg: |
More:
coinspeaker.com, Loup Ventures, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Gizmodo, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @lukemiani, @rsgnl, and @counternotions
| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
More:
BuzzFeed News, 9to5Mac, The Verge, SupChina, Engadget, Micky, iMore, CNET, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog, Business Insider, Input, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, and The Mac Observer
| Bloomberg: |
More:
Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, Financial Times, PYMNTS.com, and Tech in Asia
Tweets: @kate_okeeffe, @kevtellier, @wsjmarkets, @jchengwsj, @vusithembekwayo, @jchengwsj, @niubi, and @bloombergquint
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Source:
Federal Aviation Administration. More:
TechNewsWorld, HotHardware.com News, The Verge, Observer, Nextgov, NPR, The Robot Report, Newser, PYMNTS.com, KnowTechie, PCMag, International Business Times, Lance Ulanoff, WRAL TechWire, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, CNET, Gizmodo, The Hill, and NBC Bay Area
Tweets: @egavactip, @faanews, @faanews, @goldglovecb, @mark_riedl, @elizabeth_joh, and @reuterstech