Check out Mini-Techmeme for simple mobiles or Techmeme Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:45 AM ET, January 24, 2011

Techmeme

 Top Items: 
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Tim Cook Is Running Apple, but Not Imitating Steve Jobs  —  On an 18-hour flight from California to Singapore a few years ago, Timothy D. Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, had little time for small talk with a colleague.  Glued to his business class seat, Mr. Cook had his nose in spreadsheets …
RELATED:
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Tim Cook's Auburn Commencement: Joining Apple best decision he ever made  —  Earlier this year, Apple COO and acting leader Tim Cook addressed his Alma Mater at their commencement.  Cook talking about Apple starting at 3:45 and the bulk of his speech is about his decision to move to Apple even though it made little sense on paper.
Discussion: Edible Apple
John W. Daly / TechEye:
Nvidia's Tegra 2 3D unveiled  —  A deep throat has leaked an image of Nvidia's Mobile World Congress presentation to TechEye - giving a glimpse of what the jolly green goblin has in store for punters and handset makers this year.  —  Nvidia will be shipping a Tegra 2 3D processor this year …
Kellex / Droid Life:
Comparison Chart: Motorola XOOM vs. iPad  —  The price of the Motorola XOOM has been quite the topic of discussion over the last couple of days so we thought we'd drop some additional information into the conversation.  Here is a comparison chart of the XOOM ($699) to the 32GB 3G iPad ($729).
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
A To Do List For Google's New CEO Larry Page  —  Welcome back, Larry!  When you were last CEO of Google in 2001, the company was a much loved scrappy underdog with a bright future.  Ten years later, you're coming back to the helm.  Things have changed.  You're soon to be steering …
RELATED:
Quora:
What should Larry Page focus on now that he is CEO of Google?
Discussion: broadstuff
Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks  —  It was on Christmas Day that Facebook's Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan first noticed strange things going on in Tunisia.  Reports started to trickle in that political-protest pages were being hacked.
Brian Womack / Bloomberg:
Twitter's Ad Revenue May Triple to $150 Million, EMarketer Says  —  Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) — Twitter Inc. will probably more than triple its advertising revenue to $150 million this year as more companies use it to spread marketing messages, according to Internet researcher EMarketer Inc.
Discussion: SAI
Arn / MacRumors:
Insight into Steve Jobs' Product-Centric Approach in 1985 Interview  —  Early last week, Steve Jobs announced that he was once again taking a medical leave of absence from Apple.  The news has been met with understandable concern about his future at the company, and resulted in many a “look back” at Apple over the years.
Discussion: SAI
Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:
Inside Apple's numbers  —  On Monday last week we hear Steve Jobs is taking another medical leave of absence and, on Tuesday, we get a look at Apple's numbers for Q1 2011 (which is actually the last quarter of 2010).  —  Brian Hall provides this crisp summary:  —  • Sales: $26.74 billion, up 70.5% year over year
John Letzing / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Data Center Is Boon for Oregon Town  —  Internet Giant Brings More Than Jobs to Prineville as It Mulls Expansion; Free High School Uniforms and Dental Care  —  Facebook Inc. is contemplating the expansion of a data-center project in Prineville, Ore., that already covers an area equivalent …
Curt Hopkins / ReadWriteWeb:
Wayback Machine Way Better in Beta  —  That invaluable Internet spelunker's friend, the Wayback Machine, which allows users access to websites that have long since passed their sell-by date, has undergone a gamma-ray powered transmogrification.  Well, they redesigned it and it's now in open beta.
National Review:
Back to the Future with Peter Thiel  —  Peter Thiel may be most famous for his role (portrayed by Wallace Langham in The Social Network) as the venture capitalist who gave “The Facebook” the angel investment it needed to really launch.  Before that, Thiel was known in Silicon Valley circles as the …
Vivek Wadhwa / TechCrunch:
Why I Don't Buy the Quora Hype  —  Let me start with a disclaimer: I am not writing this in my capacity as a university professor or researcher; I don't claim to be an expert on social networking; and I will be happy to be proven wrong—I have no vested interest in the success or failure of Quora.
RELATED:
semilshah's posterous:
A Longer Response to @vwadhwa Post on Quora
Discussion: @christinelu
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 5:45 AM ET, January 24, 2011.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Techmeme Sponsor Posts: 
Airtable:
Meet Airtable ProductCentral  —  The unified solution for managing your entire product development process in the AI era.
Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter  —  Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact.  We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Zoho:
ProTips: Enhance customer engagement through preferred communication channels  —  For businesses, reaching customers through their preferred communication channels is crucial for building lasting relationships.
Notion:
Get up to 6 months free of Notion with unlimited AI  —  Notion is trusted and loved by thousands of startups as their connected workspace—from building product roadmaps to tracking fundraising.  Build and scale your company with one tool!
Sponsor Techmeme
 
 See Also: 
Techmeme: site main
Techmeme River: reverse chronological Techmeme
Techmeme Mobile: for phones
Techmeme Leaderboard: Techmeme's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Techmeme RSS feed
Techmeme on X
Techmeme on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
The Web Just Keeps Getting Bigger (and Faster!)
Discussion: Fortune
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Former Facebook Ad Head Mike Murphy Takes Senior Advisor Role at Zynga
Discussion: FM Blog
Agence France Presse:
Iran launches cyber crime unit: police
Kim-Mai Cutler / Inside Mobile Apps:
With 60 Million Downloads, Outfit7 Builds an App Empire for Children …
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Impossible Software - Is This What The Future Of Video Advertising Looks Like?
Discussion: Erictric
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US diplomacy embracing Twitter amid global crises
Discussion: textually.org, Thanks:hornokplease
R. Colin Johnson / EE Times:
‘Universal’ memory aims to replace flash/DRAM
Discussion: Engadget, PhysOrg.com and Kotaku
 Earlier Items: 
Dan Frommer / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Jason Calacanis Starts Promoting Mahalo 4.0 “Pivot”
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch Disrupt Winner Qwiki Hits No. 1 On Google Trends 'Hot …
Discussion: SAI and Pulse2
Zee / The Next Web:
Sean Parker: The Social Network is a complete work of fiction
Paul McMahon / TokyoDev:
Facebook is Japan's LinkedIn
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Sewell Chan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Mariel Garza, editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times, resigns after the outlet's owner blocked the editorial board's plans to endorse Harris for president

David Folkenflik / NPR:
A look at what Donald Trump says he will do to the media if elected, including jailing reporters, investigating TV networks, and taking their licenses away

Eric Newcomer / Newcomer:
Eric Newcomer, founder of the Newcomer newsletter on startups and VCs, marks its four-year anniversary and says he expects $1M in profit on $2M in 2024 revenue

 
Sister Sites:

Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page