|
April 16, 2012, 12:20 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Confirmed: Redpoint Leads $40M Funding Round for Path — Path, the mobile social networking start-up, is planning to announce it has raised Series B funding as early as tomorrow, according to sources. — Redpoint Ventures led the $40 million round, which values Path at $250 million.
More:
Fortune, VatorNews, Pulse2 Technology …, The Next Web, WebProNews, FierceMobileContent, VentureBeat, Appolicious Advisor and Mobile Entertainment. Tweets: @dondodge
| Om Malik / GigaOM: |
Why Path is no Instagram — Ever since Facebook decided that Instagram was worth $1 billion, there has been recurring talk of Path, another social service being the next big buyout target. And while I am happy for the Path team, I find the comparisons with Instagram unfounded and premature.| Apple: |
New iPad Arrives in South Korea & 11 Additional Countries This Week — CUPERTINO, California April 16, 2012 Apple® today announced the new iPad®, the third generation of its category defining mobile device, will arrive in South Korea and 11 additional countries on Friday, April 20.
| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Galaxy Nexus coming to Sprint on April 22nd for $199.99, includes a $40 Google Wallet credit — We've been waiting for a release date since CES, but it's finally official — the Galaxy Nexus is coming to Sprint on April 22nd for $199.99 when you sign a new two-year contract.| David Carr / New York Times: |
The Media Equation: Amazon Low Prices Disguise a High Cost — The Justice Department finally took aim at the monopolistic monolith that threatened to dominate the book industry. So imagine the shock when the bullet aimed at threats to competition went whizzing by Amazon … | Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Exclusive: Big changes coming to Kleiner Perkins — Brook Byers and Ray Lane scale back their future involvement. — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is changing its partnership structure, according to prospective limited partners in the venture firm's next early-stage fund.
More:
Pulse2 Technology …
| Derek Andersen / Startup Grind: |
Exclusive: Electronic Arts Set To Layoff +500 Employees — Exclusive: I've confirmed from multiple sources within Electronic Arts that the company is planning to layoff 500-1,000 people as soon as this week. As of March 31 public numbers, that represents between 5%-11% of total company employees.| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Samsung sends out event invites to “come and meet the next Galaxy” on May 3 in London. Galaxy S III incoming? — Update: The event has been confirmed by Samsung. — Samsung could be just weeks away from unveiling its next flagship Android smartphone — the Galaxy S III …
More:
The Verge, PC World, SAMSUNG TOMORROW Global, VentureBeat, Sammy Hub, 9to5Google, Engadget, CNET, Fast Company, Pulse2 Technology …, Business Insider, USA Today, pocketnow.com, GadgeTell, Inquirer, Pocket-lint, MacNN, AllThingsD, BGR, Gotta Be Mobile, Phones Review, Android Phone Fans, Newlaunches.com, TechnoBuffalo, Android Police, PhoneArena, IntoMobile, Neowin, Telegraph and Gizmodo
| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
How many iPhones did Apple sell last quarter? — The estimates range from 26 to 44 million. The best analysts' consensus: 35 million. — Click to enlarge. Source: Company reports; Apple 2.0 — The most important metric for Apple (AAPL) in the quarter that ended two weeks ago …
More:
Between the Lines Blog, iDownloadBlog.com and App Advice
| Richard Chirgwin / The Register: |
Yet another OSX/Java Trojan spotted in the wild — Kaspersky Labs tags MS Word as the vector — Hard on the heels of the Flashback Trojan, Kaspersky Labs is warning of a new OSX threat, which it's dubbed Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a. — In a post to Securelist, Kaspersky's Costin Raiu …
More:
eWeek, PC World, Zero Day Blog, CNET, Help Net Security, Gizmodo, Redmond Pie, Naked Security, TUAW, AppleTell and Softpedia News
| Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Roku to launch in Canada with over 100 channels, pre-orders start today — We heard that Roku was planning to go international with its tiny streaming boxes, and after launching in the UK a couple of months ago, the company has announced that its products are available to pre-order in Canada as of today.
More:
TechCrunch, GigaOM, Zatz Not Funny!, Electronista and Engadget
| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Meizu MX Quad-core launching with Android 4.0 in June, gets 32GB and 64GB flavors — Can't say we're surprised, but Meizu's finally giving us the lowdown on the quad-core variant of its flagship Android smartphone. Simply dubbed the MX Quad-core, this new device will be powered by a Cortex-A9-based … | Ryan Paul / Ars Technica: |
Hands-on: getting work done with Google's new Aura interface for Chrome OS — Google attempted to introduce a new approach to computing when it first launched Chrome OS in 2010. The operating system consists of little more than a fullscreen Web browser perched atop a rigorously-hardened Linux environment.| PC World: |
Twitter Tech Support: How Effective Is Tweeting a Tech Problem? — Companies do answer customer support questions sent via Twitter. Here's how they handle it and how to be heard when you tweet your problem. — As the Web becomes increasingly social, more and more companies turn to Twitter …
Tweets: @qthrul
| Rachel King / Between the Lines Blog: |
Oracle v. Google: What's at stake — Summary: Oracle and Google are finally going to trial after two years of litigation, but what's really at stake here for these two Silicon Valley giants? — Oracle's patent infringement lawsuit against Google is finally set to go to trial …
More:
Forbes, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Ars Technica, ITProPortal, Bloomberg, The Register, SlashGear, Computerworld, Slashdot and AllThingsD
Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Zoho:
Automate your scheduling workflows with Zoho Calendar — Your calendar can do more than schedule meetings Creating a calendar event takes only a few seconds. But scheduling is rarely just about creating the event.
Automate your scheduling workflows with Zoho Calendar — Your calendar can do more than schedule meetings Creating a calendar event takes only a few seconds. But scheduling is rarely just about creating the event.
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
Grit:
Inside the AI Startup Making Customer Support 65% Cheaper
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
90 minutes of unfiltered product advice from Snap and Discord's product chief | Peter Sellis
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:
AI Doom Backlash Arrives, Anthropic & OpenAI IPO Outlook, Frontier Business Momentum Slows
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:
AI Wants to Shop for You. What Could Go Wrong?
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:
Michael Moritz - Lessons From 40 Years of Investing and Writing
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Sources:
Baseten's CEO on why every company will want to own its AI
Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
Subscribe to Sources.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 12:20 PM ET, April 16, 2012.
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
Bloomberg:Kaitlan Collins / @kaitlancollins:
NPR:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Mathew Ingram / GigaOM: |
| Lance Whitney / CNET: |
More:
Inquirer, SlashGear, App Advice, The Next Web, TechCrunch, TechEye, everythingiCafe and Sydney Morning Herald
| Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat: |
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
More:
The Tech Trade, Walmart, Inc, Betabeat, Business Insider, AllThingsD and Startup Grind
Tweets: @marissamayer and @pkafka
Earlier Picks
| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
More:
David Martin's EU Tribune, Telegraph, Betabeat, ZDNet and Wired.co.uk
| Gerry Shih / Reuters: |
More:
The Verge and Simply Zesty
| Casey Johnston / Ars Technica: |
More:
John Bracken
| Staci D. Kramer / paidContent: |
More:
PC World, VentureBeat, DSLreports, Gizmodo, WebProNews, USA Today, Reed Hastings, Geekosystem, CNET, Pulse2 Technology …, Broadband Traffic Management, SlashGear, Techland, The Verge, AllThingsD and TechCrunch. Tweets: @pkafka
| Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times: |
More:
Hillicon Valley, Gizmodo, Daring Fireball and Pulse2 Technology …
| Keith Teare / TechCrunch: |