|
August 27, 2012, 5:20 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Matt Macari / The Verge: |
Apple identifies which Samsung products it will try to ban in US — With the trial stage just completed Friday afternoon, Apple wasted no time identifying which Samsung products it will now seek to have banned in the US. Despite having received a finding of infringement from the jury …
More:
Gizmodo, ReadWriteWeb, Los Angeles Times, VentureBeat, San Francisco Chronicle, Reuters, MacRumors, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Next Web, CNET, PadGadget, Droid Life, WebProNews, iDownloadBlog.com, Redmond Pie, Know Your Cell, everythingiCafe, TechnoBuffalo, Business Insider, FOSS Patents, MobileBurn.com, iPhone in Canada Blog and blog.chron.com. Tweets: @stevekovach
| Bryan Bishop / The Verge: |
Google responds to Apple v. Samsung verdict: most claims 'don't relate' to ‘core Android’ — In the wake of Friday's $1.049 billion jury verdict, Apple and Samsung quickly released statements to the press — but one company that remained conspicuously silent was Google.
More:
Marketing Land, CNNMoney.com, Forbes, 9to5Google, NYT Bits, Gizmodo, ReadWriteWeb, ZDNet, BBC, TechCrunch, TUAW, Pocketables, AppleInsider, Redmond Pie, IntoMobile, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, CNET, DailyTech, DailyFinance.com, LAPTOP Magazine, iDownloadBlog.com, PadGadget, fiercemobilecontent.com, Engadget, Android News, Rumours … and FierceWireless
| Miyoung Kim / Reuters: |
Analysis: Friend and foe; Samsung, Apple won't want to damage parts deal — (Reuters) - While Samsung Electronics is reeling from a patent pounding by its smartphone rival Apple Inc, this is unlikely to damage the other part of their relationship - where Samsung is the sole supplier … | Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: |
More:
CNET and The Register
| Paul Haddad / Tapbots: |
Where did the Tweetbot for Mac Alpha go? — As some of you may have already noticed the download link for the Tweetbot for Mac alpha no longer works. Twitter's latest API Changes means now we have a large but finite limit on the number of user tokens we can get for Tweetbot for Mac.
More:
The Next Web, PandoDaily, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Daring Fireball, iPhone in Canada Blog, Red Sweater Blog, Marco.org and Insanely Great Mac. Tweets: @theromit
| Peter Farago / Flurry Blog: |
iOS and Android Adoption Explodes Internationally — The rate of iOS and Android device adoption has surpassed that of any consumer technology in history. Compared to recent technologies, smart device adoption is being adopted 10X faster than that of the 80s PC revolution … | Jaime Rivera / Pocketnow: |
Exclusive: Meet The Future Sony VAIO Duo 11 — Say hello to our future little friend. With all the Windows 8 fever that's about to begin, we just came upon some details on a future Sony VAIO convertible tablet that'll definitely win some hearts for its beauty.
More:
The Next Web, eWeek, The Verge, Engadget, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, Pocket-lint, Neowin, Liliputing and PhoneArena
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More:
Los Angeles Times, Engadget, CNET, TechnoBuffalo, Pocketnow, The Tech Report and ZDNet
| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
RadioShack No Contract Wireless rate plans leak, $60 will get you everything — We're just about a week out from the rumored launch of RadioShack's Cricket-based No Contract Wireless plans, and more details are beginning to trickle out about the prepaid service.
More:
PC Magazine, CNET, The Verge, IntoMobile and GadgeTell
| Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
Managing Expectations for Amazon's Upcoming Kindle Event — In less than two weeks, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will take the stage at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., to announce a lineup of new Kindle devices. — It was only a year ago that Bezos introduced a plethora …
More:
internetretailer.com, The Droid Guy and Computerworld
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Google discloses paid bloggers and journalists, says Stanford professor Mark Lemley is outside counsel — Google has followed up with a judge's order to disclose anyone it might have paid to influence coverage of its trial against Oracle, and the list includes a well-known Stanford professor …
More:
9to5Google, Marketing Land and Gizmodo
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Apple promotes Mac software head Craig Federighi and hardware chief Dan Riccio to SVP, says Bob Mansfield to stay on — Apple has today announced that it is appointing Craig Federighi and Dan Riccio as Senior Vice Presidents. It also announced that the previously-thought-to-be-retiring Bob Mansfield …
More:
Apple, Daring Fireball, CNET, GigaOM, Engadget, The Verge, AllThingsD, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Macworld, iPhone in Canada Blog and MacStories. Thanks:@thatdrew
| Brad McCarty / The Next Web: |
Twitter files an appeal in the New York case of Occupy Wall Street protester Malcolm Harris — You might remember, back in July, when a New York judge ruled that Twitter had to turn over three months' worth of tweets that were written by user Malcolm Harris, known by his Twitter handle of @destructuremal.
More:
TechCrunch, CNET, VentureBeat, Betabeat, AllThingsD, GigaOM and ACLU
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
No more VRAM: VMware abandons controversial pricing model — SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA—Just over a year ago, VMware shocked many of its longtime customers with a new pricing model that charged customers based on the amount of virtual infrastructure they used instead of the amount of physical infrastructure.
More:
The Register, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, GigaOM, Business Insider, ZDNet, NYT Bits, InfoWorld, ZDNet, InfoWorld and Bloomberg
| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
Diaspora Founders To Move On, Handing Over Decentralized Social Network ‘To The Community’ — It was a good run, but it looks like the founders of Diaspora have reached the end of the road — at least for their full-time leadership of the project. — Diaspora, the Kickstarter-backed initiative launched …
More:
PandoDaily, Betabeat, Diaspora*, AllThingsD and The Next Web
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Samsung unveils Galaxy Player 5.8, pockets everywhere brace for impact — We hope you wear baggy pants, because you're going to want big pockets to carry Samsung's giant new jukebox. The Galaxy Player 5.8 is dominated by its namesake 5.8-inch, 960 x 540 LCD — a screen that makes … | Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
The FAA is studying expanding device usage on flights, but don't worry, voice calls are off limits — Today the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it has formed a ‘government-industry’ group to study the use of consumer electronics devices on flights.
More:
The Verge, GigaOM, FAA, Techland, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, USA Today, Skift and Hillicon Valley. Tweets: @rafat
| AppleInsider: |
Rumor: NFC chip spotted in photos of purported next-gen iPhone front assembly — New images thought to be of the front assembly for Apple's next-generation iPhone show a component never seen before in the company's handsets, prompting some to speculate the mystery part is a near field communication device.| Takashi Kamiguri / The Asahi Shimbun: |
Sony to leave disc drive market, nears end of restructuring — Asahi Asia Antenna - — Sony Corp. will abandon the optical disc drive business, nearly completing a restructuring of money-losing divisions it initiated after suffering huge losses in fiscal 2011.
More:
VentureBeat, PC Magazine, The Verge, Mashable!, The Japan Times Online, Engadget and Softpedia News
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Not to be outdone by Twitter, Facebook launches its own real-time Election Insights tool with CNN — Earlier this month, Twitter announced the Political Index, which allows users to track sentiment towards candidates around the upcoming US presidential election.| Sean Buckley / Engadget: |
Lenovo's 9-inch IdeaTab A2109 shows up at Best Buy, flaunts Tegra 3, $300 price tag — Lenovo's upcoming IdeaTab A2109 didn't drop in on the FCC with its seven-inch brother, but that hasn't stopped it from reaching stores. The nine-inch device appears to be in stock on Best Buy's online store …
More:
CNET, The Verge, Pulse2 Technology …, Ubergizmo and Android Community
| Reuters: |
German consumer group sets Facebook privacy ultimatum — (Reuters) - Germany's biggest consumer lobby group believes Facebook is violating privacy laws with its new app centre and has set a deadline for the social network operator to fix it, or potentially face legal action.
More:
AllFacebook, Marketing Pilgrim and Ars Technica
Sponsor Posts
Command Line:
Cheap code, precious trust: Code modernization at scale — The promise—and challenges—of agentic software engineering, from large-scale code migration to language modernization.
Cheap code, precious trust: Code modernization at scale — The promise—and challenges—of agentic software engineering, from large-scale code migration to language modernization.
Will Reed:
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
Zoho:
Your Linkthread page just leveled up! Better analytics, bolder designs, bigger teams. — Since we launched Linkthread in March 2025, over 10,000 businesses have signed up to make their one bio link work harder.
Your Linkthread page just leveled up! Better analytics, bolder designs, bigger teams. — Since we launched Linkthread in March 2025, over 10,000 businesses have signed up to make their one bio link work harder.
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
Cheeky Pint:
The airline CEO putting Starlink on every plane
Stripe cofounder John Collison interviews founders, builders, and leaders over a pint.
Subscribe to Cheeky Pint.
Invest Like the Best:
Cliff Sosin - Owning the Complements to Intelligence
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Big Technology Podcast:
Emergency Pod: Anthropic's S-1 IPO Filing — With Dan Primack
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.
The Talk Show With John Gruber:
'Lubricate the Inside of the Hinge', With Joanna Stern
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.
Lenny's Podcast:
An 86-minute guide to finding PMF | Rob Snyder (Author, The Power of Pull)
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.
Machine Gods:
Fired OpenAI Safety Researchers Speak Out + We Look Inside Pandora's Box
The official podcast of the singularity, from Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Twice-weekly news, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the future.
Subscribe to Machine Gods.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 5:20 PM ET, August 27, 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
Todd Spangler / Variety:Reuters:
Alex Ritman / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
More:
The Verge, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Liliputing and WebProNews
| Sarah Kessler / Fast Company: |
More:
TechCrunch, reddit and The Next Web
| Quentin Fottrell / MarketWatch: |
| Louis Goddard / The Verge: |
More:
BGR, SAMSUNG TOMORROW Global, SlashGear, TechSpot, PC Magazine, Geek.com, VentureBeat, Ubergizmo and Softpedia News
Earlier Picks
| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
More:
BBC, TechCrunch, ASML, Engadget, VentureBeat and Bloomberg
| Jeff Blagdon / The Verge: |
More:
CNET, The Next Web, The Droid Guy, Techie Buzz, ZDNet and Pocketables