|
February 22, 2013, 6:50 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Google Chrome Blog: |
The Chromebook Pixel, for what's next — Chromebooks were designed to make computing speedy, simple and secure. For many of you, they have become the perfect, additional (and yes, affordable) computer: ideal for catching up on emails, sharing documents and chatting via Hangouts.
More:
The Wirecutter, iPhone Hacks, Softpedia News, TechCrunch, Mashable!, BetaNews, Pocketables, The Tech Report, digitaltrends.com, ZDNet, BestTechie, Quartz, Computerworld, InfoWorld, ABCNEWS, GeekWire, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Web Browser, Guardian, NYT Bits, VentureBeat, LAPTOP Magazine, ParisLemon, PC Magazine, SlashGear, TechSpot, Engadget, I4U News, Gotta Be Mobile, GadgeTell, 9.blog, Inquirer, Electronista, MacRumors, iMore.com, Android Community, Mercury News, PandoDaily, The Technology Chronicles, WebProNews, iClarified, 9to5Google, Business Insider, TECH.BLORGE.com, LaptopMemo, nbcnews.com and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @levie, @dannysullivan, @valleyhack, @joannastern, @reckless, @nexttechblog, @panzer, @panzer and @mattcutts
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Launches $1,299 Chromebook Pixel With 2560×1700 3:2 12.85″ Touchscreen, Core i5 CPU, 1TB Of Google Drive Storage & Optional LTE — After a few weeks of rumors, Google just announced the latest device in its Chromebook lineup: the Chromebook Pixel.
More:
The Verge, Gearburn, Forbes, The Verge, Gizmodo, Computerworld, Softpedia News, OSDir.com and ZDNet
| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
More:
BrianMadden.com, CNET, The Atlantic Online, ValueWalk and Macgasm
| Mat Honan / Wired: |
Zendesk Security Breach Affects Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest — Customer service software provider Zendesk announced a security breach that allowed attackers into its system, where they could access data from three customers this week. Wired learned those three clients were Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr.| Mikkel Svane / Zendesk.com: |
We've been hacked — We feel that it's important our customers receive an update from us on a recent security situation. We have an investigation underway and do not have the answer to every question. — We've become aware that a hacker accessed our system this week.
More:
ZDNet, Computerworld, AllThingsD, memeburn, CNET, TechCrunch, Mashable! and Electronista. Tweets: @support
| AllThingsD: |
Native Instagram App Is Not Coming to BlackBerry 10 — BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins says the company has a clear shot at turning BlackBerry 10 into the “No. 3 mobile ecosystem in the world,” but to do that, the company needs a critical mass of native apps, particularly big-name ones.
More:
digitaltrends.com, Phones Review, memeburn, PhoneArena, SlashGear, Engadget, CNET, Forbes, The Verge, WMPoweruser, Pocket-lint and Softpedia News
| Ryan Mac / Forbes: |
No One Is More Excited For Google Glass Than Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — There is perhaps no one more excited for Google Glass than Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg. — On Wednesday at the University of California, San Francisco's Mission Bay medical campus, the Facebook CEO met …
More:
Softpedia News, AllFacebook, Business Insider and Betabeat
| Josh Aberant / Twitter Blog: |
Introducing DMARC for Twitter.com emails — We send out lots of emails every day to our users letting them know what's happening on Twitter. But there's no shortage of bad actors sending emails that appear to come from a Twitter.com address in order to trick you into giving away key details …
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Gives Graph Search To More People, Makes Those Left Out Jealous — Five weeks after launch, Facebook gave reporters a ‘State Of Graph Search’ today at its Menlo Park HQ. It's been rolled out from the original 100,000 users to “hundreds of thousands,” and now a news feed story …
More:
ZDNet and VentureBeat
| Fred Wilson / A VC: |
Venture Capital Returns — This post is for everyone who thinks venture capital is an easy business. I'd like to dispel that notion. — Here are short term and long term returns for the venture capital business over the past ten years compared to the public equity markets in the US.
Tweets: @spencerrascoff, @kellblog, @jessicakroy, @neilkam and @jowyang
| Ev Williams / Medium: |
When to Sell Your Company — On October 30, 2008, I wrote an email to Twitter's board of directors, which started: … This email was in reply to a thread in which we were briefly discussing an overture we'd received from a much larger company. Of course, in 2008 Twitter was much, much smaller than it is today.
| Jean H. Lee / Associated Press: |
NKorea to allow mobile Internet for foreigners — PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea will soon allow foreigners to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from their cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices in its second relaxation of controls on communications in recent weeks.
More:
CNET, Engadget, The Verge, Electronista, PhoneArena, SlashGear and The Next Web
| James Niccolai / Computerworld: |
HP's Whitman says ‘no plans to break up the company’ — HP's CEO has again dismissed rumors that HP may be broken up into smaller businesses — Hewlett-Packard's CEO has dismissed persistent rumors that the company might break itself up in a move that could create more value for shareholders.
More:
Reuters, Computerworld, GigaOM and Bloomberg
| Associated Press: |
Nevada governor signs online gambling bill law after measure fast-tracked through Legislature — CARSON CITY, Nev. — Gov. Brian Sandoval signed legislation Thursday legalizing online gambling in Nevada, capping a dizzying day at the Legislature as lawmakers passed the bill through the Assembly and Senate as an emergency measure.
More:
CNET and VentureBeat
| Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: |
Apple-Samsung Judge Says Companies Must Narrow Lawsuit — Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) must narrow their patent-infringement lawsuit case scheduled for trial in 2014, a judge ruled. — U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh in San Jose, California, today told lawyers …
More:
PhoneArena, Electronista and CNET
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Google Maps SDK for iOS 1.1 gains support for ground overlays, keys now open to all developers — The Google Maps SDK for iOS has received a nice little update today, adding support for ground overlays for maps, gesture controls and geodesic polylines, whatever those are.| Jaikumar Vijayan / Computerworld: |
An inside look at Google's news-ranking algorithm — Patent application seeks to refine algorithm for third time since 2003 — A patent application filed by Google last year provides a detailed look at some of the metrics the company considers when ranking news stories and deciding …
| Élyse Betters / 9to5Mac: |
Qualcomm's latest chip could end iPhone LTE band fragmentation by putting 40 bands into one chipset — Apple's LTE chip supplier Qualcomm announced on Thursday that it hopes to tackle cellular radio frequency band fragmentation with the first “single, global 4G LTE design” for mobile devices.
| Zachary Lutz / Engadget: |
Chrome browser gains Web Speech API support in latest stable build — Good news, everyone: a safer and more robust version of Google Chrome has just been tipped for the masses. Like we've previously seen in the beta release, the stable version of Chrome 25 brings support for the Web Speech API.
More:
BetaNews, Softpedia News, chrome.blogspot.ca, 9to5Google and Neowin
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:
App Spotlight: Map My Client Location for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
App Spotlight: Map My Client Location for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
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
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
Google's Potential, AI Money Spigot Shutting?, PHP Bug & Cybersecurity's "Black October"
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.
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.
The Upstarts Podcast:
The Parking Startup That Swallowed A 100-Year-Old Giant | Metropolis CEO Alex Israel
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
Great Chat:
AI's Spooky Season
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:50 AM ET, February 22, 2013.
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
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:Max Tani / Semafor:
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
More:
Ubuntu App Developer, The H Open Source, Ubuntu Wiki, ZDNet, Ubuntu Wiki, Softpedia News, Softpedia News, The Verge, Android Phone Fans, The Register, PhoneDog.com, Engadget, SlashGear, MobileSyrup.com, TechnoBuffalo, Lifehacker, Softpedia News, TechSpot, Techie Buzz, Droid Life, IntoMobile and Pocketnow
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
More:
Microsoft, The Next Web, STBlogs Alpha, Neowin, WinBeta, Engadget and 1001 Noisy Cameras
| Dan Rowinski / ReadWrite: |
| Brad Smith / TechNet Blogs: |
More:
Bloomberg, The Register and GeekWire
| Danielle Kucera / Bloomberg: |
More:
The PayPal Blog, Computerworld, The Verge, CNET, Reuters, TechCrunch, Financial Times, Pocket-lint and GigaOM
| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
More:
Guardian, Tech Trader Daily, Fortune, Associated Press, CNET, GigaOM, Bloomberg, AppleInsider, USA Today, DealBook and Tech Trader Daily
Earlier Picks
| Owen Thomas / Business Insider: |
More:
Fortune, Street Fight, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Business Insider, PandoDaily and Forbes