|
September 11, 2013, 8:00 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Apple TV Software Refresh Coming September 18 — Nope, Apple didn't show off new Apple TV hardware yesterday. — And Apple didn't talk about new software for its Web video box, either. But it's still coming. — People familiar with the company's plans say Apple TV is scheduled …
More:
iMore, Washington Post, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechnoBuffalo, Yahoo! News, Evolver.fm, HotHardware.com News, Mashable, PC Magazine, Cult of Mac, Gizmodo UK, WebProNews, VentureBeat, MacRumors, I4U News, TechSpot, Gotta Be Mobile, iDownloadBlog.com and App Advice. Tweets: @markgurman. See also Mediagazer
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
New Apple TV in development, could arrive as soon as next month — Apple is working on a new version of the Apple TV, and according to MG Siegler, it could arrive as soon as next month. We have independently heard that a new version of the Apple TV is in development, but our sources …
More:
LIVEdigitally, MacRumors, BGR, AppleInsider, Business Insider, TechnoBuffalo, iDownloadBlog.com, Electronista and App Advice. Tweets: @parislemon
| Zach Epstein / BGR: |
Exclusive photos of Amazon's completely redesigned next-gen Kindle Fire HD — There really isn't much mystery remaining as Amazon prepares to unveil its second-generation Kindle Fire HD tablets and its third-generation Kindle Fire slate in the coming weeks.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg on NSA spying: “The government blew it” — The federal government has done a bad job recently in balancing its job protecting US citizens from terrorism with its role in defending civil liberties, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said today at TechCrunch Disrupt.
More:
AllThingsD, Digits, PandoDaily, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and TechCrunch
Tweets: @rabois, @dannysullivan, @lauralockesf, @dondodge, @techau, @jguynn, @owenthomas, @jboorstin, @evelynrusli and @jguynn
| Steven Russolillo / MoneyBeat: |
| Guardian: |
NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel — The National Security Agency routinely shares raw intelligence data with Israel without first sifting it to remove information about US citizens, a top-secret document provided to the Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals.
More:
Guardian, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Mashable, The Switch, The Verge and Gawker
Tweets: @wmrdc, @guardianus and @sacca
| Zeljka Zorz / Help Net Security: |
More:
NYT Bits, Techdirt, Ars Technica, BBC and Boing Boing
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Mashable: |
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
With 64-bit A7, Apple avoids future memory constraints, paves way for ARM-based Macs — The real reasons Apple's 64-bit A7 chip makes sense — Don't swallow Apple's marketing lines that 64-bit chips magically run software faster than 32-bit relics. What the A7 in the iPhone 5S does do …
More:
ReadWrite, Yahoo! News, ZDNet, Scientific American and Network World
| Horace Dediu / asymco: |
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
More:
GigaOM, A VC, Marco.org, Internet Evolution, Fortune, SplatF, Business Insider and Marketing Land. Tweets: @asymco
| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
| MG Siegler / TechCrunch: |
| Adam Satariano / Bloomberg: |
The IPhone's Secret Flights From China to Your Local Apple Store — As Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled new iPhones yesterday, a complex operation had already kicked into gear behind the scenes to send millions of the handsets to store shelves worldwide. — The process starts in China …
More:
GigaOM, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac and App Advice
Tweets: @jessicalessin, @benedictevans, @tomloftus and @b_fung
| Hari Gottipati / GigaOM: |
With iBeacon, Apple is going to dump on NFC and embrace the internet of things — At WWDC in June, Apple quietly announced iBeacon, one of the more prominent features of iOS 7. Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering, mentioned nothing about about it in the keynote … | Caesar Sengupta / Google Chrome Blog: |
New Haswell Chromebooks from Acer, HP, ASUS, and Toshiba arriving in coming months — A fresh mix of Intel-based Chromebooks — something for everyone — Chromebooks were designed to make computers faster, simpler, safer and much more affordable for everyone.
More:
Engadget, BGR, Ars Technica, The Register, PC World, The Verge, The Windows Blog, Pocketables, TechSpot, TechnoBuffalo, Intel Newsroom, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to5Google, Mashable, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, SlashGear, HotHardware.com News, BetaNews, GadgeTell, Droid Life, GigaOM, The Tech Report, Data Center Knowledge and Geek.com
| Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Monthly Active Users Are Up 20% To 800M, Including 350M On Mobile, Says Marissa Mayer — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced today at TechCrunch Disrupt that Yahoo monthly active users are up 20% to 800 million globally, including 350 million monthly active users on mobile.
More:
The Verge, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Search Engine Land, ReadWrite, Digits, GeekWire, SiliconBeat, AllThingsD, GigaOM, VentureBeat, Guardian and TechCrunch
Tweets: @om, @om, @owenthomas and @jguynn
| Leslie Patton / Bloomberg: |
McDonald's Testing Mobile Order App for U.S. Stores — Americans will soon be able to order and pay for Big Macs from their mobile phones. — McDonald's Corp. (MCD) is currently testing a mobile payment application in Salt Lake City and in Austin, Texas, Lisa McComb, a spokeswoman, said today in an e-mail.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iCloud Keychain Removed in iOS 7 GM — Apple appears to have removed iCloud Keychain support from the iOS 7 Golden Master (GM), which was seeded to developers yesterday. While iCloud preferences previously listed iCloud Keychain, the option has now been removed, suggesting … | Paul Mozur / Wall Street Journal: |
China Licenses Apple's iPhone With China Mobile's Wireless Standard — BEIJING—A Chinese regulator has given the final license necessary for Apple Inc.'s iPhone to run on China Mobile Ltd.'s mobile network, another indication China's largest carrier will soon be releasing an iPhone for the first time.
| Don Reisinger / CNET: |
TiVo eyes the cloud with premiere of network PVR — The company says that its technology is only in prototype phase, and will be offered to television providers. — TiVo has announced a new, cloud-based television offering that could make its relationships with cable and satellite providers a bit stronger.
More:
Electronista, Broadcast, multichannel.com/rss, Engadget and MarketWatch
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Made in America: a look inside Motorola's Moto X factory — An old Nokia facility has been resurrected to crank out 100,000 new smartphones per week — The Moto X is a return to form for Motorola, and it represents the first device the it has produced from start to finish as a Google company.
More:
Engadget, TechSpot, 9to5Google, Mashable and Android Community
Tweets: @katienotopoulos, @tomwarren, @dcseifert and @reckless
| Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters: |
| Wall Street Journal: |
Gogo to introduce faster 60Mbps inflight WiFi system, coming to Virgin America in 2014 — Airplane Wi-Fi Gets Up to Speed — Gogo Inc.'s New System Combines Satellites and Cell Towers — The race for fast Internet at 30,000 feet is accelerating as airlines roll out new technologies …
More:
VentureBeat, Engadget, The Verge, PR Newswire, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, Forbes, GigaOM, Android Community, Geek.com, Electronista, Ars Technica, SlashGear and ABC News. Tweets: @elanazak
| Pandora: |
Pandora Names Brian McAndrews Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman — Pandora (NYSE:P), today announced that the company's Board of Directors has appointed Brian McAndrews, formerly of Madrona Venture Group, Microsoft and aQuantive, to succeed Joe Kennedy as Chief Executive Officer …
More:
VentureBeat, GeekWire, TechCrunch, The Verge, GigaOM, AdExchanger and Forbes. Tweets: @pkafka. See also Mediagazer
| AnandTech: |
The Baytrail Preview: Intel Atom Z3770 Tested — Earlier this year Intel unveiled Silvermont, its first true architectural update to Atom since its introduction in 2008. I won't rehash Silvermont's architecture here, but it's designed to be a true test of Intel's performance in the ultra mobile space.
More:
PC World, Intel Newsroom, BBC, Mashable, dailywireless.org, Forbes, PC Magazine, LAPTOP Magazine, ZDNet and PC World
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:
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26 — Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26 — Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Zoho:
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
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
Big Technology Podcast:
OpenAI's 2026 Priority, Disney's AI Play, Datacenter Buildout Trouble
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.
Hard Fork:
Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
Access:
Why the next AI frontier is phone calls, with Beside CEO Maxime Germain
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Great Chat:
So what happens after AGI?
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.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 8:00 PM ET, September 11, 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
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Jeff Blagdon / The Verge: |
More:
New York Times
| Yoni Heisler / TUAW: |
| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Earlier Picks
| Mark Burnett / Xato: |
More:
Ars Technica and Digital Trends
| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
More:
Gizmodo
| Somini Sengupta / NYT Bits: |
| Marcus Wohlsen / Wired: |