|
November 27, 2013, 12:10 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Lorraine Luk / Digits: |
iPhone 5S Wait Time Drops as Foxconn Boosts Production — The waiting time for iPhone 5Ss has shortened significantly as major assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has been running its factories around the clock, adding more workers to its production lines.
More:
Fortune, Tech Trader Daily, iMore, BGR, AppleInsider, MacRumors, InvestorPlace, iDownloadBlog.com, Softpedia News, PhoneArena, The Indian Express, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone, Patently Apple, Mashable, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, App Advice, iClarified, Business Insider, Electronista and iLounge. Tweets: @scottmaustin
| The Huffington Post: |
Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit ‘Radicalizers’ — WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has been gathering records of online sexual activity and evidence of visits to pornographic websites as part of a proposed plan to harm the reputations …
More:
BBC, The Switch, Gizmodo, TechPresident, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, Gigaom, DSLreports, Examiner, CNET, Daily Dot, NEWS.com.au, TheHill, WebProNews, Guardian, The Register, Techdirt, Boing Boing, I4U News, Softpedia News, Business Insider, The Verge, Gawker, NBCNews and Poynter
Tweets: @johnallenpaulos, @ddayen, @adultraverprobs, @propublica, @dangillmor, @zedshaw, @jonwesselaas, @benwizner, @cmuratori, @csoghoian, @attackerman, @adamserwer and @ggreenwald
See also Mediagazer| Ian Traynor / Guardian: |
NSA surveillance: Europe threatens to freeze US data-sharing arrangements — After Edward Snowden revelations, EU executive underlines US compliance with European law and ‘how things have gone badly’ — The EU executive is threatening to freeze crucial data-sharing arrangements with the US …
More:
Gigaom, VentureBeat and Reuters
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Post-Snowden, European Commission Sets Out Actions Needed To Restore Trust In E.U.-U.S. Data Flows — The European Commission has today detailed the actions it believes are required to restore trust in data-sharing agreements between the European Union and the U.S. following revelations …
More:
EU Press Room, ZDNet, The Next Web, Electronista and Wall Street Journal
| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
Microsoft, suspecting NSA spying, to ramp up efforts to encrypt its Internet traffic — Microsoft is moving toward a major new effort to encrypt its Internet traffic after concluding that the National Security Agency may have broken into its global communications systems, said people familiar with the emerging plans.
More:
VentureBeat, The Verge, Gigaom, ZDNet, I4U News, Softpedia News, The Next Web, CNET, SlashGear, Digits, BGR and New York Times
Tweets: @matthew_d_green, @ggreenwald, @gushosein, @untoldcarlisle, @youranonnews and @trevortimm
| Rebecca Grant / VentureBeat: |
America falls a dismal 31st on ranking of consumer download speeds (report) — 30 countries have faster Internet than America, at least according to the most recent update from Speedtest.net. — Speedtest.net compares and ranks consumer download speeds around the globe, calculating the rolling mean in Mbps.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Xbox Video launches on the web ahead of Windows Phone version — Microsoft is unveiling its Xbox Video web service today, ahead of a planned app release for Windows Phone. The web version, available at video.xbox.com, provides the same access to TV shows and movies as the existing Xbox Video app …
More:
The Next Web, WinBeta and Engadget
| Chris Brook / Threatpost: |
Nearly 2000 Sites Vulnerable to Ruby on Rails Cookie Problem — A lingering security issue in Ruby on Rails that stems from a setting in the framework's cookie-based storage mechanism is still present in almost 2,000 websites. — Sites using an old version of Ruby on Rails that relies on CookieStore … | Fernando Alfonso III / Daily Dot: |
Rigging Time's Person of the Year poll? All in a day's twerk — When I heard that Time magazine was running another online voting component with its prestigious Person of the Year poll, the first thing I thought was, “Not again.” — Didn't the news magazine learn anything in 2009 …
More:
Computerworld, Mashable and The Next Web
| Pankaj Mishra / TechCrunch: |
Target (Yes, That Target) Wants To Launch An Accelerator In India — Target has long looked to India to fuel its software applications and back-office projects. Now, the Minneapolis-based retailer is doubling down on the country's tech potential. — Come January 2014 …
More:
MediaNama, NextBigWhat.com and Engadget
| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Nokia announces the Lumia 525, an upgraded successor to the top-selling Lumia 520 — Nokia has extended its family of smartphones with the Lumia 525, an affordable device that succeeds the popular Lumia 520 - which is its top selling Windows Phone device worldwide.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
PayPal adds support for prepaid gift cards, thanks to patent-pending ‘pay anytime anywhere with any card’ system — PayPal today announced it has added support for prepaid gift cards, letting its users apply them to the purchase of products and services anywhere PayPal Checkout is available.
More:
The Official PayPal, Engadget, VentureBeat, The Verge, Gizmodo, BetaNews, TechCrunch, iPhone, Softpedia News and VatorNews
| Mike Orcutt / MIT Technology Review: |
New inks and tools allow 3-D printing of lithium-ion technology. — By making the basic building blocks of batteries out of ink, Harvard materials scientist Jennifer Lewis is laying the groundwork for lithium-ion batteries and other high-performing electronics that can be produced with 3-D printers.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Bitcoin passes $1,000 mark for the first time, up over 62% in a week — Bitcoin hit a new milestone today, passing the $1,000 mark for the first time. The virtual currency is currently trading above the four-digit figure, with its highest at $1,030 on Mt. Gox, one of the largest exchanges.
More:
New York Times, GeekWire, The Verge, TechCrunch, The Switch and Softpedia News
| Casey Sullivan / Reuters: |
Hewlett-Packard, CEO Whitman ordered to defend securities class action — (Reuters) - A California federal judge has ordered Hewlett-Packard Co and Chief Executive Meg Whitman to defend a securities shareholder class action that claims they knew statements about HP's acquisition of software company Autonomy were misleading.
More:
Bloomberg
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.
Cape:
Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text & data, 24-hr metadata deletion, network ID rotation, SIM-attack defense, and more. Switch today and get 29% off for life.
Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text & data, 24-hr metadata deletion, network ID rotation, SIM-attack defense, and more. Switch today and get 29% off for life.
Zoho:
Do you need a Zoho Partner? Here's why working with one can benefit you. — Zoho offers over 60 applications, each one built for a unique use case. From sales and marketing to finance, HR, and customer support …
Do you need a Zoho Partner? Here's why working with one can benefit you. — Zoho offers over 60 applications, each one built for a unique use case. From sales and marketing to finance, HR, and customer support …
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
Hard Fork:
Open Model Wars + Claire Stapleton's Dishy Google Memoir + Substack's Slop Fight
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.
Great Chat:
Tech's short-term era
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.
Access:
Meet the most AI-pilled CEO on Earth
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Basis's Matt Harpe: Why AI Won't Replace Accountants — It'll Make Them Richer
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Lucas Shaw on Warner Bros' Limbo, Netflix's Anxiety, and Hollywood's Sort-of Comeback
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.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Connecting the Unconnected: Doreen Bogdan-Martin
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 12:10 PM ET, November 27, 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
Wall Street Journal:Minho Kim / New York Times:
Ariel King / Billboard:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Alex Williams / TechCrunch: |
More:
Network World, ZDNet, PE Hub Blog and The Box Blog
| Eric Zeman / InformationWeek: |
More:
BGR, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, PC Magazine, The Next Web and CNET
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
More:
The Next Web, the Econsultancy blog and Business Insider
| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
More:
DisplaySearch, BetaNews, ZDNet, Softpedia News, BGR and PC World
| Jamie Rigg / Engadget: |
Earlier Picks
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
More:
Google, Gigaom, Inquirer, BGR, Network World, PC Magazine, OStatic blogs, TechCrunch, NevilleHobson.com, Google Operating System, Gizmodo, GadgetGuide4U, TechnoBuffalo, The Register, Ars Technica, GeekWire, Android Authority, Search Engine Land, CNET, SlashGear, Engadget, The Verge, Android Central, Pocket-lint, The Next Web and Electronista
| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
| Shira Ovide / Digits: |
More:
Inquirer, ZDNet, Digits, Forbes, HotHardware.com News, PhoneArena, BetaNews, Electronista, TechCrunch, NEWS.com.au, Network World, PC Magazine, Betabeat, GeekWire, Gotta Be Mobile, VentureBeat, Marketing Land, The Verge, The Tech Report, WebProNews, CITEworld, 9to5Google, The Next Web and VentureBeat
Tweets: @segphault, @zpower, @mmasnick, @codepo8 and @sjvn
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |