|
January 17, 2014, 12:55 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| The Official Google Blog: |
Introducing our smart contact lens project — You've probably heard that diabetes is a huge and growing problem—affecting one in every 19 people on the planet. But you may not be familiar with the daily struggle that many people with diabetes face as they try to keep their blood sugar levels under control.
More:
AppleInsider, VatorNews, Inquirer, Betabeat, CNET, Digits, TechCrunch, Geek.com, Digital Trends, Consumerist, The Register, Forbes, Laughing Squid, Computerworld, Overclockers Club, TechSpot, Inc.com, TheHill, www.thehostingnews.com, Reuters, Dezeen, Search Engine Roundtable, Electronista, SiliconANGLE, Pureinfotech Newsletter, WebProNews, GeekWire, Cult of Mac, Lastest ITProPortal news, BBC, POPSUGAR, Gotta Be Mobile, Mashable, ITworld.com, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, ReadWrite, Los Angeles Times, PhoneArena, TechnoBuffalo, Business Insider, ZDNet, Gizmodo UK, Gigaom, The Next Web, Engadget and 9to5Google
Tweets: @tomwarren, @levie, @tomwarren, @markgurman, @adholden, @cdixon, @dannysullivan, @tomstandage, @ttunguz, @jhuber, @sm and @bxchen
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google's New Smart Contact Lens Is Old News For Microsoft — Google today announced its smart contact lens project, but it's not the first by a long shot (or even a moon shot). Other companies have long been working on smart lenses — including Microsoft Research, which unveiled a similar project …
More:
The Escapist, Android Beat, The Tell and Beyond Search
| Bloomberg: |
HTC Said to Plan New One Phone With Larger Screen, Better Camera — HTC Corp. (2498) plans a March release for the latest version of its HTC One smartphone featuring a larger screen and twin-sensor rear camera, according to a person with direct knowledge of the plans.
| Reuters: |
Obama bans spying on leaders of U.S. allies, scales back NSA program — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced a ban on U.S. eavesdropping on the leaders of close friends and allies on Friday, and rein in the vast collection of Americans' phone data in a series of reforms triggered by Edward Snowden's revelations.| The Verge: |
President Obama's NSA reforms show both promise and peril — The president's NSA changes have potential to increase privacy, but need concrete action — President Obama just announced big changes to America's massive government surveillance programs, promising to add new safeguards … | Nick Summers / Businessweek: |
ATMs, 95% of which run Windows XP, must upgrade by April 8 to avoid losing support — ATMs Face Deadline to Upgrade From Windows XP — One-dollar bills. Envelope-free deposits. Stamp dispensers. These are a few of the features that Wells Fargo (WFC), Bank of America (BAC) …
More:
Gizmodo
| Wall Street Journal: |
NTT DoCoMo shelves plans to launch Tizen phone, dealing a blow to Samsung, a key backer — Japan's NTT DoCoMo Shelves Plan to Launch Tizen Phone — Carrier Says Smartphone Market Not Growing Fast Enough for a Third Operating System … NTT DoCoMo Inc. has shelved indefinitely plans … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple to begin in-store iPhone 5c screen repairs next week — We've gotten word from multiple sources that Apple will begin repairing/replacing broken iPhone 5c displays in its retail stores next week. The current plan is to begin offering replacements on Monday, January 20th.
More:
Telegraph, Redmond Pie, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear, iMore, Electronista, Softpedia News, MacRumors, iClarified, App Advice and iPhone Hacks
| New York Times: |
Yahoo's Bumps on a Road to Revival — SAN FRANCISCO — It looks as if the Google pixie dust isn't so easy to spread around. — Marissa Mayer's arrival at Yahoo as chief executive a year and a half ago was widely hailed as an opportunity to infuse the struggling Internet pioneer with the smarts …
More:
Tech Trader Daily, Forbes, New York Times and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @om, @vindugoel, @deanemurphy and @mathewi
See also Mediagazer| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
More:
SiliconANGLE, Mashable, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Capital New York, VatorNews, TheStreet.com and Softpedia News. Tweets: @karaswisher. Thanks:@chirag_mehta. See also Mediagazer
| Computerworld: |
Target credit card data was sent to server in Russia — The stolen credit card numbers of millions of Target shoppers took an international trip — to Russia. — The stolen credit card numbers of millions of Target shoppers took an international trip — to Russia.
More:
Seculert Blog …, Computerworld, ZDNet, Help Net Security, Threatpost and Forbes
| Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: |
Code points to a Google “Fitness API” allowing Android apps to view and edit activity data — Google Works on a Fitness API for Android — Wearables are now the next big thing. A lot of companies develop smart watches, smart glasses and head-up displays, smart headphones, smart clothes.
More:
Computerworld, Google Developers Blog, AndroidHeadlines.com, 9to5Google, Phandroid, Engadget and Electronista. Tweets: @arjunram
| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Breach at Neiman Marcus Went Undetected From July to December — The computer network at Neiman Marcus was penetrated by hackers as far back as July, and the breach was not fully contained until Sunday, according to people briefed on the investigation. — The company disclosed the data theft …
More:
PC Magazine, The Verge, Washington Post, Reuters, BGR, SlashGear, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Bloomberg, CNET, Computerworld, Softpedia News and CNNMoney.com
Tweets: @whas11doug and @chrismaycbs3
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Nintendo warns of loss after slashing Wii U sales forecast by 69 percent — Throughout the past year, Nintendo CEO and president Satoru Iwata has maintained his belief that the company will turn an operating profit of ¥100 billion yen in 2014, even in the face of disappointing Wii U sales.
More:
Reuters, GeekWire, Engadget, TechCrunch, nintendo.co.jp, The Register, Quartz, Ars Technica, BGR, Electronista, The Next Web, Guardian and Inquirer
| Marty Graham / Reuters: |
California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffic ticket at trial — (Reuters) - A California woman ticketed for driving while wearing Google Glass, a tiny computer mounted on an eyeglass frame, had her citation dismissed on Thursday by a San Diego court commissioner who said he found …
More:
Associated Press, Gizmodo, WebProNews, PhoneArena, SlashGear, ZDNet, Glass Almanac, The Verge, Digits, ResearchBuzz and Los Angeles Times
| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
In Sign of Maturing Smartphone Market, Q1 Sales Expected to Drop From Previous Quarter — For two years now the global smartphone market has continued to be bigger each quarter than it was the last. — In a sign that the market is now starting to mature, though, analysts at TrendForce project …
More:
ZDNet, press.trendforce.com, Gigaom, 9to5Google and The Droid Guy
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Congressional Reps Ask Bruce Schneier To Explain To Them What The NSA Is Doing, Because The NSA Won't Tell Them — This is both depressing and good news at the same time. A group of Congressional Representatives (who are among the most critical of the NSA) apparently asked Bruce Schneier …
| Computerworld: |
IBM pumps $1.2 billion into global cloud data centers — Dispelling any lingering doubt that IBM sees cloud computing as the way of the future, the company announced that it will invest US$1.2 billion this year in expanding its global cloud infrastructure. — Dispelling any lingering doubt …
More:
Data Center Knowledge, The Register, Washington Post, The Switch, ZDNet, Reuters, InfoWorld, Re/code and Forbes
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Digg Is Experimenting With Original Content — Digg is currently testing a system which would see the viral news aggregator running its own original content on the Digg.com homepage, the company confirms to us today. This would be a new direction for the betaworks-backed service … | Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple details secure ‘touchless’ e-wallet strategy in patent filing — Apple has been coy in revealing its plans for a touchless payment solution, but a patent filing discovered on Thursday gives clues as to where the company is headed. — Tech companies like Google are looking …
More:
Patently Apple, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, Payments News, BGR and iLounge. Thanks:@_trendspotter
| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Farhad Manjoo heads to NYT after 4 months at WSJ to replace David Pogue — The New York Times Gets its David Pogue Replacement from the Wall Street Journal — The New York Times has found a replacement for David Pogue, its high-profile reviewer: Sources say the Times is filling his old slot … | Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
US Attorney seizes $28 million in Bitcoin from the Silk Road server — Today, federal attorneys announced the seizure of 29,655 bitcoins from the Silk Road server, adding up to over $28 million at current exchange rates. The seizure is part of a larger audit of the contents of the Silk Road servers … Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Kulkan Security:
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Zoho:
Stay alert: Zoho Cliq keeps you in the Checkout loop — Payment pages are becoming increasingly significant for various organizations. For instance, consider an NGO committed to helping those in need.
Stay alert: Zoho Cliq keeps you in the Checkout loop — Payment pages are becoming increasingly significant for various organizations. For instance, consider an NGO committed to helping those in need.
Mastodon:
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
How to Cultivate Everyday Dharma, Suneel Gupta (#54)
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Subscribe to the Kevin Rose Show!
Techmeme Ride Home:
Mon. 04/22 - TikTok Back On The Chopping Block?
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 12:55 PM ET, January 17, 2014.
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
Tariq Panja / New York Times:Adam B. Vary / Variety:
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Jennifer Corbett Dooren / Washington Wire: |
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
| Kaylene Hong / The Next Web: |
More:
Bloomberg, Computerworld, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @tim_cook
| Tom Gara / Digits: |
Tweets: @whatthebit
| CNN: |
| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
More:
Wikimedia Commons, Ars Technica and ITworld.com
Earlier Picks
| Jeffrey Grubb / VentureBeat: |
More:
Ars Technica, Guardian, WebProNews, Joystiq, The Verge, BetaNews, Inquirer, Softpedia News, Digits, Re/code, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, GeekWire and Forbes. Tweets: @iansherr
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
More:
MacRumors, TechHive, ZDNet, Business Insider, AppleInsider, MobileSyrup.com, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks and iMore
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
More:
Rdio Blog, Digital Trends, Ars Technica, BetaNews, Evolver.fm, CNET, WebProNews, ReadWrite and Android Beat. See also Mediagazer
| Larry Downing / Reuters: |
| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
More:
Digital Trends, Inc.com, Digits and Business Insider
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More:
Inquirer, Gizmodo UK and Softpedia News