|
January 23, 2014, 6:10 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Microsoft: |
Microsoft Reports Record Revenue of $24.52 Billion in Second Quarter — Double-digit growth in Commercial and Devices and Consumer segments drives record revenue. — REDMOND, Wash. — January 23, 2014 — Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $24.52 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2013.
More:
Re/code, The Verge, TechCrunch, Computerworld, Re/code, VentureBeat, CITEworld, GeekWire, CNNMoney.com, BetaNews, Business Insider, Marketing Land, PC World, Associated Press, Digits, New York Times, PandoDaily, CNET, ZDNet, Engadget, BGR, Tech Trader Daily, The Next Web, Business Insider, Forbes, Gotta Be Mobile, Bloomberg, WebProNews, Cult of Mac, SlashGear, iGame Responsibly, Windows Phone Central, Electronista, MobileSyrup.com, CNBC, Tim Anderson's ITWriting and Polygon
Tweets: @jowens510 and @fxshaw
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft beats earnings, ships 7.4 million Xboxes, doubles Surface revenue — Microsoft posts record revenue of $24.5B, beats earnings expectations in holiday quarter — Microsoft just announced revenue of $24.5 billion for the December quarter, up 14 percent from the same quarter a year ago … | Wall Street Journal: |
4½", 5" screen iPhones expected in second half of year, smaller one further along in development, to feature metal casing, plastic casing scrapped — Apple iPhones to Come Out With Bigger Screens — Facing competition from rivals offering smartphones with bigger screens …
More:
AppleInsider, Gigaom, Engadget, Digital Spy, Quartz, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, stratechery, Examiner, VentureBeat, MacRumors, CNET, Gigaom, PhoneArena, WCCFtech.com, TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Verge, Unwired View, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, pocketnow.com, Business Insider, MacDailyNews, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, MobileBurn.com, Ubergizmo, TechnoBuffalo, everythingiCafe, Apple Bitch, SlashGear, Geek.com, iPhone Hacks, WebProNews and Electronista
Tweets: @fmanjoo, @javi, @bryfitz and @stratechery
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Sources say new Apple TV box likely coming soon, App/Game Store possible — We've learned that Apple is making progress on its development of a successor to the current Apple TV and that the device is well into testing. We are led to believe that the new device, which is said to be a set-top box rather … | Phil Dzikiy / iLounge: |
Apple TV may get game support with Bluetooth controllers and direct game downloads by March — Reports: Apple TV to add games in coming update — iLounge has heard from reliable industry sources that Apple TV will soon be getting proper game support in an update, likely to come in March or earlier.
| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Independent review board says NSA phone data program is illegal and should end — An independent executive branch board has concluded that the National Security Agency's long-running program to collect billions of Americans' phone records is illegal and should end.
More:
Computerworld, Ars Technica, Guardian, Ars Technica, Guardian, The Register, The Verge, The Switch, Engadget, Boing Boing and Mashable
Tweets: @amadooooo, @trevortimm, @joanneleon and @ggreenwald
| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
Watchdog Report Says N.S.A. Program Is Illegal and Should End — WASHINGTON — An independent federal privacy watchdog has concluded that the National Security Agency's program to collect bulk phone call records has provided only “minimal” benefits in counterterrorism efforts, is illegal and should be shut down.
More:
ClickZ and SlashGear. Tweets: @wearpants, @repscottperry, @dangillmor, @rsingel and @arusbridger
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Pentagon says ‘absolutely no new orders have been placed’ for BlackBerry phones — Stock surges on news of a big win that never was — Last week, a press release from the Department of Defense announced the launch of a new mobile network within the agency that will utilize unclassified mobile devices …
More:
CNNMoney.com, Washington Post, Gigaom, PhoneArena, CNBC and Businessweek
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
iPhone 5s Owners Gobbling “Unprecedented” Levels Of Data, Study Finds — Users of flagship smartphones such as Apple's iPhone 5s and Samsung's Galaxy S4 are continuing to suck down more data than their tablet-wielding counterparts, according to a large-scale survey of mobile data consumption …
More:
9to5Mac, AppleInsider, CNET, MacRumors, BGR, eWeek, ZDNet, SammyToday, LAPTOP Magazine, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, TUAW, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, iPhone Hacks, iClarified, Electronista and Softpedia News. Tweets: @pkedrosky
| Jessica Roy / TIME: |
Revenge-Porn King Hunter Moore Indicted by U.S. Attorney — Moore and an alleged accomplice Charles “Gary” Evens are indicted on 15 counts, including conspiracy, seven counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information and seven counts of aggravated identity theft
More:
Betabeat, The Verge, Gigaom, Ars Technica, NEWS.com.au, The Register and Techdirt
| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
AOL Buys Personalization Startup Gravity for $90 Million in Cash — In a bid to add another publishing and advertising tool to its offerings, AOL has acquired personalization startup Gravity for about $90 million in cash. — As part of the deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter …
More:
Business Wire, Re/code, Digits, New York Times, TechCrunch, TechSpot, The Next Web, Gravity, Reuters, Inc.com, Mashable, CNET, Business Insider, BGR India, Gigaom, ZDNet, Softpedia News, PE Hub Blog and WebProNews
Tweets: @bgarlinghouse, @davidhornik, @alexia, @ibarguen and @luke_beatty
See also Mediagazer| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Biz Stone's Jelly Raises Series B Led By Greylock, And Josh Elman Joins The Board — Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has raised a Series B round of investment led by Greylock Partners, with Spark Capital participating. The raise comes just under a year after it raised a Series A round from Spark …
More:
Greylock VC, Jelly Blog and bizjournals
| Dune Lawrence / Businessweek: |
Tor Anonymity Software vs. the National Security Agency — Last year, Edward Snowden turned over to the Guardian, a British newspaper, some 58,000 classified U.S. government documents. Just a fraction of the files have been made public, but they outline the National Security Agency's massive information-collection system.
Tweets: @youranoncentral, @nytimesbits, @sheelahk, @libertylynx and @jpaskin
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Launches Card Analytics To Let Publishers Monitor Impressions, Clicks And More — In a move that could give brands and publishers more insight into what to tweet, today Twitter is rolling out Analytics For Twitter Cards. The dashboard shows impressions, URL clicks …
More:
The Official Twitter Blog, Twitter Developers, Re/code, CNET, ReadWrite, ZDNet, Marketing Land, The Next Web, SlashGear and WebProNews. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Bloomberg: |
Lenovo to Buy IBM Server Unit For $2.3 Billion Amid PC Slump — Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's largest maker of personal computers, will buy International Business Machines Corp.'s server business for $2.3 billion. — The deal price includes about $2 billion of cash and the rest in Lenovo stock …
More:
IBM, DealBook, CNBC, The Verge, ZDNet, eWeek, InfoWorld, Wall Street Journal, CNET, Reuters, Internet Evolution, Re/code, Gigaom, Gigaom Research, WebProNews, GSMArena Blog and ZDNet
Tweets: @bloombergtech, @ciscoservergeek, @qthrul and @edmondlococo
| John Biggs / TechCrunch: |
Google Glass User Detained By Feds Talks About Ordeal — While some businesses are banning the high-tech wearable device Google Glass, a theatre owner in Columbus, Ohio, saw enough of a threat to call the Department of Homeland Security. The manager called in unnamed Homeland Security agents …
More:
eWeek, Business Insider and TechNewsWorld
| Dennis Berman / Wall Street Journal: |
Wal-Mart aims to match Amazon's service offerings in two years, continues warehouse build out — Wal-Mart Aims To Match Amazon's Service Offerings — Wal-Mart Will Continue To Build Out New Distribution Centers for Online Delivery — The head of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 's e-commerce efforts predicted …
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Pixelmator 3.1 brings 16-bit image support for Mac Pro, integrated photo printing and more — Pixelmator have released the latest version of their app today, version 3.1. As usual, it is available exclusively in the Mac App Store for $29.99. Codenamed Marble, this update brings several enhancements … | Wall Street Journal: |
Lucrative Role as Middleman Puts Amazon in Tough Spot — While Business Is Key to Growth, Conflicts Arise Over Counterfeit, Unsafe Products — Last spring, Amazon.com Inc. moved to end its relationship with one of its biggest third-party sellers, saying that company had offered products that were illegal or otherwise prohibited.
Tweets: @wsjd, @kenbensinger, @shiraovide, @wsj, @drewdowell and @miriamgottfried
| Chris Burns / SlashGear: |
Qualcomm acquires 1,400 Palm, iPAQ, Bitphone patents from HP — This afternoon Qualcomm has announced that they will acquire all of HP's remaining Palm-related patents. They will also be acquiring from Hewlett-Packard a number of other patents in the mobile sector, including those under the titles' iPAQ and Bitphone.
More:
Engadget, Qualcomm, The Verge, TechRadar.com, Reuters and AndroidGuys. Tweets: @lexnfx. Thanks:@t_chrisburns
| Jung Ha-Won / AFP: |
S. Korea to spend $1.5 bn on 5G ‘movie-in-a-second’ service — Seoul — South Korea, already one of the most wired countries on earth, Wednesday announced a 1.6 trillion won ($1.5 billion) plan to roll out a next-generation 5G wireless service quick enough to download full-length films in a second.| Chris Kohler / Wired: |
Instead of porting its games to other mobile platforms, Nintendo should run its own platform — Everything You're Thinking About Nintendo Is Totally Wrong — The entire internet has weighed in with what it believes is the answer to Nintendo's financial woes: Go mobile, immediately.
Tweets: @mattbraga and @magicody
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Nokia Says Lumia & Other Phone Sales Declined In Q4 As It Prepares To Sell Division To Microsoft — In what is likely to be Nokia's last quarterly earnings before it hands off its mobile phone making business to Microsoft, the Finnish mobile maker has reported lower sales of Lumia devices in its Q4.
More:
The Verge, Ars Technica, Forbes, Computerworld, CITEworld, TechCrunch, The Next Web, GeekWire, BGR, Nokia, PC Magazine, memeburn, Softpedia News, Inquirer, Guardian, Softpedia News, Silicon Republic, InfoWorld, Re/code, Gigaom, Electronista, Gotta Be Mobile, BetaNews, My Nokia Blog, Bloomberg, Reuters, Engadget and CNET. Thanks:@riptari
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Watch Out Tumblr, Pinterest Now Supports GIFs — Earlier this week, some Pinterest users noticed that the company was experimenting with support for animated GIFs on its site - the popular, moving images that, until recently, defaulted to static photos when pinned.
More:
Oh, How Pinteresting!, VentureBeat and ReadWrite
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Facebook releases App Insights 2.0 beta with cleaner interface, actionable data, and improved reliability — Facebook today introduced the first major update to its App Insights product, aiming to help developers better understand how users interact with their apps.
More:
Facebook Developer Blog, ReadWrite, Inside Facebook and WebProNews
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:
App Spotlight: ZPortals Web Portals for Zoho — Our App Spotlight brings you hand-picked apps to enhance the power of your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all apps, integrations, and extensions.
App Spotlight: ZPortals Web Portals for Zoho — Our App Spotlight brings you hand-picked apps to enhance the power of your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all apps, integrations, and extensions.
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:
Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (#52)
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. 04/15 - Onshoring And Halving
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 6:10 PM ET, January 23, 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
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:Max Tani / Semafor:
Laurence Peter / BBC:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Jack Clark / The Register: |
| Dennis Schaal / Skift: |
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
| Shira Ovide / Digits: |
More:
NYT Bits, Financial Times, Financial Times, Inquirer, WinBeta, Gigaom, Lastest ITProPortal news and ReadWrite
Earlier Picks
| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
| Michael Lee / ZDNet: |
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |