|
January 25, 2014, 4:45 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Moves Toward Expanded Mobile-Payment Service — Apple Inc. laying the groundwork for an expanded mobile-payments service, leveraging its growing base of iPhone and iPad users and the hundreds of millions of credit cards on file through its iTunes stores.| Steven Levy / Wired: |
The Macintosh Is 30, and I Was There for Its Birth — Nineteen eighty-four was not like 2014. When Steve Jobs launched the Macintosh, he had to generate excitement about a product — a computer — that was unfamiliar to most people, if not downright scary.
More:
NYT Bits, Tech.pinions, Scripting News, MacDailyNews, kottke.org and Computerworld
| iFixit: |
More:
TechnoBuffalo, iDownloadBlog.com, Electronista, Computerworld, Geek.com, Cult of Mac, Digital Trends, CNET, AppleInsider, iClarified, Los Angeles Times, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, iMore, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, WebProNews, SlashGear, TUAW, TechCrunch, BGR, All New Musings, Re/code and 9to5Mac
| Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com: |
Sony Pictures, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Make Movie Deal For ‘Lean In’ — EXCLUSIVE: In a deal spearheaded by Sony Pictures production president Hannah Minghella, the studio has made a preemptive acquisition of film rights to Lean In: Women, Work, And The Will to Lead, the 2013 book written by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
More:
Inc.com, Bloomberg, CNNMoney.com, VentureBeat, Betabeat, SiliconBeat, Speakeasy, Valleywag, Business Insider, CNET, The Verge, bizjournals, WebProNews, Digital Spy, The Tell and New York Magazine. Tweets: @mikeisaac
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Gmail And Google+ Go Down Across The World, Service Returns After Roughly 50 Minutes — Update 2: As of 2:52 service seems to be restored and reliable on both Gmail and Google+ for most of those affected. — Update: Users are now reporting that Gmail service at least is back for some …
More:
The Official Google Blog, 9to5Google, Mercury News, The Next Web, Marketing Land, The Verge, NBCNews, iMore, Government Technology News, eWeek, Mercury News, PC World, Engadget, GeekWire, SlashGear, Consumerist, Mashable, PC Magazine, I4U News, Forbes, Pocketables, Gotta Be Mobile, The Register, Business Insider, Examiner, Tubefilter, Data Center Knowledge, TechHive, The Switch, SFist, Electronista, WebProNews and POPSUGAR. Tweets: @gaberivera
| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Black Car Competitor Accuses Uber Of DDoS-Style Attack; Uber Admits Tactics Are “Too Aggressive” — Competition is fierce in the world of on-demand transportation. The consumer demand for better, more convenient car service has exploded over the last two years, and startups services are racing to capitalize.| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Bay area tech companies should give back and promote good public policy in their community — It Doesn't Have To Be This Way — There is a story being told about us here in the tech industry in San Francisco — that we are entitled, or that we are oblivious. I don't believe that's true.
More:
Anil Dash, Vanity Fair and SiliconBeat
Tweets: @martinsfp, @sg, @stephenfleming, @kevinmarks, @anildash and @stephenfleming
| Douglas MacMillan / Digits: |
SoundCloud raises over $60M at a $700M valuation, led by IVP and Chernin — Music-Sharing Service SoundCloud Raises New Funds at $700 Million Valuation — SoundCloud, the site for uploading and sharing music, has raised a new round of funding valuing the company at about $700 million, according to a person familiar with the deal.
More:
VentureBeat, Re/code, Inc.com, Engadget, The Verge, Gigaom and Business Insider. Tweets: @benjaminharvey. See also Mediagazer
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's Windows 8.1 Update 1: Rumored release target is March 11 — Summary: Windows 8.1 Update 1 may be headed for a March 2014 release and could include some under-the-hood changes to reduce memory and disk space requirements for cheaper tablets. — There's nothing like ending the week with a few fresh Windows rumors.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Acquires Virtual World Gaming Startup Cloud Party, Will Shut It Down — Yahoo is doing more than just throwing shade at Google on Twitter today and then taking it back - the company has acquired Cloud Party, a browser-based game creation engine. In a blog post today …
More:
Cloud Party Blog, I4U News, TechHive and bizjournals
| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
Jury finds Courtney Love not liable in landmark Twitter defamation case — Courtney Love Wins Twitter Defamation Trial — After eight days of testimony, the singer prevails in a trailblazing case. — Courtney Love — On Friday, a California jury decided that Courtney Love …
More:
SPIN, Associated Press, ABC News, TIME.com, Twitchy, NBC News Entertainment, Poynter and Business Insider. Tweets: @eriqgardner. See also Mediagazer
Sponsor Posts
Soxton:
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
F5:
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Zoho:
Zoho Mail wins the SE Labs Security Award 2026 for Enterprise Email Security Service — When email security works well, nobody notices it.No one starts their day appreciating the phishing email that never reached their inbox.
Zoho Mail wins the SE Labs Security Award 2026 for Enterprise Email Security Service — When email security works well, nobody notices it.No one starts their day appreciating the phishing email that never reached their inbox.
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
Grit:
Why 80% of the Fortune 100 Chose Qualtrics | Ryan Smith
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
The hidden pattern behind successful products | Mark Pincus (founder of Zynga)
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:
SpaceX's IPO Triumph, Anthropic's Fable Fumble, OpenAI's Price War
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.
Access:
A top iPhone app developer reacts to Apple's new Siri
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Hard Fork:
'Hard Fork' Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn
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.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
AI's Mythos Moment: Rishi Sunak on preparing governments for AI
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 4:45 AM ET, January 25, 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
Axios:Max Tani / Semafor:
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Zach Miners / PC World: |
More:
Ars Technica, The United States Department …, Bloomberg, Reuters and TheHill
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
More:
MSDN Blogs, VentureBeat, WinBeta, Computerworld, Business Insider, GeekWire and ZDNet