|
March 27, 2014, 1:00 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| César Puerta / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter rolls out photo tagging, ability to share up to four photos in a tweet — Photos just got more social — We're rolling out two new mobile features that make photos on Twitter more social. One is photo tagging, which lets you tag the people in your photo; the other is the ability to include up to four photos in a Tweet.
More:
CNN, Inquirer, SiliconANGLE, Mobile Marketing Watch, Fox News, BBC, ReadWrite, AllTwitter, Daring Fireball, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Register, I4U News, PC Pro, TechSpot, memeburn, Geeky Gadgets, Telegraph, Softpedia News, SocialTimes, GSMArena Blog, Cult of Mac, Electronista, App Advice, AndroidGuys, Computerworld, NEWS.com.au, TechnoBuffalo, WebProNews, Droid Life, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, iDownloadBlog.com, The Next Web, Pocketnow, Daily Dot, AppleInsider, BuzzFeed, 9to5Google, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, Marketing Land, The Loop, SlashGear, PC Magazine, Poynter, MacStories, iMore, The Technology Chronicles, Salon and VentureBreak
Tweets: @twitterdev, @parislemon, @sensiblemadman, @hamburger, @joshconstine, @panzer, @caseynewton, @hamburger and @mia_out
Thanks:@orbuch. See also Mediagazer| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
More:
LAPTOP Magazine, Guardian, Pocket-lint and TechCrunch
| Nathaniel Mott / PandoDaily: |
| Bob Moczydlowsky / The Twitter Blog: |
ComingSoon: Billboard Twitter Real-Time Chart — Today Billboard is announcing a partnership with us to create the Billboard Twitter Real-Time Chart, which will track the real-time U.S. music conversation, using Twitter data. — Music is one of the most talked about topics on Twitter.
| Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter rolling out new music strategy centered on music conversations and content this week — Twitter to Relaunch Music Strategy — Move Comes Shortly After It Pulled #Music App from iTunes — Twitter Inc. is trying out a new tune. The short-messaging service is preparing to roll …
More:
VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Associated Press, InvestorPlace, hypebot, Electronista, VatorNews, The Next Web and VentureBreak
Tweets: @brokencool, @caseynewton, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac and @wsjd
See also Mediagazer| Mark DeCambre / Quartz: |
Spotify is planning an IPO for this fall — Spotify could take itself public some time in the fall of 2014. — The popular music-streaming company has participated in informal chats with some of the investment banks likely to fight for a role in a potential IPO, sources familiar with the process said.
More:
PandoDaily, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Guardian, Business Insider, Ubergizmo and USA Today. Tweets: @reneeschultes. See also Mediagazer
| Lev Grossman / TIME: |
The Inside Story of How Facebook Got Oculus VR — A 19-year-old hacker set out to invent a gaming headset. He ended up reviving a dead technology and creating an idea worth $2 billion — To understand why Oculus Rift matters, it helps to know who John Carmack is.
More:
VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal and Business Insider
Tweets: @balajis, @cdixon, @cheeky_geeky, @bhorowitz and @parislemon
| Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
New York Times, SiliconANGLE, SiliconBeat, Forbes, New York Times, Softpedia News, Singularity Hub, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Haywire, SlashGear, CNN, Wired.co.uk and Gigaom
Tweets: @iansherr, @eringriffith and @evelynrusli
| Raph Koster / Raph's Website: |
More:
Mobile Opportunity and Wired.co.uk. Tweets: @parislemon, @dingstweets, @markpinc, @mdudas, @sw, @bdickason, @loydcase, @hunterwalk and @id_aa_carmack
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Apps with millions of Google Play downloads covertly mine cryptocurrency — Researchers said they have uncovered two apps that were downloaded from the official Google Play market more than one million times that use Android devices to mine the Litecoin and Dogecoin cryptocurrencies without explicitly informing end users.
More:
TrendLabs Security …, The Official Lookout Blog, Inquirer, Business Insider, Guardian, BBC, BGR, Help Net Security, Redmond Pie, Mashable, Softpedia News, CoinDesk, Wired, PC World and Electronista
Tweets: @ashk4n, @gmillard and @csoghoian
| Daniel Rubino / Windows Phone Central: |
New images reveal an overhauled Store for Windows Phone 8.1, includes automatic app updates and more — The Windows Phone 8.1 core has been finished today, so it seems appropriate to take a look at an area that is need of some improvement: the Windows Phone Store.
More:
Engadget, Electronista, TechSpot, WinBeta, WMPoweruser, Softpedia News, Softpedia News and Pocketnow
| Hurriyet Daily News: |
Turkey blocks access to YouTube after alleged leak of recordings of key security meeting — Turkey blocks access to YouTube after leak recordings of key security meeting — Less than a week after a notorious ban on Twitter went into effect, the Turkish government blocked access to YouTube on March 27.
More:
Webrazzi, Reuters, TechCrunch, Gigaom, Re/code, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Mashable, Engadget, 9to5Google, BBC, Wall Street Journal, International Business Times and Electronista
Tweets: @achristiemiller, @mathewi, @antderosa, @esrad, @mikeisaac and @nycjim
See also Mediagazer| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Intel to ditch its Hadoop software and support Cloudera instead — Intel is set to cause a tremor in the big data market tomorrow. — The chip maker will announce tomorrow that it will stop pushing its own distribution of open-source Hadoop software for storing and processing lots … | AFP: |
Russian government officials switch from iPads to Samsung tablets over spying fears — Russian officials dump iPads over spy fears — Moscow — Russian government officials have swapped their iPads for Samsung tablets to ensure tighter security, the telecoms minister told news agencies on Wednesday.
More:
Fortune, App Advice, Ubergizmo, PadGadget, The Register, Geeky Gadgets, MacNN, iDownloadBlog.com, TUAW and 9to5Mac
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Government requests to Google have more than doubled in the past four years — Google released its latest transparency report today, revealing tens of thousands of law enforcement requests from across the world. In the second half of 2013, the report lists more than 27,000 requests …
More:
The Official Google Blog, BetaNews, 9to5Google, Engadget, Guardian, Gigaom, The Next Web and SlashGear
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Paid Up To $150M To Buy Wearable Computing IP From The Osterhout Design Group — Earlier this week, Facebook announced that it had acquired Oculus VR for $2 billion, and it turns out that this isn't the only recent piece of M&A in the category of head-mounted wearable computing.| Dawn C. Chmielewski / Re/code: |
The Other Facebook News: One Billion Mobile Users — Facebook followers could be forgiven for being fixated by the $2 billion deal to acquire the virtual reality company Oculus. — But another disclosure from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday is also worthy of attention … | David Cohen / AllFacebook: |
Pew Report: 30% of US adults get news from Facebook, 10% from YouTube, 8% from Twitter — STUDY: Facebook's Role In Pew Research Center's ‘State Of The News Media 2014’ — Facebook and other social networks continue to become further intertwined with the media, as the State of the News Media 2014 report … | Microsoft Corporation: |
Satya Nadella press briefing webcast — Return at 10 a.m. PT to watch the live webcast of Microsoft's CEO discussing the intersection of cloud and mobile from San Francisco.
More:
LiveSide.net, GeekWire, Engadget, Mashable and App Advice
| Eric Thayer / Reuters: |
Judge tosses lawsuit against Facebook over use of minors' photos — (Reuters) - A California federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against Facebook Inc that had accused the company of misappropriating the names and likenesses of minors who use the social network.
More:
The Register
| JP Mangalindan / Fortune: |
Klout acquired for $200 million by Lithium Technologies — It's official: the once-controversial social scoring startup has been scooped up. — FORTUNE — Social score startup Klout has been acquired by Lithium Technologies, a provider of social customer experience solutions for the enterprise …
More:
The Klout Blog, TechCrunch, VatorNews, The Next Web, Mashable, memeburn, Inc.com, Gigaom Research, I4U News, Business Insider, MediaPost, The Verge, VentureBeat, Forbes, tech.co and Adotas
Tweets: @caseynewton, @pmarca, @kevinliu, @karaswisher, @novaspivack and @alexismadrigal
Thanks:@jpmanga| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Amazon to launch set-top box in April 2 event — Amazon Launching Video Box Next Week — Amazon's entry into the set top box world, which has been delayed for months, is coming next week, according to people familiar with the company's plans. — The e-commerce giant has invited reporters … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and Twitter launch WebScaleSQL, a custom version of MySQL for massive databases — Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and Twitter today announced WebScaleSQL, a collaborative project bringing the engineers from these companies together to solve challenges working with massive databases.
More:
Facebook Code, Gigaom and WebProNews
| Mark Sweney / Guardian: |
UK ad watchdog clears Microsoft ad campaign attacking Gmail privacy standards — Microsoft wins battle over ads attacking Google privacy standards — Advertising Standards Authority agrees Gmail's scanning of email contents to target ads sets it apart from Outlook.com
More:
BGR, TechRadar.com, ZDNet, Inquirer and WinBeta
| Reuters: |
Yahoo Japan buys SoftBank's eAccess for $3.2B to set up new mobile Internet service — Yahoo Japan buys SoftBank's eAccess to set up new mobile Internet service — (Reuters) - Yahoo Japan Corp said on Thursday that it would buy mobile and broadband provider eAccess Ltd from its parent SoftBank Corp … 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.
Zoho:
Ask an Expert: How to effectively recover stuck TDS refunds with reduced TDS reconciliation time — The 26AS/Form 168 gets updated quarterly and often gets checked only during the time of ITR filing.
Ask an Expert: How to effectively recover stuck TDS refunds with reduced TDS reconciliation time — The 26AS/Form 168 gets updated quarterly and often gets checked only during the time of ITR filing.
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.
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!Featured Podcasts
Training Data:
Google's AI Infrastructure Chief, Amin Vahdat, on the Physics & Economics of Frontier AI
Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.
Subscribe to Training Data.
Invest Like the Best:
Andrew Huberman - The Frontier of Neurotechnology
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Big Technology Podcast:
Who Wins The AI Assistant Wars? + Why Didn't Google Build Muse?
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.
Sources:
Reflection's founders on building a DeepSeek of the West
Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
Subscribe to Sources.
Grit:
How Vercel Is Rethinking Go-to-Market With AI | COO Jeanne Grosser
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
OpenAI's Head of ChatGPT: We're entering a new era of AI (again) | Tibo Sottiaux
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:00 PM ET, March 27, 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
Michael Schneider / Variety:Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Gabriele Steinhauser / Wall Street Journal: |
| Violet Blue / ZDNet: |
More:
SocialTimes and bizjournals
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
More:
Examiner, App Annie Blog, MacNN and iDownloadBlog.com
| Lucian Constantin / PC World: |
More:
Insecure.Org, Threatpost, The Register and eWeek
| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Earlier Picks
| Nate Raymond / Reuters: |
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
| Tom Dotan / The Information: |
Tweets: @weberwest and @cityofthetown
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
More:
Google Developers Blog, TechSpot, Android Central, Ubergizmo, Geek.com, Gigaom, The Next Web and ReadWrite. Thanks:@jordankahn
| iFixit: |
More:
TechnoBuffalo, TechSpot, Pocketnow, BGR, SlashGear, Droid Life, Phandroid and HTC Source