|
August 28, 2014, 8:10 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple builds a hidden structure at Flint Center, site of Mac unveiling, ahead of Sept. 9 event — Apple Building Massive Structure at Flint Center for iPhone 6 Event — Apple today issued invitations for its upcoming iPhone 6 event on September 9, which is also said to include its much-anticipated wearable device.
More:
The Loop, iMore, Cult of Mac, Computerworld, Tech Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, Pocket-lint, Tech Trader Daily, Connectedly, Technology Personalized, MacDailyNews, GeekWire, IntoMobile, Softpedia News, 9to5Mac, InvestorPlace, TechnoBuffalo, Electronista, The Verge, Patently Apple, MacNN, NBC Bay Area and Geeky Gadgets
| Jim Dalrymple / The Loop: |
Apple announces special event for September 9 with tagline “Wish we could say more” — Apple announces special event for Sept. 9 — Apple on Thursday sent out invitations to a special event being held on Sept. 9, 2014 at 10:00 am. — Typically Apple's events are held either …
More:
Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, Re/code, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Business Insider, GeekWire, NEWS.com.au, 9to5Mac, CNET, Wall Street Journal, CNET, Mashable, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, Engadget, SlashGear, Forbes, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, The Next Web, App Advice, Washington Post, Gigaom, iMore, Financial Times, Guardian, iLounge, CNBC, Touch Arcade and MacStories
Tweets: @inafried, @mattbuchanan, @jyarow, @monkbent and @tim
| Christina Bonnington / Wired: |
Our Sources Say the Next iPhone Will Include NFC Mobile Payments — Platforms like Google Wallet, Isis, and Square have been around for years, while Apple has remained curiously silent on the mobile payments front. Well not anymore. — The company's next iPhone will feature its own payment platform …
More:
MacRumors, Associated Press, Ubergizmo, AppleInsider, The Verge, Tech Times, Engadget, Network World, Gotta Be Mobile, Neowin, CNET, US News, VentureBeat, ZDNet, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup.com, Business Insider, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, ZDNet, Patently Apple, Businessweek, Pocket-lint, iMore, MacDailyNews, USA Today, Mashable, BGR, iLounge, Gizmobic, Electronista, Seeking Alpha and NFC World+
Tweets: @stevecheney, @markgurman and @harrymccracken
| Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online: |
Google X unveils Project Wing, its drone delivery program; tested in secret for two years — Inside Google's Secret Drone-Delivery Program — A zipping comes across the sky. — A man named Neil Parfitt is standing in a field on a cattle ranch outside Warwick, Australia.
More:
BBC, GeekWire, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Mercury News, 9to5Google, Gigaom, Engadget, Washington Post, The Verge, Gizmodo, The Next Web, ABC News, Re/code, Wired, Business Insider, Pocket-lint, Android Central, SlashGear, Sydney Morning Herald, Politico, Seeking Alpha and Mashable
Tweets: @sequoia, @amir, @marshallk and @athertonkd
| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Behind Todd Park's new Silicon Valley-based mission to attract talent to reboot Federal IT, as he departs US CTO role — America's Tech Guru Steps Down—But He's Not Done Rebooting the Government — Todd Park (third from left) with members of his digital team (from left): Haley Van Dyck …
More:
White House.gov Blog, Re/code and Engadget
Tweets: @johnolilly, @digiphile, @csoghoian, @lukefretwell, @granick, @stevenlevy and @aneeshchopra
Thanks:@emilydreyfuss| Bloomberg: |
Google X VP Megan Smith is top candidate for US CTO role — Google's Smith Is Top Candidate for U.S. Chief Technology Officer — America is close to getting a new chief technology officer: Megan Smith, a longtime executive at Google Inc. and most recently a vice president at its secret lab, Google X.
More:
ZDNet, Fortune, Reuters, The Hill, bizjournals, bizjournals, Federal Computer Week, Business Insider and Nextgov
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
IFTTT raises $30M from Norwest Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz to integrate with internet-connected hardware — With $30 Million More in Hand, IFTTT Looks to the Internet of Things — One ambitious start-up wants to reroute the plumbing of the consumer Internet.| Eric Enge / Search Engine Land: |
Google drops authorship support, including authors in results, citing poor adoption by webmasters and low value to searchers — It's Over: The Rise & Fall Of Google Authorship For Search Results — After three years the great Google Authorship experiment has come to an end ... at least for now.
More:
John Mueller, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, The Next Web and Marketing Land
Tweets: @ourmaninchicago, @jeremys and @moorehn
| Bloomberg: |
Deutsche Telekom Said Open to T-Mobile Talks at $35/Share — Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) is willing to negotiate a sale of its T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS) unit, the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., if an offer values the business at $35 a share or more, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
More:
The Register, CNET, Seeking Alpha, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo, Tech Trader Daily and TmoNews
Tweets: @miriamgottfried and @emilychangtv
| Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web: |
Apple updates HealthKit privacy rules to keep your health data out of the hands of advertisers — Ahead of the September 9 event, Apple has updated its HealthKit privacy policy for developers to keep user data out of the hands of advertisers and data brokers.
More:
VentureBeat, TechnoBuffalo, Financial Times, Cult of Mac and MacNN
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Facebook testing feature in mobile app to enable keyword search of old posts from friends — Facebook Test Lets Users Search Old Posts by Keyword — Facebook Inc. (FB) is testing a feature for its mobile application that lets people search through old posts from friends by keyword …
More:
Engadget, Search Engine Land and WebProNews
| Reuters: |
Exclusive: Microsoft CEO Nadella to visit China amid antitrust probe - source — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella is set to visit China in late September, the company said on Thursday, as the Chinese government conducts an antitrust investigation into the world's largest software company.| Chris Gayomali / Fast Company: |
Samsung's latest wearable, the Gear Circle, a Bluetooth-enabled, vibrating necklace with earbuds to pair with a smartphone — Would You Wear This Dorky Headphone Necklace By Samsung? — On Wednesday night, Samsung quietly lifted the curtains off another set of wearable electronics … | Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
More:
The Verge, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, BGR, Gigaom, eWeek, Forbes, Guardian, Neowin, Computerworld, Geeky Gadgets, Electronista, Inquirer, Phones Review, Android Police, AppleInsider, MobileSyrup.com, The Verge, Ubergizmo, BetaNews, The Next Web and VentureBeat
Tweets: @zpower, @markgurman, @stevekovach and @inafried
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:
Cultivating creativity and innovation in the modern workspace — In the realm of modern business, success depends on more than just delivering products or services—it requires an environment where creativity thrives and new ideas are welcomed.
Cultivating creativity and innovation in the modern workspace — In the realm of modern business, success depends on more than just delivering products or services—it requires an environment where creativity thrives and new ideas are welcomed.
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:
Tue. 04/23 - Microsoft's Own LLMs and Perplexity's Big Raise
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 8:10 PM ET, August 28, 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
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:New York Times:
Rolling Stone:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
More:
MS OpenTech, Microsoft Azure Blog and Gigaom
| Felix Gillette / Businessweek: |
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
More:
VentureBeat and Softpedia News
| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
More:
VentureBeat and BetaNews
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
More:
OneDrive Blog, The Verge, IntoMobile, Gigaom, Tech Times, WinBeta, CITEworld, Engadget, PC World, TechCrunch, SuperSite for Windows, GeekWire, Mashable, BetaNews and Gigaom. Tweets: @carnage4life
Earlier Picks
| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
| Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
More:
Leap Motion Blog, The Verge, Engadget, Gizmodo, SlashGear, The Next Web, Gigaom, Gizmodo, TechCrunch and PC Magazine
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
More:
LG Newsroom, ABC News, VentureBeat, CNET, BetaNews, The Daily Dot, Softpedia News, TechSpot, ZDNet, Guardian, AnandTech, dailywireless.org, SlashGear, Android Police, Android Community, The Wearable Stuff, TechCrunch, Phones Review, Ubergizmo, IntoMobile, CNET, Pocketnow and AndroidHeadlines.com