|
September 15, 2014, 8:55 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Markus Persson / notch.net: |
Markus “Notch” Persson on selling and leaving Mojang: “It's not about the money. It's about my sanity.” — I'm leaving Mojang — September 15th, 2014 I don't see myself as a real game developer. I make games because it's fun, and because I love games and I love to program …
More:
USA Today, The Register, PC World, New York Times, BuzzFeed, Re/code, Washington Post, PC Gamer, Eurogamer.net, Forbes, Tubefilter, TechnoBuffalo, Neowin, Cult of Mac, GamePolitics blogs, Business Insider and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @bgurley, @acton, @mcpe_news, @garrynewman, @steveklabnik, @geoffkeighley, @bfod, @mattcutts, @notch, @therealcliffyb, @paullicino, @kneath and @dalmaer
| Owen Hill / Mojang: |
Mojang's founders Markus “Notch” Persson, Carl Manneh, and Jakob Porsér to leave the company after Microsoft acquisition — Yes, we're being bought by Microsoft — Yes, the deal is real. Mojang is being bought by Microsoft. — It was reassuring to see how many of …
More:
VentureBeat, Ubergizmo, Wall Street Journal, Computerworld, DisplayBlog, Polygon, Softpedia News, BetaBoston, GeekWire, VentureBeat and PC Gamer
Tweets: @chrisremo, @realbengilbert, @siracusa, @theromit, @carlmanneh, @tomwarren, @pkafka and @svengrundberg
| Microsoft Corporation: |
Microsoft buys Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5B — Minecraft to join Microsoft — Iconic cross-platform franchise to become part of Microsoft Studios. — Microsoft Corp. today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Mojang, the celebrated Stockholm-based game developer, and the company's iconic “Minecraft” franchise.
More:
GeekWire, Reuters, ZDNet, Forbes, Polygon, CNET, iPhone in Canada Blog, Businessweek, Business Insider, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Guardian, VentureBreak, WinBeta, Gizmodo, eWeek and GeekWire
| Phil Spencer / Xbox Wire: |
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer: we will “grow the Minecraft community and nurture the franchise”, continue to make the game available on all existing platforms — Minecraft to Join Microsoft — By Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox — Today is an incredibly exciting day for our team …
More:
NPR, Wired, Polygon, Gizmodo, Touch Arcade, Blue's News, DailyTech, GeekWire and SiliconBeat. Tweets: @thurrott
| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Why parents are raising their kids on Minecraft — Microsoft's latest purchase has remarkable intergenerational appeal — Back in June of 2011, David Pakman's daughter and son, at the time age 10 and eight, asked him for a copy of Minecraft. “At the time I didn't know what that was … | Apple: |
Apple Announces Record Pre-orders for iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus Top Four Million in First 24 Hours — Available in More Than 20 Additional Countries on Friday, September 26 — Apple® today announced a record number of first day pre-orders of iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus …
More:
9to5Mac, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Tech Times, iMore, Macworld, Ars Technica, DisplayBlog, CNET, TechnoBuffalo, eWeek, Gotta Be Mobile, iPhone, App Advice, TechSpot, Ubergizmo, Redmond Pie, 9to5Toys, AppleTell, PC Magazine, MacDailyNews, Tech Trader Daily, Pocketnow, BetaNews, SuperSite for Windows, iDownloadBlog.com, Tech in Asia, HotHardware.com News, Digital Trends, MacRumors, Geek.com, iLounge, iPhone in Canada Blog, Geek Beat, Forbes, Softpedia News, Neowin and DailyTech. Tweets: @jr_raphael
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Windows 9 event in San Francisco on September 30th — Microsoft is preparing to detail its next major version of Windows. We had been expecting the company to hold a press event later this month, and now it's official. Microsoft will hold a “Windows event” in San Francisco on September 30th.
More:
Re/code, Laptop Mag, Wall Street Journal, CNET, PC World, GeekWire, BGR, TechSpot, TechCrunch, Electronista, MobileSyrup.com, CIO.com, Mashable, Liliputing, Windows Phone Central, Pocketnow, Pocket-lint and WinBeta. Tweets: @zpower
| Wall Street Journal: |
Bill Gurley says Silicon Valley is taking on the most risk since 1999, will see high-profile failures in the next year or two — Venture Capitalist Sounds Alarm on Startup Investing — Silicon Valley Has Taken on Too Much Risk, Gurley Says — Silicon Valley is a risk-driven place.
More:
Business Insider and Valleywag. Tweets: @rabois, @ross, @evelynrusli, @daniellemorrill, @kgimvalley, @caseynewton and @pmarca
| Christina Farr / Reuters: |
Stanford, Duke University hospitals to launch HealthKit trials with diabetics, other patients — Exclusive: Two Apple medical trials shed light on how HealthKit will work — (Reuters) - Two prominent U.S. hospitals are preparing to launch trials with diabetics and chronic disease patients …
More:
iLounge, CNET, Tech Times, MacRumors, Patently Apple, Macworld, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog and SlashGear. Tweets: @grantabt
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Panasonic puts a 1-inch sensor and a Leica lens on new CM1 smartphone — Seeking to set a new benchmark for the cameraphone category — Panasonic has made the biggest news of Photokina so far with the announcement of its new Lumix CM1 Android smartphone.
More:
Gizmodo, Engadget, TechCrunch, Gigaom, Android Police, DisplayBlog, Android and Me, Expert Reviews, Liliputing, What Digital Camera, AndroidOS.in, MobileSyrup.com, PetaPixel, PopPhoto.com, PhoneNews.com, Ubergizmo, NDTV Gadgets, Electronista, Phandroid, SlashGear, 9to5Google, Fstoppers and PhoneDog
| Michael Carney / PandoDaily: |
Paypal attacks Apple Pay security with full-page ad in NYT referencing recent iCloud celebrity photo hack — “We the people want our money safer than our selfies.” PayPal goes after Apple in a full page NYT ad — As the rumors of an Apple payments platform swirled leading up to last week's keynote …
More:
TechCrunch, CNET, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, ReadWrite and TechRadar.com
Tweets: @rabois, @cjc, @rabois, @halthomas and @ow
| Adam Lashinsky / Fortune: |
Silicon Valley's view of Alibaba: a competitor only for investments, and a potential acquirer — How Silicon Valley sees Alibaba — Wall Street is seeing green this week regarding the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. It hopes to raise more than $20 billion.| WikiLeaks: |
WikiLeaks releases copies of FinFisher malware governments reportedly use to spy on journalists, political dissidents, and others — SpyFiles 4 — Today, 15 September 2014, WikiLeaks releases previously unseen copies of weaponised German surveillance malware used by intelligence agencies around …
| Stuart Dredge / Guardian: |
Apple makes it easier to delete the new U2 album from iTunes libraries — Responds to controversy around ‘Songs of Innocence’ being pushed to people's devices with new web removal tool — Apple has responded to criticism of its deal to give away U2's new album to iTunes users by making …
More:
Official Apple Support, Re/code, 9to5Mac, BBC, NEWS.com.au, The Register, Computerworld, CNN, Engadget, Softpedia News, ABC News, iMore, TechCrunch, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, BetaNews, TUAW, Valleywag, Ubergizmo, Business Insider, Hypable, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, Gigaom and The Next Web
| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
Google launches Android One smartphones for around $105 in India, supports seven local languages and offline YouTube playback — Android One smartphones released in India by three companies — The three new smartphones feature the Android One branding on their backs| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
The FBI just finished building its facial recognition system — The FBI's Next Generation Identification (NGI) system is now fully operational, after more than three years of development. The bureau announced today that development on the project was complete, and it would be rolling …
More:
Federal Bureau …, Engadget, VentureBeat, Gizmodo and The Daily Caller
| Richard Salgado / Google Public Policy Blog: |
Transparency Report: Government demands for user info have risen 150% over the last five years — Today, we're updating our Transparency Report for the tenth time. This update details the number of government demands we received for user information in criminal investigations during the first half of 2014.
More:
The Next Web, 9to5Google, PC World, AndroidHeadlines.com, CNET, SecurityWeek, VentureBeat, Reuters and ZDNet
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Ride-sharing service Sidecar raises $15M as it prepares for national expansion, adds Richard Branson as investor — Sidecar raises $15M to build 'world's largest transportation marketplace' as Richard Branson hops on as investor — Sidecar may not make quite as many headlines as Uber or Lyft …
More:
Sidecar, AVC, PRWeb, Re/code, TechCrunch, Gigaom and The Technology Chronicles. Thanks:@belril
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:
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
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:
Magatte Wade, Unlocking Prosperity in Africa (#53)
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:
Thu. 04/18 - Game Emulators On iOS And The Atlas Robot Lives!
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 8:55 PM ET, September 15, 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
Sara Fischer / Axios:New York Times:
Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
More:
CNET, Wall Street Journal, Digital Trends, TechSpot, Engadget and TechCrunch. See also Mediagazer
| Christopher Williams / Telegraph: |