|
October 15, 2014, 6:55 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
'iPad Air 2′ and 'iPad mini 3′ with Touch ID & Burst Mode confirmed, show up early in iTunes — Apple's iTunes Store has just made a little bit of a slip-up (and with perfect uncanny timing): screenshots for the iOS 8.1 iPad user guide have just appeared within iBooks and include Apple's upcoming iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3.
More:
Ars Technica, Re/code, The Daily Dot, Marketing Land, GeekWire, The Register, NEWS.com.au, Washington Post, Fortune, MacRumors, CNET, Macworld, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, InvestorPlace, Gigaom, TIME, VentureBeat, PadGadget, Tech Times, Business Insider, Quartz, Gotta Be Mobile, iMore, Gizmodo, BGR, iLounge, iDownloadBlog.com, O'Grady's PowerPage, OS X Daily, Mashable, Pocketnow, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @markgurman, @joshconstine and @viticci
| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
Initial iPad Air 2 Supplies May Be Limited, 27-Inch Retina Display iMac Launching by End of 2014 — Just about a day before Apple's October 16 media event, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has issued a new report, saying that he expects supplies of iPad Air 2s to be constrained.| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
HBO will offer a stand-alone streaming service in 2015 — HBO Says Web Subscriptions Coming in 2015 — HBO says it's finally ready: Sometime in the next year the pay TV service will be selling a Web-only offering. — HBO CEO Richard Plepler, speaking at an investor presentation hosted …
More:
timewarner.com, Bloomberg, The Verge, Techdirt, CNNMoney.com, MacRumors, The Verge, Business Insider, CNET, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Fortune, Android Police, The Atlantic Online, GeekWire, VideoNuze Analysis, The Information, ReadWrite, LIVEdigitally, TheStreet.com, Gizmodo, iMore, Gizmodo, Gigaom Research, Engadget, Tech Trader Daily, TIME, Forbes, The Slanted, BestTechie, AppleInsider, IntoMobile, CNET, DSLreports, Tubefilter, Consumerist, TechSpot, Mashable, Electronista, iDownloadBlog.com and WebProNews
Tweets: @chris_ciaccia, @pkafka, @joshuatopolsky, @stevekovach, @sdkstl, @chris_ciaccia, @dannysullivan, @geoffreyfowler, @pmarca, @danprimack, @danprimack, @pkafka, @pkafka, @harrymccracken, @acedtect, @mathewi, @nichcarlson, @pkafka, @bplewis, @pkafka, @pkafka, @pkafka, @pkafka, @rsarver and @reckless
See also Mediagazer| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Nexus 6: 6" Quad HD display, Snapdragon 805 CPU, 13 megapixel rear camera, 15-min turbo charging, preorders start Oct. 29, from $649 — Google's Nexus 6 is a giant phablet designed for Android Lollipop — Google is today introducing the Nexus 6, the latest in its line of smartphones designed … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Nexus 9: 8.9" display, first 64-bit CPU in a Nexus, 9 hour battery life, preorders start Oct. 17, from $399, keyboard case sold separately — Google announces HTC-made Nexus 9 tablet, coming November 3rd — Google has just announced the Nexus 9, an Android 5.0 tablet that the company designed in collaboration with HTC.
More:
PhoneArena, Android Police, InfoWorld, BGR, Laptop Mag, Gotta Be Mobile, dailywireless.org, GeekWire, AppleInsider, PC World, Daring Fireball, BetaNews, Inquirer and Marketing Land. Tweets: @cnet
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Nexus Player: first Android TV device, on sale Nov. 3 for $99, gaming controller for $39 — Nexus Player is Google's first Android TV device — Google tries to take over your living room, again — The first device running Google's new Android TV platform with be the Nexus Player, a set-top streaming box made by Google and Asus.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Android 5.0 Lollipop available on new Nexus 6, 9 and Player devices; for Nexus 4, 5, 7, 10, Google Play Edition devices in coming weeks — Google announces Android 5.0 Lollipop — Android's latest is coming to devices as soon as this month — After an extended testing and preview period … | Lauren Goode / Re/code: |
Apple Plans to Stop Selling Fitbit Devices in Stores — Apple may soon stop selling the popular Fitbit devices, as it clears the way for its own wearable technology product set to launch sometime next year, according to sources. — It's unclear exactly why Apple will no longer sell the devices …
More:
Macworld, BGR, Engadget, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, Consumerist, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, Pocket-lint, MacDailyNews and Mashable. Tweets: @kenli729
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
AT&T No Longer Offering Beats Music Subscriptions to Customers — AT&T is no longer offering Beats Music subscriptions to its subscribers as an add-on service, according to an AT&T employee who spoke to MacRumors. The cellular company has ceased giving customers the option to sign … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix Q3 earnings: profit of $59.3M on revenue of $1.41B; shares fall over 25% on lower-than-projected subscriber numbers — Netflix Blames Missed Sub-Growth Targets on Price Increase, as Stock Gets Hammered — Netflix added 3.02 million overall streaming customers for the third quarter of 2014 … | Justin Kroll / Variety: |
Christian Bale in talks to play Steve Jobs in Sony's new movie “Jobs” — Christian Bale to Play Steve Jobs in New Movie — Oscar-winner Christian Bale, who has played Batman and Moses, is about to take on another iconic figure: Steve Jobs. — Sources confirm the actor …
More:
9to5Mac, MacRumors, Business Insider, Guardian, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com and MacNN. Tweets: @markgurman
| Ben Woods / The Next Web: |
Google Play downloads now exceed Apple's App Store by 60 percent, but iOS apps still make more money — According to the latest figures from App Annie's quarterly market reports, app downloads from the Google Play store outstripped downloads from the iOS App Store by around 60 percent in comparison to the same time last year.
More:
MacRumors, iMore, VentureBeat and App Annie Blog
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
EBay Beats On EPS Of $0.68, Misses On Sales Of $4.35B; Shares Fall On Lower Forecasts — E-commerce giant EBay, soon to be split into two businesses, today reported its third-quarter earnings. The company reported revenues of $4.4 billion (or, $4.353 billion, to be exact), growing 12% on a year ago …
More:
Business Wire, Fortune, ABC News, CNET, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Tech Trader Daily and internetretailer.com. Tweets: @delrey
| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 review: the best big-screen phone you can buy right now — What began in 2011 as a brand-new phone category has flourished into one of the most popular in the world. Smartphones with big screens (phablets, to some) are now ubiquitous, but it all started with an odd device called the Samsung Galaxy Note.
More:
New York Times, TechCrunch, ABC News, BGR, Business Insider, The Verge, AnandTech, Re/code, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, CNNMoney.com, Laptop Mag, DailyTech, SlashGear and The Next Web. Tweets: @joannastern
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Thismoment Raises $17.6M To Help Big Brands Tap Into User-Generated Content — Thismoment, a company that helps businesses collect user-generated content for their own marketing efforts, is announcing that it has raised $17.6 million in Series D funding. — The company says it can … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Docker container support coming to Microsoft's next Windows Server release — Summary: Microsoft is building new container technologies into the next Windows Server release, enabling Dockerized applications to run on Windows Server on-premises or on Azure. — Docker container support … | JC Torres / SlashGear: |
Samsung's tests yield record-breaking 7.5Gbps 5G speed — While we mostly know Samsung as a consumer electronics manufacturer, especially of smartphones, the company's Research & Development is also obsessed about that one crucial aspect of the mobile experience that makes smartphones … | Facebook Code: |
Facebook open-sources AsyncDisplayKit, the iOS tool built for Paper's user interface — Introducing AsyncDisplayKit: For smooth and responsive apps on iOS — Have you ever noticed apps stuttering as you scroll and swipe around? Tapped a button and watched the entire interface freeze …
More:
AllFacebook, PC World and Daring Fireball
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Messaging service Line comes to iPad, but no voice or video call support at launch — Messaging App Line Finally Launches An iPad App — Asian messaging giant Line, which has built a substantial business selling stickers and in-app games purchases to an engaged multi-million strong user-base …
More:
NDTV Gadgets, The Next Web and App Advice
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:
What's new in Zoho Tables with Apple's latest OS updates — Your work shouldn't slow you down when you're on the move.With our latest updates for iOS 27, we're bringing more of Apple Intelligence …
What's new in Zoho Tables with Apple's latest OS updates — Your work shouldn't slow you down when you're on the move.With our latest updates for iOS 27, we're bringing more of Apple Intelligence …
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
Sources:
OpenAI's Dots lead on the future of ChatGPT
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.
Great Chat:
What does the tech industry owe San Francisco?
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
David George from a16z
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
Big Technology Podcast:
SAP CEO: AI Won't Kill Software, But It Will Change Your Job — With Christian Klein
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
David Ellison's Paramount-Warner Empire & The Fight That Comes Next
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Invest Like the Best:
Noah Shinn - Building Instinct: The Personal Agent
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:55 PM ET, October 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
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Wall Street Journal:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Matt McGee / Glass Almanac: |
More:
Google Glass, Engadget, KitGuru and Inquirer
| Jack Smith IV / Betabeat: |
More:
TechCrunch, Forbes, The Next Web and Business Insider
| Jeremy Kirk / Computerworld: |
More:
CrowdStrike Blog
| Rob Hayes / abc7.com: |
More:
Mashable and socalTECH.com
Earlier Picks
| Matt Brian / Engadget: |
More:
BGR, SlashGear and Geeky Gadgets
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
| Kyle Wagner / Deadspin: |
More:
Utah State Today, New York Times, Gigaom, Kotaku, Business Insider, Mashable, BBC, Vox, Ars Technica, InvestorPlace, USA Today and Raw Story
| Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters: |
More:
Wall Street Journal, TechSpot and CoinDesk
| Adam Langley / ImperialViolet: |