|
January 6, 2015, 4:25 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
12" MacBook Air to be substantial redesign with narrower, thinner body than 11" model, higher resolution display, edge-to-edge keyboard, single USB type-C port — Apple's next major Mac revealed: the radically new 12-inch MacBook Air — Apple is preparing an all-new MacBook Air for 2015 …
More:
Laptop Mag, Gigaom, GeekWire, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, iMore, MacRumors, BGR, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo, Business Insider and MACé" blog
Tweets: @michaelsteeber, @tapbot_paul and @scottlowe
| Austin Carr / Fast Company: |
As Fire Phone product manager, Jeff Bezos insisted Lab126 build a premium phone and include useless Dynamic Perspective feature in attempt to compete with Apple — The Real Story Behind Jeff Bezos's Fire Phone Debacle And What It Means For Amazon's Future — “What the hell happened?”
More:
Gigaom, Fusion, Business Insider, The Verge, Wired, SiliconBeat, BGR, Forbes and ITworld.com
Tweets: @alex, @tristanwalker, @neilcybart and @austincarr
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Watch launch expected in March, retail training set for mid-February — Apple is finishing up work on the Apple Watch's software, and sources familiar with the product's development say that the device is currently on track to ship in the United States by the end of March.
More:
AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Verge, TapSense, BGR, The Next Web, iMore and MobileSyrup.com
| The Verge: |
Dell updates XPS 13 with 13.3" edge-to-edge display, hi-res 3200 x 1800 touchscreen option, 15 hour battery life, improved trackpad — Dell's new XPS 13 has a stunning edge-to-edge display — Dell is back with a brand new XPS 13 this year at the Consumer Electronics Show, and it looks like the best one yet.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple now selling SIM-free unlocked iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in the US, from $649 — As we reported yesterday, Apple is now selling contract-free iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in retail stores and online. Following historic pattern, the 16 GB base model iPhone 6 costs $649 with higher tiers costing $100 extra.
More:
eWeek, TIME, AppleInsider, MacRumors, TmoNews, Consumerist, Mashable, TUAW, CNET, TechSpot, Macworld, BetaNews, Electronista, SiliconANGLE, Tech Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, The Verge, Gizmodo, Digital Trends and VentureBeat
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Kickstarter Drops Amazon Payments For Stripe — Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced today that it's partnering with payments service Stripe, which will now collect and process all payments for projects hosted on Kickstarter's site. Since its founding, Kickstarter used Amazon Payments for this …
More:
The Kickstarter Blog, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, GeekWire, MAKE, Wired, Gigaom, The Next Web and Neowin
| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Verizon CEO Says Video Effort to Debut in Second Half, AOL Acquisition Report Inaccurate — Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam threw cold water on the idea his company was in talks to acquire AOL, but reiterated the company's interest in offering a video service, saying it could debut in the second half of this year.
More:
The Hill, Computerworld, CNBC, Washington Post, ReadWrite, CNET, DSLreports and Business Insider. Tweets: @mikeisaac. See also Mediagazer
| Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post: |
Internet Archive now lets you play nearly 2400 MS-DOS video games for free in your browser — You can now play nearly 2,400 MS-DOS video games in your browser — Nearly 2,400 MS-DOS games are now available to play — for free — in almost any browser on the Internet Archive.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Razer Unveils Its $100 Android-Powered Gaming Console, Razer Forge TV — Earlier this year, high-end gaming tech company Razer announced at Google I/O that it would be soon be making its first foray into Android-based gaming consoles. Today at CES, that device made its public debut.
More:
Razer, The Verge, Engadget, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, Electronista, Re/code, VentureBeat, Connectedly, The Tech Report, SlashGear, Gotta Be Mobile and Gizmodo. Tweets: @ingridlunden. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Brian Hough / Haverzine: |
HomeKit compatible switches, devices, and sensors for home automation debut at CES — Apple may not be at CES, but their HomeKit system is the a star — I've been a fan of the Smart Home concept since I first saw the American classic movie “Smart House” by the Disney Channel …
More:
Connected Devices, 9to5Mac and iDownloadBlog.com
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Razer OSVR: an Android-based open source VR platform with a $199 dev kit headset — Razer introduces OSVR, the ‘Android of virtual reality’ — OSVR takes a shot at unifying the world of virtual reality — For a year or more after the Oculus Rift got people talking about virtual reality, the two were nearly synonymous.
More:
Re/code, TechCrunch, Razer, Engadget, Gizmodo, Gotta Be Mobile, Backchannel and VentureBeat
| Alexandra Sifferlin / TIME: |
Fitbit's $150 Charge HR and $250 Surge fitness trackers with heart rate tracking are now shipping — Fitbit Launches Two New Fitness Trackers — Fitbit officially launched the sale of two new fitness and activity trackers, Charge HR and Surge, on Tuesday.
More:
Fitbit Blog, TechCrunch, CNET, MacRumors, Connectedly, Gigaom, Forbes, App Advice, Yahoo Tech and Gizmodo. Tweets: @dujkan
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Glassdoor Closes $70M Funding Round Led By Google Capital And Tiger Global — Glassdoor, the site that lets employees rate their companies' work environment and anonymously disclose their salary information, today announced that it has raised a $70 million funding round led by Google Capital …
More:
Glassdoor, Wall Street Journal, Glassdoor Blog, GeekWire, SiliconBeat, ZDNet, Reuters and PE Hub Blog
| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
FBI says search warrants not needed to use “stingrays” in public places — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is taking the position that court warrants are not required when deploying cell-site simulators in public places. Nicknamed “stingrays,” the devices are decoy cell towers … | James Kendrick / ZDNet: |
CES 2015: Lenovo unveils Yoga tablets, laptops, and new pen technology — Summary:Lenovo intends to continue riding its Yoga line of tablets and laptops, and launched a Yoga Tablet 2 with a strange feature, along with the Yoga 3 and ThinkPad Yoga laptops. — The Yoga line of tablets …
More:
Lenovo Newsroom, Laptop Mag, Engadget, Re/code, CNET, Blogging Windows, Gigaom, PC World, The Verge, Wired, Liliputing, Business Insider and AnandTech
| Ev Williams / Medium: |
Metrics based on a single number, like MAU, are a poor proxy for value for Internet companies — A mile wide, an inch deep — I was recently quoted as saying, “I don't give a s**t” if Instagram has more users than Twitter. If you read the article you'll note there's a big “if” before my not giving of said s**t.
More:
Wall Street Journal, PandoDaily, Gigaom, TechPresident, bizjournals, Business Insider, bijan sabet and The Equity Kicker
Tweets: @jayrosen_nyu, @fmanjoo, @cpen, @mikeisaac, @om, @joshelman, @craigmod, @wblau, @mattcutts, @ia, @nilofer, @sippey and @ow
See also Mediagazer| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Kickstarter's 2014 Score Card: $529M Pledged By 3.3M Backers, 22K Funded Projects — Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter released its 2014 breakdown yesterday, trumpeting a total of $529 million pledged by 3.3 million backers. (NB: Pledged dollars do not equal spent dollars …
More:
MobileSyrup.com, Tech.eu, VatorNews, Polygon, Guardian, Joystiq, The Next Web, Mashable and BetaKit. See also Mediagazer
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Misfit Bolt, a $50 smart bulb with sleep tracker integration, now available for pre-order — Misfit introduces a smart bulb to go with its sleep tracker — There's no shortage of smart light bulbs on the market, but wearables company Misfit has decided that its influence shouldn't stop with collecting health data.
More:
Wall Street Journal and Engadget
| Gordon Mah Ung / PC World: |
Toshiba embraces pen-based computing with new Windows tablets, Portege hybrid — Toshiba embraces pen-based computing with new Windows tablets, Portege hybrid — Pen-based computing died a cold hard death once consumers embraced touch, but following on the moderate success of Microsoft's Surface Pro line … | Ross Miller / The Verge: |
Sony announces new high fidelity Walkman NW-ZX2 with 128GB onboard storage running Android 4.2, coming spring for $1.2K — This is the new Sony Walkman — All signs pointed to a new Sony Walkman (literally) at CES 2015, and the signs didn't lie. The new Walkman ZX2 is real …
More:
Sony, CBS News, GeekWire, Business Insider, WebProNews, Fusion, Geek.com, UPROXX, Electronista, Tubefilter, Phandroid, Tech Times, Ubergizmo, Pitchfork and The Next Web
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Makerbot announces new filaments that enable 3D printing in materials that mimic limestone, metal, and wood, available late 2015 — Makerbot announces new filaments that mimic limestone, metal, and wood — Makerbot has announced a new line of printing mediums as part of CES …
More:
Gizmodo, Gizmodo, Gigaom and 3DPrint.com
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
HP delivers workstations on the go with thin-and-light Zbook laptops — What will be hot in consumer electronics and computing in 2015? Read VB's full coverage of International CES 2015 to find out. — The 2015 International CES is all about consumers.| Mathew Ingram / Gigaom: |
Radiohead's Thom Yorke, most legally-downloaded BitTorrent artist in 2014, may have made up to $20M with BitTorrent Bundles — Thom Yorke made as much as $20M from his BitTorrent experiment — Credit: Nikola Spasenoski / Shutterstock.com — Credit: Nikola Spasenoski / Shutterstock.comSponsor 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.
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Zoho:
The 90-day recognition cliff: Why praise programs fade, and what keeps them alive — Recognition programs often start with enthusiasm. Employees participate, managers share shoutouts, and teams have a new way to celebrate achievements.
The 90-day recognition cliff: Why praise programs fade, and what keeps them alive — Recognition programs often start with enthusiasm. Employees participate, managers share shoutouts, and teams have a new way to celebrate achievements.
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
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.
Sources:
Factory CEO on why AGI is already here
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.
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.
Lenny's Podcast:
The grief, loneliness, and burnout sweeping through the tech industry right now | Molly Graham
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.
Great Chat:
Doomers at Dreamforce
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:25 PM ET, January 6, 2015.
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
Todd Spangler / Variety:Los Angeles Times:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Valentina Palladino / Tom's Guide: |
More:
Razer, PC World, TechRadar.com and The Verge
| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
More:
Paul's Blog, The Register, PandoDaily, Telegraph, Computerworld, CNET, Gizmodo UK, Netcraft, Inquirer, SecurityWeek, Business Insider, Guardian, TechWorm, Help Net Security and The Next Web
Tweets: @moonpiguk and @gcluley
| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
More:
Volkswagen Media Centre, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Android Police, Electronista, CNET, Gizmodo, PC World, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tech Times, iMore, Ubergizmo, Android Community, The Mac Observer, iMore, MacRumors, App Advice, Android Central, Engadget, Connectedly, iPhone Hacks, Consumerist and AppleInsider
Earlier Picks
| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
More:
rezence.com, Engadget, Re/code, The Daily Dot, ReadWrite, Android Central, TUAW, Ubergizmo, BGR, Android Authority and Wall Street Journal
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
More:
BGR and The Next Web
| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
More:
CNNMoney.com, Computerworld, CoinDesk, Engadget, Ars Technica, BetaNews, Tech Times, The Next Web, CNBC and The Verge. Thanks:@zackwhittaker
| Caleb Pershan / SFist: |
More:
Mark Zuckerberg, BBC, Gigaom, Telegraph, New York Times, Washington Post, The Independent, TechCrunch and Bloomberg