|
February 6, 2015, 1:40 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Bloomberg Business: |
Tesla has hired 150+ Apple employees, more than from any other company; Apple tries poaching Tesla employees with $250,000 signing bonuses but recruits few — Apple Abduction — Tesla has hired more workers from Apple than from anyplace else — Doug Field never considered leaving Apple.
More:
SiliconBeat, Macworld, CNET, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, TechnoBuffalo, Electronista, BGR, AppleInsider, bizjournals, iLounge, The Verge, I4U News, SlashGear, ValueWalk, TechSpot, Inc.com, App Advice, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo and Fortune
Tweets: @davegirouard and @michaelklishin
| Owen Bowcott / Guardian: |
UK court rules GCHQ mass internet surveillance was unlawful, breached human rights law — GCHQ mass internet surveillance was unlawful, rules court — Access to intercepted information obtained by the NSA breached human rights laws, according to the Investigative Powers Tribunal
More:
PandoDaily, The Next Web, ABC News, Techdirt, The Independent, New York Times, The Verge, Gigaom, CNET, BBC, Business Insider, BetaNews, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, PC World, Inquirer, BuzzFeed, TechCrunch, The Register, Reuters, Engadget and Mashable
Tweets: @tsimonite, @saskiasassen, @anonyops, @rj_gallagher and @openrightsgroup
| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
First Ubuntu phone, a repurposed mid-range BQ Android phone, goes on flash sale in EU next week for $195 — The first Ubuntu phone arrives next week, but there's a catch — It's been a long time coming, but finally Canonical is ready to release its first Ubuntu phone.
More:
Ubuntu Insights, The Next Web, Inquirer, BetaNews, Gigaom, PC World, The Verge, TechCrunch, The Register, CNET, TechSpot, Neowin, Liliputing and PhoneDog.com
| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
Google's advisory council on the Right to be Forgotten suggests limiting it to Europe — Limit ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ to Europe, Panel Tells Google — LONDON — Europe's so-called right to be forgotten should apply only in Europe. — That was the recommendation published on Friday …
More:
TechCrunch, Gigaom, Inquirer, The Register, PandoDaily, CNET, Forbes, GeekWire, Reuters, The Next Web, Bloomberg Business, PC World, DW.DE, VentureBeat and Techdirt. See also Mediagazer
| TechCrunch: |
Rocket Internet Puts $586M Into Delivery Hero, Buys 9 Other Food Startups — Rocket Internet, the Berlin-based e-commerce group that went public last year, is making some major consolidation moves in the food delivery business. It has acquired a 30% stake in Delivery Hero …
More:
VentureBeat, PE Hub Blog, Bloomberg Business, VentureVillage and Tech.eu
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Maps for Android update includes Local Guides program, similar to Yelp Elites — Google Takes On Yelp Elites With Its New “Local Guides” Program — Google is rolling out a “Local Guides” program in an update to Google Maps - a move that seemingly sees the company taking on …
More:
Android Police, BGR, Engadget, 9to5Google, SlashGear, Droid Life, Mobiletor.com, 9to5Google, Lifehacker and Google
| Matt Burns / TechCrunch: |
Announcing The Winners Of The 8th Annual Crunchies Awards — Today at The 8th Annual Crunchies Awards TechCrunch and VentureBeat came together to celebrate the best of technology in 2014. It was a night for the ages. The Davies Symphony Hall was packed and Silicon Valley's TJ Miller hosted the event.
More:
Re/code, Bloomberg View and VentureBeat
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Picsart, A Photo Editing App With 200M Downloads, Lands $10M From Sequoia — Picsart, a mobile photo editing app and community that claims 60 million monthly users, has closed $10 million in funding from Sequoia Capital. — This is the first outside investment that Picsart has taken …
More:
Re/code, VentureBeat, VentureBeat and Xconomy
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Study finds music labels take 73.1% of profits from streaming services; artists get 10.9% — Yes, Major Record Labels Are Keeping Nearly All The Money They Get From Spotify, Rather Than Giving It To Artists — A small group of very vocal musicians has decided that the new target of their anger … | Kyle Wiens / Wired: |
Farmers seek DMCA exemption to modify or repair high-tech proprietary agriculture equipment that is making DIY repairs impossible — New High-Tech Farm Equipment Is a Nightmare for Farmers — A central Illinois corn farmer, on top of his combine, is silhouetted against the setting sun in Pleasant Plains, Illinois on Sept. 27, 2014.
More:
USA Today. Tweets: @oscarwijsman, @joelgrus, @marciahofmann, @matt_cawood, @swartzcr, @hackerhostellou, @kwiens and @dangoldin
| Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed: |
Uber competitor Gett to launch corporate service in New York within weeks as company shifts global marketing budget to the city — Uber's Massive European Competitor Gett Shifts Focus To New York — As Uber doubles down on its investment in Europe and Southeast Asia, Gett is reinvesting its international profits into New York.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
HTC reports profits of $15.9M from revenue of $1.5B for Q4, its third consecutive profitable quarter — HTC reports slim profit for third consecutive quarter — HTC is looking beyond smartphones to grow its business as the company reports slim profit margins in its latest quarterly earnings.
More:
CNET, GeekWire, Android Authority, ZDNet, Gigaom, Android Central and GSMArena.com
| Kelly Phillips Erb / Forbes: |
TurboTax temporarily suspends e-filing for state tax returns amid fraud concerns — TurboTax Temporarily Halts E-Filing In All States Amid Fraud Concerns — Up to 18 states are reporting significant upticks in fraudulent activity and there may be a common thread: tax preparation software.
More:
The Verge, The TurboTax Blog, ABC News, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Forbes and The Week
| Manish Singh / BGR India: |
WhatsApp voice calling tested in India, works as well on Edge networks as on 3G — Exclusive: We tried WhatsApp Call and it is a winner! — Around 11PM last night, we got a surprise call from WhatsApps's Neeraj Arora. It wasn't any ordinary call but one he made from within WhatsApp.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
ClusterHQ raises $12M Series A led by Accel Partners to expand its container data management tool, Flocker — ClusterHQ Raises $12M Series A Round To Expand Its Container Data Management Service — ClusterHQ today announced that it has raised a $12 million Series A round led by Accel Partners London …
More:
SiliconANGLE, Talkin' Cloud, ZDNet, Gigaom and VentureBeat
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Q4 user count grew 1.4%, down from 4.8% in Q3, company blames bug in iOS 8 integration — Twitter Blames Slow User Growth On iOS 8 Bug, But Predicts Strong Q1 2015 — Twitter's user count grew a measly 1.4% this quarter, down from 4.8% in Q3 2014, but CFO Anthony Noto said things are turning around.
More:
Business Insider, Re/code, New York Times, memeburn, WebProNews, Neowin, TechSpot, 9to5Mac and The Verge. Tweets: @twitterir
| Ruth Reader / VentureBeat: |
More:
Business Insider, Re/code, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, internetretailer.com, City A.M., eWeek, SiliconBeat and ZDNet
Tweets: @joshelman, @hunterwalk, @mikeisaac, @rsarver, @joshconstine, @dannysullivan, @evelynrusli, @mgsiegler, @pkafka and @alex
See also MediagazerSponsor Posts
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!
Equals:
Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.
Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.
Zoho:
Zoho named an overall leader in Dresner's 2026 Wisdom of Crowds® BI Market Study — Zoho Analytics has once again earned top honors in the analytics and business intelligence space.
Zoho named an overall leader in Dresner's 2026 Wisdom of Crowds® BI Market Study — Zoho Analytics has once again earned top honors in the analytics and business intelligence space.
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:
Zuckerberg's Disappointment, OpenAI's Equity Gamble, Alex Karp's Rally Cry
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.
Hard Fork:
Fable Ban Reversed + Dr. Dana Suskind on Parenting With A.I. + Prediction Market Drama
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Blitzy's Brian Elliott: Cursor And Claude Code Are Looking At Your Enterprise Code 'Through A Straw'
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:
Re-Release: The Death of Hollywood? W/ Allan Loeb
Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo, and Paul Kedrosky pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future rushing toward us, all with healthy dose of irreverence.
Subscribe to The Nick, Dick and Paul Show.
Great Chat:
Maybe Twitter isn't real life
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.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Connecting the Unconnected: Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:40 PM ET, February 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
Associated Press:Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Serdar Yegulalp / InfoWorld: |
More:
Watson, SiliconANGLE, Beyond Search, eWeek, ITworld.com, Data Center Knowledge and SD Times
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
More:
Facebook Media, SiliconANGLE, ValueWalk, VentureBeat, SocialTimes, Mashable and The Next Web
| Barb Darrow / Gigaom: |
More:
Wall Street Journal and Business Insider
| Whitney Blair Wyckoff / FedScoop: |
More:
The White House, bizjournals, cloudcomputing-news.net, TechWeekEurope UK, cloudpro.co.uk, The Register, ZDNet, Nextgov, FederalNewsRadio.com, FedTech Magazine, iTnews, GovInfoSecurity and Federal Computer Week. Tweets: @wyattkash. Thanks:@gregotto
| Greg Sterling / Marketing Land: |
More:
yelp-ir.com, Yelp, Wall Street Journal, WebProNews, Forbes and Tech Trader Daily. Tweets: @gsterling
Earlier Picks
| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
More:
Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, CNET, Ubergizmo, Pocket-lint, AndroidHeadlines.com, Droid Life, SlashGear, Ausdroid, Mashable and The Verge. Tweets: @llsethj