Techmeme
February 10, 2015, 7:45 AM

Top News

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple's iOS 9 to have ‘huge’ stability and optimization focus after years of feature additions  —  Following the success of OS X Snow Leopard for Macs in 2009, one of iOS 9's standout ‘features’ will be a directed focus on stabilizing and optimizing the operating system.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
iOS 8.4 to be released after Apple Watch starts shipping, possibly with redesigned Beats-based music service  —  Apple working on iOS 8.4 update, may include new music service  —  In addition to working on iOS 8.2, iOS 8.3, and iOS 9.0, Apple is working on yet another update to iOS 8: iOS 8.4.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
iOS 8.3 brings wireless CarPlay, improved Google login, new Emojis, China Apple Pay  —  Earlier today, Apple seeded the first iOS 8.3 build to developers alongside Xcode 6.3 beta with Swift 1.2.  Readers have discovered that the new operating system brings a new wireless CarPlay feature to the iPhone.
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Ross Ulbricht's closest confidant at Silk Road, known as Variety Jones, remains elusive  —  Ross Ulbricht Didn't Create Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts.  This Guy Did  —  More than 14 months after his arrest, Ross Ulbricht has been convicted of being the Dread Pirate Roberts …
Beth McMurtrie / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Many original Thiel fellows say they learned more in fellowship than they would've in college  —  The Rich Man's Dropout Club  —  Whatever happened to the teenage entrepreneurs whom Peter Thiel paid to forgo college?  —  Peter Thiel paid teenagers to forgo college.  Here's how that turned out:
More: EdSurgeTweets: @jaygarmon
Carl / OnePlus Blog:
OnePlus will sell One without invites for 24 hours every Tuesday starting at midnight PT  —  OnePlus One Open Sales, every Tuesday  —  We've been shipping the OnePlus One for half a year, and nowadays we're bumping into lots of people using it when we're out and about.
Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Apple CEO to speak at White House cyber summit  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook will speak at the White House cybersecurity summit this Friday at Stanford University, according to an invitation to the event.  —  The White House is expected to reveal its next executive action on cybersecurity at the summit …
Ian King / Bloomberg Business:
China Fines Qualcomm $975 Million, Sets Patent Licensing Rates  —  Don't Miss Out —  (Bloomberg) — Chinese regulators fined Qualcomm Inc. $975 million and set licensing rates for its mobile-phone chip technology after finding the U.S. company guilty of antitrust violations.
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft, Samsung settle contract dispute over Android patent payments  —  Summary:Microsoft and Samsung have settled an Android patent-licensing-related contract dispute, Microsoft officials say, while offering no specific about the terms.  —  Microsoft and Samsung have settled …

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.
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.
Zoho:
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.
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.
Techmeme Ride Home:
Fri. 04/19 - All The News About Llama 3
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 7:45 AM ET, February 10, 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.

More News

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:

Earlier Picks

Jill Daly / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Netflix:
Jeremy Kessel / The Twitter Blog: