|
April 9, 2015, 2:25 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
LinkedIn to acquire online learning firm Lynda.com in a cash and stock deal valued at $1.5B — LinkedIn buys Lynda.com for $1.5 billion — Summary:Executives for both companies said the deal, which is LinkedIn's largest acquisition to date, is the “kind of fit that benefits everyone.”
More:
TechCrunch, PC World, Marketing Land and PandoDaily
| Ryan Roslansky / Official LinkedIn Blog: |
Welcome to the LinkedIn Family, lynda.com! — Many people don't know that I started my first company when I was a freshman in college. I didn't know the first thing about designing a website and relied on a Lynda Weinman web graphics book to get my site up and running.
More:
LinkedIn, LinkedIn Newsroom, The Next Web, VatorNews, CNET, GeekWire, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, Network World, DailyFinance.com, Wall Street Journal, Om Malik, Reuters, Fortune, Tech Times, Consumerist, bizjournals, VentureBeat, silicontap.com, PE Hub Blog and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @mikeisaac
| Apple: |
Apple announces Apple Watch pre-orders and in-store preview begin Friday, confirms orders will be online-only during unspecified “initial launch period” — Apple Watch In-Store Preview & Online Pre-Order Begin Friday — Available for Purchase Online April 24
More:
MacRumors, The Verge, TechCrunch, GeekWire, ZDNet, Washington Post, Digital Trends, Reuters, Macworld, BGR, 9to5Mac, Gotta Be Mobile, Engadget, TodaysiPhone.com, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, Medium, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone in Canada Blog, VentureBeat, MacRumors, TIME, iLounge, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, WebProNews, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneDog.com, SlashGear, Boing Boing and The Next Web
Tweets: @harrymccracken and @viticci
| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
MacBook review: beautiful, but has disappointing battery life, struggles on performance-intensive tasks, having a single USB Type-C port is a pain — Apple MacBook Review: The Laptop of the Future Isn't Ready for the Present — Are you willing to give up battery life and convenience to own the most beautiful laptop ever?
More:
CNET, TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, Yahoo Tech, Re/code, Six Colors, Macworld, Fast Company, USA Today, Bloomberg Business, Laptop Mag, SlashGear, MacRumors, Gizmodo, Mashable, Wired, Tech.pinions, The Loop, Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Forbes and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @stevekovach and @wsjd
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon files first-ever suit over fake product reviews, alleges Calif. man sold fraudulent praise … Amazon has filed suit against the alleged operator of several sites that offer Amazon sellers the ability to purchase fake 4- and 5-star customer reviews of their products.
More:
The Seattle Times, SiliconBeat, The Verge, Engadget, The Next Web, Ink, Bits, & Pixels, internetretailer.com, WebProNews, SlashGear, Ubergizmo and AuctionBytes Blog. Thanks:@johnhcook
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Sources: YouTube's ad-free subscription service coming in the next few months for around $10/month, will offer offline viewing, creators required to join — YouTube's paid subscription offering takes shape — and it's almost here — YouTube's forthcoming paid subscription offering …
More:
Bloomberg Business, TechCrunch, VideoNuze Analysis, TIME, Fortune, Digital Music News, Inquirer, Ars Technica, Forbes, hypebot, TechSpot, Tech Times, BGR, ZDNet, MediaNama, WebProNews, The Register, Electronista, NEWS.com.au, Guardian, VG247, MobileSyrup.com, Geeky Gadgets, 9to5Google, AndroidGuys, VentureBeat, Android Authority, Phandroid, CNNMoney, Seeking Alpha, Business Insider, Polygon, Tubefilter, Engadget, Reuters, Digital Trends, Android Police, Android Central, Pocket-lint, Pocket-lint, The Next Web, Mashable and Marketing Land
Tweets: @jessicalessin, @brianstelter and @caseynewton
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Sources: Google close to making Android Wear work with iPhone using companion app — Exclusive: Google is close to making Android Wear work on the iPhone — Google is working on getting its Android Wear smartwatch platform to work with the iPhone, and it is close to finishing the final technical details …
More:
BetaNews, Android Authority, SlashGear, PhoneDog.com, Telegraph, SiliconANGLE, Patently Apple, NEWS.com.au and Vox
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
European Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Heads To Court In Vienna — A class action data privacy lawsuit that's being brought against Facebook in Europe — for participation in the NSA's PRISM dragnet surveillance program, among other alleged data protection violations — gets its first preparatory …
More:
BBC, Guardian, Wired.co.uk, Marketing Land, TechEye, BBC, The Next Web, VentureBeat, The Register, The Independent and broadstuff
| Lisa Fleisher / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
Facebook, PandoDaily, SiliconBeat and The Next Web
| Ronald Grover / TheStreet.com: |
Sources: Disney pressures Apple to carry more of its channels on rumored TV streaming service, Apple wants fewer channels to keep cost of service down — Disney Presses Apple to Carry More Channels on Internet TV Service — NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Apple (AAPL - Get Report) and Walt Disney …
More:
Reuters, USA Today, Geeky Gadgets, iLounge, Business Insider, MacNN, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iMore and 9to5Mac
| Office Blogs: |
Microsoft and Dropbox partner to let you edit Dropbox files in Office Online — Office Online and Dropbox web integration now available — Last year Office announced an ongoing partnership to create better connections between Office and Dropbox. We continue to work closely with the Dropbox team …
More:
TechCrunch, BetaNews, GeekWire, Ink, Bits, & Pixels, ZDNet, VentureBeat, The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget, SlashGear, SuperSite for Windows and WebProNews. Tweets: @edbott
| Lori Grunin / CNET: |
Adobe updates Creative Cloud apps, announces augmented-reality iOS app Project Candy, and previews new animation tool — Adobe adds some slick but important tools to its Creative Cloud video applications — The company's NAB announcements for upgrades and new products look like some really useful features.
More:
The Verge, Forbes, Gizmodo and The Next Web
| Min-Jeong Lee / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung Facing Supply Shortages for Curved-Screen Galaxy S6 Edge — Company's mobile chief points to difficulties in manufacturing the screens — SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co.'s mobile chief J.K. Shin said Thursday there could be limited supplies of its new curved-screen smartphone …
More:
Reuters, CNET, 9to5Google, BGR, Geeky Gadgets, Ubergizmo, SamMobile, Engadget, Android Central, SlashGear, International Business Times, Pocketnow and Inquirer
| Don Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
U.S. Agencies Block Technology Exports for Supercomputer in China — Moves comes as U.S. technology companies grapple with Beijing's proposed restrictions — U.S. officials are blocking technology exports to facilities in China associated with the world's fastest supercomputer … | Ben Popper / The Verge: |
DJI's new Phantom 3 drones start at $999, feature visual positioning, GLONASS support, bundled Lightbridge video streaming, 4K camera option — DJI updates our favorite line of drones with the new Phantom 3 — DJI created the Kleenex of consumer drones with its Phantom line of quadcopters.
More:
Ars Technica, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, The Next Web, Engadget, Electronista, SiliconANGLE, Skift, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, SlashGear, Forbes and VentureBeat
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:
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 2:25 PM ET, April 9, 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
Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters: |
More:
NEWSBTC, Fortune, CoinDesk and VentureBeat
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
More:
Skype Blogs, SiliconANGLE, The Next Web and ABC News
Earlier Picks
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
More:
Laptop Mag, The Verge, NBC Bay Area, Gizmodo, GeekWire and iMore
| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
More:
TechCrunch, Engadget, The Next Web, Mashable, ZDNet, Consumerist, TIME, VentureBeat and Zatz Not Funny!. Thanks:@t_chrisburns
| Dan Graziano / CNET: |
More:
Dell, PC World, TechEye, Engadget, The Verge, HotHardware.com News, Tech Times, Pocketnow, Android Central, Gizmodo, Mashable, Intel Newsroom, Electronista, Chip Chick, Laptop Mag and Android Police. Tweets: @dell
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
| New York Times: |
More:
Zynga Company Blog, Zynga, Re/code, Bloomberg View, VentureBeat, Tech Times, Guardian, Reuters, USA Today, Engadget, Mashable, Ars Technica, Polygon, BBC, SocialTimes, ZDNet, CNET, The Verge, Re/code, Tech Trader Daily, International Business Times, Business Insider and GeekWire
Tweets: @jowens510 and @neilcybart