|
July 3, 2015, 1:15 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
New iPhone 6S images show updated NFC, 16GB base storage, fewer chips + design tweaks — Our look at the upcoming “iPhone 6S” continues today with a discussion of new internal components that are expected to be inside Apple's latest smartphone. In addition to expected changes such as a Force Touch display … | Ashley Feinberg / Gawker: |
Reddit mods take popular subreddits private after removal of Victoria Taylor; Ellen Pao says Reddit has underserved site mods, added 5 people to community team — Reddit In Chaos After Allegedly Firing AMA Coordinator Victoria Taylor — If you tried to visit r/IAmA (one of Reddit's biggest subs) …
More:
New York Times, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Adweek, reddit, reddit, Tech Times, KitGuru, Quora, CNET, Fusion, The Register and Business Insider
Tweets: @happysquid, @sfiegerman, @waxpancake, @mikeisaac, @auerbachkeller, @sarahnemerson, @dangillmor, @gawker, @julia_greenberg, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @startupljackson, @mikeisaac and @mikeisaac
See also Mediagazer| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
Reasons for dismissal of Victoria Taylor, former Reddit AMA coordinator and director of talent, remain unclear — Reddit revolts: subforums shut down in protest over AMA co-ordinator sacking — The community manager Victoria Taylor was abruptly let go from her job at the site … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Uber Suspends UberPOP In France Following Turmoils And Arrests — Transportation company Uber just announced in an interview with Le Monde that it will be suspending UberPOP in France tonight at 8pm. The news follows a difficult week for the company. Last Thursday, anti-Uber protests turned …
More:
The Verge, VatorNews, The Register, Telegraph, Gizmodo, Engadget, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Guardian and Tech.eu
| Lauren Goode / Re/code: |
In Battle of Streaming Music Services, Simplicity Is the Killer Feature — Now that we can all finally acknowledge that streaming music is a “thing,” I keep wondering why the companies that offer streaming music services are making things more complicated for consumers as they compete for our ears.| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
You can now use any Android app on your Mac w/ BlueStacks App Player — BlueStacks, a free desktop Android emulator that lets users play any mobile game or app on the big screen with a mouse and keyboard, has mostly been limited to PC users until today. But Mac users are about to get access …
More:
TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, Android Central, MacNN, Electronista, Engadget, SlashGear and MobileSyrup.com
| Megumi Fujikawa / Wall Street Journal: |
Casio is developing a durable men's smart watch priced around $400, expected by early 2016 — Casio Bets on a Watch That Is Smart — Japanese watchmaker hopes to outmaneuver Apple Watch's technological wizardry — Japanese watchmaker Casio Computer saw the potential of the wrist … | Iljitsch van Beijnum / Ars Technica: |
Large blocks of IPv4 addresses are no longer available in North America; organizations can either join the wait list or request smaller blocks — It's official: North America out of new IPv4 addresses — But the move to IPv6 picks up speed. — Remember how, a decade ago …
More:
Inquirer, We Live Security, The Register, The Next Web, ZDNet, Digital Trends, The Tech Report and V3.co.uk
| Reuters: |
Russia's parliament approves a law requiring search engines to remove users' personal information from their results upon request — Russian parliament approves Internet privacy bill — Russia's parliament gave its final approval on Friday to a law that would require Internet search engines …
More:
Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Associated Press
| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
What delayed IPOs and higher private valuations mean for tech startups and public investors — As More Tech Start-Ups Stay Private, So Does the Money — Not long ago, if you were a young, brash technologist with a world-conquering start-up idea, there was a good chance you spent …
More:
AVC, Un Passaggio and Mattermark
Tweets: @johnbattelle, @fmanjoo, @erikbryn, @skupor, @fmanjoo and @neal_erin
| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Industry groups say new Chinese security law could force companies to build backdoors, provide encryption keys, or hand over source code — Jitters in Tech World Over New Chinese Security Law — HONG KONG — When a draft of China's new national security law was made public in May …
More:
Business Insider and SC Magazine
| John Callaham / Windows Central: |
Microsoft confirms its new Edge browser won't support Silverlight — Microsoft has already announced that its new Microsoft Edge web browser in Windows 10 will not be using many of the features that were a part of its old Internet Explorer browsers. That includes support for ActiveX-based plug-ins.
More:
Windows Blog, Inquirer, Special, The Register, ZDNet, Web Browser and WinBeta
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.
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:
Planned AU Data Center Maintenance on 20th September 2026 and 27th September 2026, between 08.30PM to 11.00PM AEST — Dear Customers,Our annual infrastructure maintenance for our AU Data Center is scheduled …
Planned AU Data Center Maintenance on 20th September 2026 and 27th September 2026, between 08.30PM to 11.00PM AEST — Dear Customers,Our annual infrastructure maintenance for our AU Data Center is scheduled …
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:
Apple's Most Ambitious Roadmap Ever? + OpenAI vs. Google vs. Anthropic Revisited
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.
Sources:
Mark Zuckerberg on Muse, Meta's biggest AI bet yet
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.
Lenny's Podcast:
How we built Grok Bot in a month | Roman Ugarte (SpaceXAI)
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.
Invest Like the Best:
Walter Russell Mead - How America Keeps Winning
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Grit:
The AI Race Has a Leaderboard | Arena CEO Anastasios Angelopoulos
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
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 1:15 PM ET, July 3, 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
JD Knapp / The Wrap:Katie Robertson / New York Times:
New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
More:
App Advice, Macworld, AppleInsider, BetaNews, The Verge, Wired.co.uk, SiliconANGLE, USA Today, Silicon Republic, Daily Mail, BuzzFeed, Billboard, Newsweek, TIME, CNNMoney, EW.com, Digital Trends, Mashable, The Verge, Pitchfork, Cult of Mac, MacNN, Macworld, GeekWire, CNET, CBS News, Tech Times, Engadget, SlashGear, Guardian, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Radio.com and Stereogum. See also Mediagazer