|
July 14, 2015, 1:05 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Noah Kulwin / Re/code: |
Reddit's chief engineer Bethanye Blount quits after less than two months on the job; claims loss of confidence in the direction of the company — Reddit Chief Engineer Bethanye Blount Quits After Less Than Two Months on the Job — Reddit's chief engineer Bethanye Blount quit just days …
More:
The Verge, USA Today, The Next Web, TIME, Fusion, Inc.com, GamePolitics blogs, Business Insider, Fortune, BBC, bizjournals, Neowin, Engadget, reddit and Wired. Tweets: @nkulw. See also Mediagazer
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
More:
reddit, Bloomberg View, Fast Company, Boing Boing, Engadget, Business Insider, VatorNews, TechRaptor, FierceCIO News, Gawker, bizjournals and The Next Web. Tweets: @caseyjohnston. See also Mediagazer
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google launches Eddystone, an open source, cross-platform Bluetooth LE beacon format — Meet Google's “Eddystone”—a flexible, open source iBeacon fighter — Google's cross-platform standard combines the best of iBeacon and The Physical Web. — Move over iBeacon—today Google is launching …
More:
TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Google Developers Blog, The Verge, The Next Web and Kontakt.io. Tweets: @stevecheney
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Match Group Buys PlentyOfFish For $575M To Bag More Singles — A spot of consolidation in the online dating space today, with Match Group, the subsidiary of Tinder and OkCupid owner IAC, announcing it has agreed to acquire PlentyOfFish (POF) for $575 million in cash.
More:
IAC, Techvibes Global News, Business Insider, BetaKit, SiliconANGLE and Cantech Letter. Tweets: @bwertz
| Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News: |
Mozilla deactivates all versions of Adobe Flash in Firefox by default, until Adobe patches security issues — Mozilla blocks all versions of Adobe Flash in Firefox — Mozilla has added all versions of Adobe Flash up to the most recent version 18.0.0.203 to the Firefox blocklist.
More:
Ars Technica, Ars Technica, The Verge, The Next Web, Telegraph, The Register, TechCrunch, ARC, Adobe Conversations, International Business Times, The Register, Digital Trends, MacNN, PC Magazine, Threatpost, Wired.co.uk, Gizmodo, Engadget, TechWeekEurope UK, Darkmatters, Naked Security, CIO.com, Fusion, SlashGear, Web Browser, Business Cloud News, Computerworld, BetaNews, BBC, TechSpot and HOTforSecurity
Tweets: @markschmidty and @johnolilly
| Nokia: |
Nokia may bring back mobile phones, but only through brand-licensing model, and not earlier than Q4 2016 because of Microsoft agreement — Nokia comments on media speculation about mobile devices — The following has been posted by Robert Morlino, spokesman for Nokia Technologies
| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
Google About To Reopen Map Maker, Largely Outsourcing Moderation — After the recent rash of map vandalism and other map mischief that caused Google to shut down Map Maker, the company is getting ready to reopen it. Simultaneously Google is instituting a new moderation procedure that will rely …
More:
The Next Web, Gizmodo, The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Google and WebProNews
| Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note: |
News sites are getting slower: the New York Times takes 4 mins and 2MB of data download to view one story — News Sites Are Fatter and Slower Than Ever — An analysis of download times highlights how poorly designed news sites are. That's more evidence of poor implementation of ads... and a strong case for ad blockers.| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Facebook testing Moneypenny, a personal assistant inside Messenger that consults real people for help researching and ordering products, among other tasks — Facebook is working on a digital assistant named Moneypenny to help you find and buy products — Facebook Messenger is getting …
More:
The Information, Telegraph, The Daily Dot, Engadget, The Verge, USA Today, CNET, Forbes, Redmond Pie, Digiday, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, ValueWalk, InvestorPlace, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, MacNN, Ubergizmo, Guardian, Pocketnow, ITProPortal, SlashGear, Fone Arena, Digital Trends, MacRumors and 9to5Google. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Exclusive: CEO Nadella talks Microsoft's mobile ambitions, Windows 10 strategy, HoloLens and more — Microsoft CEO talks about his thinking around product differentiation and being ahead of the curve in this Q&A with Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley. … MJF: You just got off the stage.| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
FanDuel raises $275M round led by KKR, source says at a valuation well over $1B — FanDuel Raises $275 Million, Births Unicorn — FanDuel, one of the two major players in the budding daily fantasy sports industry, has raised $275 million in new venture funding.| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Workday launches venture fund to invest in data science startups — Workday is betting that the next 10 years will be about data science for the enterprise and is playing the venture capital game accordingly. — Workday on Tuesday said it will launch a venture fund focused on data science and machine learning for enterprise use.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Apple Pay lands in the UK, some major banks missing — Apple's mobile payments service, available in the US since October, has expanded across the pond — but some of the announced partners aren't on board.
More:
Telegraph, Macworld, ZDNet, Reuters, Bloomberg Business, BetaNews, TechCrunch, Telegraph, iMore, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, TechEye, AppleInsider, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, MacRumors, The Register, 9to5Mac, MacNN, iPhone Hacks, BBC, Pocket-lint, TechnoBuffalo, Finextra Research news, The Loop, App Advice, Engadget, The Register, Pocket-lint, Neowin, Phones Review, TechCrunch, iPhone Hacks, Fone Arena, Patently Apple, iMore, Pocketnow, SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, MacStories, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, SlashGear, 9to5Mac and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @barclaysuk and @hsbc_uk_help
| Bloomberg Business: |
China's campaign to build a database on Americans began with hacking travel records in 2013; recent OPM breach was part of the same campaign — Hacked in the U.S.A.: China's Not-So-Hidden Infiltration Op — The vast cyber-attack in Washington began with, of all things, travel reservations.
More:
SC Magazine
| Lucian Constantin / PCWorld: |
Hacking Team's malware uses UEFI rootkit to survive OS reinstalls — Surveillance software maker Hacking Team has provided its government customers with the ability to infect the low-level firmware found in laptops and other computers that they wanted to spy on.
More:
TrendLabs Security …, The Register, SecurityWeek and The Hacker News
Sponsor 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:
Meet Zia Agents: Zoho SalesIQ's autonomous AI workforce — AI in customer support is moving fast. Not long ago, rule-based bots gave way to conversational AI, which quickly evolved into generative assistants.
Meet Zia Agents: Zoho SalesIQ's autonomous AI workforce — AI in customer support is moving fast. Not long ago, rule-based bots gave way to conversational AI, which quickly evolved into generative assistants.
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
Invest Like the Best:
Etched - Building AI Hardware to Make Inference Faster and Cheaper
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Trae and Delian from Founders Fund
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
Training Data:
Why Hardware-Software Co-Design Is AI's Real 100x: Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis
Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.
Subscribe to Training Data.
Grit:
Airwallex's Jack Zhang on Fintech, Failure, and Growth
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.
Lenny's Podcast:
OpenAI Codex lead on the new shape of product work | Andrew Ambrosino
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:05 PM ET, July 14, 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
Reuters:Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
More:
Fusion, Wall Street Journal, Re/code, CNET, Fortune and ReadWrite. Tweets: @startupljackson. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
More:
TechNet Blogs, Inquirer, PCWorld, Gigaom Research, Redmond, OnWindows, ZDNet, Fortune, Seeking Alpha, BetaNews, GeekWire, VentureBeat, WinBeta, InfoWorld and The Fire Hose. Thanks:@mariedomingo
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
| Toby Wolpe / ZDNet: |
| Hadley Malcolm / USA Today: |
| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
SiliconANGLE, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone in Canada Blog, TIME, Fortune and TechCrunch
Tweets: @flyosity and @niallharbison