Techmeme
October 18, 2015, 5:30 PM

Top News

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
After delay, Amazon rolls out $299 “Prime Fresh” annual membership required for AmazonFresh purchases  —  After delay, AmazonFresh rolls out mandatory $299/year ‘Prime Fresh’ grocery membership … Amazon has followed through on its plan to require a special $299/year membership …
More: Re/code and EngadgetThanks:@taylor_soper
Matt Rosoff / Business Insider:
Some VCs, appearing defensive, dismiss WSJ's reporting on Theranos, but should actually welcome investigative journalism  —  Some tech investors sure seem to be getting defensive lately ...  Nobody likes to be questioned.  —  But lately, some of Silicon Valley's big tech investors seem …
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Stanford and Michael Bloomberg invest combined $100K in each startup that goes through Y Combinator as part of new seed funding terms  —  Stanford, Michael Bloomberg Now Back Every Y Combinator Startup  —  When startup incubator Y Combinator changed the terms of its seed funding last year …
Tweets: @msquinn
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Android 6.0 Marshmallow review: the premier feature, Now on Tap, is magical when it works but it isn't dependable  —  Android 6.0 Marshmallow review  —  Android 6.0 Marshmallow is such a mishmash of features that I spent a long time trying to suss out the unifying principle behind it all.
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Banks are likely the next big competitors for Android Pay and Samsung Pay, as Capital One becomes the first US bank with tap-to-pay in its Android app  —  The Next Big Competitors for Android Pay and Samsung Pay: Banks  —  Eighteen months ago, rulings by Visa and MasterCard gave banks …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Twitter's decision to hide links in Moments is the latest sign that social giants want to be destinations, not portals to publishers' sites  —  Twitter And Facebook Are Turning Publishers Into Ghost Writers  —  Publishers are in danger of becoming dumb content in the smart pipes of platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
More: New YorkerTweets: @ralphrivera
Andrew Tangel / Wall Street Journal:
NYC yellow taxis to test using GPS to calculate fares to keep up with tech-driven competitors  —  Tech Inside Yellow Cabs Faces an Overhaul  —  Taximeters could be replaced by GPS and ‘Taxi TVs’ may be on way out as regulators set pilot project  —  The technology inside many New York City yellow taxis …
More: Digital Trends and Tech TimesTweets: @digiphile
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Survey: 33% of teens say Instagram is their most important social network, 20% Twitter, 19% Snapchat, 15% Facebook  —  Survey Finds Teens Prefer Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat for Social Networks  —  A new survey may reignite the debate over teenagers' use of Facebook .
Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica:
Amazon Fire TV 2015 review: fastest content loading of any streaming box, universal search is great but doesn't support some apps like Netflix  —  Amazon's 2015 Fire TV: Finally, Amazon gets the streaming box right  —  Connectivity, interface issues are met with gaming, search boosts.  Plus, it's fast.
Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed:
New pilot program opens up federal student loans to select coding boot camps and MOOCs  —  You Can Now Use Federal Money To Pay For Unaccredited Coding Boot Camps  —  The federal government will allow students to use federal funding to pay for a small group of coding boot camps …
Adrienne Lafrance / The Atlantic:
Inside efforts to resurrect a Pulitzer-nominated 34-part story eight years after it disappeared from the web  —  Raiders of the Lost Web  —  The web, as it appears at any one moment, is a phantasmagoria.  It's not a place in any reliable sense of the word.  It is not a repository.  It is not a library.
More: ResearchBuzzTweets: @ecmyersThanks:@dan_rowinskiSee also Mediagazer

Sponsor Posts

Tribe AI:
Is AI just hype?  —  Find out how top enterprises use Tribe to get real business results.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more  —  We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics.  Download reports immediately for just $100.
Zoho:
All new Zoho Workerly 2024  —  Staffing businesses around the world face a unique set of challenges when it comes to managing their temporary workforce.  With a constantly shifting job market and changing staffing needs …
Comprehensive.io:
Browse salary data from 3,000 startups for free  —  Click for FREE, immediate access to real-time compensation benchmarking data.  Paid version helps HR automate comp reviews and communicate total compensation to employees.
The Kevin Rose Show:
Henry Shukman, Lessons from an Authentic Zen Master
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Techmeme Ride Home:
Wed. 03/27 - Hulu Comes To Disney+; WWDC Gets A Date
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 5:30 PM ET, October 18, 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

Earlier Picks

Kif Leswing / Fortune: