|
March 29, 2016, 10:45 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
DoJ withdraws legal action against Apple after method to access San Bernardino shooter's iPhone proved successful — Apple's San Bernardino fight is officially over as government confirms working attack — After months of work, the FBI finally has a way into the San Bernardino iPhone.
More:
New York Times, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Verge, USA Today, Ars Technica, CNNMoney, Bloomberg Business, Techdirt, Business Insider, BGR, Wired, Tech Trader Daily, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, Reuters, ABC News, InfoWorld, BetaNews, Re/code, Guardian, 9to5Mac, Politico, CNBC, Los Angeles Times, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, US News, Los Angeles Times, Techdirt, CNET, Tech Insider, Errata Security, Fortune, Associated Press, The Huffington Post, MediaNama, International Business Times, Fone Arena, SiliconANGLE, eWeek, iClarified, Patently Apple, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, Newser, The Daily Caller, Computerworld, PhoneDog.com, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, Guardian, Investor's Business Daily, Pocketnow, Boing Boing, NBC News, ITProPortal, TechCrunch, Engadget, Refinery29, Gizmodo, TechSpot, Insanely Great Mac, Forbes, iLounge, BetaNews, ZDNet, Forbes, SlashGear, The Apple Insider, RT, Business Insider and The Loop
| BuzzFeed: |
Apple on DoJ's withdrawal of iPhone unlock case: this case should never have been brought; case raised issues that deserve a national conversation — FBI Accessed San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone Without Apple, Drops Litigation — SAN FRANCISCO — The Justice Department (DOJ) …
More:
AppleInsider, Gizmodo, New York Times, Vox, Pocketnow, MacNN, VatorNews, ABC News, BGR, Tech Insider, The Next Web, MacStories and Neowin
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple acknowledges iOS 9 crashing bugs when tapping links, fix coming ‘soon’ with a software update — Since posting our original story, we have heard from a lot of readers that are affected by iOS 9 crashes or app hangs when tapping links, spanning multiple iOS versions (not just 9.3) and devices.| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Yahoo sets April 11 deadline to submit preliminary bids for core Web business and Asian assets — Yahoo Sets April 11 Deadline to Submit Preliminary Bids — Microsoft has discussed financing a Yahoo bid with private-equity firms — Yahoo Inc. has given potential suitors two weeks … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
SoundCloud launches SoundCloud Go music subscription service for $9.99/month in US — It's Go time for SoundCloud: $9.99 tier aims to rival Spotify with millions of premium music tracks — SoundCloud is often billed as the “YouTube for audio” because of its huge trove of user-generated music … | James Niccolai / PCWorld: |
Court filings show Oracle is seeking up to $9.3B in damages from Google for using Java in Android as new trial is set to begin on May 9 — Oracle seeks $9.3 billion for Google's use of Java in Android — The figure appears in a report by Oracle's damages expert, which Google strongly contests
More:
ZDNet, Inquirer, InfoWorld, Tech Times, TechEye, Fortune, Fone Arena, Silicon Republic, SlashGear, ITProPortal, Investor's Business Daily and Business Insider. Tweets: @dtunkelang
| Cho Mu-hyun / ZDNet: |
Samsung launches Samsung Pay in China in partnership with UnionPay — Samsung Pay launches in China, competes with Apple — After much hype, Samsung Pay has launched in China where it will compete with rival services such as Apple Pay and Huawei Pay. — Samsung officially launched Samsung Pay …
| Maciej Ceglowski / Pinboard Blog: |
Pinboard founder says IFTTT's platform migration imposes onerous terms on service providers, and recommends alternatives like Zapier or Botize — My Heroic and Lazy Stand Against IFTTT … © Nine Fives Software. Problems or questions? Contact <support@pinboard.in>
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iPad Pro 9.7" review: build quality, performance, Apple Pencil great as expected, but unlike larger Pro model, it ships with 2GB RAM, which may prove limiting — 9.7-inch iPad Pro review: What makes something “Pro” anyway? — The smaller Pro straddles the line between the 12.9-inch version and the Air 2.
More:
Macworld, Computerworld, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, International Business Times, Patently Apple and MacDailyNews. Thanks:@ravichandrans25
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
As shift to algorithmic feed looms, brands and bloggers on Instagram try to get you to turn on notifications by posting reminders — Instagrammers really want you to turn on notifications to avoid death by algorithm — Instagram today is an endless sea of meaningless posts asking you to turn …
More:
The FADER, WebProNews, ReelSEO, BuzzFeed, Social Media Today, Tech Times, BBC, Ubergizmo, Forbes, Digital Trends, Business Insider, Droid Life, Motherboard, CNNMoney, Pocketnow, Engadget, BetaNews, Lifehacker, The Verge, Re/code and The Next Web
Tweets: @instagram, @niczaira, @kristenlanae, @krisfadeley, @shanselman and @caseynewton
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Facebook Messenger source code hints at an in-store purchase service, “secret conversations”, and calendar sync between users — Facebook Messenger Prepares In-Store Purchase Service — Tucked inside the code for Facebook's Messenger are clues for how the chat app plans …
More:
The Next Web, Engadget, Tech Times, Business Insider, Technology Personalized, Android News, Rumours …, TechSpot, AppleInsider, PYMNTS.com, MacNN, Marketing Land, Phandroid, Silicon Republic, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone Hacks, InvestorPlace, Fortune, Digital Trends and SlashGear
Tweets: @theinformation and @jessicalessin
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Sony's more powerful PlayStation 4 supporting ultra-high-definition graphics to be announced before planned October VR headset launch — Sony Plans New PlayStation for Graphics-Heavy Games — New console would be announced before virtual-reality headset
More:
Forbes, Ars Technica, VRFocus, International Business Times, Wired.co.uk, Neowin, Pocket-lint, Redmond Pie, Silicon Republic, destructoid, SiliconANGLE, Geek.com, MobileSyrup.com, SlashGear, CNET, Tech Times, TechSpot, Ubergizmo, GeekWire, The Next Web, TechnoBuffalo, Polygon, GamesIndustry.biz and The Verge. Tweets: @fubarduck. See also Mediagazer
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:
Beyond productivity: Why live captions belong in every meeting — You join a meeting, someone starts talking, and within a minute, there are names, numbers, ideas, and unfamiliar terms flying around. You could ask them to repeat it.
Beyond productivity: Why live captions belong in every meeting — You join a meeting, someone starts talking, and within a minute, there are names, numbers, ideas, and unfamiliar terms flying around. You could ask them to repeat it.
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
Channels with Peter Kafka:
David Ellison's Paramount-Warner Empire & The Fight That Comes Next
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Sources:
Factory CEO on why AGI is already here
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.
Invest Like the Best:
Noah Shinn - Building Instinct: The Personal Agent
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Lenny's Podcast:
The grief, loneliness, and burnout sweeping through the tech industry right now | Molly Graham
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
Meta's Muse Revival, Frontier AI Under Threat, The Rise Of Dopamine Sites
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.
Great Chat:
Doomers at Dreamforce
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:45 AM ET, March 29, 2016.
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
John Koblin / New York Times:Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Deadline:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: |
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
| Tim Stenovec / Tech Insider: |
Earlier Picks
| Ben Kuchera / Polygon: |
More:
Developer Center, store.steampowered.com, Guardian, What's New, The Register, AnandTech, VentureBeat, CNET, Tech Times and VentureBeat
Tweets: @jason_rubin and @benkuchera
| Nate Swanner / The Next Web: |