|
April 13, 2016, 7:05 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook unveils Surround 360, a 17-lens, 3D VR camera, will open-source hardware designs and specs this summer, materials to build will cost $30K — This is Facebook's gorgeous, open-source 360-degree video camera — Hoping to dramatically increase the amount of 360-degree video on its platform …
More:
BuzzFeed, Facebook Code, VentureBeat, Guardian, Wired.co.uk, TechCrunch, Forbes, Fone Arena, MediaNama, TechSpot, Silicon Republic, Digital Photography Review, TechnoBuffalo, ARC, Digital Trends, SiliconANGLE, Fortune, MacNN, SocialTimes, tech.co, MobileSyrup.com, The Next Web, Wired, GeekWire, CNET, Facebook Media and PCWorld
Tweets: @johnpaczkowski, @mikeisaac, @marshallk and @lexnfx
| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Mark Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's future: Messenger bots, AI, live video, virtual reality, and open sourcing key technologies — How Will Zuckerberg Rule the World? By Giving Facebook's Tech Away — When Mark Zuckerberg took his first steps, his parents marked the date in a good old fashioned baby book.
More:
Bloomberg, International Business Times, Re/code, Refinery29, New York Times, The Verge, The Next Web, BuzzFeed, PCWorld, CIO.com, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, Newsweek, USA Today and ZDNet. Tweets: @caseyjohnston
| Blair Hanley Frank / PCWorld: |
Facebook launches Account Kit, offering new analytics and login tools for developers, allowing users to sign up or log in to apps with just a phone number — Facebook helps developers with new analytics and login tools — Soon, developers will be able to see what their users do for a living
More:
Facebook Developers, Computerworld, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Softpedia News and The Verge. Tweets: @shiraovide
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook announces Rights Manager to help video creators combat freebooting; content owners can apply for access beginning today — Facebook launches video Rights Manager to combat freebooting — There's an epidemic of stolen videos on Facebook. Business Pages rip videos from YouTube …
More:
Facebook Media, DJI NEWS, Tech Times, Facebook Developers, The Next Web, The Verge and Business Insider
Tweets: @joshconstine and @mikeisaac
See also Mediagazer| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Facebook makes its Live API publicly available, allows streaming directly to Facebook from non-mobile devices like drones, TV broadcast feeds — Facebook Opens Up Live Video to Developers to Allow Streaming from Any Device — Facebook just took video streaming on its Live platform beyond … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches Messenger platform with chatbots — Facebook will now allow businesses to deliver automated customer support, e-commerce guidance, content and interactive experiences through chatbots. By providing utility through its huge developer and business ecosystem …
More:
Inquirer, SiliconANGLE, Facebook, Tech in Asia, NPR, Pocket-lint, The Verge, salesforce.com, MediaNama, Fone Arena, The Startup, Softpedia News, The Next Web, Re/code, Re/code, Android Police, AppAdvice.com Latest, Fortune, SocialTimes, GeekWire, eWeek, Mashable, Marketing Land, The Next Web, WebProNews, Neowin, Social Media Today, The Register, internetretailer.com, 9to5Mac, The Huffington Post, ABC News, iPhone Hacks, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Engadget and CNET
Tweets: @jbruin, @sarahfrier, @cwarzel, @jguynn and @benedictevans
Thanks:@joshconstine| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
More:
Business Insider, Silicon Valley Business …, Business Insider, VentureBeat and GeekWire
Tweets: @mg and @joshconstine
| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
More:
USA Today, SiliconANGLE, USA Today, Tech Times, PhoneDog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Facebook Developers, TechSpot, ZDNet, Android Central and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Sources: FBI did not use Cellebrite to crack San Bernardino iPhone, paid hackers for undisclosed software flaw that was used to create hardware to crack PIN — FBI paid professional hackers one-time fee to crack San Bernardino iPhone — The FBI cracked a San Bernardino terrorist's phone …
More:
ZDNet, BGR, Computerworld, Guardian, The Next Web, Fortune, TechCrunch, USA Today, Mashable, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, iPhone Hacks, Engadget, AppleInsider, MacRumors and Newser. Tweets: @mepfuller. Thanks:@cauchon
| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Google Calendar's new Goals will help find you time for self-improvement — Google Calendar turns 10 this year, but the service isn't ready to rest until it has ordered your entire life into neat chunks. Calendar's newest mobile feature, announced late last night, is Goals …
More:
Gmail Blog, iMore, New York Times, VentureBeat, Android Police, Digital Trends, MacRumors, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Engadget, Tech Times, PhoneArena, SlashGear, Android Authority, SiliconANGLE, CNET, The Next Web and Wired.co.uk. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
USB-IF announces new USB Type-C authentication spec so devices can verify certification status of accessories to avoid damage from rogue cables — A software fix for dangerous USB-C cables is coming — Now that it's becoming clear to everybody that it's distressingly easy to accidentally buy … | Narottam Medhora / Reuters: |
Uber releases its first transparency report, showing it gave US regulatory agencies data on over 12M users and received 415 data requests from law enforcement — Uber says gave U.S. agencies data on more than 12 million users — Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Tuesday released …
More:
Medium, TechCrunch, MediaNama, The Stack, Mashable, MacNN, SlashGear, Wall Street Journal, NPR, News. Pop Culture. Satire., The Register, BBC, Engadget, TIME, Fortune, VentureBeat, The Hill and The Verge
| Heather Somerville / Reuters: |
Affirm, Max Levchin's consumer lending startup, raises $100 million — Serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur Max Levchin has raised $100 million for his consumer lending startup Affirm, bucking the trend of falling valuations and slowing growth confronting other financial technology companies.
More:
VentureBeat, Fast Company, Inc.com, Wall Street Journal and New York Times
| Ian Hardy / MobileSyrup.com: |
Logitech acquires Jaybird for about $50M in cash and $45M in potential earn-outs to expand into wireless audio wearables market — Logitech acquires Jaybird for $50 million (USD) in cash — Earlier this year ZAGG agreed to purchase Mophie for over $100 million.| Joshua Ho / AnandTech: |
HTC 10 hands on: SoC in parity with every high-end device in US, Super LCD 5 display one of best, smooth and responsive navigation — Hands On With The HTC 10: A Fresh Start — At this point it's probably not a secret that HTC has been struggling for the past few years.
More:
TalkAndroid.com, DxOMark, 9to5Google, PCWorld, TechConnect and Android Police. Thanks:@iancutress
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
More:
Android Police, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo, BGR, SlashGear, AndroidHeadlines.com, Computerworld, Pocketnow, Xperia Blog, 9to5Google, Android Authority, TechConnect, eWeek, TmoNews, Gizmodo, AndroidGuys, Technology Personalized, Ars Technica, Android Central, Neowin, Inquirer, The Next Web, Android Police, The Register, Re/code, BetaNews, ZDNet, GeekWire, ABC News and AndroidGuys
Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
Zoho:
How EWS deprecation affects Zoho Calendar Interoperability — Understanding the impactMicrosoft began blocking Exchange Web Services (EWS) requests in Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) as of October 1, 2026.
How EWS deprecation affects Zoho Calendar Interoperability — Understanding the impactMicrosoft began blocking Exchange Web Services (EWS) requests in Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) as of October 1, 2026.
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.
WebBrain:
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.Featured Podcasts
Big Technology Podcast:
AI Stockpocalypse, Anthropic Nears RSI?, Prediction Markets vs. Pollsters
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.
Machine Gods:
The Purple Tsunami Against Data Centers
The official podcast of the singularity, from Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Twice-weekly news, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the future.
Subscribe to Machine Gods.
Invest Like the Best:
Ramtin Naimi - The State of Venture
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
The Upstarts Podcast:
How Ramp Built A $60B AI Product Factory Off A Corporate Card | Co-CEO Eric Glyman
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
Great Chat:
Would you let a robot do it?
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.
Training Data:
A Model For Everyone: How Ronak From Trajectory Is Building Products For Continual Learning
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 7:05 AM ET, April 13, 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
Ethan Gach / Kotaku:Denise Petski / Deadline:
Payton Turkeltaub / Variety: