|
September 21, 2016, 4:45 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple in talks with UK luxury carmaker and F1 team owner McLaren for a full takeover or strategic investment; McLaren's valuation is said to be £1B+ — Apple has approached McLaren Technology Group, the British supercar engineer and Formula One team owner, about a potential acquisition …
More:
The Verge, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, BGR, The Verge, Macworld, Quartz, The Register, The Next Web, Business Insider, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, O'Grady's PowerPage, TechSpot, Tech Trader Daily, MacRumors, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Automotive News Automaker, Investor's Business Daily, Neowin, iLounge and AppAdvice.com Latest
Tweets: @tonn_chris, @wolfejosh, @tim_stevens, @tim, @jlgolson, @alexroy144, @stshank, @benthompson, @mgsiegler, @joshpetri, @jamesliamcook, @harshilshah1910, @llsethj, @carlfranzen, @reckless, @stuartdredge, @tim, @johnpaczkowski, @brianroemmele, @kevinctofel, @samthegeek, @edsbs, @jyarow, @pinboard, @pinboard and @mgsiegler
| New York Times: |
Sources: Apple in talks to acquire Lit Motors, an SF startup that makes a self-balancing motorbike; Apple has previously hired several Lit Motors engineers — Apple, which laid off dozens of employees from its secretive car project this month, is increasingly seeking help from outside companies with expertise in vehicles.
More:
AppleInsider, AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Tech Trader Daily, Electrek, Business Insider, The Verge, Bloomberg, Reuters, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, Patently Apple, Automotive News Automaker, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews and Mashable
Tweets: @mims, @caseynewton, @mgsiegler and @stevekovach
| Benjamin Zhang / Business Insider: |
McLaren statement on Apple report: “there's no takeover, no strategic investment” — On Wednesday, the Financial Times reported that Apple has approached McLaren over a potential takeover or strategic investment. McLaren has officially denied that anything is happening.
More:
The Verge, Digital Trends, Business Insider, Guardian, Telegraph, Recode, SiliconBeat, Vanity Fair, Tech Times, Forbes, CNET, USA Today, iPhone Hacks and Ars Technica UK
Tweets: @tim, @jlgolson, @benthompson, @sushubh and @jlgolson
| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Google launches Allo messaging app with Smart Reply and Google Assistant for iOS and Android — If you're going to unveil a new messaging app, it had better do something unique. At this point, finding a place amongst entrenched options like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and iMessage is not an easy task.
More:
The Official Google Blog, App Store, Releases, PCWorld, Android Authority, New York Times, International Business Times, Android Police, VentureBeat, The Verge, New York Times, Business Insider, BuzzFeed, POPSUGAR, Business Insider, CNET, Gizmodo, Reuters, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, TalkAndroid.com, 9to5Google, SocialTimes, BetaNews, Marketing Land, Android Beat, Droid Life, MacStories, Search Engine Roundtable, Android Central, Laughing Squid, Silicon Valley Business …, TechnoBuffalo, Tom's Guide, Liliputing, VentureBeat, Computerworld, Tech Times, Inquirer, iPhone Hacks, MediaNama, Recode, ZDNet, ABC News, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, Technology Personalized, Android Police, Droid Life and TalkAndroid.com
Tweets: @aparanjape, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @pmarca, @caseyliss, @chetfaliszek and @caseynewton
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google backs off on previously announced Allo privacy feature, will store all non-incognito messages by default — The app will log conversations by default after all — When Allo was announced at Google's I/O conference earlier this year, the messaging app was presented as a step forward for privacy.
More:
USA Today, Gizmodo, Washington Post, Android Authority, TechCrunch, blog.kaspersky.com, GeekWire, The Hill, GeekTime, Android Police, Droid Life, TechnoBuffalo, Cult of Mac, Guardian, Fusion, Engadget, Vanity Fair, BBC, iPhone in Canada Blog, TalkAndroid.com, iLounge, Silicon Republic, Motherboard, AndroidGuys, Naked Security, gHacks Technology News, Android and Me, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, Investor's Business Daily, Trak.in, International Business Times, Lifehacker, CIO.com, MacRumors, MobileSyrup.com, Neowin, Recode, Phandroid, Business Insider, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Technology Personalized and The Next Web
Tweets: @snowden, @snowden, @matthew_d_green, @snowden, @josephfcox, @ow, @snowden, @snowden, @csoghoian, @counternotions, @dtunkelang and @sebastienpage
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Twitter will live stream Bloomberg's coverage of all three presidential debates, split revenue from ads displayed during pre-debate and post-debate coverage — Hillary versus Trump, live on Twitter. — When Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump square off in their first nationally televised presidential debate …
More:
PR Newswire, Breitbart, The Verge, Silicon Valley Business …, Engadget, CNET, TechCrunch, The Next Web and ABC News Public Relations
Tweets: @seldo, @martinsfp, @jimcramer, @digiphile and @harrymccracken
See also Mediagazer| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Hands-on with iPhone 7 Plus' Portrait mode beta: works very well in many instances, but currently has issues distinguishing fine lines, wires, and more — One of the most talked about features of the iPhone 7 at launch was the new Portrait mode. — It's a software feature that used …
More:
MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Daring Fireball, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacStories, iPhone Hacks, Gotta Be Mobile and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @jandawson and @panzer
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to spend $3B over 10 years to find disease cures, starting with funding for research and tool building at new UCSF “Biohub” project — Starting with a $600 million “Biohub” — The philanthropic initiative founded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife …
More:
TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Recode, Business Insider, NPR, The Next Web, ABC News, Engadget, San Francisco Business Journal and Berkeley News
Tweets: @joshconstine, @nicole, @pmarca, @alexia, @halletecco, @joshconstine, @rplenge, @jake_k, @jake_k, @hunterwalk and @caseynewton
Thanks:@jobriensf| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix CFO David Wells says company wants original content to make up 50% of its catalog within a few years, is currently “one-third to halfway” toward target — Netflix is driving toward having half the content on its streaming service be original productions over the next few years …
More:
Polygon, Socialnomics, MobileSyrup.com, Tech Times, Vanity Fair, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, Ars Technica UK, The Verge, TechSpot, Engadget, CNET and SlashGear. Tweets: @scottstanchak. See also Mediagazer
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tumblr adds support for Live Photos on the web and open-sources the tool for doing so — Tumblr today is bringing Live Photos to the web version of its service, while also rolling out tools that will allow other web developers to do the same. The company has released an open source JavaScript library … | Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: |
Researchers find North Korea has only 28 TLDs on .kp domain after misconfigured nameservers allowed TL;DR project to obtain all the top-level DNS data — North Korea is the most repressive, secretive state in the world. There's no free press, no independent media, and scarce few people have access to the Internet.| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Developers behind Dark Sky app launch new free weather site with web-specific features like detailed microclimates, weather at different altitudes, more — If you use Dark Sky as their weather app of choice—or just happen to enjoy gloriously rendered maps of weather movement …
More:
Dark Sky Blog, Digital Trends, MacRumors, Lifehacker, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge and Engadget
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.
Zoho:
What's new in Zoho Tables with Apple's latest OS updates — Your work shouldn't slow you down when you're on the move.With our latest updates for iOS 27, we're bringing more of Apple Intelligence …
What's new in Zoho Tables with Apple's latest OS updates — Your work shouldn't slow you down when you're on the move.With our latest updates for iOS 27, we're bringing more of Apple Intelligence …
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.
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!Featured Podcasts
Sources:
OpenAI's Dots lead on the future of ChatGPT
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.
Great Chat:
What does the tech industry owe San Francisco?
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.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
David George from a16z
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
Big Technology Podcast:
SAP CEO: AI Won't Kill Software, But It Will Change Your Job — With Christian Klein
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.
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.
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:45 PM ET, September 21, 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
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Wall Street Journal:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
| John G. Doe / YouTube Blog: |
More:
Engadget, Adweek, Teen Vogue, Adweek, VentureBeat, Variety, Tubefilter, VideoInk and Mashable. See also Mediagazer
Earlier Picks
| Micah Singleton / The Verge: |
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
More:
CNET, The Verge, Android Police, Mashable, AppAdvice.com Latest, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, SocialTimes, Social Media Today, Tech Times, Techvibes, Ubergizmo, Android Authority, Pocket-lint, TechnoBuffalo, The Next Web, Android Central, 9to5Google, iPhone in Canada Blog and Engadget. Tweets: @instagram
| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |