|
October 11, 2016, 10:00 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Samsung ends production of the Galaxy Note7 after global recall due to battery fires; its shares fall 8% wiping out $17B of market value — Samsung Electronics Co. is ending production of its problematic Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, taking the drastic step of killing off a smartphone that became …
More:
New York Times, TechCrunch, The Verge, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Digital Trends, WSJ, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Computerworld, Forbes, Android Police, Globe and Mail, BetaNews, ZDNet, TalkAndroid.com, Inquirer, iDownloadBlog.com, Liliputing, Android Central, CNET, Cult of Mac, The Mac Observer, Silicon Republic, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo, SiliconANGLE, Softpedia News, MacDailyNews, Wall Street Journal, iPhone Hacks, ABC News, Android Beat, PhoneDog.com, AOL, Technology Personalized, MacRumors, AndroidGuys, Pocketnow, Neowin, Business Insider, AppleInsider, Pocket-lint, Mashable, SamMobile, Android Authority, Droid Life, Tech Times, Reuters, Recode, CNET, Phandroid and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @calbucci, @ruskin147, @jonrussell, @tomwarren and @waltmossberg
| Samsung Global Newsroom: |
Samsung tells owners of Galaxy Note7 to stop using device, asks global carrier and retail partners to stop sales and exchanges of the phone — We are working with relevant regulatory bodies to investigate the recently reported cases involving the Galaxy Note7.
More:
Android Central, Reuters, CNET, BBC, GSMArena.com, AppleInsider, Engadget, GeekTime, International Business Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, Pocket-lint, Al Jazeera, Android Police, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Droid Life, Silicon Republic, VentureBeat, The Verge, Tom's Guide, Forbes, The Verge, Softpedia News, SamMobile, Mashable, 9to5Google, PhoneDog.com, Redmond Pie, Reuters, Phandroid, SiliconBeat, AnandTech, ABC News, Pocketnow, Recode, Droid Life, Mashable, Business Insider, Ausdroid, TmoNews, Wired, Tech Times, Digital Trends, AndroidGuys, TechCrunch, Liliputing, NPR, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, Ausdroid, TODAYonline, MacRumors, BetaNews, Neowin, Gotta Be Mobile, Android Beat, Android and Me, PhoneArena, ExtremeTech, The Register, TalkAndroid.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, USA Today, Petri, Vanity Fair, Inquirer, Recode, The Verge, MobileSyrup.com and Technology Personalized. Tweets: @asymco
| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon halt sales and replacements of Galaxy Note7 amid reports of newer models catching fire — The move follows several incidents, including one smoking phone that caused a Southwest flight to be canceled. — Shawn Minter via The Verge
More:
New York Times, WKYT-TV, The Verge, The Verge, KSTP-TV, BBC, ABC News, Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, Telegraph, The Verge, Android Central, Recode, BBC, CNNMoney, T-Mobile, TechCrunch, SamMobile, The Verge, focustaiwan.tw, CNET, Business Insider, Dice Insights, Android Central, CNNMoney, Tech Times, Associated Press, Forbes, USA Today, DailyTech, Bloomberg, Ausdroid, Digital Trends, Mashable, Gizmodo, GeekWire, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear, AndroidHeadlines.com, Softpedia News, Washington Post, AppleInsider, 512tech, Android Authority, Android Police, Pocketnow, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, Boing Boing, Cult of Mac, The Verge, CNET, O'Grady's PowerPage, Gizmodo, Android Central, Android Authority, Tech Times, GeekWire, Phone Scoop, The Register and The Verge. Tweets: @johnlegere
| Jordan Golson / The Verge: |
5 cases of replacement Galaxy Note7s catching fire reported in US; Samsung says it is investigating the reports, working with Consumer Product Safety Commission — This time in Texas — Another replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has caught fire, this one in Houston, Texas.
More:
Yonhap News Agency, CNBC, The Verge, The Register, Marketing Land, The Verge, The Verge, Business Insider, CNET, ABC News, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Phandroid, Android Central, Ars Technica, CNET, Investor's Business Daily, SamMobile, Recode, Forbes, Washington Post, PCWorld, Gotta Be Mobile, Softpedia News, Mashable, Tech Times, Engadget, The Next Web, InfoWorld, PhoneDog.com, TechEye, Ausdroid, Computerworld, Android Police, Digital Trends, GeekTime, International Business Times, CIO.com, Geek.com, Fortune, Pocketnow, TalkAndroid.com, TWICE, Phandroid, Android Beat, Android Authority, The Tech Report, Tech Times, Mashable, The Mac Observer, Redmond Pie, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, The Verge, Inquirer, Android Central and SiliconANGLE
| Facebook: |
Workplace by Facebook, formerly Facebook at Work, exits beta with global launch, adds Multi-Company Groups to provide secure collaboration between organizations — At Facebook, we've had an internal version of our app to help run our company for many years.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Workplace will cost $3 per user per month for the first 1K users, $2 for the next 1K-10K users, and $1 for additional MAUs — After 20 months in a closed beta under the working title Facebook at Work, (as we predicted it would the other week) today Facebook is finally bringing …
More:
MacRumors, Forbes, Recode, CIO.com, CNET, Marketing Land, VentureBeat, Guardian, The Verge, ABC News, Technology Personalized, SiliconANGLE, TechnologyAdvice, Pocket-lint, GeekTime, Computerworld, SocialTimes, ZDNet, Softpedia News, East Bay Times, TechSpot, Globe and Mail, The Register, 9to5Mac, Tech Times, eWeek, The Next Web, AppleInsider and Inc.com. Tweets: @ingridlunden
| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Cyanogen CEO Kirt McMaster resigns, notes failure of “full stack” OS strategy and shift to modular Cyanogen Now model; Lior Tal promoted from COO to CEO — Kirt McMaster, the controversial CEO of Cyanogen Inc., will be stepping down from his role, we've learned.| Raphael Satter / Associated Press: |
Yahoo disabled email forwarding feature at beginning of October, making it unnecessarily difficult for users to leave service amid coverage of record breach — LONDON (AP) — As Yahoo's embattled email service suffers through a slew of bad news, some users are finding it hard to leave.
More:
TechCrunch, PCWorld, ZDNet, MacRumors, BetaNews, Inquirer, Naked Security, The Register, ClickZ, CNET, Engadget, The Next Web, The Hacker News, SlashGear, Reuters and International Business Times. Tweets: @counternotions
| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Greylock Partners closes $1B fund, the firm's 15th, bringing total under management to $3.5B — Greylock Partners is getting another $1 billion to invest in startups. The long-time venture capital firm is announcing its 15th fund, bringing the total to $3.5 billion currently under management.
More:
Recode, Greylock Perspectives, Forbes, New York Times, Business Insider, VentureBeat, PE Hub Blog and VatorNews. Tweets: @joshelman
| Washington Post: |
Dozens of suspicious court cases, with missing defendants, aim at getting web pages deindexed or taken down outright by abusing firms' policies on defamation — There are about 25 court cases throughout the country that have a suspicious profile: — All involve allegedly self-represented plaintiffs …
More:
Motherboard, Softpedia News and The Verge
Tweets: @josephmenn, @ncardozo, @danielnazer, @christophera, @mcclure111, @nonwhitehat, @cstross and @xor
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Google Cast app to be renamed Google Home, will manage Google Home and Cast devices and help users discover new content — Here's another sign for how closely Google Home, the company's answer to Amazon Echo, and its Chromecast streaming adapter are connected: Google will soon rename its Cast app to “Google Home.”| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
World Economic Form to open a tech hub in San Francisco focusing on ten policy areas including drones, autonomous vehicles, AI, robotics — Recognizing the central role that technology now plays in the global economy, the World Economic Forumis establishing a new center in San Francisco … 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:
Pro Tips: 4 tips to overcome data problems in your CRM — Most CRM data problems don't look like problems. At a glance, your CRM looks fine: records exist, fields are filled, and reports run.
Pro Tips: 4 tips to overcome data problems in your CRM — Most CRM data problems don't look like problems. At a glance, your CRM looks fine: records exist, fields are filled, and reports run.
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:
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.
Sources:
Satya Nadella on Microsoft's agent bet and AI's trust problem
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Meta's New $1300 Glasses and the Fight to Control AI
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.
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 10:00 AM ET, October 11, 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
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Elmira Bayrasli / TechCrunch: |
More:
Agence France-Presse, Fortune and GeekTime
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |