|
December 9, 2016, 1:00 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Satya Nadella / LinkedIn: |
Microsoft closes LinkedIn acquisition, will pursue specific integration scenarios like LinkedIn identity in Office, notifications within Windows, and more — Today is an exciting day, one I've been looking forward to since June. It marks the close of the agreement for Microsoft …
More:
SiliconANGLE, The Verge, The Official Microsoft Blog, Digital Trends, The Tech Portal, New York Magazine, Light Reading, MobileSyrup.com, eWeek, Official LinkedIn Blog, Tux Reports, GeekWire, PCWorld, SlashGear, SiliconBeat, On MSFT, MSPoweruser, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, Investor's Business Daily, Silicon Valley Business …, Ubergizmo, Fortune, ZDNet, CRN, Windows Central, Liliputing, The Verge, The Fire Hose, Business Insider, BetaNews, VentureBeat, and TheStreet.com
Tweets: @swiftonsecurity, @caseynewton, @reidhoffman, @reidhoffman, @lynseybarber, @satyanadella, @mehedih_, @danprimack, @linkedin, @joshelman, @jasonlk, and @dcseifert
| Bloomberg: |
Facebook investor lawsuit alleges Marc Andreessen aided Zuckerberg's interests instead of shareholders'; documents show Zuck interested in government service — Earlier this year, Facebook Inc.'s Mark Zuckerberg came to his shareholders with a big question: would they approve …
More:
TechCrunch, CNET, Vanity Fair, Quartz, Gizmodo, New York Magazine, Silicon Valley Business …, The Verge, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, and New York Times
Tweets: @artypapers, @tomgara, @fmanjoo, @williamalden, @karaswisher, @mathewi, @mikeisaac, @jeffbercovici, @mekosoff, @nitashatiku, @alex, @alexia, @alex, @om, @tsgiles, @sarahfrier, @peterkwells, @felixsalmon, @dats, @caleweissman, @paullewis, @nelliebowles, @peter_tl, @business, @bowman, @epicureandeal, @libertyblitz, and @eringriffith
Thanks:@notjenniferyu| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Former Magic Leap employees say planned release won't include tech seen in early prototypes; Magic Leap recruiting aided by video that didn't use firm's tech — Reality check — Magic Leap's allegedly revolutionary augmented reality technology may in fact be years away from completion and …
More:
The Information, Engadget, Tech Times, Business Insider, Business Insider, Business Insider, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @caseynewton, @fxshaw, @petersterne, @gartenberg, @seungylee14, @ellenhuet, @davechensky, @amir, @niubi, @ktbenner, @rjcc, @davechensky, @amir, @atif_rz, @harrymccracken, @cityofthetown, @kylebrussell, @ow, @ana_m_medina, @glennf, @chrismessina, @mhbergen, @schlaf, @benedictevans, and @bonatsos
| Benjamin Mullin / Poynter: |
NBC News' alert app Breaking News to shut down at the end of the year due to lack of revenue; all 20+ staff to remain on payroll until January 20 — Breaking News, the popular alert app from NBC News, is shutting down at the end of the year. — The entire staff at Breaking News …
More:
Nieman Lab, GeekWire, Fast Company, TechCrunch, and USA Today
Tweets: @corybe, @brianstelter, @corybe, @corybe, @corybe, @moneyries, @oliverdarcy, @corybe, @mkarolian, @anthony, @ethanklapper, and @journodave
See also Mediagazer| Bloomberg: |
How Alphabet has tightened spending on its Other Bets divisions such as Fiber, a strategy enforced by CFO Ruth Porat, leaving some employees frustrated — Alphabet's CFO Ruth Porat wants to bring focus to Mountain View. Can the moonshot factory adapt? — by — Subscribe Reprints
More:
Business Insider. Tweets: @bw, @samsabri, @bluegrasscap, @danprimack, @chafkin, @benpopper, @dannysullivan, @mat, and @pkedrosky
| Benzinga: |
Sources: Gene Munster to leave Piper Jaffray to start Loup Ventures, a VC firm that plans to invest in VR, AR, AI, and robotics — Wall Street's sell-side community will be getting a bit of a shake up Thursday. — In addition to word that technology and internet analyst Bob Peck … | Laura Jones / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft refreshes the design of its Cortana app and brings it to the UK, available now on Android and “in a few weeks” on iOS — Coming to the UK: — The Cortana Android and iOS apps are coming to the UK, extending the functionality of your Cortana on Windows 10 … | John Markoff / Backchannel: |
Twenty-eight year veteran NYT tech reporter John Markoff to retire, will remain on contract for more stories, and become writer in residence at Berkeley in 2017 — I'm retiring from the greatest job I ever knew—but I still believe that journalism will thrive … Yes, I'm retiring from the New York Times.
Tweets: @laurengoode, @backchnnl, @guykawasaki, @backchnnl, @timoreilly, @dangillmor, @karaswisher, @ellenhuet, @belril, and @bradsmi. See also Mediagazer
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google will now let select developers create pre-approved “conversation actions” for Google Home, with all developers getting access “early next year” — Actions for the Google Assistant are coming early next year — Google is announcing today that it's ready …
More:
Google Developers Blog, Engadget, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, CNET, TalkAndroid.com, TechnoBuffalo, The Tech Portal, Droid Life, Android Police, Mashable, ZDNet, Liliputing, Ars Technica, Android Authority, MobileSyrup.com, Google Developers, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @googledevs, @backlon, @backlon, and @backlon
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Source: Spotify backs away from SoundCloud acquisition after months of talks to focus on IPO — The digital music marriage that many wanted to happen isn't happening after all. Spotify has given up on its latest effort to buy SoundCloud following months of talks between the two …
More:
Mattermark, International Business Times, CNET, The Next Web, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, iPhone Hacks, The FADER, and MobileSyrup.com
Tweets: @eringriffith, @itibz, and @jamesliamcook
See also Mediagazer| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Google Daydream adds two video apps, NextVR and HBO, which will let subscribers watch TV on a virtual big screen; Netflix is listed as coming later this month — Google's Daydream virtual reality headset is getting a new slate of games and apps. Today, seven more titles are padding out the library …
More:
The Keyword, Android Police, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, SlashGear, GeekTime, Digital Trends, PhoneDog.com, Phandroid, Liliputing, and Android Beat. Tweets: @nextvr. See also Mediagazer
| Alex Cranz / Gizmodo: |
Many Pebble customers are left without a warranty or technical support after the Fitbit acquisition — Pebble, one of the best-known smartwatch brands, is dead. Rumors about the company's demise have been swirling since The Information reported a potential Fitbit buyout last week.
More:
Pocket-lint, The Tech Report, Crowdfund Insider, BetaNews, CNET, The Verge, Forbes, and Inquirer
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Shigeru Miyamoto explains why Mario runs on his own in Super Mario Run, launching next week on iPhone, and says the game will introduce new players to Nintendo — The creator of Mario on how smartphones will introduce new players to Nintendo — In 2004, Nintendo released …
More:
Bloomberg, TechCrunch, ValueWalk, Tech Times, Polygon, TIME, MobileSyrup.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, Pocket-lint, Engadget, YouTube, Laughing Squid, CNET, Tom's Guide, Computerworld, GoNintendo, VentureBeat, BuzzFeed, iMore, MacStories, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Engadget, Engadget, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Wall Street Journal, CNET, VentureBeat, The Guardian, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, TouchArcade, Fast Company, Polygon, Ubergizmo, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @odnetnin, @a_webster, and @gartenberg
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
More:
Engadget, BGR, TechSpot, Polygon, Fortune, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Pocket Gamer Podcast, CNET, Metro.co.uk, Recombu, Macworld UK, and BGR. Tweets: @verge
Sponsor Posts
Command Line:
Bringing local models and sandboxed tools to Windows and GitHub Copilot — GitHub Copilot will soon determine when a task is best handled by on-device AI and when it needs cloud-scale models.
Bringing local models and sandboxed tools to Windows and GitHub Copilot — GitHub Copilot will soon determine when a task is best handled by on-device AI and when it needs cloud-scale models.
Will Reed:
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
Zoho:
Zoho Books now supports CT600 & Final Accounts Filing as an add-on in the FREE plan — Managing end-of-year filing for limited companies in the UK is often expensive and multi-layered.
Zoho Books now supports CT600 & Final Accounts Filing as an add-on in the FREE plan — Managing end-of-year filing for limited companies in the UK is often expensive and multi-layered.
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
Sources:
Qualcomm's CEO on the coming AI phone supercycle
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.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Bringing Back Mammoths And Building Noah's Ark 2.0 | Colossal's Ben Lamm
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:
The launch industrial complex
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
Can AI Keep Growing Exponentially? Let's Ask SemiAnalysis — With Dylan Patel and Jordan Nanos
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:
Larry Ellison's Media Ambitions & Kevin Roose on AI's Biggest Gamble
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.
Training Data:
Google's AI Infrastructure Chief, Amin Vahdat, on the Physics & Economics of Frontier AI
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 1:00 AM ET, December 9, 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
Fiona Riley / Forbes:CNN:
Peter White / Deadline:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
More:
TechCrunch and CNNMoney. Tweets: @joshconstine, @jryoung, @caseynewton, @caseynewton, @davidbyttow, @mikeisaac, @caseynewton, and @danprimack
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Earlier Picks
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
More:
Tech Times, TechSpot, The Register, SlashGear, Uber Global, BGR, VentureBeat, The Verge, and Engadget. Tweets: @guardiantech
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
More:
The Verge, The Verge, ARC, ExtremeTech, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, The Register, Android Central, eWeek, BetaNews, ZDNet, MSPoweruser, MobileSyrup.com, ValueWalk, Tech Times, Digital Trends, On MSFT, Business Insider, gHacks Technology News, Softpedia News, YouTube, Liliputing, CIO.com, Fortune, Gotta Be Mobile, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Inquirer, Thurrott.com, and The Verge
Tweets: @dcseifert, @gartenberg, @windowsblog, and @bdsams