|
February 16, 2017, 2:25 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
An inside look at why Apple has failed to revolutionize TV as it tests a fifth-generation Apple TV, which sources say is capable of streaming 4K video — The company is testing a new Apple TV capable of streaming ultra-high-definition 4K. It may not be enough to take on Amazon and Roku. — by
More:
Financial Times, Business Insider, Macworld, International Business Times, CNET, Engadget, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iLounge, New York Magazine, The Verge, Neowin, Redmond Pie, Fortune, Ubergizmo, AppAdvice.com Latest, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Tom's Guide, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Tweets: @alistairmbarr, @shiraovide, @backlon, and @markgurman
See also Mediagazer| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces WWDC 2017 will be held June 5-9 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, the first WWDC outside SF since 2002; registration opens March 27 — Apple has announced it is holding WWDC 2017 from June 5th to June 9th, with a big change from previous years …
More:
The Loop, Apple, Daring Fireball, Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch, ZDNet, iMore, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, Six Colors, Macworld, TechSpot, The Next Web, Inquirer, BGR, Highsnobiety, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Engadget, MacRumors, Silicon Valley Business …, Investor's Business Daily, The Verge, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, Fortune, iDownloadBlog.com, AppAdvice.com Latest, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, iLounge, and Mashable
Tweets: @panzer, @harrymccracken, @neilcybart, @stevestreza, @ishabazz, and @samsheffer
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Home adds the ability to buy products via voice from select Google Express partners — The Google Assistant on Google Home is getting a new feature today that may sound rather familiar to anybody who has ever owned an Amazon Echo. You can now use your Home to order everyday essentials …
More:
Google, PCWorld, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Android Police, Recode, BetaNews, Engadget, Digital Trends, The Verge, 9to5Google, Phandroid, Ausdroid, Mashable, and Droid Life. Tweets: @jrraphael
| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
Snap seeks to raise $3.2B in IPO at $14 to $16 per share, which would value it at about $18.5B at the high end of the range — Snap Inc. is seeking to raise as much as $3.2 billion in its initial public offering in what could be the third-biggest technology listing of the past decade.
More:
VentureBeat, Recode, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Business Insider, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Silicon Valley Business …, New York Times, internetretailer.com, Fortune, Mashable, Los Angeles Times, CNBC, Axios, Silicon Republic, The Pondering Primate, Fortune, Reuters, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @danprimack, @scottmaustin, @jasonlk, and @joshconstine
| Amy McDonald Sandjideh / Google Developers Blog: |
Google releases TensorFlow 1.0 with better performance, flexibility, new APIs, and more — Posted By: Amy McDonald Sandjideh, Technical Program Manager, TensorFlow — In just its first year, TensorFlow has helped researchers, engineers, artists, students, and many others make progress …
More:
Datanami, The Register, Android Police, TensorFlow, 9to5Google, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @pkedrosky and @glaforge
| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Tinder acquires Wheel, a collaborative video messaging app similar to Snapchat's Live Stories — Tinder is making a push into video with the acquisition of Wheel, a collaborative video messaging app that functions similarly to Snapchat's “Live Stories” format.
More:
Variety, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Next Web, Fortune, Tech Times, Refinery29, and Mashable
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter is temporarily limiting reach of tweets from “potentially abusive accounts” to people who already follow them on case-by-case basis — Twitter time out. — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey — Teresa Kroeger / Getty Images — Twitter is temporarily decreasing the reach …
More:
TechCrunch, SiliconBeat, Macworld, Cult of Mac, The Verge, Social Media Today, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @sarahlerner, @kantrowitz, and @pierre
See also Mediagazer| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
KGI: Apple's 2017 OLED iPhone to have a “function area” for virtual buttons in place of home button, a bigger battery, and a price tag starting at $1K — Apple will ditch the home button when it debuts a new ‘iPhone 8’ model later this year, and will dedicate the extra screen real estate …
More:
9to5Mac, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Fox News, BGR, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Tom's Guide, Fortune, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, Computerworld, Softpedia News, Mashable, Neowin, Tech Times, PhoneArena, Engadget, SlashGear, AppAdvice.com Latest, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @alexjamesfitz, @ismh, and @devindra
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
IBM partners with Visa to connect its Watson IoT platform with Visa's token technology to enable IoT commerce — IBM will connect its Watson IoT platform with Visa's token technology to allow devices to conduct commerce on your behalf. The move may enable new business models.
More:
TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, USA Today, The Drum, and PYMNTS.com
| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Verizon has acquired Portland-based drone startup Skyward, a maker of commercial drone software that helps to track and manage drones — Verizon is bolstering its efforts in drones with the acquisition of Skyward, a Portland-based startup whose software helps commercial drone operators …
More:
Verizon Fios & Custom TV, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Recode, Oregonian, Silicon Florist, Portland Business Journal, and CRN. Thanks:@toddbishop
| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Facebook to add tools to connect businesses and job seekers in US on Friday: “Apply Now” button, autofill for applicant information, responses via Messenger — Facebook is going after LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and other job listing sites. — Starting Wednesday … | Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Uber employees of at least four years can sell up to 10% of their shares, get paid out over many months if they remain with the company — With no public offering imminent, the $69 billion ride-hailing startup is buying back shares from longtime staff. — bySponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26 — Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26 — Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Zoho:
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box 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 & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Grit:
How Evan Spiegel Is Building the Future of Computing
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Acquired:
10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)
Learn the playbooks that built the world's greatest companies - and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.
Subscribe to Acquired.
Lenny's Podcast:
Why humans are AI's biggest bottleneck (and what's coming in 2026) | Alexander Embiricos (OpenAI Codex Product Lead)
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:
OpenAI's 2026 Priority, Disney's AI Play, Datacenter Buildout Trouble
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.
Hard Fork:
Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 2:25 PM ET, February 16, 2017.
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
Brian Steinberg / Variety:Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
Chris Morris / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
More:
ZDNet, GitHub, SiliconANGLE, Inquirer, Microsoft Research, The Next Web, Next at Microsoft, Softpedia News, InfoQ, The Verge, eWeek, The Register, On MSFT, Neowin, MSPoweruser, and The Fire Hose
Tweets: @erichorvitz and @olivercameron
| Rishika Sadam / Reuters: |
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |