|
March 22, 2017, 12:00 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| TechCrunch: |
Google Maps now lets users share their location with friends and family for a specific period of time — Google Maps has today launched a new feature to allow you to share your location with others. While that might seem creepy, it's not the first to add this type of functionality.
More:
Google, Engadget, GeekWire, VentureBeat, The Verge, VentureBeat, and Recode
| Andrew Ng / Medium: |
Google Brain founder and Baidu's chief scientist Andrew Ng resigns from Baidu — I will be resigning from Baidu, where I have been leading the company's AI Group. Baidu's AI is incredibly strong, and the team is stacked up and down with talent; I am confident AI at Baidu will continue to flourish.
More:
SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, New York Times, The Verge, Robotics Trends, Axios, Business Insider, The Tech Portal, VentureBeat, Seeking Alpha, Silicon Republic, Tech in Asia, TechCrunch, Forbes, e27, Reuters, and TechNode
Tweets: @andrewyng, @andrewyng, and @ngkabra
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
LinkedIn introduces trending topics section curated by human editors, rolling out Wednesday to US users on mobile and desktop — LinkedIn pulls a Facebook. — LinkedIn is known for helping people find their next job, but now it wants to help people find their news, too.| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
How iCloud account data helped police identify the attacker who allegedly tweeted seizure-inducing strobe, despite his use of a prepaid SIM bought with cash — An anonymous SIM card in a non-anonymous iPhone — In theory, it was the perfect setup: an anonymous Twitter account on a prepaid SIM card, bought with cash.
More:
NBC News, Fortune, Dallas Morning News, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, PYMNTS.com, Washington Post, 9to5Mac, Engadget, BGR, Insanely Great Mac, Cult of Mac, and CNN
Tweets: @troyhunt and @kurteichenwald
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Instagram to let users book appointments with businesses, may eventually add more tools like reviews; feature set to roll out in next couple of months — New feature will give advertisers a direct way to measure the power of Facebook's photo-sharing app — Instagram, the photo-sharing …
More:
Marketing Land, TechCrunch, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Instagram for Business, Mashable, New York Magazine, and Reuters. Tweets: @karangoel
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 review: small, light tablet with bright screen and tight stylus integration, but the keyboard is cramped and multitasking is limited — I am in productivity hell. For the past week, I've been using Samsung's Galaxy Tab S3 to read Twitter, correspond on Slack, and write articles for this website.
More:
VentureBeat, Android Authority, Laptop Mag, Ars Technica, Business Insider, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Engadget, BGR, and SlashGear
Tweets: @backlon, @backlon, @reckless, @stevekovach, @techradar, @mashable, and @techcrunch
| Deanna Ting / Skift: |
Airbnb rebrands as Aibiying in China, plans to triple workforce and double investment in the country in 2017, integrates with Alipay and WeChat — But the bigger question remains: Can it successfully compete with the reigning “Airbnb of China,” Tujia? — Continuing on his global tour of six cities …
More:
Airbnb Newsroom, TechCrunch, CNNMoney, Tech Times, The Next Web, TECHSEEN, Mashable, Reuters, Forbes, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, CNBC, USA Today, Mercury News, CNET, Fortune, and Business Insider
Tweets: @bchesky and @jonrussell
| Stephen Lawson / InfoWorld: |
Facebook and Nokia successfully test new technique that boosts the speed of existing undersea cables from 13Tbps to 32Tbps — An experimental technology from Nokia could expand a submarine cable's capacity by 2.5 times — Facebook and Nokia have found a way to push a lot more data through … | Sarah Kessler / Quartz: |
As IBM continues its drive to bring remote workers back into offices, some employees theorize that the company is using “co-location” as a downsizing effort — Less than a year into her tenure as IBM's chief marketing officer, Michelle Peluso prepared to make an announcement …
More:
Talkin' Cloud
| Blaise Zerega / VentureBeat: |
Uber board member Arianna Huffington, head of N. America operations Rachel Holt, and HR officer Liane Hornsey take questions on sexual harassment investigation — Uber today provided an update on its investigation into alleged sexual harassment and discriminatory practices at the company.
More:
The Information, The Atlantic, New York Times, Fortune, Uber Global, The Register, BuzzFeed, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @ericnewcomer, @bizcarson, @bizcarson, @kerrymflynn, @kerrymflynn, @nkulw, @inafried, @kerrymflynn, @bxchen, @amir, @mikeisaac, @sal19, @mikeisaac, @ericnewcomer, @byjulialove, and @ericnewcomer
| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
More:
TheStreet, CNBC, VentureBeat, New York Times, Fortune, Vanity Fair, Mashable, Quartz, Vox, and FactorDaily
Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @johnath, @reggievaitz, @valleyhack, @sarahcuda, @robsiegel, and @ericnewcomer
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon adds “Send to Kindle” feature to its Kindle iOS app, letting users send articles for reading later — Amazon has quietly rolled out the “Send to Kindle” feature to its Kindle for iOS application that allows you to save to the app articles and documents found on the web.
More:
9to5Mac, MacRumors, The Verge, The Digital Reader, Good E-Reader, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @marcoarment, @joshconstine, and @mariosundar
| Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft says it has finished customizing Windows 10 for Chinese government use, after last year's passage of cybersecurity law that shook industry — Tech companies are customizing products to meet heightened security demands from Beijing — BEIJING— Microsoft Corp. has finished development …
More:
CHINAdaily, BetaNews, SiliconANGLE, TechSpot, Ars Technica, Network World, The Verge, On MSFT, and Petri
| Paul Krill / ITworld.com: |
Stack Overflow survey of 64K developers worldwide: 73.1% say Rust is the most loved language, 66.9% say Facebook's React is the most loved framework — The programming community's survey also finds that many developers are newcomers to the field — There may be a perception in some circles …
More:
Inquirer, ZDNet, Business Insider, and Stack Overflow
| Iain Thomson / The Register: |
Nest camera Bluetooth vulnerability allows hackers to wirelessly stop recording; researcher reported issues in October, company has not yet patched them — So far, no patch available to the public — Nest's Dropcam and Dropcam Pro security cameras can be wirelessly attacked via Bluetooth to crash and stop recording footage.
More:
Inquirer, Tom's Guide, Softpedia News, and ZDNet
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple discontinues iPad mini 2 and raises iPad mini 4's base storage from 32GB to 128GB, available for $399 — Apple today announced that the iPad mini 4 now offers more capacity for the same price. The 128GB model with Wi-Fi now starts at $399, which was previously the price for the 32GB model … | Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
More:
Laptop Mag, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, iMore, Business Insider, Statista Infographics, Network World, Gotta Be Mobile, Fast Company, Patently Apple, Tom's Guide, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, Digital Trends, Engadget, Ubergizmo, SiliconANGLE, Tech.pinions, Tech Times, The Register, Tech2, Yahoo! Finance, Logitech Online Newsroom, The Verge, Communications …, Softpedia News, and Daring Fireball
Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @stroughtonsmith, and @reckless
Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Kulkan Security:
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Zoho:
Navigating the workday with Zoho Cliq's task management capabilities — As Monday dawns and I settle into my workday with a steaming cup of coffee, I brace myself for the usual storm of tasks headed my way.
Navigating the workday with Zoho Cliq's task management capabilities — As Monday dawns and I settle into my workday with a steaming cup of coffee, I brace myself for the usual storm of tasks headed my way.
Mastodon:
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
Magatte Wade, Unlocking Prosperity in Africa (#53)
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Subscribe to the Kevin Rose Show!
Techmeme Ride Home:
Tue. 04/16 - What Should An AI Wearable Be: AI Pin Or Limitless Pendant?
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 12:00 PM ET, March 22, 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
David Folkenflik / NPR:Hana Yoo / AdExchanger:
Richard Stengel / The Atlantic:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
More:
International Business Times, Tech Times, AppleInsider, O'Grady's PowerPage, MacRumors, PhoneArena, Engadget, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, and The Verge
Tweets: @sambeal and @dcseifert
Earlier Picks
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
More:
Network World, Office 365 Service Status, theWHIR.com, Softpedia News, Tech Times, SiliconANGLE, Digital Trends, On MSFT, International Business Times, Forbes, Windows Central, VentureBeat, The Verge, Consumerist, Polygon, CNET, CRN, Axios, GeekWire, The Register, AskWoody, The Next Web, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @office365status, @microsofthelps, @microsofthelps, @inafried, @maryjofoley, and @maryjofoley
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
More:
Social Media Today, Business Insider, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @shaig, @kurtwagner8, and @mikeisaac
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
More:
International Business Times, Android Police, Social Media Today, Softpedia News, Tech Times, SlashGear, Search Engine Roundtable, Google, USA Today, Android Authority, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, ZDNet, Search Engine Land, Droid Life, VentureBeat, PhoneDog.com, 9to5Google, Yahoo! Finance, and Engadget. Tweets: @google
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
More:
Android Developers Blog, ZDNet, Android Police, Tech2, Inquirer, Softpedia News, 9to5Google, Phandroid, Android Authority, The Next Web, Tech Narratives, BGR, Engadget, Gotta Be Mobile, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, The Verge, The Verge, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Recode, Android Police, Android Police, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @jandawson, @jandawson, @jandawson, @backlon, @backlon, @laurengoode, @verge, and @caseynewton
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
| BBC: |
More:
GOV.UK, NBC News, Ubergizmo, Neowin, Fone Arena, Vox, ZDNet, Financial Times, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, One Mile at a Time, The Atlantic, KFOR-TV, TechConnect, Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, BBC, Sky News, Axios, Fortune, Al Jazeera, and CBS New York
Tweets: @eileentso, @bbcbreaking, @tomgara, @transportgovuk, @abu3aseed, @ishaantharoor, and @bbcbreaking. Thanks:@ravichandrans25