|
September 12, 2017, 10:35 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
iPhone X: 5.8" edge-to-edge OLED Super Retina display without home button, A11 SoC, Face ID, dual OIS 12MP rear cameras, Qi wireless charging — ‘The future of the smartphone’ — The long-awaited and extensively leaked special edition iPhone is finally upon us, and it's called the iPhone X …
More:
iMore, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, ABC News, Apple, The Register, Ars Technica, Digital Trends, Engadget, VentureBeat, VentureBeat, BuzzFeed, MacRumors, Gizmodo, BGR, Android Central, YouTube, 9to5Mac, Gotta Be Mobile, Mashable, CrackBerry.com, O'Grady's PowerPage, The Ringer - All, Silicon Valley Business …, International Business Times, ZDNet, The Verge, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Engadget, The Next Web, The Verge, Engadget, Mashable, and Engadget
Tweets: @bostonjerry, @senschumer, @rjonesy, @thestalwart, @neilcybart, @benthompson, @benthompson, @dmoren, @caseynewton, @macrumorslive, @stevekovach, @panzer, @patrick_orourke, @sfiegerman, @geoffreyfowler, @ihnatko, @stevenlevy, @joannastern, @macrumorslive, @tim, @joshmcconnell, @settern, @larrymagid, @zackwhittaker, @willoremus, @benbajarin, @scottmaustin, @richdemuro, @reneritchie, @trixxy, @jank0, @macrumorslive, @stshank, and @htsuka
| Apple: |
iPhone X is priced at $999 for 64GB, $1,149 for 256GB; preorders start October 27, ships November 3 — Packed with Innovative Features Including a Super Retina Display, TrueDepth Camera System, Face ID and A11 Bionic Chip with Neural Engine — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced iPhone X …
More:
iMore, The Verge, ZDNet, eWeek, Patently Apple, MacRumors, BuzzFeed, MIT Technology Review, Digital Trends, Business Insider, MacDailyNews, Refinery29, Insanely Great Mac, BGR, Gizmodo, Geek.com, Road to VR, Marketing Land, TmoNews, 9to5Mac, Engadget, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @journeydan and @benthompson
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone X hands-on: FaceID feels natural and quicker than other smartphones' face unlock methods, gestures work well, 1125x2436 Super Retina display is brilliant — It's all about that screen — We just got a quick chance to hold the iPhone X, Apple's new flagship phone arriving later this year.
More:
Digital Trends, International Business Times, SlashGear, TechRadar.com, BGR, MacRumors, Engadget, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Phandroid, Six Colors, ZDNet, iMore, The Guardian, Ars Technica, Cult of Mac, The Ringer - All, TechConnect, Lifehacker, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, USA Today, Wired, Recode, Gotta Be Mobile, Softpedia News, and The Next Web
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More:
The Verge, MacRumors, The Register, Computerworld, Gizmodo, iMore, Digital Trends, ARTILLRY, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @blackmirror, @cheddar, @rogerwcheng, @adrianweckler, and @baratunde
| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
More:
The Verge, Digital Trends, ABC News, MacRumors, Engadget, TechCrunch, Lifehacker, BuzzFeed, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @marcwrogers, @kevinroose, @daviddobrik, and @asymco
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple debuts Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE built-in for $399+, same size casing as Series 2, new colors, W2 networking chip; preorder Sept. 15, ships Sept. 22 — The new Apple Watch is now official, offering one big highlight upgrade over the previous version: Built-in cellular support.
More:
Apple, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, The Verge, Engadget, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, MacRumors, iMore, Gotta Be Mobile, The Verge, Mashable, FierceWireless, BetaNews, MacRumors, and Inquirer
Tweets: @danieleran, @tomwarren, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @jetscott, @mrcippy, and @greengart
| Chris Nolter / TheStreet: |
Apple Watch Series 3 LTE plans: $10 per month on AT&T, $10 per month on Verizon with three months free, no prices yet for Sprint and T-Mobile — Apple (AAPL) Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams gave A&T (T) a plug during the tech company's special event on Tuesday …
More:
AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Computerworld, TmoNews, MacRumors, and AppAdvice.com
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
iPhone 8 and 8 Plus: 6-core A11 “Bionic” SOC with Apple-designed GPU, glass back, Retina HD True Tone display, 12MP cameras, Qi wireless charging — Apple just unveiled the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus at its press event. It looks a lot like the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, but with a glass back.
More:
Apple, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, TechCrunch, The Next Web, The Verge, Engadget, Gizmodo, Gotta Be Mobile, BetaNews, Insanely Great Mac, Axios, TmoNews, ZDNet, TechCo, Refinery29, iMore, Axios, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iPhone 8, 8 Plus hands-on: glass blends well into sides, True Tone display not noticeably better than iPhone 7's, glass back design is big aesthetic improvement — The new middle children — Apple just wrapped up its presentation announcing the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus …
More:
SlashGear, CNET, iPhone Hacks, Racked, Gotta Be Mobile, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple unveils AirPower wireless charging pad for iPhone 8/8+/X, Apple Watch, and AirPods with new charging case, coming in 2018 — Apple has a new wireless charging pad called the AirPower, which is essentially a mat with room for your new iPhone 8 or iPhone X, as well as your Apple Watch …
More:
VentureBeat, The Verge, Engadget, MacDailyNews, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, and MacRumors
Tweets: @jetscott and @starfire2258
| Youkyung Lee / Associated Press: |
Samsung says it aims to launch a foldable smartphone next year under its Galaxy Note brand and is working with Harman on speaker assistant — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it aims to launch a foldable smartphone next year under its Galaxy Note brand.
More:
The Korea Herald, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Tech Narratives, Gotta Be Mobile, Droid Life, TechSpot, Mashable, and Engadget
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple announces Apple TV 4K, with 4K HDR video, powered by A10X Fusion chip; preorders open Sept. 15 starting at $179, ships Sept. 22 — Apple's streaming box is now a better match for the latest and greatest TVs — Apple has just unveiled a long anticipated upgrade to its Apple TV set-top box …
More:
Apple, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Recode, Macworld, The Tech Report, Cult of Mac, AppAdvice.com, and Engadget
| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
Yelp writes letter to FTC alleging Google is breaking 2012 promise not to scrape content from sites that opt-out and says FTC should reopen investigation — The assertion intensifies Yelp's criticism that Google unfairly uses its influence to stifle competition
More:
BuzzFeed, Business Insider, SiliconBeat, Eater, Search Engine Land, Wired, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @lutherlowe, @lutherlowe, @lutherlowe, and @amir
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iTunes 12.7, with focus on music, movies, TV, podcasts, more; removes built in App Store and makes apps available in App Store for iOS — In a day filled with surprises, Apple has shocked us once again with the release of iTunes 12.7, which entirely revamps the iTunes App.
More:
Apple Support, 9to5Mac, MacStories, AppleInsider, Macworld, and The Verge
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
“BlueBorne” Bluetooth exploit works on unpatched Android, iOS 9 or earlier, Linux, Windows devices; Google to release patch today; other OSes have patches — BlueBorne exploit works against unpatched devices running Android, Linux, or Windows. — Over the past decade … | New York Times: |
30 current and former SoFi employees describe years of misconduct by executives including CEO Mike Cagney and a rancorous workplace environment — SAN FRANCISCO — For months, the text messages came. Some were flirtatious, asking her to meet him late at night. Sometimes, the texts were sexually explicit.
More:
Vanity Fair, Refinery29, BBC, Forbes, and International Business Times
Tweets: @nathanielpopper, @cityofthetown, @modestproposal1, @kevinroose, and @ktbenner
| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
Apple Announces macOS High Sierra to Launch on September 25th — Today, Apple announced on its website that the official release date of macOS High Sierra will be September 25th. — As detailed at WWDC in June, macOS High Sierra features the introduction of several significant …
More:
TechCrunch, ZDNet, MacRumors, BetaNews, iDownloadBlog.com, The Mac Observer, Business Insider, Neowin, Mashable, Engadget, The Verge, and 9to5Mac
Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
Zoho:
Planned India Data Center Maintenance on 14th and 15th November 2026 from 06.00 AM to 07:00 AM IST for Zoho Payments — Dear customers,Our bi-annual infrastructure maintenance for our India Data Center is scheduled …
Planned India Data Center Maintenance on 14th and 15th November 2026 from 06.00 AM to 07:00 AM IST for Zoho Payments — Dear customers,Our bi-annual infrastructure maintenance for our India Data Center is scheduled …
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.
WebBrain:
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.Featured Podcasts
The Upstarts Podcast:
The $1.4B Startup Deciding What You See When You Shop Online | Sequen's Zoë Weil
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:
Too soon to call it a vibe shift?
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:
Storm Clouds Ahead For Apple?, Debating Amazon's Bee Frontier, AI as UI
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.
Machine Gods:
Jensen Huang's Nvidiotic Spy Scandal + Can Dems Pass AI Regulation?
The official podcast of the singularity, from Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Twice-weekly news, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the future.
Subscribe to Machine Gods.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Encore: Chuck Klosterman on Why Football Owns TV (and Why It Won't Forever)
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:
Zach Reitano - Building Ro and Why Healthcare Should Be 50% of GDP
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 10:35 PM ET, September 12, 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
Rajeev Syal / The Guardian:Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: