|
January 23, 2018, 11:25 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Apple: |
Apple says HomePod wireless speaker will be available to order starting Friday, January 26 in the US, UK, Australia and will arrive in stores February 9 — Breakthrough Wireless Speaker Brings Advanced Audio Technologies Into Any Home for an Incredible Music Listening Experience
More:
9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, The Verge, CNET, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Thurrott.com, BetaNews, Macworld, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Inquirer, Fortune, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Engadget, BuzzFeed, Softpedia News, AppleInsider, Axios, iDownloadBlog.com, iLounge, Voicebot, Cult of Mac, Neowin, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNBC, Tom's Guide, Patently Apple, The Mac Observer, AppAdvice.com, MacStories, VentureBeat, VentureBeat, and NBC Bay Area
Tweets: @benbajarin, @sarahfrier, @bzamayo, @backlon, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @tomwarren
| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
HomePod's multi-room audio and stereo features will not be available at launch, will be enabled later this year via a free software update — Within the HomePod's pre-order date and launch announcement today, Apple confirmed that the smart speaker's multi-room audio and stereo features won't be making it into the device at launch.| Bloomberg: |
Twitter COO Anthony Noto has resigned to become SoFi CEO, starting March 1 — Noto joined Twitter in 2014 after a career on Wall Street — SoFi has been searching for a new leader since September — Twitter Inc. Chief Operating Officer Anthony Noto has resigned to accept the role …
More:
SoFi, TechCrunch, PR Newswire, Recode, BuzzFeed, VentureBeat, New York Times, CNET, Axios, Engadget, Associated Press, Business Insider, ZDNet, Adweek, and The Daily Caller
Tweets: @sofi, @jack, @anthonynoto, @shiraovide, @ivanthek, @katies, @alexjamesfitz, @jimprosser, @shiraovide, and @cnbc
| CNBC: |
Snap opens up ability to share select public Stories outside the app, via text or email, or to Twitter and Facebook — - Users will be able to share Stories to their linked social media accounts, or through text or email with a link to a webpage where people who don't have the app can view the message.
More:
The Verge, Recode, TechCrunch, CNET, BGR, MacRumors, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, and Seeking Alpha
| Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
Google's Files Go Android app, which can delete all “good morning” images, a popular morning greeting in India, at once, has 10M+ downloads — The country, newly online, has become obsessed with sending cheery greetings from smartphones, causing head scratching in Silicon Valley
More:
Android Central, International Business Times, Technology Personalized, and Yourstory
Tweets: @newley, @wsjindia, and @durjoydatta
| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
DJI unveils $799 Mavic Air drone with 4K 30fps recording, 2,375 mAh battery, and up to 21 minute flight time, available for preorder today, ships January 28 — DJI has taken the wraps off its latest drone, the DJI Mavic Air, slotting into the gap between the current Mavic Pro and the company's entry-level Spark.
More:
TechCrunch, Gizmodo, and The Verge
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix beats in Q4 with 8.3M new worldwide subs, vs 5M est., and almost 2M in US, vs 1.28M est.; revenue of $3.29B meets expectations; stock up 10%+ — Netflix reeled in 8.3 million new streaming subscribers — including almost 2 million in the U.S. — handily beating Wall Street estimates for the fourth quarter of 2017.
More:
Netflix, CNBC, Reuters, Silicon Valley Business …, TechSpot, Tech.eu, MacDailyNews, Associated Press, Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, TheStreet, Bloomberg, Financial Times, CNET, Engadget, Quartz, Fortune, ZDNet, Recode, iPhone in Canada Blog, Business Insider, Reuters, and Recode
Tweets: @tefficient, @lucas_shaw, @xpangler, @cnyari, @benbajarin, @lanceulanoff, @tim, and @lucas_shaw
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
By recognizing that it hurts democracy, an admission with little precedent among tech firms, Facebook bolsters the case against itself for users and regulators — Sometimes, it's bad for democracy — In October, I started writing a daily newsletter about Facebook and democracy.| Samidh Chakrabarti / Facebook: |
More:
Washington Post, SiliconANGLE, Facebook, TechCrunch, The Memo, Facebook, Reuters, USA Today, Silicon Valley Business …, NPR, The Hill, Neowin, The Register, Gizmodo, SiliconBeat, and CNNMoney
Tweets: @marshallk, @moneyries, and @noupside
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
DuckDuckGo launches revamped mobile apps and browser extensions with built-in tracker blocking available globally for Android, iOS, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari — Some major product news from veteran anti-tracking search engine DuckDuckGo: Today it's launched revamped mobile apps …
More:
DuckDuckGo Blog, Android Police, MacRumors, addons.mozilla.org, gHacks Technology News, Axios, and The Verge. Thanks:@riptari
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Android 8.1 Speed Labels now show WiFi network speeds before connecting, helping decide between networks to join; admins can opt out of having speed displayed — Oreo was a bit of a lackluster update on first launch, but the mobile operating system is getting some nice new tricks with 8.1's updates.
More:
The Verge, Android Authority, ZDNet, TalkAndroid.com, Engadget, Tom's Guide, BetaNews, Ubergizmo, AndroidHeadlines.com, Softpedia News, BGR India, Android Central, Neowin, SlashGear, Android and Me, Android Beat, Thurrott.com, PhoneDog.com, Phandroid, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, and Droid Life. Tweets: @android
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Tokyo-based bitFlyer, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, launches in Europe after receiving EU-wide payment institution license — BitFlyer, the Tokyo-based operator of one of the world's largest bitcoin exchanges, is expanding into Europe after receiving regulatory approval …
More:
Bank Innovation, The Next Web, Business Wire, NewsBTC, Bitcoinist.com, TechCrunch, Press Association, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @barrysilbert
| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Google quietly updates design of Gboard for iOS to make the GIF creation feature more accessible by moving the GIF-making button next to the word suggestion bar — Hey, Dieter — Gboard, Google's iOS and Android keyboard app, has quietly updated its design by moving its GIF-making button up next to the word suggestion bar.| Ilya Zhegulev / BuzzFeed: |
Investigation into the internal power struggle at Kaspersky Lab, which former staff say was won by managers with ties to Russian intelligence — Kaspersky Lab is under fire in the US over concerns that it could provide its clients' private — and at times secret — information to the Russian government.
Tweets: @yashalevine
| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Sources: Coinbase crossed $1B in revenue in 2017, sends reminder to investors that it does not allow trading of its stock on secondary markets — Coinbase issues a statement that warns its own shareholders. — Coinbase, the bitcoin trading broker that has exploded in popularity … | Steve Ranger / ZDNet: |
Linux creator Linus Torvalds criticizes Intel's “garbage” Spectre and Meltdown patches, saying they “do things that do not make sense” — Linux guru complains about approach to patching the chip flaw. — Linus Torvalds is not happy about the patches that Intel …
More:
The Register, The Verge, The Next Web, The Hacker News, and Neowin
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
More:
Data Center Knowledge, CSO, ZDNet, IT Management, BetaNews, Ubergizmo, Tim Anderson's IT Writing, CNET, eWeek, Help Net Security, Reuters, Engadget, Gizmodo, Mashable, bit-tech.net, ExtremeTech, Business Insider, Digital Trends, The Tech Report, iMore, Windows Central, On MSFT, Liliputing, GeekWire, Softpedia News, MSPoweruser, and Computerworld
Tweets: @patricknorton, @azuresupport, @reneritchie, and @gossithedog
Sponsor Posts
Soxton:
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
F5:
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Zoho:
Zoho Mail wins the SE Labs Security Award 2026 for Enterprise Email Security Service — When email security works well, nobody notices it.No one starts their day appreciating the phishing email that never reached their inbox.
Zoho Mail wins the SE Labs Security Award 2026 for Enterprise Email Security Service — When email security works well, nobody notices it.No one starts their day appreciating the phishing email that never reached their inbox.
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
Grit:
Why 80% of the Fortune 100 Chose Qualtrics | Ryan Smith
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
The hidden pattern behind successful products | Mark Pincus (founder of Zynga)
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:
SpaceX's IPO Triumph, Anthropic's Fable Fumble, OpenAI's Price War
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.
Access:
A top iPhone app developer reacts to Apple's new Siri
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Hard Fork:
'Hard Fork' Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn
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:
AI's Mythos Moment: Rishi Sunak on preparing governments for AI
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 11:25 AM ET, January 23, 2018.
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
Axios:Max Tani / Semafor:
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
| Reetika Khera / New York Times: |
More:
The Hoot, Nextgov, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @soniafaleiro, @newindianvoice, @ieakwame, @densaer, @frankpasquale, @tavleen_singh, @mirakamdar, @rahulabhatia, and @snowden
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
More:
Digital Trends, Business Wire, HousingWire, and The Verge
Earlier Picks
| Michelle Price / Reuters: |
More:
CoinDesk, U.S. Securities …, ZDNet, Fortune, Cointelegraph.com News, PYMNTS.com, The Register, Boing Boing, and CoinDesk. Tweets: @rabois
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
| Harper Neidig / The Hill: |
More:
Ars Technica, CNET, Motherboard, Engadget, New York Times, TechCrunch, The Verge, and Mashable
Tweets: @nytimes, @martyswant, @a_good_lark, and @nytimestech
| Melinda Newman / Billboard: |
More:
9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, MacStories, iPhone in Canada Blog, and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @bluechoochoo
| Rupert Murdoch / News Corp: |
More:
Recode, Fortune, CNET, NewCo Shift, Variety, MediaNama, USA Today, Vanity Fair, BBC, Business Insider, The Register, Newser, TechCrunch, Quartz, Axios, Business Insider, Mashable, Engadget, and The Verge
Tweets: @pilhofer, @arctictony, @jank0, @jank0, @jank0, @pkafka, @stevekovach, @moorehn, @gaberivera, @jackshafer, @petersontee, @tomgara, and @aaronnagler
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
More:
CoinDesk, The Coinbase Blog, The Verge, Financial Times, and TechCrunch