|
April 26, 2018, 11:00 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Snapchat launches slimmer Spectacles 2.0 with water resistance and faster photo download times for $150, available at Spectacles.com starting today — They're slimmer, they take photos, and you can take them in the pool. But will you? — Snap today released the next generation of Spectacles …
More:
Snap Inc., TechCrunch, Recode, International Business Times, Business Insider, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Quartz, CNET, Digital Trends, MacRumors, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Tom's Guide, Pocket-lint, iDownloadBlog.com, Refinery29, iPhone Hacks, Financial Times, CNBC, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @joshconstine, @benbajarin, @dannysullivan, @joannastern, @stevekovach, @joshconstine, @ow, and @caseynewton
| Lucia Moses / Digiday: |
Snap says it will begin testing six-second non-skippable ads in select Snapchat Shows beginning May 15 — Once reluctant to force ads on its users, still-unprofitable Snapchat is going to start testing nonskippable ads in its TV-like shows, according to three sources with direct knowledge …
More:
Engadget, The Verge, Tech Times, Digital Trends, Firstpost, Neowin, Gizmodo, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, and Mashable
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
More:
Snap Inc., Wired, Recode, Axios, Wired, CNBC, Android Police, Firstpost, The Next Web, Neowin, PhoneDog.com, Android and Me, International Business Times, Pocket-lint, Mashable, YouTube, SlashGear, Digital Trends, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @alexeheath, @joshconstine, and @joshconstine
| Bloomberg: |
Samsung, the exclusive supplier of iPhone X OLED screens, says its Q1 profits for its display business were “affected by slow demand for flexible OLED screens” — IPhone X screenmaker adds to chorus of sales concerns — Samsung is exclusive supplier of OLED screens to Apple
More:
BGR, Axios, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @markgurman
| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung reports $14.4B profit in Q1 driven by memory chips demand, up 58% YoY, but warns of profit decline in Q2 due to “stagnant sales” of its flagship phones — The smartphone slowdown is real. — Samsung's first-quarter revenue and profits soared, but it warned … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
IBM partners with a jewelry consortium to introduce TrustChain, a blockchain to prove the provenance of jewelry by following the supply chain from mine to store — Every time I talk to someone about the viability of blockchain, I get challenged to show a real project beyond the obvious bitcoin use case.
More:
Engadget, Fortune, VentureBeat, CoinDesk, Bloomberg, ZDNet, Reuters, and CNET. Tweets: @ron_miller
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Nintendo reports operating profit of $1.62B, up 505% YoY, on strong Switch sales of 15M units in the year ending March, and names Shuntaro Furukawa as president — Nintendo sold just over 15 million Switch consoles in the last financial year, matching its own raised expectations after a hugely successful launch.
More:
Bloomberg, Fortune, Digital Trends, Thurrott.com, TechCrunch, Gamasutra, Gamasutra, Kotaku, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, IGN, and Engadget
Tweets: @ynakamura56, @ynakamura56, @ynakamura56, and @twthereddragon
| Facebook: |
Facebook reports Q1 advertising revenue of $11.8B, up 50% YoY, of which ~91% comes from mobile, up from 85% in Q1 2017; headcount up 48% YoY to 27,742 — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2018. — “Despite facing important challenges …
More:
CNBC, Social Media Today, New York Times, Gizmodo, Vanity Fair, VentureBeat, AdExchanger, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, The Verge, New York Magazine, Mashable, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Bloomberg, ZDNet, and VentureBeat
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @jason_kint, @jank0, @kerrymflynn, @lauraolin, @lexnfx, and @lexnfx
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
More:
Digiday, Business Insider, Recode, Wall Street Journal, NewCo Shift, The Next Web, Axios, Recode, GeekWire, GeekWire, CNBC, and CNET
Tweets: @kantrowitz, @sarahfrier, @parscale, @hannahkuchler, @kurtwagner8, @kevinroose, @carnage4life, @lanceulanoff, @dseetharaman, @jguynn, @kurtwagner8, @jonerlichman, @kurtwagner8, @kantrowitz, and @thestalwart. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
London-based payments startup Revolut raises $250M led by DST Global, bringing its valuation to $1.7B, says it has 250K daily active users — - DST Global, a company that was an early investor in Facebook and Spotify, led the funding round, which included other venture capital firms Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital.
More:
TechCrunch, Bank Innovation, Tech.eu, and The Times & The Sunday Times
| Sui-Lee Wee / New York Times: |
A look at China's “programmer motivators”, attractive women hired at tech firms to chat up, fan, and calm male coders, as well as give massages to ease stress — BEIJING — China's vibrant technology scene is searching for people like Shen Yue.
More:
Gizmodo. Tweets: @sophiehrw, @paulmozur, @aliciatweet, @chubailiang, @eringriffith, @suilee, @ennisnyt, @porterthereport, @suhasiniraj, and @buck_dossey
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
As the Google-led Chat carrier service shows, encryption is only viable for closed systems, so increased privacy regulations may further entrench walled gardens — It was eight years ago next month that Vic Gundotra, then-VP of Engineering at Google, delivered a blistering attack on Apple for not being open:1| CBC News: |
Researchers say ten countries are using internet-filtering tech by a Canadian firm to censor news, religious content, LGBTQ+ resources, political campaigns — A new Citizen Lab report says Netsweeper is being used to censor political critics, news, and LGBTQ+ resources
More:
The Citizen Lab, Hashtag Trending, The Indian Express, The Register, Motherboard, and Memex 1.1
Tweets: @bostonjoan, @rondeibert, @rondeibert, @robinbirdhansen, @cbcalerts, @lex_is, @onthemoneycbc, @milesjkenyon, and @mattbraga
| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
Facebook and Microsoft confirm plans to update their gun emoji designs to be more in line with Apple, Samsung, and Google; Microsoft shares water gun design — - Apple changed the design of the gun emoji into a squirt gun back in 2016. — At the time, it was a controversial choice, but tech companies have since followed suit.
More:
Recode, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, BetaNews, The Verge, Tech Times, Pocketnow, BGR India, Softpedia News, MSPoweruser, Neowin, and On MSFT. Tweets: @microsoft. Thanks:@stevetweedie
| Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Sonos is preparing for an IPO that could come as soon as June or July; one source says the company is expecting a post-IPO valuation of ~$2.5B-$3B — Wireless-speaker company has filed confidentially and is likely to go public in next few months — Sonos Inc., the Santa Barbara …
More:
Neowin, SiliconANGLE, hypebot, Bloomberg, CNET, The Verge, socalTECH.com, and investing.com. Tweets: @laurengoode
| Morgen Peck / Glamour: |
A look at nine influential women in cryptocurrency, who are working towards making the technology more inclusive and less biased by closing the gender gap — Meet nine women who are changing the game. — When dinner conversations turn to cryptocurrency, as they often do these days …
Tweets: @amcjen, @bancor, and @jmorourke04
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
WebStresser, a DDoS-for-hire service with 136K users and linked to 4M+ cyberattacks is shut down; UK's NCA says service could be rented for as little as $14.99 — Authorities in the U.S., U.K. and the Netherlands on Tuesday took down popular online attack-for-hire service WebStresser.org and arrested its alleged administrators.
More:
Europol, Naked Security, Engadget, NPR, National Crime Agency, CircleID, BBC, reddit, Forbes, reddit.com, Axios, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @briankrebs and @nca_lynneowens
| Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company: |
Digg, formerly owned by Betaworks, has been sold to Boston-based ad-tech company BuySellAds; new CEO Todd Garland plans to streamline Digg and build up ad stack — This story has been updated. — Last month, Digg, an old beloved content aggregation destination, made the sad announcement …
More:
BetaNews, Business Insider, TechCrunch, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @caleweissman, @caleweissman, @lmatsakis, @caleweissman, and @chillmage
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Qualcomm says it will cap phone price at $400 for IP license fee calculations so vendors don't have to pay more for more expensive phones — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc's earnings call on Wednesday showed just how far the company is willing to go to preserve one of its core business practices … | Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
How 205 Facebook and Instagram accounts were impersonating Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, many to scam vulnerable users through promises of lottery prizes — SAN FRANCISCO — A Facebook notification on Gary Bernhardt's phone woke him up one night last November with incredible news …
Tweets: @ennisnyt, @jacknicas, @puiwingtam, @jason_kint, @jacknicas, @wafoli, and @nickconfessore
| Jared Newman / Fast Company: |
IFTTT raises $24M led by Salesforce Ventures with participation from IBM, Chamberlain Group, and Fenox Venture Capital; the startup raised $30M Series B in 2014 — A brick-and-mortar powerhouse like grocery giant Kroger might not appreciate being called a “legacy” enterprise …
More:
VentureBeat, CNET, and TechCrunch
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube announces expanded opt-in YouTube Kids controls for parents, including locking down content to show only channels reviewed by humans — To address parents' concerns over inappropriate content on YouTube being seen by children, Google today is announcing an expanded series of parental controls for its YouTube Kids application.| Julie Verhage / Bloomberg: |
PayPal reports Q1 revenue of $3.69B, up 24% YoY, vs. $3.59B est., and $132B in total payment volume, an increase of 32% from the previous quarter — PayPal Holdings Inc. reported earnings that beat analysts' estimates in the first quarter and gave an optimistic forecast for the second …
More:
MediaNama, PayPal Investor Relations, and ZDNet
Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Zoho:
Automate your scheduling workflows with Zoho Calendar — Your calendar can do more than schedule meetings Creating a calendar event takes only a few seconds. But scheduling is rarely just about creating the event.
Automate your scheduling workflows with Zoho Calendar — Your calendar can do more than schedule meetings Creating a calendar event takes only a few seconds. But scheduling is rarely just about creating the event.
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
Lenny's Podcast:
90 minutes of unfiltered product advice from Snap and Discord's product chief | Peter Sellis
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:
AI Doom Backlash Arrives, Anthropic & OpenAI IPO Outlook, Frontier Business Momentum Slows
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:
AI Wants to Shop for You. What Could Go Wrong?
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:
Michael Moritz - Lessons From 40 Years of Investing and Writing
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Sources:
Baseten's CEO on why every company will want to own its AI
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.
Training Data:
Box's Aaron Levie: On Reinventing Yourself in the AI Age and Enterprise Diffusion
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 11:00 AM ET, April 26, 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
Todd Spangler / Variety:Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Morgan Chalfant / The Hill: |
More:
Ars Technica, lieu.house.gov, Bloomberg, CNN, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @joshconstine, @reprubengallego, and @kristenhcnn
Earlier Picks
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
More:
Business Insider, Advanced Micro Devices, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Digital Trends, bit-tech.net, and Business Insider
Tweets: @glennklockwood and @stevesi
| Steven Levy / Wired: |
More:
Boing Boing, Fortune, Errata Security, and Department of Computer …
Tweets: @tarah, @eastdakota, @kevinbankston, @stevenlevy, @susan_hennessey, @erratarob, @kevinbankston, @kevinbankston, @ericgeller, @kennwhite, @erratarob, @erratarob, @erratarob, and @ericgeller. Thanks:@gfififi
| Benjamin Robertson / Bloomberg: |
More:
Binance, CoinSpeaker, mailchi.mp, CoinDesk, Coinjournal, Bitcoinist.com, CCN, SludgeFeed, NewsBTC, Coingeek, and Tech in Asia
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
More:
Xconomy, MedCity News, Silicon Valley Business …, and PE Hub Blog. Tweets: @drondemand. Thanks:@mgoldman88
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
More:
Reuters, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, The Hacker News, Gizmodo, F-Secure Press Room, Axios, The Register, Boing Boing, BetaNews, Digital Trends, and SecurityWeek. Tweets: @malwarejake
| Mat Honan / BuzzFeed: |
More:
Business Wire, CNET, The Verge, Retail Dive, Stacey on IoT, BGR, PYMNTS.com, Lifehacker, Tom's Guide, TechSpot, CNNMoney, Neowin, BBC, Fortune, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, and Thurrott.com