|
July 5, 2018, 10:55 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Ming-Chi Kuo report: 6.5" OLED iPhone should cost ~$1K and come in three colors; 6.1" LCD model should cost ~$700 and come in five colors including blue and red — Ming-Chi Kuo released a report today that ups his estimates for the new 2018 iPhone sales, as well as detailing a few changes to expect.
More:
The Verge, SiliconANGLE, MacRumors, CNET, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, Mashable, The Next Web, TechnoBuffalo, Investor's Business Daily, Refinery29, TechSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, Quartz, VentureBeat, Engadget, Neowin, Business Insider, ZDNet, Thurrott.com, Tom's Guide, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, PhonesReviews UK, iLounge, KnowTechie, TechCrunch, Loveios, Gizmodo, Inquirer, and MAC blog
Tweets: @backlon, @tomwarren, @mgsiegler, and @thomasfuchs
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
European Parliament votes against controversial Article 11 and Article 13 copyright reform proposals, meaning they will now be open for debate and amendments — A 318-278 majority of MEPs in the European Parliament has just voted to reopen debate around a controversial digital copyright reform proposal …
More:
Hollywood Reporter, BGR, San Francisco Chronicle, SiliconANGLE, Techdirt, VentureBeat, CNET, European Parliament, PYMNTS.com, Gizmodo, The Register, Hit & Run, Neowin, TorrentFreak, Politico, The Guardian, Engadget, Quartz, The Hill, Business Insider, NBC Bay Area, Axios, Variety, Motherboard, Wall Street Journal, WIRED UK, Reuters, The Verge, Softpedia News, Yahoo, Silicon Republic, Fortune, CNBC, Business Insider, Telegraph, and Inquirer
| Yoav Stoler / CTECH: |
Sources: Apple has notified Intel that it will not use chipmaker's 5G wireless chips in its 2020 mobile devices — Apple has notified Intel it will not use a mobile modem developed by the chipmaker in its next-generation mobile device — Intel will not provide 5G modems for Apple's 2020 mobile devices …
More:
9to5Mac, MacRumors, Mashable, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, Macworld, Silicon Valley Business …, Neowin, PhonesReviews UK, Business Insider, FierceWireless, ExtremeTech, BGR, TechSpot, Patently Apple, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, CRN, Inquirer, The Verge, Softpedia News, iPhone Hacks, and Light Reading
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Sources: Uber and Lyft each held talks to acquire Skedaddle, a startup that creates group bus rides by matching customers headed in the same direction — Uber and Lyft each held talks to acquire Skedaddle, a startup that creates group bus rides by matching customers headed in the same direction, Axios has learned.| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
A look at how Samba TV collects viewing data from 13.5M smart TVs in the US to make personalized show recommendations and enable ad targeting — The growing concern over online data and user privacy has been focused on tech giants like Facebook and devices like smartphones.
More:
BGR, MIT Technology Review, PYMNTS.com, FierceCable, and reddit.com
Tweets: @davidlwindt, @wolfiechristl, @sapna, @sapna, @stevebellovin, @natashanyt, @ennisnyt, and @wolfiechristl
| Peter Cao / 9to5Mac: |
Twitterrific says it's removing notifications and live streaming for new customers of iOS and macOS apps ahead of Twitter API changes starting around August 16 — Twitterrific is today announcing an update to both its iOS and macOS clients that will be removing certain functionality …
More:
The Breakroom, MacRumors, The Verge, iPhone Hacks, and iDownloadBlog.com
| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Sources: Reddit will top $100M in revenue this year and has been pitching agencies with ad units including a “top post takeover” — - Reddit has been actively luring advertisers as it attempts to take advantage of its vast audience and to build its business.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Tinder is officially rolling out Loops, GIF-like two-second looping videos that users can add to their profiles, on iOS — If you're a dating app regular, you know that a photo only says so much about yourself. But do you really want to go to the trouble of recording a whole video for people …
More:
TechCrunch, The Verge, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, BGR, Lifehacker, Tubefilter, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @ibd_ecarson and @tonyromm
| Hans Lee / Bloomberg: |
IBM secures AU$1B contract to be the central technology partner to Australian government over the next five years, providing automation and blockchain services — - Contract comes 2 years after playing role in bungled census — Government savings from 5-year agreement estimated at A$100m
More:
IBM, TheStreet, iTnews, CCN, ZDNet, ARN, CryptoGlobe, Computerworld News …, Financial Review, Cointelegraph, TechSpot, and The Register
| Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
How firms like GMobi and MoMagic are using pre-loaded apps on cheap smartphones in developing countries to harvest user data by offering free firmware updates — Tension between privacy and sharing of user data stokes a debate in West, but much less so in developing economies
More:
Android Central. Tweets: @joshchin, @joshgerstein, @ericbellmanwsj, @preetatweets, @raffisalama, and @djtgallagher
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Israeli indictment says an employee allegedly stole source code of NSO Group's powerful smartphone hacking tools before attempting to sell it for $50M — NSO sells its potent iPhone malware to governments, including Mexico and the United Arabs Emirates. But according to a newly released indictment …
More:
Forbes, Gizmodo, Reuters, Cyberscoop, BleepingComputer, Bloomberg, Axios, and Slashdot
Tweets: @rondeibert, @_odisseus, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @iblametom, and @iblametom
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Singapore's competition regulator says Grab-Uber merger would impede competition and proposes remedies that must be met to avoid fines or unwinding of the deal — Uber's exit from Southeast Asia may be done and dusted, but the deal — which saw Grab take over its local operations in exchange …
More:
cccs.gov.sg, South China Morning Post, CNET, CNNMoney, and ZDNet
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:
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
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:
Thu. 04/18 - Game Emulators On iOS And The Atlas Robot Lives!
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 10:55 PM ET, July 5, 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
New York Times:David Ingram / NBC News:
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Pocketnow, Gizmodo, FierceWireless, CNET, Neowin, PhonesReviews UK, Ars Technica, Gizchina.com, TechCrunch, The Hill, Bloomberg, and CNNMoney