Techmeme: The Pig Passing Through The Python (Bryce Roberts/BRYCE DOT VC)

4:50 PM ET, October 13, 2011

Top Items:

iPhone 4S Teardown — iFixit: “Siri, may we disassemble you for all to see?” iPhone 4S (Siri): “42” iFixit: “I didn't ask for the meaning of life, Siri...” iPhone 4S (Siri): “42 is the number of seconds you have left until I initiate the self-destruct sequence...” iFixit: “Message received.”

Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:

Apple's New IPhone Sells Out at U.S. Carriers — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s latest iPhone has sold out for pre-order at AT&T Inc. (T), Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) according to the carriers' websites, signaling customer demand even before it goes on sale in stores tomorrow.

Discussion: VentureBeat, BGR, AllThingsD, DailyTech, Redmond Pie, I4U News, TechCrunch, MacPost, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, Business Insider, Techland, GottaBeMobile, IntoMobile and TechHog.com

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Apple: We're Gonna Need a Bigger iPhone Order — With demand for its new iPhone 4S still running strong following an initial surge of preorders, Apple is reportedly ratcheting up production volume on the device. — Supply chain sources tell the Commercial Times that Pegatron Technology …

Discussion: DigiTimes, Edible Apple, Techie Buzz, IntoMobile, GottaBeMobile and MacDailyNews

Google Investor Relations:

Google Announces Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. — “We had a great quarter,” said Larry Page, CEO of Google. “Revenue was up 33% year on year and our quarterly revenue was just short of $10 billion.

Discussion: The Tech Trade, Business Insider, The New Persuaders, Search Engine Land, AllThingsD, Engadget, Gizmodo and MarketBeat

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:

Google's third quarter results shine, Google+ hits 40 million users — Summary: The search giant's quarter was really about its owned and operated sites, which accounted for 69 percent of revenue in the third quarter. — Google handily topped expectations with its third quarter results …

Discussion: Business Insider, AllThingsD, MobileSyrup.com, Android Central and @miguelrios

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Google Q3: $9.72 Billion In Revenue, $2.73 Billion In Net Income — Welcome to Google's Quarter Three 2011 earnings results everyone! In Larry Page's third quarter as CEO, Google is boasting a in $9.72 billion revenue, an increase of 33% compared to third quarter of 2010.

Discussion: 9to5Google, Tech Trader Daily, MarketBeat and GMSV

Matt Cutts / @mattcutts: Google is webcasting its Q3 2011 earnings call on YouTube right now: http://t.co/iwDBD7vG

Fred / A VC:

What We Are Seeing — The Wall Street Journal has a story out today that says “Web Startups Hit Cash Crunch.” There has been a fair bit of reaction in the tech blogs and I thought I'd toss into the discussion some things we are seeing: — 1) There are so many startups out there raising money.

Discussion: @daltonc, Venture Capital Dispatch and Business Insider

Jason Calacanis / LAUNCH: Stepping Back From The Angel Bubble

Ben Popper / Betabeat:
New Data Shows Why the Wall Street Journal is Confused About the Startup Cash Crunch

Discussion: CB Insights and PE Hub Blog, Thanks:megan

Pui-Wing Tam / Wall Street Journal:
Web Start-Ups Hit Cash Crunch

Discussion: CNET News, GeekWire, Business Insider, @davemcclure, @gaberivera, VatorNews and @danprimack

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Web “Start-Ups” Hit Cash Crunch. Or Don't, Depending On Whom You Ask

Discussion: Digits, David Galbraith's Blog, DealBook, Mashable! and @naval

Bryce Roberts / BRYCE DOT VC:
The Pig Passing Through The Python

Discussion: Unfiltered Opinion …

Ian Lamont / The Digital Media Machine:

The iCloud tax for Mac users — Last night, I updated my iPod touch to iOS 5. Lots of people had reported problems, but my update went smoothly, and soon I was going through the setup for some of the new features, such as iMessage, the iPod mapper, and iCloud.

Discussion: @nowever and Webomatica, Thanks:ilamont

Danny Sullivan / Daggle: Outlook 2010 PC? It's iCloud Or Google Calendar Sync, Not Both - And Outlook 2011 Mac Gets No Love

Joshua Topolsky / This is my next:
Siri says some weird things

Discussion: Digital Trends, Gadget Lab, Network World, Neowin.net, Business Insider, Electricpig.co.uk, Geeky-Gadgets, TidBITS, WebProNews and Edible Apple

Mark Saldana / The Box Blog:

iPad and iPhone Users Get 50 GB FREE Starting Tonight #Box50GB — As evidenced by the overwhelming crowds during past iPhone and iPad launches, it's clear that our lives revolve around mobile. That's why we're happy to announce that we're giving away 50 GB of free storage to anyone who uses a Box Personal account on an iOS device.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, App Advice, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, IntoMobile, GottaBeMobile and MobileBurn.com

Ben Fritz / Los Angeles Times:

Apple prepping movie cloud service — Apple Inc. is preparing to put movies in the cloud, entering a market in which it may be both competitor and ally to a similar offering backed by most Hollywood studios. — Representatives of the iPhone and iPad maker have been meeting with studios …

Business Week:

Scott Forstall, the Sorcerer's Apprentice at Apple — The iOS chief is a lot like his mentor Steve Jobs: brilliant, presents well, a tenacious infighter—arguably just the taskmaster Apple needs to stay on top — The deteriorating health of Steve Jobs loomed over Apple's Oct. 4 press event …

Discussion: Gizmodo Australia, TiPb, MacNN, iLounge, Business Insider and Gizmodo

Nielsen Wire:

40% of Tablet and Smartphone Owners Use Them While Watching TV — American consumers are increasingly connected and our recent survey shows they are increasingly multitasking when it comes to multimedia. — Roughly 40 percent of tablet and smartphone owners in the U.S. used their devices daily …

Discussion: IntoMobile, Between the Lines Blog, CNET News, Mashable!, AllThingsD and Electronista

Khidr Suleman / V3.co.uk:

Dell World: Dell gearing up to launch Windows 8 devices as Android disappoints — AUSTIN: Dell is throwing its weight firmly behind the Windows 8 tablet platform in a bid to challenge the dominance of the Apple iPad 2. — Michael Dell, founder and chief executive of Dell …

Discussion: Electronista, Business Insider, Computerworld, Mashable!, SlashGear and WinRumors, Thanks:withinrafael

Alcatel-Lucent:

Dennis Ritchie 1941-2011: Message from Jeong Kim — Dennis Ritchie (right) receiving the Japan Prize in May 2011 — [Message from Jeong Kim, President, Bell Labs, to our employees] — It is with great sadness that I inform you that Dennis Ritchie has passed away at the age of 70.

Discussion: SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, The Technology Chronicles, TG Daily and CNET News

Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011: Computer scientist, Unix co-creator, C programming language designer

Discussion: Mashable!, ReadWriteEnterprise, ongoing, Sutter's Mill, Pythonmeister, Computerworld, Ars Technica, All Things Tagxedo, The Register, Rob Pike - Google+, BBC, GMSV, TechEye, Digital Trends, Pulse2, The Register, TechCrunch, Engadget, rc3.org, Gizmodo UK, nixCraft and Inquirer

Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

Steve Jobs patent enables Apple to shut down any new Android product in Australia — In a posthumous triumph for the late Steve Jobs, one of his more than 300 patents — a patent on touchscreen heuristics — just helped Apple score a major legal win in Australia that lends momentum …

Discussion: InfoWorld, Sydney Morning Herald, IntoMobile, iPhone Hacks, paidContent, Computerworld, Ars Technica, GigaOM, AppleInsider, AllThingsD, BGR, Appolicious Advisor, Redmond Pie, PC Magazine, I4U News, Android Community, SlashGear and Techie Buzz

Jason Del Rey / AdAge:

Bitly Rolls Out Reputation-Monitoring Tool and Social-Search Product — The Field of Companies Monitoring Social Media Gets a Little More Crowded — Bitly, the New York City startup best known for its URL shortening service, is today releasing a real-time, reputation-monitoring tool …

Discussion: @taylorbuley

Jay Greene / CNET News:

Microsoft inks Android, Chrome deal with Quanta — Microsoft has signed a patent deal with Quanta Computer, the latest in an ongoing effort to convince hardware makers that they need to license technology from the software giant if they intend to use Google's Android and Chrome operating systems for their devices.

Discussion: TechCrunch, paidContent, parislemon, BGR, All about Microsoft Blog, eWeek, Microsoft, Technologizer, TechFlash, Engadget, GeekWire, Electronista, @fosspatents, WinRumors and Android Community

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

RIM Says Service Back Globally After Outage — Research In Motion said on Thursday that its service is returning to normal levels following a days-long outage in Europe that spread globally. — “BlackBerry services are operating well globally,” the company said in a statement.

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Samsung and Google Reschedule Android Event for Oct. 19 in Hong Kong — Samsung and Google have rescheduled the Ice Cream Sandwich launch event that was to have taken place this past Tuesday. The companies postponed the event in the wake of Steve Jobs's death.

Discussion: This is my next, Computerworld, CNET News, Gizmodo, Business Insider and TechCrunch

Brad Burnham / Union Square Ventures:

Duck Duck Go — When I first got into the venture capital business in the early 90s, it seemed to me that half of the deals I brought to the partnership were dismissed with the line “sure it's cool but what the heck do they do if Microsoft decides to enter this business.”

Discussion: CNET News, Gabriel Weinberg's Blog, Business Insider, TechCrunch and @dannysullivan

Om Malik / GigaOM:

Mobile data traffic doubled in past 12 months — Thanks to our obsession with our iPhones, Android devices and iPads, the demand for mobile data is exploding. Data from Ericsson, which makes a majority of its money by selling hardware to mobile phone companies, shows that from the second quarter …

Discussion: Electronista and @mrinaldesai

Bloomberg:

KKR, Blackstone Said to Weigh Yahoo Takeover — KKR & Co. and Blackstone Group LP (BX) are among the private-equity firms considering possible bids for Yahoo! Inc., according to people with knowledge of the matter. — The firms may become part of a consortium that would pool the financing needed …

Discussion: Business Insider, Tech Trader Daily and @ldignan

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