Techmeme: Enterprise Investments Surge To Over $5.4 Billion (Jonathan Shieber/TechCrunch)

Open Links In New Tab

Mobile Archives Advertise

July 29, 2014, 9:30 AM

Top News

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Forces Users Worldwide To Download Messenger For Mobile Chat — Over the next few days, Facebook will stop allowing messaging in its main iPhone and Android apps, and force all their users around the world to download its standalone Messenger app. Facebook first started forcing users …

Richard Padilla / MacRumors:

Apple Launches Retina MacBook Pros with Faster Haswell Processors, More RAM Standard — As indicated over the weekend and yesterday, Apple today launched refreshed 13-inch and 15-inch Retina MacBook Pros.The new notebooks feature faster versions of Intel's Haswell processors …

More: BGR, ZDNet, Macworld, AppleInsider, LAPTOP Magazine, BetaNews, Inquirer, iMore, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, AnandTech, Electronista, TUAW, Gearburn and SlashGear

Andy / TorrentFreak:

UK police start placing anti-piracy warning ads on copyright-infringing websites — Police Begin Placing Warning Adverts on ‘Pirate’ Sites — For a year, City of London Police have been working with the music and movie industries on initiatives to cut down on the consumption of pirated content online.

More: BBC, TechCrunch, CNET, Gigaom, Inquirer, The Next Web, Neowin, PC Pro and Wired.co.uk

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Windows comes to Raspberry Pi-style board in Microsoft/Intel project — Sharks Cove. — Microsoft — Even Microsoft wants a piece of the development board market made famous by Arduino and Raspberry Pi. — Microsoft has teamed up with Intel and hardware maker CircuitCo to design the $300 …

More: MSDN Blogs, Inquirer, Engadget, WinBeta, ITProPortal, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Wired.co.uk, bit-tech.net, The Register, Microsoft News and PC Pro

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Flipkart raises $1 billion to strengthen its bid to own India's e-commerce space — It's turning into quite a year for Flipkart. Today the e-commerce company from India has confirmed the much-reported rumor that it has raised $1 billion in fresh investment, as it eyes new verticals …

More: Quartz, TechCrunch, The Economic Times, New York Times, The New Indian Express, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Hindu Business Line, BGR India, DNA India, NDTV Profit and MediaNama. Tweets: @flipkart

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Hackers Plundered Israeli Defense Firms that Built ‘Iron Dome’ Missile Defense System — Three Israeli defense contractors responsible for building the “Iron Dome” missile shield currently protecting Israel from a barrage of rocket attacks were compromised by hackers and robbed of huge quantities …

More: Guardian, Washington Post, The Register, Wired.co.uk, The Hacker News, RT, Gizmodo, Nextgov, Business Insider and ITProPortal. Tweets: @joshconstine

Issie Lapowsky / Wired:

This Is What Tech's Ugly Gender Problem Really Looks Like — Shortly after Kathryn Tucker started Red Rover, an app that showcases local events for kids, she pitched the idea to an angel investor at a New York tech event. But it didn't go over well. When she finished her pitch, the investor said he didn't invest in women.

More: Business Insider. Tweets: @sarahfrier, @danshapiro, @taralach, @jenna, @collision and @tonyromm

Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:

Enterprise Investments Surge To Over $5.4 Billion — After years of backing headline-grabbing consumer internet deals, it seems that venture capitalists are paying more attention (and more money) to the seemingly staid and stodgy enterprise technology companies (the businesses that sell technology to make businesses work better).

Tweets: @qthrul

John Cook / GeekWire:

Rhapsody tops 2 million paid subscribers, expands music service overseas with mobile deals — Rhapsody — one of the pioneers in the online music arena — said today that it has topped two million paying subscribers for its Rhapsody and Napster music services.

More: The Next Web, Engadget, TechCrunch, Tech Times, PC World, Softpedia News, New York Times, Music Ally, Associated Press, Gigaom, Re/code, Guardian, CNET and Los Angeles Times

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Twitter Won't Unveil New Growth Metrics for Q2 Earnings — Twitter reports its Q2 earnings tomorrow afternoon, which means investors will be judging whether Dick Costolo has fixed his growth problem. — One thing they won't see or hear about, though, will be a new set of metrics from Twitter describing the company's reach scale.

More: Guardian, Marketing Land and Business Insider

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Uber Gets Down To Business With New Travel Expense Tools And Concur Integration — On-demand ride-hailing service Uber has spent four years building a perfect transportation alternative to taxis and black car services in cities around the world. But until today it's just been focused on consumer travel.

More: NPR, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. Tweets: @teroojanpera. Thanks:@ryanlawler

Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

Apple drops cross-appeal, forever accepts denial of injunction in first Samsung case — While a global, comprehensive settlement of the patent spat between Apple and Samsung has not materialized yet, the dispute continues to lose steam every month, and noticeably so.

More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Electronista, The Register, MacDailyNews, SamMobile, App Advice and iPhone in Canada Blog

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft pits Siri against Cortana in new Windows Phone 8.1 ad — Microsoft is focusing on Apple's Siri digital assistant in one of the first Windows Phone 8.1 commercials. It's another return to the Mac vs. PC war, as Microsoft choses to mock Siri in an effort to showcase Cortana for the first time.

More: ZDNet, Softpedia News, WinBeta, Tech Times, Gigaom, AppleInsider, Gotta Be Mobile, Pocketnow, Business Insider, CNET, BGR and SuperSite for Windows. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Yelp for iPhone now lets you add 12-second videos to your reviews, Android to follow soon — While the move isn't exactly surprising, Yelp has announced that it is now opening its mobile apps to user-generated videos to help create more engaging, visual reviews.

More: Yelp Official Blog, Digital Trends, Wired.co.uk, Business Insider, CNET, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, Neowin, 9to5Mac, SmallBusiness.com, App Advice, WebProNews, 9to5Google and MacRumors

Craig Karmin / Wall Street Journal:

Most Hilton locations worldwide will let customers unlock rooms with their smartphones by 2017 — Hilton Books Upgraded Technology — Hotel Guests Will Be Able to Use Smartphones as Keys or to Choose Rooms at Properties World-Wide — Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. is placing …

More: Hilton, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, The Verge, SlashGear, Android Authority, BGR, TechSpot, TUAW, Gizmodo, Forrester Blogs, Softpedia News, 9to5Google, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Central and iMore

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

AT&T, Verizon offer HBO with basic cable and internet for $40-50; still no cable-free option — Why HBO and Pay TV Still Aren't Getting Divorced — Reminder: You still can't get HBO without paying for other TV channels, too. — But you can still get a cheapish package that includes HBO …

More: Bloomberg, BGR, Deadline.com and VentureBeat. See also Mediagazer

Kif Leswing / Gigaom:

TouchPico lets you project an Android screen onto any wall, control it with a stylus — Here's a novel way to control Android on a projector — A new Indiegogo is selling a Android-equipped pico projector which integrates an infrared pen to approximate a touch interface.

More: Gizmodo, Android Authority and TechCrunch

Sponsor Posts

Termina:

AI Powered Diligence at Scale — VCs and founders deploy Termina AI Scans on >12% of all known series A+ deals to uncover hidden risks and opportunities. Explore how you too can invest and build better companies with AI.

Intel:

Intel Delivers powerful CPUs for AI and Networking — With the onset of AI, businesses demand powerful and efficient CPUs. Explore new Intel Xeon 6 processors, for the broadest set of workloads with leadership performance and lower TCO.

Zoho:

Gamification: A simple way to enjoy getting more work done — Work doesn't have to be boring. Gamification transforms everyday tasks into exciting challenges, making employees feel more engaged and motivated.

IDrive:

Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.

Sponsor Techmeme

Featured Podcasts

Techmeme Ride Home:

E2EE For All!

The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.

Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.

Sponsor this podcast

Decoder with Nilay Patel:

Why Trump can't be trusted with Congress' new anti-deepfake bill

A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.

Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.

Lenny's Podcast:

Inside Bolt: From near-death to ~$40m ARR in 5 months--one of the fastest-growing products in history | Eric Simons (founder & CEO of StackBlitz)

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.

The Logan Bartlett Show:

Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen Breaks Down the Global Impact of Trump's New Tariffs

A podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett, an investor at Redpoint Ventures, covering tech with industry insiders.

Subscribe to The Logan Bartlett Show.

Generative Now:

Dan Shipper: The First MultiModal Media Company

A podcast from Lightspeed dedicated to highlighting the stories, strategies and insights behind today's most exciting AI companies.

Subscribe to Generative Now.

Spotlight On:

Nebius's Arkady Volozh on What it Takes to Build Infrastructure Needed for the AI Era

A podcast from Accel about how companies are built, from the people doing the building.

Subscribe to Spotlight On.

Add your postcast here

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:30 AM ET, July 29, 2014.

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.