|
October 6, 2017, 1:40 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
AOL is shutting down Instant Messenger (AIM) on December 15 after 20 years — The pioneering chat app that taught us to text is pulling the plug. On December 15th, AOL Instant Messenger will shut down after running since 1997. AIM dominated online chat in North America at the turn of the century.
More:
AOL INSTANT MESSENGER, Gizmodo, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Associated Press, USA Today, PCWorld, The Next Web, CNET, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, Quartz, CNNMoney, Ars Technica, Axios, Engadget, MacRumors, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, Wired, Fortune, Nextgov, Boing Boing, Neowin, Liliputing, New York Magazine, iPhone Hacks, The Hill, Hollywood Reporter, WBAY-TV, Motherboard, Lifehacker, CNBC, KnowTechie, Adweek, daytondailynews, Real Stories, Mashable, Consumerist, TMZ.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, and The FADER
Tweets: @aim, @fromedome, @llsethj, @yayitsrob, @jandawson, @rossrubin, @laurengoode, @m4tt, @evleaks, @joeylangone, @levie, @sacca, @alex_navarro, and @joshconstine
| Andrés Arrieta / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
Apple's decision to not let users fully disable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11's Control Center is bad UI design and compromises user security — Turning off your Bluetooth and Wi-Fi radios when you're not using them is good security practice (not to mention good for your battery usage).
More:
MacRumors, Computerworld, Tom's Hardware, and Softpedia News
| Politico: |
Sources: White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, potentially as long ago as December — White House tech support discovered the suspected breach after Kelly turned his phone in to tech support staff this summer. — White House officials believe that chief …
More:
International Business Times, CNET, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Hill, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, BGR, The Daily Caller, Forbes, The Verge, Mashable, and Neowin
Tweets: @navkaz, @kylegriffin1, @kylegriffin1, and @stevebellovin
| Danny Sullivan: |
Search Engine Land founder Danny Sullivan is joining Google to serve as a public liaison for search — When I retired from search journalism in June, I had no idea what I would be doing next. I just knew I was ready for a break and something different from what I had been doing for so long.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: early drafts of Facebook's April 27 report on election manipulation included references to Russia that were cut at the urging of legal and policy teams — The drafting of the report sparked internal debate over how much information to disclose about Russian influence campaigns on the social network| Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider: |
More:
Washington Post, Scripting News, Nieman Lab, and Silicon Valley Business …
Tweets: @davewiner, @jimsciutto, @rachelblevinson, @cjcmichel, @profcarroll, @mollymckew, @d1gi, and @natashabertrand
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Apple reveals new emoji coming in iOS 11.1, including a giraffe, a zebra, a hedgehog, a scarf, a trenchcoat, a baseball cap, and gloves — Apple has shown off more emoji characters coming to iOS in the future 11.1 update. The characters are part of Unicode 10, which added 56 new emoji … | Dan Primack / Axios: |
Filing: Jessica Alba's Honest Company is raising $75M at a valuation below $1B, 57% lower than Series D — The Honest Company, the all-natural home goods company co-founded by Jessica Alba, is raising $75 million in new venture capital funding at a much lower valuation than the last time around …
More:
TechCrunch, Los Angeles Business Journal, Fast Company, Business Wire, PYMNTS.com, and Fortune
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Analysis: what we know and do not know about Kaspersky Lab's alleged involvement in NSA contractor's laptop hack — The Wall Street Journal just published an incendiary article that says hackers working for the Russian government stole confidential material from an NSA contractor's home computer.
More:
Petri, The Guardian, Fortune, Silicon Republic, Forbes, International Business Times, and emptywheel
| Wall Street Journal: |
More:
Nota Bene, Washington Post, Recode, New York Times, eWeek, Forbes, DSLreports, CSO, HackRead, Consumerist, The Hacker News, Motherboard, SecurityWeek, Bloomberg, Inquirer, emptywheel, Silicon Republic, BetaNews, Wired, Techdirt, SiliconANGLE, International Business Times, Schneier on Security, SlashGear, Slate, Associated Press, CNET, bit-tech.net, Nextgov, TechSpot, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Mashable, Vanity Fair, The Hill, Engadget, The Register, Neowin, NPR, ZDNet, The Verge, The Daily Caller, BGR, Newser, and Axios
Tweets: @timothys, @e_kaspersky, @nxthompson, @wired, @yashar, @kimzetter, @josephfcox, @marcambinder, @carolelee, @natashabertrand, and @ridt
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple's general counsel Bruce Sewell will retire later this year, will be replaced by Katherine Adams, former general counsel of Honeywell — Apple today announced that Katherine Adams will join Apple as General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Legal and Global Security this year.
More:
Apple, iPhone Hacks, SiliconBeat, 9to5Mac, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @jandawson and @patrickmoorhead
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Fiber will launch in San Antonio and Louisville without the traditional TV add-on; company says change does not apply to existing markets — Late last year, Google Fiber halted future deployment and in July lost its latest CEO after only five months.| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
Researchers: Apple granted Uber now-removed “entitlement” that let app record iPhone screen, even in background; Uber says it was to improve Watch performance — To improve functionality between Uber's app and the Apple Watch, Apple allowed Uber to use a powerful tool that could record …
More:
Inquirer, Macworld, iMore, TechSpot, The Daily Caller, MacDailyNews, Digital Trends, Tech Times, Softpedia News, The Hacker News, Ubergizmo, ZDNet, The Next Web, Fortune, PYMNTS.com, BGR, CNET, BuzzFeed, Mashable, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Business Insider, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @imeluny, @bzamayo, @chronic, @qwertyoruiopz, @tfitzsimons, and @qwertyoruiopz
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is testing a chat app for Workplace users called “Workplace Chat” on Mac and PC, with features including screen sharing — TechCrunch has discovered that Facebook has stealthily launched official desktop PC and Mac chat apps with screen sharing — two features users have been begging for.
More:
Fortune, Adweek, ITworld.com, Ubergizmo, The Verge, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, and MSPoweruser
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Former Zenefits and Yammer CEO David Sacks raising a VC fund, according to SEC filing — Former Yammer and Zenefits CEO David Sacks appears to be raising a venture capital fund, according to an SEC filing . — Why it matters: Sacks created one tech unicorn in Yammer, which was sold to Microsoft for $1.2 billion.
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model — Gemini 2.5 Pro is now available, with thinking capabilities, enhanced performance, and improved accuracy. Try it at no cost in the Gemini app.
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model — Gemini 2.5 Pro is now available, with thinking capabilities, enhanced performance, and improved accuracy. Try it at no cost in the Gemini app.
UiPath:
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
Zoho:
Leveraging design tool extensions in Cliq: A designer's guide to Figma, Lucidchart, and Miro — Picture this: you're deep in a pixel-perfect Figma mock-up, bouncing between chats and emails, when someone pings you for feedback on a Lucidchart workflow.
Leveraging design tool extensions in Cliq: A designer's guide to Figma, Lucidchart, and Miro — Picture this: you're deep in a pixel-perfect Figma mock-up, bouncing between chats and emails, when someone pings you for feedback on a Lucidchart workflow.
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.
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.Featured Podcasts
Invest Like the Best:
Gustav Söderström - How Spotify Thinks
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Techmeme Ride Home:
How Apple Lost AI
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on how AI can save the web, not destroy it
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Grit:
From Scaling Cisco to Seeding AI: John T. Chambers on Speed, Strategy, and Reinvention
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
Microsoft CPO: If you aren't prototyping with AI you're doing it wrong | Aparna Chennapragada
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.
Hard Fork:
Ed Helms Answers Your Hard Questions
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:40 PM ET, October 6, 2017.
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
Alex Sherman / CNBC:Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Hannah Miller / Bloomberg:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
More:
The Tech Report, Tom's Hardware, BGR, PCWorld, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Overclockers Club, Expert Reviews, xda-developers, and Eurogamer.net. Thanks:@iancutress
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
More:
BGR, Tech Times, The Daily Caller, Cult of Mac, and Business Insider
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
More:
9to5Mac, eWeek, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Laptop Mag, Naked Security, Tom's Hardware, The Hacker News, Mashable, Inquirer, SecurityWeek, BetaNews, BGR, The Register, iPhone Hacks, Macworld, The Mac Observer, ZDNet, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Ars Technica, MacDailyNews, Matheus Mariano, and Apple Support
Tweets: @profwoodward and @flyosity
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
More:
Windows Blog, BrianMadden.com, Greenbot, Fone Arena, Cult of Mac, Softpedia News, International Business Times, SiliconANGLE, Android Central, On MSFT, TalkAndroid.com, The Tech Report, Good E-Reader, Android and Me, ZDNet, AppleInsider, AndroidHeadlines.com, TechSpot, bit-tech.net, The Register, Mashable, SlashGear, PhoneDog.com, Android Beat, TechCrunch, Android Police, Ubergizmo, Digital Trends, Pocket-lint, Forbes, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Neowin, CNET, BetaNews, iPhone Hacks, Technology Personalized, Business Insider, The Fire Hose, Petri, and MacStories
Tweets: @stevesi, @ppk, and @tomwarren