|
July 20, 2018, 1:50 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter launch the Data Transfer Project, a platform enabling users to move data between online service providers — An open-source collaboration for “the future of portability” — Today, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter joined to announce …
More:
Facebook, VentureBeat, Google Open Source Blog, Twitter, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Techdirt, Digital Trends, BetaNews, MIT Technology Review, Engadget, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, CNET, Windows Central, EU Policy Blog, Business Insider, Thurrott.com, Patently Apple, Adweek, Neowin, TechSpot, GitHub, Silicon Republic, Mashable, MSPoweruser, SlashGear, The Daily Caller, and On MSFT. Tweets: @rrhoover
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
WhatsApp to test limiting the forwarding of messages to 20 chats globally and 5 chats in India in a bid to stop the spread of fake news — The social messaging service has been blamed for its role in spreading dangerous and inaccurate information. — Facebook-owned WhatsApp is making changes …
More:
WhatsApp.com, The Guardian, TechCrunch, BBC, 9to5Mac, Washington Post, The Verge, New York Times, MacRumors, Gizmodo, The Economic Times, iPhone Hacks, Reuters, VentureBeat, Reuters, Inquirer, BuzzFeed News, Adweek, Android Police, CNET, Firstpost, MediaNama, XDA Developers, Business Insider, Fortune, The Indian Express, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, MSPoweruser, The Next Web, Firstpost, MediaNama, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, and NPR
Tweets: @facebook, @anniegowen, @ritaparada, @nirav, @karaswisher, and @sub8u
| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Facebook executives struggle to describe a coherent strategy to deal with misinformation on the site; it's a hodgepodge of “exceptions to the exceptions” — Facebook was once the most nimble company of its generation. The speed at which it adapted to every challenge was legendary.
More:
Columbia Journalism Review, Slate, CNNMoney, Observer, Poynter, Vox, Forbes, The Guardian, getrevue.co, Beyond Search, The Hill, Firstpost, Techonomy, and Nextgov
Tweets: @jeffgiesea, @nytimes, @felixsalmon, and @doyle_kevin
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Cyberattack on Singapore's largest healthcare institution SingHealth steals details of 1.5M patients, including the Prime Minister — Local media say the hack is believed to be state-sponsored — Singapore has been hit by what local media is calling the country's worst ever cyber attack.| Anthony Cuthbertson / The Independent: |
DuckDuckGo says that Google confuses customers by redirecting traffic from duck.com domain, which the search giant owns, to google.com — Google controls the duck.com web address, meaning users searching for its rival DuckDuckGo are diverted back to Google — For many people, Google is the internet.
More:
Stratechery, CNET, The Precursor Blog, The Verge, The Register, Firstpost, Mercury News, and Computerworld
Tweets: @duckduckgo, @caseynewton, @carnage4life, @bradgcoza, @cameronmaske, and @textfiles
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank's Vision Fund is seeking to invest almost $1B in Chinese AI company SenseTime, which has raised more than $1.2B this year — - A deal would be SenseTime's third major funding in past year — SenseTime uses artificial intelligence for facial recognition
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
San Francisco says it expects to issue permits for its 24-month electric scooter pilot program sometime in August, selecting from 12 applicants — The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is still reviewing the 12 applications from companies to operate electric scooters in the city.
More:
SFMTA
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Facebook's plans for a nationwide rollout of WhatsApp payments service in India is being held up by government concerns over storage of user data — - Officials are said to have concerns about where data's stored — The social media giant had geared up for a nationwide launch
More:
Entrackr
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC starts accepting petitions to deny as well as less formal comments on T-Mobile USA/Sprint merger, all of which can be submitted until August 27 — FCC starts public interest review—petitions to deny merger must be in by Aug. 27. — The Federal Communications Commission will accept petitions … | Microsoft: |
Microsoft Q4: $30.1B in revenue, up 17% YoY; operating income up 35% YoY to $10.4B; Intelligent Cloud revenue up 23% YoY to $9.6B and Azure revenue up 89% YoY — Microsoft Cloud Drives Record Fourth Quarter Results — REDMOND, Wash. — July 19, 2018 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …
More:
The Register, Business Insider, Petri, GamesIndustry.biz, On MSFT, cloudcomputing-news.net, TechSpot, cloudpro.co.uk, MediaNama, Tim Anderson's IT Writing, Inquirer, CNET, Stock Market News …, ZDNet, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, MSPoweruser, GeekWire, bit-tech.net, The Official Microsoft Blog, TheStreet, CNBC, Engadget, Gamasutra, Wall Street Journal, Quartz, Paul Thurrott, Investor's Business Daily, On MSFT, and GeekWire
Tweets: @carnage4life, @microsoft, @mehedih_, @jasonlk, and @thurrott
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App Annie: there were 28.4B app downloads worldwide across iOS and Google Play in Q2, up 15% YoY as consumer spending grew 20% YoY reaching $18.5B — The second quarter of 2018 was another record-breaker for mobile app downloads and revenue. According to a new report this week from App Annie …
More:
Android Police
| TechCrunch: |
eBay's Q2 filing shows company paid $573M to acquire ecommerce platform Qoo10 Japan in February, not the $700M rumored at the time of acquisition — EBay is a very distant second behind Amazon when it comes to e-commerce sales in the U.S., but abroad — and in particular in Asia … | Scott Porch / Fast Company: |
How Comcast is moving beyond the set top box as it rolls out its Xfinity X1 interface on smart TVs, starting with betas on Roku TV and some Samsung TVs — If you'd like to use the interface on Comcast's Xfinity X1 set-top box—and you should, it's fantastic—but aren't so sure about the box itself, stay tuned.
Tweets: @rsingel
Sponsor Posts
TELUS Digital:
Are you ready for the era of agentic AI? — Tech leaders are always talking about what's next, and right now, agentic AI is dominating the discourse. Equip yourself with the info you need in this recorded webinar.
Are you ready for the era of agentic AI? — Tech leaders are always talking about what's next, and right now, agentic AI is dominating the discourse. Equip yourself with the info you need in this recorded webinar.
Tribe AI:
State of AI: Adoption, Challenges and Recommendations — Examining the current state of AI, the key challenges organizations face, and practical recommendations for utilizing AI integration alongside other best practices.
State of AI: Adoption, Challenges and Recommendations — Examining the current state of AI, the key challenges organizations face, and practical recommendations for utilizing AI integration alongside other best practices.
Zoho:
Everything new in the Zoho Sign iOS mobile app — Ranked highly in the iOS App Store (4.9 stars), Zoho Sign's mobile app for iPhone is a user favorite. We're thrilled to share that the app has been enhanced …
Everything new in the Zoho Sign iOS mobile app — Ranked highly in the iOS App Store (4.9 stars), Zoho Sign's mobile app for iPhone is a user favorite. We're thrilled to share that the app has been enhanced …
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
Lenny's Podcast:
Everyone's an engineer now: Inside v0's mission to create a hundred million builders | Guillermo Rauch (founder & CEO of Vercel, creators of v0 and Next.js)
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.
Techmeme Ride Home:
Why COULDN'T Apple Make An iPhone In The US?
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
The Logan Bartlett Show:
Derek Thompson (Writer, The Atlantic) and Zach Weinberg (Co-founder & CEO, Curie.Bio) Discuss the Tariff Withdrawal and America's Future
A podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett, an investor at Redpoint Ventures, covering tech with industry insiders.
Subscribe to The Logan Bartlett Show.
Hard Fork:
Big Tech's Tariff Chaos + A.I. 2027 + Llama Drama
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.
Great Chat:
The bull case for domestic manufacturing
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Why DOGE is killing the agency that keeps banks from ripping you off
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:50 PM ET, July 20, 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
Andrew Trunsky / New York Times:Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters:
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| BuzzFeed News: |
More:
The Ringer, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Xconomy, The Hill, Bloomberg, NBC Bay Area, CNET, Slate, Mercury News, Business Insider, and reddit.com
Tweets: @ibjiyongi, @baratunde, @sarahfrier, @cwarzel, @cwarzel, @mattmittenthal, @williamturton, and @rmac18
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
More:
USA Today, Business Insider, Mashable, TechSpot, Socialnomics, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, KnowTechie, Firstpost, Social Media Today, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, Droid Life, iPhone Hacks, Instagram, Adweek, Android and Me, Gizmodo, Engadget, and Android Police
Tweets: @lmckr, @taylorlorenz, and @alexeheath