|
July 6, 2019, 11:35 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
A look at the growing demand for screen time consultants, parenting coaches getting paid up to $250/hour to help parents wean their kids off devices — Screen consultants are here to help you remember life before smartphones and tablets. (Spoiler: get a dog!)| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Inside Facebook's elite “info ops” team, created in 2017 to respond to co-ordinated disinformation campaigns, often from state actors like Russia's IRA — Among the thousands of staff at Facebook, there is one group that talks about the company not as a social network, but as a battlefield.
Tweets: @hughmason and @donie
| Chris Hamby / New York Times: |
Experts worry that the upcoming US Census, the first to incorporate digital methods, could fall victim to disinformation campaigns, glitches, and hacking — The government plans to deploy new technology for next year's head count, but risks abound. — In the run-up to the 2020 census … | Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: |
Comscore report: in March, 69.9M US homes had DVRs and 64.1M had smart TVs; monthly viewing hours on smart TVs hit 5.5B, vs. 4.6B for DVRs — Among the many positive indicators for OTT in Comscore's newly released 2019 “The State of OTT” report is the platform's imminent surpassing of DVR tech.
More:
Comscore, Inc.
| Benjamin Parkin / Financial Times: |
B2B ecommerce marketplace IndiaMART closed up 34% on its first day of trading in India on Thursday, after raising ~$70M at a valuation of ~$400M in its IPO — Shares of ecommerce company IndiaMART rose 25 per cent from their issue price on their Thursday debut in what marked the end … | Klaus Fiala / Forbes: |
Profile of Omio, formerly GoEuro, a Berlin-based website and app for booking travel across Europe that has raised nearly $300M in VC funding — This article is the first in a new series: World of Forbes, a collection of stories from our 35 licensed editions and global partners around the planet.| New York Times: |
How researchers combined AI and manual counting techniques to estimate the size of the crowd at Hong Kong's annual pro-democracy protest on July 1 — Crowd estimates for Hong Kong's large pro-democracy protests have been a point of contention for years. The organizers and the police often release vastly divergent estimates.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google Play app called “Updates for Samsung”, with 10M+ installs and no affiliation with Samsung, tricks users into paying $35/year to download firmware updates — “Updates for Samsung” app promises firmware updates but only shows ads and wants money for (working) downloads.
More:
CSIS TechBlog, Digital Information World, SlashGear, MSPoweruser, Firstpost Tech, and KnowTechie
Tweets: @s_metanka and @peterkruse
| Benjamin Pimentel / Business Insider: |
Application performance monitoring company Dynatrace files for IPO, posts $431M revenue for the fiscal year ending March 31, up 8% YoY, and a net loss of $116M — - Dynatrace filed papers for an IPO on Friday. The company aims to raise $300 million with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Citigroup as lead underwriters.| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Ola says it has received a private hire vehicle license from Transport for London and plans to launch its ride-hailing service in the city in September — London's transport agency has given India's Ola the green light to launch its ride-hailing service in the UK capital …
More:
CNN, CityAM, TaxiPoint Taxi News, Livemint, Business Times, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, Silicon Republic, Reuters, and Telegraph
Tweets: @sub8u, @asha_recruiter, and @tim
| Mary Loritz / EU-Startups: |
Antwerp-based Unifly raises €17 million Series B for its software that enables drone tracking and management alongside commercial aviation traffic — By 2020, there will be about 20 million drones in circulation - compared to around 30,000 planes today.| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Japan-based Tier IV raises $100M+ Series A for its Autoware open-source self-driving software which, it says, is used by 200 organizations around the world — Tier IV, an open-source self-driving startup based in Japan, has raised “over $100 million” in a massive Series A funding round led by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance.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:
AI agents: Smart ways to manage work — Artificial intelligence is a buzzword you'll hear everywhere today—regardless of the vertical, companies are looking to incorporate it. At Zoho Cliq, we made AI a part of our platform long before it became a trend.
AI agents: Smart ways to manage work — Artificial intelligence is a buzzword you'll hear everywhere today—regardless of the vertical, companies are looking to incorporate it. At Zoho Cliq, we made AI a part of our platform long before it became a trend.
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
Techmeme Ride Home:
Mooooaaar Models!
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:
How Trump's tariffs actually work on the ground
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Great Chat:
Imposter syndrome is due for a rebrand
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
How to make money in Washington, with Punchbowl's Jake Sherman
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Spotlight On:
*RSA Preview* 1Password's Jeff Shiner on balancing B2B and B2C customers in a rapidly evolving tech landscape
A podcast from Accel about how companies are built, from the people doing the building.
Subscribe to Spotlight On.
Invest Like the Best:
Neil Mehta - Finding Future S&P 500 Companies
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:35 PM ET, July 6, 2019.
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
Natalie Jarvey / The Ankler:Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Jasper Jolly / The Guardian: |
More:
Associated Press, GOV.UK, Engadget, The Hill, Quartz, Reuters, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, The Seattle Times, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Inquirer, Fortune, and Financial Times
Tweets: @cnnbusiness, @nytimesbusiness, @ruskin147, and @cmagovuk
| Noam Cohen / New Yorker: |
More:
The Daily Beast, The Daily Dot, and KnowTechie
Tweets: @securitytrails, @sub8u, @carnage4life, and @fabiochiusi
| Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: |
More:
Samsung Global Newsroom, Reuters, BGR, Wall Street Journal, The Register, iDownloadBlog.com, Phandroid, Financial Times, Inquirer, iPhone in Canada Blog, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, AnandTech, Business Insider, Gizchina, iPhone Hacks, ZDNet, MSPoweruser, Android Central, 9to5Google, Silicon Republic, Neowin, AppleInsider, Bloomberg, MacDailyNews, and Reuters
Tweets: @wsj, @theregister, @kifleswing, and @samkimasia