|
September 11, 2019, 7:55 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Apple debuts iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max, with 5.8" and 6.5" screens, no 3D Touch, better battery life, triple camera system with zoom and wide angle, in 4 colors — As usual, Apple's latest batch of iPhones aren't exactly surprising, thanks to plenty of detailed leaks throughout the year.
More:
Apple, Macworld, The Verge, ZDNet, Macworld, The Guardian, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Mashable, Engadget, New York Times, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, Fossbytes, WebProNews, Eater, Digital Trends, iMore, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Dark Reading, The Verge, Quartz, Michael Tsai, TmoNews, 9to5Mac, and The Guardian
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple unveils the 6.1" iPhone 11, the XR's successor, with low-light night mode, A13 Bionic chip, dual cameras with an ultra wide lens, in six colors — A successor to the default iPhone — Apple is introducing a successor to its iPhone XR today, dubbed iPhone 11.
More:
Apple, Nikkei Asian Review, VentureBeat, CNET, The Verge, Engadget, The Next Web, Engadget, 9to5Mac, South China Morning Post, ZDNet, Digital Trends, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, The Register, TechRepublic, Business Insider, Android Authority, Gizmodo, iMore, Macworld, CNBC, BetaNews, Engadget, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @nandu79, @nexusben, @marcoarment, @reneritchie, @raywongy, @techcrunch, and @rjonesy
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro models feature Haptic Touch, which was introduced in iPhone XR, effectively discontinuing 3D Touch from the newest iPhones — When introducing the new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro models on stage this morning during the “By Innovation Only” keynote, Apple execs mentioned …
More:
The Verge, CNET, AppleInsider, Firstpost Tech, Softpedia News, MacDailyNews, ZDNet, iMore, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, and Macworld
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
The biggest surprise at Apple's keynote was not a new feature, device, or service, but an aggressive pricing strategy that's a departure for the company — - Company lowers cost of some iPhone, Apple Watch models — $4.99 a month for TV+ video service undercuts many rivals
More:
Stratechery, 9to5Mac, OneZero, Bloomberg, Telecoms.com, Financial Times, MacDailyNews, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Macworld, Engadget, Nikkei Asian Review, Digital Trends, Houston Chronicle, and Gotta Be Mobile
Tweets: @benbajarin, @michaelsayman, @markgurman, @davezatz, @rickehlers, and @bryanbma
| The Verge: |
More:
BBC, Gizmodo, Abacus, SlashGear, TechRadar.com, Mashable, Engadget, ZDNet, TechRadar.com, Business Insider, MacRumors, IGN, TechCrunch, and Axios
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
More:
Washington Post, The Verge, 500ish, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Daily Dot, 512 Pixels, MacStories, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @9to5mac, @tomemrich, @macrumors, and @detroitborg
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
More:
Digital Trends, Gotta Be Mobile, ZDNet, Gizmodo, OneZero, The Verge, and Business Insider. Tweets: @alexhern
| New York Times: |
California passes landmark bill that requires gig economy workers to be treated as employees, going into effect Jan 1, affecting companies like Uber and Lyft — SACRAMENTO — California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers …
More:
San Francisco Chronicle, Bloomberg, The Verge, Engadget, Washington Post, Slate, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, USA Today, Quartz, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, CNET, Axios, OneZero, and VICE
Tweets: @enbrown, @ernietedeschi, @nakulshetty88, @noamscheiber, @eveewing, @lilyjamali, @joegill1987, @robdaemon, @owenthomas, and @sameerpatel
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Apple announces Watch Series 5 with built-in compass, always-on display, and new materials, shipping on September 20 from $399; Series 3 price drops to $199 — Apple has just officially announced the next generation of the Apple Watch, the Apple Watch Series 5.
More:
Apple, Apple, MacRumors, Ars Technica, Engadget, Android Police, Mashable, 9to5Google, MacRumors, Patently Apple, iMore, CNET, VentureBeat, TechRepublic, VentureBeat, and Thurrott
Tweets: @_nandavardhan, @neilcybart, @horwitz, @sdw, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @viticci, and @gruber
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber says it has laid off 170 people from its product team and 265 people from its engineering team — Uber has laid off 435 employees across its product and engineering teams, the company announced today. Combined, the layoffs represent about 8% of the organizations …
More:
New York Times, The Next Web, Silicon Republic, Crunchbase News, SiliconANGLE, USA Today, Gizmodo, The Overspill, Bloomberg, Fortune, Engadget, CNET, CNN, FutureSin, Quartz, Vox, Mercury News, Newser, Washington Post, and The Verge
Tweets: @oliviasolon, @om, @rkischuk, @willoremus, @ezramechaber, @wongmjane, @grady_booch, @blairreeves, and @gojektech
| The Verge: |
Apple Arcade to debut on September 19 for $4.99/month with a one month free trial; Apple says it will add hundreds of games to its catalog in the coming weeks — Apple's subscription gaming service is coming soon. Today, at its latest iPhone event, the company revealed that Apple Arcade …
More:
Apple, TechCrunch, BetaNews, Engadget, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Pocketnow, GameSpot, Polygon, Mashable, Kotaku, Slate, IGN, TechSpot, Destructoid, Blue's News, MacStories, USgamer.net, The Mac Observer, Macworld, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @erinasimon, @nickstatt, @9to5mac, and @viticci
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
More:
BetaNews, Business Wire, Variety, GameSpot, TidBITS, Engadget, Telecompetitor, 9to5Mac, and The Verge
Tweets: @benbajarin, @jetscott, and @pkafka
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla partners with Cloudflare to launch the beta of Firefox Private Network VPN, a VPN service via a browser extension for US desktop users — Mozilla today announced that it is bringing back the Firefox Test Pilot program to allow users to try out new features before they are ready for mainstream usage.
More:
The Mozilla Blog, VentureBeat, bit-tech.net, The Hacker News, The Next Web, MSPoweruser, SlashGear, and TechSpot
Tweets: @theponderheart and @firefox
| John Jurgensen / Wall Street Journal: |
Interview with Bill Gates on his public image, Jeffrey Epstein, Steve Jobs, and more ahead of a docuseries, Inside Bill's Brain, debuting on Netflix Sept. 20 — A new documentary profiles the tech-titan-turned-philanthropist. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Gates reflects on his shifting public image.
More:
The Verge, CNBC, CNET, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @johndoe78359022, @mmcowrd, @adriangrant, @kbandersen, @ellengamerman, @michael_calia, and @mayawiley
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Filing: Blockstack raised $15.5M from its SEC-approved token offering under Reg A+, and another $7.6M in a separate token offering in Asia under Reg S — Blockstack has raised more than $20 million in a token sale approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company announced Tuesday.
More:
Blockstack Blog, Crowdfund Insider, SiliconANGLE, Cointelegraph, Messari Crypto, and The Block
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Apple says iPadOS is coming on September 30, alongside the new 10.2-inch iPad, with support for iPad models going back several years — Apple will release iPadOS on September 30th, with support for the last several years of iPad models. — While it's mostly just a name change, this is technically the first ever release of iPadOS.
More:
Apple
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
More:
Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, MACお宝 …, Fortune, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, The Verge, Softpedia News, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @johnvoorhees and @reckless
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: antitrust officials from the FTC have begun interviewing merchants on Amazon to determine whether the e-commerce giant is abusing its market dominance — A team of Federal Trade Commission investigators has begun interviewing small businesses that sell products on Amazon.com Inc …
More:
USA Today and Business Insider
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Oregon-based Dutchie, a Shopify-like e-commerce platform used by 450 cannabis dispensaries in 18 states, raises $15M Series A — Ross Lipson comes from an entrepreneurial family, so perhaps it's no wonder that as a college student, he dropped out of school to jump into the online food space …
More:
Silicon Florist
Sponsor Posts
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.
SignalFire:
SignalFire raises another $1 billion to back applied AI startups — We build AI too. It tracks 650M tech employees so we can help companies with recruiting and GTM across enterprise, infra, healthcare, security, and consumer.
SignalFire raises another $1 billion to back applied AI startups — We build AI too. It tracks 650M tech employees so we can help companies with recruiting and GTM across enterprise, infra, healthcare, security, and consumer.
Zoho:
Mileage tracking made easy with Zoho Expense — When just a swipe of your finger could raise mileage expenses, why waste time remembering and logging every mile driven on your spreadsheets, emails, or shared files?
Mileage tracking made easy with Zoho Expense — When just a swipe of your finger could raise mileage expenses, why waste time remembering and logging every mile driven on your spreadsheets, emails, or shared files?
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:
Meta And Apple Fined By The EU
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View:
Sir Niall Ferguson decodes Trump, China, and the new world order
Azeem Azhar explores how AI and exponential technologies are shaping our future.
Subscribe to Azeem Azhar's Exponential View.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Roblox CEO David Baszucki knows what your kids are doing.
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:
CrowdStrike's George Kurtz on building a generational company
A podcast from Accel about how companies are built, from the people doing the building.
Subscribe to Spotlight On.
Invest Like the Best:
Matt Huang - Investing At The Frontier
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Diggnation:
Tiki Bar TV, Appendixes, and Rideable Robot Horses
Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht give you their unique, sometimes awkward, and always hilarious take on the edges of the internet.
Subscribe to Diggnation.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 7:55 AM ET, September 11, 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
Associated Press:Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
More:
Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, and The Block
| Bloomberg: |
More:
New York Times, The Verge, Fortune, and EU Press Room
Tweets: @peterinexile, @profgalloway, @seldo, @jacknicas, and @thestalwart