|
November 13, 2017, 11:30 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
KGI: three iPhones with iPhone X form factor slated for late-2018, including 6.1" model with a lower-resolution LCD screen, as well as 5.8" and 6.5" OLED models — Apple has three new iPhone models in the pipeline for a late 2018 launch, two of which will be the company's biggest handsets ever …
More:
MacRumors, The Verge, BGR, Daring Fireball, USA Today, 9to5Mac, Tech Times, Forbes, iPhone Hacks, iMore, CNBC, Neowin, Tom's Guide, Mashable, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, TechCrunch, AppAdvice.com, International Business Times, CNET, InvestorPlace, SlashGear, MSPoweruser, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, TechSpot, Patently Apple, iPhone in Canada Blog, and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @stroughtonsmith
| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Steve Jurvetson is leaving Draper Fisher Jurvetson in wake of an investigation into sexual harassment, is “on leave of absence” from boards of Tesla and SpaceX — The high-profile entrepreneur helped start Draper Fisher Jurvetson. — Famed venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson …
More:
Ars Technica, CNBC, BuzzFeed, New York Times, Fortune, Xconomy, USA Today, CNET, Axios, TechCrunch, Silicon Valley Business …, and GeekWire
Tweets: @dfjsteve, @teddyschleifer, @danprimack, @recode, @ryanlawler, @eringriffith, @nkulw, and @teddyschleifer
| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
Current draft of Senate Tax Reform Bill would tax stock options and RSUs upon vesting, which would have a devastating effect on equity compensation in startups — The current draft of the Senate Tax Reform Bill would tax stock options and RSUs upon vesting.
More:
Recode, CNBC, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, Wired, Silicon Valley Business …, Robert Scoble's Augment …, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @btaylor, @joshconstine, @mikeisaac, @lessien, @fdestin, @benioff, @sampullara, @kyletibbitts, @sacca, @btaylor, @ericfriedman, @ashrust, @gabrielsnyder, @danielsinger, @fwanktank, @hblodget, @thestalwart, @hblodget, @pkafka, @rsarver, @pkafka, @mdudas, and @asanwal
| Qualcomm: |
Qualcomm's Board of Directors unanimously rejects Broadcom's unsolicited $103B offer — Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) ("Qualcomm" or the “Company") today announced that its Board of Directors unanimously rejected the unsolicited proposal announced by Broadcom Limited ("Broadcom") on November 6, 2017.
More:
Reuters, PR Newswire, Ars Technica, eWeek, San Francisco Chronicle, Android Authority, Light Reading, The Register, SiliconANGLE, EE Times, Windows Central, The Verge, Neowin, SlashGear, TalkAndroid.com, Reuters, Mashable, MSPoweruser, Investor's Business Daily, FierceWireless, Android Police, Phandroid, New York Times, Tom's Hardware, PhoneDog.com, Los Angeles Times, TechSpot, Android Central, CNET, Engadget, The Tech Report, BGR, East Bay Times, USA Today, TechCrunch, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, Financial Times, and Axios
Tweets: @ahess247 and @davidfaber
| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
Missouri AG launches probe into Google's practices including user data collection, use of other sites' content, and if search results favor its own services — Investigation includes whether Google unfairly favors its content in search results — Missouri's attorney general has launched … | Garett Sloane / Ad Age: |
Sources: Amazon is developing a free, ad-supported version of its Prime video streaming service and is considering giving content creators their own channels — Amazon is developing a free, ad-supported complement to its Prime streaming video service, according to people familiar with its plans.| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Amazon lands global television rights for The Lord of the Rings, with a multi-season commitment, to debut exclusively on Prime Video — “The Lord of the Rings,” the celebrated fantasy book series by J.R.R. Tolkien that became a worldwide film phenomenon is now headed to the small screen … | Williams Pelegrin / Android Authority: |
Lenovo debuts $299 Moto Tab running Android 7.1 for AT&T customers, with 10.1-inch FHD display, Snapdragon 625, 2GB RAM; first Moto branded tablet in 5 years — Being the first product to run Google's tablet-focused Android 3.0 Honeycomb, there was plenty of hype surrounding 2011's Motorola Xoom tablet.
More:
Lenovo Blog, Ubergizmo, 9to5Google, Neowin, and PhoneDog.com
| The Keyword: |
Google starts rolling out broadcast feature for Google Assistant, which allows users to broadcast messages on all Assistant-enabled speakers in a house — From dinner bells to shouting, attempting to gather the family from around the house is nothing new. And now, your Google Assistant is getting in on the game.
| Amie Tsang / New York Times: |
Lyft to launch in Toronto next month, its first market outside the US — The ride-hailing company Lyft, a major rival to Uber in the United States, is moving to gain ground internationally. — Lyft announced on Monday that it would be offering services in Toronto in time for the holiday season.
More:
The Verge, Lyft Blog, Lyft Blog, TechCrunch, Neowin, Toronto Star, TechSpot, Mashable, CBC News, Bloomberg, CNBC, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Recode, Business Insider, MacRumors, Seeking Alpha, and BetaKit
| Claire Zillman / Fortune: |
Female VCs from Sequoia, Cowboy, Benchmark, and others launch Female Founder Office Hours, a series of events at which investors will advise women entrepreneurs — The female investors of venture capital are expanding their dinner party, so to speak. — Jess Lee, the former CEO …
More:
TechCrunch, Tech.eu, VentureBeat, and Silicon Republic
Facebook: Maha Ibrahim. Tweets: @sarahtavel, @aileenlee, @sequoia, @msquinn, @rebeccak46, and @rrhoover
| Alex Davies / Wired: |
Autonomous trucks built and operated by the startup Embark have been shipping refrigerators, with a human in cab, from a warehouse in TX to CA since October — IF YOU LIVE in Southern California and you've ordered one of those fancy new smart refrigerators in the past few weeks, it may have hitched a ride to you on a robotruck.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook kills off Messenger Day stories feature, replacing it with Facebook Stories inside Messenger, and kills off Facebook Direct ephemeral messaging — Facebook is cleaning up the redundancy in its Snapchat Stories clones. Today Facebook is killing off the Messenger Day brand and merging …
More:
The Next Web, SlashGear, MSPoweruser, The Verge, Mehedi Hassan, POPSUGAR Living, Engadget, and Mashable
Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @jandawson, @mgsiegler, @caseynewton, and @caseynewton. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Former Hulu CTO Tian Lim hired last month by Google as VP for Google Play; Hulu SVP of engineering Barry Steinglass will be interim CTO — Google just added a high-ranking Hulu executive to its team: The company has hired former Hulu CTO Tian Lim, who will be leading product and user experience efforts as a VP for Google Play.
More:
9to5Google and Gotta Be Mobile
Sponsor Posts
Meta:
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Zoho:
The crossroads of AI and SaaS — Enabling businesses of all sizes to build products in-house and disqualifying SaaS tools that are not AI-powered. In a span of just two years, AI has made a name for itself as the key driver for innovation.
The crossroads of AI and SaaS — Enabling businesses of all sizes to build products in-house and disqualifying SaaS tools that are not AI-powered. In a span of just two years, AI has made a name for itself as the key driver for innovation.
Genesys:
Executive Insights: The Era of Contact Center AI Copilots — How AI copilots are transforming customer experience and agent performance.
Executive Insights: The Era of Contact Center AI Copilots — How AI copilots are transforming customer experience and agent performance.
Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.Who's Hiring In Tech?
Techmeme Ride Home:
Fri. 12/20 - Gemini Flash Thinking
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:30 PM ET, November 13, 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
New York Times:Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Jack Dunn / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
| Scott Shane / New York Times: |
More:
SiliconBeat, The Verge, The Guardian, Business Insider, BBC, Mashable, and The Hill
Facebook: M Zuhdi Jasser. Tweets: @rcallimachi, @amhitchens, @fightextremism, @slpng_giants, @profcarroll, and @nytimes
| Christina Larson / Foreign Policy: |
Facebook: Christina Larson. Tweets: @carnage4life, @mattocko, @_danielsinclair, @kenroth, and @foreignpolicy