|
February 7, 2018, 11:25 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Goldman Sachs is in talks with Apple to offer financing to Apple gadget shoppers, using its retail point-of-sale financing arm Marcus — Wall Street firm would lend to shoppers buying expensive Apple gadgets — As Apple Inc.'s AAPL 4.18% investment bank, Goldman Sachs GS 3.85% Group Inc … | Wall Street Journal: |
Snapchat is launching a tool to let TV networks pipe snippets of live broadcasts directly into the app, starting this Saturday with NBC's Olympics coverage — Deal could forge closer ties between traditional TV networks and Snapchat's parent company Snap Inc. — Georgia Wells and Benjamin Mullin| Snap Investor Relations: |
More:
Business Insider, CNBC, New York Times, Recode, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, Silicon Republic, ZDNet, Social Media Today, TechCrunch, Fortune, TheStreet, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Forbes, GeekWire, Wall Street Journal, and Axios
Tweets: @cnbcnow, @kantrowitz, @alexeheath, @alexeheath, @lexnfx, @joshconstine, @recode, @cnbcnow, @lexnfx, @lexnfx, @lexnfx, @joshconstine, @lexnfx, @lexnfx, @lexnfx, @lexnfx, and @lexnfx
| Olivia Zaleski / Bloomberg: |
Inside the battle among Airbnb investors and executives over whether to remain private or IPO; sources say founders and early employees cashed ~$350M of equity — Investors and executives disagreed over when to take the home-rental company public. The stay-private crowd is winning.
More:
VentureBeat, Skift, and Business Insider
Tweets: @jasonlk, @tomgara, @klendathucap, @sonyaellenmann, @jyarow, and @mims
| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed: |
Russian trolls posed as black activists on Tumblr and generated hundreds of thousands of interactions with anti-Hillary Clinton, pro-Bernie Sanders content — Tumblrs run by Russian trolls generated hundreds of thousands of interactions with anti-Hillary Clinton, pro-Bernie Sanders content.
More:
Engadget, TechCrunch, Business Insider, and BBC
Tweets: @slpng_giants, @emilybell, @micahgrimes, and @kylegriffin1
| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
SoftBank's technology funds, the $100B Vision Fund and $6B Delta Fund, have already invested ~$40B of their $106B target; Vision Fund has invested in 26 firms — They said it couldn't be done. — Longtime Silicon Valley hands are still aghast that an investing firm can find … | Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Streaming service ESPN Plus launching next month at $4.99/mo; sources say it won't have ESPN cable channels' content, which still requires ESPN subscription — How much would you pay for sports you weren't watching on TV? — Want to pay for a subscription to ESPN without paying for a subscription to other cable channels?
More:
TechCrunch, CNBC, Digital Trends, Variety, The Verge, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, Axios, Mashable, Engadget, and Droid Life
Tweets: @soccermarketing and @xpangler
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Microsoft updates its Cortana app for iOS with native iPad support, two years after releasing it for iPhone — Microsoft today updated its Cortana app for iOS with native iPad support. The design looks essentially the same as the iPhone version, but with an interface optimized …
More:
Windows Central, Computerworld, Thurrott.com, The Verge, VentureBeat, Neowin, Cult of Mac, and On MSFT
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft is offering OneDrive for Business for free to select businesses for the length of their existing contracts with Google/Box/Dropbox, for up to 3 years — Microsoft has a new OneDrive-for-Business compete offer for organizations which currently use some of its rivals' cloud storage services.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
New York-based Mirror raises $13M from Spark Capital and others for building an at-home mirror-like device that can stream live or on-demand fitness classes — The health club industry generates around $83 billion in revenue globally each year, according to figures from the International Health …
More:
TechCrunch, Business Wire, NewsCenter.io, StartupWorld, New York Business Journal, Inc.com, FinSMEs, and PE Hub Blog. Tweets: @seamlessiot
| Motherboard: |
Pornhub says it's banning AI-generated fake porn videos because they're “nonconsensual”, yet such “deepfake” videos are still available via site search results — In its search of a platform that will host fake porn videos of celebrities created with a machine learning algorithm …
More:
Motherboard, The Guardian, Inquirer, The Verge, Engadget, TechSpot, Firstpost, International Business Times, The Next Web, Gizmodo, and Mashable
Tweets: @miltonjfigueroa, @digiphile, @rachel_pick, and @annemariebridy
| BitMEX Blog: |
BitMEX Research looks at the history of Ripple, its company disputes, and says the technology behind its distributed consensus system is essentially centralized — Abstract: In this piece, we briefly look over the history of Ripple and examine various disputes between the founders and partner companies … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Netgear says it will spin off its Arlo security camera wing into a standalone business by the second half of 2018 and is planning an IPO for Arlo — Netgear announced this afternoon that it plans to spin off its Arlo wing into a standalone business. The networking hardware giant's board …
More:
NETGEAR, Inc., Digital Trends, SiliconANGLE, Fortune, Multichannel News, The Register, ZDNet, Engadget, and Silicon Valley Business …. Tweets: @benbajarin
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
A pollster Facebook hired in April '17, who quit after 6 months, says his role was to measure Zuckerberg's approval ratings and track speeches amid US tour — Why Tavis McGinn quit after six months — Tavis McGinn applied for a job at Facebook last year hoping to work in market research.
More:
Silicon Valley Business …, SiliconANGLE, New York Magazine, Business Insider, and Axios
Tweets: @mims, @dnvolz, @officebeats, @willoremus, @kevinroose, @nitashatiku, @knguyen, @sarahfrier, @caseynewton, @geoffreyfowler, @dhh, and @caseynewton
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple says a “processing error” meant ad spend and install data for Search Ad Basic users was sent to the wrong developers — Apple today apologized after sending incorrect information to some iOS developers using its Search Ads Basic service yesterday.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Alphabet names Dinesh Jain, former COO of TWC, as CEO of Access, its high-speed internet unit that includes Fiber; Jain is Access' third CEO in under two years — Another new CEO at Access as Alphabet struggles to figure out the future of Google Fiber — Google parent company Alphabet …
More:
Silicon Valley Business …, Google Fiber Blog, Engadget, Business Insider, Bloomberg, and 9to5Google. Tweets: @mattrosoff
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
UK government announces labor market reforms to aid gig economy workers, including ensuring holiday and sick pay and raising fines for employer mistreatment — The UK government has announced a package of labor market reforms to respond to changes in working patterns including those driven …
More:
Engadget, CNET, Sky News, The Independent, Financial Times, Reuters, The Independent, BBC, HuffPost UK, and The Guardian
| Alfred Lee / The Information: |
Sources: in Q3 2017, Spotify made €1B in revenue, putting it on track for €4B in full year revenue, up 40% YoY, and had an operating loss between €70M and €90M — Spotify generated a billion euros ($1.2 billion) in revenue in the third quarter of 2017, according to two investors briefed on the numbers.| Bernadette Tansey / Xconomy: |
Car auction firm KAR buys San Francisco-based Stratim, a fleet management software service formerly known as Zirx — With an eye toward a greater role in the future of mobility services, the big Indiana used-car auction company KAR announced Wednesday it acquired Stratim …
More:
TechCrunch, Reuters, Indianapolis Business Journal, and Auto Remarketing
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:
The staffing formula for India's 10-minute gig economy — Leaving for an early morning meeting, but the dog ate your toothbrush? That's how the quick commerce market was born in the post-COVID era.
The staffing formula for India's 10-minute gig economy — Leaving for an early morning meeting, but the dog ate your toothbrush? That's how the quick commerce market was born in the post-COVID era.
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:
Everything Google Everywhere And All At Once
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:
Inside Box's AI playbook with founder & CEO Aaron Levie
Azeem Azhar explores how AI and exponential technologies are shaping our future.
Subscribe to Azeem Azhar's Exponential View.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Meta's Adam Mosseri explains how Instagram really works - and how he wants to build Threads
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:
Tines's Eoin Hinchy on rejecting the playbooks
A podcast from Accel about how companies are built, from the people doing the building.
Subscribe to Spotlight On.
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.
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:25 AM ET, February 7, 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
Betsy Morais / Columbia Journalism Review:Wall Street Journal:
Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Mark Maurer / The Real Deal New York: |
More:
Eater NY, Seeking Alpha, Business Insider, New York Daily News, Silicon Valley Business …, 9to5Google, ValueWalk, Bloomberg, AOL, and Axios. Tweets: @pkafka
| Eric Zimmerman / The Keyword: |
More:
Neowin, MediaNama, Beyond Search, Digital Trends, Android Authority, SiliconANGLE, PhoneDog.com, Android Central, Engadget, 9to5Google, and The Verge. Tweets: @calbucci
| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
More:
CoinDesk, TechCrunch, Reuters, The Verge, Reuters, CoinDesk, and Recode
Tweets: @nathanielpopper, @nathanielpopper, and @nathanielpopper
Earlier Picks
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
More:
TechCrunch, Recode, TIME, Daring Fireball, The Loop, Mashable, MacDailyNews, Tech Times, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, Counterpoint Research, Pocket-lint, International Business Times, Wall Street Journal, The Mac Observer, What Hi-Fi?, USA Today, Slate, Fortune, PYMNTS.com, AppAdvice.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, CNET, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, Quartz, InvestorPlace, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Digg, MacRumors, Lifehacker, 9to5Mac, RAIN News, TechSpot, and Variety