|
April 10, 2018, 6:20 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Some Facebook staff say current scandal is mostly being hyped by the media; source: the scandal isn't deterring job applicants broadly, according to Zuckerberg — Many workers are undaunted by user-data scandal; issues are mostly hype, some say — Facebook Inc. FB .46% may be losing friends … | Reuters: |
Zuckerberg met with US senators Nelson, Thune, Grassley, and Feinstein ahead of Tuesday's scheduled appearance before Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg swapped his trademark T-shirt and jeans for a dark suit …
More:
CNBC, New York Times, Engadget, and Silicon Valley Business …
| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
Congress releases Zuckerberg's prepared testimony: “it's clear now that we didn't do enough” to protect data privacy, prevent fake news, election interference — Congress has released Mark Zuckerberg's prepared testimony ahead of Wednesday's hearing. — Here's the full testimony:
More:
United States House …, New York Times, Recode, Electronic Frontier Foundation, SiliconANGLE, New York Times, Forbes, Washington Post, Engadget, Firstpost, The Guardian, New York Magazine, TheStreet, Gizmodo, Axios, PYMNTS.com, Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, Digital Trends, The Verge, Investor's Business Daily, MIT Technology Review, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, Fortune, HBR.org, Newser, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Seeking Alpha, Politico, and Reuters
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
More:
The Verge, Bloomberg, Washington Post, New York Times, WRAL TechWire, CNBC, Quartz, The Hill, Firstpost, Xconomy, Axios, Silicon Valley Business …, Slate, NPR, Nextgov, eWeek, Digital Trends, Associated Press, Recode, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Tweets: @techcrunch
| Facebook: |
More:
Hewlett Foundation, Firstpost, Business Insider, New York Times, Marketing Land, The Hill, Gizmodo, CNET, Neowin, CNBC, Axios, Seeking Alpha, Fortune, ZDNet, Adweek, The Register, Nieman Lab, The Verge, GeekWire, TechCrunch, and Engadget
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg
Tweets: @kellykborn, @klia00, @edyong209, @mollymckew, @anildash, @pithywidow, @tomnamako, and @ericgarland
| Pew Research Center: |
Pew: the 500 most-active suspected bot Twitter accounts are responsible for 22% of links from prominent news and media sites that are shared on Twitter — An estimated two-thirds of tweeted links to popular websites are posted by automated accounts - not human beings
More:
TechCrunch, Wired, Digital Trends, Social Media Today, Pew Research Center, MediaNama, Yahoo! Finance, The Digital Reader, The Outline, CNET, Engadget, Vox, and Nieman Lab
Tweets: @briansolis, @trickfreee, @pewinternet, @marshallk, and @sunfoundation
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram is testing Nametags, a Snapchat-like QR codes feature that lets users create a special image that people can scan to follow them — Instagram is preparing to launch a feature called Nametags that lets you create a special image that people can scan with the Instagram Stories camera to follow you.
More:
Social Media Today, Ubergizmo, Firstpost, and Engadget
| Washington Post: |
Seven top officials of Backpage.com, including its founders, arrested after 93-count indictment alleging conspiracy, facilitating prostitution, money laundering — Seven top officials of the website Backpage.com, long accused of facilitating child sex trafficking, have been arrested … | Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
The Galaxy S9's DeX Pad to ship May 13 for $99.99; preorders are up today and those who buy a Galaxy S9 and S9+ on Samsung.com get one for free — Preorders are up today, and new Galaxy S9 buyers can score one for free. — Hot off the launch of the Galaxy S9 last month …
More:
Samsung Newsroom, Firstpost, Tech Times, and TechSpot
| Rishi Chandra / Official Google India Blog: |
Google launches Home and Home Mini smart speakers in India for Rs. 9,999 and Rs. 4,499 respectively, available online on Flipkart and in 750+ retail stores — Bringing together the best of Google's AI, software and hardware, now with a desi twist — Whether you're getting the kids ready for school …
More:
Android Police, The Verge, TechCrunch, Android Authority, Android Central, NDTV Gadgets 360, The Indian Express, Gadgets Now, India Today, Technology Personalized, and Tech2
Tweets: @chunkynerd, @chunkynerd, and @chunkynerd
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Apple says its facilities are “powered 100 percent by renewable energy” worldwide; to reach goal, Apple purchases clean energy bonds and other green investments — But there's a catch — Apple announced today that its business is now powered by 100 percent renewable energy sources.| Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney: |
Investigation: owner of Facebook's biggest Black Lives Matter page, now suspended, appears to be based in Australia and may have taken some of ~$100K donations — For at least a year, the biggest page on Facebook purporting to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam with ties … | Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber acquires bike-sharing startup JUMP, source says for ~$200M; JUMP will continue running independently — Uber has acquired bike-sharing startup JUMP for an undisclosed amount of money. This comes shortly after TechCrunch reported that JUMP was in talks with Uber as well as with investors regarding …
More:
JUMP Bikes, Uber Newsroom, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, Recode, The Next Web, NBC Bay Area, Yourstory.com, Mashable, New York Times, Digital Trends, Quartz, Reuters, GeekWire, Electrek, Crunchbase News, Forbes, Business Insider, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Automotive News …, MIT Technology Review, Seeking Alpha, Axios, The Verge, silicontap.com, and BuzzFeed
Tweets: @wsj, @jonfortt, @brezina, @dkhos, @pourmecoffee, @sokane1, @jmbooyah, and @joshelman. Thanks:@meganrosedickey
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
HQ Trivia pilots its first social feature, “Friends on HQ”, in the UK, to help users track friends' performance and show whether they're in the current game — The popular quiz startup HQ Trivia is beginning to roll out the first of many new social features to its app focused …
More:
Android Authority, The Next Web, MacRumors, People.com, CNET, Engadget, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, Mashable, The Verge, and The Verge
| Verifone Systems, Inc.: |
Payments company Verifone says an investor group led by Francisco Partners will acquire the company in a deal valued at about $3.4B — Verifone Stockholders to Receive $23.04 Per Share in Cash — Transaction Provides Significant Cash Premium to Verifone Stockholders
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:
Don't just draw it—do it: Leveraging the Business Model Canvas with Zoho One — Every successful business journey begins with three essentials: clarity, strategic alignment, and focused execution.
Don't just draw it—do it: Leveraging the Business Model Canvas with Zoho One — Every successful business journey begins with three essentials: clarity, strategic alignment, and focused execution.
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
Spotlight On:
VBSR 1.01: RTO is back (again) + data moats dry up + Sara vibecodes
A podcast from Accel about how companies are built, from the people doing the building.
Subscribe to Spotlight On.
Techmeme Ride Home:
OpenAI Acquihires Jony Ive!
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
BG2 Pod:
AI, Middle East, China, Tariffs, Recon Bill, Invest America
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is okay with reinventing the bus
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Lenny's Podcast:
Unconventional product lessons from Binance, N26, Google, more | Mayur Kamat (CPO at N26, ex-Binance Head of Product)
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.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
David Tisch from BoxGroup
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:20 AM ET, April 10, 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
David Folkenflik / NPR:Committee to Protect Journalists:
Washington Post:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
More:
HP® Official Site, Digital Trends, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, XDA Developers, Gizmodo, ExtremeTech, Ars Technica, PCWorld, Engadget, Thurrott.com, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, Laptop Mag, and BetaNews
Tweets: @backlon and @tomwarren
| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
Engadget, The Next Web, EcommerceBytes, Ubergizmo, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Crowdfund Insider, Fortune, The Verge, Bank Innovation, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @wsjfinreg, @rudegeair, and @tmfjmo
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
| Ben Lang / Road to VR: |
More:
Leap Motion Blog, GamesIndustry.biz, Android Central, The Tech Report, Gizmodo, CNET, TechSpot, VentureBeat, SlashGear, Mashable, MSPoweruser, and Leap Motion Blog
Tweets: @ddiakopoulos, @sawaba, @leapmotion, and @leapmotion