Techmeme River
Techmeme River
Donnerstag, 17. August 2017
16:25
Social network Gab, popular among alt-right, says it has raised $1M+ on crowdfunding platform StartEngine
VentureBeat
15:50
ThoughtSpot raised $60M Series C-1 round led by Lightspeed Ventures for its SpotIQ content recommendation AI software, bringing the total raised to $160M
Wall Street Journal
15:00
Internal memo: Mic is laying off 25 staffers, primarily from its news and editorial departments, as it shifts focus to video and visual journalism
Business Insider
14:15
Reddit now allows users to upload videos; videos can be up to 15 minutes long, with file sizes of less than 1 GB
Variety
13:40
B2B data platform ZoomInfo was acquired by private equity firm Great Hill Partners for $240M
VentureBeat
13:20
Microsoft launches preview of redesigned Skype desktop client, adds new features including @mentions, message reactions, media gallery, and enhanced group calls
Skype Blogs
12:40
Nielsen is launching a new division, Nielsen Esports, to quantify the rapidly growing industry for teams, sponsors, advertisers, and publishers
Bloomberg
12:25
Box announces Google Cloud Vision API integration, available today in private beta
ZDNet
12:05
Facebook will limit the spread of stories in News Feed that feature either fake video play buttons or videos of only a static image
The Verge
11:55
Ripcord raises $40M Series B after raising $9.5M Series A in March for its end-to-end paper record digitization service
TechCrunch
11:45
Facebook starts offering in-stream-only video ad units that will play as users watch videos on Facebook
Marketing Land
11:35
Alibaba leads $1.1B investment in Indonesia-based e-commerce firm Tokopedia
TechCrunch
11:25
China issues warning to Alibaba's Taobao.com, other e-commerce marketplaces to remove VPN tools selling on their platforms
Reuters
10:50
Alleged renderings of LG V30 show off handset from multiple angles
9to5Google
10:05
Sprint opens Essential Phone pre-orders with a $260 discount, only offers black versions, and says units will ship by August 28
The Verge
09:00
Alibaba's Q1 beat estimates as revenue rose 56% YoY to $7.4B, with revenue rising 58% in core ecommerce, almost 50% in cloud, and 30% in media
Bloomberg
07:05
Google adds Q&A section to Maps on Android and mobile search, letting businesses answer questions
TechCrunch
Mittwoch, 16. August 2017
23:35
Tim Cook says Apple will make two separate $1M donations, to Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League, in an email to staff about Charlottesville
BuzzFeed
23:05
SEC filing shows Andrew Ng, Google Brain founder and former Baidu chief scientist, is raising a $150M AI fund
TechCrunch
21:45
James Damore's memo made giant, unfounded logical leaps and ignored important evidence that didn't support his conclusion
Economist
20:40
Apple Pay and PayPal disable support for several sites that promote or sell items glorifying white supremacy
BuzzFeed
19:10
Google acquires AIMatter, a startup that has built a neural network-based AI platform and SDK to detect and process images quickly on mobile devices
TechCrunch
18:43
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says firm has stopped protecting Daily Stormer from DDoS attacks, explains his discomfort with policy reversal in email to staff
Gizmodo
17:37
After sustained pressure, CloudFlare CEO Matthew Prince says the firm has stopped protecting Daily Stormer from DDoS attacks
The Verge
17:30
Spotify says it has begun to remove white supremacist acts that were flagged three years ago as “hate bands” by the Southern Poverty Law Center
Billboard
16:55
Cisco narrowly beats Q4 estimates with $12.1B revenue, vs. $12.06B est., down 4% YoY, as service revenue rose 1% YoY to $3.1B
CNBC
14:53
HMD Global debuts Nokia 8, a $705 Android device with a 5.3" display, Snapdragon 835, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, 13MP dual cameras, available early Sept. in Europe
The Verge
14:40
Shipping giant Maersk says the NotPetya cyberattack will likely cause $200M-$300M in lost Q3 revenue
CNBC
14:10
Google to roll out voice calling feature to Google Home users in US and Canada soon, but it will lack caller ID except for Google Voice or Project Fi users
The Verge
13:50
Microsoft debuts Azure Event Grid, an event routing service that complements Microsoft's existing “serverless” offerings Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps
TechCrunch
13:35
Trump disbands the Strategic and Policy Forum and American Manufacturing Council amid loss of support from member CEOs after Charlottesville comments
CNBC
13:30
After missing initial June ship date, Essential says Essential Phone models with black finish will begin shipping within 7 days, but white models are weeks away
9to5Google
13:10
Fiat Chrysler says it has joined BMW's autonomous car partnership with Intel and Mobileye
New York Times
12:35
Google updates G Suite with collaborative features including ability to give and accept suggestions from mobile devices, better search, more
Google
12:10
Facebook will let users give friends the option of donating to a US nonprofit on their birthday
Facebook
11:50
Amazon expands cash rewards for high-performing Alexa apps beyond games to lifestyle, productivity, education apps, and more
TechCrunch
11:35
Chinese telecom group China Unicom is raising $11.7B from Alibaba, Tencent, Didi Chuxing, and others
Reuters
11:10
Ukrainian hacker identified as “Profexer”, who may have created a tool used in Russian hacks in US, has turned himself in and become a witness for the FBI
New York Times
10:50
Social virtual reality platform AltspaceVR, which had raised $15M, is not shutting down as previously announced, thanks to new interest from “third parties”
TechCrunch
09:15
Liftoff report finds subscription based apps in the $7 to $20 per month price range have the highest conversion rates
The Verge
07:10
Sources: Apple has set a budget of ~$1B to procure and produce original content over the next year, could acquire and produce as many as 10 TV shows
Wall Street Journal
06:10
Google Allo arrives on the web via Chrome and currently only pairs with Android phones
TechCrunch
00:05
Source: Lyft spending ~$10 per new user, down from $70 in fall 2016; App Annie says Lyft's US app downloads grew 115% while Uber's grew only 25% YoY in Q1 2017
Inc.com
Dienstag, 15. August 2017
23:30
Chinese drone maker DJI working on mode to let pilots disconnect from internet during flights, weeks after US Army ended DJI use due to “cyber vulnerabilities”
Reuters
22:30
SEC filing shows Apple raised CAD $2.5B in its debut Canadian bond sale to fund buybacks and dividends
The Globe and Mail
21:10
Sources: SoftBank, Didi, Dragoneer, General Atlantic in exclusive talks with Uber, may buy up $12B in stock in two-part deal that hinges on Benchmark dispute
Bloomberg
20:45
Sling TV now lets you watch with Chrome on Windows and Mac, with Cloud DVR support for Chrome coming later
The Verge
19:35
Sources: MongoDB has submitted an S-1, confidentially filing for IPO, with the goal of going public before the year's end
TechCrunch
18:50
HTC filing with FCC reveals Google Pixel 2 will have an “Active Edge” branded squeeze feature
9to5Google
18:25
Facebook Messenger's AI assistant M expands to Australia, Canada, South Africa, and UK, but third-party chat extension suggestions still only available in US
VentureBeat
18:05
Sources: Chris Saad, head of Uber's developer platform, leaves company after nearly two years, says cost of losing Kalanick as CEO will be incalculable
Recode
17:10
Apple, Snap, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Cisco, and Verizon among firms who filed amicus brief for cellphone location privacy case going before US Supreme Court
Recode
16:50
Reddit bans a subreddit after uproar led by r/AgainstHateSubreddits, and Facebook bans several group pages after Charlottesville attack
CNET
16:35
LinkedIn quietly debuts Active Status feature, on by default, that shows if a user is online
Forbes
15:54
Texts between Travis Kalanick and Anthony Levandowski surface in Waymo-Uber court case, covering thoughts on Tesla, Otto acquisition, DMV probe, more
IEEE Spectrum
15:20
DDoS protection company Cloudflare, under fire for continuing to service Daily Stormer, defends its hands-off, content-neutral policy
Quartz
15:15
Sources: Blackstone ends talks for stake in NSO Group, the Israeli mobile surveillance firm that sells infamous Pegasus spyware, found in use against activists
Reuters
14:50
Neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer moves to dark web after GoDaddy and Google bans, sharing its .onion address
The Verge
14:43
Crowdfunding sites including GoFundMe, Kickstarter, and Indiegogo disallow crowdfunding for Charlottesville murder suspect, with multiple campaigns halted
Reuters
14:38
In the wake of a killing after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, tech firms are setting aside content neutrality in the fight against online hate
The Verge
14:15
Facebook improves Camera with ability to go Live, shoot two-second GIFs, and make full screen text posts; all can be shared to Story, Messenger, and News Feed
TechCrunch
13:55
China's key advantages in race to build AI: the government's financial support, ability to mandate foreign firms' cooperation, and pervasive data on citizens
Bloomberg
13:42
Instagram gets threaded comments, and Facebook News Feed gets UI tweaks like bubble-style comments
TechCrunch
13:35
Qualcomm unveils new Spectra depth-sensing camera tech, expected to be part of the next flagship Snapdragon Mobile Platform
Engadget
13:15
Facebook adds eBay's Daily Deals to its Marketplace on mobile
TechCrunch
12:57
Target expands next-day “everyday essentials” delivery service, Target Restock, a day after announcing Grand Junction acquisition
TechCrunch
12:30
Facebook is deleting posts linking to a Daily Stormer article that attacked Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, after article was shared more than 65K times
The Verge
11:20
Amazon launches “Instant Pickup” points to fulfill pickup orders in minutes, now live near a few college campuses in the US
Mashable
10:55
Microsoft acquires Cycle Computing, which makes software for orchestrating workloads in Azure, AWS, and Google clouds, will make future versions “Azure focused”
ZDNet
10:40
Uber settles with FTC over misleading customers on its privacy policies, will submit to 20 years of privacy checkups by outside auditors
Recode
09:55
Q&A with ex-PayPal COO David Sacks on how cryptocurrency poses long term threat to VC model and is fulfilling PayPal's initial dream to be “database of money”
CNBC
08:50
MIT researchers unveil Pensieve, a machine learning system for enabling smoother streaming of high-quality online video with less rebuffering
Engadget
06:35
Google fixes AdWords exploit that allowed advertisers to create non-clickable ads, which led to many publishers getting low cost-per-click rates
Search Engine Roundtable
03:30
IOpipe, which provides tools for developing and monitoring serverless applications for AWS Lambda, comes out of beta and raises $2.5M in seed funding
TechCrunch
00:25
Beijing's public transport payments company Yikatong launches Android app for allowing commuters to pay for journeys by tapping their smartphones
Financial Times
Montag, 14. August 2017
23:20
Microsoft announces general availability of .NET Core 2.0, .NET Standard 2.0, and ASP.NET Core 2.0
ZDNet
22:45
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich leaves President Trump's American Manufacturing Council, says the divided political climate is causing serious harm to critical issues
Axios
20:30
A look at how China's tech ambitions have grown, as Trump pushes for review of China's trade and intellectual property practices
New York Times
19:25
Facebook Marketplace expands to 17 countries in Europe, now in 24 countries total, as US numbers grow with 18M+ items posted for sale in May
Facebook
18:30
US judge orders LinkedIn to remove any tech stopping hiQ Labs from scraping public profile data, after LinkedIn sent cease and desist letter in May
Reuters
18:10
Dreamhost, after working with DoJ for several months, opposes DoJ request for info on owners and visitors of anti-Trump site, including 1.3M IP addresses
Popehat
17:25
KGI: 3rd-generation Apple Watch will ship this year in LTE and non-LTE models, won't have “obvious change” to form factor, will keep 38mm and 42mm sizes
9to5Mac
16:40
Amazon to shut down its European DVD rental biz, Lovefilm, on October 31
TechCrunch
16:20
Pandora names Sling TV founding CEO Roger Lynch as new CEO and president; Snap Inc. chairman Michael Lynton is also joining the Pandora board
The Verge
15:40
Facebook Messenger now makes Spotify recommendations when music is mentioned in conversation; suggestions can be turned off by toggling M assistant settings
VentureBeat
14:50
AWS unveils Macie security service, which uses machine learning to classify sensitive info stored on S3 and then monitors access to it
TechCrunch
14:42
Snapchat debuts Crowd Surf feature, which stitches together Snaps from select live events by syncing audio, to create multi-perspective viewing experiences
Mashable
14:23
Google says it will cancel Daily Stormer's domain registration, shortly after site switched from GoDaddy; Zoho also says it'll stop providing services to site
Business Insider
14:15
Microsoft memo: Surface Book return rate hit 17% in late-'15; source: Intel was made scapegoat for Surface Book problems, as other OEMs handled Skylake's issues
Thurrott.com
14:00
Swift and LLVM creator Chris Lattner joins Google Brain following his Tesla Autopilot stint
TechCrunch
13:54
In open letter to Uber employees, Benchmark says it warned Kalanick over a month ago it was preparing litigation and hints of damning findings in Holder report
Recode
13:38
Google spokesperson confirms it has canceled Daily Stormer's domain registration, hours after the site switched from GoDaddy
Reuters
13:15
AMD's Radeon RX Vega 64 review: on average neck-and-neck with the NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1080 in gaming performance but is less power efficient
AnandTech
13:00
Facebook is rolling out a “Trending News” section in its iOS and Android apps; on iOS, it's accessible via a link from the app's main navigation
TechCrunch
12:00
Opera discontinues Opera Max, the data-saving Android app released in 2013, says it had a “substantially different value proposition than our browser products”
gHacks Technology News
10:55
GoDaddy tells neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer it violated its ToS and to find a new domain provider, after it posted an obscene article about Charlottesville victim
TechCrunch
10:50
Google Assistant, Voice Search, Gboard, and the Cloud Speech API add support for 30 more languages
Android Police
10:40
Sources: Angry Birds maker Rovio is planning an IPO as early as next month that could raise about $400M and value the company at about $2B
Bloomberg
09:35
OnePlus' head of product says Android O will be the last major Android update for the OnePlus 3 and 3T, despite the 3T being launched just nine months ago
Android Police
08:30
FBI says ISIS used fake eBay listings to send a total of $8,700 via PayPal to a US-based ISIS operative
Wall Street Journal
07:35
Over 1,000 Android apps, including 3 in the Play Store, found to be distributing SonicSpy spyware that silently records audio, takes photos, and makes calls
ZDNet
06:00
Hong Kong's PCCW raises $110M for 18% stake in its video and music streaming unit from Hony Capital, Foxconn, and Temasek
TechCrunch
02:55
Marketing tech startup Appboy, which is challenging Salesforce's Marketing Cloud, raises $50M Series D led by Iconiq, bringing the total raised to $93.6M
Fortune
Sonntag, 13. August 2017
23:05
Sources: Google buys Senosis Health, maker of smartphone apps that monitor health metrics, for an undisclosed sum
GeekWire
22:55
Facebook discontinued its Groups app for Android and iOS; users will be unable to log in after September 1
TechCrunch
20:28
Sources: Uber board mulls offers from SoftBank and a Dragoneer-led coalition to buy from shareholders at discount from last valuation, plus a Pishevar-led offer
New York Times
19:10
Protocol Labs explains 24hr+ halt of now-resumed Filecoin ICO, which may be biggest ever if the $52M token presale is included, handily beating Tezos' $232M
Protocol Labs
16:55
As bitcoin hovers around $4,000, a look at its previous boom and bust cycles, and thoughts about cryptoasset valuations
cburniske
15:20
Sources: Onavo Protect, VPN app bought in '13, gave Facebook app usage data that affected decisions like WhatsApp acquisition, adding Stories to Instagram, more
Wall Street Journal
14:10
Snap's “Other” revenue fell from $8.3M in Q1 to $5.3M in Q2, signaling a decline in Spectacles sales
TechCrunch
08:05
Samsung opens up beta version of its Android browser to all devices running Android 5.0 Lollipop or later
9to5Google
02:00
Instagram feeds have become dominated by planned candids, dubbed “plandids”, which are usually posed but are supposed to appear effortless
Mic
01:05
Bitcoin passes $4,000 mark amid ICO frenzy and a slowdown in momentum behind Bitcoin Cash
TechCrunch
Samstag, 12. August 2017
23:45
Behind the only formal net neutrality complaint, filed by one man, Alex Nguyen, whose 112-page document catalogs dozens of questionable actions from Verizon
The Verge
20:40
Baidu COO Qi Lu on company's and China's AI ambitions, Baidu's DuerOS natural language-based AI platform, why Alexa ecosystem is ahead of rivals in US, more
Wired
17:35
After raising $232M in an ICO, Tezos says it'll commit $50M to fund new companies looking to build on the Tezos platform, via direct venture arm and VC partners
Crowdfund Insider