Top Stories on My Major Networks - Aug 12, 2014 As of 7:21 p.m. EDT - My Evening News Programs h2. techmeme.com http://techmeme.com # "Ex-Siri engineers promise consumer-friendly digital assistant “Viv” that can teach itself":http://www.wired.com/2014/08/viv # "Apple's Diversity Report: 70 percent Male, 55 percent White in U.S.":http://recode.net/2014/08/12/apples-diversity-report-70-percent-male-55-percent-white-in-u-s/ # "Apple in talks with Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and Allscripts about its HealthKit service":http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/12/us-apple-healthcare-exclusive-idUSKBN0GC09K20140812 # "Microsoft will offer a $499 Call of Duty Xbox One bundle with 1TB of storage, but no Kinect":http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/12/5994189/xbox-one-white-console-call-of-duty-1tb-bundle # "Uber says Lyft cancelled 12.9K Uber rides, and Lyft investors pressured Uber to buy Lyft":http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/accusations-fly-between-uber-and-lyft/ h2. mediagazer.com http://mediagazer.com # "Times Journalist Injured in Iraqi Kurd Helicopter Crash":http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/world/middleeast/times-journalist-iraq.html # "BuzzFeed deleted over 4K staff posts in late April, based on metrics in author profiles":http://gawker.com/over-4-000-buzzfeed-posts-have-completely-disappeared-1619473070 # "As the Internet narrows the difference between media and software distribution, technology VCs value BuzzFeed like a tech company":http://stratechery.com/2014/buzzfeed-tech-company/ # "The Long Fall of Philly Newspapers":http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/08/11/financial-decline-philadelphia-newspapers-inquirer-daily-news/ # "Journalists Face Tear Gas, Police Threats While Covering Protests Against Killing Of Michael Brown":http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/12/journalists-threatened-michael-brown_n_5671155.html h2. news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com # "Law Students Fend Off a Patent Troll":https://medium.com/patents-technology-law/law-students-fend-off-a-patent-troll-2b8a708277fc # "Errata prompt Intel to disable TSX in Haswell, early Broadwell CPUs":http://techreport.com/news/26911/errata-prompts-intel-to-disable-tsx-in-haswell-early-broadwell-cpus # "2014 Fields Medals announced":http://www.mathunion.org/general/prizes/2014 # "Something is amiss with the Interwebs: BGP is a flapping":https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Something+is+amiss+with+the+Interwebs+BGP+is+a+flapping+/18523 # "Mono 3.6.0 is out":http://www.mono-project.com/Release_Notes_Mono_3.6 h2. Circa App "Top Stories" on the Circa iPhone app at 7:31 p.m. EDT, Tue, Aug 12, 2014: # Non-lethal rounds fired on protesters in Ferguson, Missouri # SF mayor hints city may begin mandatory water rationing # 23andMe uses data from DNA kits for new biotech research # ACLU, laywer: Chelsea Manning yet to receive hormone therapy # Tonight's Perseid meteor shower spectacle will be tempered by supermoon h2. NYT Now iPhone app: # After Specter of Coup, Iraqi Leader Seems to Back Off # Police Silent Amid Loud Protests in Missouri # After Shooting, Young Black Men Protest Their Depiction # German Artists Say They Put White Flags on [Brooklyn] Bridge # Russia Aid Is Sent to Ukraine Amid NATO Fears h2. Toledo Blade Local news consumed via the Blade's RSS feed: http://www.toledoblade.com/rss/local # "Heavy rains pound region":http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/08/12/Clean-up-firms-plumbers-given-serious-workout.html # "Council cracks down on house scrappers":http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/08/12/City-Council-cracks-down-on-house-scrappers.html # "Body pulled from Springfield Twp. lake":http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2014/08/12/Search-continues-for-man-who-reportedly-had-fallen-into-lake.html # "Mayor pleads for U.S., state help":http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2014/08/12/Mayor-pleads-for-U-S-state-help-Collins-calls-water-response-good-admits-communication-gaffes.html # "Architect dies following Maumee crash":http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2014/08/12/Architect-dies-following-Thursday-crash-in-Maumee.html hr. another version bq. _"... does his suicide deserve to be the *top story on all three networks* right now? With all the shit happening in the world today ..."_ That must be one of those TV things because below are the top 5 stories on _my_ major networks as of this evening, and a Robin Williams-related story appears only once. I don't understand why people get their news from a television set if it's not the type of news that interests them. http://techmeme.com * --Ex-Siri engineers promise consumer-friendly digital assistant “Viv” that can teach itself-- * --Apple's Diversity Report: 70 percent Male, 55 percent White in U.S.-- * --Apple in talks with Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and Allscripts about its HealthKit service-- * --Microsoft will offer a $499 Call of Duty Xbox One bundle with 1TB of storage, but no Kinect-- * --Uber says Lyft cancelled 12.9K Uber rides, and Lyft investors pressured Uber to buy Lyft-- br. http://mediagazer.com * --Times Journalist Injured in Iraqi Kurd Helicopter Crash-- * --BuzzFeed deleted over 4K staff posts in late April, based on metrics in author profiles-- * --As the Internet narrows the difference between media and software distribution, technology VCs value BuzzFeed like a tech company-- * --The Long Fall of Philly Newspapers-- * --Journalists Face Tear Gas, Police Threats While Covering Protests Against Killing Of Michael Brown-- br. https://news.ycombinator.com * --Law Students Fend Off a Patent Troll-- * --Errata prompt Intel to disable TSX in Haswell, early Broadwell CPUs-- * --2014 Fields Medals announced-- * --Something is amiss with the Interwebs: BGP is a flapping-- * --Mono 3.6.0 is out-- br. Circa mobile app: * --Non-lethal rounds fired on protesters in Ferguson, Missouri-- * --SF mayor hints city may begin mandatory water rationing-- * --23andMe uses data from DNA kits for new biotech research-- * --ACLU, laywer: Chelsea Manning yet to receive hormone therapy-- * --Tonight's Perseid meteor shower spectacle will be tempered by supermoon-- br. http://www.toledoblade.com/rss/local * Heavy rains pound region * Council cracks down on house scrappers * Body pulled from Springfield Twp. lake * Mayor pleads for U.S., state help * Architect dies following Maumee crash br. NYT Now mobile app * --After Specter of Coup, Iraqi Leader Seems to Back Off-- * --Police Silent Amid Loud Protests in Missouri-- * --After Shooting, Young Black Men Protest Their Depiction-- * --German Artists Say They Put White Flags on [Brooklyn] Bridge-- * --Russia Aid Is Sent to Ukraine Amid NATO Fears-- br. https://news.layervault.com * --You Spoke, We Listened: Introducing the LayerVault Starter Plan-- * --How Foursquare Onboards New Users-- * --Re: I'm not happy-- * --How much does it cost to make an app?-- * --Ask DN: What is a "Product Designer"?-- br. http://qz.com/feed * --Suicides are surprisingly high among middle-aged men in the US-- * --The “Candy Crush” saga is falling apart—and investors are running away-- * --Apple’s numbers prove again that Silicon Valley is run by white and Asian men-- * --Tesla shares just hit an all-time high and it has nothing to do with cars-- * --These are the international airlines that still don’t have in-flight Wi-Fi-- br. http://pandodaily.com.feedsportal.com/c/35141/f/650422/index.rss * --Yo goes pro-- * --My Big Break: How Ken Lerer helped Buzzfeed’s Jonah Peretti turn viral prankery into an $850M business-- * --As Uber and Lyft sling mud, the campaign to become president of ridesharing is getting ugly-- * --My Big Break: New Relic’s Lew Cirne on how he raised his first $35k, and thought it would last forever-- * --Despite media reports, “rebel” plaintiff tells Pando he “never left” the Techtopus wage-fixing suit-- #media