Top Stories on My Three 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

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