10 Things In Tech You Need To Know Things Morning
Apr 4, 2014, 17:40 IST
- Nest, the company Google bought for $3.2 billion, is halting sales of its Internet-connected smoke detector because of a bug in the software. The Nest Protect, as it's called, allows you to wave at it to silence it, but waving at it was turning it off altogether.
- Mozilla's CEO Brendan Eich is resigning after a week of controversy about his support for anti-gay-marriage legislation.
- Fake meat now tastes almost as good as the real thing and venture capitalists who normally focus on technology are investing in these meat replacement startups.
- This is an in-depth explanation how Facebook's News Feed works for publishers. A lot of brands have been complaining that their organic reach has dropped.
- The average age of a founder of a billion dollar startup at the time of founding the company is 31. There's been a big debate about whether Silicon Valley is biased towards youth, and this seems to confirm it, unless you think 30 is old.
- There were rumors floating around that Facebook tried to buy anonymous chatting app Secret for $100 million, but those rumors are false. However, Facebook is trying to figure out how to do something with anonymity.
- Keith Rabois, a VC at Khosla Ventures, and ex-COO at Square, is co-founding a startup on the side that makes it easier to sell your house.
- Meet the woman behind the first icons from Apple.
- Dropbox promoted Sujay Jaswa to CFO, which is a crucial role as the company heads towards an IPO.
- Here's everything you need to know about the iPhone 6.