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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">TNT - 2014-02-06</h1> <h2>[subjects]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; text-align: start;"><ol> <li><strong>[00:00] turkish government enhances surveillance state</strong></li> <ol> <li>x] requires ISP's to collect and store user data for 2 years and provide to govt upon request</li> <li>x] govt can block any website without a court order</li> <li>] interview with writer Ozgur Uckan</li> <li>] law is against freedom of expression, right to know and freedom of communication</li> <li>] turkey already has censorship, approx 50k websites blocked currently, up 10K in last year</li> <li>] will it affect proposed membership in EU&nbsp;</li> <li>] turkish PM has called twitter 'a menace to society'</li> <li>] social media is platform for sharing govt links&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>[09:00] twitter earnings - report# 1</strong></li> <ol> <li>] investors concerned about slowing user growth&nbsp;</li> <li>] initial stock price of $26 was considered undervalued, has risen to highs of approx $75 in late dec ] now at 50,&nbsp;</li> <li>] hired vivan from NBC, NPR</li> <li>] still a lot to come from twitter, big initiatives</li> <li>] every social media networks are plateauing,&nbsp;</li> <li>] author bilton tweeted twitter abondoners must be convinced to comeback</li> <li>] somewhat hard to use, lots of changes</li> <li>] conversations happen out there,&nbsp;</li> <li>] complaining about bullying harrassment</li> <li>] NOT for non public consumption,&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>[15:00] ibm watson to boost technology in africa</strong></li> <ol> <li>] investing 100M over next 10 years to fund watson based projects</li> <li>] will be made available to several countries including nairobi, kenya</li> <li>] opening innovation centers in nigeria, casa blanca and morrocco, johansburg</li> <li>] NEEDs for health care, education, infrastructure</li> <li>] interview with Steve Ranger (editor @zdnet.)</li> <li>] talking to startups, ...</li> <li>] watson explores 'unstructured data'</li> <li>] addressing important issues -&nbsp;</li> <li>] big data</li> <li>] PRB getting the data - once youve got it, what do you do with it?</li> <li>] long term play, is huge, ibm has high hopes for watson, cognitive computing,&nbsp;</li> <li>] infrastructure development in africa, ( ceo pixelcorp,rwanda high speed internet ] google fiber initiative in uganda, ] tech centers springing up )</li> <li>] most people will not use PC, mobile, tablets</li> </ol> <li><strong>[22:00] refresh launches glass app</strong></li> <ol> <li>] google glass app that shows you a 'dossier' on the people that you see</li> <li>] harvests this info from linkedIn, twitter,&nbsp;</li> <li>] links with your schedule</li> <li>] push info about people who are nearby - useful at an event,&nbsp;</li> <li>] people plus -&nbsp;</li> <li>] experience, another layer,&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>[28:00] htc&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] sales dropped 30%</li> <li>] first annual net loss</li> <li>] htc one smartphone is selling well, but didnt save the company</li> <li>] better focus on marketing,&nbsp;</li> <li>] new wearable device coming</li> <li>] next model in march</li> <li>] jason - what do they need to do?</li> <li>] need radical innovation,&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>[30:00] amazon aquires video gaming developer</strong></li> <ol> <li>] aquires - double helix games for $x, (games silent hill, )</li> <li>] bringing out gaming console sometime in the future, $300&nbsp;</li> <li>] more amazon in the 'content creation' business</li> <li>] aquisition more successfull strategy then devoloping their own</li> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>[32:00] sony confirms deal</strong></li> <ol> <li>] announces layoffs of 5K employees</li> <li>] 1.1 B qtrly loss&nbsp;</li> <li>] exiting ebooks</li> <li>] spinning off tv decision</li> </ol> <li><strong>[34:00] cruise ship offers virtual views</strong></li> <ol> <li>] big screen shows 'ocean view' versus actual window view in state rooms</li> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol></ol></div> <h2>[objects]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; text-align: start;"><ol> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol></div> <h2>[systems]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; text-align: start;"><ol> <li>]</li> </ol></div> <h2>[people]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; text-align: start;"><ol> <li>] show host -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=202" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></li> <li>] show co-host -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=231" target="_blank">Sara Lane</a></li> <li>] NEW show co-host - Tonya Hall</li> <li>] show producer -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=234" target="_blank">Jason Howell</a></li> <li>] guest jessicaLession @theinformation</li> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol></div> <h2>[events]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; text-align: start;"><ol> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol></div> <h2>[places]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; text-align: start;"><ol> <li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/tnt" target="_blank">show url</a>&nbsp;- shows home page with video of show and links</li> <li>]&nbsp;show notes&nbsp;- detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources&nbsp;</li> <li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/content/top-news-january-29-2014" target="_blank">show notes summary</a></li> <li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://irc.twit.tv/" target="_blank">twit chat room</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;</li> <li>] subreddit -&nbsp;</li> <li>] trove -&nbsp;</li> <li>] rsa.com</li> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol></div>