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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Week Ended - February 8, 2015</h1> <h2>last week in tech, at a glance</h2> <p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;"><input id="__4294" type="checkbox" /> <a id="4283" class="large" href="/view/article?id=4283"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>tnt-02-02</strong></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;">[30:00] VIDEO-SUMMARY-show-1187 - ] apples gold watch ] NEW raspberry pi ] MIT scientist tie CC metadata to you with SM ] new msft windows flagship ] amazon to open campus bookstores ] pirate bay is back ] more ...</p> <p class="l2" style="text-align: left;"><strong> </strong><input id="__4294" type="checkbox" /><strong> </strong><a id="4292" class="large" href="/view/article?id=4292"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>tnt-02-03</strong></span></a><strong>,</strong></p> <p class="Write" style="padding-left: 30px;">[30:00] VIDEO-SUMMARY-show-1188 - ] FCC net neutrality ruling ] Amazon interested in Radio Shack stores ] Twitter expands its ad program ] new Eero Home wifi hardware ] Google VS Uber ] Reddit cancels crypto project ] NUMBERS, ] PEOPLE</p> <p class="Write" style="padding-left: 30px;"><input id="__4294" type="checkbox" /> <strong><a id="4294" class="large" href="/view/article?id=4294"><span style="color: #000000;">tnt-02-04</span></a>,</strong></p> <p class="Write" style="padding-left: 30px;">[30:00] VIDEO-SUMMARY-show-1189 - ] FCC says YES to net neutrality ] China says YES to real name policy ] Apple eyeing googles turf ] alibaba testing drone delivery ] Yahoo creates spinco ] rumours around upcoming Xiaomi announcement ] Numbers</p> <p class="l2"> <input id="__4295" type="checkbox" /> <strong><a id="4295" class="large" href="/view/article?id=4295"><span style="color: #000000;">tnt-02-05</span></a>,</strong></p> <p class="Write" style="padding-left: 30px;">[30:00] VIDEO-SUMMARY-show-1190 - ] twitter google deal on tweets ] security hack @anthem ] new smartwatch from swatch ] Uber rejected by SK gov ] Uber adds safety features for india</p> <p class="l2" style="padding-left: 30px;"><input id="__4305" type="checkbox" /><strong> <a id="4305" class="large" href="/view/article?id=4305"><span style="color: #000000;">tnt-02-06</span></a>,</strong></p> <p class="Write" style="padding-left: 30px;">[30:00] VIDEO-SUMMARY-show-1191 - ] twitter reports earnings] the story on users ] windows 10 phone screenshots ] US China biz ] Radio Shack files for bankruptcy ] Verizon, Rocket internet ordering delivery companies, ] earning$ from LinkedIn, HTC, GoPro </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h1>4283, tnt-02-02</h1> <p>[30:00] VIDEO-SUMMARY-show-1187 - ] apples gold watch ] NEW raspberry pi ] MIT scientist tie CC metadata to you with SM ] new msft windows flagship ] amazon to open campus bookstores ] pirate bay is back ] more ...</p> <h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 2015-02-02</h1> <h2>[subjects]</h2> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/31/apple-stores-to-be-outfitted-with-safes-to-house-gold-apple-watches/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">apple preps stores for upcoming gold watch</span></a> w/Mark Gurman @9to5mac.com</strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] apple will sell gold iwatch version, made with real 18K gold</li> <li>] changes to the stores to prepare, adding jewellry store features to apple stores, including safes</li> <li>] will also weigh watches being returned/repaired to ensure gold amount is the same</li> <li>] expected to cost in the thousands, may be 5K +</li> </ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/02/raspberry_pi_model_2/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">new raspberry pi 2 model</span></a>, w/Lester Haines @theregister</strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] raspberry pi is a very small, budget computer</li> <li>] new version could run windows 10</li> <li>] much higher performance(6x) than the previous (first) gen model</li> <li>] still has $35 pricetag</li> </ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;"><strong>[00:00] AD <a href="http://personalcapital.com/tnt" target="_blank">personalcapital</a></strong><strong><strong><a href="http://personalcapital.com/tnt" target="_blank">.com/tnt</a></strong></strong><strong></strong></span><ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">] will help you to get your finances into order, put all of your financial accounts in 1 place, see them easily on a single screen, will notify you of when you about to be charged fees,<strong>FREE ACCOUNT, FREE APP, </strong></span></li> </ol></li> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/with-a-few-bits-of-data-researchers-identify-anonymous-people/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">MIT scientists tie credit card metadata to users</span></a></strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] possible to identify card owners by their credit card metadata</li> <li>] date nameStore amount charged</li> <li>] compared to public information available on social media</li> <li>] could be used by criminals</li> </ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>[00:00] <a href="https://gigaom.com/2015/02/02/qualcomm-confirms-a-microsoft-lumia-flagship-phone-is-on-the-way/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">qualcomm confirms windows lumia flagship phone coming</span></a></strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] msft promised at their <span style="text-decoration: underline;">press event on jan. 21</span> that they were working on a new flagship phone model</li> </ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-makes-a-push-on-college-campuses-1422825521" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">amazon to open bookstores on college campuses</span></a></strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] perdue and amherst universities to start</li> <li>] store will be completely replacing the existing campus bookstores,</li> <li>] universities will share in sales revenue of stores</li> <li>] coincides with recently released software that transforms pdfs into ebooks</li> <li>] will help amazon gain marketshare in textbook market</li> <li>] professors determine what you are going to buy</li> <li>] building customer loyalty, like they do with childrens programming on amazon prime program</li> </ol> <li> <span style="background-color: #ccffff;"><strong>[00:00] AD <a href="http://prosper.com/twit" target="_blank">prosper.com/twit</a> </strong></span><ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;"><strong>] money</strong> - 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You can check your rate instantly and it wont affect your credit score. <strong>Techcrunch calls it "the industry leading platform"</strong>, TWIT fans get a $50 visa prepaid card when you get a loan</span></li> </ol></li> <li><strong>[00:00] pirate bay is back online</strong></li> <ol> <li>] actual location is unknown</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong>ASSORTED </strong></li> <ol> <li>] alibaba met with state agency, chinese gov withdraws its reports</li> <li>] google now - will now support 40 apps, like lyft, .... , this is google getting ready for the apple watch</li> <li>] intel agrees to aquisiton of lantic -</li> <li>] google bought nest last year - nest bought dropcam, now both nest and dropcam people are leaving google</li> <li>] 50% of superbowl commercials promoting hashtags</li> <li>] 229M tablets shipped worldwide, reported by IDC, 4.x% increase YoY,</li> <li>] 1B $ netflix plans to raise, to fund new content acquistions</li> <li>] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAE6XPdLSxw" target="_blank">madden simulation superbowl game predicted 24-28 patriot victory</a>, Braden as MVP and more ...</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong>FOLLOWUP - on PREVIOUSLY REPORTED STORIES</strong></li> <ol> <li>] none</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[objects]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li>]</li> </ol></div> <h2>[systems]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li>]</li> </ol></div> <h2>[people]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li><strong>] <a href="/view/people?id=88" target="_blank">twit.tv - tnt show</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] host - <a href="/view/person?id=202" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></li> <li>] producer - <a href="/view/person?id=307" target="_blank">Jason Cleanthes</a></li> <li>] guest host - <a href="/view/person?id=290" target="_blank">Lindsey Turrentine</a></li> </ol></ol></div> <h2>[events]</h2> <ol> <li> ]</li> </ol> <h2>[places]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li><strong>] twit.tv - tnt show</strong></li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1187" target="_blank">show url</a> - shows home page with video of show and links</li> <li>] show notes - detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources </li> <li>] <a href="http://twit.tv/content/top-news-february-2-2015" target="_blank">show notes summary</a> -</li> <li>] <a href="http://irc.twit.tv/" target="_blank">twit chat room</a> - </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technewstoday/" target="_blank">subreddit</a> - News item submissions for TWIT's Tech News Today </li> </ol></ol></div> <h1>4292, tnt-02-03</h1> <p>[30:00] VIDEO-SUMMARY-show-1188 - ] FCC net neutrality ruling ] Amazon interested in Radio Shack stores ] Twitter expands its ad program ] new Eero Home wifi hardware ] Google VS Uber ] Reddit cancels crypto project ] NUMBERS, ] PEOPLE</p> <h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 2015-02-03</h1> <h2>[subjects]</h2> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>[00:00] </strong><a href="https://gigaom.com/2015/02/02/its-on-fcc-plans-strong-net-neutrality-for-mobile-and-broadband/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>FCC net neutrality intentions</strong></span></a><strong> w/</strong><a href="https://twitter.com/jeffjohnroberts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">Jeff John Roberts</span></a><strong> @gigaom</strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] The Federal Communications Commission apparently intends to reclassify internet providers as "common carriers," the designation that provides maximum net neutrality in the United States and would legalize the practice of charging more for so called Internet "fast lanes," otherwise known as "paid prioritization." The FCC is scheduled to vote on the matter on February 26</li> <li>] one of the most surprising decisions, was expected that Wheeler, who is an "industry" guy would rule in favor of the cable monopolies</li> <li>] influencing factors may have been president Obama calling for it, the fact the many people(citizens) spoke out about the topic</li> <li>] even people who are not tech people, now are aware of the subject of net neutrality</li> <li>] well run campagign by nn advocates and push into the mainstream by tv personality John Roberts</li> <li>] what it means it that we will wake up to the same internet that we have today, no preferential treatment for those willing to pay more</li> <li>] its not clear at this point wether "peering" will be covered in the new model</li> <li>] politics, lobbying, wheeler was a lobbyist, lobbyist will be rushing to congress, congress may fight this, then the fun will begin</li> <li>] rumours of congressional republics trying to tuck their agenda into another bill perhaps </li> </ol> <li> <span style="background-color: #ccffff;"><strong>[00:00] AD <a href="http://prosper.com/twit" target="_blank">prosper.com/twit</a> </strong></span><ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;"><strong>] money</strong> - a crowd source lending platform that cuts out the middelman. 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You can check your rate instantly and it wont affect your credit score. <strong>Techcrunch calls it "the industry leading platform"</strong>, TWIT fans get a $50 visa prepaid card when you get a loan</span></li> </ol></li> <li><strong>[08:45] </strong><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-03/amazon-said-to-mull-buying-radioshack-stores-in-retail-expansion" target="_blank"><strong>Amazon interested in Radio Shack stores</strong></a><strong> w/</strong><a href="https://twitter.com/jodixu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jodi Xu Klein</a> @bloomberg</li> <ol> <li>] Bloomberg is reporting that Amazon has held talks with RadioShack to buy some of their stores after the electronics retailer files for bankruptcy</li> <li>] sprint and brookstone have also shown interest, amongst others, not unusual for this to happen</li> <li>] there will be a battle for some of the prime locations that RS has</li> <li>] how will amazon use these stores, is the ?</li> <li>] amazon is 1 of the reasons RS is in trouble</li> <li>] maybe stores will be used as drop off/pick up locations for amazon</li> <li>] RS has over 4K stores, sprint talking about buying 1300</li> </ol> <li><strong>[12:15] </strong><a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/736812e6-ab30-11e4-81bc-00144feab7de.html" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter expands advertising.</strong></a><strong> </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/hannahkuchler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hannah Kuchler</a> w/Financial Times</li> <ol> <li>] Twitter advertising will soon spill out of Twitter and show up elsewhere. The first locations will be Flipboard and Yahoo Japan</li> <li>] twitter will use what it knows about its users, to target these ads</li> <li>] the idea of using the data that is collected across social networks to serve ads is popular</li> <li>] example ad - the tweet doesnt necessarily look like a promoted tweet, formatted more to look "native" to flipboard</li> <li>] twitter acquired mopub, is this mopubs system or something seperate, likely using some of the same technology</li> <li>] enables publishers and advertisers to be matched in the exchange</li> <li>] not more details at the present time, will likely develop throughout the year, have earnings reports upcoming,</li> <li>] 3 major social networks(facebook,twitter,g+) all offer somewhat different ad systems</li> </ol> <li><strong>[16:45] </strong><a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/startup-eero-hopes-to-wipe-out-weak-wi-fi/" target="_blank"><strong>Eero and home wifi</strong></a><strong> w/</strong><a href="https://twitter.com/stshank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephen Shankland</a> @cnet.com</li> <ol> <li>] A San Francisco startup called Eero wants to re-invent home WiFi for the home automation and Internet of things era</li> <li>] 1 router functions essentially the same as other routers, if you buy multiple routers then the eero is better b/c of easy configuration of multiple routers, via a smartphone app that tells you where to locate them physically and also configures everything</li> <li>] consumer product, premium, majority of houses sizes 2200-2500 sq footage</li> <li>] $300 for 3 pack is intro price, will go to $500, can also buy individual units</li> <li>] company bragging about the product design, looks nice, not like many of today's routers,</li> <li>] designer of Nest thermostat and GoPro camera, roku media streamer, Frank Bold also designed this product</li> <li>] 3 phase rollout, first is pre orders now, planned delivery for this summer, then ecommerce partners, then brick and mortar stores</li> <li>] today wifi is a critical part of most consumer homes, this products plan is making it better and easier</li> </ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;"><strong>[00:00] AD <a href="http://personalcapital.com/twit" target="_blank">personalcapital</a></strong><strong><strong><a href="http://personalcapital.com/twit" target="_blank">.com/twit</a></strong></strong><strong></strong></span></li> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">] <strong>money</strong> - will help you to get your finances into order, puts all of your financial accounts into 1 place, you can see them easily on a single screen, will notify you of when you about to be charged fees,<strong> FREE ACCOUNT, FREE APP</strong></span></li> </ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>[24:00] <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-02/exclusive-google-and-uber-are-going-to-war-over-taxis" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">Google and Uber may be competing in the future</span></a> </strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] Uber is creating its owns research center for robotics</li> <li>] Google is reportedly working on a ride sharing app, although company says it is just for employees to use</li> <li>] companies use to be tight knit, but now seem to be on a collision course</li> <li>] Google Ventures was major investor in Uber</li> <li>] Uber is currently the only Transportation service listed on Google maps</li> <li>] still unclear as to what Google is doing with their self driving car technology, maybe the next "Google Now" feature</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong>FOLLOWUP - on PREVIOUSLY REPORTED STORIES</strong></li> <ol> <li>] the giant Sapphire factory, where Apples MFG partner GT technologies was to mfg the Sapphire screens for Apple devices, is being taken over by Apple. The factory will be turned into a Data Center. Apple not really known for its Data Center/Cloud services expertise. Maybe its needed to keep all of apples growing cloud services running like siri, itunes, ...</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] ASS</strong><strong>ORTED</strong></li> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">] <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/02/redditcoin-quietly-killed-off-and-lead-developer-fired" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">Reddit's reports the reddit notes crypto currency project has been cancelled</span></a>.</span> They were planning to give upto 10% of a recent 5M funding round back to reddit users. The lead developer has been fired.</li> <li>] Chinese gov accuses us listed web portal called "netties" of spreading pornography and rumours. Part of an anti porn project which is part of a wider program to more widely control the internet(vpns, etc, ..) . People like engineers, entrepenuers, scientists are being cut off from unrestricted access to the internet. At some point this could come back to impact their economy. No matter what you do, you cant censor everything. the more you try the more you frustrate your own people and</li> <li>] Lee Sung chul of Samsung, promoted to head of Samsung marketing. Former head left due to health reasons</li> <li>] NEST VP, yoki matsuoka - leaving google. Joining twitter</li> <li><strong>] NUMBERS</strong></li> <ol> <li>] 649M chinese use the internet, 31M increase YoY</li> <li>] 557M chinese use a phone to get online, not a PC</li> <li>] $775K donated to code 2040 by Google - an initiative to improve diversity in the technology industry. Maybe they should just hire more minorities and women</li> </ol> <li>] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvjDtaCkacQ" target="_blank">Doc G's HTC Anthem "Hold the Crown" w/ David Bruce</a> - the worst thing on the internet</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[objects]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li>+] Eero home wifi system</li> </ol></div> <h2>[systems]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li>+] new Twitter Ads</li> </ol></div> <h2>[people]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li><strong>] <a href="/view/people?id=88" target="_blank">twit.tv - tnt show</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] host - <a href="/view/person?id=202" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></li> <li>] producer - <a href="/view/person?id=307" target="_blank">Jason Cleanthes</a></li> <li>] guest host - <a href="/view/person?id=288" target="_blank">Joe Panettieri</a></li> </ol></ol></div> <h2>[events]</h2> <ol> <li> ]</li> </ol> <h2>[places]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li><strong>] twit.tv - tnt show</strong></li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1188" target="_blank">show url</a> - shows home page with video of show and links</li> <li>] show notes - detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources </li> <li>] <a href="http://twit.tv/content/top-news-february-3-2015" target="_blank">show notes summary</a> -</li> <li>] <a href="http://irc.twit.tv/" target="_blank">twit chat room</a> - </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technewstoday/" target="_blank">subreddit</a> - News item submissions for TWIT's Tech News Today</li> </ol></ol></div> <h2> </h2> <h1>4294, tnt-02-04</h1> <p>[30:00] VIDEO-SUMMARY-show-1189 - ] FCC says YES to net neutrality ] China says YES to real name policy ] Apple eyeing googles turf ] alibaba testing drone delivery ] Yahoo creates spinco ] rumours around upcoming Xiaomi announcement ] Numbers</p> <h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 2015-02-04</h1> <h2>[subjects]</h2> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://mashable.com/2015/02/04/fcc-nuclear-option-net-neutrality/?utm_cid=hp-hh-pri" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">FCC chairman comes out in favor of strong net neutrality,</span></a> w/Jason Abbruzzese @mashable.com</strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] FCC chairman Tom Wheeler detailed his plan for Net Neutrality(NN) on wired.</li> <li>] will reclassify ISP's as common carriers under title 2, of the communications act</li> <li>] these enforceable "brightline rules" will ban paid prioritization and the blocking and throttling of lawful services</li> <li>] surprisingly his proposal will also include wireless networks</li> <li>] this is a "nightmare scenario" for the AT&T and comcasts of the world</li> <li>] imagine they have their lawyers preparing to goto court to challenge the rules, they have already said as much</li> <li>] if rules do get voted into place later in February</li> <li>] will this stop ISPs from investing in/improving their networks,</li> <li>] one indicator - stock market - the stocks of providers (comcast, time warner, cablevision ) shot up in value after the news,</li> <li>] language isnt as aggressive as expected, forebearance - we(FTC) can choose to apply only certain peices of title 2, while not subjecting companies to practices that would hurt their bottom line </li> <li>] additional details from the FCC CALL</li> <li>] there is a fact sheet on the FCC website with more</li> <li>] network interconnections (aka peering) are going to be looked at very closely</li> <li>] what to expect going forward?</li> <li>] there is going to be a big fight, this is close to the worst case for carrier companies, best case for net neutrality advocates</li> <li>] is this good for consumers or will it hold us back form becoming a 22nd century internet</li> <li>"] proposal ensures the rights of internet users to go where they want when they want and the rights of innovators to introduce new products without asking anyones permissions</li> </ol> <li>[<strong><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">00:00] AD </span></strong><a href="http://personalcapital.com/twit" target="_blank"><strong><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">personalcapital</span></strong></a><strong><strong><a href="http://personalcapital.com/twit" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">.com/twit</span></a></strong></strong><strong></strong><ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">] <strong>money</strong> - will help you to get your finances into order, puts all of your financial accounts into 1 place, you can see them easily on a single screen, will notify you of when you about to be charged fees,<strong> FREE ACCOUNT, FREE APP, </strong></span></li> </ol></li> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>[07:45] <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-to-enforce-real-name-registration-for-internet-users-1423033973" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">new nationwide "real names" policy for all internet users in China</span></a></strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] chinese gov introduced new laws that require users to register with their legal names.</li> <li>] law bans the posting of any content that runs counter to chinese interest as defined by the chinese gov</li> <li>] the laws apply to blogs, micro blogs, instant messaging services, discussion forums, news comments sections and more ..</li> <li>] gov says "social posts and comments by people using fake names " have polluted the internet ecology, harmed the interest of the masses, violated core socialist values</li> <li>] all isp's will be required to hire dedicated people to implement the laws</li> <li>] laws go into effect March 1</li> <li>] adding another draconian law to a growing list of theme</li> <li>] will this affect their economy negativly ?</li> <li>] chinese and us internet companies give in to the demands,most companies(apple,linkedin,facebook) want to be in china so badly that they will do whatever it takes to operate their</li> <li>] people in china were talking about 2 things that would make china a better place, the internet and capitalism</li> <li>] many chinese professionals have been hampered by the recent laws regarding the use of VPNs</li> <li>] chinese economy was transitioning from being a copycatter nation to being an innovator nation, similar to how Japans economy did in the past</li> <li>] but how do they innovate when they arent able to follow what is happening in other parts of the world.</li> <li>] laws include anything that ] violates the law ] harms nation security, ] national secrets, ] national unity ] promotion of porn, gambline, violence, terror, superstition or rumours</li> </ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>[12:45] <a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/311018/apple-may-take-google-search-engine/#A6zLvxR6ufX664Jy.99" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">Apple may be getting into googles territory</span></a></strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] a blog reported that a "street view like car" was spotted, </li> <li>] confirmed that the car was leased to apple, maybe a "street view" like feature for apple maps</li> <li>] cult of mac blog reported an apple job listing</li> <li>] position is to manage a search platform supporting hundreds of million users</li> <li>] apples long running deal with google for search in their Safari browser</li> <li>] apple has tons of cash on hand (150B),</li> <li>] people underestimate how much data Apple has on us,</li> <li>] where you been, when your sleeping, your credit card</li> <li>] <a href="http://claycord.com/2015/02/03/update-the-mystery-van-driving-around-claycord/" target="_blank">UPDATE with PICS/VIDEO: The Mystery Van Driving Around Claycord</a></li> </ol> <li><strong><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">[00:00] AD </span></strong><a href="http://prosper.com/twit" target="_blank"><strong><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">prosper.com/twit</span></strong></a><strong><span style="background-color: #ccffff;"> </span></strong><ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;"><strong>] money</strong> - 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You can check your rate instantly and it wont affect your credit score. <strong>Techcrunch calls it "the industry leading platform"</strong>, TWIT fans get a $50 visa prepaid card when you get a loan</span></li> </ol></li> <li><strong>[17:00] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmybXG_GlzY" target="_blank">alibaba joins growing list of companies testing drones for delivery</a> [02:30] VIDEO</strong></li> <ol> <li>] companies testing include - amazon, google, ups, dhl, le post and now</li> <li>] alibaba - will be testing using quadricopters</li> <li>] 3 days of testing, involves delivering actual products to actual customers, they will be delivering "ginger tea"</li> <li>] driverless cars are also another possiblity in the world of human less deliveries - the race is on there as well</li> <li>] both(drones and driverless cars) face regulatory challenges</li> <li>] solving the PROBLEM of removing the PEOPLE from the LOGISTICS NETWORKS</li> </ol> <li><strong>[20:30] instagram UPDATE </strong></li> <ol> <li>] all videos on the site, will be looping infinitely</li> <li>] applys to user created videos and ads </li> </ol> <li><strong>[21:30] security - internet explorer vulnerablity reported</strong></li> <ol> <li>] enables attackers to steal login credentials and inject malicous content into the browser</li> <li>] even in fully patched versions of IE</li> <li>] bug affects users of ie 11 running on win 7 or win 8.1</li> <li>] users would get infected by visiting malicous websites, through a phishing attack or social media posts</li> <li>] msft is working on a fix</li> </ol> <li><strong>[22:00] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkRAu2xcuTU" target="_blank">avast antivirus reports many google play apps infected with malware</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] some redirect users to legit antivirus software tools, suggesting companies may be paying for this</li> </ol> <li><strong>[22:45] yahoo spinning off alibaba shares</strong></li> <ol> <li>] created a new company which will be called spinco, which will recieve yahoo's 384M alibaba share</li> <li>] shareholders happy with move, will give them a tax break ]</li> </ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://androidheadlines.com/2015/02/xiaomi-hold-press-event-san-francisco-february-12.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">rumour - xiaomi announcement on feb. 12</span></a></strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] there is speculation the compnay maybe coming into the US market</li> <li>] unstoppable in china, with phenomanal growth</li> <li>] company president posted on social media - about a new team, and expansion in the coming months</li> <li>] maybe coming into US market or maybe new research</li> <li>] ? around the app situation for xia</li> <li>] #1 chinese brand is ___, you couldnt think of any </li> <li>] maybe "xiaomi" in the not too distant future </li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] BIG NUMBERS</strong></li> <ol> <li>] $ 15M - the cost of the sony hack</li> <li>] $ 20.2B attracted in Venture capital last year, according to the silicon valley index</li> <li>] 214K people banned from google ad network</li> <li>] 524M ads banned</li> </ol> <li><strong>[27:00] SXSW will have debut of newest Steve Jobs documentary</strong></li> <ol> <li>] will host the world premier of the new-est - steve jobs documentary</li> <li>] hopefully NOT just the same stuff, days in wilderness, trip to india, launching in the garage</li> <li>] alex gibney - is a respected documentary maker</li> <li>] made the "smartest guys in the room" enron documentary, and the investigation into elliot spitzer - client 9</li> <li>] also made "getting clear" the current scientology documentary that is controversial</li> </ol> <li><strong>[29:00] <a href="http://bushostelreykjavik.com/last-mcdonalds-in-iceland" target="_blank">mcDonalds closed its last restaurant in finland 5 years ago</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] bought a happy meal, put it in a glass case, pointed a webcam at it</li> <li>] it still looks almost the same today</li> <li>] might not be healthy food</li> </ol> <li><strong>[30:00] opinion ON <a href="http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-03/why-amazon-covets-radio-shack-s-stores" target="_blank">WHY: Amazon considering buying Radio Shack stores.</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] amazon hardware drives shopping on amazon.com, people who use kindle,etc are more inclined to shop more at amazon</li> <li>] have not had any big hardware hits, part of the problem there may be</li> <li>] currently there is no Amazon store, like there is for Apple, MSFT, Samsung, ... </li> <li>] amazon stores could also be used as pickup and drop off locations</li> <li>] amazon is a logistics company, always looking to take out as many middlemen/layers as they can in the delivery process</li> <li>] Amazon has just opened 2 stores on campus at Perdue and Amherst Universities</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong>FOLLOWUP - on PREVIOUSLY REPORTED STORIES</strong></li> <ol> <li>*] facebook- the monster that ate the internet - is 11 years old today</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[objects]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li>]</li> </ol></div> <h2>[systems]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li>] us.gov - FCC proposal for net neutrality</li> <li>] china.gov - Real name policy</li> <li>]</li> </ol></div> <h2>[people]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li><strong>] <a href="/view/people?id=88" target="_blank">twit.tv - tnt show</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] host - <a href="/view/person?id=202" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></li> <li>] producer - <a href="/view/person?id=307" target="_blank">Jason Cleanthes</a></li> <li>] guest host - <a href="/view/person?id=305" target="_blank">Katie Benner</a> </li> </ol></ol></div> <h2>[events]</h2> <ol> <li> ]</li> </ol> <h2>[places]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li><strong>] twit.tv - tnt show</strong></li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1189" target="_blank">show url</a> - shows home page with video of show and links</li> <li>] show notes - detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources </li> <li>] <a href="http://twit.tv/content/top-news-february-4-2015" target="_blank">show notes summary</a> -</li> <li>] <a href="http://irc.twit.tv/" target="_blank">twit chat room</a> - </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technewstoday/" target="_blank">subreddit</a> - News item submissions for TWIT's Tech News Today</li> </ol></ol></div> <h1>4295, tnt-02-05</h1> <p>[30:00] VIDEO-SUMMARY-show-1190 - ] twitter google deal on tweets ] security hack @anthem ] new smartwatch from swatch ] Uber rejected by SK gov ] Uber adds safety features for india</p> <h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 2015-02-05</h1> <h2>[subjects]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[00:00] <a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/twitter-google-renew-real-time-search-deal-19817.html" target="_blank">Twitter deal with google to show tweets</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] Tweets will soon make their triumphant return to Google Search results! The companies have reportedly struck a deal for Google to access the Twitter firehose again</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/04/health-insurance-provider-anthem-reports-massive-data-breach/" target="_blank">security hacked Anthem</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] Anthem, which is one of the country's biggest health insurance companies, told customers yesterday that hackers nabbed the personal information of dozens of millions of customers</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/swatch-to-launch-its-own-smartwatch/" target="_blank">new smartwatch from swatch</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] Swatch is planning to launch a smartwatch in the next few months. Hmmm. A Swatch smartwatch.... "smatch"? Anyway, the news comes from a comment made by Swatch Chief Executive Officer Nick Hayek in an interview published yesterday. The smartwatch is expected to include mobile payments and come with Windows and Android apps</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2880412/south-korea-rejects-ubers-proposal-to-register-its-drivers.html" target="_blank">Uber rejected by South Korean gov</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] The South Korean government today rejected Uber's proposal for a new driver registration system that would have allowed Uber drivers to operate legally in South Korean. Instead, the government said they're going to ban Uber because they have too many taxis already</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/05/uber-panic-button-safety-net-features/" target="_blank">Uber adds safety features for India</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] Uber is adding two safety features to its app for Indian users in the wake of rape allegations against an Uber driver. One is an in-app panic button, which alerts local police. The other is location sharing, which enables each passenger to tell up to five people where they are</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] </strong></li> <ol> <li>] </li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong>ASSORTED </strong></li> <ol> <li>] <strong> </strong></li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong>FOLLOWUP - on PREVIOUSLY REPORTED STORIES</strong></li> <ol> <li>] none</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[objects]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li>]</li> </ol></div> <h2>[systems]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li>]</li> </ol></div> <h2>[people]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li><strong>] <a href="/view/people?id=88" target="_blank">twit.tv - tnt show</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] host - <a href="/view/person?id=202" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></li> <li>] producer - <a href="/view/person?id=307" target="_blank">Jason Cleanthes</a></li> <li>] guest host - <a href="/view/person?id=290" target="_blank">Lindsay Turrentine</a>, <a href="/view/person?id=288" target="_blank">Joe Panettieri</a>, <a href="/view/person?id=289" target="_blank">Elise Hu</a>, <a href="/view/person?id=305" target="_blank">Katie Benner</a>, <a href="/view/person?id=304" target="_blank">Christina Warren</a></li> </ol></ol></div> <h2>[events]</h2> <ol> <li> ]</li> </ol> <h2>[places]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li><strong>] twit.tv - tnt show</strong></li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1190" target="_blank">show url</a> - shows home page with video of show and links</li> <li>] show notes - detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources </li> <li>] <a href="http://twit.tv/content/top-news-february-5-2015" target="_blank">show notes summary</a> -</li> <li>] <a href="http://irc.twit.tv/" target="_blank">twit chat room</a> - </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technewstoday/" target="_blank">subreddit</a> - News item submissions for TWIT's Tech News Today</li> </ol></ol></div> <h2> </h2> <h1>4305, tnt-02-06</h1> <p>[30:00] VIDEO-SUMMARY-show-1191 - ] twitter reports earnings] the story on users ] windows 10 phone screenshots ] US China biz ] Radio Shack files for bankruptcy ] Verizon, Rocket internet ordering delivery companies, ] earning$ from LinkedIn, HTC, GoPro</p> <h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 2015-02-06</h1> <h2>[subjects]</h2> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;"><strong>[00:00] twitter reports earnings</strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] doubling revenue almost every quarters since going public</li> <li>] lost less money then previously</li> <li>] they are getting close to making money, initial quarter they lost 500M on 250M revenue</li> <li>] user growth troubles, strong competition for eyeballs</li> <li>] everyone knows about twitter, the townhall of the internet</li> <li>] more relevant than "looking at pretty pictures" on instagram</li> <li>] new feature "logged out" timeline view</li> <li>] are they trying to move away from obsession with</li> <li>] prev talk about getting to 1B users, not growing quickly</li> <li>] maybe twitter is a niche product, focus will be on</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] Twitters's missing 4M users w/Kurt Wagner @recode</strong></li> <ol> <li>] Twitter first reported that a bug caused twitter to lose 4M users,</li> <li>] twitter says NOT a bug, error on there part</li> <li>] people upgrading to iOS8 cost 1M</li> <li>] also users from Safari browsers, in iOS8</li> <li>] safari browser users pinged</li> <li>] g+ reported big #, everyone who touched g+ somehow and also reported "in the stream" users, users who actually viewed their stream</li> <li>] g+ hasnt released user #'s in over 18 months</li> <li>] twitter stock price is up , user growth was 4M on expectation of 8-9,</li> <li>] this was a quarter thing, helped investors/analysts</li> <li>] almost double their eps, making lots of money compared to the size of their user base</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/6/7991395/windows-10-phones-screenshots-leaked" target="_blank">windows 10 phone leaked screenshots</a> w/Tom Warren @theverge.com</strong></li> <ol> <li>] are developers excited about bringing universal apps to win 10 platform -</li> <li>] ... ????. .....</li> <li>] how is satya doing? he is on the right track?</li> <li>] ... ??? ...</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] us businesses concerns about china</strong></li> <ol> <li>] lobbying us gov</li> <li>] most big chinese companies get special rules to operate, allowed to do things non chinese companies that cant do</li> <li>] going to be a bigger problem going forward as chinese power in the world market continues to grow </li> </ol> <li><strong><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">[00:00] AD </span></strong><a href="http://personalcapital.com/tnt" target="_blank"><strong><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">personalcapital</span></strong></a><strong><strong><a href="http://personalcapital.com/twit" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">.com/tnt</span></a></strong></strong><ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">] <strong>money</strong> - will help you to get your finances into order, puts all of your financial accounts into 1 place, you can see them easily on a single screen, will notify you of when you about to be charged fees,<strong> FREE ACCOUNT, FREE APP, </strong></span><strong> </strong></li> </ol></li> <li><strong>[00:00] Radio Shack files for bankruptcy</strong></li> <ol> <li>] sad because another longstanding brand is disappearing</li> <li>] radio shack experience hasnt been that great for the last years</li> <li>] most valuable asset is their brand recognition</li> <li>] some stores will become sprint stores,</li> <li>] still 1600 stores available, some may go to amazon</li> <li>] amazon would be interesting, in terms of using it as a pickup location, display amazon products like kindle</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong>ASSORTED </strong></li> <ol> <li>] <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://recode.net/2015/02/05/verizon-to-sell-wireline-operations-towers-worth-over-15-billion/" target="_blank">verizon plans to sell assets</a></span> to frontier communications for 10+B </li> <li>] <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/05/food-glorious-food/" target="_blank">rocket internet is investing heavily in food delivery services</a>, berlin based company, aquired a 30% stake in Delivery Hero, has previously bought x food delivery companies in (x) different markets, processes approx. 78M orders a month,</li> </ol> <li><strong><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">[00:00] AD </span></strong><a href="http://prosper.com/twit" target="_blank"><strong><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">prosper.com/twit</span></strong></a><strong><span style="background-color: #ccffff;"> </span></strong><ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;"><strong>] money</strong> - a crowd source lending platform that cuts out the middelman. 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You can check your rate instantly and it wont affect your credit score. <strong>Techcrunch calls it "the industry leading platform"</strong>, TWIT fans get a $50 visa prepaid card when you get a loan</span></li> </ol></li> <li><strong>[00:00] ASSORTED(contd)</strong></li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://recode.net/2015/02/05/linkedin-beats-earnings-estimates-as-more-employers-seek-talent/" target="_blank">linkedIn reports earnings</a> - they have become the defacto place to get your resume out there, also companie looking for recruits</li> <li>] <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/6/7991355/htc-earnings-report-slim-profit" target="_blank">HTC reports earnings</a> - 1.5B revenue, 15.9M profit, slim profits for 3rd consecutive quarter</li> <li>] <a href="http://recode.net/2015/02/05/gopro-shares-surge-on-revenue-then-drop-on-guidance/" target="_blank">goPro reports earnings</a> - profits of</li> <li>] <span style="text-decoration: underline;">700K worth of apple cards</span> - dental office employees, stole dental patients personal info, applied for credit using patients data, bought gift cards </li> </ol></ol>