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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 2014-01-23</h1> <h2>[subjects]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[00:00] NSA phone spying is illegal-&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] 238 page report by privacy and civil liberties board concludes that collection of phone records its illegal&nbsp;</li> <li>] interpretations - problematic, unconstitional and doesnt work, no benefits so far</li> <li>] influence policy - not likely</li> <li>] could be influential on getting the db out of the govt's hand</li> <li>] interview with addy(theverge)</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] Bitcoin &amp; google</strong></li> <ol> <li>] Jarar malik - asked google execs(Gundotra,...) what they think about it</li> <li>] got some responses saying "they are exploring it"&nbsp;</li> <li>] google asked Jarar to moderate a discussion on reddit, which he did, recieved a big response</li> <li>] google PR denies, but may not have known&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>[10:00] apple patents mood based ad delivery system</strong></li> <ol> <li>] your device senses your mood</li> <li>] creepy</li> <li>] targeted ads, may be 'effective',&nbsp;</li> <li>] as long as they dont share that information</li> <li>] baselines based on you</li> <li>] sophisticated technology</li> <li>] it always&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>[] msft tellme 'what you want to do' in office webapps</strong></li> <ol> <li>] option to get instructions OR do it for you</li> <li>] interview lance whitney @cnet</li> <li>] text field, type your q or command in field, office app returns with compact menu of different choices,&nbsp;</li> <li>] ex double space paragraph</li> <li>] takes mystery of finding command and then auto executes</li> <li>] can rename documents from within documents</li> <li>] new share menu, via email or url</li> <li>] new feature coming - endnote/footnote features,&nbsp;</li> <li>] new feature coming - switch between apps&nbsp;</li> <li>] will it be better then the desktop version&nbsp;</li> <li>] NO but will be more appealing user friendly&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>[17:00] fitmob app</strong></li> <ol> <li>] startup, 10m in funding,&nbsp;</li> <li>] cheap classes, cheaper if you attend more often</li> <li>] ex app, trainer replacements</li> <li>] need momentum of densely populated area</li> </ol> <li><strong>[21:00] japanese company</strong></li> <ol> <li>x] usb powered pollen filter, bright yellow hood - looks pretty goofy but allergy sufferers would/may wear it, if it works</li> </ol></ol> <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>]&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</li> <li>] show co-host - Jason Howell</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/show/tech-news-today/929" target="_blank">show url</a>&nbsp;- shows home page with video of show and links</li> <li>]&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.google.com/a/twit.tv/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AnfwL2-_1Rv3dHR2NlljRHhrWXRHd1BjTEJQdFJ0LUE&amp;gid=38" target="_blank">show notes</a>&nbsp;- detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources&nbsp;</li> <li>] subreddit -&nbsp;</li> <li>] trove -&nbsp;</li> <li>] sponsor - gazzelle.com - buys your old device - &nbsp;$110 for 4s 64gb</li> <li>] sponsor - [19:00] squarespace.com - easy to use, create website from scratch, 20 new templates, tweak with controls, makes you look like a 'design' genius, scaleable, 24 hour support, mobile ready, metrics, from $8 month, free 2 week trial</li> </ol></div>