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Article Description: [30:00] REVIEW-VIDEO-episode-948 - ] fb buys whatsApp ] googles approach ] msft renames office webapps to office online ] HTC smartwatches ] yahoo siri competitor ] Apple/Tesla meeting confirmed

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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">TNT - 2014-02-20</h1> <h2>[subjects]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; text-align: start;"><ol> <li style="font-weight: normal;"><strong>[00:00] Facebook(fb) buys WhatsApp for 19B ( w/jessica lessin + Reed Albergetti)</strong></li> <ol> <li>] why = expand userbase worldwide</li> <li>] messaging and social networking are direct competitors</li> <li>] totally different business, no ads, subscription service</li> <li>] antifb - no ads, dont store/track user data, ?=will users bail b/c fb owns it</li> <li>] wechat in china, not just messaging, more</li> <li>] more photos shared on whatsapp then on fb</li> <li>] uses your address book to build your social network</li> <li>] founder brian acton&nbsp;</li> <li>] model = first year free, .99 year after that, most competitors are free,&nbsp;</li> <li>] over 50 competitors on g.play alone( apps with more then 1M dloads)</li> <li>] why = could be a B users, revenue isnt strategicly important</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] googles approach to aquiring WhatsApp (w/Jessica Lessin)</strong></li> <ol> <li>] offered to pay whatsApp if someone else was trying to buy it, whatsApp declined,&nbsp;</li> <li>] been interested for years, made many overtures</li> <li>] google will have to continue to double down on g+, not a place that a lot of people goto, but glue&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] yahoo version of siri, inMind (w/Jason Abbruzzese )</strong></li> <ol> <li>] talk to your phone, interact in a natural way,&nbsp;</li> <li>] your phone learing about &nbsp;you</li> <li>] ? = differention between competitors</li> <li>] maybe late to the game</li> <li>] but early days for the technology</li> <li>] 2 research started with 'calo'(a pentagon project)</li> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] msft renames 'office webapps' to 'office online',(w/Lance whitney)</strong></li> <ol> <li>] msft blog post explains users of web apps were confused about how to access the programs, branding was confusing</li> <li>] changes somed new features</li> <li>] had to access skydrive first then&nbsp;</li> <li>] now there is a dedicated startup page for 'office online', click icon for 'word'&nbsp;</li> <li>] now a new toolbar accessible from any app, access to all ms services, word, excel, onenote, calendar, ....</li> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00]</strong><strong>&nbsp;HTC reportedly working on 3 new smartwatches</strong></li> <ol> <li>] one is based on google now</li> <li>] one based on qualcomm spec</li> <li>] one based on &nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] followup on story about possible Apple/Tesla merger talks&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] Musk confirmed meeting with Apple</li> <li>] " aquisition of Tesla is very unlikely, very focused on ..</li> </ol></ol></div> <h2>[objects]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; text-align: start;"><ol> <li>] sponsor - scottevest</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 producer -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=234" target="_blank">Jason Howell</a></li> <li>] guest -&nbsp;Reed Albergetti&nbsp;@</li> <li>] guest - Jessica Lessin @theinformation</li> <li>] guest - Lance Whitney @cnet</li> <li>] guest -&nbsp;w/Jason Abbruzzese @mashable</li> <li>] guest &nbsp;-&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/show/tech-news-today/946" 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-february-18-2014" 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>] <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technewstoday/" target="_blank">subreddit</a> -&nbsp;News item submissions for TWIT's Tech News Today</li> <li>] trove -&nbsp;</li> <li>] rsa.com</li> <li>] sponsors</li> </ol></div>