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<h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 2015-02-12</h1> <h2>[subjects]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/02/12/facebook_legacy_contact_who_manages_account_when_you_die.html" target="_blank">facebook makes it easier to die</a> w/Will Oremus @slate.com</strong></li> <ol> <li>] introduces a "legacy contact" feature, that lets a loved one mange your account, after you die</li> <li>] previoiusly 3 options, ] continue as live account, ] send documentaion of death, your account page would be memorialized ] send documentation of death to delete account</li> <li>] 2 new options while your alive 1] delete account when death is proven 2] designate a "legacy contact" - who will have access to certain parts of account</li> <li>] cant see your private messages or delete messages</li> <li>] can pin new posts, ex encourage people to leave messages, encourage</li> </ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;"><strong>[00:00] AD <a href="http://gazelle.com" target="_blank">gazelle.com</a> </strong></span><ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">] <strong>buy sell electronics</strong> - new trade in program, can sell your old gadget and trade it in for a new device, you can now also buy devices directly from gazelle, 30pt inspection of devices, with return policy USE OFFER CODE = , to SAVE x %</span></li> </ol></li> <li><strong>[05:15] </strong><a href="http://fortune.com/2015/02/11/twitter-vine-niche/" target="_blank"><strong>twitter initiative for vine monetization</strong></a><strong> </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/eringriffith" rel="nofollow">Erin Griffith</a> @fortune.com</li> <ol> <li>] twitter acquired niche, online talent agency that negotiates deals for online media stars</li> <li>] vine has its own stars, people with millions of followers</li> <li>] stars are brokering deals with brands for endorsements, ex endorse a skateboard or a certain kind of laptop</li> <li>] deals dont bring any money for twitter, but people are making money</li> <li>] niche also works with stars and influencers on other platfroms, instagram, pinterest, ...</li> <li>] plan is to keep niche on the other plans,</li> <li>] may have paid $50M for company</li> <li>] twitter has owned vine for 3 years, but hasnt really tried to monetize the product</li> <li>] could drive ad business for twitter, vine start/brands could pay to promote sponsored vines on twitter</li> <li>] competitive social networks are concerned about youtube stars status</li> <li>] stars realizing thats its valuable to have a presence on multiple platforms</li> <li>] youtube stars give 45% of their ad revenue to youtube, their following is locked in to youtube, cant take their followings with them</li> </ol> <li><strong>[09:30] </strong><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/11/fitbit-acknowledges-latest-devices-are-causing-rashes-advises-to-give-your-wrist-a-rest/" target="_blank"><strong>fitbit acknowledges rash complaints, resume</strong></a><strong>, w/</strong><a href="https://twitter.com/alyssabereznak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alyssa Bereznak</a><strong> @yahoo.com</strong></li> <ol> <li>] previous fitbit force band was pulled from market b/c of many people complaining about developing rashes</li> <li>] new band was supposed to alleviate any concerns with rashes</li> <li>] company admitted it hasn't done a good job of dealing with people who are suffering from rashes</li> <li>] ex reporter gets weird irritation on wrist, after testing out fitbit</li> <li>] contacted company and was told to clean the area under the device and take a break from wearing your wearable</li> <li>] same reporter has used jawbone up wearable for a long period of time and not experienced any irritants </li> </ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;"><strong>[00:00] AD <a href="http://gazelle.com" target="_blank">gazelle.com</a> </strong></span></li> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">] <strong>buy sell electronics</strong> - new trade in program, can sell your old gadget and trade it in for a new device, you can now also buy devices directly from gazelle, USE OFFER CODE = , to SAVE x %</span></li> </ol> <li><strong>[12:30] <a href="http://blog.pinterest.com/post/110786995184/install-the-best-new-iphone-and-ipad-apps-from" target="_blank">pinterest enables iOS app downloads</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] Pinterest new feature "app pins" is for discovering and downloading apple iOS apps</li> <li>] download the apps directly from pinterest, you dont have to go to itunes or apple store </li> </ol> <li><strong>[13:15] <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">google youtube - testing radio station feature</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] pandora like discovery for youtube - create a radio station around the current video you are watching . like, dislike and dismiss videos.</li> </ol> <li><strong>[13:45] <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/12/8024975/microsoft-acquires-n-trig-rumor" target="_blank">msft buying n-trig</a> </strong></li> <ol> <li>] company is making digital pens(sytlus) and chips for touch screens, including the pen for the msft surface pro 3</li> <li>] 200M aquisition for msft,</li> <li>] 190 employees will form new research & dev center</li> <li>] isreal based company makes pen based devices,</li> <li>] some speculation that apple may be getting into pen based devices also</li> </ol> <li><strong>[14:15] ASSORTED</strong></li> <ol> <li><strong><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">] <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/expedia-to-buy-orbitz-for-1-3-billion-1423746909" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">expedia buys orbitz</span></a></span></strong> - $ 1.3B, Expedia already owns travelocity.com, hotels. com, hotwire and others. Orbitz owns ebookers.com and cheaptickets.com </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/12/us-qualcomm-southkorea-idUSKBN0LG02120150212" target="_blank">South Korea investigating Qualcomm</a> - company recently settled for 975M with chinese gov, aslo facing anti trust probes in US and EU</li> <li>] <a href="http://recode.net/2015/02/11/dropbox-replaces-insider-cfo-with-former-motorola-exec/" target="_blank">dropbox replaces CFO</a> - sujay jashwa replaced with former motorola exec, vaness whitman to fill position</li> <li>] <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/teslas-loss-widens-as-spending-increases-1423695065" target="_blank">tesla earnings report</a> - 108M losses for 4th quarter missing estimates, as deliveries fall short. Expect to deliver 55K cars this year. CEO Elon Musk says that in 10 years Tesla's market cap could approach Apples. Also Announced ...</li> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">] <strong>Tesla home battery</strong> -</span> works with solar panels to get people off of the electric grid completely. Could be unveiled within the next month or two and go into production within 6 months.</li> </ol> <li><strong>[15:30] BIG NUMBERS</strong></li> <ol> <li>] 1.3 Trillion - major Apple shareholder, Carl Icahn says apple is worth. $216 share. The stock market disagrees valuing company at 700B</li> <li>] 1B - data records comprimised in 2014 says jamalta report, over 1500 security breachs. That is a 78% increase from 2013</li> <li>] 720K - androidwear devices shipped in 2014.</li> </ol> <li><strong>[16:30] COOL STUFF</strong></li> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">] VIDEO - <a href="http://vimeo.com/119036799" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">apple's new spaceship campus</span></a> tour 2 -</span></li> <li>] VIDEO - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7lKihNI-K4" target="_blank">google japan creates choir made up of an array of android devices</a>, beethovens 9th ode to joy</li> </ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;"><strong>[00:00] AD </strong></span><a href="http://legalzoom/twit" target="_blank"><strong><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">legalzoom.com/twit</span></strong></a><ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;">] self help legal services, <span style="background-color: #ccffff;">protect your family, build a will, its easy and inexpensive for whatever your legal needs are, lots of people dont do the things that they should do, check out the legalzoom site to see whats possible, have </span>helped millions of people over 10 years, <strong>USE THE OFFER CODE=TNT will get you $10 off</strong></span></li> </ol></li> <li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong>FOLLOWUP - on PREVIOUSLY REPORTED STORIES</strong></li> <ol> <li>] none</li> </ol> <li><strong>[21:15] FAN of the DAY</strong></li> <ol> <li>] <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><a href="https://twitter.com/cpttango30/status/565536039595692032%20" target="_blank">@cpttango30</a></span></span></li> </ol></ol> <h2>[objects]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li>] fitbit</li> </ol></div> <h2>[systems]</h2> <div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><ol> <li>] facebook - legacy contact</li> <li>] pinterest - app pinboards</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 - tony</li> </ol> <li>] business/companies</li> <ol> <li>] apple</li> <li>] google</li> <li>] microsoft</li> <li>] n-tring</li> <li>] pinterest</li> <li>] tesla</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/1195" 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-12-2015" 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> <li>] apple spaceship campus</li> </ol></div> <h2> </h2>