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<h1 style="text-align: center;">TNT - 2014-02-13</h1>
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<li style="font-weight: normal;"><strong>[00:00] Comcast to buy Time-Warner (Bryan @ the verge )</strong></li>
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<li>] comcast largest cable provider in us, x M subscribers to purchase TW in a 45 B deal</li>
<li>] Time Warner, which has 11m subscribers and is 2nd largset in us, ny based</li>
<li>] combo will be about 1/3 of us subscribers, comcast will divest itself of 3M subscribers to reach that lever</li>
<li>] report on apple / tw tv deal</li>
<li>] could open up possiblitiies to better inet tv service&nbsp;</li>
<li>] article <span style="text-decoration: underline;">why you should be scared</span>, @ theverge</li>
<li>] cable service are regional monopolies,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] traffic concerns, throttling, data caps, netflix speeds, customer service concerns, net neutrality</li>
<li>] will control 1/2 of tri-play services (tp =cable, inet, voip)</li>
<li>] this is about broadband NOT tv</li>
<li>] tv is in decline</li>
<li>] inet will be the new delivery mechanisme</li>
<li>] 3/4 of us pop only has access to 2 providers</li>
<li>] going towared monopoly, will their ever be choice like in the uk</li>
<li>] no, thats the problem, will this make it worse, arguable, its not like their is great competition now</li>
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<li style="font-weight: normal;"><strong>[00:00] AAPL cracking down on conflict minerals (Tim Bradshaw)</strong></li>
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<li>] 4 key 'minerals' (gold, tin, tungsten, tantelum) that make up tiny electrical components in our electrical devices</li>
<li>] minerals are srcd from regions like congo where there are ongoing conflicts</li>
<li>] prevoiusly mines used child labor and had other issues, documentary 'blood in the mobile', that studied the nokia supply chain</li>
<li>] listed all known smelters, checking which are compliant with ethicial guidelines</li>
<li>] CM have been a prb for a long time,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] intel announced at CES they made the first completely conflict free processor</li>
<li>] ? re how they are policing it</li>
<li>] different methods(bag &amp; tag), approx 12 organizations involved&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>[20:00] Dennis Woodside new COO at Dropbox&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] former motorola mobility coo moves to dropbox</li>
<li>] possible dropbox ipo in 2014</li>
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<li><strong>[23:00] AAPL and Samsung dominate mobile profits, LG unveils 'super phablet'</strong></li>
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<li>] lg unveils superphone, g3, phablet,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] 4k video, slo mo video, 120 fps, controls on the back, very thing bezel</li>
<li>] only in S.Korea so far,</li>
<li>] phablets are doing well&nbsp;</li>
<li>] problem is dragging away mindset from samsung galaxy series</li>
<li>] apple and samung, marketing strengths</li>
<li>] iphone rumour about edge to edge glass screen</li>
<li>] LG flex - phone has some issues&nbsp;</li>
<li>] need to differentiate</li>
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<li><strong>[28:00] AAPL announcing new tv in April, shipping in time for XMAS&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] was(is) negotating with TW cable for content&nbsp;</li>
<li>] apple tv is one of the easiest to use and ..., set top box,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] problem with making deal with other cable content providers, AAPL wants to access via cust apple id, while cable companies want control access via their user id</li>
<li>] deal may be scuttled with purchase of TW by comcast&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[systems]</h2>
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<h2>[people]</h2>
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<li>] show host -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=202" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">] show co-host -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=231" target="_blank">Sara Lane</a></span></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">] NEW show co-host - Tonya Hall</span></li>
<li>] show producer -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=234" target="_blank">Jason Howell</a></li>
<li>]&nbsp;guest - Lance Ulanoff - Mashable</li>
<li>] guest - Bryan Bishop - Verge</li>
<li>] guest - Tim Bradshaw @Tim financial times</li>
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<h2>[events]</h2>
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<h2>[places]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/940" 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-11-2014" 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>
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