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<h1 style="text-align: center;">TNT - 2014-04-09</h1>
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<li><strong>] comcast/tw merger faces oppostion in&nbsp;congress</strong></li>
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<li>-CC argues: competitors are not just other cable companies (blur the lines)</li>
<li>-CC argues: economies of scale,</li>
<li>-not just pricing, market power,</li>
<li>- could prevent the inTheCloud onDemand, tv nirvana we should have</li>
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<li><strong>] comcast may expand into wireless service </strong></li>
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<li>- bandwith leased from a major carrrier</li>
<li>- similar to googles plan to deliver wireless services&nbsp;where they have their 'google fiber' installations</li>
<li>- all connectivity from 1 provider</li>
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<li><strong>] google getting into the hotel booking business&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>- priceline and expedia spend 2.5/3 b in advertising, 5% of googles ad revenue</li>
<li>- main thing is booing hotel rooms</li>
<li>- NOT&nbsp;</li>
<li>- remaking search results to provide more info, options to book, sends you to hotel,expedia,priceline</li>
<li>- plan more of your trip while staying on googles site</li>
<li>- challenge is getting fragmented hotel market</li>
<li>- ? anti competitive - is google&nbsp;</li>
<li>- what is google today(), provide answers,&nbsp;</li>
<li>- rivals(including expedia.com,tripadvisor) complain via fairsearch.org,&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] google glass tested by USAF // richard @venturebeat </strong></li>
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<li>- batman research team, human performance R&amp;D team, 5B budget, behavioural and technology scientists,</li>
<li>- obtained glass via explore program, been busy workshopping their own s/w</li>
<li>- foreign air controllers, search and rescue,&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] redditor reveals chromecast features </strong></li>
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<li>- reveals code to display weather</li>
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<li><strong>] cnn new 15 second tv show&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li><strong>- </strong>or twitter</li>
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<li><strong>] land rover transparent hood</strong></li>
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<li>- front mounted camera "projects" road ahead video onto hood of car,</li>
<li>- appears as if the vehicles "hood" is transparent and you can see through it to the ground below</li>
<li>- would be great for off roading</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>] show producer -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=234" target="_blank">Jason Howell</a></li>
<li>] guest -</li>
<li>] guest -&nbsp;&nbsp;</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/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-april-9-2014" 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>
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