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<h1 style="text-align: center;">TNT -&nbsp;05-06</h1>
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<li><strong>[00:00] tumblr founder&nbsp;brings back&nbsp;customize user profiles - By&nbsp;Ellis Hamberger, The Verge, @hamburger</strong></li>
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<li>] The founder of Tumblr, david carp,&nbsp;&nbsp;wants to bring back the customized profile pages of the early 2000s,</li>
<li>] mobile tumbler layouts, unique new way, customizable by user,</li>
<li>] change title font, bg color, accent color, avatar, add remove description , change header</li>
<li>] tumblr NOT a social network&nbsp;, microblogging</li>
<li>] using losers to messaging apps like snapchat, whatsApp</li>
<li>] twitter, fb pretty locked down on their mobile apps</li>
<li>] new parameters,</li>
<li>] still lots of customization options on tumbler web app,</li>
<li>] identity - content is king, should all of our profiles look the same, &nbsp;</li>
<li>] profits a tumbler = unknown, owned by yahoo, ? maybe harvesting user data for use in ads across other areas ?</li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/6/5684212/tumblr-declares-war-on-the-internets-identity-crisis" target="_blank">Tumblr declares war on the internet's identity crisis</a>&nbsp;By Ellis</li>
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<li><strong>] nowThisNews is snapchat for news - &nbsp;@ingridlunden writer @techcrunch</strong></li>
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<li>] ephemeral news, partnered with snapchat</li>
<li>] stories - montages of photos that can be strung together</li>
<li>] some exclusive ones posted,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] last app update, video has&nbsp;demo with nowThisNews&nbsp;</li>
<li>] citizen reporting, w/video,</li>
<li>] ad-hoc gathering of video news, could be&nbsp;KILLER FEATURE</li>
<li>] could replace a lot of the social and messaging apps people are currently using</li>
<li>] <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/06/buzzfeed-disney-ipo/" target="_blank">NowThis News Is Working With Snapchat On An Ephemeral News Service</a></li>
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<li><strong>[22:00] google testing new Bookmarks, Emil Protalinski, TheNextWeb @ePro</strong></li>
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<li>] google stars - new bookmarking feature - total departure from the current utilitarian system in chrome browser</li>
<li>] google hasnt commented, they are just testing it, maybe at I/O, g+ user</li>
<li>] available in chrome browser AND across web services, ( ie g+ bookmarks )</li>
<li>] features = folders, filters&nbsp;] advanced search, ]more beautiful than bookmarks, ] automatically organized, ] drag + drop, ] safety, ] share stars</li>
<li>] service likely available across other platforms,</li>
<li>] fb has been testing something similar</li>
<li>] google's goal is to organize everyones information</li>
<li>] florian keirsch - tester</li>
<li>] maybe part of g+</li>
<li>] <a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/05/05/leaked-google-stars-video-screenshots-show-built-search-filter-folder-security-sharing-features/" target="_blank">Leaked Google Stars video and screenshots show built-in search, filter, folder, security, and sharing features</a>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>[28:50] google&nbsp; and the nsa cozy, says Al Jazeera</strong></li>
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<li>] seems straight forward, meetings about security threats, tech companies would be briefed</li>
<li>] internet gets 'freaked out' when 'tech' has anything to do with ' gov security ' agencies</li>
<li>] alt to going to these meetings, is 'not knowing' about potential threats</li>
<li>] story was overblown,</li>
<li>] NSA, even wiht their reputation, has capabilities that no one else has</li>
<li>] <a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/6/nsa-chief-google.html" target="_blank">Exclusive: Emails reveal close Google relationship with NSA</a></li>
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<li><strong>[34:00] google glass send money 'name'</strong></li>
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<li>] can now use simple command to send money to another person</li>
<li>] possible security risks</li>
<li>] <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/google-wallet-is-coming-to-glass/" target="_blank">Google Wallet Is Coming To Glass</a></li>
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<li><strong>[37:00] facebook changing Moves app</strong></li>
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<li>] fb bought moves on 04/24,</li>
<li>] fb promised&nbsp;NO plans to&nbsp;CHANGE or comingle data with fb</li>
<li>] fb has now changed its privacy policy to allow 'moves' to share their user data with fb</li>
<li>] fb didnt tell 'moves' users</li>
<li>] fb is not aggragating everyone in 1 place</li>
<li>] fb is harvesting data across apps everywhere</li>
<li>] moves is killer data, high quality location data</li>
<li>] nytimes interview zuckerberg described it as</li>
<li>] was a big headache for google when they tried</li>
<li>] contextual advertising is theoritically better than irrelevant ads</li>
<li>] interesting b/c they said they wouldnt do it, then they did it, and never told anyone</li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/06/moves-app-privacy-policy-facebook-sharing-data" target="_blank">Moves app changes policy to allow data sharing with new owner Facebook</a></li>
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<li><strong>[41:30] google x labs tried and failed to build a jetpack</strong></li>
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<li>] 1 of googles moonshot projects,</li>
<li>] shut down B/C was expensive and dangerous and didnt really benefit mankind</li>
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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 - Alyssa Bereznak, Technology Columnist @yahoo, @alyssabereznak</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1001" 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-may-6-2014" 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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