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<h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt 06-03</h1>
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<li><strong>[00:00] yosemite - APPL&nbsp;WWDC coverage&nbsp;&nbsp;w/Lee Hutchinson @lee_ars @arstechnica</strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;announced yosemite 10.10, the latest version of desktop operating system for apple desktop and laptop computers</li>
<li>] annouced ios 8, the latest version of apples mobile operating systems for its ipad and iphone family of devices</li>
<li>ME] apple 'borrowed&nbsp;heavily' from Android and ios app makers/services&nbsp;in the latest &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>LH] yosemite has a relativley large amount of changes to the User Interface but not a lot of changes under the hood, most changes to UI and native apps</li>
<li>] ios8 and yosemite appear to be converging but aapl has said multiple times that they will always be seperate with key differentiators</li>
<li>] notification center is a big improvement, like a mobile phone that pulls out from the side of the screen,</li>
<li>] using the MAC as a phone, phone calls and sms / imessages can be echoed to your MAC, part of the Continuity/Handoff feature set</li>
<li>] airdrop feature now works between iphone and mac, share</li>
<li>] also tracks application state</li>
<li>ME] answer your laptop available on g voice, &nbsp;AAPL bringing integration, ease of use, can they pull it off?</li>
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<li><strong>[11:00] ios8 - Buster Hein @cultofmac.com</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] most exciting stuff - backend stuff for developers, healthkit and homekit which will take a while to roll out</li>
<li>] spotlight - search features&nbsp;improved</li>
<li>] quicktype -</li>
<li>] notifications - launch apps, do things (interactive notifications, act on notifications)&nbsp;</li>
<li>] easy hotspot - connect to another device via wifi without having to have a wireless network</li>
<li>] keyboard - options exploding,</li>
<li>] messaging - snapchat like short voice chats, can set it to expire, can leave group messages</li>
<li>] photos - gets a big revamp, added a timer, video gets timelapse as well, editorial controls for composition and search inside of photos</li>
<li>] siri - always on, 'hey siri', also has shazam integration and will ask you if you want to buy the song its hearing</li>
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<li><strong>[17:00] swift - the new programming language, that is replacing Objective C&nbsp;w/Tim Stevens @Tim_Stevens @CNET, </strong></li>
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<li>] its time, Objective C was dated, cumbersome, difficult too learn</li>
<li>] swift takes the best from Objective C and brings in features from new languages like python</li>
<li>] also new tools, IDE and debugging environments</li>
<li>] both languages compile to same bytecode, so Objective C can still be used, likely AAPL will push/encourage developers&nbsp;to use the new Swift language</li>
<li>] benchmarks showed that Swift applications run much quicker the Objective C applications, apps could be more responsive to user</li>
<li>] Swift opens up development to newer developers, b/c its a lot easier to learn and test</li>
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<li><strong>[22:00] miscellaneous AAPL -</strong></li>
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<li>] &nbsp;healthkit, homekit - going into a new realm of bundling, AAPL wants to take over a new industry, AAPL getting in front of these parades with it big spending user base, home automation is</li>
<li>] APPL is going to support virtual currencies, they will decide which ones</li>
<li>ME] some 'uncharacteristic' moves from&nbsp;AAPL</li>
<li>JP] they need to be 'open enough' to attract partners to work together with ...</li>
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<li><strong>[26:00] new google glass edition&nbsp;from designer Diane von Furstenberg's studio, DVF</strong></li>
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<li>&nbsp;] <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/3/5774954/new-google-glass-models-developed-by-fashion-designer-dvf" target="_blank">priced at $1600 - 1725</a>,</li>
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<li><strong>[27:00] EU is going to invest 3.8B in robotics industry research</strong></li>
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<li>] the EU says robots will create 2 million jobs over the next 8 years. The twist: 70 percent of EU citizens believe robots steal people's jobs. I guess the other 30 percent are building the robots?</li>
<li>] <a href="http://gigaom.com/2014/06/03/europe-launches-largest-civilian-robotics-research-program-worth-3-8bn/" target="_blank">http://gigaom.com/2014/06/03/europe-launches-largest-civilian-robotics-research-program-worth-3-8bn/</a></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 host&nbsp;- Joe Panettieri @</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1020" 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-june-3-2014" 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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