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<li><strong>[00:00] Tesla CEO announces others can use their patents&nbsp; w/Jason Perlot /Klint Finlay /Eric Blattber @VentureBeat<br /></strong></li>
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<li><strong></strong>] bold and amazing move OR publicity stunt,</li>
<li>] he is NOT open source ing patents,</li>
<li>] motivation - looking for partners, a licencing play, partnership play, looking for customers for batteries from their 5B gigafactory battery mfg facility</li>
<li>] won't sue those using the technologies, BUT reserving the right to counter sue</li>
<li>] Musk is idealist, smaller slice of growing pie &gt; domination of small electric car market</li>
<li>] could be good for recruiting engineers (to automotive),</li>
<li>] patents (approx 200) are - methods for doing things(processes), NOT specific designs &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>] tesla demand is 35k units globally, very small relative to total market size, even in luxury segment which is approx 800K</li>
<li>] will he share with other MFG/INDUSTRY, ex AAPL,SAMSUNG looking for battery efficency</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] priceline aquiring OpenTable for 2.6B</strong></li>
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<li>] price doesnt seem to be in the ballpark of anything that makes sense, facebook aquisition of 'whatsApp' has</li>
<li>] OpenTable is a leading contender for siri/google now/cortana integration</li>
<li>] has been part of siri since the beginning ...</li>
<li>] OpenTable does 15M reservations every month, k restaurant</li>
<li>] making 30M year annual profit, $70 share price, +46% premium on share price,</li>
<li>] dont see how its possible to</li>
<li>] aquisition spree, bought digital</li>
<li>] already own, booking,com, kayak.com</li>
<li>] want to be the concierge of everything travel related, the google of 'leisure time' -&nbsp;</li>
<li>] aquiring a property and taking it out as a competitor VS getting value o</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] google - NEW fit service w/Parmy Olson @forbes.com</strong></li>
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<li>] platform to aggragate data from wearable devices and apps&nbsp;</li>
<li>] x-platform OR android only ?? not sure, likely android only</li>
<li>] comparing to AAPL recently announced 'healthkit' platform coming in ios 8</li>
<li>] people will be wary, given google reputation as an ad selling company,</li>
<li>] is GOOG moving away from ad model and to learning more about you using 'sensors' to gather better data to serve you more relevant ads and services</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] msft - new xbox commerical, publicity stunt <br /></strong></li>
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<li>] new commercial promoting its 'kinect less' box, in the commercial actors says 'xbox on' and users with xbox's had them turn on</li>
<li>] is this a ploy by msft to turn on xboxes,</li>
<li>] it shows off the great features of the kinect, BUT the ad is for the new NON kinect less bundle, the xbox ONE without the kinect</li>
<li>] best thing thats happened all week for the</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] new ios8 features that lay the groundwork for iWatch w/mark gurman @9to5 mac </strong></li>
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<li>] notifications center w/new widgets</li>
<li>] healthkit - integration with iwatch, aggragates health data from multiple apps, will make its mark when connected to apple hardware</li>
<li>] pretty clear, there will be a watch this year, - unsure what sensors it will have to start with ,</li>
<li>] round or square - getting the sensor to work on round devices could be a problem</li>
<li>] instant hot spot feature - iWatch would know there is an iPhone nearby,</li>
<li>] play on an iPhone accessory - tricks like continuity and instant hotspot</li>
<li>] lightning based headphones, could be connected directly to iWatch,</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] US marshals auctioning off Bitcoins</strong></li>
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<li>] bitcoins recovered from silk road,</li>
<li>] must put up 200K in wire transfer to qualify to bid</li>
<li>] @ current value ($600), approx 18M value</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00]&nbsp; restaurant chain hacked, credit card data stolen</strong></li>
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<li>] going back to using the old imprint method of using cards,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] ludicrous</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;- Don Reisinger</li>
<li>] guest -&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1028" 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-13-2014" target="_blank">show notes summary</a>&nbsp;-</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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