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<li><strong>] msft layoffs - 18K </strong>Microsoft today announced plans to cut 18,000 jobs this year -- the biggest layoff in the company's history. The company also announced the end of the Nokia X, Asha and Series 40 lines and the end of Microsoft's short experiment in the Android handset business.</li>
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<li>x] guests Mary Jo Foley, Roger Cheng</li>
<li>x] 1300 jobs being cut are in the seattle area</li>
<li>x] almost every part of the company is getting cut to some degree, even legal</li>
<li>?] how does it reflect larger strategy</li>
<li>x] Nadella want to pivot company, mobile first,cloud first + productivity and platforms</li>
<li>x] wants consumer and enterprise markets, believes in BYOD movement</li>
<li>x] need to pick and choose their spots</li>
<li>x] doubling down on office, office on android, on iOS</li>
<li>x] tweaking organization, to be quicker bringing OS changes to market,</li>
<li>x] taking away the silo'd structure currently in place</li>
<li>?] talk about cut represents - cleaning up of Steve Balmers mess ?</li>
<li>x] oversimplified, to say he is cleaning up Balmers mess</li>
<li>x] nadella is being credited with some of the stuff that Balmer brought into play</li>
<li>x] example office on ipad, Balmers idea, as well as bringing it to iOS(ipad) platform first</li>
<li>x] Nadella is trying to put his stamp on the new&nbsp;msft, fleshing out what "1 msft" means</li>
<li>x] very into experimentation, testing, machine learning to</li>
<li>x] bringing his core values to bear on msft to make it more nimble and better suited for todays market</li>
<li>x] msft only has 14% of ALL market share, not the dominant player it once was</li>
<li>"]&nbsp;ME - 14% is also the % of the msft workforce being cut&nbsp;</li>
<li>? how does it ( Roger Cheng )</li>
<li>x] END of nokia X (android phone) project is not a big surprise, was kind of a half baked project</li>
<li>] smart move to focus on windows phone</li>
<li>?] analysts are saying, this is evidence msft not really interested in being a phone maker</li>
<li>x] likely so, fewer, stronger</li>
<li>?] public perception of msft</li>
<li>x]&nbsp;public usually has little idea of why companies do what they do</li>
<li>x] wall street is bullish, have been after msft to make these cuts for a while,&nbsp;stock price may benefit</li>
<li>x] <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/beyond-12500-former-nokia-employees-who-else-is-microsoft-laying-off-7000031726" target="_blank"><em>Read more at zdnet.com.</em></a></li>
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<li><strong>No more physical iTunes gift cards, at least not if you get iTunes pass.</strong> Apple debuted its new iTunes Pass service in the US and UK this week, after first rolling it out in Japanese iTunes stores. It lets users to buy iTunes Store credit directly... without the need for physical gift cards.</li>
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<li>x] debuted in US and UK this week, already in Japan</li>
<li>x] create iTunes pass, adds it to passBook,</li>
<li>x] when you go to apple store, can be reloaded with any amount you&nbsp;want</li>
<li>x] doesnt have a&nbsp;value range</li>
<li>x] gets read of need for physical card</li>
<li>x] laying groundwork for future of mobile payments,</li>
<li>x] WSJ has reported apple working on mobile payments</li>
<li>?] what is taking so long for mobile payments</li>
<li>x] lots of players in the space</li>
<li>x] everyone has their own approach</li>
<li>x] apple is the slowest mover in market but usually gets it right</li>
<li>x] consumers are getting comfortable with using mobile payments</li>
<li>x] we know apples touch id is made with a</li>
<li>x] apple has credit cards, authentication (touch id)</li>
<li>x] ME - predicts will go huge and it will be a massive part of their revenue</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/287748/apple-brings-itunes-pass-united-states-storing-money-passbook/" target="_blank"><em>Read more at cultofmac.com.</em></a></li>
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<li><strong>Google added support for gift cards and other new features to Google Wallet. w/Jon Fingas</strong></li>
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<li>] take a photo of card or type in the info, then it sits in the app</li>
<li>] will tell you what your balance on the card is</li>
<li>] also payment support has been added to gmail,</li>
<li>] get and send payments, avoid cheques and money transfers</li>
<li>] also added spanish language support</li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/16/google-wallet-gift-card-support/" target="_blank"><em>Read more at engadget.com.</em></a></li>
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<li><strong>Google earnings call today</strong></li>
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<li>] expecting positive news</li>
<li>] also expected to reveal some new details about advertising platform, better breakdown</li>
<li>] investors interested in profits on android app sales</li>
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<li><strong>Aereo a cable company?</strong> We told you last week that after the US Supreme Court ruled against Aereo, the company's CEO sent a letter to a U.S. district court in New York saying that because the Court smacked down Aereo by calling it a cable company, the company is entitled therefore to be licensed as a cable company. However, CNBC is reporting this morning that US copyright officials have told Aereo they do not consider it a "cable company" under the terms of copyright law. Nice try, Aereo.</li>
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<li>] nice try by Aereo, but NO cookie</li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/101838646" target="_blank"><em>Read more at cnbc.com.</em></a></li>
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<li><strong>Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega is suing the makers of "Call of Duty."</strong> Noriega's image and name is a game character in Activision Publishing's "Call of Duty: Black Ops II," and he's suing the company for unlawfully using his image for monetary gain. Noriega was convicted in the United States of drug dealing in 1992. He served 15 years in the US, and is now serving a 20-year sentence for murder and money laundering in Panama. I guess he fears Call of Duty might damage his reputation.</li>
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<li>"]ME -&nbsp;curious if he has played the game, is the Noriega character in real life, like the one in the game</li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/101841834" target="_blank"><em>Read more at cnbc.com.</em></a></li>
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<li><strong>] announcements</strong></li>
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<li>] FCC has recieved more than 1Billion comments from public on net neutrality, the deadline for comment has been extended to Fri midnight</li>
<li>] brickhouse party, open house, next wednesday, july 23, tix at twit.tv</li>
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<h2>[objects]</h2>
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<li>] google wallet</li>
<li>] iTunes pass</li>
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<h2>[systems]</h2>
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<li>] MSFT</li>
<li>] AAPL</li>
<li>] GOOG</li>
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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 host&nbsp;-&nbsp;Elise Hu&nbsp;</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/1051" 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-july-17-2014" 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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