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<li><strong>[00:00][business] <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/apple-suppliers-gear-up-for-large-screen-iphones-1405985788" target="_blank">The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple is planning a massive initial run for the iPhone 6</a></strong></li>
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<li>] as many as 80 million phones to be manufactured this year.</li>
<li>] Apple reports earnings today at 2pm Pacific.</li>
<li>] last year they did between 50+60 million of last models 5c + 5s,</li>
<li>] likely part of the "optimism" is due to&nbsp;deal with Chinese mobile, now selling iphones,</li>
<li>] iphone6&nbsp;is more difficult to mfg,&nbsp;may be struggling a bit with some mfg technologies,</li>
<li>] ex incell technologies, harder to do on larger screens, part of the reason for the delay on the 5.5 inch model</li>
<li>] people take it for granted apple will get everything right, mfg, supply chain, ...</li>
<li>] 57% of apple total sales revenue&nbsp;is from iphone</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[00:00][technology-hardware] </strong><a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/07/22/apple-granted-comprehensive-itime-smartwatch-patent-with-in-strap-circuitry-arm-gesture-support" target="_blank">From Apple iPhone to Apple iWatch. Or more precisely, Apple iTime</a></strong></li>
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<li>] which involves a newly issued patent.&nbsp;w/Mikey Campbell appleinsider</li>
<li>] patent granted, filed in 2011,&nbsp;illustration shows&nbsp;'iTime' logo on mockup</li>
<li>]&nbsp;incorporates old 6th gen ipod nano, strapped to wrist</li>
<li>] operation of the smarthwatch, connects to idevice (phone, ipod), transfer notifications to the smartwatch</li>
<li>] apple has never confirmed that they are even working on a 'smartwatch'</li>
<li>] technology 'piconet', personal area network</li>
<li>] rumours were multiple form factors for smartwatch</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00][technology-software] </strong>Sarah Perez of <strong>TechCrunch reports that <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/22/amazon-quietly-launches-its-consumer-facing-mobile-wallet-app-amazon-wallet/" target="_blank">Amazon has quietly rolled out an app and service called Amazon Wallet.</a></strong></li>
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<li>] The app is in beta, and it&rsquo;s designed to be used at retail stores at the register, and currently supports only gift and loyalty cards.</li>
<li>] dozens of supported merchants</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[00:00][business] </strong><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/21/us-yahoo-flurry-idUSKBN0FQ23V20140721" target="_blank">Yahoo is buying Flurry, an analytics specialist.</a></strong></li>
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<li>] The move, which seeks to bolster Yahoo's mobile advertising business,</li>
<li>] comes one week after Yahoo announced disappointing Q2 earnings.</li>
<li>] hear so much about google and facebook and the pressure they are under to realize mobile ad revenue</li>
<li>] before Marissa Meyer took over, Yahoo bought and then closed lots of companies, Marissa is continuing along the same path</li>
<li>] have invented very little, have announced very little,</li>
<li>] yahoo needs to find balance where they can aquire companies and utilize that companies technologies</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[00:00][technology-software] </strong><a href="https://www.eff.org/privacybadger" target="_blank">The Electronic Frontier Foundation(EFF) released a free plug-in for Firefox and Chrome</a></strong></li>
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<li>] It&rsquo;s called Privacy Badger, and it can block trackers and widgets that record what you do online.</li>
<li>] there are already other solutions() out there, why do we need this one?</li>
<li>] getting it out there for free,&nbsp;backed by a reputable organization</li>
<li>] can block ads, from sites that use&nbsp;tracking cookies&nbsp;to follow you,&nbsp;ex&nbsp;from google's adsense network</li>
<li>] its simple to use, you can configure it, but you dont have too</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[00:00][technology] </strong><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-business/google-to-turn-nyc-payphones-into-wifi-hotspots/d/d-id/1297443" target="_blank">New York City wants to transform its payphones into WiFi hotspots.</a>&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] phonebooths are still everywhere in NYC</li>
<li>] NYC has 10K+ payphones that it could transform</li>
<li>] could be the dawning of a wifi supercloud</li>
<li>] many major industry players() bidding on the contract</li>
<li>] could be problem with location of booths, as they are close to the curb,</li>
<li>] seasons, can impact the service as well, trees with leaves could block wifi signals in the spring thru fall</li>
<li>] can the network handle the load once people find out about the service</li>
<li>] and what about companies that provide wifi services for a fee now&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[00:00][technology-software] </strong><a href="http://recode.net/2014/07/21/new-facebook-feature-lets-you-save-stuff-on-facebook/" target="_blank">Facebook unveiled a new feature called &ldquo;Save&rdquo;</a> that lets you essentially bookmark links, pictures and other web content. w/Lily Hay Newman @slate.com</strong></li>
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<li>] Unlike Evernote, Instapaper, Pocket and Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Reading List,&rdquo; Facebook Save doesn&rsquo;t let you access the content offline. It&rsquo;s more like Google Keep, which is accessible only if you&rsquo;re online and logged in.</li>
<li>] save is located in the dropdown menu of posts,</li>
<li>] view 'saved' items is located in ...</li>
<li>] for users its "bookmarking" the same thing weve had in browsers</li>
<li>] for facebook its learning more about your interests</li>
<li>] rolling out over the next couple of days, for android, ios and web</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[00:00][business] </strong>Verizon gettting unexpected boost from tablets connection</strong></li>
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<li>] company added 1.15M contracted tablet connections</li>
<li>] subscription growth is 3x faster than growth in smartphone sub's</li>
<li>] tablet sales are currently shrinking, not growing, surprising because of how fast ...</li>
<li>] just a blip on the radar for verizon,</li>
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<li>] # 57 show on stitcher , 2nd fastest growing show on the network</li>
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<li><strong>] show - tech news today</strong></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/content/top-news-july-22-2014" 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>
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