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<h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 07-28</h1>
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<li><strong>[00:00][business] <a href="http://marketingland.com/zillow-buys-rival-trulia-fro-3-5-billion-stock-93049?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">zillow buys trulia for 3.5B in stock</a> w/</strong><a href="http://twitter.com/gsterling" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greg Sterling</a> @sterling market report</li>
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<li>] Two of the biggest real-estate web sites are merging: Zillow is buying Trulia for $3.5 billion in an all-stock deal. Both Trulia and Zillow brands will be preserved.</li>
<li>] will keep the 2 the real estate shopping services seperate</li>
<li>] combination is either scary or convenient, dependant upon your view</li>
<li>] on the consumer side, the #1 and # 2 real estate sites according to comscore, huge mobile audiences,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] they dont have a lot of overlap in their functionality, suspicion that a lot of people are using both sites.</li>
<li>] zillow, 83M uniques in 2014-06,</li>
<li>] trulia, 54M uniques,</li>
<li>] SF based trulia, seems to be a better site, more info about&nbsp;</li>
<li>] trulia - is more of a 'browser site' about finding info on the property, getting contextual info -&nbsp; neibhorhood amenities, crime stats, search engine for listings, could do a better job of servicing those listings</li>
<li>] zillow - is about managing your own property, getting listings out, determining market values, started out as a data aggragator, real estate voyeruism drove initial growth, 'looky loo's'</li>
<li>] why not combine into one mega service ?</li>
<li>] will see some integration of services</li>
<li>] they are combining board, trulia ceo, Pete Flint will remain, but will report to zillow ceo, Spencer Radcoff</li>
<li>] targeted to close next year, has to be approved by boards of current company</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[11:40]</strong>[tech-software-os] <a href="http://gigaom.com/2014/07/28/samsung-indefinitely-delays-the-release-of-its-first-tizen-smartphone/" target="_blank">Samsung's mobile OS Tizen being delayed again</a></strong></li>
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<li>] According to GigaOm, Samsung is delaying the release of its own Tizen operating system, which was set to launch in Russia on a device called the Samsung Z. Previously scuttled in Japan, the operating system has shown up on Samsung smart watches and cameras, but <strong>Samsung says it needs to develop a bigger app store</strong> before the OS is released on a phone.&nbsp;</li>
<li>] slowing down Samsungs attempts to become more independant google &amp; android</li>
<li>] Tizen is their fallback position, a bargaining chip</li>
<li>] suspects there may be no apps, why would developers develop for samsung app store</li>
<li>] even giants like MSFT and AMAZON have trouble getting traction for their app store developers</li>
<li>] blogger on Wall Street Journal reports that it wont launch this year</li>
<li>] the OS currently runs only on a smartwatch</li>
<li>] have recently switched their galaxy gear smartwatch from android to tizen, maybe a precedent</li>
<li>] if Tizen becomes a thing, would Samsung do the same thing with their phones</li>
<li>] samsung has worked hard to differentiate their version of android from others</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[17:00]</strong>[business] <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/us-amazon-3d-idUSKBN0FX0RI20140728" target="_blank">amazon launches new store for 3D printed products</a> w/</strong><a href="https://twitter.com/dseetharaman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deepa Seetharaman</a></li>
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<li>] Amazon launched a new online store today for 3D-printed products.</li>
<li>] Customers can order and customize bobble heads, jewelry, smartphone cases and other products, which will be printed by one of Amazon&rsquo;s sellers, then shipped.</li>
<li>] initally 200+ different products, can be ordered with personalization opitons specified on the Amazon website</li>
<li>] example pair of earings, shaped like a molecule, diameter of molecules can be adjusted, the width, the color, ...</li>
<li>] test mule for more products down the line</li>
<li>] maybe one day, you will just customize designs you buy and the print it out at home on your 3D printer</li>
<li>] 3D printers are becoming mainstream very quickly, you can purchase them @home depot</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[22:00]</strong>[business] <a href="http://recode.net/2014/07/27/apple-to-buy-radio-app-swell-for-30-million/" target="_blank">apple buys 2 content companies</a></strong></li>
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<li>] Apple is purchasing two young companies--BookLamp and Swell--aimed at creating streaming online services for books and talk radio, respectively, according to TechCrunch and Re/Code.</li>
<li>] According to the reports, the BookLamp deal is closed, and the Swell deal is very close to finished.</li>
<li>] Both use a Pandora-like model and simple interfaces to stream content, and with Apple CarPlay on the horizon, it's clear that Apple is getting ready to fight both Amazon and Google for the streaming experience both in-car and out.</li>
<li>] Swell, like music except for talk, apple</li>
<li>] apple would love to move podcasting into a future where they could make money off of it</li>
<li>] apples own podcasting app has its share of problems including very low ratings in the app store</li>
<li>] apple on a buying spree of lately</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[27:00]</strong>[business] <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2014/07/27/amazon-apparently-set-to-launch-square-competitor-next-month-as-it-preps-biometric-payment-tools/" target="_blank">amazon may be launching its own "square like" card reader</a></strong></li>
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<li>] 9to5 Mac&rsquo;s Mark Gurman reports evidence that Amazon may be getting ready to launch its own Square-like mobile credit card reading hardware product within the next few weeks. The evidence comes in the form of internal documents from retailer Staples, which plans to stock a new product called the Amazon Card Reader, which will be placed next to card readers from Square, PayPal and Staples itself.</li>
<li>] amazon which exists to sell things onlines, markets devices which exist to sell things online, now going into a brick &amp; mortar retail device</li>
<li>] amazon dominates in online sales world but not in brick and mortar stores</li>
<li>] response to ibeacon which is going to be apples ecommerce related entry into retail</li>
<li>] 9.99 price for retailers,</li>
<li>] amazon makes money with percentage on all card payment transactions</li>
<li>] amazon also recently released amazon wallet payments software for consumers, will end up in their devices</li>
<li>] how about a fingerprint reader instead of using a card period,</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[31:15]</strong>[technology] <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/hilton-books-upgraded-technology-1406503197?mod=yahoo_hs" target="_blank">hotel keys could dissapear in the future</a></strong></li>
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<li>] Hilton hotels are investing a huge truckload of money -- $550 million -- to allow guests to use their phones to select their rooms from their phones and use their phones as keys to enter their rooms, helping the hotels compete against rivals also investing in digital keys, and to help ease clogged lines at check-in and check-out. The Wall Street Journal says that the hotel chain will make its announcement later this week.</li>
<li>] app would also provide map to your hotel room,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] rolled out within the next couple of years ... may be used with ibeacon technology, where the door would unlock as you get to within a couple of feet of it</li>
<li>] there are already products available for you to do this in your home as well, example quickset, nice when sending a digital key VS having to deliver a physical, digital keys can now timeout with the latest firmware upgrade for the device.</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[00:00][</strong>government] chinese government shows up at msft offices</strong></li>
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<li>] they have been going after all the major tech companies, including apple, now msft</li>
<li>] aggressive engagement by Chinese government, if they can force other companies to do what they want, they win</li>
<li>] they know how the US gov works, lobbying by special interests ...</li>
<li>] most companies have no choice but to go along</li>
<li>] windows 8 is still banned in china, plans to go ahead with xbox release in china</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[38:00][</strong>feedback] viewer re: apple, amazon and predatory pricing</strong></li>
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<li>] re: episode# 1057 - why is there no law against companies selling products below cost?&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>] there are laws in other countries(ex australia, canada ), not in the us</li>
<li>] there are laws in US about 'dumping' products</li>
<li>] amazon doesnt really have a monopoly, they have a monopsomy, a buyers monopoly ...</li>
<li>] if you want to have a best selling book, you better have it on amazon</li>
<li>] something that needs to be revisited, its a new world</li>
<li>] on the other side, a great democratization of publishing that happened with Amazon, more authors can get their books to market</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[43:30]</strong>[business/marketing] msft reveals new Cortana commercial targeting Siri</strong></li>
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<li>] msft introduced a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&amp;v=w0pjD4qpIpg" target="_blank">clever commercial</a> reveals the potential of geo-fencing</li>
<li>] google now - does 'most of' this already,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] and <a href="/view/article?id=1984" target="_blank">does a much better job of rifling through your email</a> ....</li>
<li>] JH - features of the various assistants are all kind of converging, they will each have their own strengths/weaknesses</li>
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<li><strong>] show - tech news today </strong></li>
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<li>] 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;- Lindsey Turrentine @ cnet.com</li>
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<li>] Zillow</li>
<li>] Trulia</li>
<li>] Apple</li>
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<h1 style="text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;">tnt - 07-29</h1>
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<li><strong>[00:00] [tech-software-os] BBC <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28544443" target="_blank">Android Fake ID bug exposes smartphones and tablets</a> w/<a href="http://twitter.com/leokelion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leo Kelion</a> <br /></strong></li>
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<li>] bluebox lab discovers security flaw in android mobile OS, flaw named Fake ID, in android phones</li>
<li>] this flaw leaves users exposed to malware and personal data theft</li>
<li>] company reported the flaw to google and googe has patched it for its Android Partners and the Open source android version</li>
<li>] android users running older versions of android are still at risk</li>
<li>] flaw takes advantage of certification signatures</li>
<li>] comparison tradesman building</li>
<li>] anrdoid was checking the id, but wasnt checking wether the app should be using the id</li>
<li>] this allowed malware access to the phone and it could masquerade as apps from companies such as adobe, traylm (android skin maker), even google wallet</li>
<li>] flaws has existed from android version 2.1 to 4.3,</li>
<li>] patch was released in april 2014, but older versions of android software are still vulnerable</li>
<li>] google hasn't found any instances of this in use BUT once hackers "know about" it, they will go to town ...</li>
<li>] dont know exact numbers of the devices running the older android software, BUT there will be quite a lot</li>
<li>] flaw is specific to the android os and the way it handles certificate signing</li>
<li>] other mobile OS not affected, but they do have security flaws as well</li>
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<li><strong>[07:40][government] BUSINESSINSIDER <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/china-hacked-into-iron-dome-2014-7" target="_blank">Chinese Hackers Stole Plans For Israel's Iron Dome</a></strong> w/<a href="https://twitter.com/arminrosen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Armin Rosen</a>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] Dome is a taylor made missile interceptions system(sheild) that protects country from rockets, but not from hackers</li>
<li>] Dome system was developed in Isreal with substantial US funding</li>
<li>] has estimated interception rate of 60-80% for some missiles, is not able to intercept the more sophisticated missiles</li>
<li>] technology was developed by US military contractor Boeing</li>
<li>] info from the Dome may have gotten into the hands of chinese hackers,</li>
<li>] suspected stolen documents include - plans for system, docs stamped by us regulators indicating they were of national security,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] suspected theft was done by "comment crew", the elite hacking crew of the chinese army,</li>
<li>] China doesn't face the same threats as Isreal, curious as to why they would want the technology,</li>
<li>] breach took place in 2011-2012, may have been looking for info on other systems being developed, may have been part of a sweep, also may have just been part of their 'vacuum up ' anything they can get approach&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>[12:00][social privacy] <a href="http://time.com/3047936/okcupid-relaunches-oktrends-dating-blog/" target="_blank">OkCupid Relaunches OkTrends: A Beloved Blog That Tracks Online Daters' Fascinating Habits</a> w/<a href="https://twitter.com/laurastampler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Laura Stampler</a> @time.com</strong></li>
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<li>] dating site that bragged in their blog that they "experiment on human beings"</li>
<li>] they are saying that it wasnt 1 experiment that they ran, they run experiments on sites users all the time</li>
<li>] also saying that (almost) all websites experiment on their users,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] 1 experiment told people who were only 30% compatible that they were 90% compatible</li>
<li>] they found that these users then sent more messages,</li>
<li>] also found, it was still a lower conversation rate then for those that were actually 90% compatible</li>
<li>] nothing in terms of use, about deliberately lying, or telling their users that the information provided may be false</li>
<li>] blog post, kind of bragging, proudly copped to it</li>
<li>] different then facebook's experimentation</li>
<li>] it happens because people dont know that its going on</li>
<li>"] ME - if people knew how much they were being jerked around by these sites, there may be a market for a social site that was more open, honest</li>
<li>"] LS - dont think this experimentaion is as widespread as it may seem, would make for an interesting investigation, some "experimention" is necessary (ex new site design) for sites to test features/functions adoption</li>
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<li><strong>[20:00] [government] <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/29/us-microsoft-china-idUSKBN0FX0TY20140729" target="_blank">China regulator announces anti-monopoly probe of Microsoft</a></strong></li>
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<li>] Chinese govt taking a closer look at msft windows and msft office</li>
<li>] raises the question(again) of how effectively US tech companies can conduct business in china</li>
<li>] almost like a game of chicken between us and chinese govt</li>
<li>] msft doesnt break out revenue by country but always says it would like to be doing better in china</li>
<li>] not doing so well, because piracy of windows and office is rampant in china, even amongst chinese government</li>
<li>] china has its own linux based OS called China Operating System(COS), which people dont like</li>
<li>] this isnt about anti-trust, its about harassing american tech companies because China feels harassed by US government</li>
<li>] US.gov claims that the Chinese gov is involved in widespread hacking</li>
<li>"] now would be a great time for msft to announce how many copies of windows and office it has sold and how many copies of pirated office and windows are in use in china</li>
<li>] you could argue US.gov is also, example - questioning the IBM/lenovo deal&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>x] xbox sales to start soon in China</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00][business/aquisitions] <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/29/blackberry-snags-german-voice-encryption-firm-secusmart-but-years-too-late/" target="_blank">BlackBerry Snags German Voice Encryption Firm Secusmart, But Years Too Late</a> w/<a href="https://twitter.com/ron_miller" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ron Miller</a></strong></li>
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<li>] Secusmart makes 'chips' that secure phone calls,</li>
<li>] with a chipped phone on both ends you would be able to have a secured voice call, with a chip on 1 of the phones, you would be able to have a more secure call, t</li>
<li>] the chip secures the voice data before it goes over the air</li>
<li>] BB + Secusmart have worked together before as partners</li>
<li><strong>] is it over for blackberry ?</strong></li>
<li>]&nbsp; they have been trying really hard for years, they were great when they were in control (pre 2009) but have floundered since iphone and then android hit,</li>
<li>] have tried different things - tablets, new smartphones</li>
<li>] US market share of over 40% in us at the end of 2009 down to 2% today</li>
<li>] what Chen is trying to do now is ... ,</li>
<li>] why didnt they do this in 2012?, thats been there trouble all along, they have had trouble anticipating markets/adapting, reacting to changes in market</li>
<li>"] JP - bit of a John Chen fan, he turned around SAP, is there a glimmer of hope of Chen turning around BB to the point of it being relevant, even if in a government/regulated market</li>
<li>] there is always hope</li>
<li>"] the idea of them ever being a mass market phone at any point, ever is, is, that ship has sailed</li>
<li>] possible for Chen to make the company a bit more attractive for it to be purchased, beyond that your taking miracle work</li>
<li>"] german gov is going to be helping, will be standardizing on the blackberrry phones and platform</li>
<li>] comes in the wake of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">NSA revelations</span> that US.gov was spying on German Chancellor's Angela Merkel, when German gov asked them to stop, us gov said "no were going to keep doing it"</li>
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<li><strong>[29:20][government] <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-would-let-consumers-unlock-mobile-phones/" target="_blank">Bill would let consumers "unlock" mobile phones</a></strong></li>
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<li>] a bill setting on Obama's desk to allow consumers to unlock their cell phones</li>
<li>] currently illegal to unlock devices,</li>
<li>] Obama has previously said that he will support this bill</li>
<li>] easy politics for the president and congress, populous movement</li>
<li>] their is also another bill ... unlocking technology act of 2013 ..</li>
<li>] good news could be on the way,</li>
<li>] except that carriers are some of the biggest lobbiests in DC</li>
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<li><strong>[33:30][technology-software] foursquare users - checking out</strong></li>
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<li>] lots of commentary on social media</li>
<li>] loyal users deleting app after they can longer checkin,</li>
<li>] they have split their app into 2 apps, swarm and foursquare</li>
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<li><strong>[35:00] australian hackers</strong></li>
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<li>] get doom running on an ATM</li>
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<h1 style="text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;">tnt - 07-30</h1>
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<li><strong>[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyZDlYNNio4&amp;feature=player_detailpage#t=108" target="_blank">01:55</a>] [business/finance] <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/heard-on-the-street-the-soaring-ambition-of-twitters-valuation-1406672481" target="_blank">Twitter shares rose 35 percent yesterday after the company&rsquo;s earnings report</a>&nbsp; w/</strong><a href="http://twitter.com/ktbenner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Katie Benner</a>,TheInformation <a href="http://twitter.com/miriamgottfried" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Miriam Gottfried</a> Wall Street Journal</li>
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<li>] They said monthly active users were surprisingly good -- up 24 percent for a total of 271 million people.</li>
<li>] added 16M new users, about the same last QTR,</li>
<li>] they beat expectations on revenue and earnings</li>
<li>] grew earnings by a huge %</li>
<li>] company implied that they still have lots of ways to raise more revenue</li>
<li>] key is to set reasonable expectations,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] challenge is to raise average revenue per user</li>
<li>] analysts asking about user experience, what are they going to do, are you going to be more 'facebook like'</li>
<li>] company saying no to that</li>
<li>] they talked about world cup, they had built/added some great twitter user experiences around that event</li>
<li>] BUT didnt grow users, company was defensive about that, spun it so that the 16M user growth was something consistent, not a 1x event because of ....</li>
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<li><strong>[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyZDlYNNio4&amp;feature=player_detailpage#t=509" target="_blank">08:30</a>] </strong><strong>[business/aquisitions] </strong><strong><a href="http://gigaom.com/2014/07/29/twitter-acquires-deep-learning-startup-madbits/" target="_blank">Twitter has acquired Madbits</a>, </strong></li>
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<li>] a deep-learning, computer-vision startup</li>
<li>] thinking on why - usage around -&nbsp; ecommerce, engagement, data collection</li>
<li>] twitter has extraordinary data, several companies have been built around 'harvesting' that data and monetizing the twitter data stream</li>
<li>] twitter is getting in on this space, anything they can do to enrich the data stream is going to be good for user engagement and help them to cater to advertisers</li>
<li>] example - ecommerce - cardspring, example data miner does predictive analytics using twitter data</li>
<li>] have had problem in the past integrating aquistions with their core experience, employees, patents, services</li>
<li>] example - lufin labs - took some of the talent, some of the ip, but didnt demonstrate integration with their core product</li>
<li>] a little unclear how this aquisition fit into the big picture at this time</li>
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<li><strong>[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyZDlYNNio4&amp;feature=player_detailpage#t=787" target="_blank">13:00</a>] </strong><strong><strong>[business/product] </strong><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/30/google-shopping-plan-adds-amazon-style-ratings/" target="_blank">Google wants search results to be more informative and actionable</a> <br /></strong></li>
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<li>] The company is adding a five-star rating system( amazon like) to some ads that appear along with Google Search results.</li>
<li>] mixed feelings - where is it coming from, how is it being determined</li>
<li>] is it like the google+, where users of g+ social network, plussed an item, then it appears in google search results as user endorsed product, without the knowledge or consent of user</li>
<li>] ratings appear to be coming from merchants,</li>
<li>] amazon is the target for taking away ecommerce business</li>
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<li><strong>[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyZDlYNNio4&amp;feature=player_detailpage#t=1130" target="_blank">18:45</a>] </strong><strong><strong>[business/product]</strong> <a href="http://mashable.com/2014/07/30/virgin-mobile-custom/" target="_blank">Virgin Mobile USA launched today a new customizable wireless plan</a> w/ </strong><a href="http://twitter.com/petepachal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pete Pachal</a> @ mashable</li>
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<li>] It&rsquo;s called Virgin Mobile Custom. The plan lets customers control the details of their plan -- how much data, how many minutes and so on -- and this can be changed at any time through a special app.</li>
<li>] plan is exclusive through Walmart, paired with a selected few smartphone offerings ( 2 LG's 1 ZTE), all android,</li>
<li>] can select exactly how many minutes, how much data you want</li>
<li>] your plan goes into a pool, that can be shared by up to 5 users,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] if you choose the unlimited option (which of course isnt unlimited), the unlimited usages is only available to 1 of the user's on the plan</li>
<li>] parental controls - the most granular controls offered by a carrier, can authorize specific apps, apps by time&nbsp;</li>
<li>] kids can use airplane mode to avoid parents pushing out admin changes to their phones</li>
<li>] Virgin Mobile is a prepaid mobile service that is subsiduary of Sprint, the technology behind the software to manage the plan, is from a startup called "its on", sprint shuttered the company earlier this month</li>
<li>] essentially its a 'web portal', you can edit your plan at any time, as much as you want,</li>
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<li><strong>[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyZDlYNNio4&amp;feature=player_detailpage#t=1530" target="_blank">25:30</a>] </strong><strong>[business/product] </strong><strong><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/29/5948845/this-is-bolt-instagrams-new-messaging-app" target="_blank">Instagram has quietly unveiled a new messaging app called Bolt</a>&nbsp; w/ </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/hamburger" rel="nofollow">Ellis Hamburger</a> @theVerge</li>
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<li>] why - sending a picture or video, made even easier</li>
<li>] app is similar to tapatalk, but prettier</li>
<li>] typical messaging app like imessage process is - ] go into conversation - ] tap photo - ] go to photo library - ] select photo - ] then select send</li>
<li>] with Bolt app - ] you flip your phone, ] camera viewfinder has faces of 4 of your friends at bottom of screen, ] tap a friends face to immediatley send whats on your screen(photo) to that friend, ] hold your friends face to send video</li>
<li>] a superfast way to send photos or video to your friends</li>
<li>] now there is 5 different ways to send messages, offered by 1 company(Facebook), the 'spagetti against the wall' strategy</li>
<li>] facebook messenger ] whats app ] facebook <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">poke</span> slingshot ] instagram messages ] instagram bolt</li>
<li>] Facebook is just hoping that 1 of them works, doesn't matter which one, projects seem to all be independant , they can deliver ads on all of these platforms, they can harvest your personal data</li>
<li>] will be promoted inside the instagram feed directly, once it rolls out</li>
<li>] currently bolt is only available in select markets - new zealand, singapore and south africa</li>
<li>] bolt is designed to send messages to only 1 person at a time,</li>
<li>] 1 tap messaging app, an emerging category ?</li>
</ol>
<li><strong>[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyZDlYNNio4&amp;feature=player_detailpage#t=1910" target="_blank">31:50</a>] </strong><strong><strong>[business/product] </strong><a href="http://upstart.bizjournals.com/companies/startups/2014/07/29/exgoogler-benjamin-habbel-voyat.html?page=all" target="_blank">A new software platform for the hotel industry launched today</a> w/ </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/NYBizFischer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Fischer</a> @new york business journal</li>
<ol>
<li>] It&rsquo;s called Voyat, and it exists in part to harvest information about hotel guests from social media sites in order to customize their hotel experience. Voyat came out of beta and out of stealth mode today.</li>
<li>] CRM behind the curve in the industry, quite a bit of buzz/feedback in the beta</li>
<li>] are people who stay in hotel going to be OK with this, being tracked, marketed to directly?</li>
<li>] 95% users opted in, 50% went thru a social channel to do so</li>
<li>] potential for 2 classes customers, those with big social media followings, those with klout to say, will they get preferential treatment based on that</li>
<li>] currently are 2 classes allready of hotel guests, those who use hotels frequently, those who aren't, the infrequent guests</li>
<li>] hotels thinking they can connect with theri infrequent guests, like they do with frequent guests</li>
<li>] a google ish idea, mining social data to provide a more personalized experience</li>
<li>] one of the companies co founders, Benjamin Havel , is an ex googler, was Marissa Mayer's cheif of staff when she was there</li>
<li>] maybe a target for potential aquistion by google or yahoo,</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>
<li>] guest -&nbsp;&nbsp; and</li>
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<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-30-2014" 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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<h1 style="text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;">tnt - 07-31</h1>
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<li><strong>[00:00] [technology-software] <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/07/30/336531811/some-loyal-foursquare-users-are-checking-out-after-swarm-spinoff" target="_blank">people checking out of foursquare in swarms</a></strong></li>
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<li>] guest cohost Elise Hu wrote article on people leaving foursquare, because of their new swarm app</li>
<li>] twitter acount @killswarmapp retweets all people declaring they are leaving</li>
<li>] swarm takes away all the features that foursquare users liked, ] check in's ] badges ] mayorship of ..</li>
<li>] ratings for the app in the store is plummeting</li>
</ol>
<li><strong>[02:45] [business/finance] <a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-warns-2h14-will-be-tough-as-it-reports-weak-q2-results/" target="_blank">Samsung posted a 25 percent drop in second-quarter profits</a>, w/ </strong><strong></strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/dcseifert" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dan Seifert</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/sharatibken" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shara Tibken</a> @cnet.com</li>
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<li>] the third straight quarter of profit declines for the company, stock took a hit</li>
<li>] The company also said the rest of the year would &ldquo;remain a challenge.&rdquo;</li>
<li>] chinese handset makers are "eating their lunch", in china, taking away market share of samsungs low end devices</li>
<li>] high end devices like their <span style="text-decoration: underline;">galaxy s5</span> are doing well in north america, 10% better then s4 model of last year BUT</li>
<li>] bulk of samsung's profits come from it's low end phones</li>
<li>] abondoning low end, turning focus to new premium mobile devices, with new premium materials</li>
<li>] what does that mean?</li>
<li>] long time user complaints about look and feel of samsung phones, cheap plasticy materials compared to high end competitors</li>
<li>] looks like company is saying we are going to address that,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] re assure shareholders, their new number 1 priority is&nbsp;</li>
<li>] there high end devices, their other number 1 is low end mid range, and wearables</li>
<li>] more diverse portfolio on wearables, ] some hints at smartglasses</li>
<li>] is the loss of share inevitable, because of their dominance</li>
<li>] low end competitors (lenovo, huawai) have seen up to 95% per quarter share growth</li>
<li>] mobile division made 4.31 B in profits in a market where only 2 companies made any noteable profit</li>
<li>] it's less money than what made previously, thats all that Shareholders/Wall Street care about.</li>
<li>] comparable to apple's ipad market share, first mover,</li>
<li>] samsung said they overestimated smartphone demand</li>
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<li><strong>[13:00][government] <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/us-china-canada-cybersecurity-idUSKBN0G015620140731" target="_blank">Canada is accusing China of hacking the NRC network</a> w/ </strong><a href="http://twitter.com/stevenchase" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steven Chase</a>,@The Globe and Mail</li>
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<li>] National Research Council(NRC) is the main computer network of its leading research body.</li>
<li>] NRC works with people who've discovered things, patented, ip,</li>
<li>] But this isn't the first time China has been accused by other governments of hacking into national security resources ... on of the most recent accusations has been of hacking <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Isreals Iron Dome missile defence system</span></li>
<li>] China takes a very broad approach to hacking, when confronted, they say "irresponsible accusation", then they start investigating companies from the country</li>
<li>] first time the Canadian government has acknowledged chinese hacking, some apprehension about how its going to play out</li>
<li>] when will the escalating claims have an economic impact?</li>
<li>] Canadian PM (Stephen Harper) planning trip to China this fall</li>
<li>] Canada already has a "frosty" relationship with Chinese gov., blocked some of their access to <span style="text-decoration: underline;">oilsands projects</span>, they blocked canadian financial institutions(banks/insurance) access to their market</li>
<li>] havent heard of any companies in canada being impacted by this yet</li>
<li>] in US mainstream, is not a lot of outrage anymore,&nbsp; because its so prevelant,</li>
<li>] public reaction in Canada, not sure yet, everyones on summer vacation</li>
<li>] whats different this time is the Canadian government is involved directly.</li>
<li>] China's foreign ministry calls this an irresponsible accusation.</li>
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<li><strong>[19:00][government] <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/30/us-google-europe-android-insight-idUSKBN0FZ2B220140730" target="_blank">European regulators are getting ready to take action against Google</a>&nbsp; </strong>w/<a href="https://twitter.com/lexnfx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexei Oreskovic</a>,</li>
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<li>] for abusing Android&rsquo;s 80 percent market share, according to a report by Reuters. The action will come after a nearly four year investigation.</li>
<li>] What abuses are we talking about?</li>
<li>] currently, more of a fact finding mission, have sent questionaire to handset mfg's, telecom operators that use android</li>
<li>] trying to discover policies to licence android</li>
<li>] any requirements that preclude companies from using any services other than google's services</li>
<li>] that would impede other rivals in the space</li>
<li>] google has made statement, it's committed to keeping android open</li>
<li>] their is an open source version of android, anyone can use</li>
<li>] most recent versions, require licence, there are multiple different licences, details on licences are not public</li>
<li>] 80% android market share is combination of licenced google android and open source android</li>
<li>] 40 questions on questionare, going back to 2007(androids beginning), questions include ...</li>
<li>] details on revenue sharing agreements with google</li>
<li>] requirement to NOT use competing services</li>
<li>] experiences and difficulties with using app store other then googles app store</li>
<li>] what are penalities if they are found guilty?</li>
<li>] EU has ability to fine companies up to 10% of their annual revenue</li>
<li>] no matter what, Europe is always un happy with google</li>
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<li><strong>[25:00] BREAKING NEWS </strong>- CIA director John Brennan apologizes to Senate Intelligence Committee</li>
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<li>] admitted to CIA hacking a Senate computer network,(Senator Feinstein) interesting because she has been a big supporter of NSA and CIA, then found out senate was being hacked by them</li>
<li>] apologized and admitted it</li>
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<li><strong>[25:30][government] <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/30/5953139/fcc-deeply-troubled-by-verizon-plan-to-throttle-lte-data" target="_blank">Verizon is planning to throttle or slow down the service of its unlimited data plan users starting in October</a>&nbsp; </strong>w/ <a href="https://twitter.com/jbrodkin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jon Brodkin</a> @arsTechnica</li>
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<li>] the FCC Chairman isn't happy about it. In a letter, Chairman Tom Wheeler calls the plan "disturbing" and "deeply troubling".</li>
<li>] what is verizon doing and why is Wheeler troubled when others are also doing it?</li>
<li>] a few years ago, Verizon started throttling 3G users, limited it to users with Unlimited plans and to when they connected to "congested towers"</li>
<li>] whats new is, they are now doing throttling with 4G users also</li>
<li>] every carrier has to do some throttling to keep networks operating effectively</li>
<li>] what verizon is doing, is because of customers with 'grandfathered' unlimited data plans,</li>
<li>] verizon wants to get these customers to move to new plans with limited data, where they will be able to charge users additional for over data limits</li>
<li>] thats the reason for Wheelers objection</li>
<li>] is part of the problem of the FCC's own making, vague interpretaion of terms like "reasonable network management"</li>
<li>] reasonable network management, doesnt apply to wireless carriers, rules for wireless carriers are really weak,</li>
<li>] what could the FCC do?</li>
<li>] could issue a stronger set of net neutrality rules</li>
<li>] other countries like South Korea have super fast wireless network, are they doing this(throttling) instead of building up their wireless infrastructure</li>
<li>] juggling systems instead of systems that perform like in other countries</li>
<li>] throtting is pretty universal when it comes to the heaviest data users on the most congested cell sites</li>
<li>] AT&amp;T is doing the same thing</li>
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<li><strong>[31:00][technology-software][humor] <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/07/30/facebook_okcupid_experiments_what_other_companies_are_conducting_secret.html" target="_blank">Thats how websites work</a> w/</strong><a href="https://twitter.com/WillOremus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Will Oremus</a></li>
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<li>] Facebook and OkCupid have been in the news lately because we learned they&rsquo;ve been doing experiments on users.</li>
<li>] Facebook changed some users&rsquo; News Feeds to be more negative to see if that would change what they did on Facebook.</li>
<li>] The OKCupid online dating site lied to some users about their compatibility with other users to see if that changed their relationships. Slate senior technology writer Will Oremus wrote a humor piece on the subject, where he quoted OKCupid co-founder Christian Rudder saying: &ldquo;Guess what, everybody: If you use the Internet, you&rsquo;re the subject of hundreds of experiments at any given time, on every site. That&rsquo;s how websites work.&rdquo;</li>
<li>] is it the norm, do all websites do this experimentation?</li>
<li>] most do experimentation of some sort, all the time, likely that most are NOT of this type, on a personal level</li>
<li>] example testing - A/B testing, ex different headlines - same story, OR changing styles site design, layouts to determine which creates a higher clickthrough rate for visitors</li>
<li>] A/B testing of headlines doesnt affect the relationships people have IRL</li>
<li>] thing is, we dont know which sites are doing or what they are doing</li>
<li>] we have to trust the sites we use</li>
<li>] this is a violation of trust, for some people</li>
<li>] if users dont like it</li>
<li>] you can vote with your feet and go elsewhere,</li>
<li>] BUT is where you go, doing the same thing?</li>
<li>] some services like facebook, which are ubiquitous</li>
<li>] people wont leave, but these types of incidents erode users trust</li>
<li>] could be harming themselves, they rely on the data that users feed into their system to sell ads,</li>
<li>] if users continue to lose trust, its 'possible' that they may feed less of their data into the system</li>
<li>] facebook is realizing it, OK Cupid maybe not so much</li>
<li>] example experiments from humour article - YELP experiment</li>
<li>] switch reviews and ratings from the worst sushi restaurants and best restaurants, see if people then try worst and give it a good rating</li>
<li>] example Yahoo mail - delete all user email</li>
<li>] see how people react to having no emails, are they happier or not?</li>
<li>] example busch could switch beer with fake beer and</li>
<li>] see how people react, do they still act drunk</li>
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<li><strong>[38:30] #howdoyouwatchTNT&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] police officer watches from his police cruiser, says suspects dont care for the show so much, but he hopes to convert one of them someday</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;- Elise Hu</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1061" 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-31-2014" 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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<h1 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;tnt - 08-01</h1>
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<li><strong>[00:00] BREAKING - facebook goes down, also instagram</strong></li>
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<li>] just happening, was for a short period of time</li>
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<li><strong>[02:00] <a href="http://readwrite.com/2014/08/01/google-right-forgotten-liars-politicians-journalists?utm_medium=readwr.it-twitter&amp;utm_campaign=&amp;awesm=readwr.it_f2AG&amp;utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_content=awesmsharetools-sharebuttons" target="_blank">google answers eu questions</a></strong></li>
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<li>] As we reported previously, European regulators asked Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to answer a 26-point questionnaire about its implementation of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Europe&rsquo;s right-to-be-forgotten rules.</span> Google answered, and published their answers in a <a href="http://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8syaai6SSfiT0EwRUFyOENqR3M/edit" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">public Google Docs file</span></a></li>
<li>] google trying to bring awareness to what there being forced to do by EU, quietly censor search results, EU implying it should be hush hush</li>
<li>] interesting things that emerged from what google published</li>
<li>] many "requests" are made with false and inaccurate information,</li>
<li>] google is being asked to sort this out BUT they have to rely on the claims of the people making the requests, google has limited ability to verify claims</li>
<li>] example - journalists are asking to remove links to articles they have written on publications that they worked at previously, they want people to forget their previous work</li>
<li>] google got 90K requests, has approved 53% as of July 18</li>
<li>] a smart move from google from a PR perspective,</li>
<li>] google + apple are heavily targeted by EU, in some cases rightfully so, but in this case, they are going to try to embarass the EU into</li>
<li>] google also has vested interest in NOT removing search results.</li>
<li>] this is leading to making the search engines - in accurate, as a solution to the problem of freedom of information</li>
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<li><strong>[12:30] <a href="http://www.gilt.com/company/content/mbxhp" target="_blank">hp smartwatch</a> w/Chris Burns @ slashgear<a href="http://www.gilt.com/company/content/mbxhp" target="_blank"><br /></a></strong></li>
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<li>] a nice looking smartwatch coming this fall,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] designer Michael Bastien, generally works on men's clothing lines, accessories, has made a few watches previously , look standard, high end, limited edition, 1 of his first ventures into this space</li>
<li>] approach from a different perspective, targeting people who already wear a watch as fashion accessory VS people who want to extend their smartphones functionality</li>
<li>] little known of HP's contribution to the project, maybe the software, android version of some sort, not sure if it will be android wear or their own variant, have said they will offer support for both platforms, ios + android</li>
<li>] an example of HP being odd, hard to understand what there trying to do, maybe demonstrating what they are able to do</li>
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<li><strong>[19:00] <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/31/hey-procrastinators-timefuls-new-ios-app-will-help-you-manage-your-time/" target="_blank">new type of calendar app</a> w/Josh Ong @theNextWeb<a href="http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/31/hey-procrastinators-timefuls-new-ios-app-will-help-you-manage-your-time/" target="_blank"><br /></a></strong></li>
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<li>] Duke behavioral economics professor and author Dan Ariely has released a free iPhone calendar app that helps you make the most of your day. The app is called Timeful. And it uses sophisticated algorithms and behavioral science to suggest the best times of day to do things, such as getting exercise</li>
<li>] different - using science, behavioural economics, machine learning, artificial intelligence - to make you more efficient and keep you from making bad/poor decisions about how you schedule your life</li>
<li>] is science enough, this is a crowded marketplace with tons of good apps already available</li>
<li>] skeptical of some of the academic research that's backing this app</li>
<li>] truth is we waste a lot of time, Dan's research is in why people do things irrational, why do we often make choices that often don't make sense/are irrational</li>
<li>] app's goal is to help us determine "when is most productive time of my day", "what tasks do i want to put in there"</li>
<li>] using intention tnote, modelled off of the music genome project,</li>
<li>] takes all the different tasks that you have to do, then evaluates them, why you want to do it, how important is it, good or bad,</li>
<li>] then uses that to rank the the task and automatically fill in your schedule</li>
<li>] feature is called habits, you tell it you would like to 'exersize more', 'do this', 'do that', and give it some info on how long it takes, then it will pop up 'suggestions' based on your calendar/availabity, ex youve got a few hours, why not 'go running'</li>
<li>] Dan Ariely is a fascinating guy, tech talks, books, one of the 3 co-founders of the company, Leo Laporte interviewed him on <span style="text-decoration: underline;">triangulation episode# 85</span></li>
<li>] other attributes - app is beautiful, really well designed, is going to depend on wether your interested in really filling in your calendar</li>
<li>] 2 kinds of people, some schedule just the main things, some schedule everything, this is likely more geared to the schedule everything type</li>
<li>] supports other calendar technologies, example you</li>
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<li><strong>[24:15] <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-blogger-law-puts-new-restrictions-on-internet-freedoms/2014/07/31/42a05924-a931-459f-acd2-6d08598c375b_story.html" target="_blank">russia bringing in blogger law</a><br /></strong></li>
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<li>] Russia is at it again. The country has signed a new "blogger law" that requires any person with over 3,000 daily readers to register and disclose personal information to the government.</li>
<li>] reportedly gov is saying we dont care about cat bloggers BUT if your - example political pundits (freedom of speech, freedom of press) are responsible for all their content, including comments,that appear on their sites</li>
<li>] bloggers can be fined or even jail time</li>
<li>] attempt to silence the critics</li>
<li>] they need to register with the ru.gov, if they are asked to register,</li>
<li>] if they are, it means we are watching you, and everything you say</li>
<li>] part of a larger crackdown on freedom of expression in russia,</li>
<li>] reminiscent of Iran, previously had a totally free and open internet, then started cracking down and it has detoriated to ...</li>
<li>] russia seems to be going in the same direction, trying to bring back the glory days of the soviet union</li>
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<li><strong>[28:00] <a href="http://www.pressherald.com/2014/07/31/mystery-ends-portlands-google-barge-going-nowhere/" target="_blank">google is scrapping 1 of its barges</a> </strong></li>
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<li>] Remember those Google barges, the mysterious floating showrooms Google built out of shipping containers? Well now, the Portland Press Herald in the state of Maine is reporting that Google is dismantling at least one of them and turning the metal into scrap. The 250-foot barge&rsquo;s 63 shipping containers were stacked to create a four-story building on the boa

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