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<li><strong>[00:00] amazon VS hachette battle continues, <a href="http://gigaom.com/2014/08/10/hachette-ceo-more-than-80-of-the-ebooks-we-publish-are-priced-at-9-99-or-lower/">Hachette CEO: "More than 80% of the ebooks we publish are priced at $9.99 or lower"</a></strong></li>
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<li>] as reported on FRI, ] authors bought full page ad in ny times&nbsp;</li>
<li>] the ad calls supporters to spam amazon founder and CEO jeff bezos, even provided his personal email address</li>
<li>] amazon then calls on kindle authors to spam ...</li>
<li>] everyone is nervous about the future of "publishing"</li>
<li>] issues get muddled, 2 main ones, 1] amzn desire to drive down cost of ebooks 2] amzn negotatiating tactics</li>
<li>] amazon using their power to get their way</li>
<li>] amzn strategy NOT like other businesses, long term not short term</li>
<li>] as publishers get pressed, things get cut ( editors, publicity)</li>
<li>] even provide george orwell example of being in favor of more expensive books</li>
<li>] fine line between decimating an industry and cheap ebooks</li>
<li>] also interesting in battle being played out in the court of public opinion</li>
<li>] likely very few people in US who havent/don't use amazon</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/08/civil-liberties-groups-tech-firms-back-facebook-against-manhattan-da/" target="_blank">facebook getting backup in dispute with NY judge</a> - manhattan , amicus brief with Reed Albergotti @wall street journal<br /></strong></li>
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<li>] facebook fought</li>
<li>] ny civil liberties union is now supporting them</li>
<li>] as well as support from google, ...</li>
<li>] brief focuses on the fact that warrant is so broad</li>
<li>] normal warrant allows police to search 1 house for 1 thing</li>
<li>] fb saying searching fb is like searching a persons entire life</li>
<li>] fb hoping warrant will be much more narrow,</li>
<li>] isnt BENEFIT for LAW ENFORCEMENT that police can catch bad guys</li>
<li>] unlike NSA, prosecutor takes evidence to judge, judge must approve,</li>
<li>] courts coming to grips with so much data</li>
<li>] brief is a court document, anyone can weigh in and give their opinion</li>
<li>] PR push, companies want to be seen as pro privacy, protect the rights of their users</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00]&nbsp; <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/10/xiaomi-privacy-issue-cloud-messaging/" target="_blank">finlands fsecure verifies Xiaomi phone sending user data back to china</a>&nbsp; with Richard Lai (engadget china )<br /></strong></li>
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<li>] chinese phone is sending data back home</li>
<li>] data was part of their cloud messaging service, the phones were quietly sending device id(IMEE), phone # back to company in bejing</li>
<li>] companies response was that it should only happen if you enabled that phones cloud services</li>
<li>] fsecure reported that the data is also sent unencrypted</li>
<li>] also when you add additional new contacts to your phone book, they get sent as well</li>
<li>] the company has patched this - ] it gives you the option to opt out of the service ] data sent is now being encrypted</li>
<li>] hugo barro - company executive </li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/11/google-chromebooks-education-market-gartner" target="_blank">chromebooks booming in schools reports Gartner</a> with Charles Arthur @guardian.com<br /></strong></li>
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<li>] 5.2M have been sold this year, a large chunk sold in the US education market</li>
<li>] is this a tidal wave shift or incremental?</li>
<li>] first the classroom got computers, then came ipads, now chromebooks</li>
<li>] debate is which is the best for education - chromebook VS ipad</li>
<li>] 5.2M is not a huge numer relative to 300M pc's worldwide</li>
<li>] but they are displacing some PC's, apple and ipads</li>
<li>] could drive down the costs of</li>
<li>] elephant in room is goverment education budget cuts, chromebooks can have a cost advantage there,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] whats the best way to learn</li>
<li>] keyboard is preference to tablet</li>
<li>] collaboration tools are better with chromebook , google docs,</li>
<li>LOL] one of the benefits of chromebooks vs ipads is when you need to send the device home with kids, if they have ipads they may get mugged but if they have chromebook they won't</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.sadtweets.com/" target="_blank">new website called sad tweets</a><br /></strong></li>
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<li>] shows your saddest tweets, the ones that got no engagement<strong> <br /></strong></li>
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<li><strong>] twit.tv - tnt show</strong></li>
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<li>] host -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=202" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></li>
<li>] 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><strong>] twit.tv - tnt show</strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1066" 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-august-7-2014" 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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