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<li><strong>[00:00] how swiftkey built the worlds smartest keyboard and soared to the top of the app economy</strong></li>
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<li>] long form article by Steve Ranger (todays guest co host) @ TechRepublic, 150 people working on the app, swype and predictive intelligence, what's coming up next for the keyboard including their ios keyboard,</li>
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<li><strong>[03:00] <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/13/with-its-back-to-the-wall-samsung-goes-metal/" target="_blank">samsung announce new Galaxy Alpha designs</a>&nbsp; w/<a href="https://twitter.com/RogerWCheng" rel="nofollow">Roger Cheng</a> @cnet.com</strong></li>
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<li>] some analysts downgrading stock because of lower profits</li>
<li>] new Galaxy Alpha line, the first time for Samsung phones built with metal, looks very similar to an iphone</li>
<li>] one of the knocks against Samsung has always been it's plasticy cheap build quality of some of its models</li>
<li>] unusual that they would come in with a phone so similar to an iphone for its first metal phone,</li>
<li>] its harder to build a phone with metal, because of reception issues&nbsp;</li>
<li>] a bit of an experiment, maybe ??</li>
<li>] analyst calling for changes in smartphone strategy, Samsung is trying to be everything to everyone,</li>
<li>] getting squeezed, problems on low end, lost lead in china and india, losing grip on asian market</li>
<li>] so far all profits in the market have gone primarily to apple and samsung, samsung profits have been dropping the last few quarters, but they are still profitable</li>
<li>] why can chinese companies mfg similar quality phones at lower costs,</li>
<li>] samsung does mfg in S.Korea</li>
<li>] Chinese have lower labour costs, priced more competitively, Samsung unable to match pricing</li>
<li>] Korean gov is investing in 3D printing, maybe Koreans seeing the writing on the wall for the future, too hard to compete with chinese in electronics mfg</li>
<li>] this model has the upgraded metal casing /design, but the internal specs on the device are mid range</li>
<li>] announcement in September - expected -&nbsp; note 4, another smartwatch, occulus VR set</li>
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<li><strong>[16:00] <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/12/5996293/this-is-samsungs-vr-headset">This is Samsung's VR headset</a>, revealed for the first time w/<a href="https://twitter.com/zpower" rel="nofollow">Chris Ziegler</a> @ theVerge.com</strong></li>
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<li>] this is more like <span style="text-decoration: underline;">googles cardboard project</span> then the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Occulus Rift</span>&nbsp;</li>
<li>] insert your smartphone into the headset and use the display of the smartphone as the 3D display</li>
<li>] download the app, then you get an amazing VR experience</li>
<li>] samsung project looks a little more sophisticad then googles</li>
<li>] has micro usb port,</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/oneplus-launches-then-deletes-ladies-first-promo-contest/" target="_blank">Another onePlus marketing blunder</a></strong></li>
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<li>] contest to write their logo on your skin and then get judged on the website</li>
<li>] was considered to be a sexist and insensitive campaing&nbsp;</li>
<li>] contest was then pulled down</li>
<li>] a marketing "train wreck", and not the first one for their marketing department</li>
<li>] a great phone, super device for the price,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] company has a lot too lose, has so much going for it now because of its product</li>
<li>] ? the company culture</li>
<li>] company launched initially, was pete lao @ oppo, striking out on "his own" to create a new smartphone</li>
<li>] then it emerged in 2014-04 that company is actually owned by oppo&nbsp;</li>
<li>] the OnePlus One phone is very similar to the Oppo find 7</li>
<li>] then their first marketing blunder, was the "smash your phone" promo</li>
<li>] there is still a place in the market for a phone that is unlocked, high quality, great price, this is (currently) the best phone for $300,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] at this point the phone would sell itself, they just need to release it</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/twitters-promoted-video-details-are-coming-view-159457" target="_blank">twitter - promoted VIDEO content</a></strong></li>
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<li>] a mistake or a 'user hostile' feature</li>
<li>] twitter maybe better off investing in analytics</li>
<li>] better tools for businesses that use twitter, &nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/korean-phone-retailers-harassing-women-desperate-to-win-new-customers/" target="_blank">korean woman harrassed and pressured by smartphone retailers</a><br /></strong></li>
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<li>] example of intense marketing in korea for smartphones</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/13/amazon-square-rival/" target="_blank">amazon local register, the square competitor from amazon</a><br /></strong></li>
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<li>] 2.5% per transaction rate vs 2.7% rate for square</li>
<li>] early bird incentive of 1.75% for merchants that sign up before 2014-10-31</li>
<li>] another example of amazon competing in everything</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] follow up: on uber VS lyft, apples siri VS police<br /></strong></li>
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<li>] uber is now claiming lyft employees are ALSO cheating uber</li>
<li>] apples siri interrogated by police </li>
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<li><strong>] <a href="/view/people?id=88" target="_blank">twit.tv - tnt show</a></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;- <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonhiner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Hiner</a></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/1070" 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-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>
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