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<li><strong>[00:00] curtis "50 cent" jackson project by Christina Warren</strong></li>
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<li>] intel partnered with SMS audio and created earbuds, iosport earbuds, that measure your heartrate</li>
<li>] LG already has pair, these are different</li>
<li>] no add on fob, looks and feels like a regular pair of earbud</li>
<li>] transmits data, runkeeper app shows the data,</li>
<li>] no price point, no specific release date, &lt; $150 and 2014-qtr-4</li>
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<li><strong>[03:00] <a href="http://recode.net/2014/08/14/internet-of-bling-samsung-buys-smartthings-for-200-million/" target="_blank">samsung acquires smarthings for 200M</a> with </strong><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/davekender" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Kender</a><br /></strong></li>
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<li>] startup that makes home automation devices</li>
<li>] problem with home automation devices, multipe devices, BUT devices cant talk to each other</li>
<li>] smarthings created hardware and software then enables different devices from different mfg's to talk to one anothers</li>
<li>] smartthings has the largest developer community</li>
<li>] from kickstarter campaign to 200M acquisition in 24ish months</li>
<li>] works with competing standards, zigby, zwave, thread, wifi, bluetooth</li>
<li>] many companies are competing for this market, at war with each other for your home</li>
<li>] maybe friction between smarthings vision for smarthome and samsungs vision for smarthome</li>
<li>] company will remain independant, but will move its 55 employess from Washington, DC to palo alto CA</li>
<li>] companies need to settle on 1 or 2 frameworks in order to succeed</li>
<li>] could be nightmare world of so many different standards or will we get standards (like the internet)</li>
<li>] its the wild west of home automation now,</li>
<li>] fear will not be allayed until we have a common standard</li>
<li>] reviewed.com,&nbsp; a startup 15 years ago, aquired by USA today 3 years ago, independant editorial org that works closely with USA today</li>
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<li><strong>[11:45] <a href="http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-builds-a-snapchat-competitor-called-windup" target="_blank">microsofts snapchat clone, WindUp</a> &nbsp;</strong><strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/bdsams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brad Sams </a>@neowin.net<a href="https://twitter.com/bdsams" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></strong></li>
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<li>] msft builds a clone of snapchat for windows phone 8.</li>
<li>] built by microsoft research, a well respected division of</li>
<li>] original app by msft was photosynth, state of the art for its day</li>
<li>] doesnt use location services, by not using it you get more privacy, but may lose some feature richness</li>
<li>] but this app is terrible says Brad, the concept is there, but not the execution, you can see what they are trying go for ...</li>
<li>] you can sum up the experience in the "spinning thing"&nbsp;</li>
<li>] you send share photos, send either a timeline or # of views, when time is up, cards flip over and show expired when time to view is up</li>
<li>] sixSnap is a third party app that is a much better experience to use snapchat</li>
<li>] climatology was released previously by microsoft research&nbsp;</li>
<li>] what about 'features' of app integrating with Skype?</li>
<li>] gain of volume you need for app success, hard when app is only available on platform with small user base (&lt; 5% )</li>
<li>] skype integrating with sms at some point</li>
<li>] "time limited messaging" is a feature, not a product</li>
<li>] msft still needs to work on getting their products to the market</li>
<li>] opportunity for Nadella to show ...,</li>
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<li><strong>[19:00] <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/new-iphone-a-sapphire-screen-and-a-higher-cost-1408042296" target="_blank">apple will ship first sapphire screens this month</a></strong></li>
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<li>] apple will ship twice as much sapphire screens (for the new iphone 6 and apples smartwatch) as the rest of the worlds sapphire mfg's combined</li>
<li>] its giant Mesa, AZ factory is the size of 24 football fields, 1.4M square feet</li>
<li>] they are working with GT advanced technologies, cost of furnaces 578M, and are operated by GT</li>
<li>] they make bricks of sapphire, then carve the screens out of the brick</li>
<li>] sapphire screen cost is $16 vs $3 production cost for gorilla glass</li>
<li>] if apple can own the entire supply chain, it could be a big win</li>
<li>] it's expensive for apple to fix broken iphone screens, in the end run, it may be cheaper to use the more expensive sapphire</li>
<li>] idea is with sapphire is that it doesnt scratch, so screens wont shatter as easily when it's dropped</li>
<li>] when apple nails the supply chain it can make it a lot harder for competitors</li>
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<li><strong>[24:00] <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-deliver-windows-threshold-tech-preview-around-late-september-7000032668/" target="_blank">msft threshold may release in late september</a></strong></li>
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<li>] a "tech preview" version of the next version of the windows os may be released, sooner then expected, as early this september</li>
<li>] the preview version may be less "developer focused" and more "consumer focused", easier to update,</li>
<li>] design changes to date are - ] bringing back the start menu, ] modern apps will run in a window on the desktop, ] they are getting rid of charms</li>
<li>] msft needs a home run with windows 9, question is can they maintain their dominance they have on desktop os and move forward into touch and voice computing</li>
<li>] how are they going to do it?</li>
<li>] they tried to do it with windows 8, some people rebelled against it, they have/are backtracking a bit, the have a real problem on their hands ...</li>
<li>] will they be able to do it and maintain their huge user base</li>
<li>] windows store is still really far behind ... where i would have expected it to be</li>
<li>"] ME - advice for Satya Nadella - "developers, developers, developers"</li>
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<li><strong>[28:30] fan email</strong></li>
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<li>] reader writes about - lack of discussion on events in ferguson missouri - press was suppressed, coverage was breaking on twitter and other social media</li>
<li>] 19yo shot by police, people protested, greeted with a radically millitant police force&nbsp;</li>
<li>?] the online protest with "dual photos"</li>
<li>] it didn't make the show because ... </li>
<li>] mainstream media blacked out the coverage</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] followups ON android wear and more ...<br /></strong></li>
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<li>] <a href="http://9to5google.com/2014/08/15/google-shows-off-useful-android-wear-features-in-four-new-ads/" target="_blank">google released four new commercials for android wear</a>, 1 long ad, 3 15 second ads</li>
<li>] interesting to advertise a platform, don't think there has ever even been an android ad before</li>
<li>] they are advertising "android wear" but really they are advertising "google now" ...</li>
<li>] TMZ posts pictures of what it says are the first pictures of the new "iphone 6", bloggers say "nice try" its a picture of a fake iphone</li>
<li>] TMZ reporting on iphone 6, mainstream celebrity gossip media,</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;- <a href="http://twitter.com/film_girl" target="_blank">Christina Warren</a> @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/1072" 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-15-2014" 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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