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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://mashable.com/2014/08/17/twitters-favorites-experiment/" target="_blank">the new twitter feature that everyone hates</a>!<br /></strong></li>
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<li>] over the last few months, it seems twitter has been remaking itself into facebook</li>
<li>] favorites from people you follow or people that they follow are inserted into your timeline</li>
<li>] you can't remove these tweets</li>
<li>] they have targeted celebrity users, their favorites are now automatically re-tweeted</li>
<li>] this is a test, it hasnt been rolled out to the public yet</li>
<li>] twitter is chipping away at what makes twitter special, making it a second rate facebook,</li>
<li>] twitter is working on its monetization problem, its algorithm</li>
<li>] we need "differentiation", we dont wont twitter to be facebook</li>
<li>] a smaller # of users, but happier users, going after facebooks numbers, may not get facebook users and may lose twitter users</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[12:30</strong>] <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/16/us-google-jetpac-idUSKBN0GG00P20140816" target="_blank">google acquires JetPac</a> with Stephen Shankland @cnet.com<br /></strong></li>
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<li>] jetpac makes an app that makes computer created city guides</li>
<li>] iphone app only, currently</li>
<li>] the app is going to be shutdown by 2014-09-15, it is still available in itunes for 1 more month</li>
<li>] the app analyzes photos published on instagram, find cues in photos, like blue skies, mustaches,..., that might indicate... then analyzes the cues and sends recommendations to people based on where to go/what they might want to do </li>
<li>] interesting idea, likely some issues to be worked out </li>
<li>] fits into google operations modus operandi, looking at data that is already out there and anylzing ...</li>
<li>] jetpac will become part of the google knowledge team&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>] parts of the technology will be used by google for ...</li>
<li>] finding useful answers in data, not just lists of links </li>
<li>] potentially fraught with peril, may generate the wrong content</li>
<li>- an acquihire, good experience, real technology, will be folded into overall services, search, now , plus, maps</li>
<li>- people with skills and an interesting domain</li>
<li>- no acquisition values announced or leaked</li>
<li>- more a technology demonstration VS a</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[00:00</strong>] <a href="http://recode.net/2014/08/18/chinese-hackers-stole-info-on-4-5-million-u-s-hospital-patients/" target="_blank">chinese hackers stole 4.5 million US health records</a></strong></li>
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<li>- GOT name, ssn, phone#, NOT credit card #</li>
<li>- why - to prove they can do it, healthcare is a huge percentage of</li>
<li>- happened about 1 month ago, reported</li>
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<li><strong><strong>[00:00</strong>] <a href="http://liliputing.com/2014/08/xiaomi-launches-miui-6-makes-android-look-like-ios-7.html" target="_blank">chinese mfg Xiaomi launches new android skin copying ios7</a></strong></li>
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<li>- flat, rounded corners not squares</li>
<li>- lock screen, different layers,</li>
<li>- long line of allegations against company copying apple</li>
<li>- android executive hugo barra have left google to go work at , as well as</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 @lturrentine</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/1073" 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-18-2014" 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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