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<li>] some reports of exploding batteries on the OnePlus One by 9to5mac.com. These are the batteries that shipped with the phone and not an aftermarket battery.<br /><strong></strong></li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/26/theres-no-hope-for-amazons-fire-phone/" target="_blank">no hope for amazons fire phone</a> with/ <a href="https://twitter.com/devindra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Devindra Hardawar</a></strong></li>
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<li>] new evidence that no one is buying the phone</li>
<li>] amazon doesnt release numbers BUT ...</li>
<li>] charles arthur at the guardian came up with some data, based upon ad network data, guesstimating that they only sold about 35K phones</li>
<li>] phone has a lot of problems, doesnt have a lot of utilities, features come off as gimicky, price is high, only available on 1 network</li>
<li>] not competitve with other high end phones that are currently available</li>
<li>] limited amazon app store selection, dont get google apps, dont get google services</li>
<li>] seems like they helped themselves more then they helped consumers</li>
<li>] dont have the vision to go up agains apple and samsung</li>
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<li><strong>[11:00] <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Jerry-Brown-signs-kill-switch-bill-to-deter-5711452.php" target="_blank">california killswitch bill signed into law</a> with/<a href="https://twitter.com/MelodyGutierrez" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Melody Gutierrez</a> @San Fransciso chronicle<a href="https://twitter.com/MelodyGutierrez" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><br /></a></strong></li>
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<li>] CA governer Jerry Brown signed bill pushing smartphone mfg to include "kill switch" feature as anti theft measure</li>
<li>]&nbsp;will direct technology as smartphone mfg won't build seperate phones for CA market</li>
<li>] bill doesnt specify technical implementation of tech, could be open to differing implementations, confusion for consumers</li>
<li>] smartphone industry tradegroup lobbied against the bill, feeling it should be "opt in" technology</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-buy-video-site-twitch-for-more-than-1-billion-1408988885" target="_blank">Amazon buys Twitch</a> with/ <a href="https://twitter.com/dmac1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Doug MacMillan</a></strong></li>
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<li>] 970M acquisition after a google deal to buy Twitch fell through</li>
<li>] Twitch has 55M unique monthly visitors, a big growing community, of people watching streaming of people playing video games</li>
<li>] more people watching League of Legends tournament then several top TV series combined</li>
<li>] Twitch has sophisticated infrastructure for streaming video which amazon may be able to leverage</li>
<li>] google deal fell through, anti trust issues on googles side or twitch concerns about autonomy</li>
<li>] amazon saying Twitch will be operated as independant subsidiary</li>
<li>] will amazon expand Twitch into mainstream video delivery aka YouTube</li>
<li>] all cash deal, 2nd largest acquistion for amazon after zappos deal, potentially more money on the table, incentives to keep executive team</li>
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<li><strong>[21:30] <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/the-daily-disney/os-disney-files-patent-applications-to-use-drones-in-its-theme-parks-20140824,0,1657797.story" target="_blank">Disney files patents to use drones in its theme parks</a> with/Joe P<a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/the-daily-disney/os-disney-files-patent-applications-to-use-drones-in-its-theme-parks-20140824,0,1657797.story" target="_blank"><br /></a></strong></li>
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<li>] Disney filed 3 patents related to drones,</li>
<li>] a multi drone system that floats a project screen for nightime display - floating pixels (flixels)</li>
<li>] flexible project screens that are organized into multiple flight plans -</li>
<li>] drones in balloons or super large puppets, to make puppets look like they are floating in air</li>
<li>] drones as an entertainment media</li>
<li>] first cartoons, then movies, then theme parks bringing cartoons into the real world, now drones to ...</li>
<li>] disney magic band - you use when staying at Disney hotel, an apple esque experience,</li>
<li>] rfid band that comes in a box with your personal name imprinted on it</li>
<li>] waterproof</li>
<li>] swipe anywhere on disney site, fastpass for rides, room keys, restaurant reservations</li>
<li>] 50% of visitors are using it, 90% rate it as good or excellent</li>
<li>] the technology disapears, until you need to use it, no distraction or interference</li>
<li>] original purpose of disney to model a future society</li>
<li>] users can keep wristbands after park visit</li>
<li>] teardown article -</li>
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<li><strong>[30:30] <a href="https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/08/news-feed-fyi-click-baiting/" target="_blank">News Feed FYI - facebook fights click baiting headlines</a> <a href="https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/08/news-feed-fyi-click-baiting/" target="_blank"><br /></a></strong></li>
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<li>] facebook is changing the way it displays clickbait headlines with new algorithm</li>
<li>] do we trust facebook to know what we want to see</li>
<li>] algorithm is defining clickbait, checking any story that doesnt tell you what happens (ex "you wont beleive what happened next")</li>
<li>] and measuring amount of time on linked site/article, if time is very short, but even valid content could be punished</li>
<li>] links are coming from your friends, relatives,</li>
<li>] google plus and twitter may be better for "source for content" from influencers in industry</li>
<li>] check out last sundays TWIT show for debate on this topic</li>
<li>] many publishers today use "purposely vague" headlines to get people to click through</li>
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<li><strong>[35:00] msft anti trust issues in China</strong></li>
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<li>] coupling of internet explorer and media player issues ala us and eu antitrust issues from 20 years ago</li>
<li>] china is coming out with their own OS, a linux based alternative OS</li>
<li>] ploy to get their own OS more traction</li>
<li>] reason windows is dominant is because of piracy, everyone steals windows including the chinese government</li>
<li>] chinese government punishing msft and others for stealing their products</li>
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<li><strong>[39:00] how your location data could by abused by article @ washington post</strong></li>
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<li>] new surveillance technology allows anyone to track you anywhere</li>
<li>] one product called skylock claims it has 10K customers</li>
<li>] dozens of national governments may have purchased the product </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="http://twit.tv/people/joe-panettieri" target="_blank">Joe Panettieri</a><strong></strong></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/1079" 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-26-2014" 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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