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<h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 2015-01-08</h1>
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<li><strong>[00:00] CES update</strong></li>
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<li><strong>] growing momentum about VR and augmented reality</strong></li>
<li>] razr VR is joining open source group, they have a $200 kit for hackers, makers, diy</li>
<li>] includes the sw + hw to create VR applications</li>
<li><strong>] 3D printers and scanners</strong></li>
<li>]&nbsp;prices have come down, quality has come up</li>
<li>] with the advent of 3D scanners</li>
<li>] with a minimal amout of CAD knowledge you can scan object, modify the plans and print out 3D objects</li>
<li>]<strong> TVs</strong> - lots of buzz around higher resolution&nbsp;screens - 2k, 4k,5k and&nbsp;even 8k units available,</li>
<li>] PRB is no(very little)&nbsp;high res content is available currently</li>
<li>] 2K screens 2560x1440, have reached price parity with HD 1080p screens, content is more widely available</li>
<li><strong>] &nbsp;<a href="http://www.eliomotors.com/" target="_blank">ellio - the american people car</a></strong> - a $6800 car for the USA, 3 wheeler, 2 seater, 84/49 MPG highway/city, internet connected, crashworthiness is safety, taking pre orders now, delivery</li>
<li><strong>] IoT or home automation</strong> - neither and both, they are one and the same, all the connectivity vendors want to put a chip in everything, right now the winner looks like it might be Belkin with their low cost wimo modules,</li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #888888;"><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://naturebox.com/twit" target="_blank">naturebox.com/twit</a> </strong></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #888888;">] subscription snack service, healthy food, all kinds of innovative, delicous snacks, NO artificial flavours, colours, high fructose corn syrup, some are gluten free, FREE box with your initial order, </span><span><br /></span></li>
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<li><strong>[11:15] <a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/77906fa0-96c5-11e4-a83c-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=intl#axzz3O3VLQa00" target="_blank">SV VCs getting into&nbsp;marijuana</a>&nbsp;w/Shannon Bond Financial Times</strong></li>
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<li>] paypal founder Peter Thiel of founders found is investing in privateer</li>
<li>] investing in companies that can change the world</li>
<li>] could be the fastest growing industry in the US</li>
<li>] disruption by privateer</li>
<li>] company is producing medical marijuana in Canada</li>
<li>] will be selling branded accessories</li>
<li>] information site leafly.com</li>
<li>] arguement if you can create business, brands, will go a long way to changing perceptions</li>
<li>] role of SV investment $, similar to food, first deliver food, create food (re thinking the product),</li>
<li>] also huge business in non smoking pot - inhalers, edibles</li>
<li>] multi million dollar investment, not disclosing the exact amount</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-07/facebook-s-new-year-resolution-more-video-ads-in-news-feed.html" target="_blank">facebook wants to take on google in video</a> w/Sarah Frier @bloomberg.com </strong></li>
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<li>] fb will be adding more videos in newsfeeds</li>
<li>] fb says videos in newsfeeds have gone up by 3.6* since ...</li>
<li>] people who watch videos, will get more videos</li>
<li>"] ME -&nbsp;difference between fb and youtube - fb wrecks the quality of the videos that are uploaded</li>
<li>] fb is trying to make video work in different markets ( mobile, third world)</li>
<li>] video is going to be huge in the future, building UI for advertisers to track video ads,...</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2866429/yahoos-us-share-on-firefox-quadruples-after-deal.html" target="_blank">google losing search market share to yahoo</a> Greg Kaiser and ComputerWorld.com</strong></li>
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<li>] google search market share now 75%, down from 77-78%</li>
<li>] firefox(ff) users have pushed yahoo search market share to a 5 year high</li>
<li>] ff and yahoo struck a deal, ff dropped google as default search engine, this is a US Canada deal only</li>
<li>] these reported market share numbers come from an irish analytics company that is measuring referrals</li>
<li>] should wait for comscore #'s to confirm/validate</li>
<li>] also apple, more searches go to apple, apple mobile, which has also been dropping google search from some of its products(ex siri)</li>
<li>] search in US is more competitive than in other parts of the world, EU for example where google still dominant</li>
<li>] why did mozilla drop partnership with google?</li>
<li>] mozilla didnt really explain, possiblility is better money from yahoo, another possiblity is mozilla is pushing for privacy, doesnt trust google</li>
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<li><strong>[26:15] UPDATE - <a href="https://gigaom.com/2015/01/07/five-questions-about-htcs-role-in-the-beats-lawsuit/" target="_blank">Monster sues Beat</a> w Keith Leswing @gigaom.com</strong></li>
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<li>] questions about HTC's role in the lawsuit</li>
<li>] did HTC know it was helping Beats get rid of monster</li>
<li>] monster filed the complaint, assuming it's true, it looks bad</li>
<li>] a lot of questions around how beats is involved</li>
<li>] iovine is a shark,</li>
<li>] ? is if HTC was knowledgeable about it, what did they gain from it, they lost money</li>
<li>] sold in 2 parts, first sale lost 5M, second sale they made 85M profit</li>
<li>] 1 part of deal was that HTC was to include beats earbuds with their phones</li>
<li>] didnt lose money but they lost out on the gravy train of the apple acquisition</li>
<li>] next up is more legal drama, rebuttals, then decision on wether it will go to trial</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/08/us-samsung-elec-outlook-idUSKBN0KG2DE20150108" target="_blank">Samsung profit declines</a></strong></li>
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<li>] first profit decline since 2011,</li>
<li>] chinese phone mfg's are gaining ground, selling phones at half the price of Samsung products&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>[32:30] <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/08/us-sony-china-idUSKBN0KH0VE20150108" target="_blank">Sony PS4 launch in china delayed</a></strong></li>
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<li>] sounds like the chinese government is playing games</li>
<li>] could be a tough battle, chinese gov has only approved a handful of games</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="https://gigaom.com/2015/01/07/twitter-won-an-emmy/" target="_blank">Twitter won an emmy</a></strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;recieving an engineering award at CES,</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong>FOLLOWUP -&nbsp;on PREVIOUSLY REPORTED STORIES</strong></li>
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<li>] none</li>
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<li>] selfie sticks are a thing</li>
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<h2>[systems]</h2>
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<h2>[people]</h2>
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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 - <a href="/view/person?id=307" target="_blank">Jason Cleanthes</a></li>
<li>] guest host&nbsp;- <a href="/view/person?id=289" target="_blank">Elise Hu</a></li>
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<h2>[events]</h2>
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<h2>[places]</h2>
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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/1170" 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-december-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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