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<h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 01-14</h1>
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<li><strong>[00:00] apple app to control watch features&nbsp;reveals watch features w/Mark Gurman @9to5mac.com</strong></li>
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<li>] no keyboard for watch</li>
<li>] use voice to control</li>
<li>] passcode feature - 2 options, 4 digit passcode, auto unlock if your phone is unlocked, uses sensors to detect if its on your body</li>
<li>] will be usable storage on the watch,</li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #888888;"><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://ziprecruiter.com/tnt" target="_blank">ziprecruiter.com/twit</a><br /></strong></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #888888;">] post to 50+ job boards with 1 posting, search resume database of 50 m users, have applicants pre-screened </span><span><br /></span></li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] facebook launches "facebook at work" w/</strong></li>
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<li>] first revealed that they were working on this project back in 2014-06</li>
<li>] new android and ios apps released</li>
<li>] not open to public yet,&nbsp;limited trial run</li>
<li>] VS facebook groups -&nbsp;no ads - maybe running it as a paid service, another revenue stream for company</li>
<li>] COMPETITORS = &nbsp;slack, yammer, convo, linkedin - some of these started as the facebook for work,</li>
<li>] like fb groups with more enterprise bells and whistles</li>
<li>] conversation platform, document editing,</li>
<li>] aimed at a more mainstream audience</li>
<li>] culturally different from facebooks consumer core,</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] linkedin new features w/Kurt Wagner @recode</strong></li>
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<li>] feature - enabling people to connect more with people they are not linked to</li>
<li>] feature - trying to get companies to create a contact base</li>
<li>] feature - companies sharing content with their employees, blog posts/updates to specific groups,</li>
<li>] features only relevant for companies that are really big, smaller companies not so much</li>
<li>] timing VS facebook at work release - likely coincidental</li>
<li>] facebook @ work has</li>
<li>] security risk - allows interaction between people without jumping through the connection hoop</li>
<li>] companies may not want employees&nbsp;spending time in&nbsp;linkedin, because linkedin is an "employment" site, primarily used for recruiting</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] Obama calls for broadband reforms w/John Brodkin @arstechnica.com</strong></li>
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<li>] FCC has been looking into it already</li>
<li>] Obama pressuring the FCC to rule in the local communities favor</li>
<li>] some communities in NC and TN have created bb networks,</li>
<li>] created by utiltity companies in the community&nbsp;</li>
<li>] states that have voted to limit local broadband, paid for by lobbyists on behalf of the cable companies</li>
<li>] state laws</li>
<li>] since Obama became a lame duck, he is really doing some good stuff</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] IBM launches new mainframe a/Alex Barinka @bloomberg.net</strong></li>
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<li>] the z13, 30K transactions per second</li>
<li>] ibm's bread and butter, a super computer, foundation for running the backend for big companies</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00]&nbsp;etsy ipo w/leslie pickers @bloomberg.com</strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;big time for ecommerce companies, recieving high multiples after alibaba ipo</li>
<li>] not making more than 1B</li>
<li>] post gross sales on the website 1.35</li>
<li>] 3.5% commision per sale, .20 per listing fee</li>
<li>] nature of the products, hand made crafts ,</li>
<li>] a big deal for the ny startup scene</li>
<li>] brooklyn based company, none from NY tech have gone public since ..</li>
<li>] 300M offering size</li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #888888;"><strong>[00:00] AD legalzoom.com/twit</strong></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #888888;">] not a law firm, self help legal service, can connect you with vetted lawyer ..</span></li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] facebook and free speech ? w/Matthew Ingram @gigaom</strong></li>
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<li>] zuckerberg talks about free speech but ...</li>
<li>] fb doesnt do a good job of allowing free speech to occur on fb</li>
<li>] they routinely remove things and dont tell you why</li>
<li>] accounts are suspended and sometimes no details are provided</li>
<li>] example photos of women breastfeeding - quite often removed</li>
<li>] example brown moses - says accounts bloggin about syrian war acts were&nbsp;taken down, effectively takes down documentation of those acts occuring</li>
<li>] ..</li>
<li>] needs to be put</li>
<li>] free speech is a great marketing tool for facebook</li>
<li>] try need to&nbsp;harder, given they do have a ton of content to monitor, OR stop talking about</li>
<li>] this could be a case for them using all of the data that they have on you to tailor the content you are recieving to your needs</li>
<li>] promoted content is NOT personalized in any relevant way</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong>ASSORTED </strong></li>
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<li>] <strong>employee poaching settlement</strong> - between google, apple, adobe, amount is not&nbsp; being disclosed, previously settment was overturned because amount was too low</li>
<li><strong>] samsung releases Tizen smartphone</strong> - the z1 is availabe in india for $92, the phone can't run android apps, could be uphill battle, lots of competition, Samsung</li>
<li><strong>] google translate - new version</strong>, similtaneious realtime translation while you are talking, used to be called wordlens, a magical product, could also be interesting commercial work as well, realtime translation for videos</li>
<li><strong>] hacked</strong> - facebook page of north korean airliner, attacked by same group claiming to have hacked the US military sites yesterday, no connection between NK and ISIS,</li>
<li>] movie trailer - &nbsp;&nbsp;</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><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=305" target="_blank">Katie Benner</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/1169" 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 Toda</li>
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