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<h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 2015-03-02</h1>
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<li><strong>[00:00] mobile world congress in barcelona, spain</strong></li>
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<li><strong>] htc one m9 event</strong> - sense features apps by location,&nbsp;back camera moved to front, new 20mp back,&nbsp;even better sound, added dolby, overall finish upgraded</li>
<li>] current users should upgrade why&nbsp;- lollipop, themes - an app that changes multiple items ] phone screen, widgets,</li>
<li><strong>] interview mkbhd&nbsp;</strong>- biggest change is the camera, everything appears to be impressive, why the change on the camera, ultra pixel will boost low light pictures, dont know if dolby will make big difference to already good sound,</li>
<li><strong>] htc grip</strong> - sportsband - uarecord - for heavy athletic people - access to athletes data records who are underarmour brand , multiple colours, gps and pedometer, different battery life performance ratings&nbsp;dependant upon, no prices/availability yet, USA first</li>
<li>] htc one m9 - incremental upgrade on previous model, wont be stealing users from other flagships, the best version of the htc&nbsp;One yet</li>
<li><strong>] samsung</strong> - weird position, moving in the wrong direction, last quarter of 2014 - Samsung down, Apple up, 93% industry profits, Sam 9% industry profits down from approx 30% previusly, Samsung previously had low end strategy - taking market share in</li>
<li>] scary, clobber you over the head presentation - we are samsung, the most powerful, called out apple for inferior low light photography - great battery technology, charge 2x as fast as , 50% charge in 10 minutes, supports 2 wless charging standards</li>
<li>] CONS- removing replaceble batteries, got rid of waterproofing</li>
<li>] galaxy 6 edge model - with curved screen edges IS A super clear differentiator,</li>
<li>] backing off on waterproofing feature - because so much tech in thin, light phone</li>
<li>] insane screen, 577ppi</li>
<li>] metal replacing plastics - claiming metal is 50% stronger, latest version of gorilla glass,&nbsp;good looking phones</li>
<li><strong>] WEARABLES</strong> - like msft band, everyone&nbsp;mfg has one now, category is becoming commoditized, anroid wear is huge,&nbsp;LG has model called the urbane, 1 running android wear, 1 something else (web OS ?), supports LTE - &nbsp;</li>
<li>] apple watch - the elephant in the room</li>
<li><strong>] silent circle - maker of the black phone</strong> - a secure packeage, announcing blackphone 2 - tell you its the most secure phone in the world, blackphone plus - a 7" tablet that makes phone calls, private OS, suite of apps, 2 execs were co founders of PGP - phone has everything except email, revelations about NSA intercepting devices and inserting, company is anti government,&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>] microsoft -</strong> new phones, everyone want msft&nbsp;to announce flagship,</li>
<li>] annouced the lumia 640 and the 640xl, very good mid range phones at a very good prices 145/245,</li>
<li>] also announced a foldable portable keyboard</li>
<li>] still doubling down on apps, for all platforms, user bases are not familiar with msft applications</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] FCC rules w/Jason Abbruzze @Mashable.com</strong></li>
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<li>] lawsuits forthcoming, comcast&nbsp;saying ...&nbsp;</li>
<li>] FCC says it fully expecting it, confident that they can</li>
<li>] AT&amp;T and Verizon also complaing, cant get return on new investments, will have to cutback</li>
<li>] insecurity about the effect that the FCC rules will have</li>
<li>] have any ISP's viewed this as a positive - some smaller ones</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] nasdaq hits 5000, first time since 2000</strong></li>
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<li>] is it different than the .dot com bubble,</li>
<li>] lots of $ flying around in VC circles</li>
<li>] better investment opportunities when you look at how much the startups are earning VS how much they are valued at</li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #ccffff;"><strong>] money</strong> - a crowd source lending&nbsp;platform that cuts out the middelman. Prosper matches lenders with people looking for loans.&nbsp;Investors can&nbsp;choose your listings, &nbsp;Borrowers can Get loans of up to 35K in 5 day, for anything that you need.&nbsp;You can check your rate instantly and it wont affect your credit score. <strong>Techcrunch calls it "the industry leading platform"</strong>,&nbsp;&nbsp;TWIT fans get a $50 visa prepaid card when you get a loan&nbsp; </span></li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] Dave Besbris out at google plus, Bradley Horowitz takes over as VP</strong></li>
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<li>] speculation g+ will be broken into individual services, hangouts, streams, photos</li>
<li>] promotional tool - use for promoting content, not</li>
<li>] recent speculation</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00]&nbsp;allegations against twitter</strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;&nbsp;jack dorsey and other twitter execs -</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] google entering wireless industry</strong></li>
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<li>] not as a competitor, but as a way to show off innovation, a proof of concepts</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] intel announces sofia -low cost chips </strong></li>
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<li>] chips to compete with ARM chips in low end phones</li>
<li>] intel has suffered multi billion dollar losses the last 2 years</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] Uber hack details </strong></li>
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<li>] only driver information was comprimised,</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] HP aquires aruba networking company</strong></li>
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<li>] trying to pump up enterprise divison</li>
<li>] hp is going to break up</li>
<li>] hp has bad history at m &amp; A</li>
<li>] cisco was celebrating this deal because of hp history</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] BIG NUMBERS</strong></li>
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<li>] $64 - for new xioami camera, competitor to go pro, only available in China so far</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong>ASSORTED </strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;the dress</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>[00:00] TNT fan of the day</strong></li>
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<h2>[objects]</h2>
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<li>+] htc one m9</li>
<li>+] htc grip</li>
<li>+] samsung galaxy s6</li>
<li>+] samsung galaxy s6 edge</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;- megan morrone, <a href="/view/person?id=288" target="_blank">Joe Panettieri</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/1192" 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-february-9-2015" 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>
<li>] <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116375417329203784398" target="_blank">Community - Google+</a>&nbsp;-</li>
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