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tnt - 2015-01-08

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1. [00:00] CES update
1. ] growing momentum about VR and augmented reality
2. ] razr VR is joining open source group, they have a $200 kit for hackers, makers, diy
3. ] includes the sw + hw to create VR applications
4. ] 3D printers and scanners
5. ] prices have come down, quality has come up
6. ] with the advent of 3D scanners
7. ] with a minimal amout of CAD knowledge you can scan object, modify the plans and print out 3D objects
8. ] TVs - lots of buzz around higher resolution screens - 2k, 4k,5k and even 8k units available,
9. ] PRB is no(very little) high res content is available currently
10. ] 2K screens 2560x1440, have reached price parity with HD 1080p screens, content is more widely available
11. ]  ellio - the american people car - 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
12. ] IoT or home automation - 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,
2. [00:00] naturebox.com/twit
1. ] 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,
   
3. [11:15] SV VCs getting into marijuana w/Shannon Bond Financial Times
1. ] paypal founder Peter Thiel of founders found is investing in privateer
2. ] investing in companies that can change the world
3. ] could be the fastest growing industry in the US
4. ] disruption by privateer
5. ] company is producing medical marijuana in Canada
6. ] will be selling branded accessories
7. ] information site leafly.com
8. ] arguement if you can create business, brands, will go a long way to changing perceptions
9. ] role of SV investment $, similar to food, first deliver food, create food (re thinking the product),
10. ] also huge business in non smoking pot - inhalers, edibles
11. ] multi million dollar investment, not disclosing the exact amount
4. [00:00] facebook wants to take on google in video w/Sarah Frier @bloomberg.com
1. ] fb will be adding more videos in newsfeeds
2. ] fb says videos in newsfeeds have gone up by 3.6* since ...
3. ] people who watch videos, will get more videos
4. "] ME - difference between fb and youtube - fb wrecks the quality of the videos that are uploaded
5. ] fb is trying to make video work in different markets ( mobile, third world)
6. ] video is going to be huge in the future, building UI for advertisers to track video ads,...
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5. [00:00] google losing search market share to yahoo Greg Kaiser and ComputerWorld.com
1. ] google search market share now 75%, down from 77-78%
2. ] firefox(ff) users have pushed yahoo search market share to a 5 year high
3. ] ff and yahoo struck a deal, ff dropped google as default search engine, this is a US Canada deal only
4. ] these reported market share numbers come from an irish analytics company that is measuring referrals
5. ] should wait for comscore #'s to confirm/validate
6. ] also apple, more searches go to apple, apple mobile, which has also been dropping google search from some of its products(ex siri)
7. ] search in US is more competitive than in other parts of the world, EU for example where google still dominant
8. ] why did mozilla drop partnership with google?
9. ] mozilla didnt really explain, possiblility is better money from yahoo, another possiblity is mozilla is pushing for privacy, doesnt trust google
6. [26:15] UPDATE - Monster sues Beat w Keith Leswing @gigaom.com
1. ] questions about HTC's role in the lawsuit
2. ] did HTC know it was helping Beats get rid of monster
3. ] monster filed the complaint, assuming it's true, it looks bad
4. ] a lot of questions around how beats is involved
5. ] iovine is a shark,
6. ] ? is if HTC was knowledgeable about it, what did they gain from it, they lost money
7. ] sold in 2 parts, first sale lost 5M, second sale they made 85M profit
8. ] 1 part of deal was that HTC was to include beats earbuds with their phones
9. ] didnt lose money but they lost out on the gravy train of the apple acquisition
10. ] next up is more legal drama, rebuttals, then decision on wether it will go to trial
7. [00:00] Samsung profit declines
1. ] first profit decline since 2011,
2. ] chinese phone mfg's are gaining ground, selling phones at half the price of Samsung products 
8. [32:30] Sony PS4 launch in china delayed
1. ] sounds like the chinese government is playing games
2. ] could be a tough battle, chinese gov has only approved a handful of games
9. [00:00] Twitter won an emmy
1. ] recieving an engineering award at CES,
10. [00:00] FOLLOWUP - on PREVIOUSLY REPORTED STORIES
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DESCRIPTION: [30:00] VIDEO-SUMMARY-show-1170 - ] CES update ] SV VC invests in marijuana ] facebook more videos in newsfeed ] google loses search market share to yahoo ] UPDATE monster sues beats ] Samsung profit declines ] China delays Sony PS4 ] Twitter wins emmy

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