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tnt - 2015-02-03

] The Federal Communications Commission apparently intends to reclassify internet providers as "common carriers," the designation that provides maximum net neutrality in the United States and would legalize the practice of charging more for so called Internet "fast lanes," otherwise known as "paid prioritization." The FCC is scheduled to vote on the matter on February 26
] one of the most surprising decisions, was expected that Wheeler, who is an "industry" guy would rule in favor of the cable monopolies
] influencing factors may have been president Obama calling for it, the fact the many people(citizens) spoke out about the topic
] even people who are not tech people, now are aware of the subject of net neutrality
] well run campagign by nn advocates and push into the mainstream by tv personality John Roberts
] what it means it that we will wake up to the same internet that we have today, no preferential treatment for those willing to pay more
] its not clear at this point wether "peering" will be covered in the new model
] politics, lobbying, wheeler was a lobbyist, lobbyist will be rushing to congress, congress may fight this, then the fun will begin
] rumours of congressional republics trying to tuck their agenda into another bill perhaps

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[08:45] Amazon interested in Radio Shack stores w/Jodi Xu Klein @bloomberg

] Bloomberg is reporting that Amazon has held talks with RadioShack to buy some of their stores after the electronics retailer files for bankruptcy
] sprint and brookstone have also shown interest, amongst others, not unusual for this to happen
] there will be a battle for some of the prime locations that RS has
] how will amazon use these stores, is the ?
] amazon is 1 of the reasons RS is in trouble
] maybe stores will be used as drop off/pick up locations for amazon
] RS has over 4K stores, sprint talking about buying 1300

] Twitter advertising will soon spill out of Twitter and show up elsewhere. The first locations will be Flipboard and Yahoo Japan
] twitter will use what it knows about its users, to target these ads
] the idea of using the data that is collected across social networks to serve ads is popular
] example ad - the tweet doesnt necessarily look like a promoted tweet, formatted more to look "native" to flipboard
] twitter acquired mopub, is this mopubs system or something seperate, likely using some of the same technology
] enables publishers and advertisers to be matched in the exchange
] not more details at the present time, will likely develop throughout the year, have earnings reports upcoming,
] 3 major social networks(facebook,twitter,g+) all offer somewhat different ad systems

] A San Francisco startup called Eero wants to re-invent home WiFi for the home automation and Internet of things era
] 1 router functions essentially the same as other routers, if you buy multiple routers then the eero is better b/c of easy configuration of multiple routers, via a smartphone app that tells you where to locate them physically and also configures everything
] consumer product, premium, majority of houses sizes 2200-2500 sq footage
] $300 for 3 pack is intro price, will go to $500, can also buy individual units
] company bragging about the product design, looks nice, not like many of today's routers,
] designer of Nest thermostat and GoPro camera, roku media streamer, Frank Bold also designed this product
] 3 phase rollout, first is pre orders now, planned delivery for this summer, then ecommerce partners, then brick and mortar stores
] today wifi is a critical part of most consumer homes, this products plan is making it better and easier

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] Uber is creating its owns research center for robotics
] Google is reportedly working on a ride sharing app, although company says it is just for employees to use
] companies use to be tight knit, but now seem to be on a collision course
] Google Ventures was major investor in Uber
] Uber is currently the only Transportation service listed on Google maps
] still unclear as to what Google is doing with their self driving car technology, maybe the next "Google Now" feature

] the giant Sapphire factory, where Apples MFG partner GT technologies was to mfg the Sapphire screens for Apple devices, is being taken over by Apple. The factory will be turned into a Data Center. Apple not really known for its Data Center/Cloud services expertise. Maybe its needed to keep all of apples growing cloud services running like siri, itunes, ...

] Reddit's reports the reddit notes crypto currency project has been cancelled. They were planning to give upto 10% of a recent 5M funding round back to reddit users. The lead developer has been fired.
] Chinese gov accuses us listed web portal called "netties" of spreading pornography and rumours. Part of an anti porn project which is part of a wider program to more widely control the internet(vpns, etc, ..) . People like engineers, entrepenuers, scientists are being cut off from unrestricted access to the internet. At some point this could come back to impact their economy. No matter what you do, you cant censor everything. the more you try the more you frustrate your own people and
] Lee Sung chul of Samsung, promoted to head of Samsung marketing. Former head left due to health reasons
] NEST VP, yoki matsuoka - leaving google. Joining twitter
] NUMBERS

] 649M chinese use the internet, 31M increase YoY
] 557M chinese use a phone to get online, not a PC
] $775K donated to code 2040 by Google - an initiative to improve diversity in the technology industry. Maybe they should just hire more minorities and women

] Doc G's HTC Anthem "Hold the Crown" w/ David Bruce - the worst thing on the internet

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