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tnt - 2015-02-04

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1. [00:00] FCC chairman comes out in favor of strong net neutrality, w/Jason Abbruzzese @mashable.com
1. ] FCC chairman Tom Wheeler detailed his plan for Net Neutrality(NN) on wired.
2. ] will reclassify ISP's as common carriers under title 2, of the communications act
3. ] these enforceable "brightline rules" will ban paid prioritization and the blocking and throttling of lawful services
4. ] surprisingly his proposal will also include wireless networks
5. ] this is a "nightmare scenario" for the AT&T and comcasts of the world
6. ] imagine they have their lawyers preparing to goto court to challenge the rules, they have already said as much
7. ] if rules do get voted into place later in February
8. ] will this stop ISPs from investing in/improving their networks,
9. ] one indicator - stock market - the stocks of providers (comcast, time warner, cablevision ) shot up in value after the news,
10. ] language isnt as aggressive as expected, forebearance - we(FTC) can choose to apply only certain peices of title 2, while not subjecting companies to practices that would hurt their bottom line 
11. ] additional details from the FCC CALL
12. ] there is a fact sheet on the FCC website with more
13. ] network interconnections (aka peering) are going to be looked at very closely
14. ] what to expect going forward?
15. ] there is going to be a big fight, this is close to the worst case for carrier companies, best case for net neutrality advocates
16. ] is this good for consumers or will it hold us back form becoming a 22nd century internet
17. "] proposal ensures the rights of internet users to go where they want when they want and the rights of innovators to introduce new products without asking anyones permissions
18. *] facebook is 11 years old today - the monster that ate the internet
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3. [07:45] new nationwide "real names" policy for all internet users in China
1. ] chinese gov introduced new laws that require users to register with their legal names.
2. ] law bans the posting of any content that runs counter to chinese interest as defined by the chinese gov
3. ] the laws apply to blogs, micro blogs, instant messaging services, discussion forums, news comments sections and more ..
4. ] gov says "social posts and comments by people using fake names " have polluted the internet ecology, harmed the interest of the masses, violated core socialist values
5. ] all isp's will be required to hire dedicated people to implement the laws
6. ] laws go into effect March 1
7. ] adding another draconian law to a growing list of theme
8. ] will this affect their economy negativly ?
9. ] chinese and us internet companies give in to the demands,most companies(apple,linkedin,facebook) want to be in china so badly that they will do whatever it takes to operate their
10. ] people in china were talking about 2 things that would make china a better place, the internet and capitalism
11. ] many chinese professionals have been hampered by the recent laws regarding the use of VPNs
12. ] chinese economy was transitioning from being a copycatter nation to being an innovator nation, similar to how Japans economy did in the past
13. ] but how do they innovate when they arent able to follow what is happening in other parts of the world.
14. ] laws include anything that ] violates the law ] harms nation security, ] national secrets, ] national unity ] promotion of porn, gambline, violence, terror, superstition or  rumours
4. [12:45] Apple may be getting into googles territory
1. ] a blog reported that a "street view like car" was spotted, 
2. ] confirmed that the car was leased to apple, maybe a "street view" like feature for apple maps
3. ] cult of mac blog reported an apple job listing
4. ] position is to manage a search platform supporting hundreds of million users
5. ] apples long running deal with google for search in their Safari browser
6. ] apple has tons of cash on hand (150B),
7. ] people underestimate how much data Apple has on us,
8. ] where you been, when your sleeping, your credit card
9. ] UPDATE with PICS/VIDEO: The Mystery Van Driving Around Claycord
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6. [17:00] alibaba joins growing list of companies testing drones for delivery [02:30] VIDEO
1. ] companies testing include - amazon, google, ups, dhl, le post and now
2. ] alibaba - will be testing using quadricopters
3. ] 3 days of testing, involves delivering actual products to actual customers, they will be delivering "ginger tea"
4. ] driverless cars are also another possiblity in the world of human less deliveries - the race is on there as well
5. ] both(drones and driverless cars) face regulatory challenges
6. ] solving the PROBLEM of removing the PEOPLE from the LOGISTICS NETWORKS
7. [20:30] instagram UPDATE 
1. ] all videos on the site, will be looping infinitely
2. ] applys to user created videos and ads 
8. [21:30] security - internet explorer vulnerablity reported
1. ] enables attackers to steal login credentials and inject malicous content into the browser
2. ] even in fully patched versions of IE
3. ] bug affects users of ie 11 running on win 7 or win 8.1
4. ] users would get infected by visiting malicous websites, through a phishing attack or social media posts
5. ] msft is working on a fix
9. [22:00] avast antivirus reports many google play apps infected with malware
1. ] some redirect users to legit antivirus software tools, suggesting companies may be paying for this
10. [22:45] yahoo spinning off alibaba shares
1. ] created a new company which will be called spinco, which will recieve yahoo's 384M alibaba share
2. ] shareholders happy with move, will give them a tax break ]
11. [00:00] rumour - xiaomi announcement on feb. 12
1. ] there is speculation the compnay maybe coming into the US market
2. ] unstoppable in china, with phenomanal growth
3. ] company president posted on social media - about a new team, and expansion in the coming months
4. ] maybe coming into US market or maybe new research
5. ] ? around the app situation for xia
6. ] #1 chinese brand is ___, you couldnt think of any 
7. ] maybe "xiaomi" in the not too distant future  
12. [00:00] BIG NUMBERS
1. ] $ 15M - the cost of the sony hack
2. ] $ 20.2B attracted in Venture capital last year, according to the silicon valley index
3. ] 214K people banned from google ad network
4. ] 524M ads banned
13. [27:00] SXSW will have debut of newest Steve Jobs documentary
1. ] will host the world premier of the new-est - steve jobs documentary
2. ] hopefully NOT just the same stuff, days in wilderness, trip to india, launching in the garage
3. ] alex gibney - is a respected documentary maker
4. ] made the "smartest guys in the room" enron documentary, and the investigation into elliot spitzer - client 9
5. ] also made "getting clear" the current scientology documentary that is controversial
14. [29:00] mcDonalds closed its last restaurant in finland 5 years ago
1. ] bought a happy meal, put it in a glass case, pointed a webcam at it
2. ] it still looks almost the same today
3. ] might not be healthy food
15. [30:00] opinion ON WHY: Amazon considering buying Radio Shack stores.
1. ] amazon hardware drives shopping on amazon.com, people who use kindle,etc are more inclined to shop more at amazon
2. ] have not had any big hardware hits, part of the problem there may be
3. ] currently there is no Amazon store, like there is for Apple, MSFT, Samsung, ... 
4. ] amazon stores could also be used as pickup and drop off locations
5. ] amazon is a logistics company, always looking to take out as many middlemen/layers as they can in the delivery process
6. ] Amazon has just opened 2 stores on campus at Perdue and Amherst Universities
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