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tnt - 2015-02-06

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  1. [00:00] twitter reports earnings
    1. ] doubling revenue almost every quarters since going public
    2. ] lost less money then previously
    3. ] they are getting close to making money, initial quarter they lost 500M on 250M revenue
    4. ] user growth troubles, strong competition for eyeballs
    5. ] everyone knows about twitter, the townhall of the internet
    6. ] more relevant than "looking at pretty pictures" on instagram
    7. ] new feature "logged out" timeline view
    8. ] are they trying to move away from obsession with
    9. ] prev talk about getting to 1B users, not growing quickly
    10. ] maybe twitter is a niche product, focus will be on
  2. [00:00] missing 4M w/Kurt Wagner @recode
    1. ] bug caused twitter to lose 4M users,
    2. ] twitter says NOT a bug, error on there part
    3. ] people upgrading to iOS8 cost 1M
    4. ] also users from Safari browsers, in iOS8
    5. ] safari browser users pinged
    6. ] g+ reported big #, everyone who touched g+ somehow and also reported "in the stream" users, users who actually viewed their stream
    7. ] g+ hasnt released user #'s in over 18 months
    8. ] twitter stock price is up , user growth was 4M on expectation of 8-9,
    9. ] this was a quarter thing, helped investors/analysts
    10. ] almost double their eps, making lots of money compared to the size of their user base
  3. [00:00] windows 10 leaked screenshots w/Tom Warren @theverge.com
    1. ] are developers excited about bringing universal apps to win 10 platform -
    2. ] ... ????. .....
    3. ] how is satya doing? he is on the right track,
  4. [00:00] us businesses concerns about china
    1. ] lobbying us gov
    2. ] most big chinese companies get special rules to operate, allowed to do things non chinese companies that cant do
    3. ] going to be a bigger problem going forward as chinese power in the world market continues to grow 
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  6. [00:00] Radio Shack files for bankruptcy
    1. ] sad because another longstanding brand is disappearing
    2. ] radio shack experience hasnt been that great for the last years
    3. ] most valuable asset is their brand recognition
    4. ] some stores will become sprint stores,
    5. ] still 1600 stores available, some may go to amazon
    6. ] amazon would be interesting, in terms of using it as a pickup location, display amazon products like kindle
  7. [00:00] ASSORTED
    1. verizon plans to sell assets to frontier communications for 10+B 
    2. ] rocket internet is investing heavily in food delivery services, berlin based company, aquired a 30% stake in Delivery Hero, has previously bought x food delivery companies in (x) different markets, processes approx. 78M orders a month,
  8. [00:00] AD prosper.com/twit 
    1. ] money - a crowd source lending platform that cuts out the middelman. Prosper matches lenders with people looking for loans. Investors can choose your listings,  Borrowers can Get loans of up to 35K in 5 day, for anything that you need. You can check your rate instantly and it wont affect your credit score. Techcrunch calls it "the industry leading platform",  TWIT fans get a $50 visa prepaid card when you get a loan
  9. [00:00] ASSORTED(contd)
    1. ] linkedIn reports earnings -  they have become the defacto place to get your resume out there, also companie looking for recruits
    2. ] HTC reports earnings - 1.5B revenue, 15.9M profit, slim profits for 3rd consecutive quarter
    3. ] goPro reports earnings -  profits of
    4. ] 700K worth of apple cards - dental office employees, stole dental patients personal info, applied for credit at
    5. ] google android commercial - be together, not the same
  10. [00:00] viewer feedback
    1. ] jonathon bennet on S.Korean gov banning Uber b/c it says that it already has too many taxis - Jonathon reports that it ain't so, getting a cab in SK, can be an issue,

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  1. ] twit.tv - tnt show
    1. ] host - Mike Elgan
    2. ] producer - Jason Cleanthes
    3. ] guest host - Christina Warren

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    5. ] subreddit - News item submissions for TWIT's Tech News Today 
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DESCRIPTION: [30:00] VIDEO-SUMMARY-show-1191 - ] twitter reports earnings] the story on users ] windows 10 phone screenshots ] US China biz ] Radio Shack files for bankruptcy ] Verizon, Rocket internet ordering delivery companies, ] earning$ from LinkedIn, HTC, GoPro

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