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TNT - 2014-02-20

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  1. [00:00] Facebook(fb) buys WhatsApp for 19B ( w/jessica lessin + Reed Albergetti)
    1. ] why = expand userbase worldwide
    2. ] messaging and social networking are direct competitors
    3. ] totally different business, no ads, subscription service
    4. ] antifb - no ads, dont store/track user data, ?=will users bail b/c fb owns it
    5. ] wechat in china, not just messaging, more
    6. ] more photos shared on whatsapp then on fb
    7. ] uses your address book to build your social network
    8. ] founder brian acton 
    9. ] model = first year free, .99 year after that, most competitors are free, 
    10. ] over 50 competitors on g.play alone( apps with more then 1M dloads)
    11. ] why = could be a B users, revenue isnt strategicly important
  2. [00:00] googles approach to aquiring WhatsApp (w/Jessica Lessin)
    1. ] offered to pay whatsApp if someone else was trying to buy it, whatsApp declined, 
    2. ] been interested for years, made many overtures
    3. ] google will have to continue to double down on g+, not a place that a lot of people goto, but glue 
  3. [00:00] yahoo version of siri, inMind (w/Jason Abbruzzese )
    1. ] talk to your phone, interact in a natural way, 
    2. ] your phone learing about  you
    3. ] ? = differention between competitors
    4. ] maybe late to the game
    5. ] but early days for the technology
    6. ] 2 research started with 'calo'(a pentagon project)
    7. ] 
  4. [00:00] msft renames 'office webapps' to 'office online',(w/Lance whitney)
    1. ] msft blog post explains users of web apps were confused about how to access the programs, branding was confusing
    2. ] changes somed new features
    3. ] had to access skydrive first then 
    4. ] now there is a dedicated startup page for 'office online', click icon for 'word' 
    5. ] now a new toolbar accessible from any app, access to all ms services, word, excel, onenote, calendar, ....
    6. ] 
  5. [00:00] HTC reportedly working on 3 new smartwatches
    1. ] one is based on google now
    2. ] one based on qualcomm spec
    3. ] one based on  
  6. [00:00] followup on story about possible Apple/Tesla merger talks 
    1. ] Musk confirmed meeting with Apple
    2. ] " aquisition of Tesla is very unlikely, very focused on ..

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  1. ] show host - Mike Elgan
  2. ] show producer - Jason Howell
  3. ] guest - Reed Albergetti @
  4. ] guest - Jessica Lessin @theinformation
  5. ] guest - Lance Whitney @cnet
  6. ] guest - w/Jason Abbruzzese @mashable
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  2. ] show notes - detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources 
  3. ] show notes summary
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  5. ] subreddit - News item submissions for TWIT's Tech News Today
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  7. ] rsa.com
  8. ] sponsors
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