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TNT - 2014-03-05

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  1. [00:00] CNN has sold app 'zite' to Flipboard for approx ?60M? w/Donna Tam @cnet
    1. ] terms are somewhat disclosed
    2. ] zite user #'s undisclosed but has loyal user base
    3. ] overly satured marketplace
    4. ] advertising partnership
    5. ] flipboard claims 250K new readers
    6. ] zite HAS algrothim for picking what people want to read, based upon ..,
    7. ] ceo of zite wont be joining the flipboard
  2. [00:00] unprecedent TV deal, DISH to stream live TV
    1. ] dish will be allowed to stream content from disney
    2. ] catch is will delay ad skipping feature for 3 days
    3. ] intel and sony and apple and ... are trying to do this deal but havent been able to pull it off
    4. ] disney content = 5 channels, (disney, espn, ) includes ABC, live TV
    5. ]
  3. [00:00] blackberry service outage in canada and asia AND tmobile offer response
    1. x] initial TMobile offer, bb users upset, then TM created 'apology offer',
    2. x] trade in any working blackberry for $200 
    3. x] $50 off extra off if they switched to blackberry z10
    4. x] 94% of blackberry users traded in their blackberries for non blackberry in Tmobile offer
    5. ]
  4. [00:00] NEW roku streaming stick
    1. ] plugin to your tv hdmi port, first stilck was MHL (hdmi with power)
    2. ] new one uses usb power port like googles chromecast
    3. ] roku has interface and content library, VS chromecast works with smartphone
  5. [00:00] yahoo dropping support for google/facebook login
    1. ] initially offered these services to build their customer base
    2. ] reason they are taking it back =
    3. ] get to track those folks, offer more personalized services, lock in
    4. ] will roll out to all yahoo services eventually( flicker, ymail, ), starting soon with yahoo fantasy sports
    5. ] extra friction for occasional users may lose them customers
  6. [00:00] PC and smartphone sales
    1. ] IDC reports that PC sales dropped 9% last year, predicting another 6% drop this year
    2. ] predicting that smartphone growth in China will slow, only x % are currently using smartphones 

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  1. ] show host - Mike Elgan
  2. ] show producer - Jason Howell
  3. ] guest host - Dan Patterson - content and -
  4. ] guest = Donna Tam Cnet
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  2. ] show notes - detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources 
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  5. ] subreddit - News item submissions for TWIT's Tech News Today
  6. ] trove - 
  7. ] rsa.com
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DESCRIPTION: ]CNN sells ZITE to flipboard, ] unprecedent TV DEAL,Dish & Disney ]

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