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TNT - 05-06

[00:00] tumblr founder brings back customize user profiles - By Ellis Hamberger, The Verge, @hamburger

] The founder of Tumblr, david carp, wants to bring back the customized profile pages of the early 2000s,
] mobile tumbler layouts, unique new way, customizable by user,
] change title font, bg color, accent color, avatar, add remove description , change header
] tumblr NOT a social network , microblogging
] using losers to messaging apps like snapchat, whatsApp
] twitter, fb pretty locked down on their mobile apps
] new parameters,
] still lots of customization options on tumbler web app,
] identity - content is king, should all of our profiles look the same,
] profits a tumbler = unknown, owned by yahoo, ? maybe harvesting user data for use in ads across other areas ?
] Tumblr declares war on the internet's identity crisis By Ellis

] ephemeral news, partnered with snapchat
] stories - montages of photos that can be strung together
] some exclusive ones posted,
] last app update, video has demo with nowThisNews
] citizen reporting, w/video,
] ad-hoc gathering of video news, could be KILLER FEATURE
] could replace a lot of the social and messaging apps people are currently using
] NowThis News Is Working With Snapchat On An Ephemeral News Service

] google stars - new bookmarking feature - total departure from the current utilitarian system in chrome browser
] google hasnt commented, they are just testing it, maybe at I/O, g+ user
] available in chrome browser AND across web services, ( ie g+ bookmarks )
] features = folders, filters ] advanced search, ]more beautiful than bookmarks, ] automatically organized, ] drag + drop, ] safety, ] share stars
] service likely available across other platforms,
] fb has been testing something similar
] google's goal is to organize everyones information
] florian keirsch - tester
] maybe part of g+
] Leaked Google Stars video and screenshots show built-in search, filter, folder, security, and sharing features

] seems straight forward, meetings about security threats, tech companies would be briefed
] internet gets 'freaked out' when 'tech' has anything to do with ' gov security ' agencies
] alt to going to these meetings, is 'not knowing' about potential threats
] story was overblown,
] NSA, even wiht their reputation, has capabilities that no one else has
] Exclusive: Emails reveal close Google relationship with NSA

] fb bought moves on 04/24,
] fb promised NO plans to CHANGE or comingle data with fb
] fb has now changed its privacy policy to allow 'moves' to share their user data with fb
] fb didnt tell 'moves' users
] fb is not aggragating everyone in 1 place
] fb is harvesting data across apps everywhere
] moves is killer data, high quality location data
] nytimes interview zuckerberg described it as
] was a big headache for google when they tried
] contextual advertising is theoritically better than irrelevant ads
] interesting b/c they said they wouldnt do it, then they did it, and never told anyone
] Moves app changes policy to allow data sharing with new owner Facebook

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