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tnt - 08-15

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  1. [00:00] curtis "50 cent" jackson project by Christina Warren
    1. ] intel partnered with SMS audio and created earbuds, iosport earbuds, that measure your heartrate
    2. ] LG already has pair, these are different
    3. ] no add on fob, looks and feels like a regular pair of earbud
    4. ] transmits data, runkeeper app shows the data,
    5. ] no price point, no specific release date, < $150 and 2014-qtr-4
  2. [03:00] samsung acquires smarthings for 200M with David Kender
    1. ] startup that makes home automation devices
    2. ] problem with home automation devices, multipe devices, BUT devices cant talk to each other
    3. ] smarthings created hardware and software then enables different devices from different mfg's to talk to one anothers
    4. ] smartthings has the largest developer community
    5. ] from kickstarter campaign to 200M acquisition in 24ish months
    6. ] works with competing standards, zigby, zwave, thread, wifi, bluetooth
    7. ] many companies are competing for this market, at war with each other for your home
    8. ] maybe friction between smarthings vision for smarthome and samsungs vision for smarthome
    9. ] company will remain independant, but will move its 55 employess from Washington, DC to palo alto CA
    10. ] companies need to settle on 1 or 2 frameworks in order to succeed
    11. ] could be nightmare world of so many different standards or will we get standards (like the internet)
    12. ] its the wild west of home automation now,
    13. ] fear will not be allayed until we have a common standard
    14. ] reviewed.com,  a startup 15 years ago, aquired by USA today 3 years ago, independant editorial org that works closely with USA today
  3. [11:45] microsofts snapchat clone, WindUp   Brad Sams @neowin.net
    1. ] msft builds a clone of snapchat for windows phone 8.
    2. ] built by microsoft research, a well respected division of
    3. ] original app by msft was photosynth, state of the art for its day
    4. ] doesnt use location services, by not using it you get more privacy, but may lose some feature richness
    5. ] but this app is terrible says Brad, the concept is there, but not the execution, you can see what they are trying go for ...
    6. ] you can sum up the experience in the "spinning thing" 
    7. ] you send share photos, send either a timeline or # of views, when time is up, cards flip over and show expired when time to view is up
    8. ] sixSnap is a third party app that is a much better experience to use snapchat
    9. ] climatology was released previously by microsoft research 
    10. ] what about 'features' of app integrating with Skype?
    11. ] gain of volume you need for app success, hard when app is only available on platform with small user base (< 5% )
    12. ] skype integrating with sms at some point
    13. ] "time limited messaging" is a feature, not a product
    14. ] msft still needs to work on getting their products to the market
    15. ] opportunity for Nadella to show ...,
  4. [19:00] apple will ship first sapphire screens this month
    1. ] apple will ship twice as much sapphire screens (for the new iphone 6 and apples smartwatch) as the rest of the worlds sapphire mfg's combined
    2. ] its giant Mesa, AZ factory is the size of 24 football fields, 1.4M square feet
    3. ] they are working with GT advanced technologies, cost of furnaces 578M, and are operated by GT
    4. ] they make bricks of sapphire, then carve the screens out of the brick
    5. ] sapphire screen cost is $16 vs $3 production cost for gorilla glass
    6. ] if apple can own the entire supply chain, it could be a big win
    7. ] it's expensive for apple to fix broken iphone screens, in the end run, it may be cheaper to use the more expensive sapphire
    8. ] idea is with sapphire is that it doesnt scratch, so screens wont shatter as easily when it's dropped
    9. ] when apple nails the supply chain it can make it a lot harder for competitors
  5. [24:00] msft threshold may release in late september
    1. ] a "tech preview" version of the next version of the windows os may be released, sooner then expected, as early this september
    2. ] the preview version may be less "developer focused" and more "consumer focused", easier to update,
    3. ] design changes to date are - ] bringing back the start menu, ] modern apps will run in a window on the desktop, ] they are getting rid of charms
    4. ] msft needs a home run with windows 9, question is can they maintain their dominance they have on desktop os and move forward into touch and voice computing
    5. ] how are they going to do it?
    6. ] they tried to do it with windows 8, some people rebelled against it, they have/are backtracking a bit, the have a real problem on their hands ...
    7. ] will they be able to do it and maintain their huge user base
    8. ] windows store is still really far behind ... where i would have expected it to be
    9. "] ME - advice for Satya Nadella - "developers, developers, developers"
  6. [28:30] fan email
    1. ] reader writes about - lack of discussion on events in ferguson missouri - press was suppressed, coverage was breaking on twitter and other social media
    2. ] 19yo shot by police, people protested, greeted with a radically millitant police force 
    3. ?] the online protest with "dual photos"
    4. ] it didn't make the show because ...
    5. ] mainstream media blacked out the coverage
  7. [00:00] followups ON android wear and more ...
    1. ] google released four new commercials for android wear, 1 long ad, 3 15 second ads
    2. ] interesting to advertise a platform, don't think there has ever even been an android ad before
    3. ] they are advertising "android wear" but really they are advertising "google now" ...
    4. ] TMZ posts pictures of what it says are the first pictures of the new "iphone 6", bloggers say "nice try" its a picture of a fake iphone
    5. ] TMZ reporting on iphone 6, mainstream celebrity gossip media,

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    1. ] host - Mike Elgan
    2. ] producer - Jason Howell
    3. ] guest host - Christina Warren @cnet.com
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