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tnt - 12-05

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  1. [00:00] orion rocket launches
    1. ] test for deep space rocket, mars,
    2. ] launched successfully and flew for 4.5 hours,
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  2. [00:00] 1.2B funding round values UBER at 41B w/Lisa Fleisher @wsj.com
    1. ] company is more valuable then 72% of the fortune 500,
    2. ] revenue is 20% cut of every ride 
    3. ] UBER has a win at all cost business style, comes from the top down, are SV VC rewarding this behaviour?
    4. ] investors include qatar and several hedge funds
    5. ] growing regulatory and legal backlash against the company in a number of locales
    6. ] wsj has a map documenting stories in different locales, changes constantly, company is fighting a lot of fires
    7. ] funding is for ??? 
    8. ] when entering market will pay drivers by hour, layout a lot of cash, push down prices
    9. ] will also spend a lot of money on lawyers, lobbyists, etc
    10. ]
  3. [00:00] AD squarespace
    1. ] current users can optionally upgrade to squarespace 7 platform, features NEW "cover page" , offer code = TNT, saves you 10%
  4. [00:00] big brother in NYC, police department to use body cameras
    1. ] 3 precincts to roll out cameras ___,
    2. ] le3 camera
    3. ] manually turned on/off, end of shift, connect to database where footage is uploaded into cms
    4. ] cameras are encrypted, officers cant access footage,
    5. ] ....
  5. ] [00:00] FCC version throttling John Brodkin @arstechnica.com
    1. ] verizon has special requirements, still throttles 3G plans when congestion, none on 4G(LTE),
    2. ] AT&T has throttling regardless, BUT you are paying for "unlimited, high speed"
    3. ] TMOBILE also has, BUT it lets users know up front, they pay for amount data() at high speed, after that it throttled  
    4. ] Elise Hu moving to Korea, will have no worries about speed of her data plan
  6. [00:00] security/breach BEBE teen clothing retailer
    1. ] credit card data stolen - cardholder names, numbers and CVN codes "possible" stolen
    2. ] will keep happening until retailers embrace "tokenized" payment systems like Apple Pay, Google Wallet, ...
    3. ] many people dont care, because the banks pay, less urgency fo
    4. ] more stories like this to come
  7. [00:00] AD gazelle.com
    1. ] new trade in program, can sell your old gadget and trade it in for a new device, USE OFFER CODE = , to SAVE x %
  8. [00:00] panel of judges rules that snowden
    1. ] tribunal says
  9. [00:00] tawainese government singles out phone mfgs
    1. ] mfg singled out include - apple, samsung, htc, sony and xaomai,
    2. ] mfg using phone home technology
    3. ] penaltie could include fines up to $ xx, or banning of phones from the market
    4. ] impressive that the government laws are up to date with todays technologies
    5. ]
  10. [00:00] UPDATE apple lawsuit on ipods
    1. ] period of sept 2006 - march 2009, lead plaintiff didnt buy ipods during that period of time
    2. ] maybe they found out about policy and rushed out to buy ipod
  11. [00:00] amazon ships customer "roller"
    1. ] customer orders book, gets a roller from the amazon robot warehouse
    2. ] amazon holdes their book hostage
    3. ]
  12. [00:00] assorted other news
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  13. [00:00] FOLLOWUP -
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  1. ] twit.tv - tnt show
    1. ] host - Mike Elgan
    2. ] producer - Bryan Burnett
    3. ] guest host - Elise Hu,

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  1. ] twit.tv - tnt show
    1. show url - shows home page with video of show and links
    2. ] show notes - detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources 
    3. show notes summary -
    4. twit chat room - 
    5. ] subreddit - News item submissions for TWIT's Tech News Today

 

 

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