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12	tm	As expected, Apple has completed its acquisition of PrimeSense, the company best known for designing the sensor in the first-generation Microsoft Kinect. ATD reports Apple paid around $360 million for the company. PrimeSense has been developing motion sensors for more compact devices, with their Capri model seemingly perfect for say a tablet or phone.	http://allthingsd.com/20131124/apple-confirms-acquisition-of-3d-sensor-startup-primesense/
13	ia	Apparently, people like that Xbox One. Microsoft says that it sold more than a million Xbox One units worldwide in less than 24 hours of its launch. What launch would be complete without a few bugs? There are reports that some Xbox One disc drives are failing. Inserting a disc leads to a clicking or grinding noise and those consoles cannot read the disc. Microsoft said the issue affects a very small number of units and is working directly with people to get them replacement consoles.	http://gigaom.com/2013/11/25/microsoft-also-sold-more-than-1-million-xbox-one-units-in-24-hours/
14		Microsoft admits glitch with some Xbox One disc drives	http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57613625-75/microsoft-admits-glitch-with-some-xbox-one-disc-drives/
15	tm	Samsung likes big phones and it cannot lie. The Galaxy Grand 2, announced Monday, has a 5.25-inch 1280 by 720 display with a 16:9 aspect ratio. It also has a 1.2GHZ quad-core processor, 2600 mAh battery and 8 GB of storage plus the usual SD card slot and the not so usual dual-SIM capability. The device does not support LTE though. The Android 4.3 phone comes in white, black, and pink in “selective regions” but no other details were announced.	http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57613617-94/samsung-goes-big-again-with-galaxy-grand-2-smartphone/
16	ia	Uber just signed a deal to make it easier for Uber drivers to afford cars. Uber is working with GM, Toyota, and an auto financing company so that qualified drivers can save $100 to $200 per month in car payments. This deal is live in six cities, which I will list in the order I've visited them: New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Dallas.	http://thenextweb.com/us/2013/11/25/to-meet-demand-uber-inks-partnerships-in-6-us-cities-to-cut-car-ownership-costs-for-its-drivers/
17	tm	The city of brotherly love has no love for 3D-printed guns. Philadelphia’s city council voted unanimously to pass a bill banning the practice of printing your own firearm. 3D-printed guns have been demonstrated but are still experimental and unreliable.	http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/24/5140628/philadelphia-becomes-the-first-us-city-to-ban-3d-printed-guns
18	ia	Motorola is partnering up with 3D Systems to develop Project Ara, Motorola's Lego-like open-source mobile hardware initiative. 3D Systems will create a high-speed production platform and it will be Motorola's partner in making 3D-printed Ara phone enclosures and modules. Maybe we'll get modular cell phones sooner than later.	http://www.cio.com/article/743696/Motorola_Teams_Up_with_3D_Systems_to_Develop_3D_Printed_Phones?taxonomyId=3154
19	tm	Here’s your Snowden leak of the day. Dutch newspaper company NRC published a slide indicating the US NSA placed malware designed to steal sensitive information on more than 50,000 computer networks. The NSA computer attacks are performed by a special department called TAO (Tailored Access Operations).	http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/11/23/nsa-infected-50000-computer-networks-with-malicious-software/
20	ia	It's an end of an era. John Carmack is leaving id Software for join Oculus as its CTO. Carmack is the programmer responsible for Quake, Doom, and is the co-founder of id Software. id studio director Tim Willits told IGN that Carmack's departure will not affect any current projects.	http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/22/doom-creator-john-carmack-officially-leaves-id-software
21	tm	A new how-to writer named Eric Schmidt has posted a guide to “Converting to Android from iPhone.” in four steps. The guide, posted to Google + described how to back up contacts, turn off iMessaging to insure text messages get through, sync music to Google Music, and recommends turning on two-factor authentication. Schmidt was formerly the CEO of Google and now serves as its chairman, in addition to his how-to gig.	http://allthingsd.com/20131125/eric-schmidts-easy-four-step-guide-to-switch-from-iphone-to-android/
22	ia	The FDA says 23andMe.com can't sell its DNA testing product because the product hasn't received approval or clearance from regulators. 23andMe.com analyzes a buyer's saliva and then alerts them to what diseases they are at risk for. The FDA says that false positives or negatives could lead to dangerous behavior regarding treatment from the 23andMe client.	http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/25/5143464/fda-orders-23andme-to-stop-selling-dna-test-kit
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28	tm	Apple Confirms Acquisition of 3-D Sensor Startup PrimeSense	http://allthingsd.com/20131124/apple-confirms-acquisition-of-3d-sensor-startup-primesense/
29		ATD reports Apple paid $360 million for PrimeSense - PrimeSense provided sensor for 1st-gen Kinect - Smaller sensors for more compact devices, like I don’t know an iPad. Capri Q: OK so now we know it’s really best guesses on what Apple will do with it?
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31	ia	Katie Couric Deal to Become Yahoo’s “Global News Anchor” Set to Be Announced Monday	http://allthingsd.com/20131123/couric-deal-to-become-yahoos-global-news-anchor-set-for-monday/	Chris worked at Yahoo for years and can offer (I think) an interesting perspective on this
32		Mayer Confirms Hire of News Star Couric as “Global Anchor” and Calls Her the “Face of Yahoo News”	http://allthingsd.com/20131125/yahoo-confirms-hire-of-news-star-katie-couric-as-global-anchor-2/
33		Welcome aboard, Katie. Anchors aweigh!	http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/68071950595/welcome-aboard-katie-anchors-aweigh
34		Katie Couric Negotiating ABC News Exit (Exclusive)	http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/katie-couric-negotiating-abc-news-659156
35		- Over the weekend The Hollywood Reporter said that Katie Couric is trying to leave ABC News to come to Yahoo & AllThingsD reports that Couric could be designated "global news anchor" at Yahoo - It's official today that Couric has joined Yahoo with the title "global anchor" and will start in early 2014. - In a blog post Marissa Mayer calls Couric "the face of Yahoo News" - Couric currently has a daytime talk show on ABC. Her deal at the network gave her two seasons of a daytime talk show and three years at ABC News. The deal was valued at around $40 million. - Yahoo says Couric will continue to host her syndicated daytime talk show, Katie. - THR says that Couric was personally "wooed" by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer - What would Couric be doing on Yahoo? Yahoo didn't say directly, but ATD says " It is likely to center on exclusive interviews with a range of high-profile celebrities, business execs and more, done by Couric specifically for the Web and prominently featured on Yahoo’s heavily trafficked main page.' - ATD also says Yahoo is engaging in talks with well-known TV personality and producer Ryan Seacrest Q: Does this make sense for Yahoo or Couric?
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37	tm	Microsoft also sold more than 1 million XBox One units in 24 hours	http://gigaom.com/2013/11/25/microsoft-also-sold-more-than-1-million-xbox-one-units-in-24-hours/
38		Microsoft admits glitch with some Xbox One disc drives	http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57613625-75/microsoft-admits-glitch-with-some-xbox-one-disc-drives/
39		Console history repeats itself - Microsoft claims 1 million Xbox Ones sold in <24 hours. Sony fans point out 11 more countries than PS4 - Microsoft admits problem with optical discs. "The issue is affecting a very small number of Xbox One customers," - Advanced exchange. Microsoft spokesperson told Kotaku: "Customers have the option for us to send a replacement console right away without waiting until they have returned their old one. This means a customer only has to wait a matter of days, rather than weeks to get back up and running." Q: MS winning war of customer service here, but does Sony still have their E3 advantage?
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43	ia	Amazon’s Next Kindle Paperwhite To Feature 300ppi Screen, Better Typography, Arrive Early Next Year	http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/24/amazons-next-kindle-paperwhite-to-feature-300ppi-screen-better-typography-arrive-early-next-year/
44		- TechCrunch reports that Amazon is working on a new Paperwhite that should launch in Q2 of next year - The new Paperwhite (codenamed Ice Wine) would have a high resolution 300 ppi screen. The current model has 212 ppi screen - TC's sources say Amazon was "a bit irritated" when Kobo shipped a 265 ppi screen on its Aura HD - Hardware changes: TC says it's seen a prototype of the device. The front screen is flush with the edges of the device (instead of recessed) and is made of a matte glass, not plastic. The Ice Wine is also lighter than the current model. - It would also have an ambient light sensor to adjust screen brightness - The edges of the device would be squeezable buttons that give off haptic feedback when activated - Design changes - more in the line of the Fire HDX with a more angular shape - Software side: not a lot of changes, but new typography Q: Does this make you excited to buy a Kindle Paperwhite?
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46	tm	Eric Schmidt Explains How to Switch from iPhone to Android	http://www.androidheadlines.com/2013/11/eric-schmidt-explains-how-to-switch-from-iphone-to-android.html
47		Eric Schmidt’s Easy, Four-Step Guide to Switching From iPhone to Android	http://allthingsd.com/20131125/eric-schmidts-easy-four-step-guide-to-switch-from-iphone-to-android/
48		Schmidt's G+ post	https://plus.google.com/+EricSchmidt/posts/JcfVoJhW2Kw
49		“Like the people who moved from PCs to Macs and never switched back, you will switch from iPhone to Android and never switch back as everything will be in the cloud, backed up, and there are so many choices for you,” - He says he wrote this guide because many of his friends are switching to Android and he wanted a helpful guide for them and for others. - Steps include backing up contacts to iCloud first, turning off iMessage, even turning on two-factor authentication, a little flippant about old photos Q: Throwing around ‘switch’ propaganda is to be expected but this seems a well-thought out and useful tutorial. Does it work as marketing too? IS it a good how-to?
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51	ia	What is Instagram’s next big thing? Messaging, perhaps	http://gigaom.com/2013/11/22/what-is-instagrams-next-big-thing-messaging-perhaps/
52		- Om Malik reports that Instagram is going to launch a new private messaging feature - The company is also "experimenting with the idea of group messaging" - These features would likely hit the next version of Instagram, expected by the end of the year Q: Does Instagram need a messaging option?
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1	TITLE: SSL Flatlines With Heartbleed * 981	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Natali Morris
2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, April 8, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day in conversation with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor this week is Natali Morris, a contributor to NBC and cofounder of ReadQuick, a speed reading app for iOS.	Natali Morris Contributor, NBC, CBS, CNBC @natalimorris
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10	A widely distributed flaw in OpenSSL called “Heartbleed” potentially exposes millions of users to being monitored as they interact with web sites.	http://heartbleed.com/	http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2014/04/08/half-a-million-widely-trusted-websites-vulnerable-to-heartbleed-bug.html https://www.ssllabs.com/
11	Joining us to explain it all is Steve Gibson, a security researcher, founder of Gibson Research Corporation and co-host of TWiT’s Security Now. Q: First of all, can you tell us what OpenSSL is and how widely it’s deployed. Q: So what is Heartbleed?	Steve Gibson Founder, Gibson Research Corporation @SGgrc
12	* several versions of OpenSSL, a cryptographic library that enables SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Security Layer) encryption. Most websites use either SSL or TLS, which is indicated in browsers with a padlock symbol. * flaw introduced December 2011 * Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.1g, released on Monday * If exploited, the flaw could allow attackers to monitor all information passed between a user and a Web service or even decrypt past traffic they’ve collected. * “This allows attackers to eavesdrop communications, steal data directly from the services and users and to impersonate services and users,” the researchers wrote. * The bug found by Codenomicon, a computer security company, and Neel Mehta, who works on security for Google. * The scope of the problem is vast, as many modern operating systems are suspected as having an affected OpenSSL version. * Operating systems that may have a vulnerable version of OpenSSL include Debian Wheezy, Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS, CentOS 6.5, Fedora 18, OpenBSD 5.3, FreeBSD 8.4, NetBSD 5.0.2 and OpenSUSE 12.2, they wrote. * The “oldstable” versions of Debian Squeeze and Suse Linux Enterprise Server are not vulnerable. * allows attackers to obtain the private keys used to encrypt traffic * attackers can only access 64K of memory during one iteration of the attack, but the attackers can “keep reconnecting or during an active TLS connection keep requesting arbitrary number of 64 kilobyte chunks of memory content until enough secrets are revealed
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15	An Indian startup called Ineda Systems has developed a chip for wearable computers that can run for 30 days without recharging. The company emerged from stealth mode today. And they’ve got some big backers, including Samsung and Qualcomm.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/08/wearable-chip-maker-emerges-in-india-with-big-backers/
16	Don Clark Technology writer, The Wall Street Journal Q: Can you tell us about Ineda Systems?	Don Clark Technology writer, The Wall Street Journal
17	* Called the Dhanush * Ineda: Dhanush * or smartphones, enabling 30 days of always-on battery life. * The Dhanush will come in four tiers, from the “Nano” to the “Advanced,” customized for simple fitness trackers up to high-end smart watches. * Hyderabad in India; more than 180 engineers. * chairman is Sanjay Jha, who led Motorola Mobility until its sale to Google; worked at Qualcomm * Chips will operate up to 30 days without a charge in an always-on mode * Ineda stresses a “hierarchical” computing architecture Ineda’s chips = three different classes of cores. One extremely low-power block of circuitry remains on and exists mainly to talk to sensing devices, which will signal when to wake other parts of the chip up. Another core is designed to run simple apps and the third is a full-on application processor, able to run mobile-style apps, the company says.	http://stpaulsice.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sj.bmp
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23	Comcast made its case today for why regulators should let the company buy Time Warner Cable in a $45 billion transaction. Comcast’s 180-page filing to regulators today said that Time Warner Cable is not a competitor, but that Google, Apple and Facebook are.	http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/comcast-and-time-warner-cable-file-applications-and-public-interest-statement-with-fcc	http://recode.net/2014/04/08/comcast-no-competitive-threats-here-move-along/
24	* Summarized in a blog post by Comcast executive vice president David Cohen * Mostly about why Comcast isn’t dominant * Comcast: plenty of local high-speed broadband providers and its merger wouldn’t decrease competition * Broadband service is sold on a local basis, and there’s plenty of choice * Comcast blog post: “Netflix now has over 33 million customers in the United States alone, with another 11 million international customers; Google’s video websites now attract over 157 million unique viewers each month who watch nearly 13 billion videos; Apple iTunes viewers purchase over 800,000 TV episodes and over 350,000 movies per day” * Problem is that customers need Internet connections, and little choice there * Review of Comcast’s deal is only beginning. Tomorrow, a Senate panel will examine the deal in some detail and provide a sense of whether lawmakers may support it or pressure FCC officials to either reject the deal or impose strict conditions on it. * Justice Department officials looking at competitive threats * FCC looking at whether the deal is in the “public interest”
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27	The FTC says a Massachusetts-based website called Jerk.com and its owner, Napster cofounder John Fanning, deceived more than 73 million users by harvesting personal information from their Facebook profiles.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-07/jerk-com-napster-co-founder-misused-facebook-profiles-ftc-says.html
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29	* Ranked users as either a “jerk” or “not a jerk.” * FTC: website falsely claimed that people could pay $30 to revise their online profiles * FTC: Jerk.com misled people when it claimed the content on Jerk.com had been created by other users of the site, when in fact most of the site’s content was harvested from Facebook. * many believed that someone they knew had created their Jerk.com profile”; actually info from FB
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32	Six major Hollywood studios are suing Megaupload for copyright violation.	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/business/media/studios-file-new-lawsuit-against-megaupload-and-its-founder.html
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34	* MPAA: Paid users based on how many times the content was downloaded by others – and didn't pay at all until that infringing content was downloaded 10,000 times. * Six major film studios—Twentieth Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Columbia and Warner Bros * Suit: Megaupload was “encouraging and profiting” from copyright violations * Kim Dotcom denied similar charges; New Zealand to stand trial over charges of mass copyright infringement. * Shut down by U.S. regulators in 2012 * Accused of allowing copyright-holders to lose more than $500m in revenue. * Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA): because site paid its users to upload TV and movies, it was not just a file-sharing site MPAA: Not “a cloud storage service at all, it was an unlawful hub for mass distribution”
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37	Netflix started streaming 4K TV today. The second season of House of Cards and some nature documentaries are available in 4K/Ultra HD format, and not much else yet.	http://www.cnet.com/news/netflix-begins-4k-streams/
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39	* The bitrate is just 15 Mbps -- picture superior to the HD movies you can stream from Netflix, but it's inferior to less compressed approaches to 4K. * Even some Blu-ray movies will probably look better. * 4K streams from Amazon, Comcast, Fox and others this year
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67	(OPEN LINK) - We told you April 3 about ZunZuneo, a Cuban social network created by the US government. The story was an exclusive by the Associated Press, and they characterized the program as a covert operation designed to undermine the Cuban government and harvest the personal data of Cubans. Yesterday, the agency responsible for the program, the U.S. Agency for International Development, responded to the article in a blog post, saying the AP story was riddled with inaccuracies and false conclusions.	http://blog.usaid.gov/2014/04/eight-facts-about-zunzuneo/
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91	Comcast says it's an underdog surrounded by strong competitors like Apple, Google and Facebok and should be allowed to buy Time Warner Cable.
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1	TITLE: Google to Launch Android TV	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Natali Morris
2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, April 7, 2014!
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5	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan - I'm Jason Howell.
6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day in conversation with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor this week is Natali Morris, a contributor to The TODAY Show, CNBC, The Queen Latifah Show and a former anchor for CNET TV. She's also the co-founder of ReadQuick, a speed reading app for iOS.	Natali Morris Contributor, NBC, CBS, CNBC @natalimorris
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15	Google may soon launch a platform called Android TV. Verge writer Sean Hollister got his hands on documents and screenshots that reveal Google's plans, and he wrote an exclusive about it over the weekend.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/5/5584604/this-is-android-tv
16	Sean Hollister Writer, The Verge Q: Google has supported Google TV for years, and that was based on Android. How is this different? Q: How would Android TV be different from, say, Amazon Fire TV? Q: Will this come with a remote controller and, if so, what will that be like? Q: Will Android TV support voice? Q: Google also has Chromecast. Will it confuse developers to have both options? Q: Will Android TV support streaming content sources other than Google products like Play Movies and YouTube? Q: Will it support Google+ Hangouts? Q: What do we know about Android TV supporting games?	Sean Hollister Writer, The Verge @StarFire2258
17	* Major video app providers already building * Very different from Android-based Google TV * Google documents: "Android TV is an entertainment interface, not a computing platform" * Google documents: "It’s all about finding and enjoying content with the least amount of friction." It will be "cinematic, fun, fluid, and fast." * Cards interface showing movies, shows, apps, and games * The controller will also have Enter, Home, and Back buttons to help get around, and there will be "optional" game controllers. * will also support voice input and notifications — though Google is encouraging developers to only use notifications in very limited cases * Android TV is remarkably similar to Amazon's just-released, Android-based Fire TV * Screenshots show Play Movies, YouTube, and Hangouts; but also third party apps like Vevo, Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, and games
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22	A new Google Glass app unveiled at the NAB show lets you stream live video from Google Glass live. The app comes from Livestream, which is a popular live-streaming service that specializes in enabling live video from a variety of devices, including smartphones. The new glassware also enables the person wearing glass to get messages back from people commenting on the video. They can then respond back by talking.	http://new.livestream.com/producer/glass	http://www.slashgear.com/livestream-for-glass-turns-glassholes-into-roving-reporters-07324086/
23	Chris Davies Executive Editor, SlashGear Q: So what can you tell us about this app? Q: Is there any way to push the video to a platform other than the Livestream site? Q: What do you suppose this will do to the battery? Q: Will this damage Glass’s already bad reputation as an unwanted privacy intrusion?	Chris Davies Executive Editor, SlashGear @c_davies
24	* Google’s own Hangouts app lets you live-stream to 9 people or fewer. * Once installed, tap the side and say “Livestream.”
25	Chris * slashgear.com * @c_davies
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27	Amazon unveiled small Wi-Fi enabled barcode scanner called the Dash. When you use it to scan the bar code of a can of soup or box of cookies, the item is placed on your Amazon Fresh shopping list. (Amazon Fresh is that company’s grocery delivery service, which is currently available only in a few cities). You can also talk into the device to place an order.	https://fresh.amazon.com/dash
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29	* You can sign up to receive a free one from Amazon. For now, Amazon is only giving them out on an invitation-only basis, so you may not get one, even if you sign up—at least not right away.
30	* Seattle, Southern California or San Francisco
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32	Everybody wants to get into the TV show creation, apparently. We’ve told you about recent announcements about plans for original programming from Amazon and AOL. Over the weekend we learned that both Yahoo and Microsoft are radically expanding their plans as well. Yahoo is close to ordering four web-based TV series, according to The Wall Street Journal. Microsoft's Xbox Entertainment Studios has already committed to six TV shows with more than a dozen projects in development, according to Bloomberg.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304819004579485820610824060 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-07/microsoft-goes-hollywood-in-amazon-like-programming-push.html
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34	* Yahoo news based on unnamed sources * Yahoo series: 10-episode, half-hour comedies with per-episode budgets ranging from $700,000 to a few million dollars. * Yahoo led by writers or directors with experience in television * Yahoo hasn't yet sealed any new original programming deals * Yahoo could possibly announce at April 28 event in New York * Yahoo has done original programming in the past: Morgan Spurlock's "Failure Club" reality show as well as "Electric City," an animated series created by and starring Tom Hanks * Yahoo chief marketing officer, Kathy Savitt, have reviewed more than 100 projects * Xbox includes a "Halo" series from Stephen Spielberg * Xbox shows launch globally in June
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37	A startup that makes an Android lockscreen app called Cover announced a few minutes ago that it has been acquired by Twitter, and Twitter has confirmed the news. The announcement was vague on future plans, but did say it that smartphones can be a lot smarter — more useful and more contextual.	http://blog.coverscreen.com/post/81998756366/cover-is-joining-twitter
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67	We told you back in January that action-camera maker GoPro planned to offer extreme sports videos on Microsoft’s Xbox Live. Well, the GoPro channel app launches tomorrow for Xbox Live Gold subscribers worldwide. In other Xbox video news, Google announced this morning that their newly updated YouTube app for Xbox One lets you upload game play to Youtube in just two clicks.
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1	TITLE: SHOW TITLE, Facebook's Little Secret?	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Scott Budman

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, April 4, 2014!
3	This episode of Tech News Today is brought to you by… Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used Apple and Android devices are worth at gazelle.com.
4	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan - I'm Jason Howell.
5	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day in conversation with some of the world's best journalists.
6	Our guest co-anchor today is Scott Budman, a Silicon Valley based tech and business reporter for NBC News.	Scott Budman Tech and business reporter, NBC News @scottbudman
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14	Facebook may be interested in offering some level of anonymity on the social network. The company has met with the people behind the anonymous social app Secret to see how they can work together, according to a report by Mike Isaac on Recode. That report was based on two sources who, naturally, wished to remain anonymous.	http://recode.net/2014/04/03/facebook-explores-anonymity-features/
15	Mathew Ingram Senior Writer, Gigaom Q: First of all, do you think a company like Facebook would ever offer anonymity? Q: You’ve argued in favor of the need to protect anonymity. Why is that? Q: But doesn’t anonymity give trolls, haters, racists, misogynists and other vicious people the power to bully and intimidate online and with impunity? Q: Do you think the rise of anonymous social apps like Whisper and Secret are a positive trend? Q: Isn’t pseudonymity better? Q: Our own TWiT chat room supports anonymity. It works well, but we have to moderate it.	Mathew Ingram Senior Writer, Gigaom @mathewi
16	* Secret went down this morning following yesterday’s update, which introduced a variety of new features, including anonymous invites * Recode’s sources also said the $100 acquisition rumors were false. * Whisper, Secret and others show interest in anonymity
17	Mathew * gigaom.com * @mathewi
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21	Nest, the company best known for its smart thermostat (and also for being acquired by Google in January), says they're going to stop selling their smoke alarm product until they fix a defect that could prevent the alarm from sounding during a fire. The company is also doing a very interesting recall -- we’ll get to that in a minute. The problem, which hasn't been reported by users, is that “unique combination of circumstances” could activate Nest Wave, which is a motion-gesture control interface for turning off the alarm sound. Critics are slamming the company for the flaw and using the Nest as the poster child for what's wrong with smart devices and the Internet of things. But Slashgear’s Chris Davies says the whole incident demonstrates the clear superiority of smart devices. He’s here to explain.	http://www.slashgear.com/nests-smoke-snafu-only-validates-the-internet-of-things-03323710/
22	Q: Chris, Nest CEO Tony Fadell says they’re halting sales. That's reasonable. But what are they doing for existing owners? Q: So how does this glitch as you wrote “validate the Internet of Things” Q: If this was a dumb device not connected to the Internet, how might a recall take place	Chris Davies Executive Editor, SlashGear @c_davies
23	* Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide * Company will turn Nest Wave back on only after a extensive testing and approval * Fadell expects it will take two to three months * People who have a Nest Protect connected to a Nest Account via Wi-Fi don’t need to do anything at this point * Nest Wave will be automatically disabled within 24 hours * The device will continue to monitor for increased levels of smoke and carbon monoxide, according to the announcement. * Users w/ no Wi-Fi should stop using the device and claim a full refund from the company * Purchased by Google in January for $3.2 billion. * The WiFi fix is to disable the Wave feature
24	Chris * slashgear.com * @c_davies
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26	Apple may have acquired a company called Novauris to power voice recognition for Siri, according to a report by Sarah Perez on TechCrunch.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/03/speech-recognition-pioneer-novauris-bought-by-apple-team-now-works-on-siri/
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28	* Novauris Technologies grew out of Dragon Systems R&D U.K. Ltd., the British research subsidiary of Dragon Systems * Founded in 2002 * The acquisition took place last year, but had not been announced * Terms of the deal were not disclosed * Great tidbit -- is this how they discovered? “The Novauris website doesn’t make any note of the Apple acquisition, but when we rang their U.K. offices, Novauris co-founder Hunt answered the phone, “Apple.” He confirmed that he and the team now work for Apple, and that Novauris itself is no longer an active entity.” * Dragon Systems, a company known for products like “DragonDictate” and “Dragon NaturallySpeaking.” * Novauris operated in embedded and server space and owned the core engine * Apple had tried to acquire Nuance, the technology that powers Apple’s Siri * Nuance merged with ScanSoft in 2005, a company which itself had acquired the rights to the Dragon product line * Novauris supports U.S., U.K. and Singapore English, German, Canadian French, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese and others.
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63	A Tech News Today fan named Adam in Oklahoma sent us an email in support of the Amazon Fire TV announcement we covered earlier this week. He writes: "It seems to me that Lab 126 really outdid themselves this time. As a casual gamer who hasn't had a console in his house for years, this hits the spot for me perfectly. I also love the fact that they have equipped this to handle audio well. Navigating this with my voice looks easy and painless. They even have PLEX!!! I expect this to sell out in no time."
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66	We’ve been keeping you up to date over the past couple of weeks about the Turkish government’s blocking of Twitter and YouTube. Yesterday, Twitter was unblocked due to a court order. And today, a Turkish court has ruled that a total block on all of YouTube violated human rights. However, the court allowed the government to block 15 specific videos. All this social media blocking in Turkey was designed to prevent the spread of a leaked and alleged conversation among government officials proving corruption.
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69	A San Diego, California, resident named Kristoffer Von Hassel was officially thanked by Microsoft for exposing a flaw in Xbox Live. The flaw enabled people to log into an account without knowing the password. He was also added to the company’s list of recognised security researchers. But here’s the thing: Kristoffer is five years old. He discovered that entering the wrong password on his dad’s Xbox Live account brought up a second password-verification screen. By simply pressing the spacebar to fill up the password field, the system would accept those spaces as the correct password. Microsoft has now fixed the flaw. Kristopher thought he’d get in trouble with dad. Instead, Microsoft gave him four free games and a one-year free subscription to Xbox Live all his own.	START VIDEO AT 0:13 http://khon2.com/2014/04/03/5-year-old-hacks-xbox/
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86	Plus, Nest issued a recall on its smart smoke detector. Is the Internet of Things doomed? Or does the whole fiasco prove how great smart gadgets really are?
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1	TITLE: The Cuban Twitter Was a US Plot, 978	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Jillian D'Onfro

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, April 3, 2014!
3	This episode of Tech News Today is brought to you by… Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used Apple and Android devices are worth at gazelle.com.
4	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan - I'm Jason Howell.
5	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day in conversation with some of the world's best journalists.
6	Our guest co-anchor today is Jillian D'Onfro who writes for Business Insider.	Jillian D'Onfro Tech writer, Business Insider @jillianiles
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14	A social network called ZunZuneo emerged in Cuba in 2009 for users of the tightly controlled Internet in that country, then mysteriously vanished two years later. The Marxist, one-party government there, ruled by the Castro brothers for 45 years, sounded paranoid when they called it a US-controlled plot. But it turns out they were right. The whole thing was a US government scheme to undermine the Castro brothers’ grip on power.	VIDEO http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-secretly-created-cuban-twitter-to-stir-unrest/2014/04/03/8a2dc77c-bafa-11e3-80de-2ff8801f27af_story.html
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16	* The site lasted for two years * Called ZunZuneo, but often referred to as the "Cuban Twitter,” was created through secret shell companies and financed through foreign banks. Hatched by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the site’s purpose was to build an audience of young Cubans, then foment dissent against the Cuban government. * The project had tens of thousands of subscribers, and the US government gathered personal information about them through American contractors. * It is unclear whether the scheme was legal under U.S. law * Undermines USAID’s claims that it does not conduct covert actions * USAID and its contractors went to extensive lengths to conceal Washington's ties to the project, according to interviews and documents obtained by the AP * Set up front companies in Spain and the Cayman Islands to hide the money trail, and recruited CEOs without telling them they would be working on a U.S. taxpayer-funded project. * publicly launched shortly after the 2009 arrest in Cuba of American contractor Alan Gross * The AP obtained more than 1,000 pages of documents about the project's development * It independently verified the project's scope and details in the documents through publicly available databases, government sources and interviews with those involved in ZunZuneo. * hoped the network would reach critical mass so that dissidents could organize "smart mobs" that could trigger political demonstrations, or "renegotiate the balance of power between the state and society." * "Mock ad banners will give it the appearance of a commercial enterprise * "It was such a marvelous thing," said Ernesto Guerra, a Cuban user who never suspected his beloved network had ties to Washington. * Executives set up a corporation in Spain and an operating company in the Cayman Islands * Subscribers' messages were funneled through two other countries — but never through American-based computer servers. * For more than two years, ZunZuneo grew and reached at least 40,000 subscribers * Cuban officials tried to trace the text messages and break into the ZunZuneo system * ZunZuneo stopped in September 2012 when a government grant ended. * The moment when ZunZuneo disappeared, (it) was like a vacuum," said Guerra, the ZunZuneo user. "In the end, we never learned what happened. We never learned where it came from."
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21	Google’s long-awaited stock split goes into effect today. Normally stories like this are boring. But in this case, Google is not only splitting the stock, but changing the types of stocks issued to boost the power of the company's two founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Critics call it a naked power grab. Supporters say it’s just a smart move.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/27/that-class-c-google-stock-split-is-finally-happening-heres-what-it-means/
22	Rolfe Winkler is a reporter for the Journal. Q: Can you tell us about the new share types and what they mean for the company and its shareholders? Q: Because of the split, the shares won’t alter the balance of power in the company, so what’s the point? Q: Why are critics calling this a power grab? Q: Why would they need to bolster power. Aren’t they firmly in control anyway? Q: Why has Google needed to issue so many shares to pay for acquisitions. Aren’t they swimming in cash?	Rolfe Winkler Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @RolfeWinkler
23	* Super-voting Class B shares, Page and Brin controlled 56% of Google as of last April’s proxy filing * Founders power has faded as Google continued to issue Class A shares to finance acquisitions and pay employees with stock * Each Class A share carries one vote, while each Class B share carries 10 votes. * Today’s solution: Google created ”Class C” shares that are being issued at the beginning of April to shareholders of record March 27. * Class C = no voting rights and, going forward, are the shares Google intends to issue for compensation and acquisitions. That will end the slow-motion dilution for Class B shareholders.
24	Rolfe * wsj.com * @RolfeWinkler
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26	The European parliament passed a major set of telecom reforms, including strong net neutrality rules and laws to kill roaming fees within Europe.	http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/179762-europe-votes-to-protect-net-neutrality-abolish-mobile-data-roaming-charges
27	Maggie Reardon Reporter, CNET Maggie.Reardon Q: First of all, are you impressed with Europe’s new net neutrality law?	Maggie Reardon Reporter, CNET @maggie_reardon
28	* Incredible set of errors in an Associated press report on this: AP: “European policy is now departing sharply with the route taken in the U.S., where a net neutrality law was struck down in January. Since then, Netflix has contracted with Comcast for preferential treatment of Internet traffic bearing its film streams.” 1. It wasn’t a “law” that was struck down, but the FCC’s own rules 2. It wasn’t “struck down” - 3. Netflix and Comcast agreement wasn’t a net neutrality issue * Amendment 234 gave a strong definition for net neutrality: “Net neutrality” means the principle according to which all internet traffic is treated equally, without discrimination, restriction or interference, independently of its sender, recipient, type, content, device, service or application. * The bill also forbids telecommunications companies from blocking or degrading Internet services such as Skype or WhatsApp to prevent them from competing with their own offerings. * phase out roaming fees across the 28-country European Union by December 2015.
29	Maggie * cnet.com * @maggie_reardon
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31	As expected, Microsoft unveiled Cortana yesterday. The Windows Phone virtual assistant feature, which will initially remain in beta and for the US market only, competes with Apple’s Siri and Google Now.	http://www.pcworld.com/article/2139344/hands-on-microsofts-new-cortana-digital-assistant.html
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33	* make phone calls, send texts, take a note or give you a reminder. * Cortana notebook: store your interests, places you frequent, calendar, relationships * After searching, Cortana asks if you want her to store personal info in notebook * third-party apps that can extend Cortana functionality (example = Facebook and Skype) * Windows Phone 8.1 update starts rolling out in next few months * Available on new phones as soon as late April or early May, Belfiore said. * can express ‘emotions’ * Cortana will present contextual alerts like Google Now * Will remember previous topics, so you don’t have to be specific in subsequent questions
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41	Yahoo announced new encryption, partly as a response to the Edward Snowden leaks. The company now encrypts traffic between its own data centers and also changed the default setting for the Yahoo homepage so it’s HTTPS unless the user takes action to turn it off.	http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/81529518520/status-update-encryption-at-yahoo	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/02/yahoo-faces-balancing-act-between-ads-encryption/
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43	* Google made a similar announcement last month * Yahoo web sites for Good Morning America on Yahoo, Yahoo News, Yahoo Sports and Yahoo Finance won’t feature the encryption by default because it interferes with ads * Yahoo Messenger as the next major product to get a secure update
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66	We told you back in February about Google’s huge expansion of Google Fiber rollouts to up to 34 new cities. Google Fiber, of course, is Google’s fiber infrastructure that the company claims is a hundred times faster than your average broadband connection. Well, an exclusive by Amir Efrati on The Information this morning says Google is working on adding mobile wireless service to markets where Google Fiber exists. If Google goes forward with this idea, it’s possible that a single monthly payment to Google would get you fast home Internet connectivity and also mobile phone data and voice service. The company wouldn’t build its own cell towers, but would instead act as a mobile virtual network operator using the services of an existing network.	https://www.theinformation.com/Google-Plots-Plunge-into-Mobile-Phone-Services
67	A web site promoting a new version of Windows for the Internet of Things appeared a couple days ago. At the time, Microsoft hadn't announced what the site was promoting, and the site was quickly taken down. Well, yesterday Microsoft announced it at its BUILD developers conference and brought the site back up. Awkwardly named Windows on the Internet of Things, the new version runs on the Rasberry Pi like Galileo platform from Intel. Microsoft said the new version of Windows will be free. The site is Windows on Devices dot com.	http://www.windowsondevices.com/
68	FOLLOW-UP 2 - We’ve been keeping you up to date with the Turkish government’s block of Twitter within that country. One of several dramas unfolding there is that Turkey’s constitutional court ruled the ban illegal -- but the government kept the block in place anyway. Reuters reported and Twitter has confirmed this morning that the block has finally been lifted.	https://twitter.com/policy/status/451753089855664128
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1	TITLE: SHOW TITLE, The Amazon Revolution Will Be Televised	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Brian Fung

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, April 2, 2014!
3	This episode of Tech News Today is brought to you by… Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used Apple and Android devices are worth at gazelle.com.
4	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan - I'm Chad Johnson. Jason Howell is off today.
5	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day in conversation with some of the world's best journalists.
6	Our guest co-anchor today is Brian Fung, a tech reporter for the Washington Post.	Brian Fung Reporter, Washington Post @b_fung
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14	Amazon finally unveiled its new video streaming hardware, called the Amazon Fire TV, today.	http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-unveils-streaming-video/
15	Jillian D'Onfro Tech writer, Business Insider Q: Why are they doing this? Q: What does this have that competitors don’t? * $99 * 2 gigs of RAM, Wi-Fi, a bluetooth remote * content providers: Hulu Plus, Watch Espn, Showtime, MLB, Disney, YouTube, Netflix, and, of course, Amazon Instant Video * VP of Kindle Peter Larsen said Amazon has identified the three problems customers found with other video streaming devices. This includes difficult search capabilities, performance issues and closed ecosystems. He said the Fire TV addresses these issues. * The thin rectangular box runs a quad-core processor, like that found in high-end smartphones. It has dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi, 2 GB of storage, and full 1080p support. The sleek accompanying remote is Bluetooth. It’s shipping today. * Fire Game Controller, which will cost an additional $39.99	Jillian D'Onfro Tech writer, Business Insider @jillianiles
16	* Vice President of Amazon Games Michael Frazzini says thousands of games will be available on Fire TV next month * Amazon is partnering with Sega, Disney, EA and more. Yep, it’s got Minecraft (unlike Oculus ever will). Amazon will also be developing its own games, both for Fire TV and the Kindle Fire HDX. * These games will be available as in-app purchases, in keeping with Amazon’s business model of using hardware to push you to spend money in its marketplace * voice search, which Vice President of Kindle Peter Larsen insists “actually works.” As they say on Twitter, “wow, if true.” In the demo, IMDB ratings popped up when searching for specific movies. * The Fire TV box plays music and displays lyrics to whatever you’re listening to on TV. So, if you buy this you’ll have no excuse for singing “wrapped up like a douche” every again. * High-performance
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21	Yesterday was the first day of a shiny, new Apple-Samsung lawsuit where the two most profitable handset makers haggle over patents. Apple and Samsung went straight for the legal jugular in their opening arguments yesterday, with Apple saying that Samsung quote: “Crossed to the dark side” and blatantly copied the iPhone and Samsung countering by saying that Apple is trying to limit consumer choice.	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/technology/apple-and-samsung-reprise-patent-fight-with-google-a-shadow-presence.html
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23	* Samsung argued that the case was about Google and Android, and Apple argued that it was about Samsung. * Apple Lawyer: "It is Samsung, not Google that chose to put these features into its phones" * Samsung Lawyer: "Apple is trying to limit consumer choice and gain an unfair advantage over Google's Android." * smartphone market that was valued at $338.2 billion last year * Samsung had 31 percent of industry revenue, compared with 15 percent for Apple * same San Jose, California, courtroom where a jury two years ago found that Samsung infringed Apple’s patents and awarded $1.05 billion in damages * Apple says Samsung is lucky -- 50 patents could have been at stake * Samsung: Our 'next big thing' ads drove Apple's marketing chief 'crazy'
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26	Is Bitcoin money? It’s an important question. For example, the IRS says it’s property, not currency. And of course they would say that. If it's property, they can tax it. And it turns out that Ross Ulbricht, the alleged creator of the Silk Road online black market agrees with the IRS, according to a new article on Forbes.com by Andrew Greenberg. You see, Silk Road used Bitcoin as the method of payment. And Ulbricht is charged with, among other things, money laundering. He says that if Bitcoin isn’t money, then how could there be money laundering?	http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2014/04/01/alleged-silk-road-creators-lawyer-denies-bitcoin-is-monetary-instrument-moves-to-drop-all-charges/
27	Andrew Greenberg is here to tell us more about the case. Q: First, can you tell us what Silk Road is exactly, and what this case is about? Q: Is the claim that Bitcoin isn’t currency a sound legal strategy? Q: Is this case the right venue to legally determine whether Bitcoin is currency? Q: The bitcoin question isn’t the main point in the case. Isn’t he arguing also the same point that Kim Dotcom claims in the MegaUpload case -- that he merely provided a trade platform that any drug trafficking, computer fraud or money laundering was done by users?	Andrew Greenberg Tech Reporter, Forbes @a_greenberg
28	* Ulbricht’s lawyer Joshua Dratel * They say all charges should be dropped, including accusations of conspiracy to traffic in narcotics, launder money, hack computers, and run a “continuing criminal enterprise” * Is the IRS’s opinion about Bitcoin relevant in this case? * Should be covered by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects site owners and Internet Service Providers from liability against what users do or say on the sites and services they provide
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31	Microsoft's Build developer conference starts today in San Francisco. And it looks like the company gave us an accidental hint of what they’ll be announcing. A web site was spotted yesterday called Windows on Devices dot com. It was quickly taken down. But not before a few bloggers got to rifle through its contents. They found a promotional site talking about Microsoft quote "bringing Windows to a whole new class of small devices -- talking bears, robots, a smart coffee mug and the Internet of Things running Windows and powered by Intel's Galileo platform. The site also talked about a forthcoming SDK, and bragged about a life-sized piano, which may debut at the Build conference today.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/2/5573056/microsoft-windows-on-devices
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36	Google is asking the Supreme Court to decide whether the company’s harvesting of unencrypted WiFi traffic by StreetView cars was legal or illegal.	http://www.wired.com/2014/04/threatlevel_0401_streetview/
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38	* An appeals court September found sniffing may have violated the Wiretap Act * StreetView cars have Wi-Fi hardware to record names and MAC addresses of routers to improve Google geolocation services. * 2008-2010 vehicles snagged fragments of internet traffic from thousands of routers that weren’t employing encryption * This harvesting was part of an engineer’s 20-percent-time project * When the sniffing eventually surfaced, Google apologized, stopped doing it and offered to destroy the data, which it had never used * But the company has vigorously defended the legality of the sniffing, arguing that capturing unencrypted Wi-Fi is not wiretapping. * The Justice Department and the FCC have cleared Google of direct wrongdoing, but the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last September ruled against the company in a dozen merged class action lawsuits stemming from the scandal. The company today asked the Supreme Court to overrule that decision and end the lawsuits * The Wiretap Act generally outlaws the surreptitious interception of electronic communications * exception for “electronic communication [that] is readily accessible to the general public.” * Google’s argument is that plaintext Wi-Fi sniffing is the legal equivalent of listening to a Taxi dispatcher on a Radio Shack scanner. * If the Supreme Court hears the case and eventually rules that unencrypted Wi-Fi sniffing is legal, that might be seen as a boon to criminals who eavesdrop on public access points * Google says 9th Circuit’s ruling is bad for computer security, because it could bar legitimate security scanning. * “IT professionals routinely use the same kind of technology as Google’s Street View cars did to collect packet data in order to secure company networks,” the company writes. “And unlike Google, which never used the payload data it collected, security professionals also parse and analyze the data collected from wired and wireless networks, including networks operated by other persons or entities, to identify vulnerabilities in and potential attacks on the networks they protect.” * A reply brief by the plaintiffs in the case is due by April 30.
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41	A web site called RamshackleGlam.com was stolen from its rightful owner Saturday. The thief immediately attempted to sell it on an auction web site. The “buy it now” price was set at $30,000. The site’s owner is Jordan Reid, and through a lot of resourcefulness and tenacity, she managed to get her site back. She not only lived to tell her story on Mashable, but she’s here to tell us all the gory details. Welcome, Jordan!	http://mashable.com/2014/04/02/ramshackle-glam-hacking/
42	Q: First of all, what is Ramshackle Glam Q: How was the site stolen? Q: So how did you get it back? Q: You wrote that you’re mad at HostMonster and GoDaddy. Why? Q: The system is clearly broken. How could it be fixed so that other’s aren’t victimized in the same way? Q: What advice do you have for other web site owners?	Jordan Reid Founder, Ramshackle Glam @ramshackleglam
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66	We told you on March 5 about a promotion run by T-Mobile that offered $200 to customers to trade in their BlackBerrys for a new phone -- any phone -- it didn’t have to be a new BlackBerry. Some 94% of the BlackBerry users who took advantage of the offer moved to a different brand, mostly iPhones, according to a leaked memo. Today we’ve learned that BlackBerry has sent a “Dear John” letter to T-Mobile telling them that BlackBerrys will no longer be available to T-Mobile customers after April 25. As Ars Technica pointed out this morning, the change will hardly matter. Both BlackBerry and T-Mobile are in fourth place in their respective markets.	http://time.com/46546/blackberry-sends-a-breakup-letter-of-its-own-to-t-mobile/
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1	TITLE: Yahoo's YouTube Envy , 976	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Mark Milian

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, April 1st, 2014!
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14	Yahoo may be in talks to buy a video syndication and advertising company called News Distribution Network, according to an exclusive in The Wall Street Journal by Doug MacMillan. The sale price could be about $300 million, according to the report.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304157204579473780432974344
15	Doug MacMillan is here to provide more details. Q: So what is NDN and why would Yahoo want to buy them? Q: Yahoo hasn’t had much luck with these kinds of acquisitions. They tried and failed to buy Dailymotion, Hulu and even NDN itself last year. Do you think they’ll have better luck this time ? Q: NDN sounds like they have pretty boring content -- mostly from local news. Will boring content help them compete against YouTube? Q: You quoted an NDN spokeswoman as saying the talks are not about acquisition. Could they be talking about a partnership instead? Q: Is there any benefit to YouTube besides the videos? Do they have ad relationships or technology of interest to the company?	Doug MacMillan Tech reporter, The Wall Street Journal @dmac1
16	* Based on sources “familiar with the matter.” * would help Yahoo expand its video offering to thousands of new sites * "We are not in talks to get acquired by Yahoo at this time," Krystal Olivieri, NDN spokeswoman * Re/code reported Yahoo executives have started poaching YouTube video creators * NDN doesn’t make videos. They built a collection of over 100,000 videos from partners like local TV news stations, and make clips available to news organizations * NDN also sells ads to accompany the videos, and keeps a portion of the revenue it generates * NDN is the fourth-largest video site, with 573 million video views, and Yahoo is fifth, with 384 million. * Yahoo has also acquired the rights to shows like "Saturday Night Live" and hired TV veteran Katie Couric to star in a series of online interviews with news makers
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21	New data from a mobile-app measurement and advertising company called Flurry says the average user spends six times more smartphone time using native apps compared to the mobile web.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/the-mobile-web-is-still-losing-out-to-native-apps-six-years-into-the-mobile-revolution/
22	Dean Takahashi is the Lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. Q: Dean, what do you suppose is driving this trend away from the mobile web and toward apps? Q: What are the apps people are using more? Q: So about a third of usage is gaming on both platforms. Runners up including social networking and watching videos. Looks like people use their phones mainly as distractions. Where do productivity, fitness and, say, reading news, magazines and books fit into all this? Q: What does this mean for the appeal of HTML5 development, vs app development. Q: Are there any significant differences between usage on iOS and Android?	Dean Takahashi Lead writer for GamesBeat, VentureBeat @deantak
23	* 2 hours and 42 minutes per day on mobile devices up from 2 hours, 38 minutes a year ago * Just 22 minutes a day are spent using a mobile browser * Mobile app usage accounts for 2 hours and 19 minutes of that time spent * mobile web usage dropped from 20% of the U.S. consumer’s time in 2013 to just 14% * Flurry gathers data from 450,000 mobile applications installed on over 1.3 billion devices * gaming still dominates mobile usage with 32% of time spent on iOS and Android devices * Facebook remained a strong second with 17% of time spent on mobile, down from 18% * Facebook, combined with Twitter (1.5%) and Social Messaging apps (9.5%) grew to 28% of time spent on mobile, up from 24% last year * Broader shift from socializing on Facebook to sharing within smaller, more private messaging applications * YouTube accounted for 4% of time spent * Utility apps saw their shares remain the same at 8% each, year-over-year, while productivity apps doubled their share from 2% to 4%. * This means that web technologies like HTML5, the lingua franca for the web, aren’t keeping up with the native app’s performance on mobile devices.
24	Dean * venturebeat.com * @deantak
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26	Twitter made major moves this week to boost its connection to the world of television. The company acquired two TV-related companies in Europe, including France’s Mesagraph and the UK’s SecondSync. Twitter also announced that it’s increasing its partnership with Kantar Media, a marketing research firm.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/31/twitter-doubles-down-on-tv-in-europe/
27	Tom Cheredar is a Staff Writer for VentureBeat Q: So what do Mesagraph and SeconSync do? Q: This is ultimately about gathering data to sell more expensive Twitter ads, isn’t it? Q: Tell us about the Kantar Media relationship? How has Twitter expanded it? Q: Twitter seems like TV’s favorite social network, but Facebook is trying to change that, aren’t they? Q: Twitter is a pretty global company, but less than one third of its revenue comes from outside the US. Why is that?	Tom Cheredar Staff Writer, VentureBeat @TChed
28	* Twitter bought Bluefin Labs in February 2013; company measures Who is watching TV while checking out Twitter * Advertisers want to double down on TV ads and Twitter ads * New acquisitions help Twitter Twitter do Bluefin stuff but in Europe * Twitter also needs to shake down foreigners for more $$. Twitter earned just 27% of its revenue for the three months through December 31 from overseas although 78% of its 241 million monthly active users reside outside of the U.S. * Kantar works like Nielsen to measure TV viewing. Old deal was for UK and Spain. New deal expands to the Nordics, Russia, parts of Africa and Southeast Asia * Twitter has taken the Nielsen Twitter TV rating to Italy and, more recently, to Australia. Elsewhere, it has partnered with Video Research in Japan and GFK in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. * Twitter also launched a TV network-focused ad/promotion platform Amplify last year, as well as forged partnerships with media companies like Comcast.
29	Tom * venturebeat.com * @TChed
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31	A mandatory kill switch could save consumers $2.6 billion each year, according to research out of Creighton (CRAY-ton) University. A kill switch is the ability to remotely erase smartphones when they're lost or stolen.	http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2455789,00.asp	http://readwrite.com/2014/04/01/how-a-smartphone-kill-switch-could-save-customers-money
32	Dave Smith News Editor, ReadWrite Q: Is 2.6 billion dollars a lot, in the larger scheme of things? Q: Why are wireless carriers against this? Q: If kill switches can be an option, why not let the market decide? Q: What’s YOUR opinion?	Dave Smith News Editor, ReadWrite @redletterdave
33	* Dr. William Duckworth, a statistics, data science, and analytics professor at Creighton * surveyed 1,200 smartphone owners, found they support and expect it * Americans spend about $580 million each year replacing stolen phones * Contribute $4.8 billion paying for premium device insurance * California introduced a bill; wireless industry concerned that others could brick your phone
34	Dave * readwrite.com * @redletterdave
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36	A free new browser extension called SellHack adds an unauthorized button on Linkedin profiles that appears to let you see hidden email addresses. The extension doesn’t actually hack Linkedin. Instead, it checks publicly available data and, barring that, actually guesses the email address.	http://sellhack.com/	https://www.yahoo.com/tech/this-sneaky-tool-will-let-you-see-anyones-email-on-81301057402.html
37	alyssa bereznak Technology Columnist for Yahoo Q: Linkedin can’t possibly be happy about this, can they? Q: How does this work exactly? Q: How do you think they guess email addresses? Q: The service seems to collect information. Do we know what they do with it? Q: Which browsers are supported?	alyssa bereznak Technology Columnist for Yahoo @alyssabereznak
38	* the extension is able to watch your activity on the site and collect the information of any direct connection whose page you’ve decided to visit. What it’s using this information for is unclear. * Chrome, Firefox, and Safari * SellHack.com
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69	Everyone, it seems, is doing original TV-like programming these days, from Netflix to Amazon. Now even AOL is getting into the act. And, no, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke. AOL has commissioned a reality show called “Connected,” which is a copy -- I mean an adaptation of an Israeli series. Set in New York City, the US “Connected” will enable viewers to watch five cast members as they record their lives with handheld video cameras. The half-hour show premiers in January 2015 on the AOL On Network.	http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-aol-documentary-connected-20140331,0,3805364.story
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1	TITLE: Apple and Samsung Suing Each Other. Again! 975	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Jason Hiner

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, March 31, 2014!
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15	Apple and Samsung are back in court today. Apple is accusing Samsung of violating five patents. Samsung is accusing Apple of violating 2 patents. What’s different this time is that four of the Apple patents are part of Google’s Android. So if Apple wins the case, it would force Google to change Android for all handset makers, not just Samsung. Apple is seeking about $2 billion in damages.	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/31/technology/apples-war-on-samsung-has-google-in-crossfire.html
16	Brian X. Chen Tech reporter, The New York Times @bxchen Dan_Rowinski Mobile Editor, ReadWrite Q: Who in your opinion has the stronger case? Q: Didn’t Apple and Samsung already settle all this in the 2012 trial? Q: Some of Apple’s patents in the case sound like pretty basic stuff, such as tapping on a link to go to another app and slide-to-unlock. Q: Apple already won a victory in the case, sort of. Samsung attorneys wanted a video about innovation, which refers to the iPhone and iPad, blocked from being used in court, but that was overruled. Will that matter much in the case? Q: Brian, who are some of the high-level witnesses expected from Apple, Samsung and Google? Q: It seems likely that Google engineers will take the stand, including possibly Andy Rubin. Why doesn’t Apple just sue Google directly over the four Android-related patents? Q: This isn’t about the money for Apple, is it?	Brian X. Chen Tech reporter, The New York Times @bxchen Dan_Rowinski Mobile Editor, ReadWrite @Dan_Rowinski
17	* Google engineers are expected to take the stand, possibly Andy Rubin * patents touch newer phones, including Apple's iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S3 * whichever company loses could be banned from selling infringing products. * first trial in 2012: jury ruled for Apple, and Samsung was ordered to pay $930 million. Samsung is appealing. * Apple is seeking damages of $40 per phone * Judge Lucy Koh 1. System and method for performing action on a structure in computer generated data, the so-called “quick links” patent 2. Universal interface for retrieval of information in a computer system, a patent that Apple claims is central to universal search 3. Synchronous data synchronization amongst devices, or what Apple calls its “background sync” patent. 4. Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image, the so-called “slide-to-unlock patent.” 5. Method, system and graphical user interface for providing word recommendations, or the “word suggestions” patent. Samsung, meanwhile, is counter suing over two patents. 1. Camera & folder organization functionality, acquired from Hitachi 2. Video transmission functionality, acquired from Voice Over Cellular * Apple is suing over alleged infringement by 10 Samsung devices: The Admire, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy SII, Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touch, Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Galaxy S3, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and Stratosphere. * Samsung, meanwhile, is alleging infringement by eight of Apple’s devices: The iPhone 4. 4S and 5, the iPad 2, iPad 3 and iPad 4, the iPad mini and the fourth- and fifth-generation iPod Touch. * Court is scheduled to run Monday, Tuesday and Friday, meaning the trial itself should last about a month
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23	The Supreme Court today will consider whether software is eligible for patent protection. But software that’s part of a user interface, like the patents in question today coincidentally in the Apple-Samsung case, would not be invalidated no matter what.	http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2014/03/29/the-supreme-court-should-just-abolish-software-patents-in-alice-v-cls-bank/
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25	* The problem: software patents don’t require specificity around method * That’s why patent trolls focus on software * Started in the 70s -- code was not considered; only what the computer did * Alice v. CLS Bank * Case involves Alice Corporation, which holds patents for software for financial transactions * challenged by CLS Bank International, which says they are not patent eligible * Google, Dell, Verizon, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and engine manufacturer Cummins are among the companies that have filed legal papers weighing in on the issue. * The legal question boils down to how innovative an invention should be to receive legal protection * supreme court ruled in the 1970s that an algorithm – a set of simple instructions on how to carry out a task – is not itself patentable * "patent trolls", also known as "non-practising entities" * Between 2007 and 2011, NPEs accounted for an estimated 19% of all patent infringement lawsuits * patents involve human interaction with the computer (in the form of the phone), and so would still exist if the supreme court were to strike out pure software patents.
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28	We’ve been reporting on Turkey’s creeping crackdown on access to Twitter and YouTube. When Twitter was first blocked by the government there, a viral campaign of graffiti spread through the country with Google Public DNS information to get around the Twitter block. Then the government blocked Google Public DNS as well. Now, Google claims that Turkey’s government is redirecting Turkish traffic to fake Google Public DNS sites, presumably to log the IP addresses of anyone attempting to use them. Other DNS server traffic is being re-routed as well.	http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/03/googles-public-dns-intercepted-in-turkey.html
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30	* Google's public DNS service - primary: 8.8.8.8, secondary 8.8.4.4 * prime minister Recep Erdoğan * This has been used by Chinese government before. * Tor and VPN are the way to go at this point
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48	Jeff Hawkins is one of Silicon Valley’s most brilliant inventors and entrepreneurs. He’s best known for inventing the Palm Pilot, which mainstreamed the connected PDA concept, which lead to the smartphone revolution. Although his company, Palm Computing, was ultimately mis-managed to death, everyone expected Hawkins himself to go on to keep inventing in the smartphone space. But then, about nine years ago, he made a radical change in his career and devoted his life to re-inventing computing itself.	START AT 12:54 http://youtu.be/iNMbsvK8Q8Y?t=12m54s	http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/29/hawkins_ai_feature/
49	The Register’s Jack Clark recently interview Hawkins, and wrote an extensive piece about it. Q: Hawkin’s company is called Numenta. What is the company working on? Q: How is Hawkin’s approach to artificial intelligence different from other approaches -- like what Google, Microsoft, and Facebook are doing with A.I.? Q: Why is Numenta controversial in A.I. circles? Q: Hawkins published a book ten years ago called On Intelligence. Was this influential among A.I. researchers? Q: Even assuming Hawkin’s radical ideas are good ones, aren’t computers based on them many years away? Q: Are you optimistic about Hawkin’s ability to succeed with his vision of A.I.?	Jack Clark Reporter, The Register @mappingbabel
50	* Hawkins' approach = Cortical Learning Algorithm, or CLA. * Based on neuroscience research
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1	TITLE: Here Comes Amazon TV, 974	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, March 28, 2014!
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15	Amazon is expected to announce a new streaming TV service on Wednesday. The company sent invitations out yesterday. Reports based on leaks, unnamed sources and those annoying “people familiar with the matter” have suggested a set-top box that streams TV shows, movies and music videos and possibly that plays games as well.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304688104579465690663213198	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304688104579465690663213198
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17	* WSJ reported yesterday a free, ad-supported TV service but Amazon denied it * Amazon Instant Video = more than 40,000 movies and TV episodes to Prime members * 'Betas' Amazon original show offered to Prime subscribers last year * Amazon last year invested about $1 billion in content * Data collected on viewing preferences could improve targeted advertising * We’ll cover the event live, so join me and my guests at live.twit.tv Wednesday, April 2, at 8am Pacific, 3pm UTC, for our special coverage of the Amazon event.
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22	Microsoft announced Office for iPad yesterday. The suite includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint, but not Outlook, which is sold separately. Four years in the making, Office for iPad is getting generally positive reviews. And it’s free to download, but the free version allows only the ability to read, but not create or edit, Word documents. You can edit Excel spreadsheets and present with PowerPoint documents with the free version. Unlocking full functionality requires an Office 365 subscription, which starts at about a hundred bucks a year for the Home Premium edition.	http://www.pcworld.com/article/2111900/microsoft-office-for-ipad-review-finally-true-productivity-on-your-tablet.html	http://recode.net/2014/03/27/microsoft-office-finally-comes-to-the-ipad-with-caveats/ http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-office-for-ipad-sets-the-gold-standard-for-tablet-productivity-7000027797/
23	Mark Hachman is a Senior editor for PCWorld Q: Are you impressed by Office for iPad, and would you recommend it? Q: What are some of the best and worst features? Q: How does this compare with Office running on Surface tablets? Q: If you don’t have an Office 365 subscription, what can you do with Office for iPad, exactly? Q: Microsoft’s revenue model means they don’t have to pay Apple 30%, right?	Mark Hachman Senior editor, PCWorld @markhachman
24	* Not really a suite -- downloaded as separate apps * $80 per year for the student version. * $70 per year Office 365 Personal edition later this spring * Compatible only with Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud service (previously known as SkyDrive) and OneDrive for Business and SharePoint * Reviewers (and Microsoft) say it’s ground-up iPad * Mark up slides using a pen tool, or you can hold your finger on the screen to bring up a laser pointer. * Only for iPads running iOS 7 or later * Custom keyboard for Excel * Ed Bott: “Formulas ribbon includes an extensive selection of functions, arranged by category just as in the desktop app. Even obscure statistical and financial functions are available.” * Ed Bott: Office for the iPad is how it “leapfrogs Microsoft’s Windows tablets. On Windows 8 and Windows RT devices, Office is still a desktop app with some grudging interface tweaks designed to ease the pain of using an app without a mouse. Anyone who owns a Surface RT is likely to look enviously at these iPad apps, which for now are the gold standard for Office on a modern tablet."
25	pcworld.com @markhachman
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27	BlackBerry released its fourth quarter earnings today, and as you might expect, things look pretty grim. Revenues are down 64 percent, dropping below $1 billion for the first time since 2007. The company lost $42 million for the quarter. But CEO John Chen is optimistic.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/28/5557108/blackberry-q4-2013-earnings-financial-report-bold
28	Here to try to explain this optimism, and BlackBerry’s prospects for survival in an iOS and Android world, is Verge editor Dan Seifert. Q: Is John Chen nuts, or does he have reason for optimism? Q: BlackBerry plans to differentiate with physical keyboards. Is that a winning strategy? Q: How can BlackBerry gain new users, rather than simply thrilling old ones with keyboards? Q: Bringing back the BlackBerry Bold? Q: BlackBerry Messenger is now available on iOS and Android, and soon Windows Phone and on the Nokia X. Is this a significant business for BlackBerry?	Dan Seifert Editor, The Verge @dcseifert
29	* reduced operating expenses, down 51 percent
30	theverge.com @dcseifert
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32	Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg yesterday provided some surprising facts about the company’s previously announced Connectivity Lab. The group will use drones, satellites and lasers to bring Internet access to remote places as part of Zuck’s Internet.org project.	http://youtu.be/pxX6r-xDgG4	http://recode.net/2014/03/27/send-in-the-drones-facebooks-plans-to-beam-internet-to-the-world/ https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101322049893211?stream_ref=10 http://internet.org/press/announcing-the-connectivity-lab-at-facebook
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34	* Partners: Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and Samsung * 50 employees led by Dr. Yael Maguire, formerly of MIT’s Media Lab * Hired people from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, Ames Research Center and National Optical Astronomy Observatory * Facebook also partially acquired employees from Ascenta (solar aircraft)
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67	We told you yesterday about how Twitter is becoming more like Facebook, and we even talked about the possibility that Twitter might add something similar to Google+’s interactive posts, which enable downloads directly. Now we’ve learned that Twitter is planning to release a mobile ad product targeted at app makers. The format is called the "app-install ad," and it’s designed to encourage users to download the advertised app straight from the ad, according to a report on Bloomberg. Twitter's been testing app-install ads for at least several weeks. One mobile-app maker contacted by Bloomberg said cost of acquiring each new user dropped by four-fifths using the new format.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-27/twitter-said-close-to-releasing-new-ad-product-for-apps.html
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70	In explaining why Facebook spent $2 billion on the company that makes the Oculus Rift virtual reality goggles, Mark Zuckerberg said Oculus has the potential to be the most social platform ever. So a Montreal-based collective called KO-OP Mode tested -- OK, mocked -- the idea by creating an app for browsing Facebook using Oculus Rift. The app lets you wander around in a 3D environment where the walls show the live Facebook profiles of your friends. The app is called Face rift.	http://facerift.ko-opmode.com/	http://www.psfk.com/2014/03/oculus-rift-facebook-profile.html
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82	Amazon is getting ready to launch a streaming TV service
83	Microsoft announces Office for iPad -- better late than never, I guess.
84	BlackBerry remains optimistic despite a grim earnings report.
85	And somebody created an Oculus Rift interface for... you guessed it! Facebook!
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87	Coming up this week! Everything happens on Wednesday, April 2!
88	Microsoft’s annual Build Developer Conference kicks off in San Francisco that day.
89	Amazon is expected to unveil a new streaming video product at a special event Wednesday at 8am Pacific -- we’ll cover it live here on the TWiT network.
90	And some guy named Leo Laporte will host a Google Hangout with Internet legend Vint Cerf Wednesday at 11am Pacific.
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1	TITLE: Twitter Gets Less Twitter-Like, 973	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Darrell Etherington

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, March 27, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day in conversation with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is Darrell Etherington, a writer for TechCrunch.	Darrell Etherington Writer, TechCrunch @drizzled
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10	President Barack Obama announced this morning his highly anticipated plan to deal with the mass collection of phone metadata by the NSA. His plan is to make the telecom companies do it. The NSA could then access the data with court permission.	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/us/obama-to-seek-nsa-curb-on-call-data.html
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12	* Plan needs congressional approval * Telecoms already required to keep metadata for 18 months anyway * Once court approval given, telecoms required to fork over all new call data * Un-defined “emergency situations” are exempt -- no court approval needed * WHO decides what’s an emergency situation? * new plan would not be in place by a March 28 expiration, he will seek a 90-day reauthorization of the existing program * There are alternative plans floating around in Congress * The proposal would not affect other forms of bulk collection under the same provision. * Edward Snowden
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15	Twitter announced changes that make it more like Facebook or Google+. You can now tag up to 10 people in a picture without adding to the 140-character count, and also attach up to four pictures per tweet. The changes will show up in the iOS and Android apps, and possibly the web site in the future.	https://blog.twitter.com/2014/photos-just-got-more-social http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/26/5550998/twitter-adds-photo-tagging-to-its-iphone-and-android-apps	http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/03/26/twitter-beefs-up-photo-sharing-adds-tagging/
16	Ashley Feinberg is a writer for Gizmodo and wrote an opinion piece on the changes. Q: Twitter’s hyper minimalism seems to me like its secret sauce. Why would they dilute the sauce with more Facebook-like features? Q: Twitter is testing all kinds of changes that would make Twitter unrecognizable. For example, changing the “Tweet” button to “Share,” and even killing off hashtags and @ replies. It’s almost like they don’t like Twitter. Q: You implied in your post that Twitter may be doing all this because of slow user growth. Isn’t the best thing about Twitter’s audience its influence, not its size? Q: Multiple pictures and photo tagging are coming to apps first. Is there any evidence that it will come to the twitter.com site? Q: Is this move mostly about data collection -- so Twitter can harvest more data on users?	Ashley Feinberg Writer, Gizmodo @ashfein
17	* Twitter will automatically craft a collage for you. * Linking people to photos enables Twitter to understand social connections * Tagging data will be carried in the invisible metadata that travels with each tweet * Tagged users will be notified, unless they opt out of notification * Notably, face tagging — or people tagging — is one of the core features of Instagram * Twitter is testing changing its “retweet” button to “share” * Twitter also testing profile design changes and a tile-like format for tweets
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22	Twitter will soon unveil a new music strategy, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The company pulled its one-year-old music app from the Apple iTunes app store less than a week ago. The new strategy won’t involve a dedicated app, but will focus on music-centered conversations on Twitter itself, and in the regular Twitter apps.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304688104579463970749299750?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304688104579463970749299750.html
23	Ellis Hamburger is a reporter for The Verge. Q: First of all, why do you think the stand alone app strategy failed? Q: This sounds to me like Apple’s ill-fated “Ping” strategy -- to try to combine music with social. Does Twitter’s approach sound better to you? Q: To the best of my knowledge, Twitter hasn’t licensed catalogs from big record labels. So where’s the music going to come from? Q: What kind of partnerships is Twitter building around this initiative?	Ellis Hamburger Reporter, The Verge @hamburger
24	* Comes from a single “person familiar with the matter” * Twitter hasn't licensed catalogs from big record labels, so limited selection * Twitter met w/ Beats Music about promoting subscriptions to the music-streaming service * Twitter is also looking to partner with music-sharing site SoundCloud * Vevo is working with Twitter to offer bite-sized music videos * Might let celebrities better promote their music * Twitter launched a music app April 2013; nobody cared * App Annie's data show it was ranked 255th in the music category last Friday
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27	Microsoft is interested in Google-glass like smart glasses technology. At least, they were interested enough to spend a possible $150 million to buy smartglass-related intellectual property from the Osterhout Design Group, according to an exclusive in TechCrunch by Ingrid Lunden.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/27/microsoft-paid-up-to-150m-to-buy-wearable-computing-ip-from-the-osterhout-design-group/
28	Ingrid joins us this morning to tell us about it. Q: What did Microsoft buy here? Q: Is any of this technology applicable to consumer devices, or is it just for military and industrial applications Q: Osterhout also has a patent for a virtual reality headset -- theoretically like Oculus Rift Q: You talked to the head of Osterhout, and he had some strong opinions about the Microsoft/Oculus deal, didn’t he?	Ingrid Lunden Writer, TechCrunch @ingridlunden
29	* 81 patents, with six issued patents and “at least” 75 patents in progress * Deal closed last November, with the patents quietly transferring in January 2014 * headset up with a separate device that looks like a wristwatch.
30	techcrunch.com @ingridlunden
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37	One effect of the Internet of Things and the home automation revolution is that ordinary household items will become consumer electronics gadgets that are sold by consumer electronics companies. The most recent example is Samsung, which announced today a new line of smart lightbulbs. Samsung’s new Smart Bulb product supports Bluetooth, and can be controlled with a mobile app. The company also announced an L-tube series that replaces dumb fluorescent tube lights with smart ones. Samsung’s announcement comes just a few days after LG rolled out a similar line of smart bulbs. While Samsung’s prices haven’t been announced, the standard LG Smart Bulb costs about $32.	http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/27/samsungs-first-smart-bulb-is-bluetooth-only-and-lasts-10-years/	http://techday.com/netguide/news/lgs-smart-light-bulb-to-flash-when-your-phone-rings/181256/
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39	* LG bulb can flash when you’re getting a call * LG can pulse to the beat of music * LG can act as an alarm clock
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67	We've been reporting on the blocking of Twitter in Turkey. And we told you yesterday that a court ruled the block illegal and ordered that Twitter be un-blocked, which hasn't happened yet. This morning we've learned that the government is now blocking YouTube as well.	http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26773702
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70	Walking while texting can be hazardous. But help is on the way from Apple. The company has patented what they call “transparent texting.” The idea is to show the live view through the camera as the background for your iMessage window. That way, you can see the open manhole, telephone pole or fountain in the background of your conversation as you’re text-walking down the street. Of course, apps that do this have existed for years in the App Store.	http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/03/27/apples-transparent-texting-tech-lets-iphone-users-safely-message-while-moving
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86	President Obama announces the fate of your phone metadata!
87	Twitter becomes more like Facebook... (but why?)
88	Twitter also becomes more like iTunes.
89	And Apple patents a method for testing while walking.
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1	TITLE: Facebook Buys Oculus, 972	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Stephen Shankland

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, March 26, 2014!
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15	Facebook announced yesterday that it has agreed to buy Oculus VR. The cash-and-stock deal totals about $2 billion. Oculus VR, a company that makes the Oculus Rift virtual reality goggles, began less than two years ago as a Kickstarter project.	http://youtu.be/2ON7UkFbkyw	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303949704579461812019189626?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303949704579461812019189626.html http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/25/oculus-ceo-describes-rapid-sale-to-facebook/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/03/25/facebooks-plays-the-long-game-with-2-billion-bet-on-oculus-rift/ http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/26/the-oculus-facebook-deal-could-marry-tech-social-and-gaming-once-and-for-all/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game/comments http://notch.net/2014/03/virtual-reality-is-going-to-change-the-world/
16	Reed Albergotti is a reporter who covers Facebook for The Wall Street Journal and he’s also author of the book Wheelmen. wsj.com @ReedAlbergotti Ian Sherr is a reporter who covers video gaming for the Wall Street Journal. wsj.com @iansherr Parmy Olson is Forbes's mobile writer and author of the book “We Are Anonymous” Writer, Forbes @parmy
17	Q: Why? Q: How might this affect Oculus Rift’s launch Q: Is there any evidence that the public will even accept VR? What about motion sickness? Q: Zuckerberg said Oculus could become “the most social platform ever.” Does that make sense? Q: It seems to me that VR as a social platform is way, way in the future. And to get there, it has to spend years as a gaming platform. Is Facebook ready to become a gaming company? Q: Markus Persson publicly cancelled plans to bring Minecraft to the Oculus platform, saying “Facebook creeps me out.” The Oculus Kickstarter comment page lit up with backers slamming the deal. Will Facebook have trouble building a gaming ecosystem? Q: Zuckerberg said Oculus could be monetized with communications services, commerce and “maybe advertising” and that Facebook wouldn’t try to make money selling hardware. It seems to me this is all about platform? Could this be part of a play for the living room, with announcements coming in the future about Facebook TV? Q: Oculus fan critics say Facebook just wants to harvest their data? Is that part of the plan? Q: Reading how this deal came about, it sounds to me like Zuck tried it, got really excited and just wanted to buy it. How much of this is calculation, and how much just Zuckerberg's intuition about wanting to control the next hot thing? Q: Zuckerberg said buying Oculus VR is “a long-term bet on the future of computing” -- PCs, Mobile, VR. First of all, is he right? And, second, Facebook, what, sees itself as the next Microsoft? Q: Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe is on record as saying that the reason for the deal is Facebook’s deep pockets and also that Facebook agrees with their vision. In other words, Oculus believes Facebook will invest a ton of money and also leave them alone. How likely is that in the long term? Won’t Facebook want to control it at some point? Q: This isn’t as big a deal as it sounds, is it? I mean, Facebook is spending only $400 million in cash. It’s really not that big a risk, is it? Q: This is Kickstarter’s first two-billion dollar exit. Oculus VR raised a lot of money from a lot of Kickstarter backs in part based on assurances that Oculus would remain independent. Is this deal bad for Kickstarter? Will it sour people on funding projects?	Reed Albergotti Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @ReedAlbergotti Ian Sherr Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @iansherr Parmy Olson Writer, Forbes @parmy
18	* $2 billion for the startup, forking over $400 million in cash, 23.1 million shares of Facebook common stock and a $300 million earn-out in cash and stock based on future performance. * Facebook’s first hardware acquisition * Facebook’s first foray outside of social * Kickstarter’s first $2 billion exit * Founded in 2012 by Palmer Luckey, now 21 years old, home schooled * Raised more than $2.4 million from Kickstarter * Company hired Brendan Iribe as CEO * Marc Andreessen on board of directors.
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22	The New York Times is an ancient newspaper, and advertiser-supported since it launched in 1851. But now they’re exploring new ways to monetize without ads -- or, at least, without regular display advertising. The company today unveiled NYT Now, a mobile iOS app that costs $8 per month. It launches April 2. The app will show “native advertising” which is essentially stories written and edited not by Times Staff but by advertisers. These’ll be labeled as “Paid Posts.” The Times also announced today a new Times Premier subscription that costs $45 per month, which gives access to all Times content, and also extra “behind-the-scenes” information.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/26/new-nyt-now-app-marks-the-grey-ladys-first-step-into-native-ads-on-mobile-dedicated-mobile-editors/
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24	* No word on other platforms for NYT Now * As of December 2013, had 760,000 paid subscribers to its various digital subscription packages, e-readers and replica editions of The New York Times and the International New York Times. * Paid Posts will soon also appear in the NYT’s main app in the coming months
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32	Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella plans to announce tomorrow something called the Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite, according to an exclusive on ZDnet by Mary Jo Foley. The bundle is aimed at enterprises and it enables the central management of smartphones and tablets, including iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices. The report is based on information from anonymous sources. Microsoft is also expected to unveil a version of Office for the iPad.	http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-unveil-enterprise-mobility-suite-alongside-office-for-ipad-7000027717/
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34	* Included in the suite are Windows Intune, a new Microsoft Azure Active Directory 'Premium' offering and Azure Rights Management Services * The announcement is scheduled to take place during a webcast tomorrow morning at 10am Pacific, which we’ll be covering live here on the TWiT network. * To hear far more detail about this story from Mary Jo, tune in to Windows Weekly today at 11 here on TWiT.
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67	FU1: We told you Friday that the Turkish government blocked Twitter in that country, and this week that they blocked Google Public DNS, which people were using to get around the Twitter block. But yesterday, a court ruled the block illegal and issued a stay of execution. The ban is expected to be lifted shortly.	http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jbMO8z1e2J8ZjhdsIFXwA2qWuSYQ?docId=59c8511c-40ba-4467-bc7f-9ef9565d48cc
68	FU2: We told you yesterday that HTC would offer a plain-vanilla Play Edition of its new HTC One M8. That information was based on files uploaded to the Play Store, but not announced by HTC. But now, Google is already taking orders for the phone. The price is $699 unlocked and it ships in a few weeks.	http://gigaom.com/2014/03/26/more-android-and-less-sense-htc-one-m8-google-play-edition-available/
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70	Microsoft is finally launching its long-threatened anti-trolling reputation system for the Xbox One. When players get a lot of complaints by other players, they’ll start getting reputation warnings. If they keep failing to play nice, their reputation will officially drop on the system from the default “Good” reputation to “Needs Work” and then ultimately end up in the “Avoid me” purgatory. The penalty for this status is "reduced matchmaking pairings” and other barriers to fast and easy game play.	http://news.xbox.com/2014/03/xbox-one-leveling-up-reputation
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86	On Tech News Today..... Facebook Buys Oculus!
87	The New York Times monetizes without display ads
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1	TITLE: HTC One Gets Version Two! 971	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Jessica Lessin

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, March 25, 2014!
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15	HTC launched its HTC One M8 phone this morning. Like the original, the new HTC One has an aluminum body with front-facing speakers. The five-inch screen is slightly bigger than the original, and the corners of the phone are rounder. It also has two cameras on the back. In other words, all the rumors about it were true. In other HTC news this morning, the company announced that its Blinkfeed home-screen interface would become available to non-HTC Android phones on the Google Play store.	http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/8/4196446/htc-one-att-lte-review
16	Dan Seifert Editor, The Verge @dcseifert Q: In your review today, you asked in the headline: “The best Android phone yet?” Well? Is it? Q: Why two cameras? Q: The single most unusual feature of this phone is that the front facing “selfie” camera is higher resolution than the back. Q: The company claims a 40% battery life improvement. Q: Were they any surprises in this announcement? What did they announce that wasn’t rumored? Q: HTC partnered with Fitbit for this launch, and preloaded Fitbit software on the phone. How will users be able to use these apps?	Dan Seifert Editor, The Verge @dcseifert
17	* Extra camera allows you to readjust the focus after a picture is taken * Is 4MP sensor and the front has a 5MP one. Yes, that's right—the front camera has a higher pixel count than the back. * Back camera uses HTC's "ultrapixel" technology, which trades off megapixel count for larger, more light-absorbing pixels. * Reduction in hardware buttons * 2.3Ghz Snapdragon 801 * Adreno 330 GPU, 2GB RAM, a 2600mAh battery * HTC also confirmed this morning that a Google Play Edition of the HTC One called the Play Edition M8. * The Play Edition M8 is expected to be close to “stock” Android without Blinkfeed or other HTC interface elements. * Disclosed it accidentally. The confirmation came in the form of an app description in HTC software posted to Google Play * The company also posted “The HTC Service Pack * The two-camera system is called the "Duo" camera
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22	Walt Disney agreed to buy Maker Studios. The $500 million cash deal could be worth a total of $950 million if Maker meets specific performance targets.	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/business/media/disney-buys-maker-studios-video-supplier-for-youtube.html	http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/24/disney-may-buy-youtube-network-maker-studios-for-500m/
23	Tom Cheredar Staff Writer, VentureBeat	Tom Cheredar Staff Writer, VentureBeat
24	* Maker has 55,000 YouTube channels, 380 million subscribers and 5.5 billion video views each month * Disney may put its own existing content online, and use Maker channels as a kind of farm program for Disney programming and films * Maker is based in Culver City * personalities include videogamer "PewDiePie” * Acquisition is by far biggest move by major media company on YouTube * raised $66 million over three rounds of funding, with investors that include Canal+, Astro, SingTel Innov8, Lakestar, Northgate Capital, Time Warner Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Maker executive chairman Ynon Kreiz, Downey Ventures, Elisabeth Murdoch, FUEL: M+C, Daher Capital, and producer Jon Landau. * Most recent valuation: around $300 million * Disney has more than 70 channels on YouTube already, but it mostly treats the video supersite as a promotional channel * Unsual: Maker will be reporting to Disney’s CFO
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42	The University of Southern California is offering a course on using Google Glass in journalism.	http://class.glassjournalism.io/syllabus/J499GlassJournalism-Hernandez-Fa14.pdf	http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/usc-google-glass-journalism/
43	Joining us to tell us about the course is the man who’s teaching it, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Robert Hernandez. Q: So tell us what’s involved in your Google Glass for journalism course. What will you be teaching? Q: The class is also about the consumption of journalism, isn’t it? Glass is an extremely constrained interface. You can’t really watch long videos or read stories. What are the possibilities here? Q: On your blog you call yourself a “hackademic” who believes journalists should learn to code -- will students be creating Glassware apps in your course? Q: How will you teach the class to students who aren’t part of the Google Glass explorer program? Q: What about other wearable platforms, such as smartwatches?	Robert Hernandez Assistant Professor, USC @webjournalist
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47	The world’s biggest eyewear company is partnering with Google to make Google Glass headsets. You may not have heard of the Luxottica Group, but you’ve probably heard about the companies they own, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, LensCrafters and Sunglass Hut. They also license luxury brands to make sunglasses for Giorgio Armani and Prada.	http://www.luxottica.com/en/luxottica-google-glass	https://plus.google.com/+GoogleGlass/posts/aso1yad7q5E
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49	* Google will develop Ray-Ban and Oakley frames for Glass and work with Luxottica to design its own frames * Luxottica will make all Google Glass frames, and sell at retail * Google will continue to sell direct * Google announced January partner with VSP, US’s biggest eyeball insurance provider = subsidized frames and prescription lenses for Glass
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52	Jessica’s own The Information published an exclusive this morning by Amir Efrati about a major effort by Google to compete with Apple in the enterprise space.	https://www.theinformation.com/Parrying-Apple-Google-Pushes-Android-into-the-Office
53	Q: What business-specific features is Google working on? Q: Sundar Pichai is in charge of this, according to the story. That guy seems to run every new initiative these days Q: Google is offering special, enterprise focused features. Is that how Apple did it? Or did they just make the iPhone for everybody also enterprise friendly?
54	* possible features: storage of sensitive information directly on chips stronger data encryption biometric support New APIs for managing device and apps remotely
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70	The Internet Archive is planning to digitize 40,000 VHS tapes, encode them and put them on the site, according to a story posted on Fast Company and written by SARAH KESSLER. But here’s the thing: All the tapes were recorded by a single woman. Her name is Marion Stokes, and she obsessively recorded TV shows for decades. Digitizing the collection will cost an estimated $500,000.	http://www.fastcompany.com/3028069/the-internet-archive-is-digitizing-40000-vhs-tapes
71	* She died in 2012 * Includes a show called Input that Stokes produced between 1968 and 1971 for a local CBS Network affiliate * Many tapes are on Betamax *Digitizing the collection will cost more than $500,000
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1	TITLE: NSA Caught Hacking Huawei, 970	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Donna Tam

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, March 24, 2014!
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15	The US government has long accused the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei of selling equipment compromised by code that enabled spying and hacking. A new report in the German magazine Der Spiegel says that it’s true. But it’s not the Chinese government doing the spying and hacking -- it’s the NSA.	http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-spied-on-chinese-government-and-networking-firm-huawei-a-960199.html	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/world/asia/nsa-breached-chinese-servers-seen-as-spy-peril.html http://www.lawfareblog.com/2014/03/the-nyt-on-nsas-huawei-penetration/
16	Holger Stark (HOLE-ger Schtark) Senior correspondent, Der Spiegel Q: Can you tell us more about the NSA hacking of Huawei? Why did they target the company and how did they do it? Q: It appears that the initial idea was to hack Huawei to find out if Chinese government and army hackers were using the company’s equipment as secret spy tools. But then the agency appears to have realized that they themselves could do that. Is that right? Q: Did the NSA appear to have found evidence that Huawei was being used by the Chinese government for spying Q: You reported that the NSA was able to access the secret source code of individual Huwaei products. Is there any indication that the NSA was involved in industrial espionage Q: You mentioned involvement of the White House and the FBI. Is this unusual? Q: The piece posted over the weekend was a “preview” to a longer story to be posted in the magazine. Can you give us some highlights of what will appear in the longer story? Q: Your report suggested hacks against other companies besides Huawei. Any major companies? Q: Isn’t this the good kind of spying -- the reason for NSA’s existence?	Holger Stark Senior correspondent, Der Spiegel @holger_stark
17	* Started out trying to figure out whether Huawei was involved with PLA, but once inside decided to take opportunities to piggyback on Huawei’s business to spy broadly * SHOTGIANT didn’t find out whether Huawei was involved in espionage * NSA did identify espionage opportunities in compromising Huawei, including surveillance of an undersea fiber optic cable * “If we can determine the company’s plans and intentions,” an analyst wrote, “we hope that this will lead us back to the plans and intentions of the PRC,” ]\\ * Huawei laid undersea cables to connect its $40 billion-a-year networking empire, the NSA was interested in tunneling into customers like Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kenya, Cuba. * Documents were disclosed by The New York Times and Der Spiegel * The N.S.A., for example, is tracking more than 20 Chinese hacking groups — more than half of them Chinese Army and Navy units — as they break into the networks of the United States government, companies including Google
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22	Apple is talking to Comcast about streaming TV. The deal would give users of a future Apple TV box an advantage in getting past network congestion, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.	http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/03/apple-wants-its-own-path-on-comcast-network-for-video-service-wsj-says/	http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/apple-comcast-tv-pact-dont-hold-your-breath-1201144101/ http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303949704579457554242014552
23	INTERVIEW 1: Jon Brodkin Reporter, Ars Technica Q: If the report is true, it appears that Apple wants preferential treatment without being technically given higher priority in a way that violates net neutrality. How would they achieve this? Q: The report suggests that this is not for Apple TV, but for a future product. Q: In the past, Comcast and Apple could not agree over whether or not such services would be delivered via an Apple ID. Is there any indication that Comcast would change its tune on this? Q: Apple’s general set of goals here is probably the same as what Roku, Google and any number of other companies would love to achieve. Why would Apple be granted this special treatment?	Jon Brodkin Reporter, Ars Technica @jbrodkin
24	Arstechnica.com * @jbrodkin
25	INTERVIEW 2 Andrew Wallenstein Editor-in-chief, VARIETY Digital http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/apple-comcast-tv-pact-dont-hold-your-breath-1201144101/ Q: Andrew, you wrote that this deal is unlikely. Why? Q: How does Time Warner Cable’s pending merger with Comcast affect prospects for an Apple deal? Q: As you pointed out, Apple always seems to be “in talks” with media companies, yet seems to reach actual agreementts only rarely. Why is that? Q: Why are Hollywood studios afraid of Apple?	Andrew Wallenstein Editor-in-chief, VARIETY Digital @awallenstein
26	* Deal would keep Apple’s live streaming TV traffic “separated from public Internet traffic over the 'last mile'——the portion of a cable operator's pipes that connect to customers' homes." * They would get around net neutrality rules by treating Apple traffic as a "specialized" or “managed services” * This would make Apple video “separate” but not “prioritized,” and thereby avoid net neutrality rules * Rumors that Apple was teaming up with Time Warner Cable for video delivered on a new Apple TV set-top box cropped up last July and again in February. * Deal would “mark a new level of cooperation and integration between a technology company and a cable provider to modernize TV viewing.” * Stream live and on-demand TV programming and digital-video recordings stored in the "cloud" * Would replace cable set-top box * Apple wants new TV service's traffic to be separated from public Internet traffic over the "last mile" * Goal: video the same quality as Comcast's TV transmissions to normal set-top boxes * Apple and Comcast are NOT close to an agreement * Comcast would have to spend big bucks to make it happen * Apple wants users to sign on using Apple login IDs * Comcast wants to retain significant control over the relationship with customers and the data * Apple would have to get significant TV programming rights from media companies * People familiar with the matter said that while Apple would like a separate "flow" for its video traffic, it isn't asking for its traffic to be prioritized over other Internet-based services.
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29	Microsoft’s $7.2 billion deal to acquire Nokia’s phone business has been delayed. The acquisition was expected to be done by the end of this month, but now it probably won’t happen until the end of April. The holdup is Asian regulatory approval, according to Nokia.	http://press.nokia.com/2014/03/24/nokia-expects-the-sale-of-substantially-all-of-its-devices-services-business-to-microsoft-to-close-in-april-2014/ http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/03/23/an-update-on-nokia-devices-and-services-acquisition.aspx
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31	* Sale was announced last September * European Union and U.S. Department of Justice approved the purchase in December * The deal = Nokia will sell substantially all of its Devices & Services business and license its patents to Microsoft * Bloomberg reported Huawei and Samsung Electronics have complained to the Chinese government, worried about higher cross-licensing fees
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34	Cisco plans to spend a billion dollars on new data centers over the next two years to compete with Amazon in the cloud services market. Called Cisco Cloud Services, the new offering is very different from Cisco’s previous business of selling networking equipment.	http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cisco-and-partners-to-build-worlds-largest-global-intercloud-2014-03-24	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303949704579457743067494938
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36	* Cisco = $49 billion in annual revenue * Amazon Web Services makes about $3 billion or more in annual revenue * Amazon is big on startups; Cisco may go after enterprises * "It does not mean that we're embarking on a strategy to go head-to-head with Amazon," Cisco's Mr. Lloyd said. * Cisco plans to sell its cloud services to telecom companies that will then use them in a package of Internet-based services the companies already sell to others * Cisco may be getting price-squeezed by rival Huawei and others who sell cheaper
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69	We told you Friday that after Turkey’s government blocked Twitter in that country, a viral campaign of graffiti spread the word about Google’s Public DNS service, which helped users get around the block. Over the weekend, the Turkish government blocked that, too. Twitter users are still able to get around the block by using other DNS servers, or by using a VPN or the Tor network.	http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/03/22/turkey-strengthens-twitter-ban-institutes-ip-level-block/
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1	TITLE: Turkey’s Twitter Ban Fails, 969	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Andy Ihnatko

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, March 21, 2014.
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7	Our guest co-anchor today is Andy Ihnatko, a technology columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and MacWorld, as well as a tech author, blogger, podcaster, squirrel photographer and best of all, a host of TWiT's own MacBreak Weekly!
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10	The Turkish government blocked Twitter yesterday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened to “wipe out” the microblogging service, as well as other social media. He’s trying to contain a corruption scandal a few days before an election there.	http://goo.gl/0rAjMP	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/20/social-media-reacts-to-turkeys-twitter-ban/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/03/21/turkey-bans-twitter-and-twitter-explodes http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304026304579451950514196232
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12	* Brandwatch and We Are Social report that Turkish tweets last night and this morning are up by 138 percent. * Turkey's President Abdullah Gul today criticized the blockade…. with a tweet! = "The wholesale shuttering of social media platforms cannot be approved" * The block seems to be a simple DNS redirect, implemented by Turkey's local ISPs. * Twitter published a tweet addressed to Turkish users saying they should tweet via SMS text message. * Turks using Google DNS to circumvent * Google provides a free DNS service that's open to all * Graffiti has shown up on walls in Istanbul bearing the Google DNS "8.8.8.8" * Twitter users have shared images showing the address with the hashtag #DirenTwitter. * Using VPNs * YouTube and Facebook remain unblocked * Users visiting Twitter.com shown statement apparently from Turkey's telecommunications regulator (TIB) cited four court orders * Hashtag #TwitterisblockedinTurkey * Nazli Ilicak, a columnist who used to work for the pro-government Sabah newspaper described the move as "a civil coup" in an interview on broadcaster CNN Turk. * Erdogan was referring to what it called Twitter's failure to implement Turkish court orders seeking the removal of some links * Links included those to sites with recordings of Erdogan telling his son to make payoffs or bribes * Erdoğan vehemently denies the authenticity of the recordings, which purportedly reveal him telling his son to dispose of large sums of cash * Twitter is currently also blocked in China and has faced restrictions in Cuba, Libya and Pakistan * YouTube was previously banned sporadically in Turkey between 2007 and 2010 * During last year’s Gezi protests, Erdogan called social media “the worst menace to society.” * More than 45% of Turkey’s 80 million people use the Internet, and around 14% of them use Twitter
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18	After admitting to snooping on a blogger’s email, Microsoft announced today a change in its privacy policy. The company had taken advantage of its ownership and control of Hotmail to read a blogger's email messages to find out who leaked Microsoft secrets to said blogger. Allegedly. The incident raises the question of just how common it is for cloud companies to violate the privacy of customers in pursuit of their own internal objectives.	http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/03/transparency_reports
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20	* Different from Gmail scanning for ads (doesn’t mean Google also doesn’t do what MS did) * former Microsoft employee Alex Kibkalo arrested Wednesday, facing accusations that he stole trade secrets from MS * allegedly leaked pre-release updates for Windows RT and a Microsoft-internal Activation Server SDK to a French blogger * Russian national Kibkalo worked for Microsoft both in Russia and in the company's Lebanon office * FBI complaint: Angered by poor performance review, retaliated by leaking * FBI claims in the complaint that the blogger posted screenshots of the unreleased software and attempted to sell Windows Server activation keys on eBay. * Microsoft's Trustworthy Computer Investigations (TWCI) team investigated the Hotmail account in an attempt to identify the blogger and his source * they discovered e-mails from Kibkalo * inconsistent with Microsoft's "Scroogled" campaign * Microsoft issues statement that it will change policies * They still reserve the right to snoop on employee’s email * The company did not apologise * The initial search occurred in September 2012 * The company’s user agreement reserves the right to carry out such searches, even after the changes Frank announced * All of the big web companies have detailed privacy policies, but they generally give themselves broad rights to access customer email if they’re protecting their own rights, says Nicole Ozer, technology and civil liberties policy director at the ACLU. * None of the companies WIRED contacted — Microsoft, Google, and Facebook — could tell us how often user accounts were searched by internal teams or what processes they have to ensure that these search capabilities are not abused * Microsoft is also planning to publish a bi-annual transparency report
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23	A new piece at Slate.com by investigative journalist Allan Holmes says that “the future of wireless communication may be decided by lobbyists, think tanks, and academics who are paid for their opinions.	http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/03/at_t_verizon_t_mobile_sprint_and_auctioning_airwaves_the_corporate_giants.single.html
24	Allan Holmes Writer, analyst, Center for Public Integrity Q: Who are the biggest lobbyists influencing US policy on wireless? Q: And what are they lobbying for? Q: You said that they hire ivy league academics. How does this work? Q: What’s at stake in next year’s big spectrum auction? Q: Are small companies able to fully partipate in the auction? Q: Who is behind the group “Mobile Future”? Q: Don’t the vested interests here -- the mobile carriers and others -- really know how best to serve their customers? Why shouldn’t they influence policy? Q: You wrote that companies give cash to think tanks, associations, and universities, and employing public relations firms. Is this money counted when totals for lobbying are published?	Allan Holmes Writer, analyst, Center for Public Integrity @ATHolmes
25	* Verizon, T-Mobile, Mobile Future (funded by AT&T and Verizon) * Lobbies: want wireless companies to bid without restrictions on as many frequencies as they want. * “The four biggest carriers together spent $37.3 million in 2013 * trying to influence lawmakers and the FCC * policy issues ranging from taxes to cybersecurity as well as spectrum (auction is more than a year away.” * Thurber said. “Lobbying isn’t just what the federal registered lobbyists do. It’s an orchestration of a variety of techniques and influence.” * From the story: “The 600 megahertz band is the kind of airwaves that wireless companies want and need. It travels farther than frequencies above 1,000 megahertz, can penetrate buildings, navigate hilly terrain, and more easily go through vegetation, all of which makes it less likely to lose a connection compared with those traveling on higher bands. It’s also cheaper to operate because it requires fewer towers.” * As of August 2012, Verizon and AT&T together owned 74 percent of the low-band airwaves * Sprint controlled 12 percent, and T-Mobile owned just 0.2 percent * Most of T-Mobile’s and Sprint’s frequencies are in the higher bands
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28	The newest revelation from the Edward Snowden trove of documents, reported on The Intercept, says that the NSA targeted private email, Facebook account information and other personal data about system administrators around the world to make it easier to break into the networks they control.	https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/03/20/inside-nsa-secret-efforts-hunt-hack-system-administrators/
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30	* One of the documents is called “I hunt sys admins.” * effort to break into foreign network routers to breaking into foreign phone and Internet companies * The document makes clear that the admins are not suspected of any criminal activity * The NSA wanted passwords, network maps, customer lists, business correspondence and “pictures of cats in funny poses with amusing captions” * The first step, according to the posts, is to collect IP addresses linked to a sys admin * NSA can then run an IP address through the vast amount of signals intelligence data, or SIGINT, that it collects every day, trying to match the IP address to personal accounts. * You can “dumpster-dive for alternate selectors in the big SIGINT trash can” the author suggests. Or “pull out your wicked Google-fu” * Once sys admin’s personal accounts are identified, NSA can apply QUANTUM hacking techniques (the fake Facebook malware thing). * Report = “Just pull those selectors, queue them up for QUANTUM, and proceed with the pwnage” * Discussed building a “master list” of sys admins across the world * “Our ability to pull bits out of random places of the Internet, bring them back to the mother-base to evaluate and build intelligence off of is just plain awesome!” the author writes. “One of the coolest things about it is how much data we have at our fingertips.”
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33	President Obama has once again summoned top tech executives to the White House. The focus of the meeting today once again is “issues of privacy, technology, and intelligence” -- in other words, the NSA’s exploitation of Silicon Valley to engage in mass surveillance. The invitation list hasn’t been announced, but reports say Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be there -- Zuck recently called Obama to complain about a revelation that the NSA was spreading malware with fake Facebook servers -- and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is expected to be there, too. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer reportedly declined, saying the invitation didn't give her enough notice.	http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/barach-obama-tech-ceos-nsa-104881.html	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/22/business/fallout-from-snowden-hurting-bottom-line-of-tech-companies.html
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35	* Will likely float a trial balloon on a future announcement about steps to increase intelligence oversight. * New York Times story by Claire Cain Miller says NSA snooping is costing tech companies big time: - Microsoft has lost customers, including the government of Brazil. - IBM is spending more than a billion dollars to build data centers overseas to reassure foreign customers that their information is safe from prying eyes in the United States government. - Tech companies abroad, from Europe to South America, say they are gaining customers that are shunning United States providers, suspicious because of the revelations by Edward J. Snowden that tied these providers to the National Security Agency’s vast surveillance program.
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43	It sounds like a story from The Onion, but, no, it’s real: Mt Gox claims that it found 200 thousand bitcoins worth around $116 million in an old virtual wallet thought to be empty. The revelation happened after some noticed the bitcoins moving through the crypto-currency exchange. We reported in previous episodes about the ongoing saga of Mt Gox bitcoin, a leading bitcoin exchange that collapsed after the company claimed that all the bitcoins had been stolen by hackers. It has since filed for bankruptcy. Our advice: Keep checking those old wallets. Maybe the rest will turn up. Also: Try looking under the virtual cushions of the virtual sofa. * Head = 28-year-old Frenchman Mark Karpeles	http://time.com/33270/bitcoin-mt-gox-wallet/
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46	Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale is reportedly in talks to play Steve Jobs for David Fincher’s upcoming biopic, written by Aaron Sorkin. A Cult of Mac reader even whipped up a Photoshop showing what Bale would look like as Steve Jobs. Andy: He’s an insanely great actor, but can he pull off playing Steve Jobs?	http://www.cultofmac.com/271014/proves-christian-bale-really-look-like-steve-jobs/
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1	TITLE: Another Dual Boot Phone is Killed, 968	GUEST CO-ANCHOR:

2	It's Thursday, March 20, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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11	Another dual boot Windows-Android project has been killed. Chinese phone maker Huawei announced a dual-boot handset just last week. But now Huawei said they’ve cancelled their plans to launch the phone.	http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/huawei-backtracks-wont-release-dual-os-android-windows-phone-smartphone/2014-03-19
12	Phil Goldstein is the editor of FierceWireless. He broke the story and he’s here to talk about it. Q: Why are these dual-boot devices being announced, then cancelled? Q: What leverage do OS makers have over handset makers? Q: Is Google pressuring handset makers, too? Q: Is this a huge slap in the face to Intel, which invested heavily in its dual-OS platform, then announced it to great fanfare at CES?	Phil Goldstein Editor of FierceWireless
13	* Asustek has postponed plans to release its TD300 tablet that was presented at CES 2014. * Statement: "at this stage there are no plans to launch a dual-OS smartphone in the near future." Huawei’s chief marketing officer, Shao Yang, said last week. Yang claimed the firm was following a "dual OS" strategy with Android and Windows Phone on a single handset. * Karbonn is reportedly releasing its own dual-booting Android and Windows Phone handset, due in the coming months
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17	Motorola design chief Jim Wicks spilled some details about the Moto 360 smartwatch we reported on Monday. He said Motorola decided to make the watch face round, rather than square, because its a culturally familiar shape for a watch, which he believes will make it more socially acceptable.	http://moto360.motorola.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY8O5Zer78	https://plus.google.com/u/0/+GerwinSturm/posts/8RG3NnMFhZz https://plus.google.com/events/c5oghenfqmpls1i2tmug84vgk1c
18	Scott Stein Senior Editor, CNET Q: Why did Motorola choose to make their watch look like a watch? Q: Everyone is making a big deal out of the fact that it’s round, but isn’t this a standard option in Google’s SDK? Q: What’s the connection between the Moto 360 and the Moto X smartphone? Q: The Moto 360 has no charging ports. How do you think it will be charged? Q: Is the lack of a camera a bug or a feature? Q: There’s still a lot we don’t know about the watch, right?	Scott Stein Senior Editor, CNET @jetscott
19	* Moto 360 emerged from the Moto X and the Moto X emerged from Motorola’s MotoActv fitness smartwatch * What we don’t know: - How it’s charged - no charge port - works with any Android 4.3 phone - can change bands but don’t know about Moto Maker customization - price - availability * When you lift your wrist you’ll see the time (just like the Moto X) How much does it cost? Again, we don't know. * Android Wear has two standard screen shapes in its SDK: square, and round * Wicks most excited about voice interactions * Available this summer
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22	South Korean schools are using an app-based system to restrict what students have access to during class to prevent distractions and cheating. They’re using an app called iSmartKeeper, which enables teachers to lock down phones in one of six modes, ranging from allowing only emergency calls to merely turning off specific apps.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/20/5528842/korean-schools-block-smartphones-in-class-ismartkeeper http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/03/zero-tolerance/
23	Leah A. Plunkett wrote a piece published in WIRED yesterday slamming zero tolerance policies in schools, especially around the use of phones. Q: You wrote that zero tolerance policies give companies like Google and Apple a bad rap. What did you mean by that? Q: Are kids really getting suspended for taking a single phone call? Q: You mentioned a study out of Harvard that looks at the conflict in schools between teachers and students over smartphone use. What did they find? Q: Should schools take a zero tolerance approach to what you call cyber bullying? Q: What about cheating? Q: What do you think of the Korean experiement with iSmartKeeper?	Leah A. Plunkett Associate Professor, UNH @LeahAPlunkett
24	* Educators can choose to lock all of the phones in the school, allow only emergency calls, allow only phone calls, allow calls and SMS, or turn off specific apps. * Teachers can automate the restrictions to take place only during class * GPS geofencing to automatically begin restricting phones as students enter school grounds * Trialled in at least 11 schools = kids were rooting their phones to get around the app * Android-only now; iOS version is coming next month
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27	Another day, another messaging app. A new app called FireChat for iOS launches today. And this one has a couple of crazy features.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/20/firechat-for-ios-is-a-hyper-local-anonymous-chat-network-that-doesnt-need-an-internet-connection/
28	Frederic Lardinois Writer, TechCrunch Q: FireChat is works like a regular chat app, but it’s also “hyperlocal.” What does that mean? Q: What is the Multipeer Connectivity Framework in iOS 7? Q: FireChat has a mesh architecture. Can you tell us how that works? Q: What is FireChat’s “global chat mode”? Q: No user accounts?	Frederic Lardinois Writer, TechCrunch @fredericl
29	* Multipeer Connectivity Framework allows developers to discover Multipeer-enabled services on nearby iOS devices using Wi-Fi, peer-to-peer connections and Bluetooth. * Range is around 100 feet * , but because of the mesh architecture behind FireChat, the actual range of the network around could be much larger. * FireChat is the first iOS product from Disrupt alums Open Garden
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33	Tech media legend Pat McGovern has died at the age of 76. He founded IDC in 1964, and launched the first major computer magazine, Computerworld, in 1967. IDC has a presence in 97 countries, and has launched 300 publications, 460 websites, and 700 events worldwide. The company employs more than 13 thousand people. Controversially, McGovern never took IDC public. It’s still privately held. McGovern and his wife also funded MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research.	http://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/f76eb4335ec9e8a6bf7867dcc0e83500/744x1128.jpg
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38	Steve Jobs’ Luxury super-yacht has been spotted in Portugal. The 256-foot, iMac-controlled super-boat, which Jobs named the Venus, was the late Apple founder’s dream project since 2008. Jobs even commission the designer of Apple stores to make custom glass windows. This is the first Venus sighting in the wild. The yacht had been docked for years in an Amsterdam port because the designer hadn’t been paid yet.	http://www.cultofmac.com/270831/steve-jobs-luxury-yacht-spotted-sailing-portugal
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1	TITLE: SHOW TITLE, Virtual Reality is Virtually Here!	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Harry McCracken

2	It's Wednesday, March 19, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day in conversation with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is Harry McCracken, editor at large for TIME who writes the Technologizer blog.	Harry McCracken, Editor at large, TIME @harrymccracken
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11	We’d like to turn to Rwanda this morning, where the country is preparing to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the end of the Rwandan Civil War and genocide. An important subject to be sure, but why are we talking about this on a technology show? The reason is that in the past few years, Rwanda has been engaged in a rapid build-up of technological infrastructure and education development.	Jean Philbert Nsengimana Minister of Youth & ICT, Rwanda @nsengimanajp
12	With us to talk about the education part of this transformation is Jean Philbert (N-Seng-E-Mana) Nsengimana, who is is the Minister of Youth & ICT in Rwanda. Q: Before we talk about education, can you tell us about the development of high-speed Internet connectivity in Rwanda? Q: I’ve read that as an example of the pace of infrastructure development, Rwanda has moved from 2% to 59% penetration for phone service. Is that correct and how long did this take? Q: I understand you make heavy use of Google+ hangouts. Can you tell us about that? Q: Can you tell us about the goals of technology education in Rwanda? What does the government hope to achieve? Q: How many students are currently training, and what are they learning? Q: How does Rwanda’s technology education programs differ from neighboring countries, Q: Is Rwanda training people regionally? Are students coming from surrounding countries, or are they mostly Rwandans? Q: How are these initiatives -- both infrastructure development and education -- related to the country’s economy and things like emergency services? Q: What is the government doing to encourage entrepreneurship?
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18	Sony unveiled a prototype virtual reality system yesterday called Project Morpheus. It works with the PlayStation 4. Oculus, the company that makes the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, announced that they’re taking pre-orders for their second development kit. The Oculus Rift DK2 costs $350.	http://i.imgur.com/NPyh1el.jpg	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/18/sony-unveils-prototype-for-virtual-reality-game-device/
19	Andrew Williams Features Editor, TrustedReviews.com @wwwdotandrew	Andrew Williams Features Editor, TrustedReviews.com @wwwdotandrew
20	Q: Oculus Rift was announced two years ago and it still hasn’t shipped. How far away is the Morpheus project? Q: Will virtual reality gaming go mainstream? Doesn’t it make people sick? Q: Sony says Morpheus has “true spatial sound.” What do you think that means? Q: Why did they roll this out now when its only a prototype. Drive PS4 sales?		http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/oculus-rift-vs-project-morpheus
21	* Looks similar to Oculus Rift * Sony says it integrates with the PlayStation Camera and PlayStation Move handheld controller. * PS4 consoles sold 6 million units worldwide since its launch in November. * Oculus VR unveiled “Rift” two years ago - hasn’t announced when it will ship * Unveiled yesterday at the 2014 Game Developers Conference * current dev kit has a 1080p HD display and a 90-plus degree of view
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26	* Ship this July for $350 * 2014 Game Developers Conference * 1080p OLED panel still isn't high enough a resolution to avoid jagged edges * consumer version will have even higher resolution * special techniques to reduce blurring and motion sickness * Much better than first version * new, custom camera tracks the position of 40 infrared LEDs now mounted invisibly beneath the Rift's translucent shell * camera tracks in 3D space
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32	General Electric is jumping deeper into home automation with a new smartphone-controlled air conditioner. Called the Aros, the three hundred dollar A.C. has what is essentially a Nest-like smart thermostat built in.	http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/03/19/aros-window-air-conditioner-can-be-controlled-by-your-smartphone/
33	Chris Velazco Associate Editor, Engadget engadget.com @ChrisVelazco	Chris Velazco Associate Editor, Engadget @ChrisVelazco
34	* A feature called “smart schedule” monitors usage patterns and builds a schedule * “Smart away” enables Aros to turn itself off when you leave home, then cool down a room before you get back home * “smart budget” feature will predict future electricity costs based on factors such as your schedule, your previous usage and forecasts of upcoming weather. * Design and invention company Quirky is involved * Controlled with the Wink app * Will also work with other smart home controllers such as SmartThings * Early adopters can pre-order Aros on Amazon starting today * Product in late April or early May
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37	On yesterday’s show, we told you about Google’s new Android Wear initiative, and about the new watches announced by LG and Motorola that support it. We also talked about the need for apps. Today, BI Intelligence published a study on the state of the wearable app ecosystem -- past, present and future.			Edit In and out to ad
38	Tony Danova is a Research Analyst for BI Intelligence and joins us today to talk about the report. Q: Dozens of major companies and possibly hundreds of minor ones have announced wearable computing devices in the past year. But where are the apps? Q: What are the main reasons for slow app development? Hyper-fragmentation? Lack of consumer interest ? Q: What will the killer apps be for wearable devices. Is it possible to predict this? Q: Which wearable categories will dominate? Smartwatches? Smart Glasses? Some other smart thing? Q: Will most of the smartwatch apps be medical or fitness related? Is there anything for people who are both healthy and lazy and don’t want to track their biological selves?	Tony Danova Research Analyst, BI Intelligence @tonydanova
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57	We told you yesterday about Google’s new Android Wear program, and mentioned a few of the company that Google says will ship Android smartwatches this year. Samsung was one of them. Android Wear smartwatches connect to smartphones via Bluetooth. But now, a report coming out of Korea says Samsung is also working on a smartwatch that doesn’t need a smartphone -- it takes a SIM card directly, and enables calls and other features as a phone would. The report says Samsung plans to release the product first in Korea through SK Telecom, the country’s biggest carrier.	http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140318001136
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60	First Alicia Keys, then Ellen DeGenerus and now… Joe Belfiore? Just as the singer and comedian were caught using iPhones when they were pretending to love BlackBerry or Samsung as paid spokespersons, Microsoft’s Head of Windows Phone Joe Belfiore was caught tweeting pictures from an iPhone. He quickly pointed out in a subsequent tweet quote: “Yes, it’s an iPhone today. Trying out iOS 7.1. No need to alert the media.” unquote. Too late, Joe! The media has been alerted.	http://9to5mac.com/community/head-of-windows-phone-joe-belfiore-tweets-from-an-iphone-then-realizes/
61	In other, other news... Smartphone cases that do jobs unrelated to the phone itself can be great. For example, one product has tools built in like a swiss-army knife. Another’s got a built-in beer bottle opener. Nice! But a new product aimed at fitness fans is literally the worst smartphone case ever conceived. It’s called the ToneFone, and it’s marketed as the “world’s heaviest iPhone case.” One version weighs 2.2 pounds and another weighs 3.3 pounds. It enables you to use your iPhone as a dumbbell for working out. You can pre-order the ToneFone, and it ships in April. Uh…. April First maybe?	http://www.desirablebody.co.uk/fitness-accessories/tonefone-weighted-iphone-5-5s-case.html
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1	TITLE: Google Now on Your Wrist, 966	GUEST CO-ANCHOR:

2	It's Tuesday, March 18, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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7	Our guest co-anchor today is Mitch Wagner, the West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading.	Mitch Wagner West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading @MitchWagner
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11	Google senior V.P. Sundar Pichai announced this morning on a blog post a new project called Android Wear, which he said is Android extended to wearables. Pichai said Google is working with companies that will make smartwatches based on Android that will ship this year. These companies include: Asus, HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung and even Fossil. Moments after Google’s announcedment this morning, LG announced a smartwatch called the G Watch. Motorola announced this morning a new smartwatch called the Moto 360	http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/sharing-whats-up-our-sleeve-android.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqZl2QIz0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnerqDWwVgg	http://www.cultofandroid.com/54993/google-android-wear-new-platform-just-wearables/
12	Killian Bell writes for Cult of Android. Q: We knew Google was working on a smartwatch with LG, and a wearables platform. What did we learn in Pichai’s announcement this morning? Q: Is this a new version of Android that will have smartwatch-specific apps running on the watch? Or will all the apps run on connected phones? Q: No mention of the smart jacket, sadly Q: Fossil? Q: This looked to me very Google Now based. Is there anything else to it? Is Google Now pretty much the platform? Q: How’d you like that awkward and bulky watch in the video? Are they serious? Q: The video shows one woman playing music through a speaker in the watch. Again, are they serious?	Killian Bell Writer, Cult of Android @killianbell
13	* Starting with watches * Video shows “OK, Google” Google Now function * Plays music * Pichai: “wide variety of Android applications means you’ll receive the latest posts and updates from your favorite social apps, chats from your preferred messaging apps, notifications from shopping, news and photography apps, and more.” * Fitness apps can give you real-time speed, distance and time information on your wrist for your run, cycle or walk. * Multi-screen Your key to a multiscreen world. Android Wear lets you access and control other devices from your wrist. Just say “Ok Google” to fire up a music playlist on your phone, or cast your favorite movie to your TV. * Pichai: “Starting today, you can download a Developer Preview so you can tailor your existing app notifications for watches powered by Android Wear.” * Because Android for wearables works with Android's rich notification system, many apps will already work well. Look out for more developer resources and APIs coming soon.
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18	A new YouTube for kids is in the works, according to an exclusive by The Information’s Amir Efrati. The site will be devoid of adult or inappropriate content, and will be aimed at kids 10 years and younger.	https://www.theinformation.com/YouTube-Sets-Sights-on-Kids
19	Amir Efrati is a Senior reporter for The Information Q: Would this be a second site, or a kind of parent filter like the current Safety Mode on the existing site? Q: Would this simply be YouTube, minus the twerking videos and cussing? Or would this be a curated site of children’s content? Will Google try to get content creators to make exclusive content? Q: Is this just an idea, or does YouTube and Google have solid plans? Q: 10 seems to be a weird cut-off. For example, in the movie business they lump kids into the 13-and-under crowd.	Amir Efrati Senior reporter, The Information @amir
20	* YouTube, which is owned by Google, talked to video producers willing to create child-oriented content * The product is far from being launched * YouTube already has a “safety” mode for filtering out inappropriate content
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23	Google plans to kill its Google Voice phone service in the coming months, according to an exclusive by Seth Weintraub on 9to5mac. The plan is to move most Google Voice features and all users over to Google Hangouts.	http://9to5google.com/2014/03/18/google-plans-kill-google-voice-in-months-integrate-features-into-hangouts/
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28	New Facebook technology can recognize human faces almost as well as people do. Called DeepFace, the algorithm can identify a face with 97.25 per cent accuracy. That’s just one quarter of a percentage point worse than people can recognize faces.	http://grahamcluley.com/2014/03/facebook-facial-recognition/	http://www.technologyreview.com/news/525586/facebook-creates-software-that-matches-faces-almost-as-well-as-you-do/
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30	* Yaniv Taigman and colleagues at Facebook's AI lab * Create a 3D model, then rotate it * test dataset that contained more than 13,000 images of faces collected from the web * Amazon's Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing site managed 97.5 per cent * Facebook's neural network was trained on a dataset of more than 4 million images, containing more than 4000 separate identities, each one labelled by humans * Gary Huang of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst says that a Chinese machine vision start-up called Face++ claims to have a comparable level of face recognition accuracy * Face++ is used on China's largest online dating website, Jiayuan.com * Face++ will find users that look similar to your crush * DeepFace doesn’t put names to faces. It just can tell if a face in one photo is the same as a face in another photo
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33	Google and Viacom kissed and made up today. The companies settled their long-running court battle over Viacom content on YouTube, which began with a one billion dollar lawsuit way back in 2007 over copyrighted Viacom content like South Park and The Daily Show posted on YouTube between 2005 and 2008. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/18/us-google-viacom-lawsuit-idUSBREA2H11220140318
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35	* According to Viacom, nearly 160,000 clips of Viacom programming — including clips from shows like “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “South Park” — were available on YouTube without permission, and that those clips had been viewed more than 1.5 billion times. * The companies already have in place a filter that screens for unauthorized Viacom content and allows the entertainment company to take it down. Viacom also has official channels on YouTube that it uses to promote shows from MTV and Comedy Central. * The companies, in a joint statement about the settlement Tuesday, said: “Google and Viacom today jointly announced the resolution of the Viacom vs. YouTube copyright litigation.” * Google acquired YouTube one year before the lawsuit * Even as the suit dragged on, the companies since then have reached biz agreements; for example, Viacom participates in the YouTube Content ID program to scan for copyrighted material uploaded to the service. * Paramount also in 2012 licensed films to YouTube available for rent.
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40	We told you yesterday about the creation, removal, then re-creation of a service called Popcorn Time, which works like Netflix but gets movies from BitTorrent. A viewer named Jared writes: I don't think Popcorn Time is illegal by any means, since all they are doing is getting content from torrenting sites anyway. Whichever way you look at it, movie studio's will need to get this message. Even though it hurts content creators, this is the internet. They need to Work with it.......not against it.
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43	We told you on previous episodes about Amazon’s rumored video streaming box. The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that Amazon will ship its rumored video-streaming device in early April. The product will be sold through Amazon dot com, of course, and also by Staples and Best Buy in the U.S., according to the article.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303287804579445721946202990?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303287804579445721946202990.html
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2	It's Monday, March 17, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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6	On Tech News Today, we explore the big stories of the day in conversation with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is Harry McCracken, editor at large for TIME who writes the Technologizer blog.	Harry McCracken, Editor at large, TIME @harrymccracken
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22	We told you Wednesday about a story on The Intercept blog that said the NSA is spreading malware by using fake Facebook servers. The NSA subsequently denied it. And this morning, the Intercept’s Ryan Gallagher posted an intriguing piece contrasting NSA denials against details of the leaked documents, which of course are part of the trove leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.	https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/15/nsa-facebook-malware-turbine-non-denial-denial/
23	Ryan Gallagher writes for The Intercept and joins us today to talk about his story. Q: Before we talk about the denials and your piece this morning, can you first summarize this particular revelation as reported last week? Q: So who denied this within the NSA and what did they deny? Q: How do the documents compare with the denials? Q: As you wrote in your piece, the NSA’s denials about faking a Facebook server are in the present tense, so it’s not a denial that they did it in the past, right? Q: To what extent are these Snowden documents just a bunch of talk. Is the media properly parsing out the difference between a stated capability and an actual capability and also an actual use of a capability?	Ryan Gallagher Journalist, The Intercept @rj_gallagher
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27	News	http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/17/google-play-unveils-new-engagement-and-discovery-options-for-android-game-developers/
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32	A service called Popcorn Time, which lets you watch pirated BitTorrent movies free, became available last week, only to be shut down, then resurrected again over the weekend.
33	Devindra Hardawar is Senior Editor and lead mobile writer for VentureBeat. Q: First of all, can you tell us what Popcorn Time is and who created it? Q: Why did it shut down? Q: Who resurrected it? Q: Does an app like this have a chance of both surviving pressure from Hollywood and also competing against all the other ways to download movies? Q: YTS is now claiming that it’s a community project, right? What’s that all about?	Devindra Hardawar Senior Editor, VentureBeat @Devindra
34	* The software was removed from Mega.co.nz mid-week * It’s still unclear if that action was taken by Mega on its own or under threats from Hollywood * Beta builds for Windows, OS X, and Linux are being posted to GitHub * "The YTS team will now be picking up the Popcorn Time project and continuing on like previously," a developer told TorrentFreak. * "We are in a better position copyright wise as for us, because it's build on our API. It's as if we have built another interface to our website." * The Argentina-based team added that piracy is not a people problem, it’s one based around service created by an industry that “portrays innovation as a threat to their antique recipe to collect value.” * Speaking with TorrentFreak, YTS (formerly YIFY-Torrents) developer Jduncanator has confirmed that Popcorn Time will not die with the withdrawal of its founding team. Instead, YTS will pick up the baton and run. VERGE UPDATE: Since our interview with the YTS developer, YTS have given us a new statement which effectively distances them from the Popcorn Time project. “Popcorn Time is a community driven project, not owned nor maintained by a single person or entity,” the site said.
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47	Apple is working on an iOS application that will almost certainly ship with iOS and may be called Healthbook. This passbook-like app will apparently focus on fitness tracking and healthcare monitoring.	http://9to5mac.com/2014/03/17/this-is-healthbook-apples-first-major-step-into-health-fitness-tracking/
48	9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman posted a detailed analysis of Healthbook this morning, and joins us now to fill us in. Q: What is Healthbook and what will it be able to do? Q: You wrote that the interface is like Passbook. In what way? Q: You claim Healthbook will track hydration levels. How will it get this data? Q: It appears that Apple expects users to enter in a ton of data, including what they eat. Will anybody actually do this? It doesn’t seem mainstream enough for Apple. Q: Will some of this data come from the rumored iWatch or other fitness-related bands? Q: There’s a section in the app called Blood Sugar. Will this tie into medical devices designed for diabetics? Q: It appears that the app will track sleep cycles. Any idea how they’ll do that? Q: There’s also an emergency card for the user’s emergency medical data. Any evidence this will be sharable?	Mark Gurman Senior Editor, 9to5Mac @markgurman
49	* Thanks to the capabilities of the iPhone 5s’s M7 motion co-processor, Healthbook could technically receive steps, miles walked, and caloric data from the iPhone itself. However, that is where the M7 stops being useful for Healthbook. * Blood, hydration, and respiratory rate information would clearly need to come from other sources.
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67	Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, who we told in in previous episodes was identified by Newsweek as being the creator of Bitcoin, has gotten himself a lawyer and has officially denied involvement in the crypto-currency. In a statement, he said, quote: “I did not create, invent, or otherwise work on Bitcoin. I unconditionally deny the Newsweek report.” I also assume he'll be cancelling his subscription.	http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html
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70	Two engineers in England destroyed the Rubik's Cube record with a robot they made with LEGO. Their Cubestormer 3 robot solved Rubik's Cube in 3.253 seconds, shattering the old record of 5.55 seconds. The robot is made with a few Lego Mindstorm sets and it’s powered by a custom-made Android app running on a Samsung Galaxy S4. It took Mike Dobson and David Gilday a year and a half to build the robot. Dilday, by the way, works for ARM, the chip-maker.	START AT 0:09 http://youtu.be/X0pFZG7j5cE?t=9s
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13	Media web sites in Russia are having a bad week. They’re under attack both by hackers and also by the Russian government. A local Anonymous branch is allegedly DDoSing Russian media outlets, as well as Russian government and Central Bank sites. These attacks follow government crackdowns on media sites critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin.	http://gigaom.com/2014/03/14/online-attacks-hit-russian-state-and-media-in-wake-of-independent-media-crackdown/	https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/short-guide-internets-biggest-enemies
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15	* Anonymous (KAW-cuh-sus) Caucasus, the “Electronic Army of the Caucasus (EH-muh-rut) Emirate,” has claimed responsibility for the attack on its Facebook page with a statement saying, “This is just warming up, Russian pig!” * The Kremlin also claimed this attack was unrelated to the standoff in Ukraine = unlikely * Russia’s Central Bank saw its website knocked offline this morning * Anonymous claimed responsibility for taking out the TV station Channel One: * Ukrainian state and media organizations have reported many online attacks in recent weeks that may or may not have been orchestrated by the Kremlin The latest attacks, however, may be connected with the blocking on Thursday of several major news sites by Russian ISPs. This was on the Kremlin’s orders, under a 2012 law that was ostensibly designed to protect children from child pornography and material relating to drug use and suicide. * The sites affected here – grani.ru, kasparov.ru and ej.ru – are independent news sites with an anti-Putin bent. * Also included in the ban was the LiveJournal blog of dissident Alexei Navalny, who is under house arrest. * Ej.ru editor Alexander Ryklin called it "monstrous" and a "direct violation of all the principles of freedom of speech” * The Kremlin denies allegations of censorship or pressure on the media.
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19	A web published by Dave Zatz called Zatz Not Funny -- see what he did there? -- published pictures of what he claims is a controller for an upcoming Amazon game console. The leak, if accurate, bolsters rumors that Amazon will soon ship a set top box that also runs games.	http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2014-03/amazon-streamer-feature-bluetooth-gaming-controller/
20	Joining us to talk about the prospects of an Amazon game console is Mike Futter, the News Editor for Game Informer Magazine -- and the guy who broke the Amazon game console story back in August. Q: Can you tell us briefly what we know about a possible Amazon game system? Q: Does the leaked controller pic seem legit? Q: As a gaming writer, does it seem likely that Amazon could compete against Microsoft, Sony and Google in the game market? Q: It’s widely assumed that Amazon will use a forked version of Android for their system. That strategy worked for Kindle, but will it work for gaming?	Mike Futter News Editor, Game Informer Magazine @Futterish
21	* Come from a Brazilian regulatory agency similar to the FCC * Mike Futter – News Editor of Game Informer Magazine first broke the story in August * Would compete with Apple TV, Roku and probably a forthcoming Google box * Earlier this month, Amazon bought game studio Double Helix Games * Xbox-style offset analogue sticks. * The controller also features three central buttons that look like Android's back, home, and menu keys * Button beneath that bears the logo for GameCircle, Amazon's service for cloud saves, leaderboards, and achievements. * May run a forked Android like Kindle Fire
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24	Asustek announced earlier this year a new tablet called the Transformer Book Duet TD300. What was different about this tablet is that it was a dual-boot device out of the box, running both Android and Windows. Intel’s CEO Brian Krzanich even showed the device during his CES keynote. But now Asustek has postponed, and may cancel, the product, after being pressured by both Microsoft and Google, according to the Wall Street Journal.	GO FULL SCREEN; START AT 33:42 http://youtu.be/FZTLPjxUS7g?t=33m42s	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303546204579438351054533592
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26	* Acer2353 canceled after Google threatened to terminate its “Android-related cooperation and other technology licensing” with Acer. Google said Alibaba’s Aliyun operating system was an “Android fork” and that Acer would break its licensing agreement with Google by using it, a claim that Alibaba contested. * Microsoft and Intel supply large chunks of computer makers’ marketing budgets, and manufacturers who go against their wishes risk jeopardizing the funding * Samsung also announced a dual-OS tablet last year, a product that it hasn't begun selling. * Indicates tension between Microsoft and Intel
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29	Sprint announced a new prepaid prepaid wireless plan, and the Wall Street Journal says it just may be the worst deal ever. Called Sprint Prepaid, the plan charges you $45 a month and you get unlimited voice and text but no cellular data. All Internet surfing on the plan has to be done over Wi-Fi.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/14/sprint-vies-for-worst-deal-ever/
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31	* Republic Wireless — which buys access to Sprint’s network wholesale and resells it to customers — offers unlimited voice and texts with data over Wi-Fi for $10 a month. * Exact same deal on the exact same network for $35 less a month. Sprint’s own subsidiary Virgin Mobile USA sells a plan for $35 a month that restricts users to 300 minutes of talk time but comes with unlimited mobile data * The new Sprint Prepaid brand will offer a Smart Plus option with unlimited data for $60 a month. But that’s more than the $55 a month that another Sprint subsidiary, Boost Mobile, charges for its own unlimited voice, text and data plan. Boost’s rate, by the way, can eventually drop as low as $40 a month as a reward for on-time payments. * Customers who want the Sprint Prepaid have to use an old phone: Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, the Samsung Galaxy S3, and a used Apple iPhone 4s. * Or the Moto G.
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37	In other news... Symantec researchers spotted a phishing scam for the record books recently. The email arrives with the subject “Documents,” and tells the recipient to look at files on Google Docs, and conveniently provides a link. But here’s the crazy part. The fake page is hosted on Google's servers and is served over SSL. The scammers simply uploaded their file to a public folder on a Google drive account. Once the file is clicked on, the victim is confronted with a standard-looking Google log-in. Once they enter in username and password, the credentials are whisked away to a PHP script on a compromised web server for later use by hackers.	http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/google-docs-users-targeted-sophisticated-phishing-scam	http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/03/phishing-page-hosted-on-google-a-true-dog-bites-man-scam/
38	And finally, some good news: The Pocket Drone looks like it’s really going to fly. The mini tri-copter is strong enough to carry a high quality action camera and it folds up smaller than a 7in tablet. The company, called AirDroids, just ended their Kickstarter campaign with nearly a million dollars in funding -- the most popular drone project ever crowdfunded. Their initial goal was thirty five thousand dollars. Preorders begin in April; the drones should ship in the fall, according to the company.	https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/airdroids/the-pocket-drone-your-personal-flying-robot
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12	Two very interesting and credible leaks hit within the last hour or two. The first comes from Evan Blass, who posted to his EvLeaks Twitter account what he says are leaked specifications for the upcoming Google smartwatch, which will be made by LG: More Google (LG) smartwatch specs: He says it’ll have a 1.65-inch IPS LCD at a resolution of 280x280. Also: 512MB RAM, 4GB internal storage. And he says the CPU hasn’t been determined yet. Some expect this at Google I/O in June. An in another apparent leak, 9to5Mac is claiming iOS 8 screenshots that appeared on a Chinese Weibo account are legitimate, according to their sources. The screens show new apps called Preview and TextEdit, Healthbook and Tips. We’re also hearing reports of new iCloud enhancements coming soon from Apple.	https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/444146030360416257 http://9to5mac.com/2014/03/13/screenshots-of-ios-8-healthbook-preview-textedit-icons-leaked/
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17	Apple, Microsoft, Google and Cisco collectively hold about $163 billion in US government debt, much of it offshore, which earns them tax-free interest paid for by American taxpayers, according to a report this morning by Nick Mathiason writing for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.	http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/03/12/apple-and-microsoft-among-us-tech-giants-reaping-interest-payments-on-offshore-cash/
18	Nick Mathiason Correspondent, Bureau of Investigative Journalism Q: You wrote that the US government collects taxes from US taxpayers and transfers it to these companies in the form of interest payments. You called the amount “vast,” but how much is being transferred? Q: Now this is legal, right? Q: Is this corporate welfare? Q: At least one of these companies says the problem is that US corporate taxes are too high. It seems to me that they’re high on paper, but the actual amount paid by US corporations is relatively low, isn’t it? Is that because of loopholes and offshoring like this? Q: Senator Carl Levin says the money should be taxed. Are there others calling for this, and is this likely to happen?	Nick Mathiason Correspondent, Bureau of Investigative Journalism @NickMathiason
19	* The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is an independent not-for-profit organisation that conducts in-depth research into the governance of public, private and third sector organisations and their influence. They make their work freely available under a Creative Commons licence. * $124bn in US Treasury securities – the remaining $39bn is held in US government agency debt * From report = “The four leading US digital firms have accumulated cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities worth $255 billion in their foreign subsidiaries, which they state in SEC filings could be liable for corporation tax if repatriated to the United States.” * From report = “If this cash was brought onshore and taxed at the current US corporation tax rate of 35%, it would produce a $89bn windfall for the US Treasury – equivalent to 17% of America’s projected $514bn budget deficit this year.” * From report = “Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Cisco Systems hold cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities on their consolidated balance sheets totalling $333bn, making them America’s most cash-rich firms outside the financial sector.”
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24	A new study found that people who click through to news sites from social networks tend to be less engaged. The report, published by the Pew Research Center today, found that it’s hard for content sites to maintain connections with people coming from Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or even Search, for that matter.	http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/03/readers-who-still-click-bookmarks-are-more-loyal-customers-for-news-sites-than-facebook-flybys/
25	Nieman Journalism Lab staff writer Joseph Lichterman posted a really interesting analysis of the numbers this morning and he joins us to talk about it. Q: Joseph, what was the big takeaway from this study? Q: Why is social traffic so fickle? Q: How much does bookmarking and subscription to RSS feeds affect readership? Q: News sites lately have been gravitating toward link-baity headlines, influenced by the Buzzfeeds and the Upworthys. Is this a losing strategy, because it favors the un-engaged readers and angers the engaged ones? Q: While the attraction of less-engaged readers through social is a downside, are these readers more likely to share, and doesn’t that increase traffic? Q: In your piece, you contrasted the New York Times against Buzzfeed in terms of readership and engagement. How are they different?	Joseph Lichterman Staff writer, Nieman Journalism Lab @ylichterman
26	* Used Facebook as the only example social network * Users who arrive at the 26 news sites studied directly spend about three times as long there as opposed to users who arrive via Facebook * Direct visitors also view about five times as many pages per month and visit a news site about three times as often as users coming from Facebook or search. * Pew compiled the study by examining three-months’ worth of comScore data for a group of 26 news sites, spanning both pre-web and online-native outlets (from NBC News to BuzzFeed)
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29	Emotions on social networks can spread like a virus, according to a new study that tracked 100 million Americans and a billion social messages.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303546204579435550002436002?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303546204579435550002436002.html	http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1490
30	Robert Lee Hotz is a science writer for The Wall Street Journal. Q: First, can you tell us about the study? Who conducted it and how? Q: The researchers found that rain in a city would change the emotions of people in that city, and that the rainy day emotions would then spread via social networks to other cities where it wasn’t raining. Q: One of the researchers in this study told you that these contagious emotions can even affect financial markets, and also political activity. Did he have any proof? Q: Previous studies have found addictive behaviors also spread online. Is that now generally accepted among researchers?	Robert Lee Hotz Science writer, The Wall Street Journal @leHotz
31	* "We wanted to see if emotional changes in one person caused emotional changes in another person and that's exactly what we found," said UC San Diego political scientist James Fowler, who was lead author on the research published online in the journal PLOS ONE. * Dr. Fowler and his colleagues studied status updates posted by 100 million users in the 100 most populous U.S. cities between January 2009 and March 2012. To further protect confidentiality, the data were kept on Facebook's secure servers and handled by the company's data scientists, two of whom were co-authors on the research paper.
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34	A report coming out of India says that Microsoft may give Windows Phone away free to two Indian phone makers. The Times of India Sources told him that Lava and Karbonn have convinced Microsoft to licence Windows Phone without charge, which would be a first for Microsoft.	http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/MS-offers-Windows-Phone-OS-free-to-Indian-players/articleshow/31924651.cms
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36	* These Windows Phone devices are likely to hit the market in the next few months. * Microsoft reportedly charged Nokia between $20 to $30 for each Lumia * Handset company executive: "Free Windows Phone is part of a strategic partnership. For both Microsoft and us, it is an experiment. Windows Phone still doesn't have lot of appeal in the market but now that it doesn't have any licence fee, it becomes easier for us to experiment with it," said another senior executive. * According to the latest IDC figures, Windows Phone OS has less than 10% share in India's smartphone market, which is dominated by Android. An IDC analyst said the "free" Windows Phone will definitely help Microsoft.
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41	We told you weeks ago that Amazon was thinking about raising the price of its Prime service. Today, the company made it official. The price of Prime has gone up from $79 to $99 per year. Prime gives Amazon customers unlimited free two-day shipping on many items, plus access to streaming movies and TV shows through Amazon Instant Video. The old price is in effect for one more week, so if you want to save twenty bucks, you’d better be quick about it.	http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-prime-price-increase-2014-3
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44	In other news... MIT has built a better robot fish. Their swimming robot has a soft silicon body, and is controlled via WiFi. The fish uses air pressure for movement, which gives it the ability to swim like a real fish, and even execute what MIT robot geniuses say are “high performance maneuvers.” It’s also unusual in that it’s the only “high performance” robot fish with the brain built in. The group is working on an upgraded robot fish that uses water, rather than air, for movement -- that should give the fish about a half-hour of swimming.	GO FULL SCREEN, START VIDEO AT 2:06 http://youtu.be/BSA_zb1ajes?t=2m6s
45	And in other, other news, A new iPad game called Surgeon Simulator 2013 may be the most horrifying app ever. It takes a lot of control and practice to master the art of cutting open a patient and performing surgery using an iPad. So why bother? Why not just mutilate the patient in a kind of free-form, Grand-Theft Auto-style improvisation that, although sure to kill the patient, is at least vaguely entertaining. The game has been around awhile, but offers new controls, new features and new ways to commit medical malpractice. The app costs $5.99.	FULL SCREEN - START AT 0:13: http://youtu.be/17RY58OxS9w?t=13s
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1	TITLE: SHOW TITLE, Google's Got Game	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: David Coursey

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3	It's Wednesday, March 12, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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12	PandoDaily's James Robinson published an exclusive yesterday saying that Google bought some of the assets from a company called Green Throttle Games.	http://pando.com/2014/03/11/google-buys-the-ghost-of-green-throttle-games-as-tv-arms-race-gathers-speed/
13	James Robinson Staff writer, PandoDaily @jalrobinson Q: What was Green Throttle Games and what did Google buy? Q: Why would Google want this? Couldn’t they build this themselves? Q: I understand Green Throttle had some prominent founders Q: They kept selling the controller, but stopped the app. Sounds like a badly run company Q: Is this evidence of a game-supporting set-top box coming in future from Google?
14	* Sold $40 “Atlas” Bluetooth controller that could play a handful Android games on a TV * Throttle removed its “Arena” Android app from the Google Play store in November * Its console – which remains on sale through Amazon – is functionally useless * Based in Santa Clara * Launched in late 2012 * Launched by Charles Huang of Guitar Hero fame * Matt Crowley and Karl Townsend, worked on Palm Pilot * Android Arena app via bluetooth * Google confirmed, but didn’t disclose the terms of the deal * Green Throttle staff brought into Google, including two of the three co-founders * Pando: “Green Throttle Games acquisition is a clear signal that Google looking at anchoring its set-top TV box – rumored at the end of last year to be coming in the first half of 2014 – around games.” * Amazon’s set top box could arrive by the end of March * Apple has been talking content deals with Time Warner for a possible April launch of a new box
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19	The web turns 25 today. World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first draft proposal for the hyperlinked information management system that would one day usher in the web, and with it Facebook, Google, cloud computing and most importantly, TWiT and Tech News Today. To mark the anniversary, Berners-Lee is calling for a “Magna Carta” or “bill of rights” for the web to protect its independence from censorship, surveillance and control.	http://www.webat25.org	http://time.com/21039/tim-berners-lee-web-proposal-at-25/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/11/as-the-world-wide-web-turns-25-fear-about-its-future http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/12/online-magna-carta-berners-lee-web
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21	* Send birthday greetings: http://www.webat25.org/ * Participating in a Reddit AMA today at noon Pacific. * Berners-Leet was a 34-year-old physics graduate working as a software engineer at Cern in 1989, when he wrote a paper simply titled "Information Management: A Proposal". * From the paper: “the hope would be to allow a pool of information to develop which could grow and evolve with the organisation and the projects it describes" * Paper: “generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities". * How important is the web? People send hundreds of millions of messages, share 20 million photos and exchange at least $15 million in goods and services every minute of every day on the web (WWW foundation) * The web constitution proposal should also examine the impact of copyright laws and the cultural-societal issues around the ethics of technology. * part of an initiative called "the web we want" * Sir Tim Berners-Lee told the Guardian the web had come under increasing attack from governments and corporate influence and that new rules were needed to protect the "open, neutral" system. * Called for the US to give up control of the Internet, upon which the web runs * Web open to public 1991; first browser: 1992 * Worked at Cern when he created it with a Next computer, which is now a holy relic * Marc Andreessen part of a team that created the first graphical web browser, called Mosaic * More than two people in five are connected to the web
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24	The tech pubs are reporting on Apple’s release of iOS 7.1, talking about bug fixes, enhancements and support for Apple’s CarPlay initiative, mostly. But one overlooked feature is major improvements to Apple’s iBeacon system.	http://beekn.net/2014/03/apple-ios-7-1-launches-major-ibeacon-improvement/
25	Doug Thompson Tech blogger, entrepreneur, co-founder of LOCOLO @Dusanwriter Q: First, can you briefly explain what iBeacon is and how it works? Q: How has Apple updated iBeacon Q: iPhone defaults to hunting for beacons even when app closed; you tested - how did it work? Q: Why is this feature significant? Q: Is there a risk here for hacking? Q: Can users opt out? Q: How else is the performance or functionality of iBeacon different?
26	* Once an app is installed it will “look” for beacons even if your app is shut down or you’ve rebooted your phone.
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29	The NSA is reportedly spreading malware by using fake Facebook servers. The distribution of this malware could be automated and deployed at a massive scale. The payloads themselves could be “tailored to covertly record audio from a computer’s microphone and take snapshots with its webcam” and could also track Skype and other Voice Over IP calls, among other capabilities. This information was reported in an exclusive this morning on The Intercept, which exists to report news from documents uncovered by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.	https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/03/12/nsa-plans-infect-millions-computers-malware/
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31	* Facebook man-on-the-side technique called QUANTUMHAND = fake Facebook server * QUANTUMHAND became operational in October 2010 * Also spread malware via email and possible with spoofed Google pages * Facebook hack spoofs a convincing Facebook page, but with that page loaded “the NSA is able to hack into the targeted computer and covertly siphon out data from its hard drive.” * Facebook spokesman Jay Nancarrow said the company had “no evidence of this alleged activity.” * The malware may have also “enabled the NSA to launch cyberattacks by corrupting and disrupting file downloads or denying access to websites.” * An automated system – codenamed TURBINE – is designed to “allow the current implant network to scale to large size (millions of implants) by creating a system that does automated control implants by groups instead of individually.” * TURBINE as part of a broader NSA surveillance initiative named “Owning the Net.” * Docs talk about a pre-programmed part of the covert infrastructure called the “Expert System,” which is designed to operate “like the brain.” The system manages the applications and functions of the implants and “decides” what tools they need to best extract data from infected machines. (quotes are from nsa) * Earlier reports based on the Snowden files indicate that the NSA has already deployed between 85,000 and 100,000 of its implants against computers and networks across the world, with plans to keep on scaling up those numbers. * QUANTUMSKY used to block targets from accessing certain websites * Code-named SECONDDATE to “influence real-time communications between client and server” and to “quietly redirect web-browsers” to NSA malware servers called FOXACID * SECONDDATE tailored not only for “surgical” surveillance attacks on individual suspects. It can also be used to launch bulk malware attacks against computers.
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34	Well it’s not as exciting as a mystery barge, but Crain’s reported yesterday that Google is close to signing a lease on Greene Street in New York’s SoHo neighborhood, just around the corner from an Apple Store.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/google-may-launch-its-first-u-s-retail-store-in-new-york-right-next-to-warby-parker/	http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140310/REAL_ESTATE/140319988/greene-street-turns-to-gold-with-potential-new-tenant
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36	* 9to5Google says Google wants retail stores open in time for the holiday shopping season * Google Nexus, Chrome, Glass, Smartwatch? * Some are reporting 8,000-square feet, others 4,100 * 131 Greene Street * First Android store in Melbourne, Australia back in 2011 * Google has dedicated spaces in stores across Europe * Microsoft currently has 63 retail locations * Samsung plans to launch 60 dedicated stores in Europe this year
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39	Twitter crashed again yesterday, and was out for a half an hour. Big deal, right? Well WIRED columnist Mat Honan thinks it’s a very big deal. In an opinion column posted today called “Why Twitter Can’t Keep Crashing,” Mat pointed out why Twitter is just too important these days to crash like it did when it was an irrelevant plaything for Silicon Valley access journalists.	http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2014/03/twitter-big-fail-whale-now/
40	Mat Honan Senior writer, Wired @mat Q: Mat, why do you believe, as you wrote in your piece, that Twitter is a “core component of the global communications system.” Q: Without Twitter, can’t posts about breaking news and emergency reports just fail over to Facebook or Google+? Q: Why does Twitter need to partner with news organizations? Q: Why can’t Twitter stop crashing, anyway? Q: Given Twitter’s roll as “core component of the global communications system,” can Twitter, the company, be trusted to run it? Maybe it should be taken over and run by an international organization or something.	Mat Honan Senior writer, Wired @mat
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46	In other news... The Starbucks mobile app is getting new features starting one week from today on March 19 -- at least for users in the U.S., UK and Canada. Like the current version, the app will let you find stores and pay for your latte. But the new version has a killer feature -- you can tip your barista between 50 cents and $2 after you’ve paid for your order. But that’s not the killer feature. No, the best feature is that if you change your mind, you can take it back and un-tip -- or is it de-tip -- in any event, you can reach into the virtual tip jar and take your money back. You can also increase your tip if you’re feeling more generous once that caffeine hits your bloodstream.	http://news.starbucks.com/news/starbucks-accelerates-mobile-payment-leadership-with-release-of-enhanced-io
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1	TITLE: OLPC R.I.P. 961	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Dan Gillmor

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9	Our guest co-anchor today is Dan Gillmor. Dan teaches media literacy and entrepreneurship at Arizona State's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication. He also writes a weekly column for the Guardian.	Dan Gillmor dangillmor.com @dangillmor
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13	Apple wants Samsung to pay $40 for every patent-violating phone they sell. A transcript posted on Florian Mueller’s FOSS Patents blog shows that Apple will demand that amount for each of Samsung’s phones found to violate five Apple patents.	http://www.fosspatents.com/2014/03/at-upcoming-trial-apple-wants-samsung.html
14	Florian Mueller is an intellectual property activist and analyst. fosspatents.com @FOSSpatents Q: Can you tell us more about the context for Apple’s demand? Q: Why would U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh allow this? Q: You wrote on FOSS Patents that you’re wondering if Apple has lost its mind. But isn’t this just a legal tactic -- to demand too much in the hopes of getting as much as possible? Q: Wasn’t the price for each infringement already set by the previous trial?	Florian Mueller Activist, analyst fosspatents.com @FOSSpatents
15	* 5 Apple patents: phone number tapping, unified search, data synchronization, slide-to-unlock, and autocomplete * In the first California Apple v. Samsung trial -- the one that ended in a $929 million verdict against Samsung -- Apple's per-device ask was a fraction of what it's demanding now. The per-unit claim for "pinch to zoom" was $3.10. For "over scroll bounce" and "tap to zoom" it was $2.02 apiece. That's a total to $7.14 for three patents.
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20	Google is being taken to court over apps in the Play Store that allow in-app purchases by children. The class-action suit was filed on behalf of all parents whose children have bought apps on Google’s Play store without mom's or dad’s permission.	http://gigaom.com/2014/03/10/mother-sues-google-over-kids-apps-after-5-year-old-son-buys-65-worth-of-virtual-currency/
21	Jeff John Roberts writes about legal and intellectual property issues for Gigaom. Q: Apple settled a case with the Federal Trade Commission recently over in-app purchases by minors. Is this case the same as the Apple one? Q: Isn’t it really the parent’s responsibility to know what their kids are doing with smartphones, rather than Google’s? Q: What responsibility to the so-called “bait app” makers have to prevent kids from doing this?	Jeff John Roberts Writer, Gigaom @jeffjohnroberts
22	* Class action suit on behalf of people in the U.S. who paid for unauthorized purchases of game currency by their minor children through the Google Play app store. * U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California * Many games in Play store induce in-app purchases of virtual supplies, ammunition, fruits and vegetables or cash * So-called “bait apps” * games highly addictive * When the password is entered after purchase, Google permits the user to make in-app purchases for up to 30 minutes without reentering the password; which is when kids can buy stuff * Apple settled a similar case by agreeing to pay at least US$32.5 million * Filed by a New York woman whose child spent $65.95 on digital “Crystals”
23	gigaom.com * @jeffjohnroberts
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25	Wayan Vota says the One Laptop Per Child project is dead. The OLPC is a non-profit organization offering an inexpensive laptop designed for children in developing countries. Vota, who founded the blog OLPC News in 2006, wrote in a post this morning that: “It’s time to face reality. The XO-1 laptop is history.”	START VIDEO AT 0:23 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eck9Hp0DPgA&feature=share&list=PLA4514035CA8B810E&index=3	http://www.olpcnews.com/about_olpc_news/goodbye_one_laptop_per_child.html
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27	* OLPC Boston is completely gone. No staff, no consultants, not even a physical office. Nicholas Negroponte long ago moved onto the global literacy X-Prize project. * He said the idea is still alive: “OLPC Miami is still servicing the major deployments in Uruguay, Peru, and Rwanda * He said: OLPC Miami “licensed commercial rights to the brand to Sakar/Vivitar, which introduced an XO Tablet for American children.” * Wayan founded OLPC News in 2006 to track the One Laptop Per Child program * He has commented on OLPC on 60 Minutes, the Economist, etc. * OLPC is 8 years old * XO-1 laptops
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30	A judge yesterday blocked plans by the National Security Agency to destroy surveillance phone records. The ruling came after the Electronic Frontier Foundation asked the court for a temporary restraining order today, and said the records might be useful as evidence in lawsuits challenging NSA surveillance.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-10/nsa-phone-record-destruction-halt-sought-by-privacy-group.html	http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/03/10/66002.htm
31	No Interview
32	* The NSA intended to destroy them on order from the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court, which said the agency was banned from hanging on to data for more than 5 years. * NSA is prohibited from destroying “any telephone metadata or ‘call detail’ records,” White said today. * The records collected under an NSA program consist of “metadata” * EFF challenged the NSA telephone surveillance in a complaint filed in July alleging that it illegally erodes the free-speech rights of religious, environmental and human-rights groups. The records are also relevant to a pending 2008 case challenging NSA surveillance, and the NSA was on notice in both cases that it should preserve evidence, Cindy Cohn, legal director at EFF, said in a filing today.
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35	A New York Times journalist named Albert Son posted a story today about his experience with self-tracking using quantified self gadgets. The story is called The Monitored Man, and he’s here to tell us about it.	http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/the-monitored-man/
36	Albert Son Journalist, The New York Times @albertsun Q: Tell us about your experiment. Q: Did it help you get fit, or at least understand your activity level? Q: What are the downsides or limitations of this category of product? Q: Which did you find to be the most appealing, and which the least?	Albert Sun Journalist, The New York Times @albertsun
37	* Article: “activity trackers generated an estimated $290 million in American retail sales, according to Ben Arnold, an analyst at New York’s NPD Group
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45	In one of the most boring applications of virtual reality ever, the Oculus Rift VR headset may soon be put to use simulate the grocery shopping experience! A company called Figure Digital is using Oculus Rift to enable virtual shoppers to virtually walk around a virtual Tesco -- Tesco is a major UK grocery chain. Even if this could somehow lead to actual products being purchased -- wouldn’t an online catalog be better? What’s so great about the experience of walking down a grocery isle?	START VIDEO AT 10:10 http://youtu.be/08S86X_5Crs?t=10s
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1	TITLE: Gox Gets Doxxed, 960	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

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13	NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden began speaking to a crowd at South By South West this morning at 9am Pacific by way of Google Hangouts. The talk may be still be going on. Let’s check in: With the US Constitution green-screened onto his background, Snowden said that the NSA is setting fire to the future of the Internet. And the folks at SXSW are the firefighters, he said. The theme of his comments was that technologists, more than lawyers or regular citizens, need to protect the public from government mass surveillance with encryption and other technological means. The conversation was facilitated by the American Civil Liberties Union.	http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2014/03/10/snowden-at-sxsw-live-blog-of-video-conference-chat/
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15	* Joined by Christopher Soghoian, a Washington, DC based privacy researcher and activist. * Snowden: US officials have been unable to track down my communication with journalists "because encryption works" * Snowden: Facebook and Google can collect data "in a responsible way" and not hold it for a longer time than they need * Snowden: How do we restructure our oversight model? Accountability. We can’t have people like Clapper lying to Congress, he said, referring to the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper. * Snowden: We have a model that can work. But our overseers don't want to improve the system. "That's an incredibly dangerous thing.
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20	Unidentified hackers claim they broke into servers owned by the now defunct Mt Gox Bitcoin exchange and found evidence that the site’s owners kept Bitcoins they reported as stolen.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/09/mt-gox-hack-allegedly-reveals-bitcoin-balances-customer-account-totals/
21	John Biggs East Coast Editor, TechCrunch @johnbiggs Q: What exactly did the hackers say they found? Q: How credible is the accusation that Mt. Gox is lying about losing the Bitcoins? Q: A consensus formed on Reddit that the database file is genuine. Based on what? Q: They also took control of CEO Mark Karpeles' Reddit account and personal blog, right? What did they do with it?
22	* Also took control of CEO Mark Karpeles' Reddit account and personal blog * The data comprises of a spreadsheet of more than a million trades on Mt. Gox as well as a 716MB file that appears to show Mt. Gox's balance in 18 currencies, including bitcoin * The file points to a balance of 951,116 bitcoins belonging to Mt. Gox * At the current exchange rate = worth approximately $595 million. * Reports on Reddit claim the database file is genuine * Hard to confirm
23	TechCrunch.com @johnbiggs
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25	Google is launching a software developer kit for Android-based wearable devices. Google’s Android, Chrome and Google Apps chief Sundar Pichai made the announcement at South By South West. He did not say whether the SDK would favor the time- and cards-based user interface Google developed for Glass, nor did he mention anything about the smartwatch Google is reportedly working on with LG. But he did say the kit would help with arbitrary wearable applications, such as smart jackets. The SDK is expected to be available to developers in about two weeks.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/10/wearable-android/	http://www.businessinsider.com/google-planning-an-sdk-for-android-wearables-2014-3
26	Jay Yarow Writer, Business Insider @jyarow Q: Is this SDK for Android, or a future version of Android designed for wearables? Q: To what extent do you think the Google Glass UI will be favored by the SDK? Q: Do you see the reported LG smartphone, which might be branded the “Nexus” smartwatch, a kind of reference design of some kind to go with the SDK? Q: Pichai also talked about a “mesh layer” of software when asked about Google’s Nest acquisition. Did you interpret this to mean wireless mesh networking inside the home from gadget-to-gadget?
27	* Asked about Nest, Pichai said Google is thinking about creating a “mesh layer” of software * Google’s LG watch -- possibly a Nexus branded watch -- is expected at Google I/O in June
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30	Singer and songwriter Neil Young plans to unveil a portable digital music player this week at South By South West. Called the PonoPlayer, the device will be what Young called the “highest resolution” digital audio, according to leaked details of his announcement.	http://evolver.fm/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pono-players-yellow-blue.png	http://pitchfork.com/news/54284-neil-young-launching-ponomusic-via-kickstarter/ http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/neil-young-announces-launch-ponomusic-19703/
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32	* Kickstarter campaign 15 March * Early buyers getting a discount on its planned $399 price. * Online music downloads store called PonoMusic * Young will be chairman of PonoMusic * Work with chief executive John Hamm, a fellow music industry veteran. * PonoMusic is working with US hardware firm Ayre Acoustics to produce the device * 128GB of memory to store music, as well as accepting memory cards to boost its capacity. * The company will also sell earphones and headphones from its website. * PonoMusic is the device's accompanying desktop-based "media management" system
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43	Friday we told you about a startup social networking app for drunk people called Livr. The idea was a breathalyzer attachment to an iPhone, plus an app, which were combined as part of a social network you had to be drunk to participate in. Although nearly all the blogs and publications that covered it reported the news as fact, we called it a hoax. Later Friday, the so-called entrepreneurs behind it -- turns out they were comedians -- admitted that the product was fake and the whole thing was a joke.	http://gizmodo.com/the-livr-hoax-everybodys-favorite-new-drunkbro-app-is-1538595679
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1	TITLE: Desperately Seeking Satoshi, 959	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

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3	It's Friday, March 7, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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13	Well is he? Or isn’t he? Is a 64-year-old Japanese-American engineer named Dorian Nakamoto the creator of bitcoin? An extensive, heavily researched 45 hundred-word article in Newsweek by Leah McGrath Goodman says yes. Dorian Nakamoto says no. So which is it?	http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html	http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/03/07/the-switchboard-satoshi-nakamoto-says-he-isnt-newsweeks-dorian-nakamoto/ http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2014/03/07/the-satoshi-paradox/
14	Brian Fung is a tech reporter for the Washington Post. Welcome, Brian! Felix Salmon is the finance blogger at Reuters. Thanks for being on the show! We invited Leah McGrath Goodman to join us today, but she didn’t return our emails. Q: Brian, you’ve been covering this story heavily. Were you persuaded by Leah McGrath Goodman’s article? Q: And after the denials and additional research, have you come to any conclusions about whether Nakamoto is the creator of Bitcoin? Q: Felix, you wrote a really interesting piece titled “The Satoshi Paradox” So what is the Satoshi Paradox? Q: So what you’re saying is that if you look at the circumstantial evidence presented in the Newsweek article, it seems very likely. But if you look at the evidence on the other side, that also seems likely. Q: Journalists get into trouble when they assert that something is true, when instead they should be focusing on the facts. Newsweek had a lot of great facts. But did they fail when they asserted a truth that is still unknown or unknowable?	Brian Fung Reporter, Washington Post @b_fung Felix Salmon Finance blogger, Reuters @felixsalmon
15	* Newsweek's quoted Nakamoto as saying, "I'm no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it." Goodman interpreted "that" to mean Bitcoin. Nakamoto later said he meant his career in engineering. * Leah McGrath Goodman is standing by her story, telling the AP, "There was no confusion whatsoever about the context of our conversation — and his acknowledgment of his involvement in Bitcoin." * A post by “Satoshi Nakamoto” appeared on the P2P Foundation’s Ning page saying: “I am not Dorian Nakamoto.” * Supposedly made its founder worth $400 million
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20	Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip AIR-DOE-WAN last night strongly suggested that he intends to ban YouTube and Facebook. The statement came in a televised interview on Turkish TV. “We are determined on this subject,” he said. And “We will not leave this nation at the mercy of YouTube and Facebook.” When asked by the interviewer directly if he might block both sites, he said: Yes. But today, Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul contradicted the prime minister, saying the sites would not be banned.	http://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2014/03/07/turkeys-erdogan-seeks-youtube-facebook-ban
21	Joe Parkinson Istanbul Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal. @JoeWSJ	Recorded phone interview?	IONTERVIEW
22	RECORDED AN INTERVIEW EARLIER THIS MORNING * PR battle with US-based Turkish imam Fethullah Gulen * Posts allegedly leaked audio recordings online purportedly revealing corruption * Asked if he was considering blocking both sites, Mr. Erdogan added: “Yes, closure included.” * Google and Facebook, both of which have offices in Turkey, couldn’t be reached * Turkey is one of the top 15 countries in the world for Facebook usage: 34 million active users from an overall population of 77 million. * YouTube was previously banned sporadically in Turkey between 2007 and 2010 * That YouTube closure resulted from court orders trying to shut down insults against Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. * Syria, China, Iran and Turkmenistan currently block Facebook
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25	Facebook began rolling out a redesign for the Facebook News Feed yesterday. The new design has bigger everything - bigger pictures, bigger buttons and also less clutter and more similarity to the company’s mobile apps. To me, it looks a little more like Google+.	https://www.facebook.com/business/news/An-Updated-News-Feed	http://gigaom.com/2014/03/06/facebook-will-finally-roll-out-a-news-feed-redesign/
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27	* Another redesign was soundly rejected by users a year ago. Will this one fail, too? * Facebook has 1.23 billion members
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30	The Intercept’s Peter Maass reports this morning that the NSA has an in-house Advice Columnist! An NSA official writing under the pen name “Zelda” is the spy agency’s very own Dear Abby, according the story. Her “Ask Zelda” columns appear on the agency’s intranet and can be read only by those with the right clearance. Her topics include what to do when co-workers smell bad, steal soda’s from the NSA’s employee refrigerators and fall asleep on the job. We learned about Zelda as part of the endless trove of documents uncovered by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.	https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/03/07/nsa-advice-columnist-seriously/
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35	Just in time for March Madness, Motorola introduced new college colors for the Moto X along with custom cases for dozens of universities. If you live in the United States, you can get your college colors, along with the team’s logo, on Motorola’s Moto Maker phone customization site. The phone costs $399 off-contract -- unless you have an .EDU education email address, in which case the price is $339. Nokia’s Lumia Icon Windows phone comes in any color you want, as long as you want either black or white. However, the upcoming Lumia 630 will come in a wide variety of fruity colors, according to a freshly leaked photo by Evan Blass on his Evleaks twitter account.	http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/07/moto-maker-march-madness/ https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/441713229790580736
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46	Wait, a social network for drunk people? The blogs are regurgitating a claim by two guys who’ve put up a web site claiming to be building a social app, service and hardware device called Livr -- spelled L I V R. According to the site and embedded video, you plug in a breathalizer and install the app. Then, when you want to interact with the app, you have to prove you’re drunk enough by blowing into the attachment. Your boozy breath unlocks the app, where you can post messages, play games like Truth or Dare, Drunk Dial and drunk Hot Spots, showing nearby locations and ranking them according to how wasted people are there. My take? I’m skeptical -- I think it’s probably a hoax. And if we ARE being punk’d, I applaud the punkers for creating a brilliant parody of the earnest startup launch marketing so common in the industry. If, on the other hand, this is a real product, then I’ll go ahead and predict that they’ll fall flat on their face.	http://livr-app.com/
47	IN OTHER, OTHER NEWS: If you’re on the fence about whether South By Southwest is worthwhile, well, here’s the best reason I’ve heard. Starting today, show attendees will be able to get free Oreo cookies created by a vending machine that works like a 3D printer to “print” each cookie in less than two minutes. Cookies are customized by sugar-craving users, who can choose from 12 cream filling flavors and cookie colors. The machine was created in partnership with MAYA Design. The SXSW Oreo lounge will also have a DJ, a milk bar and free WiFi.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/06/twitter-tailored-oreo-cookies-to-sweeten-sxsw/
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61	On Tech News Today: Desperately seeking Satoshi * Turkey may ban Facebook and YouTube * And the NSA has an advice columnist -- sounds like she's been giving bad advice!
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1	TITLE: Bitcoin Founder Found?, 958	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Jill Duffy

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3	It's Thursday, March 6, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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13	Hundreds of IBM factory workers have gone on strike in the Southern Chinese city of Shenzhen to protest the unit’s sale to China’s Lenovo.	http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjgwNjEzNjg0.html	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303369904579422812026801036?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303369904579422812026801036.html
14	Paul Mozur, a Reporter for the The Wall Street Journal, is joining us from Beijing. Q: Why are they striking, exactly? Q: Google recently announced its intention to sell most of the Motorola handset division to Lenovo. It’s widely believed that Lenovo is more interested in Motorola branding and carrier relationships than continuing the Moto X and other phone lines. Is that something workers here fear? That Lenovo isn’t serious about continuing to make IBM servers? Q: Why do so many Chinese workers strike when a foreign company is sold to a Chinese company?	Paul Mozur Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @paulmozur
15	* $2.3 billion deal for IBM's low-end server business. * Strike entered its fourth day Thursday. * In a statement IBM spokeswoman Harriet Ip said employees have a choice of remaining at the plant after Lenovo takes over under wages comparable to what they have been receiving or they can leave and receive an "equitable severance package." * Posts on Chinese social media say IBM wasn't offering sufficient severance for those who opt to leave, while those who want to stay worry wages will fall. * Workers have until March 12 to decide whether to resign or to stay and become Lenovo employees. * ($980) bonus for those who decide to leave before March 7. * Protests have occurred at foreign-run plants following large-scale mergers
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19	Investigative journalist Leah McGrath Goodman, along with forensic analysts Sharon Sergeant and Barbara Mathews, believe they have unmasked the creator of Bitcoin, known as Satoshi Nakamoto, in a special report in Newsweek. They claim Nakamoto is a 64-year old Japanese-American who lives with his mother. And, yes, his actual name is Satoshi Nakamoto.	http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html
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21	* Nakamoto: "I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it ... It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." * orth an estimated $400 million * Has six kids from two ex-wives * Temple City, California * He collects model trains * Has done work for the U.S. government as well as private contractors * He previously worked at Hughes Aircraft. * Now goes by "Dorian S. Nakamoto.”
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24	Getty Images are now free to use for bloggers. Getty has concluded that it can’t stop people from stealing its pictures and using them online. So instead, the company is enabling the free use of about 35 million pictures for what it calls “non-commercial” uses. Selected pictures have a new “embed” button that shows code, which bloggers and others can paste into their blogs or sites. The result is an image that’s still hosted on Getty, with Getty branding visible below the picture.	http://goo.gl/1pkOQo	http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-06/since-it-cant-sue-us-all-getty-images-embraces-embedded-photos
25	Joshua Benton is a journalist and writer. He’s also the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, which he founded in 2008. Joshua Benton Director, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard @jbenton Q: How does the process work, from, say, a blogger’s perspective Q: Why did Getty decide to allow free use of some of its pictures? Q: (If he didn’t already answer): How will they monetize this? Q: Free Getty images sounds great! But there are downsides, too, right? Q: Why would a blogger comfortable with stealing Getty pictures now use this system? Wouldn’t it be easier to just keep stealing?	Joshua Benton Director, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard @jbenton
26	* Selected picture have a new “embed” button that shows code, which bloggers and others can paste into their blogs or sites. * The result is an image that’s still hosted on Getty, with Getty branding visible below the picture. * Provides attribution; becomes an ad for Getty * Adds Twitter and Tumblr buttons to the bottom * Getty reserves the right to monetize -- could choose to put ads over pictures in future * Can’t resize * Getty announced Connect program in 2012, which was embeds for paying customers * Can’t be used in advertising but can be used in ad-supported sites * Getty has reputation for issuing DMCA takedown notices. * Reduces the number of people they have to sue
27	joshuabenton.com @jbenton
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29	Facebook announced restrictions what users can and cannot say about guns. The change in policy came after pressure from gun control groups. A Facebook blog post said the company would remove any posts that offer to sell illegal guns without background checks or across state lines, among other changes.	http://newsroom.fb.com/News/814/Facebook-Instagram-Announce-New-Educational-and-Enforcement-Measures-for-Commercial-Activity http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/exclusive-buying-a-gun-on-facebook-takes-15-minutes/	http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/05/how-activists-forced-facebooks-hand-on-gun-policy/
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31	* Facebook is one of the world’s largest marketplaces for guns * When users search for guns on its Instagram site, Facebook said it would display messages about gun laws. * Will rely on users to report posts and pages offering to sell guns * Changes will be implemented over the next few weeks * Six-week campaign by the advocacy groups Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America * VentureBeat reported that it arranged to buy a gun illegally on Facebook in 15 minutes * The Wall Street Journal reported assault-weapons parts and concealed-carry weapon holsters have been advertised to teens on Facebook.
32	VentureBeat.com @rbyrnereilly
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34	New Google Glass software from a startup called Emotient can read the emotions of people and inform the person wearing Glass. The San Diego announced $6 million in Series B funding this morning. The software is currently in beta, and so is Google Glass.	START VIDEO AT 1:28 http://youtu.be/9DmiqU8Cxjs?t=1m28s	http://gigaom.com/2014/03/06/with-6m-in-funding-emotient-enables-google-glass-to-see-emotions/
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36	* Emotient says the Google Glass beta software provides “Sentiment Analysis”: * The Emotient software processes facial expressions * Provides an aggregate emotional read-out, measuring overall sentiment (positive, negative or neutral); primary emotions (joy, surprise, sadness, fear, disgust, contempt and anger); and advanced emotions (frustration and confusion). * The auto industry is reportedly interested in the technology for gauging consumers’ reactions to new car features. * Teachers and restaurant owners may also benefit, according to the article in GigaOm.
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45	We told you yesterday about a ground-breaking deal between Dish Network and The Walt Disney Company that would enable Dish subscribers to get Disney content over the Internet to smartphones, tablets and PCs without paying for a separate cable subscription. Now, in an exclusive, Reuters is reporting that DirecTV is in talks with Disney for a similar arrangement. DirecTV is the No. 1 satellite operator with 20.3 million subscribers.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/06/us-directv-disney-idUSBREA242GU20140306
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48	LG released this morning a video ad spot called “The Most Human Phone Ever.” A better title would be: “The Most Disturbing Ad Ever.” In the spot, a man eating at a restaurant with a friend reaches into an LG Flex box, and when he pulls his hand out there’s an ear, a mouth and a beard growing on the hand, representing a bearded friend who’s on the phone. He proceeds to “talk to the hand,” after which he feeds his bearded hand a bit of food. And then it gets really disturbing when he gets a call from his girlfriend.	http://youtu.be/WohB8WDYCZ0
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1	TITLE: Flipboard Buys Zite, 957	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Dan Patterson

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3	It's Wednesday, March 5, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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12	CNN has sold Zite to Flipboard. The nine-year-old news reading app was a competitor to the larger Flipboard. As part of the deal, CNN will launch custom Flipboard magazines headed by CNN anchors, including Fareed Zakaria, Jake Tapper, and John King. The deal is valued at $60 million.	http://inside.flipboard.com/2014/03/05/flipboard-acquires-zite/	http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57619918-94/flipboard-buys-zite-from-cnn-to-quash-a-rival/ http://techland.time.com/2014/03/05/in-a-merger-of-personalized-magazines-flipboard-is-buying-zite/
13	Donna Tam Reporter, CNET @donnaYTam Q: This looks to me like a good deal for CNN. They made about 35 million bucks in three years, and sold into a wildly saturated market. Q: Do we know how many users Zite has? Q: Why would Flipboard make this acquisition? They already claim to be growing by 250,000 new readers each day. What technology does Zite have that Flipboard wants? Q: It’s unusual in such deals, but CEO Mark Johnson won’t be joining Flipboard. Why not?		3/24/2014
14	* Zite stands for Zeitgeist * But the space is crowded: Circa, Facebook’s Paper, * CNN acquired Zite 3 years ago for around $20 million * CNN content on Flipboard covering over 300 feeds. * Terms of the deal were not disclosed on the call but CNN is reporting its value as $60 million.
15	Donna Tam Reporter, CNET @donnaYTam Q: This looks to me like a good deal for CNN. They made about 40 million bucks in three years, and sold into a wildly saturated market. Q: Do we know how many users Zite has? Q: Why would Flipboard make this acquisition? They already claim to be growing by 250,000 new readers each day. What technology does Zite have that Flipboard wants? Q: It’s unusual in such deals, but CEO Mark Johnson won’t be joining Flipboard. Why not?
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20	Well, it’s finally happened. A company has been granted the rights to stream the equivalent of cable TV service over the Internet. In a ground-breaking deal between Dish Network and The Walt Disney Company, Dish will be allowed to stream Disney’s movies and channels to phones, tablets and other devices without the viewers needing a cable subscription. In exchange for those rights, Dish agree to delay its ad-skipping feature for three days after shows air.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-04/dish-takes-lead-in-race-to-offer-streaming-tv-to-rival-cable.html
21	Peter Kafka Senior Editor, Media Recode @pkafka Q: This deal is the first of its kind, right? Q: How big a role did Dish’s AutoHop play -- as a bargaining chip? Q: Why is the delay just 3 days? Is that for ratings or something? Q: Will this precedent make the world safe for other companies, like Apple, to make such deals?
22	* Several powerful companies, including Apple and Intel, have tried and failed to do this * The channels include ABC and ESPN, which is the most popular cable network. * Ad-skipping called AutoHop * Dismisses all litigation between the two companies * ESPN is by far the most popular cable network. * Such online service known as over-the-top, or OTT, because it runs over an Internet connection
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25	It seems that BlackBerry just can’t catch a break. First, BlackBerry users were hit yesterday by a six-hour service outage in Canada, where the company is based, and also the Asian-Pacific region. And in an unrelated report, some 94% of BlackBerry users traded in their BlackBerrys for a non-BlackBerry phone when given the chance by a T-Mobile promotion, according to an internal T-Mobile memo obtained by Cam Bunton at Tmo news.	http://www.tmonews.com/2014/03/94-of-blackberry-trade-ins-switched-to-other-platforms-during-promo/	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304585004579419263263924986?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304585004579419263263924986.html
26	Cam Bunton Managing Editor, Tmonews.com @TiP_Cam Q: So what was the T-Mobile offer to BlackBerry users, exactly? Q: T-Mobile said the promotion was successful -- I doubt BlackBerry feels that way. Do we know how many people trade in their BlackBerrys? Q: T-Mobile first promoted the offer as a way to trade to an iPhone. The $50 BlackBerry money sounds like an apology of sorts. Q: What does this tell us about the future of BlackBerry?
27	* In a recent interview with the Financial Times during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, BlackBerry's CEO John Chen said that recovery and restructuring strategies have a "50:50 chance" of success. * The trouble started when T-Mobile offered a $200 trade-in deal for BlackBerry owners. * T-Mobile even incentivized upgrading to a new BlackBerry by reducing the price a further $50. * But a leaked internal T-Mobile memo showed that 94 percent trade in their BlackBerry for a non-BlackBerry phone.
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30	Roku announced the Roku Streaming Stick yesterday. The TV dongle plugs into a TV’s HDMI port, but it’s about the size of a USB thumb drive, giving it most of the features of a full-size Roku box.	http://mms.businesswire.com/media/20140304006744/en/405939/5/New_Roku_Streaming_Stick.jpg	http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57619907-221/roku-streaming-stick-vs-google-chromecast-how-do-they-stack-up/
31	Will Greenwald Consumer Electronics Analyst, PCMag.com Q: So how is this different from their old Roku stick? Q: And how does this differ from Google’s Chromecast? Q: The device connects via HDMI. But it also connects to a PC via USB. What’s that for, power?
32	* Works with any TV that has an HDMI input * Half the price of the original, at just $50. * A Micro-USB port lets you power the device by connecting it to a USB port on TV (if it has one) * Similar to Google's $35 Chromecast * Comes with remote and onscreen interface * Remote works with Wi-Fi Direct * Access to all 1,200 of Roku's apps, or "channels" in Roku's parlance * Netflix, YouTube, HBO Go, Amazon Instant, MLB.TV, Showtime Anytime, and PBS -- as well as a huge number of niche content sources * Ships in April for $49.99
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35	Yahoo will stop letting you log in to using Facebook or Google. A Yahoo ID will be required, even for sites like Flickr and the company’s various sports-related sites.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/05/us-yahoo-login-idUSBREA2407820140305	http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/4/5472186/yahoo-will-block-google-and-facebook-accounts-from-accessing-its
36	Sean Hollister West Coast Editor at The Verge
37	* Reversing a strategy that Yahoo adopted in 2010 and 2011 under then CEO Carol Bartz. * The change to the Tourney Pick'Em began on Monday * The sign-in buttons for Facebook and Google will eventually be removed from all Yahoo properties, the Yahoo spokeswoman, though she declined to provide a timeframe.
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41	PC sales are still dropping. A new report from IDC says PC sales dropped by nearly 9 percent last year, and will decline another 6.1 percent this year. Although that may not surprise anyone, IDC predicted something surprising: They expect the smartphone market in China is expected to slow down next year to about 10 percent growth.	http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24700314	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/05/idc-china-smartphone-growth-to-slow/
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43	Over the past two years, smartphone shipments in China has nearly quadrupled Surprising because only 40% of chinese phone users have smartphones, according to IDC. * Most of the people who can comfortably afford smartphones have already bought them * Smartphones can cost as little as $50 in China. Still too much. * Higher quality PCs mean that consumers aren’t upgrading their machines as much as they used to * Smartphones and tablets have provided lower-cost alternatives for many users who don’t need overly powerful computing machines * The polarizing nature of Windows 8 has meant that many PC users are more than happy to stick with their Windows 7 computers. * Worst of all IDC says that PC sales in emerging markets aren’t likely to pick up anytime soon
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3	It's Tuesday, March 4, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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9	Our guest co-anchor today is David Spark, a tech journalist and founder of Spark Media Solutions, a brand journalism company.	David Spark, Spark Media Solutions @dspark
10	Covered the RSA conference for Ziff-Davis.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt956/all
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13	Apple CFO and senior vice president Peter Oppenheimer will retire at the end of September after 18 years with the company. He’ll be replaced by Luca Maestri, who is currently Apple's vice president of finance and corporate controller.	START VIDEO AT 4:13: http://youtu.be/xEm2fO1nz5A?t=4m13s	http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140304005632/en/Apple%E2%80%99s-Peter-Oppenheimer-Retire-September#.UxXXdeddV5q
14	Steve Kovach is a Senior tech editor at Business Insider Q: What kind of CFO was Peter Oppenheimer? Q: Luca Maestri joined Apple in 2013 after 25 years of experience. He was the CFO for the Nokia Siemens Network and Xerox. Sounds like working for a consumer electronics company is new to Maestri -- what sort of challenges does he face?	Steve Kovach Senior tech editor, Business Insider @stevekovach
15	* Oppenheimer CFO for 10 years. * Luca Maestri who is currently Apple's vice president of finance and corporate controller. * Oppenheimer is best known to followers of Apple as the primary voice on Apple's earning calls * Reporting to Apple CEO, Tim Cook. * PR = “Peter has served as our CFO for the past decade as Apple’s annual revenue grew from $8 billion to $171 billion and our global footprint expanded dramatically. * Peter Oppenheimer = “I love Apple and the people I have had the privilege to work with and after 18 years here, it is time for me to take time for myself and my family.” Travel. Pilot’s license.
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19	Facebook is in talks to acquire a drone maker called Titan Aerospace. The company makes drones that can fly on solar power for five years without landing. Facebook wants to build 11,000 of the drones to bring Internet connectivity to parts of the world that do not have it, according to an article in TechCrunch, which broke the story. The price of the acquisition is said to be $60 million.	START VIDEO AT 1:25 http://youtu.be/F2oJZU06Rws?t=1m25s	http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/03/facebook-in-talks-to-acquire-drone-maker-titan-aerospace/
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21	* Specifically interested in the “Solara 60″ model * Drones are “atmospheric satellites” but cheaper and more versatile. * Solara 50 and 60 models can be launched at night using power from internal battery packs, then when the sun rises, they can store enough energy to reach 12 miles above sea level where they can remain for five years without needing to land or refuel. * Internet.org * Titan Aerospace = privately held venture with R&D in New Mexico * U.S. Class A airspace ends at 60,000 feet stateside, and above that the U.S. doesn’t regulate. That means the only issue = initial climb. In other parts of the world laws vary. But in the developing markets Internet.org is focused on, it’s likely they’re not as far along in regulating such new technology * The Internet.org project competes with Google’s own R&D effort called “Project Loon”
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24	Sony announced today that its PlayStation 4 console has sold more than 6 million units worldwide.	http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/04/sony-announces-playstation-4-sales-are-6-million-and-counting/	http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/177788-ps4-hits-6-million-consoles-sold-13-7-million-games-xbox-one-still-only-around-4-million http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/03/04/eager-japanese-push-playstation-4-sales-above-6-million/
25	Sebastian Anthony Senior Editor at Ziff Q: What does this number represent? Is it sold to consumers or to stores? Q: How is Sony doing on the sale of actual games and PS Plus memberships? Q: Is price a factor here? Do people buy PS 4 because it’s cheaper than Xbox One?	Sebastian Anthony Senior Editor at Ziff Davis @mrseb
26	* In January, Microsoft said it shipped — not sold — 3.9 million Xbox One devices worldwide following its Nov. 29 launch. * Sony’s lead is also apparent in the U.S. Though Microsoft claimed victory for U.S. console sales in December, PS4 sales were nearly double that of the Xbox One in January. * PS4 is $100 cheaper than the Xbox One * Sales in Japan of 370,000 units since its Japan debut on Feb. 22.
27	extremetech.com * @mrseb
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29	The US Justice Department is siding with TV broadcasters and against Aereo. In a Supreme Court filing yesterday, the Justice Department said Aereo steps on TV copyrights, and asked the court to overturn a lower-court ruling that found Aereo to be legal. Aereo uses tiny antennas -- one per customer -- to capture TV from the airwaves and stream it to viewers over the Internet. Aereo says they’re merely renting TV antennas. TV broadcasters and now the Justice Department say they’re selling content without paying the content creators or distributors.	http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/dsc_0191.jpg http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CN/20140108/TECHNOLOGY/140109903/AR/0/Chet-Kanojia.jpg	http://recode.net/2014/03/03/justice-department-backs-broadcasters-in-aereo-dispute/
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31	* Subscribers pay up to $12 a month for the service, which allows them to record shows remotely and store them online for playback on laptops and mobile devices. * Last week, the big four networks warned that an Aereo victory in the case would essentially destroy the broadcast industry’s business model * Aereo’s service just launched in Austin, Texas, and is now available in 10 metro areas. * The company has plans to expand to more than a dozen more areas soon.
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34	Twitter accidentally sent an email to many users today telling them their Twitter passwords had been reset. It all started Monday evening when Twitter locked some users out of their accounts. They then sent an email to those users saying “Twitter believes that your account may have been compromised by a website or service not associated with Twitter. We've reset your password to prevent accessing your account." Except there were no hackers. Just an internal code error.	http://recode.net/2014/03/03/twitter-snafu-triggers-mass-reset-of-user-passwords/
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36	* The problem affected "far less" than 1 percent of Twitter users
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39	Microsoft today launched Skype for Outlook.com worldwide. Plus, Microsoft added a few new features and a bug fix.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/microsoft-skype-for-outlook-launch/
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41	* Service that was previously only available to a select few countries. * today’s release also now supports HD video calling for PC users * April = UK only * August = US, the UK, Germany, France, Canada, and Brazil * Skype for Outlook.com lets you connect with your Skype friends right from your Outlook.com inbox. * Once a user links their Outlook.com account with Skype, they are prompted to install a plugin which enables the integration.
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46	Kenny White called and left a voicemail about our story yesterday that Pizza Hut is testing restaurant tables with touch-screens for ordering pizza. Kenny points out that these are great, unless people are visually impaired. He says that accessibility is far too often overlooked in the creation of new interfaces.
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49	Today is Fat Tuesday, otherwise known as Mardi Gras. In New Orleans, revelers will be guzzling booze and hunting for a place to relieve themselves. Fortunately, help is on the way. A new company models itself after the AirBnB apartment-finding service is helping people find a place to go to the bathroom during Mardi Gras. The going rate is between a dollar and three dollars per “session.” And the name of this toilet-sharing service? What else? Air PnP!	https://airpnp.co/
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1	TITLE: Xbox Live Goes Cross Platform, 955	GUEST CO-ANCHOR:

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3	It's Monday, March 3, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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9	Our guest co-anchor today is Jason Hiner, Global Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and Global Long Form Editor of ZDNet for CBS Interactive.	Jason Hiner Global Editor, TechRepublic @jasonhiner
10	Jasons... did you watch the Oscars? Oscar host Ellen Degeneres pulled together a pack of celebrities for what she said would be the most-tweeted selfie ever, and it was, breaking both the previous record held by president Obama and also Twitter, which crashed. At show time this morning Ellen’s retweet count approached 3 million. Samsung was a major advertiser for the show, and Ellen appeared to be use a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on stage during the show in what appeared to be a paid product placement. Backstage, the photo tweets and selfies continued, but with an iPhone, according to a detailed analysis by Search Engine expert and journalist Danny Sullivan.	http://marketingland.com/ellen-oscars-samsung-iphone-75651	http://bridgeurl.com/tnt955/all
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12	We reported last month that Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update will include Cortana, a virtual assistant comparable to Apple’s Siri and Google Now. The Verge’s Tom Warren has dug up new information about how Cortana looks and functions.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/3/5465264/microsoft-cortana-windows-phone-screenshots
13	Tom Warren Senior Reporter, The Verge. @tomwarren Q: So what have you learned from your sources about how Cortana will work? Q: You wrote that Cortana will work like Google Now, and harvest contextual information from email. Will it work as a feature of Outlook? Q: Cortana is named after a Halo game character. Is this the codename or the actual name?	Tom Warren Senior Reporter, The Verge. @tomwarren
14	* debut next month at the company’s Build developer conference? * Will call you by your nickname * Notebook * Track flights in email
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17	Microsoft is planning to make Xbox Live cross-platform. Tom’s sources say Microsoft is building a platform to extend Xbox Live functionality to iOS and Android games.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/3/5465250/xbox-live-android-ios-cross-platform-games
18	Q: Some of this information comes from Job postings, right Q: Why would Microsoft do this? Q: On what consoles or devices would users play iOS and Android games from Xbox Live?
19	* JOB POSTING = "We will create a modern framework that is open-source, lightweight, extensible and scalable across various platforms including Windows Store, Windows Phone, iOS, and Android”
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24	Microsoft is still reshuffling executives after the promotion of Satya Nadella as CEO. BizDev VP Tony Bates and marketing chief Tami Reller are leaving Microsoft. These departures are expected to be officially announced tomorrow. Executive VP for advanced strategy, Eric Rudder, will replace Bates. Marketing exec Chris Capossela will replace Reller. Mark Penn, a former political aide to the Clinton family and the architect of Microsoft’s negative Scroogled campaign, is becoming Microsoft’s chief strategy officer.	http://www.businessinsider.com/shakeup-at-the-top-of-microsoft-2014-3	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-03/microsoft-s-nadella-said-to-shake-up-staff-with-penn-appointment.html
25	Steve Kovach is a Senior tech editor, Business Insider. Q: Tony Bates is a popular guy both inside and outside of Microsoft. He was apparently a leading internal candidate for the CEO job, and now he might possibly be headed to GoPro. Q: Are you surprised that Mark Penn is staying? His Scroogled campaign was Washington D.C. style negative advertising that was slammed in the press for being both negative and misleading. Q: Does this mean we can expect more Scroogled-style negative campaigns from Microsoft? Q: What does all the reshuffling since Nadella started as CEO say about the new Microsoft?	Steve Kovach Senior tech editor, Business Insider @stevekovach
26	* Tony Bates was passed over for the CEO job
27	businessinsider.com * @stevekovach
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29	Apple has retired the awkward “iOS in the Car” branding in favor of CarPlay. The new name and more details were rolled out over the weekend in an Apple press release. CarPlay is a dashboard screen and system that enables an iPhone connected via a Lighting cable to be interacted with through the screens, buttons, microphones and speakers built into the car.	http://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/	http://9to5mac.com/2014/03/03/apple-rebrands-ios-in-the-car-as-carplay-compatible-vehicles-launching-later-this-year/
30	9to5Mac blogger Benjamin Mayo Q: What information did we learn in Apple’s release that we didn’t already know? Q: Which cars will get CarPlay support first? Q: Apple said “select” third-party music apps would be supported, right? Q: What about podcasting? Q: Why would they require a Lightning cable and not use Bluetooth?	Benjamin Mayo Blogger, 9to5Mac @BenjaminZAMayo
31	* Google maps will reportedly not be supported * Google * Siri is main interface * Ferrari, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, and Volvo later this year * After that: BMW, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Hanguar, Kia, Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota. * First announced as iOS in the Car at WWDC last year * Apple launched new CarPlay web section * Spotify and iHeart Radio, Beats Radio and Stitcher * Supported = Apple’s Podcasts app * GOOGLE TOO: Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz posted a job ad for an engineer to implement "Google Projected Mode" in cars
32	9to5mac.com * @BenjaminZAMayo
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34	Police in Florida were caught by the American Civil Liberties Union of using a cell phone tracking device 200 times without a warrant. The tracker is called a “stingray,” and it works by simulating a cell tower to trick phones into revealing their locations. Police said it was OK to bypass the law, however. Why? Because they signed a nondisclosure agreement with the company that makes the tracker!	http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/stingray-1-and-2-high-res.jpg https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/police-hide-use-cell-phone-tracker-courts-because
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36	* The shocking revelation, uncovered by the American Civil Liberties Union, came during an appeal over a 2008 sexual battery case in Tallahassee in which the suspect also stole the victim’s cell phone. * The stingray — which simulates a cell phone tower in order to trick nearby mobile devices into connecting to it and revealing their location — police were able to track him to an apartment. * A stingray made by the Florida-based Harris Corporation.” * The ACLU now suspects these police departments may have all signed non-disclosure agreements with the vendor and used the agreement to avoid disclosing their use of the equipment to courts. * Stingray also called an IMSI catcher * Harris device branded also as The Stingray * It can see and record their unique ID numbers and traffic data, as well as information that points to the device’s location. * The truth came out only after Thomas appealed his conviction, asserting that the police violated his Fourth Amendment right in seizing evidence. * Harris Stingray was priced at $75,000 for the basic device, plus an additional $22,000 – $5,000 for various software packages for use with it. But the police in Florida appear to have obtained the devices for free or on lease from the maker.
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66	Ian Pottinger from Vancouver writes: Hello Mike, Jason and Natali: On Tech News Today, Episode 953 you discussed Google's Project Ara modular cell phone as a mobile market disruptor. Must it be only a cell phone? Talk of a Wi-Fi only version implies that the cellular nature of Project Ara is not a given. Google or some enterprising third party could create alternative communication modules, an ethernet port, radio transmitter, or infrared blaster. Project Ara need not be confined to the phone market. It has the potential to branch out as an affordable, easily customized, yet powerful, mini "brain" for gadgets, toys, appliances, and heavy equipment big and small. Leave in the cellular antenna and devices like Project Ara could play a significant role in making possible the "Internet of things". Built on on top of Android, Ara controlled devices could gain new capabilities with the simple installation of an App. These features could be subscription based or pay-per-use. A singing Teddy Bear can learn a new song for 99¢.
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72	Pizza Hut is working with an Austin Texas-based outfit called Chaotic Moon Studios to turn tables into interactive touch displays for ordering pizza. The system lets you build a virtual pizza from the crust, though the sauce and also choose from various toppings. Once you’re done, you can send it off to the kitchen in the form of an order. Chaotic Moon also makes Pizza Hut’s mobile apps.	http://youtu.be/xvT0MCugb58
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1	TITLE: GCHQ Is Watching You, 953	GUEST:

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3	It's Thursday, February 27, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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7	Tech News Today explores the most important stories of the day in conversation with the world's leading journalists.
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12	The UK version of the NSA, which is called GCHQ, collected pictures from the Yahoo webcam chats of millions of users worldwide, according to a story in the Guardian newspaper today. Code-named “Optic Nerve,’ the capturing of pictures took place between 2008 and 2010 and involved many people not suspected of crimes. The GCHQ says their program was legal.	http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo	http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/02/spy-agency-intercepts-yahoo-webcam-chats-nudes-and-all/
13	Jon Brodkin is a reporter for Ars Technica. Q: How did Optic Nerve work exactly: How did they collect pictures? Q: The GCHQ says this was legal. Is that correct? Q: Why did they collect these pictures? Q: What was the NSA’s involvement?	Jon Brodkin Reporter, Ars Technica
14	* With help from the NSA * Captured “substantial quantities of sexually explicit communications,” according to the paper * One document delicately put it: "Unfortunately … it would appear that a surprising number of people use webcam conversations to show intimate parts of their body to the other person. Also, the fact that the Yahoo software allows more than one person to view a webcam stream without necessarily sending a reciprocal stream means that it appears sometimes to be used for broadcasting pornography." The document estimates that between 3% and 11% of the Yahoo webcam imagery harvested by GCHQ contains "undesirable nudity" -- no numbers on “desirable nudity.” * Yahoo claimed ignorance, calling it “a whole new level of violation of our users' privacy" * Documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden * Pictures were used for experiments in automated facial recognition, to monitor GCHQ's existing targets, and to discover new targets of interest. * Program saved one image every five minutes from the users' feeds * The agency did make efforts to limit analysts' ability to see webcam images, restricting bulk searches to metadata only. * Analysts were shown the faces of people with similar usernames to surveillance targets * Optic Nerve was based on collecting information from GCHQ's huge network of internet cable taps, which was then processed and fed into systems provided by the NSA. * Webcam information was fed into NSA's XKeyscore search tool, and NSA research was used to build the tool which identified Yahoo's webcam traffic. * Largely anonymous user IDs, are unable to filter out information from UK or US citizens. * Unlike the NSA, GCHQ is not required by UK law to "minimize", or remove, domestic citizens' information from its databases. * Yahoo: "We were not aware of, nor would we condone, this reported activity," said a spokeswoman. "This report, if true, represents a whole new level of violation of our users' privacy that is completely unacceptable, and we strongly call on the world's governments to reform surveillance law consistent with the principles we outlined in December.
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19	Boeing -- yeah, the company that makes jets and drones -- really is getting into the smartphone racket. Confirming two-year-old rumors, Boeing is building a super secure Android phone for American spies and government agencies called the Boeing Black. We learned about this the same way we learn about many secret smartphones: documents filed with the FCC.	http://im.ft-static.com/content/images/995bed58-0da2-410f-b42a-1386fc0f9ac6.img http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2014/02/boeing-black-specs.jpg	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303801304579407410484115536
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21	* Embedded hardware and software security solutions, operating system policy controls, and compatibility with leading mobile device management systems. * A letter accompanying the filing: “The device will be marketed and sold in a manner such that low level technical and operational information about the product will not be provided to the general public. Detailed technical information distributed at trade shows will be limited or protected by non-disclosure agreements.” * Letter: “There are no serviceable parts on Boeing’s Black phone and any attempted servicing or replacing of parts would destroy the product. The Boeing Black phone is manufactured as a sealed device both with epoxy around the casing and with screws, the heads of which are covered with tamper proof covering to identify attempted disassembly.” * “Any attempt to break open the casing of the device would trigger functions that would delete the data and software contained within the device and make the device inoperable.” * Modular construction of the phone's 5.2-inch-tall body would allow users to attach devices that add such features as advanced location tracking, solar charging, satellite transceivers and biometric sensors. * 50% heavier than iPhone and twice as thick.
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24	Google announced yesterday that it will host three conferences on its Project Ara phone. Now, conferences themselves aren’t interesting. But this news tells us that Google is actually serious about turning the phone concept into a real phone you can buy.	http://techland.time.com/2014/02/26/google-project-ara-modular-smartphone/
25	Harry McCracken wrote an extensive feature on the Ara project, which was published yesterday. He’s here to tell us all about it. Q: Harry, what is Project Ara? Q: When we heard about this in October, it seemed pretty unlikely and the idea was slammed in the press. Were you surprised to learn that they’re serious about bringing this to market? Q: This project is big on 3D printing, isn’t it? Q: They’re hoping the first Ara smartphone is really inexpensive, right? Q: You pointed out in your article that modular phones were tried in the past, including the Handspring Visor and the Modu. How is Ara different? Q: What is Phonebloks? Q: Phones with modules seems very inefficient, and counter to the trend in phone design to make phones small, thin and light, with electronics packed tightly together.	Harry McCracken Editor at Large, TIME
26	* Conference will focus on the alpha release of the Ara Module Developers’ Kit * Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP) from Motorola * Headed by Regina Dugan, the former director of the U.S. Defense Department’s fabled Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) * Three sizes of phone: mini (rather basic), medium (mainstream) and jumbo (an oversized, phablet-style variant) -- determined by the “endoskeleton” or “endo”
27	TIME.com * @harrymccracken
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29	Google launched a new online education tool called Oppia today. It’s an open source project that enables anyone to create interactive learning activities called “explorations.” They can be put together collaboratively by people who have zero programming experience, then embedded into any web page.	http://youtu.be/A9OnENhRah8	http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/02/27/google-debuts-online-education-tool-oppia-help-anyone-create-interactive-activities-teaching-others
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31	* Uses a question-and-response interface. * A “mentor” ask questions, based on the response to the previous question. * Gathers data on how learners interact with it and offers it to exploration authors so they can fix shortcomings in an exploration. * Personalized, customizable feedback after submitting answers * Online analytics dashboard that allows explorations to be improved easily over time * Working on a UI for mobile devices
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34	Some big stories came out of Mobile World Congress this week. But shows like this also bring to the surface some weird and ill-advised new products.	http://www.iphoneeinstein.com/2014/02/27/5-offbeat-finds-from-mobile-world-congress-a-beer-brewing-app-super-secure-phone-and-more/
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36	* BrewBot This year’s MWC must be the first to boast its very own beer (above) brewed by Belfast’s BrewBot. Started by a group of iOS designers and developers, BrewBot is a semi-automated brewing kit controlled by a mobile phone app which tracks the entire two-week brewing process with temperature and flow sensors. * Blackphone The Blackphone is a privacy-oriented smartphone for non-boffins which is a joint venture between security company Silent Circle (whose founder is Phil Zimmerman, the inventor of PGP) and Spanish smartphone makers Geeksphone. * Oral-B’s Interactive Toothbrush Continuing the invasion of interactivity into everyday objects, Oral-B’s SmartSeries 7000 toothbrush provides real-time guidance while you brush, records brushing activity and can spam your dentist with reports of your bad brushing technique. It’s the first ever toothbrush to debut at Mobile World Congress. [We also saw a smart toothbrush from Kolibree at CES.] * Fujitsu’s AR Repair Kit Fujitsu-gloveFujitsu often supplies some of the more enjoyably wacky demos at Mobile World Congress. This year’s crocodile-stroking haptics demo was no exception. However, the company also showed an impressive system for industrial workers featuring Augmented Reality (AR) and a gesture-detecting glove. * 2014-App-AdvtGaneshaSpeaks The alphabet of mobile content in India starts with A for Astrology, B for Bollywood, C for Cricket and D for Devotional. GaneshaSpeaks is the most popular astrology service in India with 10 million monthly users, half of whom access it via mobile. The company also employs 500 full-time astrologers to the create paid, personalized readings ordered by 8-10% of users. A personalized reading costs between $10 and $300.
37	Ciarabyrne.com * @deciara
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61	TNT fan Luigi Claudio emailed us to give his thoughts about Samsung’s Mobile World Congress announcements. He wrote: “As a UX designer with a background in industrial design I'm very impressed by the process of product design and release that Samsung has undertaken with this product. I'm also impressed by how a company as big as Samsung has just released an update to their first version of the Galaxy Gear smartwatch after only 6 months, if not less. He says he believes the “swift product cycle iteration and release would have not been possible if one of the requirements had been the compatibility with Android phones that are not engineered and built by Samsung.” He also says he loves the show, and that “Natalie as a co-anchor is awesome.” * * * Sean Whitehurst also supported Samsung’s decision to support only Samsung phones with their smartwatch line, writing: Why is there all the dislike for Samsung making devices that only pair with their own devices? Isn't it Samsung's best interest to get everyone into the Samsung world and use their app store so they can make money?
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67	You may have heard about IBM’s Cognitive computers, which are designed to develop creative computers that can think like humans do. One of their projects is a computer that can create new kinds of food recipes. They’re mostly mashups of existing foods -- chocolate burritos, Turkish bru-SKATE-ta and so on. Well soon you might get a chance to taste some of the computer’s creations. IBM has partnered with the Institute of Culinary Education to take an IBM Food Truck on a tour across the United States. The truck’s next stop: Austin, Texas, for the South By South West festival, which begins March 3.	http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/cognitivecooking/truck.html	http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/26/5451874/ibm-food-truck-uses-cognitive-computing-to-make-weird-food
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3	It's Wednesday, February 26, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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7	Tech News Today explores the most important stories of the day in conversation with the world's leading journalists.
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9	Our guest co-anchor this week is Natali Morris, a contributor to The TODAY Show, CNBC, The Queen Latifah Show and a former anchor for CNET TV. She's also the co-founder of ReadQuick, a speed reading app for iOS.	Natali Morris NataliMorris.com @natalimorris
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12	The US House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday that legalizes the unlocking of phones for customers who ware switching carriers. But only for individuals. At the last minute, the bill was changed to keep a ban on bulk unlocking.	http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/02/house-passes-watered-down-phone-unlocking-bill-that-bans-bulk-resale/	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-usa-cellphones-congress-idUSBREA1P00W20140226 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/02/wrong-tool-job-cell-phone-unlocking-bill-fixes-wrong-problem-and-creates-new-ones	http://gigaom.com/2014/02/25/house-passes-bill-to-let-you-unlock-your-phone-but-theres-a-catch/
13	Jeff John Roberts writes for GigaOM on legal issues related to the digital economy.	Jeff John Roberts Writer, GigaOm * @jeffjohnroberts
14	Q: Unlocking advocates were supporting this bill until it was changed at the last minute. Who changed it and why? Q: Why do they think “bulk unlocking” is so important? * "Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act" * Bill repeals a Library of Congress decision that made unlocking phones a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) anti-circumvention provision. * The late section banning "bulk" unlocking made all its supporters turn on the bill: - Public Knowledge - The Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF wrote that "Bulk unlockers acquire phones from a variety of sources, unlock them, and then resell them. By expressly excluding them, this new legislation sends two dangerous signals: (1) that Congress is OK with using copyright as an excuse to inhibit certain business models, even if the business isn’t actually infringing anyone’s copyright; and (2) that Congress still doesn’t understand the collateral damage Section 1201 [of the DMCA] is causing. For example, bulk unlocking not only benefits consumers, it's good for the environment—unlocking allows re-use, and that means less electronic waste." * The bill passed 295-114 with 200 Republicans voting in favor and Democrats split 95-94. The bill will head on to the Senate for consideration there. * The EFF said another House bill, the Unlocking Technology Act, is better because it "would limit violations of section 1201 to actual cases of copyright infringement."
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19	A security company said yesterday that it discovered a hoard of stolen credentials from about 360 million user accounts being sold on online black markets.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/25/us-cybercrime-databreach-idUSBREA1O20S20140225
20	The find, by Hold Security, was first reported by Jim Finkle of the Reuters news agency who is with us this morning to tell us what happened.	Jim Finkle Reporter, Reuters @techwriterjim
21	Q: Jim, do we know where this data was stolen from? Q: Is this data from hacks that we know about, such as the Target breech, or are they from events that haven’t been covered yet by the press. Q: What kind of data is in there? Q: What are these online black markets?
22	reuters.com * @techwriterjim
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24	Motorola didn’t unveil anything at Mobile World Congress. But in a press conference yesterday, they revealed some of their plans for this year.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/this-leaked-motorola-smartwatch-prototype-could-have-been-the-google-watch/	http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-57619514-78/motorola-wants-in-on-the-smartwatch-game-too-and-soon/
25	Devindra Hardawar is Senior Editor and lead mobile writer for VentureBeat.	Devindra Hardawar Senior Editor, lead mobile writer, VentureBeat @Devindra
26	Q: What did Motorola tell us about their plans for the Moto X this year? Q: They also said they’d come out with a smartwatch this year. What did we learn? Q: I noticed that they hinted at wearables coming this year, as in plural. Yes, they specified a watch, but what else do you think they’re working on? * Wearables (plural) coming this year * Smartwatch coming this year (company already sells MOTOACTV line) * Smartwatch won’t run Tizen ; ) * Motorola still a Google company * Press conference headed by Motorola V.P. Rick Osterloh * Moto Maker coming in Q2 to Europe and Mexico starting with the UK * Moto X coming to Australia and India soon * Google also reportedly working on a smartwatch with LG. * Blog Android Police posted pictures of what they claim is a Motorola-branded smartwatch * No idea if the picture is fake or whether it represents a product in development
27	venturebeat.com @ @Devindra
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29	Out of the box, Google Glass isn’t much of an augmented reality device. That would require a Glassware app that can recognize objects and tell you about them in real time. A startup called Blippar has created such an app, and they unveiled it today.	http://www.fastcompany.com/3026945/fast-feed/blippars-google-glass-app-makes-everyday-objects-interactive
30	Alice Truong is Fast Company's West Coast correspondent and a contributor to USA Today, and she’s here to tell us about Blippar.	Alice Truong West Coast Correspondent, Fast Company @alicetruong
31	Q: So what is Blippar and how does it work? Q: This already exists as a phone and tablet app, right? Q: I understand Blippar also recognizes hand gestures. Is that right? Q: There seems to be a marketing component. For example, Pepsi is using the platform. How are they using this?
32	alicetruong.com * @alicetruong
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34	President Barack Obama has four options for fixing the National Security Agency phone surveillance mess, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. The president asked intelligence agencies and the attorney general to present options to him for how to bring more oversight to the NSA's phone surveillance program. The deadline was in March, but they presented those options ahead of schedule.	http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303880604579405640624409748-lMyQjAxMTA0MDIwNTEyNDUyWj
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36	1. White house lawyers say he can scrap the program altogether 2. He can order phone meta-data to be stored by the phone companies. Do not want. 3. He can move it to another government agency (say, the FBI) 4. Move it to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Do not want. * In the options that involve moving the data, the NSA would have to get a court order to access them. * Obama January 17 asked U.S. intelligence agencies and the attorney general to report by March 28 on alternatives for revamping the program in a way that would take it out of the NSA's hands. * The Office of Director of National Intelligence and the Justice Department have provided the options ahead of schedule * Currently: NSA collects millions of U.S. phone records from AT&T, Verizon and Sprint * Telecommunications companies don’t want to store it * The phone-company option is also opposed by the chairman of the House intelligence committee, Rep. Mike Rogers (R., Mich.)
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41	One of China’s major copycat companies, called Goophone, is already promoting a rip-off counterfeit of the Galaxy S5, just two days after Samsung itself unveiled the product. They stole the model name too. Their phone is called the Goophone S5. It has mediocre spects and a low price -- just $300.	http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/26/goophone-s5-galaxy-knock-off/
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50	On Tech News Today: Congress moves to legalize phone unlocking... sort of. * The personal data for 360 million people is now for sale online * And Motorola reveals their plans for phones and smartwatches.
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1	TITLE: Is Glass a Killer Device?, 951	GUEST:

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3	It's Tuesday, February 25, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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9	Our guest co-anchor this week is Natali Morris, a contributor to The TODAY Show, CNBC, The Queen Latifah Show and she's a former anchor for CNET TV. She's also the co-founder of ReadQuick, a speed reading app for iOS.	Natali Morris NataliMorris.com, @natalimorris
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12	Mobile World Congress is well into Day Two. So far, we’ve seen a few rumors confirmed and a few surprises.	http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-57619398-78/what-mattered-at-mobile-world-congress-day-1-samsungs-hero-phone-nokia-goes-android-blackphone-flouts-the-nsa/
13	Kevin Tofel is the mobile editor at GigaOM.com.	Kevin Tofel Mobile Editor, GigaOM.com * @KevinCTofel
14	* Nokia launched three Android-based Nokia X phones for emerging markets, which run a variety of Nokia and Microsoft apps and services. * Samsung launched its finger-print secured, water-resistant Galaxy S5 phone, which is the company’s new flagship, as well as three new smartwatches. * Sony also launched some waterproof devices, including their Z2 phone and tablet. China made a good showing this year, too. 4K video capture. Trotted out SmartBand fitness smartwatch. * Huawei announced a MediaPad X1 tablet. * Silent Circle and Geeksphone’s Blackphone * HTC Desire 816. Looks like HTC One. 13-megapixel resolution camera * Zuckerberg on Internet.org
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18	Google is working hard to make the world safe for Google Glass. The company is lobbying state officials to stop them from banning Google Glass behind the wheel. All this raises the question: Is driving while wearing Google Glass dangerous?	http://gigaom.com/2014/02/25/driving-with-google-glass-road-hazard-or-a-smooth-ride/ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/25/us-google-glass-lobbying-idUSBREA1O0P920140225	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/25/us-google-glass-lobbying-idUSBREA1O0P920140225
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20	Q: Well, Kevin. I’ll put it to you: Is driving with Google Glass dangerous? Q: There’s also the possibility that Glass makes driving safer Q: What about other smart glasses? Q: What should lawmakers do? * At least 3 states being lobbied: Illinois, Delaware and Missouri * 8 states thinking about google glass regulation * Cecilia Abadie cleared in San Diego - no proof the device was operating * Lobbyists include former Obama administration official John Borovicka * Delaware state Rep. Joseph Miro was one of the primary sponsors of a bill that banned texting while driving, and he also introduced legislation targeting Google Glass. * So far, no states have passed Google Glass restrictions.
21	GigaOM.com * @KevinCTofel
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25	Bitcoin is under attack. The bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, which is based in Japan, is offline after it reportedly experience a theft of all its bitcoins. The site issued a statement a couple hours ago that say they’ve decided to quote: “close all transactions for the time being in order to protect the site and our users.” And separately a virus called Pony is stealing bitcoins. The security firm Trustwave said the Pony botnet has nabbed about 85 virtual bitcoin wallets, and also those from other digital currencies.	http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/25/mt-gox-bitcoin-exchange-offline/	http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/25/bitcoin-exchange-mtgox-offline-amid-rumours-of-theft http://recode.net/2014/02/24/the-mt-gox-bitcoin-exchange-has-disappeared/ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/24/us-bitcoin-security-idUSBREA1N1JO20140224
26	Richi Jennings is an indepdendent writer and analyst specializing in security who writes for Computerworld.com and other publications.	Richi Jennings Writer, Analyst @RiCHi
27	* Mt Gox used to be the biggest exchange * Rumors that it may declare bankruptcy * The site MtGox.com returns a blank page * On Sunday, Mt Gox chief Mark Karpeles resigned from board of Bitcoin Foundation * Don’t know who’s running the Pony group * Pony is still going * Virtual wallets is how people can store their bitcoins * This is at least the third type of fraud to surface involving digital currencies. Criminals have previously hacked into marketplaces where digital currencies are traded by exploiting security flaws in those sites, then stealing those currencies, according to Trustwave.
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30	LinkedIn is trying to become the first major US social network to launch a Chinese-language version.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/02/24/linkedin-expands-in-china-with-new-website/
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32	* LinkedIn said it hopes the site will attract 140 million professionals * That would double numbers * LinkedIn has 4 million users in China, through an English-language website and a Chinese-language mobile app. * LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner * Weiner: “We’re expecting there will be requests to filter content,” he said. “We are strongly in support of freedom of expression and we are opposed to censorship,” he said, but “that’s going to be necessary for us to achieve the kind of scale that we’d like to be able to deliver to our membership.” * Google moved its servers out of mainland China and into to Hong Kong because of concerns about censorship and cyberattacks. * YouTube is banned in China, and Gmail can only be used in limited form. * Facebook’s main social network is not accessible in China, though its Instagram service is available there. *Microsoft operates its search engine there and censors results as requested by the Chinese government.
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37	Television broadcasters told the Supreme Court today in a court filing that Aereo quote: “threatens the very existence of broadcast television we know it.” Aereo is a New York City based company that enables customers to watch live and time-shifted TV by renting each one of them a tiny antenna from which the video is streamed.	http://goo.gl/B0bYFY	http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140224-712981.html
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39	* The antennas are centralized and housed in what looks like data centers. * The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments April 22. * American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo * Broadcasters say Aereo is stealing content * Aereo says they’re just helping people legally watch over-the-air TV
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49	On Tech News Today: Killer Phones and Smartwatches Unveiled At Mobile World Congress * Google Lobbies to Keep Google Glass Legal * And Bitcoin is Under Attack!
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1	TITLE: Mobile World Congress Kicks Off, 950	GUEST: Natali Morris

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9	Our guest co-anchor today is Natali Morris, a contributor to The TODAY Show, CNBC and The Queen Latifah Show. She's also the co-founder of ReadQuick, a speed reading app for iOS, and a former anchor for CNET TV.	Natali Morris NataliMorris.com, @natalimorris
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12	It’s after 7pm in Barcelona, Spain, where Mobile World Congress is winding down Day One. Nokia rolled out three Android phones this morning called the Nokia X, Nokia X+ and the Nokia XL. Sony announced a new Xperia Z2 Android waterproof smartphone, which has a 5.2-inch screen and the ability to capture image-stabilized 4K video with its 20.7 megapixel camera. Sony also announced its Xperia Z2 tablet, which the company claims is the world’s thinnest and lightest tablet. China’s Huawei unveiled a wearable wristband device called the TalkBand B1, which has a pop-out earpiece for making calls via Bluetooth. These are just a few of the many announcements that have already taken place at the event.	http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-57619336-78/what-mattered-at-mobile-world-congress-day-zero-samsung-gear-firefox-phones-fierce-convertible-competition/
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14	Q: What do you think have been the most interesting Mobile World Congress announcements so far? Q: What’s your opinion on Samsung’s decision to drop Android and use Tizen for smartwatches? Q: Speaking of Android alternatives, Firefox OS is partnering with Alcatel, ZTE, and Huawei. Does this OS have a prayer of success? Q: I’m kind of impressed by Huawei’s TalkBand B1. The earpiece is kind of wacky, but overall it seems like some creative thinking. What’s your impression? Q: What are you expected from Samsung’s big announcement?
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19	Netflix will pay Comcast for a direct connection, which should boost Netflix performance for Comcast customers. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The move has been slammed as a blow against net neutrality. That claim is probably an exaggeration, but the deal does raise concerns. In fact, such arrangements are commonplace with the exception of one detail: Netflix is paying. Usually, so-called “peering” deals are seen as a mutually beneficial arrangement to improve service and no money changes hands. Another reason this is big news is that Netflix is a big user of network capacity, gobbling up about 30 percent of all Internet traffic during peak hours.	http://blog.streamingmedia.com/2014/02/media-botching-coverage-netflix-comcast-deal-getting-basics-wrong.html
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21	* Frost & Sullivan Principal Analyst Dan Rayburn sharply criticized the media’s coverage of the deal, and had some interesting points to make. For starters, he said that contrary to media reports, the deal could lower costs. He also pointed out that so-called peering deals are commonplace, and have been going on for years. Q: Natali, as a broadcaster are you concerned about this trend? Q: The deal comes less than two weeks after Comcast agreed to acquire Time Warner Cable Inc. in a $45.2-billion transaction that would create a broadband behemoth reaching 30 million of the nation's 92 million high-speed Internet customers. * Another point to consider is whether the FCC’s coming net neutrality rule changes will now cover peering deals, but they probably won’t.
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24	The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that Google is working with LG Electronics to create a smartwatch.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/02/23/google-readying-android-smartwatch-with-lg/
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26	Q: Google working with LG? This sounds like a Nexus product, doesn’t it? Q: What can a Google LG partnership bring to the market that the dozens of other smartwatch makers can’t? Q: How does this affect Google’s relationship with Android hardware makers, such as Samsung?
27	wsj.com * @RolfeWinkler
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29	Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore announced nine new hardware partners over the weekend. The company also said they plan to lower some requirements for the device with the intention of enabling lower-cost Windows Phone handsets for emerging markets.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/23/microsoft-announces-new-windows-phone-partners-spring-update-for-windows-8-1/ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-23/microsoft-targets-cheaper-phones-to-tap-global-internet-growth.html
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31	Q: Microsoft’s list of new partners includes Foxconn, Gionee, JSR, Karbonn, Lava, Lenovo, LG, Longcheer, and ZTE. There are several odd things about this list. First, haven’t LG and ZTE made Windows Phone handsets before? Why would they be added? Q: How is Foxconn a handset partner. They’re a contract manufacturer, aren’t they? Q: Lenovo was a bit of a surprise. They just bought the Motorola handset business from Google. They’re going to make Windows Phone handsets, too? Q: Most Americans have probably never heard of some of these companies, such as Gionee, JSR, Karbonn, Lava and Longcheer. Are these significant players? Q: What are some of the requirements Microsoft is removing to enable lower-cost handsets? Q: Microsoft also announced new enterprise functionality. Can you tell us about these? * The company has decided to remove some earlier requirements for Windows Phones, like physical camera, back, and search buttons. It’s also adding support for Snapdragon 200 and 400 chip sets, as well as dual SIM. * Microsoft plans to offer more enterprise functionality on Windows Phone. Features like enterprise Wi-Fi, S/MIME, VPN, and enhanced mobile device management * Spring update called “Update 1″ internally
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34	Apple fixed a security flaw in iOS Friday, but temporarily left its OS TEN open to attack, according to a story by James Temple on Recode. Security researchers say the bug, called “Go to fail,” could have made Apple’s own Safari browser and Mail application vulnerable. Apple said they’re working on a patch.	http://recode.net/2014/02/22/apple-patches-one-security-hole-leaves-open-another/
35	James Temple is a senior editor at Recode	James Temple Senior editor, Recode
36	Q: Can you tell us more about this Go To Fail bug? Q: Researchers claimed to be shocked by Apple’s practices related to how Apple communicated to users about the bug. What’s their complaint? Q: Apple pundit John Gruber even suggested that the NSA might be behind this. Is this a possibility? Q: What should Mac owners do to protect themselves?
37	recode.net * @jtemple
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40	WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum announced at Mobile World Congress today that his app will add voice calling by June. He also confirmed that WhatsApp still has no plans for advertising. The company is being acquired by Facebook. In related news, Koum announced yesterday that a network router knocked out WhatsApp for more than three hours on Saturday.	http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-57619391-78/whatsapp-to-add-voice-communications-in-second-quarter/ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/22/us-facebook-whatsapp-idUSBREA1L1522014022
41	Jamie Rigg is an Associate Editor at Engadget	URL
42	Q: This appears to be a huge challenge to Google, which offers Google Voice and also phone-based Hangouts. But it also challenges Microsoft, which owns Skype. How will this affect the Microsoft-Facebook partnership?
43	engadget.com * @jmerigg
44	That's our show. Thank you, Natali!
45	Send YOUR news tips to our email address at tnt@twit.tv or call 260-TNT-show and leave a message. Also: Post and upvote your favorite stories on our subreddit at TechNewsToday.Reddit.com. Find the rest of our social pages by searching for Tech News Today on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and YouTube. And if you haven't already, subscribe to Tech News Today at twit.tv/tnt
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52	On Tech News Today: Mobile World Congress finishes Day One * Comcast makes a deal with Netflix * And is there a Nexus Smartwatch at hand?
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1	TITLE: I Want My Amazon TV, 949	GUEST: Elise Hu

2		Skype: elisehu
3	It's Friday, February 21, and this is Tech News Today.
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6	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan and Jason is off today.
7	Tech News Today explores the most important stories of the day in conversation with the world's leading journalists.
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9	Our guest today is Elise Hu, a reporter who covers the intersection of technology and culture for NPR both on-air and online.	@EliseWho
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12	The Verge’s Tom Warren reports on a leaked Microsoft Windows Phone development kit that features Microsoft’s rumored Siri-like assistant feature, called Cortana. His sources say that Cortana will replace Bing search as the default action when a dedicated Windows Phone button is pressed, and that it will have a personality similar to Siri.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/20/5430188/microsoft-cortana-personal-digital-assistant-windows-phone-8-1
13	Tom Warren is Senior Reporter at The Verge.	Senior Reporter, The Verge
14	Q: What will Cortana look like on screen, according to sources? Q: What data services will Cortana use? Q: What is Microsoft’s Notebook feature? Q: Is Cortana likely to have preemptive features like Google Now? Q: Is there any evidence that Cortana will move to desktop Windows? Q: Can Microsoft compete with Siri and Google Now? Q: When can we expect Cortana in Windows Phones? * Cortana will be backed by data from services like Bing, Foursquare, and others to give it some of the contextual power of Google Now. * A Notebook feature will allow Windows Phone users to control exactly what information is shared with the digital assistant. * Notebook will allow Cortana to access information such as location data, behaviors, personal information, reminders, and contact information. * Notebook is a privacy feature
15	theverge.com * @tomwarren
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19	Amazon is planning an Android-based Web TV box, possibly to ship in March, according to a new report by Peter Kafka on Recode.	http://recode.net/2014/02/21/amazon-gets-its-tv-box-ready-again/
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21	Q: Your sources believe Amazon is targeting a March rollout. This was expected in time for the 2013 holiday season. What happened? Q: We’ve heard conflicting reports about whether Amazon plans to license TV channels or offer a pay TV service. What are you hearing about this? Q: And what about rumors of a gaming feature? Will the Amazon box play games? Q: Is the strategy here just downloadable content, or will the box push shopping?
22	recode.net * @pkafka
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24	Google announced a new phone yesterday that maps indoor spaces. It’s called Project Tango, and the initiative is really a collaboration between several companies and universities. The project is headed by Google’s Advanced Technology and Platforms group, which used to be part of Motorola but will not go with Motorola’s handset unit when Google sells it to Lenovo.	http://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/
25	Sarah Silbert is a senior editor with Engadget	Senior Editor, Engadget
26	Q: How does Project Tango work? Q: What can Tango-enabled phones do? Q: Google is spearheading a software development effort around Tango. Tell us about that. Q: Google claims it can measure more than a quarter million 3D measurements a second. It must have some killer hardware inside, right Q: It works like Kinect, right? Is there a gaming application in Tango’s future? Q: When will this kind of technology show up in real phones we can actually buy?
27	Engadget.com * @sarahsilbert
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29	Google acquired a UK company called Spider.io. The company exists to fight ad fraud. The company has seven team members, all of which have already joined Google’s anti-fraud team.	http://doubleclickadvertisers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/investing-in-cleaner-more-accountable.html
30	With us to explain it is Alex Kantrowitz, a staff reporter at Advertising Age who specializes in marketing and advertising technology.	Reporter, Advertising Age
31	Q: How big of a problem is fraud in the advertising industry? Q: Was the Spider acquisition an acqui-hire, or does the company have some unique methods or technology? Spider has a history with Google. The company discovered an operation that embedded malicious ads on YouTube, which affected about 3.5 million computers. * Google's anti-fraud team = over 100 people and is made up of PHDs, data scientists and computer scientists
32	AdAge.com * @Kantrowitz
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34	A TV antenna maker is working on a way for cord cutters to get free, live TV plus online video. The company is called Mohu, and they plan to launch a Kickstarter campaign next week to raise funds for the device.	http://www.tomsguide.com/us/mohu-channels-tv-online-video,news-18347.html
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36	* The product is called Mohu Channels * Early adopters can get it for $79 * Connects via HDMI. WiFi. Ethernet. * Comes with a QWERTY keyboard and TV remote * Will access online video services like Netflix and Hulu Plus * Can seamlessly switch between streaming video and live TV
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41	The US Postal Service is planning to release a Steve Jobs stamp! The late Apple founder and CEO appeared on a secret list of stamp subjects obtained by the Washington Post. The collectable stamp is due out next year. Also on the list: Elvis Presley.	http://www.scribd.com/doc/208045979/Postage-stamp-subjects-approved-by-U-S-Postal-Service
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43	Samsung teased its Monday Unpacked 5 event in a new “teaser trailer” today. The video appears to promote a waterproof and ruggedized product. You can watch our live coverage of the event here on the TWiT network Monday at 11am Pacific. We're also covering the Nokia press conference starting at 11:30pm Pacific on Sunday night.
44	Thank Elise,
45	Send YOUR news tips to our email address at tnt@twit.tv or call 260-TNT-show and leave a message. Also: Post and upvote your favorite stories on our subreddit at TechNewsToday.Reddit.com. Find the rest of our social pages by searching for Tech News Today on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and YouTube. And if you haven't already, subscribe to Tech News Today at twit.tv/tnt
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57	Coming up this week: Wall to wall Mobile World Congress coverage! We're starting with Nokia's announcement tonight at 11:30pm Pacific, and Samsung's big Unpacked 5 event tomorrow morning at 11am Pacific. Tune in all week for our special coverage of Mobile World Congress. Back to you, Leo!


1	TITLE: Facebook to Buy WhatsApp, 948	GUEST: Jessica Lessin

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3	It's Thursday, February 20, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
4	This episode is brought to you buy SCOTTEVEST, technology-enabled clothing to carry all of your gadgets. Visit Scottevest.com/twit now through February 24th to save 40% off 14 of their bestsellers. That's Scott E Vest dot com slash TWIT, and use the code TWiT 13 at checkout.
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6	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan - I'm Jason Howell.
7	[me] Tech News Today explores the most important stories of the day in conversation with the world's leading journalists.
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9	Our guest today is Jessica Lessin, the founder and Editor-In-Chief of The Information. <Talk about ad-free subscription model.>	@Jessicalessin
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12	Facebook plans to buy WhatsApp for as much as 19 billion dollars. The Silicon Valley-based messaging app has 450 million users. The app costs 99 cents a year to use, but the first year is free. Facebook will pay 4 billion dollars in cash plus 12 billion dollars worth of Facebook stock. WhatsApp employees and founders will also get 3 billion dollars in restricted stock units that will vest over four years.	http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/facebook-to-buy-messaging-start-up/	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-19/facebook-to-buy-mobile-messaging-app-whatsapp-for-16-billion.html http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304914204579393452029288302?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304914204579393452029288302.html
13	Reed Albergotti is a technology reporter with The Wall Street Journal. * Q: Why did Facebook make this deal?	URL
14	Q: Why did WhatsApp make this deal? * Facebook = strategy of having a lot of apps * Facebook = 1.2 billion users globally * Why continue to operate it independently? * WhatsApp = 72% active every day * Probably share more photos than Facebook * WhatsApp = doesn’t collect names, ages, genders or addresses; doesn’t store users’ messages on its servers. * WhatsApp = does collect phone numbers * Competes with = Line, Kakao and WeChat in Asia to Kik and BlackBerry Messenger * There are about 50 messaging apps with more than 1 million downloads on Google Play * Estimates = seven trillion messages sent on WhatsApp a year * Founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton, former Yahoo employees * Jan Koum = “Monetization is not going to be a priority for us” * Two companies held informal talks for two years * Koum and Zuck negotiated over a plate of Valentines Day chocolate-covered strawberries intended for Ms. Chan. * 55 employees * Deal = $344 million an employee, or about $28 a user. (Others say $42 per user.) * Largest acquisition ever of a venture capital-backed start-up * Facebook had $7.9 billion in revenue last year * If the deal isn’t completed, Facebook will pay WhatsApp $1 billion in cash and $1 billion in stock * WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum will join Facebook's board * Sequoia invested about $60 million and is getting $3 billion * WhatsApp doesn't employ any marketing or public-relations people. * Jan Koum having lived on food stamps * Brian Acton having been rejected from jobs at Facebook and Twitter
15	The Wall Street Journal * @ReedAlbergotti
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19	Facebook wasn’t the only deep-pocket Silicon Valley giant interested in grabbing WhatsApp. In an exclusive written by The Information’s Amir Efrati, we learned that Google took an unusual approach to WhatsApp -- an approach that, well, didn’t work out so well.	https://www.theinformation.com/Google-s-Unusual-Offer-to-WhatsApp
20	Q: What did Google do to try and make sure a company like Facebook wouldn’t acquire WhatsApp?
21	Q: Why wasn’t WhatsApp more interested in working with Google? Q: How common are “right-of-notice” offers in the valley? Q: How big of a loss is this for Google? Q: Google was surprised by Facebook’s Instagram acquisition, too, weren’t they? Q: It goes both ways, right? Facebook really wanted DeepMind, which Google aquired recently.
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24	Yahoo is funding research to develop a Siri-like virtual assistant. The company has made a 10 million dollar grant to Carnegie Mellon University for a project called InMind.	http://www.technologyreview.com/news/524401/yahoo-launches-10-million-research-effort-to-invent-a-smarter-siri/
25	Jason Abbruzzese is a reporter for Mashable. Q: What do we know about the InMind project so far?	URL
26	Q: Is there other funding besides Yahoo’s grant? Q: What rights over the end product does the grant give Yahoo? Q: It’s a five-year project. Isn’t that a little late to catch up with Siri and Google Now? Q: Why doesn’t Yahoo just buy a startup? Q: The two principal researchers behind this project started out with CALO, which is where Siri came from, right?
27	mashable.com * @JasonAbbruzzese
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29	Microsoft changed the name of its Office Web Apps to Office Online, plus added some new features.	http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57619180-75/microsoft-relaunches-office-web-apps-as-office-online/
30	Lance Whitney writes for CNET. Q: First, why did they change the name?	URL
31	Q: What else is new with Office Online besides the name? Q: They changed the interface, too, didn’t they? Is this an improvement?
32	cnet.com * @lancewhit
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34	HTC is working on three smartwatches. The company is planning to preview them privately to carriers at next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, according to a report from Bloomberg.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/20/htc-3-wearables/	http://gigaom.com/2014/02/20/htc-google-now-smartwatch/
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36	* One based on Google Now * Another based on Qualcomm’s Toq (TALK) smartwatch, which was kind of a reference design * Another described as “a music-playing bracelett” * HTC has not decided if it will publicly demo any of these wearables next week * HTC chairman, Cher Wang, told Bloomberg HTC would release its first wearable device by Christmas
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41	We reported Tuesday that Apple’s mergers and acquisitions chief met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Yesterday, Musk confirmed the meeting, but refused to say whether the talk was about Apple buying Tesla. He did say that the acqusition of Tesla by any other company is quote “very unlikely.”
42	Thank Jessica Lessin.
43	Send YOUR news tips to our email address at tnt@twit.tv or call 260-TNT-show and leave a message. Also: Post and upvote your favorite stories on our subreddit at TechNewsToday.Reddit.com. Find the rest of our social pages by searching for Tech News Today on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and YouTube. And if you haven't already, subscribe to Tech News Today at twit.tv/tnt
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1	TITLE: FCC Rewriting Net Neutrality?, 947	GUEST: David Coursey

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3	It's Wednesday, February 19, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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9	Our guest today is David Coursey, a writer, broadcaster, event host, industry analyst and business consultant.	coursey.com
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12	The FCC today said it will re-write the rules for net neutrality. The new guidelines will strongly support net neutrality, which means that companies will be prevented from charging different rates or offering different speeds based on the source of Internet content. Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit cancelled the FCC's authority to impose net neutrality rules because of how it classifies Internet providers.	http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303636404579392960485193226-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwOTExNDkyWj
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14	* FCC won’t appeal; will write new rules * The FCC said it would likely complete the rules in the late spring or early summer. * It looks like the FCC won’t reclassify broadband Internet as a public utility, which would subject the industry to much greater regulation. * FCC official Chairman Tom Wheeler * A senior FCC official told the Wall Street Journal that the FCC plans to leave the option for reclassification open at present.
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19	Everyone’s an influencer on LinkedIn now. The business-oriented social site has expanded its influencer feature to all users. The feature allows the publishing of long-form articles. It used to be available only to hand-selected celebrities.	http://blog.linkedin.com/2014/02/19/the-definitive-professional-publishing-platform/
20	Mike Isaac is Recode’s Senior Editor for Social. * @MikeIsaac	@MikeIsaac
21	* Publishing platform has been around since 2012 * Used to be curated offering for about 300 hand-picked entrepreneurs and politicians -- Richard Branson, President Barack Obama, Arianna Huffington. * It will first open to 25,000 members, then gradually expand to everybody over the coming months * articles will only be delivered to people in the author’s network of contacts. If they get traction, they’ll be distributed to a wider audience of LinkedIn users. * Linkedin = wants traffic * Linkedin = 300 million users * Last year, LinkedIn acquired Pulse * The average Influencer post drives more an 31,000 views and receives more than 250 likes and 80 comments.			`
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24	Microsoft relaunched its cloud storage service today. What used to be called SkyDrive is now branded OneDrive. Plus, Microsoft made a few changes to the service.	http://youtu.be/bw1ciTl5YK4?t=41s	http://recode.net/2014/02/19/microsoft-launches-onedrive-basically-the-same-as-skydrive-but-with-100gb-free-if-you-hurry/ http://winsupersite.com/skydrive/onedrive-goes-live
25	Guest Lance Whitney a writer for CNET. * @lancewhit	URL
26	* In a promotion, Microsoft will give 100 GB of storage to the first 100,000 people who sign onto their OneDrive accounts, but it’s free for only a year. * Microsoft announced last month; lost trademark battle with the UK’s Sky Broadcasting Group. * Existing SkyDrive customers don't have to do anything to move to OneDrive * adding automatic camera backup to its Android version of its OneDrive app. * Microsoft offering customers their first 7 GB of storage free * Current customers who refer friends can get up to 5 GB of extra storage. * Use the OneNote camera back-up feature, get an additional 3 GB of storage. * Beyond freebies: 50GB for $25 a year, 100GB for $50 a year, and 200GB for $100 a year. * 200 GB for two years for Surface buyers and 100 GB for Office 365 users. Additional storage costs $0.50 per gig per month. * Microsoft is believed to be readying an Office Web Apps rebrand to "Office Online" * apps for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and the web. * Microsoft said it planned to share details about OneDrive for Business at its SharePoint conference on March 3.
27	@LanceWhit
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29	A New Zealand court ruled today that the arrest of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was legal. The ruling may increase the chances that Dotcom will be extradited to the United States to face online piracy charges.	Start at 2:33:	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26255725
30		http://youtu.be/edKX4f52D6Y?t=2m33s
31	* 2012 ruling that police used illegal warrants was overturned * U.S. prosecutors say Megaupload website cost film studios and record companies more than $500 million and generated more than $175 million in criminal proceeds * Copyright case could set a precedent for internet liability laws * Appeals court upheld an earlier ruling that prosecutors had not been authorized to send clones of seized electronic evidence to the United States. * Dotcom is seeking damages from the government; this ruling will be a setback in that case * The U.S. Justice Department says Megaupload encouraged piracy by paying users who uploaded popular content and by deleting content that was not regularly downloaded.
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34	Dutch telecom giant KPN is partnering with Silent Circle, the US company that makes software for secure calls and messages. KPN is the first telco in the world to offer Silent Circle products, and these will be made available to customers in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.	http://gigaom.com/2014/02/19/silent-circle-gets-its-first-telco-distributor-as-kpn-prepares-to-offer-encrypted-communications/
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36	* Silent Phone and Silent Text available in June: $9.95 per month or $99.95 per year. * Silent Circle was founded a few years ago by Phil Zimmermann and Jon Callas (PGP) and ex-Navy Seal Mike Janke. * Silent Circle famously shut down its Silent Mail email service to protect users’ privacy * Other products include ncrypted voice, video and text communications for mobile and desktop. * No metadata saved * no centralized repository for the encryption keys that can be legally or illegally accessed by law enforcement, intelligence agencies or other hackers. * KPN first telco to offer Silent Circle to its iOS and Android-toting customers * Blackphone, a collaboration between Silent Circle and Spain’s GeeksPhone is expected next week. * Blackphone = “PrivatOS” operating system and Silent Circle software
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39	Evan Blass posted an allegedly leaked photo of what he called the All New HTC One on his Evleaks Twitter feed.	https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/436128330425708544
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41	* Codenamed M8 * Expected March 25 in London, New York * Slightly larger screen - nearly 5 inches * Signature feature rumored - two rear cameras with 6-megapixel and 8-megapixel sensors, to aid in low-light photography and refocusing after the image has been taken.
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44	Amazon’s virtual currency, called Amazon Coins, are now available on all Android devices for users in the U.S., U.K. and Germany. It used to be offered only on Amazon’s own Kindle tablets.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/19/amazon-coins-come-to-android-users-in-u-s-u-k-germany/
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46	* Amazon Coins are to encourage developers to build for the Amazon Kindle platform; reduce the “sticker shock” of paying for things in dollars and increase the revenue generating opportunities for both developers and Amazon. * Customers earn Coins by shopping for apps on Amazon’s app store * Buy coins directly at a 10% discount. The more Coins you buy, the larger the discount * 100 Coins are worth $1 - a penny each
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49	China's anti-monopoly regulator said today that Qualcomm is over-charging for patents and abusing its market position. The San Diego-based company faces fines of more than one billion dollars.	http://qz.com/178422/why-it-is-a-no-brainer-for-china-to-play-hardball-with-qualcomm/#/h/48114,1,2/	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/19/us-china-ndrc-idUSBREA1I0A820140219
50		URL
51	* 60% of phones used in China contain Qualcomm chips * licensing fees - numerous patents - on 3G and 4G technologies. * The Chinese government also wants to boost domestic chip makers * The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) headed by Xu Kunlin * The NDRC, main economic planning body, is trying to lower domestic costs as China rolls out its faster 4G mobile networks this year. * China Mobile Communications Industry Association filed a complaint against Qualcomm for overcharging for use of its patents. * NDRC can impose fines of between 1 and 10 percent of a company's revenues for the previous year. Qualcomm earned $12.3 billion in China for its fiscal year ended September * Half of Qualcomm’s global sales are in China * The NDRC raided Qualcomm's Beijing headquarters, Shanghai offices in November. * Also includes a probe of fellow US mobile technology firm InterDigitial
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56	The world’s first private supersonic jet will have no windows. The $80 million Spike Aerospace S-512 will instead have HD cameras mounted on the outside, and giant, high-definition curved screens on the inside. The effect is supposed look like windows that form an unbroken view across the entire fuselage. The feature actually improves the structure of the airplane, especially for supersonic flight. The plane will hit a top speed of 1,370 mph (Mach 1.8) while carrying up to 18 passengers. It's expected to fly in four years.	http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/02/supersonic-jet-video-windows/
57	Thank David Coursey.
58	Send YOUR news tips to our email address at tnt@twit.tv or call 260-TNT-show and leave a message. Also: Post and upvote your favorite stories on our subreddit at TechNewsToday.Reddit.com. Find the rest of our social pages by searching for Tech News Today on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and YouTube. And if you haven't already, subscribe to Tech News Today at twit.tv/tnt
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1	TITLE: SHOW TITLE, 946	GUEST: Joe Panettieri

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3	It's Tuesday, February 18, 2014 and this is Tech News Today.
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7	[me] Tech News Today explores the most important stories of the day in conversation with the world's leading journalists.
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9	Our guest today is Joe Panettieri. Joe is editorial director for The VAR Guy, MSPmentor & TalkinCloud.
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12	New revelations from the Edward Snowden documents published on The Intercept today reveal that the US and UK governments targeted WikiLeaks and other activists groups, as well as visitors to the WikiLeaks web site. Documents from the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, reveal the real-time harvesting of user IP addresses, and the collection of search terms used on other sites, such as Google Search.	https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/02/18/snowden-docs-reveal-covert-surveillance-and-pressure-tactics-aimed-at-wikileaks-and-its-supporters/
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14	* GCHQ code-name for monitoring WikiLeaks: “ANTICRISIS GIRL” * Learned about it in PowerPoint * WikiLeaks is a non-profit organization that publishes leaked documents, and founded by Julian Assange * The Intercept is a new website dedicated to news from the Snowden papers. * Both US and UK governments declared WikiLeaks as an enemy to be destroyed, and urged allies to crack down * GCHQ data showed they tracked Americans, contradicting US claims that a deal between the U.K. and the U.S. prevents each country from spying on the other’s citizens. * GCHQ used publicly available analytics software called Piwik * GCHQ refused to comment on whether ANTICRISIS GIRL is still operational. * “The United States on August 10 urged other nations with forces in Afghanistan, including Australia, United Kingdom, and Germany, to consider filing criminal charges against Julian Assange.”
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19	Bitcoin ATMs are coming to the United States. The company that makes the ATMs, called Robocoin, said today that Bitcoin kiosks will be installed in Seattle and Austin.	http://youtu.be/0SidcjCLrQM
20	GUEST: Phil Wahba, Retail and Consumer Correspondent Reuters News	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/18/us-bitcoin-robocoin-idUSBREA1H05F20140218
21	* Scanners read government-issued identification such as a driver's license or a passport to confirm users' identities. * Swap bitcoin for cash * Or deposit cash to buy more bitcoin by transferring funds to or from a mobile virtual wallet * Robocoin = based in Las Vegas * Robocoin = installed its first bitcoin ATM in Vancouver last fall
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24	Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone will have a fingerprint sensor built into the home button, similar to the Apple iPhone 5S, according to a new report.	http://www.sammobile.com/2014/02/17/explained-samsungs-implementation-of-the-fingerprint-sensor-on-the-upcoming-galaxy-s5/
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26	* sammobile.com * expected Monday at Mobile World Congress * Rumors said the fingerprint sensor would be built into the screen * Finger must be swiped, unlike iPhone * will show real-time image of your fingerprint on the display as you swipe your finger over the sensor. * Phone still using physical buttons, contrary to rumors * Can register 8 fingerprints and assign each fingerprint a different task or use it as an app shortcut * Will support web site logins * New Personal Folder and Private Mode has been developed by Samsung, where you will be able to hide personal apps, widgets, and content you want to keep private.
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29	Google has acquired the Israeli startup SlickLogin, an Israeli startup that replaces passwords with sound-based authentication. A supporting site sends an encrypted code via ultrasonic sound to a smartphone, which transmits the code to the server for authentication. SlickLogin’s technology optionally works over WiFi or Bluetooth.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/02/17/google-buys-israels-slicklogin/
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31	* Launched a few months ago * Terms unknown * It’s a simpler version of two-step authentication
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34	Apple may have thought about buying Tesla. A new report in the San Francisco Chronicle says Apple mergers and acquisitions chief Adrian Perica met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk last spring.	http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Apple-exploring-cars-medical-devices-to-reignite-5239850.php
35	Joining us to talk about this meeting is Thomas Lee, the business editor and columnist with the San Francisco Chronicle who broke the story. * @ByTomLee	@ByTomLee
36	* Steve Jobs’ dream project was for Apple to build a car * iOS in the Car * Other areas of interest: - partner on battery research - move Tesla from Android to iOS * Tesla market capitalization is about $25 billion
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39	King Digital Entertainment, the UK-based publisher behind Candy Crush, has filed for an IPO.	http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/candy-crush-maker-files-for-an-i-p-o/
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41	* wants to trade on the NYSE under the “KING” ticker. * Last year King generated profits of $568 million on revenues of $1.88 billion. * That’s up from just $617,000 and $64 million, respectively, in 2011. * Candy Crush launched summer of 2012 * Candy Crush earns 78 percent of company revenues. * Between 93 million people play Candy Crush every day. * 128 million daily active users of all games * King gives away its product, users buy virtual power-ups that help them get a leg up. King says 4 percent of its users — about 12 million people — are regular buyers. * 70 percent of its revenue comes from mobile users * Almost all of its money comes from people who got the game from Facebook, or the app stores run by Apple, Google and Amazon. * profit surged more than 7,000 percent last year, to $567.6 million from $7.8 million. * Revenues climbed tenfold, to nearly $1.9 billion. * Candy Crush = second-highest-grossing app on Apple’s App Store as of Tuesday, behind Clash of Clans.
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44	The Wall Street Journal reports that Iran's breach of a Navy computer network was more extensive than previously thought. The Journal reported the hack back in September. At the time, the Navy said that intruders had been shut out of the site. But now, the Journal reports that they stayed there until November.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304899704579389402826681452?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304899704579389402826681452.html
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46	* Hackers targeted the unclassified Navy Marine Corps Internet, * The network has 800,000 users at 2,500 locations, according to the Navy. * Attack allowed the Iranians to conduct surveillance on the Navy's and Marine Corps' unclassified networks * No email accounts were hacked and no data was stolen
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57	The robots defeated humans in Jeopardy, and now want to take us on in ping pong. The Shanghai robot maker Kuka plans to take on German table tennis player Timo Boll in a match scheduled for March 11. The robot is a manufacturing robot built for factory work. So no matter how well it does in the upcoming match, you can be sure it's not ping pong players it will be replacing.		http://www.kuka-timoboll.com/en/home/
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