Tech News Today shownotes archive #5


1	TITLE: Careless Whisper * 1116	CO-ANCHOR: Christina Warren

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, October 17, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Prosper. Prosper is a peer-to-peer lending marketplace which connects people who are looking to borrow money with those who have money to lend. Visit prosper.com/twit and receive a $50 VISA PREPAID card when you get a loan!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1116/all
7	[Jason Howell: All About Android's use of Google's new poll feature]
8	[Christina Warren: Apple Pay]
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10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	ARTICLE
11	News
12	No Interview
13	Notes
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15	(MIKE 1)	SHOW	ARTICLE
16	Apple announced a small range of new products -- overall more of a refresh of existing lines than the introduction of something new.	LET THIS LOAD IN ADVANCE http://www.apple.com/apple-events/2014-oct-event/	http://mashable.com/2014/10/16/apple-magic-wears-thin/ http://mashable.com/2014/10/16/ipad-air-2-event-recap/
17	Chris Tayler is the Deputy Editor for Mashable. Karissa Bell is a reporter for Mashable. CHRIS: You called the event the "most underwhelming example of Apple stagecraft since Gil Amelio was CEO in 1997." Why was the event a dull flop, in your opinion? Q: Apple obsesses over thinness. The iPad Air 2 is thinner than a pencil. Does anyone care about this? Q: What else is new in the iPad Air 2? Q: They barely mentioned the iPad mini 3. Anything interesting in this product besides the introduction of Touch ID? Q: Apple rolled out a new 27-inch iMac with a 5K retina display. Will this appeal to mainstream users, or is it mainly for professionals? Q: How about the Mac Mini. What's new there? Q: Apple announced a Monday launch for Apple Pay. How big is this introduction going to be? Q: Apple spent 35 minutes re-hashing last month's announcement. What was the point of that? Q: There were giant chunks of information missing and expected products not announced: 1) a ship date for the Apple Watch 2) any indication about Apple's plans for Apple TV 3) MacBook Air with Retina	Chris Taylor Deputy Editor, Mashable @FutureBoy Karissa Bell Reporter, Mashable @karissabe
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19	Chris Taylor * mashable.com * @FutureBoy Karissa Bell * mashable.com * @karissabe
20	AD 1: Prosper	http://prosper.com/twit
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23	Apple rolled out -- but did not announce at its event -- a new SIM card called Apple SIM. According to a statement buried at the bottom of one of its iPad web pages, the Apple SIM gives users the quote "flexibility to choose from a variety of short term plans," unquote. They're referring, of course, to carrier plans. In other words, a single SIM can be used on AT&T or Sprint, and the choice can be made by the user by simply selecting the carrier from a dialog box.	http://qz.com/282466/this-new-apple-sim-could-legitimately-disrupt-the-wireless-industry/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/10/16/why-apple-didnt-talk-about-its-extraordinary-new-sim-for-the-ipad/	http://qz.com/282466/this-new-apple-sim-could-legitimately-disrupt-the-wireless-industry/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/10/16/why-apple-didnt-talk-about-its-extraordinary-new-sim-for-the-ipad/
24	Q: Is this for iPad only? Q: What do the carriers think of this -- especially the possibility for iPhones in the future? Q: Forbes' Parmy Olsen says carrier objection to the idea is why Apple didn't mention it. Do you agree with that? Q: This has been tried before, but not in the United States. Will the idea take off in the US, Japan and Europe? Q: Recode's Ina Fried says Verizon won't support it. Why did the other carriers opt in? Q: The Next Web's Ben Woods points out that these kinds of multi-carrier SIMs have existed for years in markets like Pakistan and India. Apple took that idea and made it simpler than how it works in those countries. Is any part of Apple's SIM patentable?
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28	A Guardian report hit yesterday that slammed the anonymous messaging app Whisper for tracking users, harvesting their personal data, then sharing it with the Pentagon, among other things. Whisper slammed the report, saying it doesn't follow or track users, and accused the Guardian of publishing quote: "Lousy Falsehoods" unquote. Their defense is that while they monitor users, they don't retain personally identifiable information like names or phone numbers. Whisper did, however, quickly and extensively change their privacy policy statement.	http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/16/-sp-revealed-whisper-app-tracking-users
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30	A: Whisper not recording names or phone numbers A: Whisper is storing ALL time and location of messages since 2012 launch A: Guardian says Whisper tracks newsworthy people A: Policy previously said would store data only for "a brief period of time." A: Data shared with Pentagon is from military personnel A: Guardian: Whisper has in-house mapping tool for pinpoint where messages were sent A: Developing a version to conform to Chinese censorship A: 2.6 million messages a day A: offshore base in the Philippines where more than 100 employees screen messages 24 hours a day A: Geolocation feature new and optional A: Guardian: Tracked Israeli Defense Forces on the front line -- tracked 13 or 14 soldiers A: Guardian: Tracking a sex-obsessed lobbyist in D.C. A: Guardian: Roughly track people who don't opt in to geolocation via IP address lookup
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47	AD 2: Squarespace	http://squarespace.com
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63	Apple finally shipped its new iPhones in China today. Compared with the previous iPhone launch, the crowds were pretty small and the energy level was pretty low, according to reports. * * *	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/17/apples-iphone-6-finally-makes-its-debut-in-china/	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/17/apples-iphone-6-finally-makes-its-debut-in-china/
64	The BBC announced plans to continually publish a list of BBC articles removed from Google searches under the "right to be forgotten" rule in order to protect the public's "right to remember." More than 46 BBC links have so far been affected by the right-to-be-forgotten ruling. The list goes live in the next few weeks, according to a BBC article. * * *	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29658085	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29658085
65	We told you on previous episodes that the Twitter-centric photo sharing service Twitpic was being shut down, then it was going to be saved by a buyer. But now we're back to tell you that, no, it's going to be shut down after all. Twitpic founder Noah Everett wrote on the company blog that: “It’s with a heavy heart that I announce again that Twitpic will be shutting down on October 25th." * * *	http://blog.twitpic.com/2014/09/twitpic-is-shutting-down/	http://blog.twitpic.com/2014/09/twitpic-is-shutting-down/
66	Amazon is expanding its grocery delivery service Amazon Fresh to Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood starting today. * * *	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/17/us-amazon-com-grocery-brooklyn-idUSKCN0I605Q20141017	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/17/us-amazon-com-grocery-brooklyn-idUSKCN0I605Q20141017
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70	In other news, a China Unicom branch in Shanghai, China, is offering to alter the pants of iPhone 6 Plus customers to make their pockets bigger. It's a publicity stunt, obviously, and a good one. But it's not an original one. They apparently copied the idea from telco KPN in Amsterdam, which offered the same goofy "service" when the iPhone launched there.	https://www.techinasia.com/chinese-telco-hires-in-store-tailor-to-enlarge-pockets-for-the-iphone-6/	https://www.techinasia.com/chinese-telco-hires-in-store-tailor-to-enlarge-pockets-for-the-iphone-6/
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73	Our TNT fan of the day is Joe Nardi in Chicago who posted this picture on Google+. He's got a wall-mounted screen in the bathroom, with a wireless, water-proof speaker inside the shower.	https://plus.google.com/+JoeNardi/posts/GUZr8WkTwVM
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76	That's the tech news today!
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93	We'll tell you what's hot -- and what's not -- from yesterday's Apple event...
94	Plus: Apple left one more thing out of the announcement... we'll tell you all about it...
95	And what's up with the Guardian's Whisper campaign?
96	It's all coming up next... on Tech News Today.
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98	Apple and IBM report earnings on Monday, October 20th. Also on Monday: Microsoft is holding a cloud event in San Francisco. Yahoo and Verizon report earnings on Tuesday, October 21st. And Microsoft and Amazon have earnings calls scheduled for Thursday, October 23rd.
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102	Links 'R' Us	NOTE: GREEN HIGHLIGHTING MEANS WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW AND WILL DO STORY. IT'S 'GREEN LIT.' GET IT? (SIGH.)	INTERVIEWS
103	Analysts Ask What’s Next for Google - NYTimes.com
104	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/technology/google-search-ad-growth-slows.html?_r=0
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106	Google's revenue falls short despite curbing price declines \| Reuters
107	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/17/us-google-results-idUSKCN0I52MI20141017
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109	Twitter lets users stream music, audio via SoundCloud tie-up \| Reuters
110	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/16/us-twitter-music-idUSKCN0I52SJ20141016
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112	Whisper and privacy
113	http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/16/-sp-revealed-whisper-app-tracking-users
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115	Getty fails to get injunction on Microsoft image widget \| Reuters
116	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/16/us-getty-images-microsoft-lawsuit-idUSKCN0I52U520141016
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118	Firefox Hello adds video chat to Mozilla's browser - CNET
119	http://www.cnet.com/news/firefox-hello-adds-video-chat-to-mozillas-browser/
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121	Neil Young Readies Pono Store, Says Partnerships With Lincoln, Tesla in Works \| Billboard
122	http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6281809/neil-young-readies-pono-store-says-partnerships-with
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124	Shawn Levy In Talks To Direct ‘Minecraft’ \| Deadline
125	http://deadline.com/2014/10/minecraft-movie-shawn-levy-director-warner-bros-852503/
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127	With Shades of Microsoft, Google’s Android Invites Antitrust Case - The Information
128	https://www.theinformation.com/With-Shades-of-Microsoft-Google-Android-Invites-Antitrust-Case


1	TITLE: Google's Wireless Fiber * 1115	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, October 16, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Prosper. Prosper is a peer-to-peer lending marketplace which connects people who are looking to borrow money with those who have money to lend. Visit prosper.com/twit and receive a $50 VISA PREPAID card when you get a loan!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1115/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Elise Hu]
9	[Thing o' the day: Apple announcement]	http://www.apple.com/live/
10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	ARTICLE
11	News
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13	Notes
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16	Google is working on new technology that could be the wireless version of its high-speed fiber service. The project was revealed in regulatory filing paperwork. In a heavily redacted application on Monday to the FCC, Google asked permission to test different wireless spectrums, including a millimeter-wave frequency that could theoretically transmit huge amounts of data at several gigabits per second.	https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=154495&x=. https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/442_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=62679&license_seq=63261	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/15/us-google-wireless-idUSKCN0I42TN20141015
17	Alexei Oreskovic is a reporter for Reuters. Q: What's so great about millimeter-wave frequency wireless? Q: This technology is not super long-range, and it requires line of site. How might Google use it in neighborhoods? Q: Could this help break the dominance of the Comcasts of the world, by providing competition not only to cable providers, but also to cable itself? Q: When and where will Google test this?	Alexei Oreskovic Reporter, Reuters @lexnfx
18	A: The downside of Millimeter wave frequency technologies is that it only covers a small area -- a few blocks in size -- and it also requires line-of-sight. A: Google could run fiber to neighborhood poles, which could transmit to satellite dish-style receivers on rooftops. A: “From a radio standpoint it’s the closest thing to fiber there is,” said Stephen Crowley, a wireless engineer and consultant who monitors FCC filings (quoted on Reuters) A: millimeter frequencies can transmit data over short distances at speeds of several gigabits per second. A: Put up a pole in a neighborhood, instead of having to run fiber to each home,” said Crowley. A: Filing filed by Craig Barratt, the head of the Google Access and Energy division leading the effort to offer high-speed fiber A: The Information reported that Google was exploring ways to offer a full-fledged wireless service, with voice and Internet access, in markets where the company already offers its Fiber service. A: Google’s application to conduct the 180-day test is heavily redacted to protect confidential information that Google said would provide “valuable insight into Google’s technology innovations and potential business plans and strategy.” A: The FCC is scheduled to hold a meeting on Friday about the use of wireless spectrum above 24 GHz for mobile services, including ways the agency can facilitate the development and deployment of technology using such frequencies. A: Related: Google earnings today at 1pm Pacific A: Related: Google Fiber in Austin is officially delayed until December (originally scheduled for "mid year")
19	Alexei Oreskovic * reuters.com * @lexnfx
20	AD 1: Prosper	http://prosper.com
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23	CBS is releasing its own online video on demand subscription service that doesnt require a cable subscription. For 5.99 a month you get live stream of CBS plus current and classic programming.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/cbs-launches-online-subscription-video-service-1413465013
24	A: Joins HBO which announced ysterday that it will offer its own streaming service to non-cable subscribers. Has the future FINALLY arrived? A: Will this revenue model actually make enough money to replace the cable fees these broadcasters currently make? A: Current CBS shows will have commercials, old episodes of shows like Cheers will not.	INTERVIEW ISN'T GETTING BACK TO ME. MIGHT NOT HAVE HER.
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28	Facebook announced a service that lets people tell family and friends that they're OK after a crisis or natural disaster. It's called Safety Check, and it sends users a push notification after a disaster to those whose phone locations show they're in the area. By pressing a button, you can reply with the news that you're fine, and that information is made available to others who care about you.	https://www.facebook.com/about/safetycheck/	http://recode.net/2014/10/15/facebook-adds-emergency-check-in-feature-for-natural-disasters
29	Kurt Wagner writes about social media for Recode Q: How do you use the system, both as someone stuck in a disaster zone, and also as someone concerned about a loved on? Q: How did this new service come about? Q: Do you need a Facebook account to use it? Q: Is this already up and running?	Kurt Wagner Reporter, Recode @KurtWagner8
30	A: Announced by Zuck in Tokyo A: Can also check in for a friend. A: Idea for Safety Check came from Facebook’s Japan office following the 2011 earthquake and ensuing tsunami A: Employees at the time developed a Disaster Message Board within Facebook to help families and friends connect in the wake of potential disasters A: Facebook could partner with groups like the Red Cross later A: Facebook’s Safety Check is now active for all 1.3 billion users.
31	Kurt Wagner * recode.net * @KurtWagner8
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47	AD 2: Squarespace	http://squarespace.com
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60	XXX
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63	Bad news for people still using HP TouchPad and HP Pre 3 devices. HP has announced the end of support for webOS. After January 15th, users will no longer be able to get updates, apps, lost passwords or backups for webOS. If you recall, mobile multi-touch operating system was acquired by the company as part of its $1.2 billion purchase of Palm Inc in July of 2010. * * *	http://www.phonedog.com/2014/10/15/hp-webos-cloud-services-app-catalog-to-shut-down-on-january-15/	http://www.phonedog.com/2014/10/15/hp-webos-cloud-services-app-catalog-to-shut-down-on-january-15/
64	Recode sources say Apple may stop selling Fitbit products in Apple stores. The move comes a month and a half after Apple announced its own alternative to Fitbit devices, the Apple Watch, and one week after Fitbit issued a statement saying it was still in the process of “evaluating integration with HealthKit." At its peak, Fitbit claimed 70 percent marketshare of the fitness tracking device market.	http://recode.net/2014/10/15/apple-plans-to-stop-selling-fitbit-devices-from-stores/	http://recode.net/2014/10/15/apple-plans-to-stop-selling-fitbit-devices-from-stores/
65	(IN OTHER NEWS)	SHOW	ARTICLE
66	XXX
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68	(WRAP UP)	SHOW	ARTICLE
69	Our TNT fan of the day is [MEE-kul] Venable of Pulaski, Tennessee, who posted this picture of himself on Twitter catching up on Tech News Today while watching the sunset in Fort Walton beach, Florida.	https://twitter.com/invar9/status/522162276397494272
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89	Google's working on an ultra high-speed alternative to fiber... and its wireless
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91	And Facebook lets you reassure family and friends during a disaster...
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97	Links 'R' Us	NOTE: GREEN HIGHLIGHTING MEANS WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW AND WILL DO STORY. IT'S 'GREEN LIT.' GET IT? (SIGH.)	INTERVIEWS
98	Will.i.am Introduces the Puls Smartwatch
99	http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/10/15/will-i-am-launches-puls-a-smartwatch-that-doesnt-need-a-smartphone/
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101	Reddit Acquires Alien Blue, The Most Popular Unofficial Reddit App \| TechCrunch
102	http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/15/reddit-acquires-alien-blue-the-most-popular-unofficial-reddit-app/
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104	CBS announces video on demand service via app & web
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1	TITLE: Poodle in the Middle * 1114	CO-ANCHOR:

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, October 15, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free 2 week trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com, and use offer code TNT.
4	And by: Prosper. Prosper is a peer-to-peer lending marketplace which connects people who are looking to borrow money with those who have money to lend. Visit prosper.com/twit and receive a $50 VISA PREPAID card when you get a loan!
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1114/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[CO]
9	[Thing o' the day: Lollipop] [ALSO: Recode says: Apple to stop selling Fitbit devices]
10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	ARTICLE
11	Google unveiled today three new Nexus devices. Google’s new $649 Nexus 6 smartphone, made by Motorola; the $399 Nexus 9 tablet, made by HTC; and $99 Nexus Player for TVs, made by Asustek, are said by Rolfe Winkler in the Wall Street Journal are designed and priced to compete against Apple -- the Nexi, for example, are priced higher than previous models. All three devices can be pre-ordered later this week. The phone and tablet will will go on sale in dozens of countries next month. The tablet and player will also work with an optional keyboard and game controller, respectively. And they all run Lollipop (got to get used to saying that).	http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-unveils-nexus-6-phone-to-rival-iphone-6-1413388804	http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-unveils-nexus-6-phone-to-rival-iphone-6-1413388804
12	Tune in to This Week in Google today at 1pm Pacific, 4pm Eastern for more details.
13	Notes
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15	(MIKE 1)	SHOW	ARTICLE
16	Google researchers have discovered a bug in SSL 3.0 that could enable hackers to hijack user accounts for banks, email and other services. And they named it Poodle, for Padding Oracle On Downloaded Legacy Encryption.	https://threatpost.com/new-poodle-ssl-3-0-attack-exploits-protocol-fallback-issue/108844	https://threatpost.com/new-poodle-ssl-3-0-attack-exploits-protocol-fallback-issue/108844
17	Dennis Fisher is a journalist who specializes in security and wrote about Poodle for ThreatPost. Q: How would a Poodle attack work? Q: What can IT admins and users do to protect against attacks? Q: How does this compare with Heartbleed and Shellshock? Q: Has a Poodle attack ever occurred? Q: What are Google and Mozilla going to do about this?	Dennis Fisher Journalist, ThreatPost @DennisF
18	A: 18-year old encryption standard known as SSL 3.0. A: hackers could steal browser "cookies" in "Poodle" attacks A: disclosed in a research paper published on the website of the OpenSSL Project A: attackers would need to launch a "man-in-the-middle" attack A: Mozilla plans to disable SSL 3.0 by default in the next version of Firefox
19	Dennis Fisher * threatpost.com * @DennisF
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23	The drama over the apparent fall-out between Apple and its sapphire manufacturing partner GT Advanced Technologies, continues. The U.S. Justice Department wants to know why GT filed for bankruptcy only 10 months after making a lucrative deal with Apple. Apple wants to challenge GT's bankruptcy, but is asking the court to keep the details a secret. And an executive with GT Advanced Technologies has been caught selling GT shares after the company fell behind on its sapphire production schedule for Apple.	http://youtu.be/uLwARB1qlI4?t=58s	http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/apples-bankrupt-sapphire-supplier-gt-advanced-technologies-shut-down-factor/2014-10-13 http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/gt-advanced-technologies-indicates-apple-fines-suppliers-50m-each-leak/2014-10-14
24	Phil Goldstein is the editor of FierceWireless. Q: There's a lot going on here. Let's start with the basics. Can you tell us about the Apple / GT deal and the bankruptcy filing? Q: Apple wants to keep the details secret, and has a $50 contractual fine for each violation of confidentiality. Any idea why Apple would want to keep it a secret? Q: Why does GT want to close it's plants and how would that affect Apple? Q: Did GT fail to keep its manufacturing promises, and is that why iPhone 6s don't have sapphire? Q: Will Apple likely prevail in keeping all this a secret? Q: OK, so GT COO Daniel Squiller apparently knew the stock would tank when word got out -- so he got out, selling $1.2 million worth of stock way back in May and arranging for the sale of another three-quarters of a million dollars over the months leading up to the October 6th bankruptcy filing. That's pretty illegal, right?	Phil Goldstein Editor of FierceWireless
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26	Phil Goldstein * fiercewireless.com @FierceWireless
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28	Chip giant Qualcomm today agreed to buy the UK chip maker CSR for about $2.5 billion. CSR is a major Bluetooth wireless technology company. The CSR board approved the sale unanimously, and the company's stock rose 33 percent in early morning trading. The deal is subject to regulatory approval.	http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/qualcomm-set-to-buy-british-chip-maker-for-2-5-billion	http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/qualcomm-set-to-buy-british-chip-maker-for-2-5-billion
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33	Mozilla yesterday unveiled something called the Humble Mozilla Bundle, which lets you play games in a browser without downloads or plug-ins. The games can be played in any WebGL-compatible browser, so that includes Firefox and Chrome. And for the next two weeks, users can pay whatever they want for DRM-free versions of a handful of games. The Bundle, and the pay-what-you-want deal, is the result of a partnership between Humble Bundle and Mozilla.	https://www.humblebundle.com/	http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/14/mozilla-teams-up-with-humble-bundle-to-offer-firefox-and-chrome-users-eight-plugin-free-games/
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63	Speaking at a Time Warner Investor Meeting today, HBO's CEO announced that the company plans to start selling a digital online subscription package that doesn't require a pay-TV subscription. The new offering is expected next year. * * *	http://recode.net/2014/10/15/hbo-says-its-going-to-start-selling-on-the-web-next-year/	http://recode.net/2014/10/15/hbo-says-its-going-to-start-selling-on-the-web-next-year/
64	Reuters reported an exclusive this morning that after months of negotiating, HP has ended merger talks with EMC. The news could be announced as early as today. * * *	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/15/us-hp-emc-corp-m-a-idUSKCN0I402J20141015	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/15/us-hp-emc-corp-m-a-idUSKCN0I402J20141015
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74	A new study reveals that a man is being treated for Google Glass addiction -- the first known case. The man, whose name was not given in the study, was admitted into the Navy's Substance Abuse and Recovery Program for alcoholism. But before being admitted, he had been wearing his Google Glass headset for 18 hours a day. He removed it only to sleep and, unlike Robert Scoble, to bathe. And his withdrawals from Glass were much worse than the withdrawal he experienced after giving up alcohol. Doctors reported that it took 35 days for him to stop reflexively poking and swiping at his temple, although they say he continued to have dreams "as if looking through Glass." * * *	http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/health/google-glass-addiction/index.html	http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/health/google-glass-addiction/index.html
75	Smartwatches are coming out of the woodwork these days, and most of them do similar functions. But a new $139 smartwatch called klatz being crowd-funded on Kickstarter does something unique. Jason, let's check it out. * * *	Please start at 1:30 full screen -- I will throw to the video. http://youtu.be/eWH5h6JN1xo?t=1m30s	http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/14/klatz-smart-bracelet/
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83	Our TNT fan of the day is Steve Birkett in New York City who said he listens to Tech News Today with a crucial #coffee and a trusty combination of Stitcher and his Surface Pro 3. And he says: Great show!	https://twitter.com/AboveTheStatic/status/514154820660629504
84	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just record a video or take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
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86	That's the tech news today!
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99	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow one hour early at 9am Pacific, noon Eastern. And just after the show, our special coverage of the live Apple event will take place starting at around 9:30am Pacific with Leo, Sarah and me -- you don't want to miss it. Take care!
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114	Tech workers ask appeals court to reject Apple, Google bid \| Reuters
115	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/us-apple-google-lawsuit-idUSKCN0I32KK20141014
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117	ASUS, AT&T and Intel to Bring PadFone X mini to United States on Oct. 24
118	http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2014/10/14/asus-att-and-intel-to-bring-padfone-x-mini-to-united-states-on-oct-24
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120	Motorola's Nexus 6 Pops Up On AT&T Site With Possible $49.99 Price On Contract
121	http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/10/14/motorolas-nexus-6-will-be-coming-to-att-for-49-99-on-contract/
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123	Microsoft fixes vulnerability used in 'Sandworm Team' attacks - GeekWire
124	http://www.geekwire.com/2014/patches-must-flow-microsoft-fixes-vulnerability-used-sandworm-team-attacks/
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127	NEW APPLE LOGO
128	http://www.cultofmac.com/299640/apple-reportedly-plans-debut-3d-logo-new-imac/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
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133	U2 frontman Bono apologizes for foisting 'Songs of Innocence' on unsuspecting iTunes users
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1	TITLE: From Russia With Worms * 1113	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, October 14, 2014!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1113/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Joe Panettieri] -- What are 500 Compact Discs doing in Joe's home office?
9	[Thing o' the day: PayPal in talks to buy Square?]		http://bankinnovation.net/2014/10/paypal-is-in-early-talks-to-acquire-square/
10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	ARTICLE
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16	Google plans to invest heavily in a secretive company called Magic Leap. The company makes both hardware and software for the creation of a photo-realistic user interface for both virtual and augmented reality called Cinematic Reality. According to an exclusive by Recode, Google is leading what could be a $500 million round of funding.	http://www.magicleap.com/	http://recode.net/2014/10/13/google-is-set-to-lead-a-huge-investment-in-magic-leap-a-company-that-says-it-can-deliver-cinematic-reality/
17	Sebastian Anthony writes for ExtremeTech and PCMag. Q: What do we know about Magic Leap's forthcoming products? Q: Magic Leap calls their interface using the trademarked phrase Cinematic Reality, because they say augmented reality and virtual reality are obsolete terms. But isn't their technology just augmented reality? Q: What benefits come from Google's investment. First dibs on the technology? Access to the plans? Why invest? Q: Is this similar to the Oculus headset, owned by Facebook, or completely different?	Sebastian Anthony Writer, PCMag, ExtremeTech @mrseb
18	A: Probably building a high-rez Google-glass like headset A: Magic Leap already announced $50 million in funding earlier this year. A: Call it "cinematic reality" because they believe "augmented reality" and "virtual reality" are obsolete terms. A: Avegant are also working on vivid high resolution displays via a projector worn on the face — though for the purpose of watching movies A: Magic Leap has been around since 2011 A: headquartered in Hollywood, Florida A: More than 100 employees A: Separately, Facebook acquired Oculus VR Inc. in early 2014 for $2 billion. Will Google's efforts compete with Oculus at all?
19	Sebastian Anthony * extremetech.com * @mrseb
20	AD 1: Squarespace [Get Joe in the ad]	http://squarespace.com
21	Joe's thoughts on Squarespace:
22	- Social integrations are turnkey: Facebook, Twitter, Plus, etc. - Site development -- pages, images, layout -- are drag and drop. Novices can do it. - Not ""paying"" for site templates. You choose from a range of free templates with your Squarespace subscription, then customize to your business needs. We customized After Nines to a black and white ""timeless"" (quite literally) classic approach. - Great integration for multimedia. Like Video and Audio. We'll be showing that off even more later this year and in 2015."	After Nines Home Page Example: http://www.afternines.com/ Embedded Video Example: http://www.afternines.com/news/2014/10/8/tnt-1108-apple-partner-goes-broke-privacy-apps-revolution
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24	(JOE 2): Amazon Office SF -- Plus Google Sameday Express Renamed	SHOW	ARTICLE
25	Amazon, the etail giant, is making some brick and mortar moves in San Francisco, Sacramento and New York. The moves come as Google attempts to bolster its Amazon Prime alternative, now called Google Express. Both GeekWire and The Wall Street Journal have been pacing the Amazon storefront coverage.	http://www.geekwire.com/2014/amazon-slated-open-retail-store-next-week-san-francisco/
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27	A: SF Store: Amazon confirmed to GeekWire that it will open pop-ups in downtown SF plus Sacramento. A: Earlier, the Journal said a full store was coming to NYC. A: This is all about getting Amazon products -- Kindle Fire, FireTV, etc. -- in front of customers. A: Experimental Apple Store-like model? But purely sales, not support? A: Can something like this save Amazon Fire Phone? A: Manhattan store rumored to be more of a product pick-up location rather than showroom. A: First Quarter 2014 Tablet Market Share (IDC): Apple 32.5%; Samsung 22.3%; Asus 5.0%; Lenovo 4.1%, Amazon 1.9%. A: As of Aug., Amazon sold only 35K Fire phones (estimate: The Guardian). A: Does bigger strategy remain: Sell the device, turn people onto Prime? A: Speaking of Prime, Google is renaming Shopping Express to simply Google Express. A: The move comes a day after Google Chairman Eric Schmidt called Amazon his company's biggest rival. A: Google Express offers same day/next day delivery. Adding Chicago, Boston and DC to existing markets like Bay Area, West LA and Manhattan. A: Google Express same day now covers 7M+ people; next day 12M+. A: Google Express = $95 year, less than $99 of Amazon Prime. A: The underlying Google, Amazon goals: Get as close to customers as fast as possible.	Amazon SF Location: http://www.geekwire.com/2014/amazon-slated-open-retail-store-next-week-san-francisco/ Amazon NY Location: http://online.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-open-first-store-1412879124 Amazon Vending Machine Experiments: http://www.geekwire.com/2014/hands-amazon-tests-physical-retail-kindle-kiosk-vending-machines/
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30	An anonymous Pastebin user posted hundreds of Dropbox usernames and passwords. The hacker claims to have stolen the data from nearly 7 million accounts, and is asking for Bitcoin donations to crowdsource the caper.	https://blog.dropbox.com/2014/10/dropbox-wasnt-hacked/	http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/10/14/dropbox-passwords-leak-online-alleged-hack/
31	Dwight Siliverman is with the Houston Chronicle Q: Where did the hacker get these usernames and passwords? Q: iCloud, Snapchat, now Dropbox.... What is Dropbox's responsibility here? Is there an API issue? Q: Are these passwords current or expired? Q: What should users do? Q: Is this a Dropbox issue or a broader file sharing discussion -- Box, Microsoft, Google, Amazon...?	Dwight Silverman Writer, Houston Chronicle @dsilverman
32	A: Dropbox claims to have not been hacked A: Dropbox says it performed password resets on these accounts a few months ago, so most are expired A: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden last week advised: "get rid of Dropbox" <-- CLASSIC : )
33	Dwight Silverman * blog.chron.com/techblog * @dsilverman
34	(JOE 4): From Russia With Love: Windows Bug Exploited	SHOW	ARTICLE
35	Russian hackers used a bug in Microsoft Windows to spy on several Western governments, NATO and the Ukrainian government, according to today's NY Times. The report follows a wave of US banking hanks that allegedly involved Russia.	http://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/business/international/russian-hackers-used-bug-in-microsoft-windows-for-spying-report-says.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
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37	A: The Times credited iSight Partners, a security firm in dallas, for the info. A: Russian hackers called "Sandworm" team because they used encoded references to the SciFi story Dune. A: Additional targets: European energy and telecom companies, and an undisclosed US academic organization. A: The hacks are likely related to the standoff in Ukraine between Russia and the West, the NY Times said. A: If true, then why do these hacks allegedly date back to 2009? A: The hacks involved a zero-day bug found in many versions of Windows. A: Earlier this month, JPMorgan Chase revealed a hack involving the accounts of 76M individuals and 7 million small businesses. A: Are we basically at war -- a digital war -- with Russia and other states that sponsor IT hacks?
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65	Facebook has added stickers, which is essentially clip-art that replaces speech in online communication. Stickers have long been available in Facebook Chat, but now they can be used in comments. The social network has a variety of themes, such as Power Rangers, comedy chickens and various sports teams, which can be downloaded. The backlash on Facebook has already begun. * * *		http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-stickers-are-now-available-in-comments-expect-emojigeddon-9793239.html
66	The new Android L version is expected to hit tomorrow. Forbes.com is reporting that the Nexus 9, which is codenamed Volantis and made by Motorola, will also be announced tomorrow in a Google blog post and will be the first device to run Android L. The tablet will be available for preorder on October 17 and available for purhase on November 3, according to Forbes. Google rolled out three charming new ads for Android. Let's take a look. * * *	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhWff9QWNw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS0tqSFP9f4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCCnqLzeQJQ	http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2014/10/14/nexus-9-to-launch-tomorrow-and-will-be-the-first-device-to-run-android-l/
67	(IN OTHER NEWS)	SHOW	ARTICLE
68	Scientists at the University of California Irvine have launched a smartphone app to crowdsource astronomy. They claim that the collective user-base will constitute the most powerful telescope in the world. The app is called Crayfis, which stands for Cosmic Rays Found In Smartphones. The app, which is currently in beta, will use phones to detect cosmic rays, then send the data back to a central server. The point is to find out where on Earth there are spikes in radiation from cosmic rays so scientists can unlock the mystery about where they come from.	http://crayfis.ps.uci.edu/data/map.html
69	In an email to Wells Fargo's CEO, a branch office employee at the bank requested a $10,000 raise. He cc:ed 200,000 other employees on the email, suggesting that they all get $10,000 raises, too. The carefully crafted email pointed to Wells Fargo's quarterly profits -- over $4B quarterly -- and low pay scales for rank and file employees across the banking industry. The email has poured gasoline on the raging debate over US wages. And there's a side question to all this: How did a rank-and-file employee manage to string together so many internal email groups to reach 200,000 peer employees?	http://www.afternines.com/news/2014/10/14/wells-fargo-email-sparking-american-wage-revolution
70	Earnings: Intel after the market closes today (Tues, Oct. 14); Google (Thurs, Oct. 16)
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73	Our TNT fan of the day is Heywood Jablome in New Zealand who said he listens to TNT at work with the help of a hidden bluetooth speaker	https://twitter.com/ANTALIFE/status/520139110845911040
74	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just record a video or take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
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76	That's the tech news today!
77	[co-anchor plug: Story about Wells Fargo wage revolution]
78	Subscribe to Tech News Today on Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, Feedly, Yahoo, RSS or many other options.
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1	TITLE: Beats Beats Bose * 1112	CO-ANCHOR: Mike's invisible friend

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, October 13, 2014!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1112/all
7	[Jason Howell]
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9	[Thing o' the day: Kevin's drone video]	GOPR3280.MP4	FILE SENT VIA SHAREFILE SHOW VIDEO NEXT FULL SCREEN, NO AUDIO STARTING AT 3:03
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16	Twitter is working with a French bank to enable money transfers via tweets. The bank Groupe BPCE. The payments will be handled by the bank's S-Money service, which already allows transfers through text messages. The service is expected to be announced tomorrow in Paris.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/12/us-twitter-payments-idUSKCN0I10UV20141012	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/12/us-twitter-payments-idUSKCN0I10UV20141012
17	Chris Merriman is a reporter for The Inquirer Q: Can you tell us about S-Money? Q: If a company is already offering payments via SMS, isn't it trivial to offer it the same service through Twitter? What was the hold-up? Q: You wrote that this isn't a co-venture with Twitter. Is it a partnership? What kind of agreement or arrangement did they make?	Chris Merriman Reporter, The Inquirer @ChrisTheDJ
18	A: Last month, Twitter started trials of its own new service, dubbed "Twitter Buy" for buying stuff from Twitter
19	Chris Merriman * theinquirer.net * @ChrisTheDJ
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23	Nielsen said Friday that a software bug affected viewing estimates for TV shows during the fall season.	http://adage.com/article/media/nielsen-admits-error-impact-fall-tv-ratings/295372/	http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/press-room/2014/nielsen-statement-regarding-network-ratings-attribution.html
24	Q: How did this glitch affect Neilsen's estimates for TV audience viewership? Q: You wrote that the bug didn't affect ads. Why is that? Q: When will they publish the right numbers? Q: How does this problem affect Neilsen's reputation, and also its rivalry with Rentrak?	Jack Neff Writer, Advertising Age @jackneff
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26	Jack Neff * adage.com * @jackneff
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28	Camera lens maker Carl Zeiss is getting into the virtual reality business The company launched a pre-order campaign for a product called VR One.	http://youtu.be/J3D9-UFCLaQ?t=11s	http://vrfocus.com/archives/author/kevin-joyce/
29	Kevin Joyce is the Editor-in-Chief of VR Focus and joins us now. Q: What is the VR One? Q: Which phones will it support? Q: How is this similar to or different from Samsung's Gear VR? Q: Is there an advantage for Carl Zeiss in their ability to make great lenses? q Q: The company is making a big deal about interpupillary distance, or IPD. What do they mean when they say they deliver a quote "large eyebox" unquote. Q: When can I buy one and how much will it cost?	Kevin Joyce Editor-in-Chief, VRFocus @VRFocus
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63	Google released some numbers on how the company is handling right-to-be-forgotten requests. If you recall from our earlier coverage, the Justice of the European Union established the rule that in Europe a citizen has the right to request the removal of their name as a search term that returns links on search engines to information no longer valid or relevant. According to the rules, the search engine companies themselves are responsible for choosing which requests are valid. Google's new report says the company rejects about half the requests made and has approved only a third. The remainder are still being decided.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/10/google-denies-half-of-all-europeans-forgotten-requests/	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/10/google-denies-half-of-all-europeans-forgotten-requests/
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66	San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin [CAP-er-nick] was fined ten thousand dollars for wearing pink Beats (which are pink to raise awareness about breast cancer). Kaepernick has an endorsement deal with Beats, which is now owned by Apple. The NFL, however, has a deal with Bose, and as part of that deal has banned players from appearing on camera during games with Beats headphones. * * *	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xn5pps9eyo	http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11671032/colin-kaepernick-san-francisco-49ers-fined-10k-beats-dre-headphones
67	The Polish town of [SO-beat-sah] has built a monument to Wikipedia. The statue, which will cost nearly twelve thousand dollars, will be put in the town square to pay homage to the Wikipedia web site.	http://goo.gl/rVkwoQ	http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/poland-to-honor-wikipedia-with-monument/2014/10/09/72b4df3a-4fb6-11e4-877c-335b53ffe736_story.html
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69	Our TNT fan of the day is Cat Lake in New Forest, Hampshire in the UK who said her dog @Toby & she tune in with a Nexus 5 + a Chromecast -- she said it's the best gadget she ever bought!.	https://twitter.com/CatLakeUK/status/520652728646004736
70	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just record a video or take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
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1	TITLE: Karma Doesn't Pay the Bills * 1111	CO-ANCHOR:

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, October 10, 2014!
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6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1111/all
7	[Jason Howell]
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9	[Thing o' the day - wedding; family in the audience; trend - drone photography]
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16	Tesla last night unveiled some major new features for its electric sedans. The company's CEO and founder, Elon Musk, also announced a high-performance version of Tesla's Model S that will have all-wheel drive and go from zero to 60 in three point two seconds.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7quu551ehc0	http://recode.net/2014/10/09/tesla-unveils-souped-up-model-s-with-all-wheel-drive-and-autopilot/
17	James Temple is a senior editor at Recode. Q: Musk announced a new $120,000 P85D version of the Model S that goes from zero to 60 in three point two seconds. Is that legal? Q: Should people who buy massively expensive cars like this qualify for a tax-payer funded electric vehicle incentive? Q: Tesla announced some cool automation features. Can you tell us about those? Q: What if someone spray-paints a "1" in front of a 55 mph speed limit sign. How fast will it take the P85D to get up to 155 mph? Q: Musk announced the addition of 10 extra miles for Model S sedans, which he called a huge improvement. They did it by adding a second motor, right? Q: The self-driving system will park itself and bring the car to you without anyone in the car. Is this legal?	James Temple Senior Editor, Recode @jtemple
18	A: The new system will move the car over a lane when the driver uses the turn signal. A: The car reads speed-limit signs and adjusts the car to the speed on the sign. A: Drivers will be able to get out of the car in their driveways and watch it park itself in the garage. A: When drivers are ready to leave, the car will able to drive itself up
19	James Temple * recode.net * @jtemple
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23	About two hundred thousand pictures and videos sent by Snapchat users may have been hacked and stolen. People claiming credit for the theft say they'll soon post the pictures online. 4chan users have already dubbed it "the Snappening."	http://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1403672/snapchat-snappening-leak.jpg http://kennywithers.com/featured-online-marketing-articles/the-snappening-snapchat-accounts-hacked/	https://gigaom.com/2014/10/10/thousands-of-snapchat-images-may-have-been-hacked-via-a-third-party-image-saving-service/
24	David Meyer writes for Gigaom and joins us now. Q: Thumbnails were posted on 4chan as proof. Is this credible? Q: Snapchat pictures are supposed to be self-destructing. How could this happen? Q: What's the point of using a self-destructing photo service, then backing up photos on Snapsave? Q: If compromising pictures of minors are among the pictures, would the hackers then face child pornography charges if caught? Q: The pictures will be searchable by Snapchat ID. I assume, though, that most users would use a pseudonym on Snapchat.	David Meyer Writer, Gigaom @superglaze
25	NOTES		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/504947276670717952/ryjMl0SX.jpeg
26	David Meyer * gigaom.com * @superglaze
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28	An exclusive in The Wall Street Journal this morning says that a new generation of digital marketing companies are searching for and harvesting selfies from sites like Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr and Flickr for marketing purposes.	http://streamditto.com/	http://online.wsj.com/articles/smile-marketing-firms-are-mining-your-selfies-1412882222
29	Wall Street Journal reporter Doug MacMillan joins us to talk about it. Q: Tell us about Ditto Labs, and what their doing with our selfies. Q: Is this legal? Does any of what they're doing cross the line? Q: What's the harm? Q: Aren't personal photos automatically copyrighted? Q: Why does Ditto post these pictures on their web site? What do they gain by that?	Doug MacMillan Tech reporter, Wall Street Journal @dmac1
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31	Doug MacMillan * wsj.com * @dmac1
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33	ReadWrite's Selena Larson reported yesterday that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella implied that women shouldn't ask for a raise when they feel they are underpaid, but instead should have faith that the system will give them the right raise. Historically, the system has been paying women 78 cents for every dollar men make in the same positions. Speaking during a live interview on stage at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Nadella also said not asking for a raise is "good karma" and one of the superpowers women have.	Start at 2:24 http://youtu.be/A8KN3-0ZPH0?t=2m24s Stop at 3:00	http://readwrite.com/2014/10/09/nadella-women-dont-ask-for-raise http://readwrite.com/2014/10/09/microsoft-ceo-apologizes-pay-raise http://readwrite.com/2014/10/09/satya-nadella-microsoft-women-in-tech-grace-hopper-statement
34	Selena Larson joins us now. Q: Nadella backtracked pretty quickly, right? What did he say on Twitter and also in a letter to Microsoft employees after you called him out? Q: How does Microsoft compare on diversity numbers with other technology companies? Q: I believe Nadella was the first man to headline the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Will he be the last? Q: I loved the last line in your original piece on this. You said: Karma doesn't pay the bills.	Selena Larson Writer, ReadWrite @selenalarson
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36	Selena Larson * readwrite.com * @selenalarson
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38	Touch tablets seem like they've been commoditized and genericized. But one company isn't giving up. Lenovo, just added a unique feature to its Yoga Tablet 2 Pro -- a built in projector.	FULL SCREEN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU_PHEW6luo	http://www.cnet.com/products/lenovo-yoga-tablet-2-pro-android-13-inch/
39	Dan Ackerman writes at CNET and joins us to talk about the new Yoga 2. Q: Is the projector a gimmick, or is it powerful enough to be useful? Q: The Yoga Tablet 2 Pro has a 13-inch screen -- the same size as the rumored Apple iPad that has been reportedly delayed until well into next year. Is this too big for a tablet? Q: If someone wants to play TV shows or movies using the projector, are the speakers good enough for that kind of use? Q: What's the difference in battery life between using and not using the projector feature? Q: Price and availability?	Dan Ackerman Editor, CNET @danackerman
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41	Dan Ackerman * cnet.com * @danackerman
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50	As rumored, Symantec announced a plan to split into two publicly traded companies. One company will run the storage business, and the other will run the data storage business.		http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26696741/biz-break-symantec-split-join-silicon-valley-breakup
51	Jeremy Owens writes or the Silicon Valley paper of record, the San Jose Mercury News. Q: What's Symantec's reason for the split? Q: HP and eBay both announced splits. Is this a trend in the valley? Q: Symantec CEO Michael Brown announced the split. He's the fourth CEO for Symantec in five years, and has been in the role for less than a month. Who will lead the new companies? Q: Is this about seeking out an acquisition of its storage business? Q: What did Wall Street think of the announcement?	Jeremy C. Owens Reporter, Mercury News @jowens510
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53	Jeremy C. Owens * siliconvalley.com * @jowens510
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66	In an exclusive, the trade publication Business of Fashion reported that the Apple Watch will be featured on the cover of Vogue China. The watch will be worn by supermodel Liu Wen. Finally -- something the Apple Watch can do that Android Wear watches cannot: Get on the cover of Vogue.	http://cdn.businessoffashion.com/site/uploads/2014/10/Cover-Nov-2014-for-meng-700x902.jpg	http://www.businessoffashion.com/2014/10/first-look-apple-watch-makes-fashion-editorial-debut-cover-vogue-china.html
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95	Coming up this week: Intel reports earnings on Tuesday, October 14th eBay and Netflix do the same on Wednesday the 15th and IBM has their call scheduled for Thursday the 16th Also on Thursday: Apple is holding a big announcement at the Town Hall auditorium on the company's Cupertino campus at 10am Pacific. Tune in for our special, live coverage of the event starting at 9:30am Pacific on live.twit.tv Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus become available in China on Friday, October 17th. Also on Friday, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 becomes available for sale in the United States and other markets. That's what's coming up this week. Back to you, Leo.
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1	TITLE: HTC Re-diculous Camera * 1110	CO-ANCHOR:

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, October 9, 2014!
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9	[Thing o' the day]	https://plus.google.com/+TheNextWeb/posts/fmEnFjroUwi
10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	ARTICLE
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16	HTC announced a small range of new products yesterday, including a smartphone called the Desire Eye, which is optimized for selfies; the Desire 610, which is optimized for cheapness; and the Re camera, which looks like an asthma inhaler.	http://www.htc.com/us/smartphones/htc-desire-eye/ http://www.htc.com/us/smartphones/htc-desire-610/ http://www.htc.com/us/re/re-camera/	http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/8/6946547/htc-re-camera-announcement-price http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/8/6945967/htc-desire-eye-selfie-phone-announcement http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/8/6946425/htc-desire-eye-images http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/8/6947187/htc-re-camera-images http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/8/6947811/htc-zoe-app-1-0-for-android-iphone
17	Dan Seifert is reviews editor for The Verge. Q: Are you impressed with the Desire Eye? Who's going to buy it? Q: Why don't more smartphone makers have better front-facing cameras Q: Are there other smartphones with a flash on the front? Q: Despite being optimized for selfies, early reports show that it's inferior to the iPhone for selfies, even though the resolution is higher even than the iPhones rear camera, let alone front-facing camera. How does the front-facing camera compare to the better Android phones'? Q: Why did they neglect the camera on the back? It sounds unremarkable. Q: What is HTC's "Eye Experience"? Q: The face-tracking feature sounds pretty useful. Can that be used with any video chat app?	Dan Seifert Reviews Editor, The Verge @dcseifert
18	Q: The HTC Desire 610 is one of the least-desirable phones I've seen -- it'sa low-quality, cheap looking phone that despite its shoddy appearance isn't actually as inexpensive as other superior Android phones. Why does this exist and why does HTC think anyone will buy it?
19	Q: Let's talk about the Re camera. Why did they make a camera that looks like a submarine periscope? Q: Why would anyone use this instead of the smartphone they already have? Q: It seems like HTC takes the opposite approach as Apple, emphasizing image sensor resolution over other camera optimizations. Does having a 16-megapixel camera -- which is twice the resolution of Apple's iPhones -- make it better? Q: The Re has no power button. How do you turn it on? Q: Is this ruggedized for extreme sports? Q: What are the built-in storage and removable card options?
20	A: "Eye Experience" coming to the HTC One (M7), HTC One (M8), HTC One E8, HTC One mini, HTC One mini 2, HTC One max, HTC Desire 816, HTC Desire 820, and HTC Butterfly 2) A: HTC Desire 610 $350 A: Desire XXX 854-by-480 screen A: Micro-USB port and a microSD card slot for storage A: 8GB card is included, but the camera supports cards up to 128GB. A: Re: $199
21	Dan Seifert * theverge.com * @dcseifert
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25	Google yesterday launched a new program called Chromebook for Work.	http://googleforwork.blogspot.com.es/2014/10/chromebooks-for-work-more-manageable.html	http://www.zdnet.com/google-targets-businesses-with-chromebooks-for-work-7000034472/
26	Steven Vaughan-Nichols writes for CNET Q: What is the Chromebook for Work initiative, exactly? Q: Is the Chromebook as well-suited for enterprise users as it is for students? Q: You quoted Google's Chrome for Work Product Manager as saying that the company has taken a big step toward the goal of popularizing Chromebooks for businesses. What big step is he talking about? Q: What do you think of the new Admin Console? Q: What about new remote Windows desktop options? Q: Tell us about the new pricing	Steven Vaughan-Nichols Contributing Editor, ZDNet +StevenVaughanNichols
27	A: Focusing on: identity, manageability, virtualization, performance and pricing. A: Single sign-on: This will enable your office workers to log in with the same credentials and A: Improved Wi-Fi network connectivity A: Expanded Chrome settings deployment A: Better graphics A: Cheaper
28	Steven Vaughan-Nichols * zdnet.com * +StevenVaughanNichols
29	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	ARTICLE
30	A startup called Snowball yesterday launched an Android app that brings messaging conversations from different services into a single location. The app is also called Snowball, and it integrates with WhatApp, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, SMS, Line, WeChat, Twitter, and Slack.	http://www.trysnowball.com	http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/08/the-snowball-app-for-android-is-your-ticket-to-unified-messaging/
31	Jordan Novet writes for VentureBeat. Q: How does Snowball work? Q: You talked to CEO Anish Acharya. How does he envision the future of messaging? Q: Tell us about Steve, the snowman Q: The company just closed a $2.3 million funding round. Who's backing them? Q: Is there a risk that the apps could shut snowball out and break their integrations? Q: Is Snowball coming to iOS?	Jordan Novet Writer, VentureBeat @jordannovet		10:10
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33	Jordan Novet * venturebeat.com * @jordannovet
34	(MIKE 4)	SHOW	ARTICLE
35	A free new chat app called comiXchat puts your conversations into a hand-drawn comic interface. It comes from a company called Nubis.	http://www.comixchat.com/	http://thenextweb.com/creativity/2014/10/09/new-comixchat-messaging-app-goes-beyond-emoticons-avatars-real-time-dramatic-scenes/
36	Jackie Dove is the Creativity Editor for The Next Web Q: How do they do this? Q: Who is Otto Schmidinger? Q: Which phone platforms are supported? Q: If you attach photos, where do they go? Q: Can you post these cartoon chat sessions on social media? Q: The company has a social media campaig to get people to download. What are they offering? Q: How do they monetize?	Jackie Dove Creativity Editor, The Next Web @jackidove
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38	Jackie Dove * thenextweb.com * @jackidove
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40	Google today announced a new version of its Hangouts Chrome App for both the Chrome OS and for Windows PCs. They did not announce a new OS X version. When you announced the Chrome plug in on a Mac, it tells you the app is not fully supported. But then it installs, and basically launches the old version when you try to run the new one. The app appears to be separate from the Chrome browser. It looks like icons on the desktop, with connected floating chatheads. As previously announced, Google Voice is integrated, so Google Voice users can just use the Hangouts app in place of Voice. That includes SMS messages sent to the Voice phone number.	FULL SCREEN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z91qA7JQIMc
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65	The Wall Street Journal confirmed today a Bloomberg report from last week, reporting that Apple's 12.9-inch iPad has been delayed. The company had been planning to start production in December, but has now pushed back that schedule to free up capacity to meet huge iPhone 6 Plus demand. * * *		http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/larger-apple-ipad-to-be-delayed-1412846867-lMyQjAxMTE0OTA1OTUwMDk5Wj
66	Square Order, which is an app for ordering and paying for food, coffee and other things for pick-up, now has arrival prediction. You can order at any time, and the participating establishment won't start making it until you're almost there. * * *	https://squareup.com/order
67	AT&T has to pay $105 million to settle a federal investigation into whether it fraudulently billed customers for millions of dollars worth of add-on services. The practice is called "cramming," and in AT&T's case it involved $10 a month added without permission to customer phone bills for dumb features like ringtones, wallpapers, horoscopes, flirting tips, and celebrity gossip. The penalties for doing it involve $25 million in fines, plus $80 million in refunds to customers.	http://www.fcc.gov/document/att-pay-105-million-resolve-wireless-cramming-investigation-0
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69	LEGO has released six new Minecraft Lego sets called Cave, Dragon Edge, Farm, First Night, and Workbench. Images of the sets were leaked on a Russian toy store, and aren't expected to become available until November.	http://mir-kubikov.ru/lego/minecraft/
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92	HTC announces new phones and a weird new camera.
93	Plus, we'll tell you all about two unexpected new messaging apps. One brings all your messages from different services into one inbox. The other puts your chat sessions into hand-drawn cartoons!
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1	TITLE: It's Humpday For Google Street View * 1109	CO-ANCHOR: Jason Hiner

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, October 8, 2014!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1109/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Jason Hiner]
9	[Thing o' the day: October 16th iPad and Mac event] Our coverage next Thursday -- one week from tomorrow -- will begin at 9:30am Pacific.	http://9to5mac.com/2014/10/08/its-been-way-too-long-apple-sends-out-invites-for-thursday-october-16th-ipad-mac-event/
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16	Twitter is suing the US government. The lawsuit is intended to force several government agencies to allow Twitter to talk more about government requests for user data.	https://g.twimg.com/blog/blog/attachments/Complaint.pdf	http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/10/07/twitter_is_suing_the_u_s_government_to_be_able_to_disclose_exact_data_request.html http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20141007/IT/310070024/Twitter-files-First-Amendment-lawsuit-against-DOJ-FBI
17	Lily Hay Newman is a reporter for Slate. Q: Twitter says current rules preventing disclosure violates the First Amendment rights of users. Does the first Amendment really protect someone's right to be informed when the government requests their data? Q: So would they disclose information only to American citizens? Q: Would Twitter inform each user every time a government requested their data? Q: How many requests for user information does Twitter get? Q: What kind of information does the government typically want? Q: In December, eight companies leaned on the government to restrict government surveillance. Was that effort successful?	Lily Hay Newman Reporter, Slate @lilyhnewman Aaron Boyd Senior Writer, Federal Times @Federal_IT
18	A: In December, eight companies including Google, Apple and Microsoft, formed a coalition to lobby President Obama and Congress publicly to set greater restrictions on the breadth of government surveillance.
19	Lily Hay Newman * slate.com * @lilyhnewman Aaron Boyd * federaltimes.com * @Federal_IT
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23	Remember IBM's Watson? IBM's Jeopardy playing artificial intelligence system? Well the company keeps investing in it -- and give it more capabilities. The company opened a new office yesterday in New York City, and answered some interesting questions about what Watson is up to these days.	PLEASE START AT 1:59 AND GO FULL SCREEN. http://youtu.be/_Xcmh1LQB9I?t=1m59s	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-07/watson-says-hola-as-jeopardy-champ-gets-language-skills.html
24	Alex Barinka is a reporter for Bloomberg News. Q: What is Watson, exactly? A computer? An application? Q: You reported that Watson has learned to speak Spanish, with more languages coming soon. What will IBM do with this multi-lingual capability? Q: IBM opened a new office in New York yesterday. What is IBM using the office for? Q: IBM is trying to broaden the base of Watson users. How are they doing that? Q: I'm really intrigued by these Watson supported mobile apps you reported on. Can you tell us about those? Q: How much has IBM invested in Watson so far? And do we know if they're making or losing money on that investment?	Alex Barinka Reporter, Bloomberg News @alexbarinka
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26	Alex Barinka * bloomberg.net * @alexbarinka
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28	As announced in April, Facebook yesterday opened its ad network, called the Facebook Audience Network. The change means advertising based on your Facebook personal data may now show up outside of Facebook.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_CmbnS4SKc	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/07/facebooks-ad-network-opens-to-everyone/
29	Reed Albergotti is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Q: You wrote that Facebook has 1.5 million advertisers and can also appear on any app. That 1.5 million is likely to grow very quickly now, won't it? Q: I'm pretty amazed from your story about how easy it will be for existing Facebook advertisers to expand into the network. Can you describe this process? Q: What do you expect this to do for Facebook's revenue growth? Is this a minor step or a big one? Q: The appeal is theoretically Facebook's ability to target user interests. But have they demonstrated that ability? Personally, I find Facebook ads highly irrelevant. Q: Critics of contextual advertising say that under such business models the user is the product. It's pretty amazing that Facebook calls it the Facebook Audience Network. Q: What do we know so far about the Facebook Audience Network SDK?	Reed Albergotti Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
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31	Reed Albergotti * wsj.com * @ReedAlbergotti
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33	Microsoft’s research lab just cranked out a new photo sharing app called Xim. Like snapchat, the app deletes shared photos after a certain amount of time. But unlike Snapchat, the recipient doesn't need to have the Xim app installed in order to receive the picture. The pictures live in the cloud and they can be viewed with any browser. The coolest bit is that if the sender swipes or zooms on a picture, the recipients will see that action in real-time. The first version is for Windows Phone, which ships today, but future versions for iOS and Android are planned.	START AT 0:22 FULL SCREEN http://youtu.be/huOqqgHgXwQ?t=22s
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63	We told you yesterday about Apple's sapphire partner, called GT Advanced Technologies, filing bankruptcy. The announcement wiped out 90 percent of the company's value on the stock market. Today Apple said they were surprised by the move and didn't see it coming. Apple said via a spokesman that the company is committed to preserving jobs in Arizona where GT employs some 700 people.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/08/us-apple-gt-advanced-tech-idUSKCN0HX0XV20141008
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66	Remember the 1993 open world PC game called Myst? It was the first of its genre -- a rich, artful landscape with mysterious puzzles and clues all over the place. Well now the game is being turned into a TV show, according to a report at Deadline. Legendary TV & Digital Media has signed a deal with Cyan Worlds to create a TV series -- and also a new companion video game -- based on Myst. * * *	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htsj_msQtBM
67	Behold, the Google StreetView camel! In order to add the Liwa Desert in the United Arab Emirates to Google Maps, Google lashed a StreetView camera, called the Trekker, to a camel's hump and guided the dromedary across the open sand dunes of the vast Liwa Desert.	START AT 0:10 - PLEASE GO FULL SCREEN http://youtu.be/4pVCToDTbT4?t=11s
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69	Our TNT fan of the day is David Grant in Tucson, Arizona, who said he listens hands-free while driving through the desert to serve assistive technology clients.... the mute was on so I could command Glass to take a picture...	JASON: THIS IS POSTED ON ONE OF MY TWITTER ACCOUNTS (HE SENT IT VIA EMAIL) PLEASE SHOW ONLY THE PHOTO: https://twitter.com/TheNewNewNews/status/519813921482743808
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1	TITLE: Apple's Unbreakable Sapphire Partner Is Broke * 1108	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, October 7, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: ZipRecruiter. ZipRecruiter makes hiring faster, easier and cheaper. Post your job to 50+ job boards with one click. Try ZipRecruiter with a FREE 4 day trial now at ziprecruiter.com/tnt. That’s zip recruiter dot com slash tnt.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1108/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Joe Panettieri]
9	[Thing o' the day: Medium's new Backchannel, edited by Steve Levy]	https://medium.com/backchannel/why-i-started-backchannel-2e1a14f689d1
10	Takeaways: - Won't try to cover everything. Insight. Deep Reporting. - Built on the Medium platform. - Already posted Executive Editor to Steven ad: https://medium.com/jobs/executive-editor-to-steven-levy-6b5a0b8a9955	Help Wanted Ad for Steven Leven Site: https://medium.com/jobs/executive-editor-to-steven-levy-6b5a0b8a9955
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17	The European Commission is looking into whether Amazon got illegal help from Luxembourg to dodge taxes. Amazon records most of its European profit with a subsidiary in Luxembourg, where the profit is not taxed.	http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-1105_en.htm	http://www.pcworld.com/article/2692832/european-commission-suspects-amazon-has-received-illegal-state-aid.html http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b0330530-4d5e-11e4-8f75-00144feab7de.html
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19	A: Part of a wider crackdown A: Already investigating Apple in Ireland A: Fiat in Luxembourg A: Starbucks in the Netherlands A: Bigger global trend: Where is money earned, where is it taxed, and which countries are seeking their fair share?
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24	Mike: When's the last time you heard about a Nobel Prize that actually had practical implications in the home and at work? Well here's one. It involves the inventors of low-energy LED light. Here with details is Stephen Shankland, senior editor, CNet news.	http://www.cnet.com/news/efficient-useful-blue-light-led-draws-nobel-prize-in-physics/
25	Interview: Stephen Shankland, Senior Writer, CNET News	Stephen Shankland Senior writer, CNET News @stshank
26	Q: Stephen: Give us the big picture here. Who won the Nobel Prize for physics and why is it such a mainstream story this time around? Q: How big a deal is LED lighting in terms of potential energy savings? Q: How big a market for LED lighting will materialize? Q: Was this a controversy-free invention or was there some debate in terms of who developed the intellectual property?
27	A: Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and Japanese-born U.S. citizen Shuji Nakamura won the prize for developing the blue light-emitting diode (LED) -- the missing piece that now allows manufacturers to produce white-light lamps. A: Lighting currently consumes 20% of the world's electricity. LED could reduce that to 4% of total consumption. A: GE forecasts LED will account for 70% of $100B market by 2020, up from 18% in 2012.
28	Stephen Shankland * cnet.com * @stshank
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30	Apple's partner for the making of sapphire displays has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The move comes less than a year after it signed a $578 million deal with Apple.	http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-sapphire-supplier-gt-advanced-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/
31	Ben Fox Rubin is a reporter at CNET Q: Is the company in trouble? Are they at risk of going out of business? Q: Were they expecting iPhone 6 handsets to have sapphire screens? Was that the original plan? Q: Is this caused by investment in the Apple partnership? Q: Why won't Apple help them with financing? Is Apple being stingy or shortsighted? Q: Is this bad for Apple's reputation? You know, go all-in with Apple and go bankrupt? Q: Should Apple buy GT?	Ben Fox Rubin Tech reporter, CNET @benfoxrubin
32	A: Apple watch will have curved sapphire A: 1.3-million-square-foot facility in Mesa, Ariz. * 700 employees A: as of Sept. 29, it had approximately $85 million in cash
33	Ben Fox Rubin * cnet.com * @benfoxrubin
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35	Our next story shows how privacy concerns can trigger a mass user exodus from one app to another app. But this time, it's the South Korean government allegedly doing the spying, and a German app provider that wants to ride to the rescue.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/07/us-southkorea-apps-telegram-idUSKCN0HW0RR20141007
36	Here with details is Russell Brandom, a reporter from The Verge.	Russell Brandom Reporter, The Verge @russellbrandom
37	Q: So Russell, why are South Korean's extra sensitive to privacy on the Internet right now? Q: It sounds like Telegram, a privately-held company in Germany, is trying to address those privacy concerns in South Korea. How so? Q: Are you seeing any type of user-base shift from established apps in South Korea toward Telegram? Q: What's the lesson here? Is this a one-time event, or have privacy concerns shift similar user and app migrations in other countries?
38	A: Some Koreans fear that the government is monitoring a popular local app called KakaoTalk -- which has 35 million local users. A: Amid the privacy concerns, 400,000 users have left KakaoTalk in the past week. A: And one million Koreans have downloaded Telegram in the past week or so. A: The app's tagline is "taking back our right to privacy." A: Earlier this week, Telegram told South Koreans on its Twitter feed: "Your dialogue records will not be open and secret conversations will not leave any trace on the server. Our official apps guarantee the best security." A: Telegram also has no servers in South Korea. A: Mike, this shows how popular, entrenched apps can lose credibilty almost overnight amid privacy and security concerns. A:	KakaoTalk has 100M users worldwide, and roughly 35M in South Korea: http://www.kakao.com/talk Alternative: Telegram just issued Korean language version: https://telegram.org/
39	Russell Brandom * theverge.com * @russellbrandom
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42	The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is defending its impersonation of a woman on Facebook. An exclusive by investigative reporter Chris Hamby on Buzzfeed found that the DEA created the fake account of a real person without her knowledge or permission. The agency used her real pictures, too, which they had taken from her seized cell phone. They also posted pictures of her son and niece.	http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrishamby/government-says-federal-agents-can-impersonate-woman-online#2m0lb88
43	Chris Hamby joins us to talk about his exclusive. Q: What did the DEA use the woman's identity and fake facebook account for? Q: How did they get access to her phone and photos? Q: What did experts on privacy law tell you about the case? Q: Is the DEA also justifying the use of her child's photos? Q: Isn't this just like going undercover? Q: Why is this story just now emerging?	Chris Hamby Investigative reporter, Buzzfeed @ChrisDHamby
44	A: Sondra Arquiett, who then went by the name Sondra Prince A: arrested alleging she was part of a drug ring, got probation
45	Chris Hamby * buzzfeed.com * @ChrisDHamby
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67	Remember Facebook's $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp? Yeah, well now it's costing them nearly $22 billion. The reason is that the deal was a mostly-stock transaction, including 178 million shares of Facebook stock. Because the value of Facebook's stock has gone up, the value of the overall deal has also gone up. WhatsApp founder Jan Koum will get nearly $2 billion in Facebook stock -- if, that is, he stays with the company for four years. * * *	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/06/us-facebook-whatsapp-idUSKCN0HV1Q820141006
68	Speaking of WhatsApp, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to use the app to communicate with Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe. The reason is that Iribe (like many Facebook users) didn't want to install the separate Facebook Messenger app on his phone. Iribe said in an interview this week that the deal was mostly negotiated via WhatsApp. * * *	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-06/zuckerberg-s-new-secret-weapon-for-deal-making-whatsapp.html
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73	Our TNT fan of the day is Flavien Huynh in Toulouse, France, who listens to Tech News Today by controlling it with his Pebble smartwatch.	https://plus.google.com/101539428183926427613/posts/9fVGYzo2PBj
74	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just record a video or take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
75	You can also search the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
76	That's the tech news today!
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78	Subscribe to Tech News Today on Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, Feedly, Yahoo, RSS or many other options.
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1	TITLE: Here Comes HP Ink * 1107	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, October 6, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free 2 week trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com, and use offer code TNT
4	And by: Citrix ShareFile. Enhance your work flow- send files of almost any size easily and securely with Citrix ShareFile. Try ShareFile today! For a 30 Day Free Trial, go to ShareFile.com, click the microphone and enter TNT!
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		BRIDGEURL LINK
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Lindsey Turrentine]
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16	HP will break itself into two companies. One company will be called HP Inc., and will be made up from HP's current PC and printers businesses. The second company, to be called Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, will be based on HP's current corporate computing and IT services businesses.	http://recode.net/2014/10/05/hp-returns-to-breakup-plan-it-shelved-three-years-ago/ http://recode.net/2014/10/05/hp-returns-to-breakup-plan-it-shelved-three-years-ago/ http://recode.net/2014/10/06/after-the-split-what-will-the-two-new-hps-be-worth/	http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/HPannouncement.pdf
17	Arik Hesseldahl writes about enterprise computing for Recode. Q: Why is HP doing this? And why didn't Meg Whitman do this three years ago? Q: How many employees will lose their jobs? Q: What are the split companies worth compared to the current single HP? Q: The PC and printer company will be called HP Inc. That's a perfect name, isn't it, given that its most profitable business will be selling ink cartridges to existing printers? Q: You wrote that splitting the companies in two will get rid of about $1 billion worth of operational synergies, according to Whitman. So why do it? Q: Who will lead the respective companies and represent them on their respective boards? Q: Why didn't Lenovo or Dell want to buy HP's PC operation? And why didn't Wipro and Infosys want to buy HP's Enterprise Services unit? And why didn't IBM want to buy HP's Business Critical Server business? Q: HP recently considered merging with EMC. Why did they want this and why didn't it work out? Q: When will the transaction be completed?	Arik Hesseldahl Enterprise Dude, Recode @ahess247
18	A: Whitman = CEO of the enterprise IT company, and chairman of the PC and printing company A: Dion Weisler, head HP’s printing and PC group, will be CEO of that company and Patricia Russo, an HP director, will be chairman, these sources said. You wrote that the decision comes after a failed attempt at what it called “asset optimization." What's asset optimization? A: 317,500 employees A: announced cuts of between 11,000 and 16,000 since then. A: today she expanded a job-cut program to more than 55,000 jobs to trim costs
19	Arik Hesseldahl * recode.net * @ahess247
20	AD 1: Squarespace	http://squarespace.com
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23	Lenovo may have its own wearable device soon after its "Lenovo Smartband" makes its way through the FCC. Technically identified by its model number -- SW-B100 -- the band is, quite frankily, nothing surprising. It will alert the wearer to incoming calls and monitor fitness, including exericise, sleep, and heart rate. Brad Linder, editor of Liliputing, is here to talk about this new band.	http://liliputing.com/2014/10/lenovo-smartband-fitness-tracker-hits-fcc-looks-like.html
24	Q: Brad, is there anything at all that sets this smart band apart from its competitors? Q: Why do you think Lenovo is jumping in so late in the game, and with a device that's not a full smart watch? Q: This band seems to specialize in reminding the wearer to take care of certain things. What can it do?	Brad Linder Editor, Liliputing @bradlinder
25	A: The band is wide, and black and orange. A: the Bluetooth SIG -- the body that regulates BT devices -- is also currently in the process of approving the device. A: The band works with iOS, Android, and Windows Phone to provide alerts and reminders.
26	Brad Linder * bradlinder.net * @bradlinder
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28	Facebook Messenger contains hidden code for a payments feature that would enable users to send money to each other. The feature is complete; all Facebook has to do is turn it on, according to a report on TechCrunch. The code was first discovered by security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski last month using an iOS app exploration developer tool.	http://instagram.com/p/tx7VKiy1Wd/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/05/pay-with-facebook-messenger/
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33	As of November 10, Skype will no longer make calls to land lines or cell phones in India if the calls are placed from within India, according to the Times of India. Microsoft hasn't commented on the reason for the change, and promises to refund money to any affected party.	http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Skype-to-block-local-voice-calls-from-India-starting-November-10/articleshow/44479747.cms
34	A: Those travelling outside India can make calls to landline and mobile phones in India and callers from within India can still place Skype calls to outside the country. A: Indian law prevents VoIP calls originating from within the country, so these services typically route the calls outside the country and then back in to avoid breaking the law. A: PC-to-PC calls are legal in India and will continue with Skype. A: There's no news yet of any other IP calling service making a similar move.
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63	Verizon plans to shut down its Redbox Instant streaming video service tomorrow. The service combined Outerwall's Redbox DVD rental kiosks with a Verizon streaming video service. The companies admitted failure and are cutting their losses. * * *	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/04/us-usa-verizoncomms-redbox-idUSKCN0HT0NV20141004
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66	Some guy named Corbin Davenport got Microsoft Windows 95 running on an Android Wear watch! He used an Android DOS emulator called aDosBox, then installed Windows 95 on top of it, which make the operating system boot on his Samsung Gear Live smartwatch. Unfortunately, launching any Windows application caused an immediate crash because of insufficient memory.	START AT 0:26 http://youtu.be/GZx-LJH5J_I?t=26s
67	Best Apple spaceship drone footage yet!	http://youtu.be/MDv-mdNw1Nk?t=1m23s
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73	Our TNT fan of the day is Jeff Grave, who lives in nearby Pleasanton, California, but who took this picture in Wailea, Hawaii.	https://twitter.com/jeffgrave/status/518446345615851521
74	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just record a video or take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
75	You can also search the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
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1	TITLE: WhatsApp With Google's New Chat Service? * 1106	CO-ANCHOR: Christina Warren

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, October 3, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1106/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Christina Warren]	http://mashable.com/2014/10/01/windows-10-preview-vs-os-x-yosemite/
9	[Thing o' the day Windows 10 -- like OS X? ]
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16	Google is working on a new messaging app to compete with Whatsapp. In an exclusive, India's Economic Times newspaper reported today that Google will soon start testing the app in emerging markets like India. The new messaging app would be free, and probably be launched next year, and would not require Google login credentials, unlike its current Hangouts app. If you'll recall, Google offered $10 billion to buy WhatsApp but was outbid by Facebook who picked it up for $19 billion.	http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/google-planning-to-launch-own-mobile-messaging-app-similar-to-whatsapp/articleshow/44141070.cms
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23	The world's biggest YouTube star, Felix [SHELL-berg] Kjellberg, has about 30 million subscribers and makes about 4 million dollars a year in advertising. He's best known as PewDiePie. He signed on with online content producer Maker Studios less than two years ago. But an exclusive interview by Maria Lindholm in the Swedish magazine Icon reported that he's thinking of leaving Maker.	START AT 0:12 http://youtu.be/E8Gup1SASl8?t=12s	http://iconmagazine.se/artiklar/stories-in-english/powerful-swede-world-2/
24	Maria Lindholm joins us now from Sweden by phone. Q: Before we get into the details, can you tell us who Felix [SHELL-berg] Kjellberg and what he does on YouTube? Q: Why is he thinking about leaving Maker Studios? Or maybe a better question would be: Why did he sign up with them in the first place? He's a one-man show. Q: Would PewDiePie's departure bring into question Disney's $950 million investment in Maker? Q: [SHELL-berg] talked about an attempt to work with Disney on a charity project for Disney, and he didn't like the experience. Can you tell us about that? Q: Do you think his channel is appropriate for his younger fans? Is he a bad influence and should parents be concerned?	Maria Lindholm Journalist, Icon Magazine @mariaalindholm
25	A: 24-year-old Kjellberg A: created PewDiePie five years ago A: December 2012, PewDiePie signed on with Maker Studios A: Maker Studios manages 55 000 YouTube channels		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1233048932/twitt.jpg
26	Maria Lindholm * iconmagazine.se * @mariaalindholm
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28	Peter Kafka reported on Recode that Apple is negotiating with major music labels about a new deal for Beats Music.	http://recode.net/2014/10/02/apple-asks-the-music-labels-for-a-price-cut-on-streaming-subscriptions/
29	Peter joins us now. Q: What is Apple negotiating for, exactly? Q: Why other kinds of new rights would Apple like from the labels? Q: You mentioned that Apple is planning to revamp Beats. When would this happen? Q: TechCrunch reported that Apple is planning to shut Beats down. What are your sources telling you about that? Q: With thin streaming music margins and declining download sales, is Apple facing drops in music revenue?	Peter Kafka Senior Editor, Media Recode @pkafka
30	A: Apple wants to sell for less than $10 monthly current price
31	Peter Kafka * recode.net * @pkafka
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33	Reuters is reporting that Facebook wants to jump on the healthcare bandwagon. Plans are still in development according to anonymous sources, but the current thinking is the creation of online "support communities" that would connect people who share the same affliction. They also might develop "preventative care" applications for improving health. Facebook has been holding meetings with people in the medical industry to explore what's possible.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/03/us-facebook-health-idUSKCN0HS09720141003
34	No interview
35	A: Recent: Facebook's successful "organ-donor status initiative," in 2012 A: People with various ailments do already look on Facebook for advice A: Zuck's wife Priscilla Chan, a pediatric resident at University of California San Francisco A: Chan donated $5 million to the Ravenswood Health Center in East Palo Alto.
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38	Evernote yesterday announced two new products or features. The first is Evernote Context, which is an artificial intelligence engine that watches what you type and suggests outside content you might want to integrated into your document. The other is Work Chat, which features collaboration and presentation tools. It's designed to replace email. Evernote CEO Phil Libin said that Work Chat is designed to "break the tyranny of the inbox, that long list of messages that you’re never going to get through." Work Chat works a little like Google Docs -- or maybe the now-defunct Google Wave -- with real-time updates that can be seen by everyone collaborating. Both Context and Work Chat may become available as early as next month.	http://blog.evernote.com/blog/2014/10/02/context-work-enriched-smartest-minds/ http://blog.evernote.com/blog/2014/10/02/evernote-goes-collaborative-work-chat/
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40	A: The old client, while still available, will eventually go away.
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43	NEWS
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47	AD 2:	http://gotoassist.com
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50	NEWS
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55	NEWS
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60	We got an email from TNT fan Kyle from Jacksonville, Florida, about our coverage of Facebook's real names policy. He wrote: ----> "I have to wonder what Facebook's real goal is with their name policy. They state that it is to protect the users against trolls and abuse, but I fail to see how this policy does that. Instead of forcing users to use a "real name," they should just provide better tools and flags to protect users. It seems like it would be easier to follow up reports of abuse and trolling, than it would be to make their users send in paper work and have Facebook employees verify names and user data. Not only that, but if Facebook is actually trying to protect the users, they should know that this is a very personal issue and all they are doing is trolling the LGBT community by making those specific users provide extra paperwork to verify their identity. Often times this is an issue because individuals who have hatred or negative feeling about the LGBT community are flagging these account, when no one else would care. If Facebook really cared about their users they would build out their system for blocking, muting, and ignoring posts and users who comment instead of picking on members of the community."
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66	Forrester researchers have discovered that Americans are warming to spam -- they're actually starting to enjoy it. One reason, according to the report, is that people are obsessed with and addicted to their smartphones. They don't mind getting spam as much, because it's an excuse to pull their phones out and use them. Another is that marketers are getting a little better at targeting spam to match user interests. And finally, spam filters are getting better, so people are seeing less of it.	http://www.businessinsider.com/people-in-the-us-are-reading-more-email-spam-than-ever-before-forrester-says-2014-10
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69	Our TNT fan of the day is Brian Lewis in St. Louis, Missouri who said he watches Tech News Today on his Moto 360 Android Wear smartwatch.	https://plus.google.com/116733287626765006575/posts/VCxBsTuWtFR
70	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just record a video or take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
71	You can also search the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
72	That's the tech news today!
73	[co-anchor plug]
74	Subscribe to Tech News Today on Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, Feedly, Yahoo, RSS or many other options.
75	Choose your favorite way to subscribe at twit.tv/tnt
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80	And please send us your thoughts and opinions!
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82	Send email to tnt@twit.tv
83	Or leave voicemail at 260-TNT-show
84	Also: Don’t miss our evening newscast, Tech News Tonight, at 4pm Pacific tonight and every weeknight right here on the TWiT network.
85	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you Monday.
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95	HTC is holding an event called "Double Exposure" on Wednesday, October 8th in New York City -- probably some kind of camera or smartphone camera announcement. Thursday, October 9th, is going to be a big news day. Sony is holding an event in New York Thursday -- possibly the US launch of the new Xperia Z3 smartphone line. The first-ever Internet dot org summit takes place in New Delhi, India, on Thursday. Internet dot org exists to bring affordable Internet connectivity to parts of the world that currently don't have it. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the keynote speaker. Zuck will also meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi while he's there. And also on Thursday, Tesla will officially unveil something called the D, according to a cryptic tweet by CEO Elon Musk. He also teased a mystery announcement of some kind as well. That's what's coming up this week. Back to you, Leo.
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1	TITLE: Facebook is a Drag * 1105	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, October 2, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
4	And by: Citrix GoToAssist, the #1 Global Market Leader in Remote Support. Sign up for GoToAssist before October 10th to get another Citrix product FREE for 6 months! Visit GoToAssist dot com and get started!
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1105/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Elise Hu]
9	[Thing o' the day: "Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg In Conversation with Elise Hu" How Google Works]	http://fora.tv/2014/09/30/How_Google_Works
10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	LINKS
11	News
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13	Notes
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15	(MIKE 1)	SHOW	LINKS
16	A Facebook executive yesterday apologized to drag queens and LGBT supporters who were affected by the social network's real names policy. Facebook chief product officer, Chris Cox. He also suggested minor changes to the policy.	https://www.facebook.com/chris.cox/posts/10101301777354543	http://readwrite.com/2014/10/01/facebook-chris-cox-apologizes-drag-queens-real-names
17	Selena Larson wrote about the issue for ReadWrite Q: Can you summarize the controversy that has unfolded over the past two weeks or so? Q: Unlike Google, which recently killed its real-names policy entirely, Facebook isn't making much of a change, are they? Q: Why does Facebook claim that it needs a real names policy. Isn't Facebook the only major social network that requires it? Q: What is Facebook's criteria for what a real name is? Q: Facebook seems to apologize constantly. Is this a strategy or an accident? Q: Was the issue triggered by trolls trying to expose drag performers? Q: You wrote about the hashtag #MyNameIs, and the movement it references. Can you tell us about that?	Selena Larson Writer, ReadWrite @selenalarson
18	NOTES
19	Selena Larson * readwrite.com * @selenalarson
20	AD 1: Gazelle	http://gazelle.com
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23	Apple Pay will debut on October 20. That's the credit card free mobile payment system Apple announced earlier this month. It will use near field communication to let you pay for purchases by waving your iPhone near the register. Joining us to talk about it is Ian Kar -- reporter at Bank Innovation. Ian, what can we expect?	http://bankinnovation.net/2014/10/apple-pay-to-be-included-in-ios-8-1-sources-confirm/
24	Q: Where -- which stores and vendors -- will we start seeing Apple Pay on October 20? Q: Security obviously something a lot of Apple users have become wary of. How does Apple address those concerns when it comes to its payment system? Q: How does this play into PayPal getting spun off to become its own compnay next year? Is there a potential partnership here? Or competition?	Ian Kar Reporter, Bank Innovation @iankar_
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26	Ian Kar * bankinnovation.net * @iankar_
27	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	LINKS
28	The UK company ARM Holdings, which makes 95% of the chips that power smartphones, introduced a new operating system for the Internet of Things called the mbed OS.	https://mbed.org/	http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-k-chip-designer-arm-holdings-introduces-new-operating-system-1412183702
29	Lisa Fleisher is a Tech Reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Q: Does the Internet of Things need another operating system, another standard? Q: They also announced a new chip to go with the OS. What will the chip and mbed OS be used for? What kinds of things? Q: Will this be a problem for ARM's smartphone OS partners, who will no doubt ship Internet of Things OSs of their own? Q: What's predicted for the future of chips for the Internet of Things? How big is the market going to be?	Lisa Fleisher Tech Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @lisafleisher
30	NOTES
31	Lisa Fleisher * wsj.com * @lisafleisher
32	(ELISE 4)	SHOW	LINKS
33	There's a new partnership of research and social media. Twitter is turning over every recorded tweet to MIT. That's where it has donated 10 million dollars to the Media Lab, which will study how information spreads on Twitter. Joining us to talk about it is Hiawatha Bray ... tech columnist at the boston glob.	http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/twitter-funds-mit-media-lab-program-1001
34	Q: Background on how this partnership came to pass? Q: What specifically will the media lab be doing with this trove? Q: What has the Lab done before that gives us an idea of where this research might go? Q: Will the Twitter move lead other social companies to share data?	Hiawatha Bray Technology columnist, Boston Globe @watha
35	A: Will be a goldmine for researchers. A: They study topics ranging from public sentiment on health and politics to information diffusion. A: Twitter has said approximately 500 million tweets are sent each day.		http://goo.gl/vtSu0a
36	Hiawatha Bray * bostonglobe.com * @watha
37	(MIKE 5)
38	A Hollywood lawyer representing several women whose photos were stolen in the iCloud hack scandal has threatened not Apple but Google with a lawsuit exceeding one hundred million dollars. I talked to Variety reporter Todd Spangler this morning about his story.	http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/google-threatened-with-100-million-lawsuit-over-hacked-celeb-photos-1201319374/
39	No interview	Todd Spangler Digital Editor, Variety @xpangler
40	NOTES
41	Todd Spangler * variety.com * @xpangler
42	(CO 6)	SHOW	LINKS
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47	AD 2: GoToAssist	http://gotoassist.com
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50	NEWS
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55	NEWS
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66	New pictures have emerged of the construction of Apple's future spaceship campus. Let's take a look. * * *	http://campus2.tumblr.com/post/98960558888
67	Dubai police intend to hand out Google Glass to detectives. They'll use the wearables for face detection using special glassware developed by the police department. The software will compare the faces of various people with a databased of wanted criminals.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/02/us-emirates-dubai-google-police-idUSKCN0HR0W320141002
68	(WRAP UP)
69	Our TNT fan of the day is Kristian Ottosen in Denmark who says he watches Tech News Today on a jailbroken espresso machine at the headquarters of Run Gap -- Run Gap is a Free Workout Tracker for iOS.	https://twitter.com/o2sen/status/517603641155661825
70	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just record a video or take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
71	You can also search the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
72	That's the tech news today!
73	[co-anchor plug]
74	Subscribe to Tech News Today on Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, Feedly, Yahoo, RSS or many other options.
75	Choose your favorite way to subscribe at twit.tv/tnt
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80	And please send us your thoughts and opinions!
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82	Send email to tnt@twit.tv
83	Or leave voicemail at 260-TNT-show
84	Also: Don’t miss our evening newscast, Tech News Tonight, at 4pm Pacific tonight and every weeknight right here on the TWiT network.
85	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow.
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1	TITLE: Windows 10 Because 7 Ate 9 * 1104	CO-ANCHOR: Katie Benner

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, October 1, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Citrix GoToAssist, the #1 Global Market Leader in Remote Support. Sign up for GoToAssist before October 10th to get another Citrix product FREE for 6 months! Visit GoToAssist dot com and get started!
4	And by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1104/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Katie Benner, Tech columnist at Bloomberg View]
9	[Thing o' the day: Gold iPad]
10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	LINKS
11	News
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15	(MIKE 1)	SHOW	LINKS
16	Microsoft unveiled its Windows 10 operating system yesterday.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/30/windows-10-is-microsofts-big-fat-apology-for-windows-8/
17	Devindra Hardawar is a Senior Editor and the lead mobile writer for VentureBeat Q: Where did Windows 9 go? Q: The Start menu is back, and this time with live tiles. Does that make sense from an interface point of view? Q: What is Microsoft doing to get the interface right for both mouse-and-keyboard PCs and also touch-screens? Q: Microsoft announced something called "continuum" for users of devices that switch between tablets and laptops. Can you tell us about that? Q: Can you talk about the updated Snap feature? Q: Did we learn anything about Cortana, Microsoft's alternative to Google Now and Siri? Q: The company announced that today they're launching their Insider program. What is that? Q: The event was focused on enterprises and power users. What about ordinary consumers? When are they going to talk about features for everyday users? Q: Microsoft said Windows 10 will come to mobile devices and promised "one application platform" for all versions of Windows. Is that really true or even possible? I remember when Steve Jobs said the iPhone runs OS TEN. But that wasn't true at all. Q: Is there really a command prompt in Windows 10? Q: Many of us were expecting Microsoft to talk about Cortana, which is rumored to be coming to the next version of Windows. Do you think they'll include it? Q: When will Windows 10 ship?	Devindra Hardawar Senior Editor, VentureBeat @Devindra
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19	Devindra Hardawar * venturebeat.com * @Devindra
20	AD 1: Citrix GoToAssist	http://gotoassist.com
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23	In other Microsoft news, Microsoft unveiled a new tool called Sway, which is for creating web sites. The application will be added to Microsoft Office. It's designed to be super easy to use, and will even suggest designs based on pictures, videos and text that you add. You can also choose from among included templates. The resulting web pages automatically re-size and redesign themselves depending on the screen size of the visitor, according to Microsoft. Apps for iOS, Android and Windows phone are also coming soon. The company has opened up Sway in a preview mode at Sway.com, and you can request an invitation at that site.	http://youtu.be/Jw-g6IuBVJE	http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/10/01/microsoft-sway-aims-to-automate-beautiful-responsive-web-design/
24	No interview
25	A: The new Frontpage?
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27	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	LINKS
28	Comcast is launching today a new feature for its X1 DVR service. They'll now make the shows you've recorded available outside your home on your smartphone or tablet over any Internet connection.	http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/comcasts-cloud-dvr-now-streams-recordings-over-any-u-s-internet-connection-1201318214/
29	Todd Spangler is the Digital Editor for Variety. Q: Let's start with the bad news: This isn't widely available, is it? Q: Sticking with the bad news, Comcast is also limiting the number of simultaneous devices, right? Q: You pointed out in your piece that TV networks and other content owners used to hate the network DVR concept. What's changed? Q: What's the storage limit for X1? Q: How many Comcast customers are using the X1 DVR service?	Todd Spangler Digital Editor, Variety @xpangler
30	A: $45 billion bid to acquire Time Warner Cable pending
31	Todd Spangler * variety.com * @xpangler
32	(MIKE 4)	SHOW	LINKS
33	A new update to Path Talk, which comes from the Path social networking people, enables you to interact with companies of all kinds. But there's a unique twist to how the app handles that interaction.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/30/6873665/path-talk-lets-you-text-businesses-talkto
34	Ellis Hamburger is a Reporter for The Verge. Q: Before we get into the company interaction feature, can you tell us more about Path Talk? Q: So how does it handles user interaction with companies? Q: What kinds of companies can you message and what kinds of things can you ask or request? Q: What happens if some business fails to respond? -- Chipoltle, for example. Q: Where does Path get its database of nearby places? Q: How do they pay for the staff to do this, and why? Q: Do we really need another messaging app, and is anybody using this app?	Ellis Hamburger Reporter, The Verge @hamburger
35	NOTES		http://goo.gl/7wVphw
36	Ellis Hamburger * theverge.com * @hamburger
37	(MIKE 5)
38	Google announced yesterday that anyone using a Google Apps for Education account will be given unlimited storage. The accounts are offered only to students and teachers at schools that support Google's education suite of products. It's not completely unlimited; files uploaded to the system must be smaller than five terabytes in size.	http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2014/09/announcing-drive-for-education-21st.html
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40	NOTES
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43	NEWS
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47	AD 2: Gazelle	http://gazelle.com
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49	(MIKE 7)	SHOW	LINKS
50	NEWS
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52	NOTES
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55	NEWS
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63	Attorney General Eric Holder said yesterday that new encryption recently announced by Apple and Google, which can't be easily cracked even by the companies themselves, harm police investigations and could prevent the conviction of kidnappers and sexual predators. Holder was speaking to the Global Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse Online in Washington. Although his intent was to throw Silicon Valley under the bus here, the truth is that the new encryption is a reaction to unconstitutional mass surveillance by two presidential administrations, including the one Holder is part of. Just sayin'. * * *	http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/30/holder-urges-tech-companies-to-leave-device-backdoors-open-for-police/
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69	Our TNT fan of the day is Kristine in Calgary in Alberta, Canada who multitasks, watching the show on her Samsung phone while doing her work as an engineer.	https://twitter.com/kreeny80/status/515196195983982592
70	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just record a video or take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
71
72	That's the tech news today!
73	[co-anchor plug Katie Benner @ktbenner ]
74	Subscribe to Tech News Today on Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, Feedly, Yahoo, RSS or many other options.
75	Choose your favorite way to subscribe at twit.tv/tnt
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80	And please send us your thoughts and opinions!
81
82	Send email to tnt@twit.tv
83	Or leave voicemail at 260-TNT-show
84	Also: Don’t miss our evening newscast, Tech News Tonight, at 4pm Pacific tonight and every weeknight right here on the TWiT network.
85	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow.
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89	Microsoft unveils OS Ten -- no, wait. better call it Windows ten. We'll tell you everything you need to know about the next windows.
90	Plus, Comcast lets you watch DVR shows on your phone...
91	And Path calls the restaurants, hotels and other businesses you use, so you don't have to!
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1	TITLE: eBay and Paypal Parting Ways * 1103	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, September 30, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Braintree. If you’re a developer or manager of a mobile app and searching for the right payments API --- check out the new One Touch product by Braintree -- the fastest, easiest, most secure way to pay in-app. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to braintreepayments.com/twit.
4	And by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		BRIDGEURL LINK
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Joe Panettieri]
9	[Thing o' the day: Microsoft event] San Francisco starting now (not covering it live because no stream) Special Windows Weekly today 1pm Pacific with Padre, Paul Thurrott and Mary Joe Foley "hear about what’s next for Windows and the enterprise." return of the Start Menu, a new virtual desktops feature, and a number of new changes to the traditional desktop area of Windows. Windows 9? Just Windows? "Windows Technical Preview" in early October "Windows Threshold" or "Windows TH" Joe's Wish List: 5 S's -- Start, simplicity, speed, security, subscription. And a reader offered a 6th S: Stability.
10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	LINKS
11	News
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13	Notes
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15	(MIKE 1)	SHOW	LINKS
16	eBay and PayPal will become two separate companies next year. eBay Marketplaces president Devin Wenig will become the CEO of eBay. American Express Enterprise Growth Group president Dan Schulman will become the CEO of PayPal. The current CEO of the currently combined companies, John Donahoe, will step down.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/ebay-to-spin-off-paypal-business-1412075767
17	Roger Cheng is the executive editor for CNET News. Q: eBay bought PayPal for $1.5 billion in 2002. Did the acquisition benefit either company or their customers? Q: Activist investor Carl Icahn has been calling for this split publically since January. This is a victory for him, right? Q: The official line was to defend the combined companies. What changed their minds? Q: How much of eBay sales were processed through PayPal, and is that dropping? Q: Will PayPal struggle to compete against the many new payment solutions that have come out, including Apple Pay and even Alibaba's Alipay service?	Roger Cheng Executive editor, CNET News @RogerWCheng
18	A: Joe Spin: In theory, both PayPal and eBay run on OpenStack private cloud software. In theory that means breaking the businesses apart could be easier than most processes of this sort. This will be a case study in IT success, or failure.
19	Roger * cnet.com * @RogerWCheng
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22	(JOE 2): Intel Basis Peak Smartwatch	SHOW	LINKS
23	Intel is upping its game in the smartwatch category today -- launching the Basis Peak device. Here with details is Owen Thomas, editor in chief of ReadWrite.	http://readwrite.com/2014/09/30/intel-basis-peak-fitness-tracker
24	Owen Thomas is the Editor-in-Chief of ReadWrite	Owen Thomas Editor-in-Chief, ReadWrite @owenthomas
25	Q: Owen, what is the Basis Peak and how does it differ from basic fitness trackers like Jawbone Up and Fitbit? Q: This is built atop technology that Intel acquired earlier this year? Q: What design changes did Intel make for the Basis Peak vs. an earlier Basis offering called B1? Q: So do you expect Intel, with Basis Peak, to ultimately compete with Pebble, smartwatches running Android Wear, and the forthcoming Apple Watch? Q: What about Intel's ability to make sure Basis Peak has the cool, hip design factor that Apple enjoys? Q: What about the potential competition from Apple HealthKit -- the software platform for gathering and managing patient health data? Q: Pricing and availability of Peak?	http://readwrite.com/2014/09/30/intel-basis-peak-fitness-tracker Product Video: Might want to silence audio (background music): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSjDcSzbk5A
26	A: Intel acquired Basis Science around March 2014 A: Earlier product, B1, had some limitations with heartbeat tracking. A: Basis Peak enhancements: "Basis has dramatically boosted the power of the LEDs that light up your skin to read minute variations in your blood vessels that indicate your pulse. That power boost allows the Peak—as the name suggests—to better capture variations in heart rate. (Basis's sensors also detect perspiration and body temperature.)" A: "Basis's companion mobile apps for iOS and Android will provide virtual progress indicators." A: Availability: November for $199, in matte-black and brushed-aluminum styles. Amazon, Best Buy, and REI will stock the device.
27	Owen Thomas * readwrite.com * @owenthomas
28	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	LINKS
29	After holding back the launch of the iPhone 6 in China on September 19, the Chinese government finally approved the phone for sale -- one month after the US launch. The new Chinese ship data is October 17. The Chinese government said they needed extra time to look for security backdoors through which the US government might spy on Chinese users.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/30/us-apple-china-idUSKCN0HP04820140930
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35	A: Let's start with YouTube in coming weeks will launch new subscription and ad-supported YouTube music services able to play several tracks in a row, a source told Reuters. A: Currently, YouTube videos must be chosen one track at a time. A: That sounds great, until you jump to the All Access Subscription Streaming service. A: A new version of that $10-per-month subscription service will leverage technology acquired by Google with the purchase of Songza, Jamie Rosenberg, Google's Vice President of Digital Content, told Reuters. A: All Access likely has about 500,000 to a few million users, Reuters reported. About the size of Rhapsody and Deezer, but behind Spotify, (10M paying subscribers). A: Google's biggest challenge: Introducing paid business models when consumers are so used to the company's ad-supported products and services. A: Another challenge: Is Google doing enough to police all the content on YouTube? If that becomes more of a music service, artists could start to object about all of their pirated content being on YouTube.
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64	As Google announced and we reported back in June, today is the last day of Google's first social network, Orkut. That means its the last day to export your data. The service dominated by users in Brazil -- so much so that the default language for the shut-down notice is Portuguese, with a secondary option to see it in English.	http://orkut.google.com/
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67	We reported on Thursday that the newly resurfaced Shellshock bug affects OS TEN systems, in addition to UNIX and Linux systems. Today, Apple released fixes today, which are separate downloads for the Mavericks, Mountain Lion and Lion versions of OS TEN. * * *	http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/29/apple-releases-os-x-bash-update-1-0-addressing-shellshock-vulnerability/
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70	Our TNT fan of the day is andreu ibanez in Lleida, Spain who says he watches TNT on his brand new Android TV.	http://instagram.com/p/tS-Zfls3V8/
71	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just record a video or take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
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91	Plus, Intel's Basis company unveils a new smartwatch that quantifies your self 24-7.
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1	TITLE: Hong Kong Protesters Make a Big Mesh * 1102	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, September 29, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		BRIDGEURL LINK
7	[Jason Howell]
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16	A growing wave of protesters in Hong Kong endured a night of tear gas and continues into the work week there after a three-day sit in. The protesters are demanding democratic elections, which were promised by the Chinese communist party-led government in Beijing in a 1984 treaty that led to the transfer of Hong Kong from Britain to China. As part of their crackdown, the Chinese government banned Instagram, reportedly to prevent people in Mainland China from getting any crazy ideas about demanding democracy. In response to rumors that the government might shut down Internet connectivity, and also because the number protesters overwhelmed nearby cell towers, protesters began downloading a mesh-networking messaging app called FireChat, which we first told you about back in March. At one point last night FireChat had 33,000 simultaneous users in Hong Kong.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbb45Vkpdps	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/28/us-china-instagram-idUSKCN0HN0VW20140928 http://www.techinasia.com/mobile-messaging-app-firechat-flares-up-in-hong-kong-amid-occupy-central-protests/ http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/hong-kong-protesters-flock-to-off-grid-messaging-app http://www.businessinsider.com/hong-kong-crowds-2014-9
17	Kevin Fitchard writes for Gigaom, and has covered FireChat extensively there. Q: What is FireChat and how does it work? Q: FireChat takes advantage of Apple's multipeer connectivity framework. But there's also an Android version. How does that version work? Q: Is this FireChat's moment, similar to South-By-SouthWest was for Twitter in 2007? Q: What are protesters using FireChat for? Q: Has FireChat been used for previous protests or major events? Q: Can mainland Chinese users download FireChat? Q: Isn't FireChat a great way for anyone, including Chinese authorities, to spread false rumors?	Kevin Fitchard Writer, Gigaom @kfitchard
18	A: Late last month China’s legislature called for limits on voting reforms in Hong Kong A: FireChat makes use of a cellphone’s radio and Bluetooth communications to create a network between phones close to one another — up to about 80 yards — without connecting to the Internet A: if a cellular signal or wireless network is available, the app uses that. A: Added 100k Hong Kong users in a 24-hour period Sunday A: In March, just 10 days after FireChat was released, students participating in the Sunflower Movement in Taiwan downloaded the app en masse A: Beijing cut off Internet connectivity during the Xinjiang during riots of 2009. A: Heavy censorship on Chinese social networks of Hong Kong protests A: Facebook itself has been blocked in China since the Xinjiang riots A: FireChat site blocked in China
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23	The grey market for iPhones selling through importers on the Chinese mainland has softened dramatically, with prices dropping almost by half since the iPhone launch. While prices started out running from around $2,000 to around $2500, they're now hovering around $1,000 for a low-end model. Sam Colt, Tech Reporter for Business Insider, is here to talk with us about this turn of fortune.	http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1599780/iphone-6-resellers-lose-out-hong-kong-supplies-flood-mainland-markets	http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-iphone-6-black-market-is-falling-apart-2014-9
24	Q: Hi, Sam. Why do you think this market softened so quickly this time? Q: Do you think that the Chinese market's new domestic players -- companies like Lenovo and Xiaomi -- are having an effect on the iPhone market? Q: Hong Kong seemed to have a solid supply. Do you think this was part of Apple's strategy? Q: What kind of future do you see for the iPhone in China?	Sam Colt Tech Reporter, Business Insider @scranecolt
25	A: Hong Kong started selling iPhones last week, but no date is set for Mainland China. A: Prices have fallen so steeply that most resellers are losing money on their stock. A: Individual hawkers from Hong Kong came in with only a couple of phones, but more competitive prices, according to the South China Morning Post. A: Xiaomi, Lenovo, and other local Chinese makers have much more market share this year.
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28	Apple is being accused of making illegal tax deals with the Irish government for more than 20 years. Apple promised to bring jobs to Ireland in exchange for major tax breaks. At least that's the conclusion of a European Commission’s investigation into the matter. Apple faces billions of dollars in fines.	http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29406438
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30	A: Preliminary findings from the European Commission’s investigation A: Apple benefitted from illicit state aid after striking backroom deals with Ireland’s authorities A: Apple says they broke no laws, and pays all the tax it owed A: hearings found that Apple shifted billions of dollars in profits out of the US to international subsidiaries with no declared tax residency A: EU also looking into Starbucks and the Dutch government, and Fiat and Luxembourg A: Apple has invested $100m in Irish operations A: Apple is one of Cork’s biggest employers.
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33	Microsoft has annouced its first NYC flagship store at 677 Fifth Avenue, to open sometime in 2015. The shop will open in the storefront currently occupied by Fendi, in one of the world's toniest shopping districts.	http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/microsoft-to-open-fifth-avenue-store-1411959661-lMyQjAxMTE0OTI3ODYyMDg0Wj http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2014/09/29/look-new-york-city-microsoft-open-flagship-retail-store-fifth-avenue/
34	A: David Porter, corporate vice president for Microsoft retail stores, says that Microsoft aims to make the Fifth Avenue location "much more than just a Microsoft Store," according to the Wall Street Journal. A: This will be the first full-line Microsoft retail store in Manhattan. The company has specialty stores, which are smaller than the full-line version, at The Shops at Columbus Circle and the Staten Island Mall. A: Microsoft's stores typically feature PCs running Windows 8, laptops, smartphones, Surface and Windows tablets, Xbox consoles and accessories bundled with more personalized customer service. These sites offer an "answer desk" for technical questions, as well as personal training.
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63	We showed you a video on Friday showing a thief in Amsterdam grabbing an iPhone while on a fast-moving scooter. The victim was apparently giving an interview during the crime. We knew the iPhone was fake, but we've since learned that the crime was also fake. The whole thing was a stunt pulled by comedian Jesse Goedel. * * *	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y48oLfaBkqE
64	The Xbox One is now for sale in China. The Chinese government had previously banned foreign game consoles. Many games for the platform are still banned, however, so the selection is pretty slim. Popular games like Halo and Call of Duty are not allowed by the Chinese government. So Chinese Xbox users will have to make due with titles like Dance Central Spotlight, Naughty Kitties and Zoo Tycoon. There's more bad news. The Xbox One with Kinect costs $700 in China, which is $200 more than the price in the United States. * * *	http://www.cnet.com/news/xbox-one-finally-debuts-in-china/
65	Lenovo's $2.1 billion deal to buy IBM's server business has now pass regulatory scrutiny, and expected to close October 1st. * * *	https://gigaom.com/2014/09/29/ibm-lenovo-server-deal-nearly-done/
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70	Our TNT fan of the day is Matthew Otten in Big Pine, California, and co-owner of the Copper Top BBQ there in Big Pine. He says he listens to the show every day on his Bluetooth speaker while cooking and doing prep for the day. He also enjoys TWiG and All About Android! He also said The TWiT network has literally shaped his business, and his company uses the products or services of almost every TWiT sponsor. He said that without the TWiT network, his business would not be what it is today.	https://plus.google.com/+MatthewOtten/posts/SkYKRbTV3Dj
71	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just record a video or take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
72	You can also search the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
73	That's the tech news today!
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75	Subscribe to Tech News Today on Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, Feedly, Yahoo, RSS or many other options.
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85	Also: Don’t miss our evening newscast, Tech News Tonight, at 4pm Pacific tonight and every weeknight right here on the TWiT network.
86	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow.
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91	Smugglers have already exhausted demand for iPhone 6 phones in China, even before the phones are officially on sale there.
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1	TITLE: Ello Privacy, My Old Friend * 1101	CO-ANCHOR: Christina Warren

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, September 26, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
4	And by: Harry’s! For guys who want a great shave experience for a fraction of what you’re paying now, go to harrys.com. Get $5 off your first purchase by entering the code TNT when you check out.
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1101/all
7	[Jason Howell] Remember Samsung's Galaxy Note edge -- the phone announced earlier this month with the curved display on one side that everyone hailed as an example of Samsung smartphone innovation? Yeah, well it turns out it's not a regular product. The company's president, DJ Lee, told ZDNet Korea that it's just a "limited edition concept." That means it will be available in small numbers in Korea, but won't be sold in Europe or the United States. * * *
8	[Christina Warren - Uber, Lyft in California; LA, SF might seek injunctions and civil penalties against Sidecar, Uber Lyft, saying misled customers about driver background checks and were unfairly calculating fares.]	http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26607940/sf-la-district-attorneys-threaten-move-against-ride
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16	We reported yesterday on the Bash or Shellshock bug that after two decades of existence has suddenly emerged to become the threat of the decade. In the ensuing 24 hours, much has happened and much has been learned.	http://www.imore.com/apple-working-quickly-protect-os-x-against-shellshock-exploit	http://qz.com/271405/this-is-how-the-shell-shock-bug-imperils-the-whole-internet/
17	Rene Ritchie is the publisher of iMore.com and a host of TWiT's MacBreak Weekly and other podcasts. Zach Wener-Fligner wrote about the crisis for Quartz. Q: RENE - Before we get into your piece, can you briefly explain what Shellshock is? Q: You wrote that the “Shell Shock” bug imperils the whole internet. How, exactly? Q: What about the Internet of Things and other random devices, like webcams and routers? Q: How easy is this for malicious hackers to exploit? Q: And they've already started exploiting it, haven't they? Q: RENE RITCHIE: Shellshock was widely reported to affect OS TEN. What was Apple's response to this news? Q: How have the big tech companies like Amazon and Google responded? Q: Everybody talks about how the basic code for Shellshock has been around for two decades. Why is this suddenly emerging this week as a major issue?	Rene Ritchie Publisher, iMore.com @reneritchieimore.com Zach Wener-Fligner Reporter, Quartz @zachwe
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20	AD 1:	http://personalcapital.com
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23	Suddenly, everybody's talking about an ad-free social network called Ello. The site's creators say Ello is independent, allows pseudonyms, and doesn't harvest personal data. In other words, it's the anti-Facebook. And also unlike Facebook, Ello has no apparent way to make money.	http://mashable.com/2014/09/25/whats-the-deal-with-ello/
24	Karissa Bell is a reporter for Mashable. Q: Ello has been around for awhile. Why is everybody suddenly talking about it? Q: If they don't sell ads and don't collect information, how will they make money? Q: Is Facebook's real-names policy really driving drag performers and LGBT activists to Ello? Q: How many users does Ello have? Q: How can people get an invitation? Q: San Francisco city officials met with Facebook over the real-names policy. What was the outcome of that meeting? Q: Ello's manifesto implies that social networks like Facebook and Twitter exist to quote: "deceive, coerce, and manipulate" and turn users into a product. Do you agree with that? Q: How do you like Ello as a social network?	Karissa Bell Reporter, Mashable @karissabe	Karissa.mashable
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28	Russian state media watchdog, called Roskomnadzor, sent notices to Silicon Valley giants Google, Facebook and Twitter ordering them to obey Russian law or face the possibility of being blocked in Russia, according to a report in The Moscow Times. They're being required to officially register within the next three months as "organizers of information distribution" under a law that is expected to suppress free speech in Russia. One immediate requirement is that they store all information on Russian users on servers inside Russia.	http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russia-demands-facebook-google-and-twitter-comply-with-law-on-data-storage/507852.html
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63	Remember Galaxy's Galaxy Note edge? That phone announced earlier this month with the curved display on one side that everyone hailed as examples of Samsung smartphone innovation? Yeah, well it turns out it's not a regular product. The company's persident, DJ Lee, told ZDNet Korea that it's just a "limited edition concept." That means it will be available in small numbers in Korea, but won't be sold in Europe or the United States. * * *	http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxynoteedge/
64	The iPhone 6 went on sale today in 22 more countries, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. * * *	http://www.cnet.com/news/iphone-6-and-6-plus-on-sale-today-in-22-more-countries/
65	We've been covering the legality -- or, more accurately, the illegality -- of the commercial flying of drones in the land of the free. But now, the FAA has responded to applications from Hollywood studios and pressure from the Motion Picture Association of America. Now they've granted permission for six companies to use camera drones, but only on TV and movie sets and only during the day. This is the first time the FAA has ever granted permission for drones to fly over people.	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/business/media/drone-exemptions-for-hollywood-pave-the-way-for-widespread-use.html
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68	During a recorded interview on the iPhone 6 release in Amsterdam, a blogger got his iPhone stolen by someone riding by on a scooter. The thief will be disappointed to learn that the phone was a dummy, a fake.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y48oLfaBkqE
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71	Our TNT fan of the day is.... Jason let's play his video and let him introduce himself!	Please play the video in its entirety and full-screen. https://plus.google.com/102790759381495957175/posts/XAgiEQ1qoWy
72	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
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87	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you Monday.
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92	Everyone's also talk about Ello, a social network with no ads, no personal data policy, no real names policy and no apparent way to make money.
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1	TITLE: iPhone 6: Bent and Broken * 1100	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, September 25, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
4	And by: Harry’s! For guys who want a great shave experience for a fraction of what you’re paying now, go to harrys.com. Get $5 off your first purchase by entering the code TNT when you check out.
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1100/all
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16	Apple had a bad day yesterday. The company released a flawed 8.0.1 update to iOS 8, causing dropped cell service and non-functioning Touch ID fingerprint readers. After users freaked out, Apple pulled the update. The site iMore.com quickly published a solution for removing it. It also didn't help that articles and videos began circulating that showed iPhone 6 phones being bendable in a pocket. The fiasco was quickly branded as "bendgazi."	http://youtu.be/znK652H6yQM	http://www.imore.com/ios-801-kill-touch-id-and-cell-service-your-iphone-6-or-iphone-6-plus-heres-how-to-fix http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-apple-iphone-bend-idUSKCN0HJ20B20140924 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-6-ios-8-problems,news-19611.html
17	Shara Tibken is a senior writer for CNET Q: How is it even possible for a company like Apple to distribute a flaw like this? Q: What was Apple's response and remedy? Q: Was their remedy essentially iMore's remedy? Q: Why did Apple even try to release an update only one week after releasing iOS 8? Q: Another report says apps are far more likely to crash running on iOS 8 compared with the previous version. Is iOS 8 just a lemon of a version -- Will it be remembered as Apple's Windows Vista? Q: Is the bendgazi problem a real issue? Who might this affect? People who wear skinny jeans? Q: BlackBerry and Samsung immediately started slamming Apple for the bendable phones. Is it a fair crticism? Q: What's Apple's solution for people with bent phones	Shara Tibken Senior Writer, CNET @sharatibken
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23	The ongoing fight between the book publisher Hachette and Amazon is escalating. A group of authors including Stephen King and Junot Diaz is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate Amazon's business practices.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/24/authors-group-will-ask-justice-department-to-probe-amazon/
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28	There's a scary new bug in down. It's called the Bash bug or the Shellshock bug, but it's also being called an expoit that's even worse than Heartbleed. The new bug is actually an old bug -- it's been around for more than two decades. The company Red Hat warned that the vulnerability enables code that's added within the lines of Bash code to execute in the background. The bug affects Unix, Linux and Mac OS TEN, both new and old versions.	http://www.cnet.com/news/bigger-than-heartbleed-bash-bug-could-leave-it-systems-shellshocked/
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30	A: Dangerous for Internet-of-things devices because their software is built using Bash scripts A: IoT software "less likely to be patched" A: "The number of systems needing to be patched, but which won't be, is much larger than Heartbleed," A: Bash is widely used, so attackers can use this vulnerability to remotely execute a huge variety of devices and Web servers A: attackers can potentially take over the operating system, access confidential information, make changes A: There's a patch
31	Robert McMillan * wired.com * @bobmcmillan
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33	A preview video from HTC is touting some sort of "remarkable" camera ... at least remarkable according to HTC. The company is planning a New York City event in early October, and a teaser video is hinting at some sort of Go-Pro like device. Here to talk to us about what's in store is Phil Nickinson, editor of Android Central. Phil, welcome.	http://www.androidcentral.com/teaser-video-sure-makes-it-look-htcs-making-some-kind-camera
34	Q: What can we glean about this product from the video teaser? Q: How important is it for HTC to make a right move or make a big splash right now, given the current competitive environment in the smartphone and camera space? Q: What's the context for this? How might a camera play distinguish the company from others? Q: Any other details based on your reporting?	Phil Nickinson Editor, Android Central @philnickinson
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36	Phil Nickinson * AndroidCentral.com * nickinson.net * @philnickinson\
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38	The upcoming Google Nexus 6 looks like it's going to be a giant Moto X with a nearly 6-inch screen, according to an exclusive on 9to5Mac. The blog's sources say it's going to be just like the new Moto X, but with modifications that make the large size easier to use. The exact screen size will be 5.92-inches diagonally, and the screen will be a QHD display at a resolution of 2560 x 1440. The battery should be a monster too, and the camera is expected to be a 13 megapixel camera that can shoot 4k video. It will probably be called the Nexus 6, but a rumor says it might be called the Nexus X. Either way, it's slated for a November release.	http://9to5google.com/2014/09/24/exclusive-this-is-shamu-motorolas-upcoming-nexus-6x/
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63	Yael Maguire, who is the engineering director at Facebook Connectivity Lab, revealed at the Social Good Summit yesterday some interesting details about Facebook's drone program, which we reported on earlier in the year. The solar-powered drones will fly at super high altitude for months or even years at a time without landing, and deliver Internet connectivity to remote areas of the world. Maguire said each Facebook drone would be about the size of a 747, but much lighter. He said Facebook needs the drone-flying rules to change so that each remote pilot can control 100 drones. Facebook is shooting for launching the first drones next year inside the US. * * *	http://mashable.com/2014/09/23/facebook-drones-internet-org/
64	Another day, another massive credit card data breach. Restaurant chain Jimmy John’s said credit cards were stolen from some 216 of its stores and franchised locations in June, July and September of this year. The intruders stole log-in credentials from a vendor used by the chain to gain access. * * *	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-jimmyjohn-s-data-idUSKCN0HJ28620140924
65	One key feature of the upcoming Apple Watch is a flexible Retina display made of sapphire. Now, a new report from research firm NPD DisplaySearch says the 1.5-inch display module and touch panel cover together is probably going to cost more than $27 each. The sapphire part alone is expected to cost nearly $20. * * *	http://www.cultofmac.com/297688/apple-watchs-tiny-sapphire-screen-costs-27-produce
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68	Amazon got big press last year when CEO Jeff Bezos demonstrated their drone-delivery ideas on 60 Minutes. But now the German company DHL is actually planning to implement drone delivery -- to a small island called [JUICED] Juist off the coast of Germany. Delivery flights by the so-called parcelcopter are expected to take as long as 30 minutes, and will take place only when local ferry service and flights are not available. The drones will carry medicine twice a day, but delivery it to couriers on the island, who will deliver the packages by truck.	http://youtu.be/3GFEAIE9aqE?t=37s	http://www.dw.de/deutsche-post-dhl-tests-delivery-drone/a-17281339
69	A Japanese company called Murata Manufacturing, which makes various components for consumer electronics devices, has introduced what they call the world's first cheerleader robot. The robots balance on a ball-like wheel, and wave plastic pompoms around to the beat of sugary Japanese pop music. While doing their cheerleader routines, the robots avoid crashing into each other using sophisticated ultrasonic and infrared collision-avoidance systems that could be applied to self-driving cars. The robots are controlled by a central control system -- a head cheerleader application, if you will -- which enables them to dance in unison.	START AT 0:46 http://youtu.be/wVXaZPxpHbo?t=46s	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/25/japanese-company-unveils-cheerleader-robots/
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71	Our TNT fan of the day is Joe Nardi, who posted these pictures on Twitter.	https://twitter.com/NAWTBOY/status/514963464365023232/photo/1
72	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
73	That's the tech news today!
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86	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow.
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1	TITLE: Canadian Passport, American Cheese * 1099	CO-ANCHOR: Mike's invisible friend, Tony (aka Clint Eastwood's Chair)

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, September 24, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Harry’s! For guys who want a great shave experience for a fraction of what you’re paying now, go to harrys.com. Get $5 off your first purchase by entering the code TNT when you check out.
4	And by: Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1099/all
7	[Jason Howell - How Google Works - Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle ]
8	[Jason Howell - How Google Works - Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle ] [The New Digital Age by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen]
9	National punctuation day	http://time.com/3423875/happy-national-punctuation-day/
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16	As expected, BlackBerry unveiled its new BlackBerry Passport phablet today.	START AT 2:50 http://youtu.be/IHc3TY5n8sI?t=2m50s	http://online.wsj.com/articles/blackberry-passport-review-a-smartphone-aimed-squarely-at-professionals-1411567271 http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/24/blackberry-passport-preview
17	Joanna Stern is a personal technology columnist for the wall street journal. Brad Molen is the senior mobile editor for Engadget Q: JOANNA: You confessed in your piece today that you once were a die-hard BlackBerry fan. Will the BlackBerry Passport win you back? Q: BRAD: The new BlackBerry is big, square and has a physical keyboard. Some reports are calling it "weird" or a "throwback." But you kind of liked it. What did you like about it? Q: Everyone's freaking out about how "different" the Passport is. But isn't different good? Have we all come to expect smartphones to look nearly identical to each other? Q: JOANNA: You wrote that the Passport keyboard doesn't feel like a BlackBerry keyboard. What did you mean by that? Q: How big is the market for smartphones with physical keyboards? Q: Is it possible to use this thing with one hand? Q: Does the keyboard prevent its use in landscape mode? Q: Where are the number keys? Q: The new hardware also comes with new software: OS 10.3. What's new in the operating system? Q: What is BlackBerry Blend? Q: Will it bend? Q: Is the root problem that BlackBerry as a company is still living in the past?	Joanna Stern Personal tech columnist, The Wall Street Journal @JoannaStern Brad Molen Senior Mobile Editor, Engadget @phonewisdom
18	A: $599 device ($699 in Canada and £529 in the UK) A: 128mm tall and 9.3mm thick A: Heavy: 6.86 ounces (194g) A: 30 percent wider than an average 5-inch device A: Assistant, a Siri-like feature A: BlackBerry Blend = akin to the Continuity feature on iOS -- through an app on your computer or tablet, you can manage your phone's content, transfer files back and forth, send and receive texts/BBM messages and handle both your personal and secure work stuff. A: 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 chip A: 3GB RAM A: 32GB of internal storage A: 13MP rear-facing camera with LED flash A: optical image stabilization A: four-microphones A: NFC, Miracast and 10 LTE bands A: 3,450 mAh battery
19	Joanna Stern * wsj.com * joannastern.com * @JoannaStern Brad Molen * engadget.com * @phonewisdom
20	AD 1:	http://harrys.com
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23	Amazon is hiring at its top-secret Silicon Valley lab, which is called Lab126. The reason is that Amazon plans on ramping up its hardware business, according to a Reuters exclusive by Deepa Seetharaman and Noel Randewich.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-amazon-hardware-strategy-exclusive-idUSKCN0HJ10520140924
24	Deepa Seetharaman joins us to talk about it. Q: You reported that Amazon is testing a WiFi device for one-button ordering of various household products. Can you tell us about that? Q: How much growth is Amazon planning for lab staff? Q: Why does an online retailer want to design and make consumer electronics hardware? Q: The Fire phone was a flop. Does Lab126 have what it takes to design great hardware?	Deepa Seetharaman Reporters, Reuters @dseetharaman
25	A: 27 percent over the next five years to at least 3,757 people by 2019 A: Amazon will invest $55 million in Lab126's operations in Sunnyvale and Cupertino		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/482058222472142848/3A4KQZmH_400x400.jpeg
26	Deepa Seetharaman * reuters.com * @dseetharaman
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28	Adobe says they plan to close down their Chinese research and development arm because the Chinese government has grown hostile toward foreign tech companies and because of rampant software piracy in the country. Adobe will keep its sale offices in China, according to an email from Adobe to Reuters. But the R&D operation will end in December. Layoffs there will affect about 300 people, according to Reuters sources. Analysts assume that the Chinese government's pressure on foriegn companies is related to espionage revelations made public by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, as well as actions by the US government to arrest and accuse Chinese nationals and the Chinese Army of cyber industrial espionage.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-adobe-systems-china-idUSKCN0HJ0WY20140924
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33	Microsoft yesterday unveiled a competitor to Google's Chromecast product. But it's got a horrible name: The Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter. The product is a Miracast-based HDMI dongle for wirelessly streaming video and other media from mobile devices. Miracast is a wireless standard for streaming content over a WiFi direct connection between two devices. The Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter costs about $60 on the Microsoft online store, which is about $25 more than Google's Chromecast. You'll hear a lot more about this story on Windows Weekly right after this show here at live.twit.tv.	http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2014/09/23/announcing-the-microsoft-wireless-display-adapter/
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63	Yesterday we reported that The Wall Street Journal's story revealing Facebook's Atlas advertising platform was an exclusive to that paper, when in fact The Information's Tom Dotan and Amir Efrati uncovered the story in late August. * * *	https://www.theinformation.com/Facebook-Assault-on-Google-s-DoubleClick-Coming-This-Fall
64	I've got good news and bad news about the new iPhone 6 and iOS 8 operating systems. Let's start with the bad news. A new study from Crittercism found that apps crash 78% more frequently on iOS 8 than on the previous version. * * *	https://www.yahoo.com/tech/study-ios-8-crashes-78-more-than-ios-7-98229761939.html
65	The good news is that DxOMark has ranked the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus cameras as the number-one and number-two cameras among all smartphones. * * *	http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles/Apple-iPhone-6-and-6-Plus-review-Bigger-and-better.-Apple-set-gold-standard-for-smartphone-image-quality
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67	Most Glassholes use Google Glass mainly as a camera. But now, thanks to a new Glassware app, it can become an accessor to a real camera. It's called the Google Glass Light Meter. And as the name implies, it enables you to set your film speed and aperture, and it will show the optimal shutter speed at that aperture. Of course, only old cameras need a light meter, so the product is really for people who are living in the future of wearables and simultaneously living in the past with their cameras.	http://www.leicalux.com/light-meter-glassware.html
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70	Our TNT fan of the day is Louis White, who posted this picture on Twitter. Louis watches the show on his AppleTV- enhanced 60" Sharp TV, or on his iPad or on his iPhone 5S!	https://twitter.com/LouisBlanc/status/514627524035239939
71	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
72	That's the tech news today!
73	[co-anchor plug]
74	Subscribe to Tech News Today on Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, Feedly, Yahoo, RSS or many other options.
75	Choose your favorite way to subscribe at twit.tv/tnt
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84	Also: Don’t miss our evening newscast, Tech News Tonight, at 4pm Pacific tonight and every weeknight right here on the TWiT network.
85	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow.
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1	TITLE: Talko Tuesday * 1098	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, September 23, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
4	And by: Harry’s! For guys who want a great shave experience for a fraction of what you’re paying now, go to harrys.com. Get $5 off your first purchase by entering the code TNT when you check out.
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1098/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Joe Panettieri], Content Czar, After Nines Inc. -- NOTE: I'm not in Orlando. Son broke collar bone in Football. I'm in NY. He'll be fine (thankfully).
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16	Facebook is planning to unveil a new advertising platform next week. The new product is called Atlas. And it's better for targeting and measuring ads, according to an exclusive in The Wall Street Journal. The platform will enable markets to track Facebook users not only on Facebook, but on other websites and inside mobile apps. It does this without using cookies, and uses the users' Facebook account data as a replacement for cookie tracking. For example, if a person buys something in a brick-and-mortar store, and gives an email address that's associated with a Facebook account in any way, that purchase becomes part of the personal data used to customize advertising for that user online. Facebook will unveil Atlas next week at the Advertising Week conference in New York City.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/facebook-extends-reach-withad-platform-1411428726
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18	A: re-engineered version of the Atlas Advertiser Suite that Facebook bought from Microsoft A: provides an automated "demand-side platform" or "bidder" tool A: Google Q2 ad revenue = $14.36 billion A: Facebook Q2 ad revenue = $2.68 billion A: Joe - curious to see how this tool further accelerates mobile revenue opportunities. A: Joe - For tiny startups like my own After Nines Inc., we've got to look at Facebook platforms and figure out (A) if we're going to compete, (B) cooperate or (C) both. A: Joe - Always a little nervous when trying to figure out the blessing and burden of Facebook algorythms.
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23	Ray Ozzie is back -- this time with a wildly innovative smartphone app. But before we get to the app let's put Ozzie's talent in context. He was the father of Lotus Notes, one of IBM's biggest software acquistions ever. He also served as Microsoft's chief software architect, penning a 2005 memo that sparked the company's cloud initiative. Now, Ozzie is back in the spotlight with Talko, a collaboration and communication app that's turning heads. Here with insights is Harry McCracken, technology editor at Fast Company.	http://www.fastcompany.com/3036095/talko-wants-to-reinvent-the-phone-call-from-scratch
24	Interview: Harry McCracken, Technology Editor, Fast Company	Harry McCracken Technology Editor, Fast Company @harrymccracken
25	Q: So Harry, what is Talko and what's the early buzz? Q: Harry, you spoke with Talko co-founder Matt Pope. He said the company's goal is to "reimagine the phone call as it might be if it had never existed until today." What did Pope mean and has Talko achieved that goal? Q: Mike, you're also an early Talko adopter. Hot or not? Q: Is this a business app or a personal app -- or both? Q: Harry, is this an evolutionary app or truly a market maker or market disrupter? Q: The app is currently free, right? What's Talko's longer-term business model? Q: Talko is on iOS. Can we expect Android support? Q: Is Ray Ozzie's company a one-app wonder or can we expect a suite of apps from Talko?	Corporate Home Page Has Animation: http://www.talko.com/ Co-founder Matt Pope mentioned in article. Goove and MSFT veteran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattpope1
26	A: Talko officially launched today. A: Hypothesis: Text-based collaboration is less "humane" than voice and open to misinterpretation. A: Interface built around teams -- perhaps work colleagues or family members. Select a team and call everyone en masse. Like an outbound conference call. A: Live calls can segue into recorded audio, and vice versa. A: Annotate calls with hashtags, etc. A: iOS now. Android coming. MacOS and Windows web versions coming.
27	Harry McCracken * fastcompany.com * technologizer.com * @harrymccracken
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29	Sony plans to start selling its PlayStation TV set-top box in the U.S. and Europe starting next month.	http://www.businessinsider.com/playstation-tv-preorders-2014-9
30	[ka-REEN LEE-vee] Karyne Levy is Senior west coast tech editor for BusinessInsider. Q: Can you tell us about PlayStation TV? What is it? Q: Sony has been selling its PlayStationVita TV product in Asia for a year. How does PlayStation TV compare with PlayStationVita? Q: How much will it cost? Q: What benefits are there besides TV? Q: Will this support PlayStation Now?	Karyne Levy Senior west coast tech editor, BusinessInsider @karynelevy
31	A: $100, or $140 with a wireless controller A: connects wirelessly to the PlayStation 4 to let users play in a different room A: Gamers can also download titles for older PlayStation devices A: by year-end will be able to test the coming PlayStation Now video-game streaming service A: PlayStation TV is a “microconsole” - a PlayStation "lite" A: The PlayStation TV offers Sony’s Video Unlimited A: more services to come
32	Karyne Levy * businessinsider.com * @karynelevy
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34	Mike, we're all obsessed with innovative apps. But many of them involve time sucking games or frivilous activities. How often do we hear about apps that truly change lives? The KNFB Reader App could be one such app. In a way, it gives sight to the blind. Here with details is Christina Farr from Reuters.
35	Interview: Christina Farr, journalist, Reuters	Christina Farr Journalist, Reuters @chrissyfarr
36	Q: So Christina: What is the KNFB Reader App and what does it do? Q: Who are the people behind the app? Q: Is the technology limited to Apple iOS or might it surface elsewhere? Q: What's the cost? And clues on early adopter reaction? Q: Ray Kurzweil, a Google artificial intelligence scientist, has his fingerprints on this effort. How is he involved?
37	A: KNFB Reader app. A: Allows blind people to listen to an audio readback of printed text A: Examples: Retaurant menus, handouts in the classroom A: Price $99 A: iOS today. Android coming. Google Glass also could be in the works A: 4-decades relationship: National Federation of the Blind and Google's Ray Kurzweil, an AI scientist. A: Kurzweil working on "reading machines" since the 1970s. $50K back then. More recently $1K when used with Nokia cell phone and camera.
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69	We told you on recent episodes about Disney's patents for using drones to entertain people. Now, Cirque du Soleil is getting into the act. The company released a video on YouTube showing ten computer-controlled swarming drones as part of a performance. In the video, the drones are inside lampshades, which fly around in unison, and which obscure the drones themselves. The performance piece is called: "Sparked: A live interaction between humans and quadrocopters." It was produced in a partnership with ETH Zurich and Verity Studios.	PLEASE START AT 2:12 FULL-SCREEN http://youtu.be/6C8OJsHfmpI?t=2m12s	http://www.cnet.com/news/flying-lampshades-the-cirque-du-soleil-plays-with-drones/
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72	Our TNT fan of the day is bryant thompson in Eagan Minnesota, who posted this picture on Google+. He said Here's the messy desk I use to watch TNT every day during lunch	https://plus.google.com/+bryantthompson/posts/5rx63FsAeYD
73	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it.
74	That's the tech news today!
75	[co-anchor plug]
76	Subscribe to Tech News Today on Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, Feedly, Yahoo, RSS or many other options.
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86	Also: Don’t miss our evening newscast, Tech News Tonight, at 4pm Pacific tonight and every weeknight right here on the TWiT network.
87	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow.
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1	TITLE: Duck Duck No Go * 1097	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, September 22, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Harry’s! For guys who want a great shave experience for a fraction of what you’re paying now, go to harrys.com. Get $5 off your first purchase by entering the code TNT when you check out.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1097/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Lindsey Turrentine]
9	Journalists and coffee: blog Pressat * 10,000 professionals surveyed	http://www.pressat.co.uk/blog/2014/09/here-are-the-professions-that-glug-the-most-coffee-journalists-are-officially-the-biggest-addicts/
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16	Facebook's Oculus VR unveiled a new prototype for its virtual reality headset. It's called the Crescent Bay, and it includes 360-degree head tracking and other new features.	http://youtu.be/By-IcNblqRo?t=10m58s	http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/20/6660901/oculus-announces-new-vr-headset-prototype-crescent-bay http://www.extremetech.com/computing/190619-oculus-reveals-crescent-bay-vr-headset-with-360-degree-head-tracking-and-headphones
17	Adi Robertson writes for The Verge and Sebastian Anthony writes for ExtremeTech. Q: Is this for developers and, if so, how do they get one? Q: What is 360-degree head-tracking? Q: What other features have been introduced in the Crescent Bay prototype? Q: How did they make it so much lighter? Q: Tell us about the new, integrated headphones. Q: Everybody seems to want a gamepad or handheld controller of some kind. Is this likely? Q: Crescent Bay is a "feature prototype" and won't be made for sale. When are they going to ship something? Q: Oculus also said it would open-source the Rift DK1 design. Why and how will they do that?	Adi Robertson Writer, The Verge @thedextriarchy Sebastian Anthony Writer, PCMag, ExtremeTech @mrseb
18	A: RealSpace3D technology A: 100,000 Rift development kits shipped worldwide
19	Adi Robertson * theverge.com * @thedextriarchy Sebastian Anthony * extremetech.com * @mrseb
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23	Microsoft was due to release the Xbox One in China on Tuesday, but has pushed its launch back to sometime "before the end of the year." The company says it needs more time to deliver the best possible gaming experience, but will go forward with a launch party and 100-console giveaway in Shanghai. Here to talk about the delay is Dean Takahashi, Lead writer for GamesBeat and VentureBeat.	http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/20/6637459/xbox-one-china-launch-delayed
24	Q: Dean, why do you think this delay is happening? Q: We know that Microsoft has partnered with a local entertainment company, BesTV. What is the role of a partner company like this -- do they help overcome regulatory hurdles? Q: What will happen for customers who have already preordered an Xbox One in China? Q: How is the competitive landscape with Sony playing out in China? Xbox was due to launch before the PS4. Does this give Sony a window?	Dean Takahashi Lead writer for GamesBeat, VentureBeat @deantak
25	A: A launch event planned for Monday at Shanghai's Oriental Pearl Tower still will go forward as planned, as will the giveaway of 100 Xbox One consoles there. A: A: Sony has partnered with a local firm, owned by the same conglomerate that owns BesTV, to launch PlayStation products in China.		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/421960310/dean_small.jpg
26	Dean Takahashi * venturebeat.com * @deantak
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28	The privacy-oriented search engine, DuckDuckGo,has been blocked in China by the Chinese government.	http://searchengineland.com/china-blocks-duckduckgo-privacy-search-engine-203855
29	Barry Schwartz wrote about the news for his blog, the Search Engine Roundtable, as well as for Search Engine Land. Q: Before we get into the news, can you explain what DuckDuckGo is and how it works? Q: Do we know why DuckDuckGo was blocked? Q: DuckDuckGo was just added to iOS in version 8. Is that a factor and how might that affect iPhone users in China?	Barry Schwartz Publisher, Search Engine Round Table @rustybrick
30	A: DuckDuckGo founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg
31	Barry Schwartz * seroundtable.com * rustybrick.com * @rustybrick
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33	Samsung may unveil a smartwatch with a simple payment system early next year, according to BusinessKorea. An executive at Samung explained that the company is partnering with PayPal and Synaptics to trigger payments through a fingerprint reader. The solution could arrive as early as March 2015 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.	http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/article/6399/payment-smart-watch-simple-payment-functionality-be-samsung-smart-watch
34	A: The payment system provides users with promotional information of stores nearby based on the current location of users. A: Users can choose products before actually entering the stores and make payments upon the receipt of the purchased products. A: Transaction information and account balances can also be checked through text messages.
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63	Google chose HTC to make its upcoming 9-inch Nexus tablet, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. * * *
64	Apple reportedly sold more than 10 million iPhones 6 and 6 plus handsets over the weekend, which is about a million more than the combined sales of the iPhone 5S and 5C last year. What's impressive about that is that China was part of the iPhone 5 launch, but not part of the iPhone 6 launch. That's not to say China wasn't a factor. Reports suggest that a huge number of people buying iPhone 6s were doing so for sale into the Chinese black market. Demand is huge in China because the Chinese government is holding up approval of the phone.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef_BznBwktw
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69	Our TNT fan of the day is Kevin Kelly in Dublin, Ireland, who posted this picture in our Google+ community. He says that When I get home from college, TNT is just starting so I tune in and get the day's tech news! I watch it on my Mac mini and always have twitter open to go along with it.	https://plus.google.com/110258938177402516745/posts/1u1brViSzej
70	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #HowIwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
71	That's the tech news today!
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1	TITLE: The iPhone 6 Drops. Literally! * 1096	CO-ANCHOR: Christina Warren

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, September 19, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free 2 week trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com, and use offer code TNT.
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6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1096/all
7	[Jason Howell - Android App Arena 1pm Pacific * new hangouts review]
8	[Christina Warren Surge video]	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8oSmTnJsqE
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16	You may not have heard, but the iPhone 6 and 6 plus phones shipped today. The launch was greeted by long lines and widespread shortages.	Dave Rahimi drop test: http://youtu.be/eGxlm82hWDM?t=44s Jack Cooksey drop video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOKxfP5ecfs Joan Rivers: http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/19/joan-rivers-iphone-6-facebook-instagram/ Rene Ritchie: http://instagram.com/p/tIZFLZGM9g/ Tim Cook: https://twitter.com/martyn_williams/status/512977298446753792 LIVE iFixIT teardown: https://plus.google.com/events/cjvcia0cckblh3sfjv2g3cjusr8
17	Buster Hein writes for Cult of Mac Q: Buster, how does this launch compare to previous launches in terms of line length, excitement and the availability of phone units?	Buster Hein Editor, Cult of Mac @bst3r
18	A: First in the world to get one: Dave Rahimi - ordered in California for Sydney pick up A: First in the world to drop one: 18-year-old Jack Cooksey in Perth, Australia (Let's look at the video) A: Rahimi dropped his, too, and did the first drop test, shattering both phones after three drops A: TMZ reported that a pre-negotiated deal had Joan Rivers promoting the iPhone. A post on her Instagram and Facebook accounts said she was replacing her old iPhone for a new one. Rivers died September 4. A: Rene Ritchi pocket test. A: Tim Cook went to the Palo Alto Apple Store A: Live iFixIT teardown
19	Buster Hein * cultofmac.com * @bst3r
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23	The Washington Post's Craig Timberg reports that the L version of Android will for the first time ever encrypt data by default. That means Android matches Apple CEO Tim Cook's promise that iPhones won't make data accessible to the police, even when they have a warrant.	[SEND YOU THE RECORDED VIDEO] Craig Timberg on 2014-09-19 at 09.08 002.mov
24	RECORDED INTERVIEW	Craig Timberg Tech reporter, The Washington Post @craigtimberg
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28	Larry Ellison stepped down as CEO of Oracle, the company he founded and has led for decades. Or did he?	http://recode.net/2014/09/18/larry-ellison-will-step-down-as-ceo-of-oracle/
29	Arik Hesseldahl is a Senior Editor for Recode specializing in enterprise computing Q: Did Ellison step down, step up or step sideways? What's changed? Q: Safra Catz and Mark Hurd moved from co-presidents to co-CEOs. What's the deal with having them co-CEOs? Q: Safra Catz said "There will actually be no changes whatsoever." So what's the point of this announcement? Q: Why did Ellison give himself the title of CTO? Q: Was this all just a distraction to keep attention away from the company's current performance?	Arik Hesseldahl Enterprise Dude, Recode @ahess247
30	A: Oracle missed first-quarter market expectations by $200 million, reporting revenue of $8.6 billion versus expectations of $8.8 billion
31	Arik Hesseldahl * recode.net * @ahess247
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33	Facebook made another change to its News Feed algorithm to favor newer updates over older ones and trending topics over less popular ones. The change could be a response to criticism that while the Furguson crisis was unfolding, Facebook News Feeds were overwhelmed by ice bucket challenge videos instead of the breaking news.	https://gigaom.com/2014/09/18/facebook-updates-its-algorithm-yet-again-heres-what-to-expect/
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63	A new report on the Home Depot hack we covered recently said that about 56 million payment cards were probably compromised in the attack, which means that it was a far more damaging event than last year's Target breach, which involved about 40 million cards. * * *	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/18/us-home-depot-dataprotection-idUSKBN0HD2J420140918
64	We reported the recent closure of Twitpic. The company said they were shutting down after a trademark conflict with Twitter. But now they announced -- on Twitter, of course -- that a yet-unidentified company will buy them and they'll continue to exist. * * *	https://twitter.com/TwitPic/status/512705809696837632
65	After the FCC closed its comments period on the topic of net neutrality in the united states, we've now learned that the government got more than 3.7 million comments -- destroying the old record over Janet Jackson’s 2004 super bowl “wardrobe malfunction.” A study by the Sunlight Foundation says 60 percent of the comments were form letters people sent, which is a lower percentage of canned letters than expected. Less than one percent of the comments opposed net neutrality. About 5 percent were anti-regulation screeds. And the vast majority of comments strongly supported net neutrality. * * *	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/net-neutrality-comments-to-f-c-c-overwhelmingly-one-sided-study-says/
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70	Our TNT fan of the day is Allen, who posted this picture on Twitter. He says he watches in an empty lecture hall on a huge projector screen!	https://twitter.com/soflynolie/status/512791363981570048
71	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #TechNewsToday and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #TechNewsToday to see them all for yourself.
72	That's the tech news today!
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85	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you Monday.
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1	TITLE: Stalk Like An Egyptian * 1095	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, September 18, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Citrix Sharefile. Enhance your workflow, send files of almost any size easily and securely with Citrix ShareFile. Try ShareFile today! For a 30 Day Free Trial, go to ShareFile.com, click the microphone and enter TNT!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1095/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Elise Hu]
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16	Amazon unveiled five new eBook readers and tablets yesterday evening, including a $79 touch-screen Kindle reader, and a $199 Kindle Voyage device, a $379 Fire HDX 8.9 tablet, a $99 Fire HD 6 tablet and a $149 Fire HD Kids Edition tablet.	http://www.amazon.com/	http://mashable.com/2014/09/17/amazon-kindle-voyage-ereader/ http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2014/09/18/amazon-announces-199-kindle-voyage/ http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/17/6364279/amazon-kindle-fire-hd-kids-edition-announcement
17	Lance Ulanoff is the Editor-at-Large of Mashable Natt Garun is the Commissioning Editor at TheNextWeb Dieter Bohn is Executive Editor at The Verge Q: Lance: What's new about these readers? Q: (Lance or Natt) The $199 Voyage is subsidized, and displays ads. Is there an ad-free version? Q: (Lance or Natt) How is the Voyage better than the Kindle Paperwhite? Q: (Lance or Natt) What is the Voyage’s “PagePress” feature? Q: Dieter: Amazon also unveiled a Fire HDX 8.9 Tablet, and a Fire HD tablet. But most interestingly, they announced a Fire HD Kids Edition today. Tell us about that. Q: Dieter: What is the new Family Library feature?	Lance Ulanoff Editor-at-Large of Mashable @LanceUlanoff Natt Garun Commissioning Editor, TheNextWeb @nattgarun Dieter Bohn Executive Editor, The Verge @backlon
18	A: The Voyage weighs 6.4 ounces A: thinnest product that Amazon’s ever built” at 7.6 mm A: ad-free 3G Voyage $289 A: Both support the company’s Kindle Unlimited book subscription service A: both include the “Word Wise” reading comprehension tool, family sharing features, improved search features, and “deeper” integration with Goodreads, the social media site for books Amazon acquired in 2013. A: Kindle Fire HD kids edition: $50 more, which totals $149 for the 6-inch version and $189 for the 7-inch base model. A: kids edition = one-year subscription to Amazon FreeTime Unlimited A: Amazon FreeTime Unlimited = 5,000 games, videos, and books A: kids edition = special case A: 2-year, no-questions-asked warranty A: Family Library = that lets people in the same household share books, audiobooks, Prime Instant videos, and any apps or games that were bought from Amazon's Appstore. A: Family Library does NOT include music, movies, or TV shows.
19	Lance Ulanoff * @LanceUlanoff * lanceulanoff.com Natt Garun * thenextweb.com * @nattgarun Dieter Bohn * theverge.com * @backlon
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23	Apple is no longer unlocking iPhones and iPads in response to government requests. As it rolls out its new iOS 8, Apple says it won't be technically feasible for it to bypass user passcodes, even in the face of a warrant.	http://www.apple.com/privacy/	http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2014/09/17/2612af58-3ed2-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html
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25	A: Company says it's gonna be impossible for the company to turn over data even when police have a search warrant A: Apple is shoring up its privacy position, after outcry from privacy advocates that say it's been too compliant with police. A: While this iOS8 change gives them plausible deniability, it will still be legally required to turn over data stored in the cloud. A: Forensic experts say it will still be possible for police to do workarounds that get the data off phones, even without the password. So the difference here is Apple is no longer HELPING the police.
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28	Amazon.com paid $4.6 million to own the dot-buy top level domain, outbidding Google, according to an exclusive on the Domain Name Wire site. And a company called Dot Tech bought the dot-tech top level domain for an incredible $6.7 million. I talked to Andrew Allemann, the publisher of the Domain Name Wire site, this morning.	http://domainnamewire.com/2014/09/17/amazon-dotby-dottech/	JASON: I SENT YOU THE AUDIO FILE FOR THIS
29	PRE-RECORDED INTERVIEW		https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u8YFevwsNRU/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAHD0/sDpuiC314qg/photo.jpg
30	Andrew Allemann * domainnamewire.com * @DomainNameWire
31	(ELISE 4)	SHOW	LINKS
32	Egypt Begins Surveillance Of Facebook, Twitter, And Skype on an unprecedented scale. Buzzfeed is reporting that Egypt has hired the sister of an American company to monitor Egyptian citizens' communications on Twitter, Facebook, Skype and other apps.	http://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/egypt-begins-surveillance-of-facebook-twitter-and-skype-on-u#2m0lb88
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34	A: Govt says its for anti-terrorism but one official told Buzzfeed it's much broader. A: The online communications are now being monitored by the sister company of an American cybersecurity firm called Blue Coat. A: The official said those taking part in “debauchery” or “homosexual acts” would be watched “for the protection of Egypt.” A: Egypt's LGBT community is warning users to get off Grindr, as the govt may use it to make arrests.
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62	We told you this week that the Chinese government is delaying the approval of the Apple iPhone 6 phones in China. Now, the the government has announced that Apple has gained two approvals, but still needs to get a network access license before it can sell the phones in China. * * *	http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/18/c_133653489.htm
63	Also: Apple said a HealthKit bug delayed the release of that platform with yesterday's iOS 8 download. HealthKit is Apple's program for collecting health data from third party apps into a single location. Apple also pulled some HealthKit supporting apps from the App Store. * * *	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/17/us-apple-healthkit-bug-idUSKBN0HC2BV20140917
64	Dropbox and Google today announced a new research project called Simply Secure, which is designed to make two-factor authentication easier. * * *	http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/18/google-dropbox-announce-simply-secure-project-to-make-security-tech-more-user-friendly/
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67	In other news, iOS 8 users are grappling with a new autopredict feature that suggest how you might finish your sentences. It works like the auto-complete feature of Google Search. Now, one user has created a Twitter account filled with tweets suggested by auto-predict. * * *	https://twitter.com/ios8autopredict
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70	Our TNT fan of the day is William Hart in Newtown, Connecticut, who posted this picture on Google+.	https://plus.google.com/103922237976689803014/posts/CV7ikuxEG7j
71	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #TechNewsToday and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #TechNewsToday to see them all for yourself.
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1	TITLE: iOS Great? Or iOS Hate? * 1094	CO-ANCHOR: Shara Tibken

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, September 17, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free 2 week trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com, and use offer code TNT
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1094/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Shara Tibken - iPhone reviews are coming out. Is there a consensus?]	Shara Tibken Senior Writer, CNET @sharatibken
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16	Apple shipped iOS 8 a few minutes ago.	http://recode.net/2014/09/16/apple-ios-8-review/ http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/16/ios-8-review/
17	Katie Boehret review iOS 8 for Recode. Brad Molen wrote his review for Engadget. Q: KATIE: You wrote a very positive review on iOS 8. Is there any reason NOT to download it? Q: BRAD: Brad, what was your overall impression? FEATURES: Q: KATIE: You really liked Tap to Talk. Why? Q: KATIE: It also instantly sends selfies or videos when you lift your finger off the screen. Won't this feature make people send stuff they don't want to send? Q: Will iPhone users embrace third-party keyboard apps like SwiftKey? Q: KATIE: You wrote that iPhone navigation is faster using iOS 8. Can you explain? Q: What did you think of the Reachability feature? Q: BRAD: Tell us about Extensibility Q: What do you think of Apple's addition of app icons for stores and restaurants you're near? Q: What about Family Share? Are parents savvy enough to use it? And are kids savvy enough to get around it? Q: Apple does a lot to connect iPhones and tablets with desktop Apple computers, including Handoff. How does Handoff work? Q: What about other Continuity features? When can people use these?	Katie Boehret Deputy Reviews Editor & Senior Reviewer, Re/code @kabster728 Brad Molen Senior Mobile Editor, Engadget @phonewisdom
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19	Katie Boehret * recode.net * @kabster728 Brad Molen * engadget.com * @phonewisdom
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23	The German website for Amazon may have accidentally published details about the next Kindles.	http://gizmodo.com/leaked-details-about-two-new-kindles-appears-online-1635741144?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
24	No interview A: 6-inch screens A: "intelligent front light," is
25	A: "basic" version, and a new high-end product called the Kindle Voyage. A: Kindle Voyage will have a 300 ppi screen, come with a newly designed button page, and come in Wi-Fi and 3G. A: Amazon kept the screen at 6 inches. A: $322 for 3G and $245 for the Wi-Fi version
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28	Sony said today that it will report a loss of $2.1 billion for the fiscal year that ends in March.	http://www.cnet.com/news/sony-forecasts-2-1-billion-loss-this-year-due-to-its-smartphone-business/
29	Roger Cheng co-wrote a piece on this story for CNET. Q: Why is Sony tanking? Q: Why aren't Sony's smartphones succeeding in the market? Q: Sony won't be paying dividends. That's a radical change for the company, isn't it? Q: So what's Sony's plan for a turn-around?	Roger Cheng Executive editor, CNET News @RogerWCheng
30	A: CEO Kazuo Hirai started in 2012
31	Roger * cnet.com * @RogerWCheng
32	(MIKE 4)	SHOW	LINKS
33	Logitech has been making TV remotes for a long time. But now they've got one designed to control your whole house. The new "Harmony Living Home" line is designed to let you control home automation devices and appliances all over the house.	http://mms.businesswire.com/media/20140917005026/en/432015/5/HarmonyUltimateHome_White.jpg	http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/17/6328937/logitech-harmony-ultimate-home-announcement-pricing-release-date
34	No interview
35	A: The old Harmony Ultimate could control Nest's thermostat, Philips Hue lightbulbs, and others A: The new remotes control August's Smart Lock A: The new top-of-the-line Ultimate Home ooks like the old Harmony Ultimate remote from Logitech and costs the same: $350 A: $149.99 Harmony Home Control gets you a button-only remote, but comes with Harmony Hub A: A $129 extender that adds compatibility with devices operating through the ZigBee or Z-Wave protocols will come later in December.
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38	TechCrunch reported an exclusive yesterday that Facebook is working on a new app code-named "Moments," which is intended to let Facebook users privately share with a small group of friends.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/16/facebook-moments/
39	No interview
40	A: Lets you message subsets of your existing Facebook friends A: multiple sources A: like the mobile apps Cluster, Path
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43	NEWS
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55	NEWS
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63	Apple Insider is reported last night that Apple is planning another big product announced in the second half of October, according to a source. The most likely products to be announced are OS TEN Yosemite, new iPads, a new MacBook Air with Retina display and possibly a long-rumored Apple TV update. * * *	http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/09/17/apples-next-product-splash-slated-for-second-half-of-october
64	In the wake of the nude celebrity photo hack scandal, Apple re-introduced two-factor authentication to iCloud. It's important to emphasize that the previous implementation of Apple's two-factor authentication would not have protected victims in the hack. The perps used Find My iPhone with password breakers to get user passwords, then used those passwords to gain access. The new system prevents access with a simple password. * * *	http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/09/apples-two-factor-authentication-now-protects-icloud-backups/
65	And we have mentioned the Goat Simulator game here and there in the past few months. Now you'll be thrilled to know that Coffee Stain Studios has released the game for both iOS and Android for $4.99.		https://twitter.com/Coffee_Stain/status/511512545002524672
66	(IN OTHER NEWS)	SHOW	LINKS
67	PCMag reports that a new social network called Netropolitan costs $6,000 to join, plus $3,000 a year to stay joined. According to the creators, it's an online country club for "people with more money than time." Unlike Facebook, however, they have no real-names policy -- they promise to never try to verify the identity of members. They also have zero ads, zero personal information harvesting and the membership comes with unlimited cloud file storage. * * *	http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2468652,00.asp
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70	Our TNT fan of the day is Jeremiah Ketner in Chicago, who posted this picture on Twitter. Jeremiah is a painter, and watches the show in his studio.	https://twitter.com/smallandround/status/511911883440668674
71	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #TechNewsToday and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #TechNewsToday to see them all for yourself.
72	That's the tech news today!
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85	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow.
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1	TITLE: Samsung's Korean Glee * 1093	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri
2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, September 16, 2014!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1093/all
7	[Jason Howell - Moto 360 first impressions]
8	[Joe Panettieri - new company AfterNines.com] Joe's Line: Well, we haven't told anyone about After Nines. This is the first time I'm mentioning it publicly. We just turned on our corporate site today. Co-founded with Amy Katz, a super-sharp business leader in the IT space. Our mission at After Nines is to offer timeless IT guidance, starting at 9:01 daily. And that includes continuing to join Tech News Today each Tuesday. For more info just check our website, AfterNines.com.
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15	(MIKE 1)	SHOW	LINKS
16	Apple CEO Tim Cook slammed the business models of other Silicon Valley giants like Google and Facebook. In part two of a two-part interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose, Cook said “follow the money.” He said if other companies are making money mainly by collecting gobs of personal data, I think you have a right to be worried.” Apple’s money, by contrast, does not come from monetizing personal data, according to Cook. He said: “You’re not our product.” Let's take a look at a clip from the interview.	START FROM BEGINNING FULL SCREEN, THEN STOP AT 1:35. http://youtu.be/Bmm5faI_mLo	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/15/apples-cook-your-data-is-not-our-business/
17	Greg Ferenstein is technology journalist at TechCrunch.. Alissa Walker is the Urbanism editor at Gizmodo.. Q: Do you think Tim Cook’s comments were fair, or unnecessarily alarmist? Should we be worried about Google and Facebook? Q: Cook didn’t mention iAd, Apple’s advertising platform. Is that based on personal data? Q: Doesn’t Apple know where you are, and quite a lot about you from your iTunes purchases? Q: Does the public even care about this stuff?	Greg Ferenstein Technology journalist @ferenstein Alissa Walker Urbanism editor, Gizmodo @awalkerinLA
18	A: Apple makes most of its profits by selling hardware A: Apple does sell advertising, and Rose didn’t follow up on that A: Cook said Apple doesn’t read user email or iMessages A: He said Apple Pay and medical information is encrypted; even Apple can’t access it A: Regarding a July report that suggested that there was a “back door” on iOS that allowed third parties – including possibly the National Security Agency – to access users’ personal data. At the time: “None of that is true, zero,” he said. “We would never allow that to happen. They would have to cart us out in a box before we would do that.”
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20	In a related story, Apple is facing questions by Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen over the privacy and the Apple Watch, which was announced last week and scheduled to ship next year. Jepson will reportedly ask Cook if Apple plans to store personal information on the Watch or in the cloud, and also about Apple’s policies for how apps collect data.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-15/apple-watch-privacy-questioned-by-connecticut-ag-jepsen.html
21	Greg Ferenstein * crunchgov.com * @ferenstein Alissa Walker * gizmodo.com * awalkerinLA.com * @awalkerinLA
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24	(JOE 2): Google: Gov't Requests Are Skyrocketing	SHOW	LINKS
25	Mike, continuing along the privacy theme: Google says governments across the global are knocking on the search giant's door for user data. And the number of requests is surging. Here with analysis is Seth Rosenblatt, senior writer, CNET.	http://www.cnet.com/news/demands-by-governments-for-google-user-data-skyrocket/
26	Seth Rosenblatt is a senior writer for CNET.	Seth Rosenblatt Senior writer, CNET @sethr
27	Q: Seth, how often are governments reaching out to Google for user information? Q: I assume the number of requests is trending upward? Q: Is it just the US government that's asking Google for user info? Q: Is Google complying with all requests or just some requests? Q: What is Google's overall stance on user information. Is the company pushing for any new legislation to help protect user data from prying gov't eyes?
28	A. First half of 2014: 31,000 requests for user data from governments around globe. A. Google produced data for 65% of the requests. The big question: How is Google decided when to share data? What are the qualifiers? A. This isn't just the US government knocking on Google's door. A. US made 12,539 requests. Follwed by Germany (3338) and France (3,0002). Ironic, considering how privacy-conscious those European countries tend to be. A. Google's disclosure comes only a week after Yahoo said it has quietly battled the NSA on a range of privacy issues since 2007. A. Amid that Yahoo-NSA battle, the government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day for non-compliance with certain requests. A. Google pushing for legislative reform that "ensures surveillance powers are transparent, reasonably scoped by law and subject to independent oversite." A. Google supports USA Freedom Act from Sen Patric Leaky (D-Vt.): Would allow companies to disclose additional info they need to hand over to gov't, plus end NSA bulk collection of Americans' phone records. A. Also makes you wonder: How can smaller cloud, SaaS and Internet companies without deep pockets for legal support cope with all these inquiries?	http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-14/in-yahoo-versus-nsa-hypocrisy-wins
29	Seth Rosenblatt * cnet.com * @sethr
30	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	LINKS
31	The Russian giant Mail.ru has acquired the remaining stake in VK, formerly known as [vv-CON-tact-tea] VKontakte, and the largest Russian social network in Russia and Europe. The move puts Mail.ru in control of almost all domestic social networking. VK once was a leading counterbalance against Putin’s censorship. But Mail.ru is controlled by a Putin loyalist named Alisher Usmanov.	https://gigaom.com/2014/09/16/mail-ru-now-controls-most-of-the-russian-social-networking-market-after-buying-out-vkontakte/
32	No interview
33	Notes
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36	Google's Nest scores most of the headlines, but can smart thermostat maker Ecobee turn up the heat on its high profile rival?	http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/16/6154675/smart-thermostat-maker-ecobee-pokes-nest-with-a-striking-redesign	https://gigaom.com/2014/09/16/ecobee-launches-a-new-thermostat-with-location-detection-as-its-killer-app/
37	PENDING INTERVIEW: Stacy Higginbotham, GigaOm	Stacey Higginbotham Writer, Gigaom @gigastacey
38	A. Ecobee today unveiled version 3 of its WiFi connected thermostat A. 3.5 inch captive touch screen. A. Beyond showing you internal temp, it's a weather station. A. Worked with Lunar Design of SF on look and feel. Lunar had a hand in Apple's first notebook. A. Same UI across wall-mounted thermostat and your smartphone. A. Integrates companion sensors that you can scatter across your home. A. Out of box install in 45 minutes or less: Is that worth bragging about? A. Predicting 23 percent annual savings over typical programmable thermostats. A. Google acquired NEST for $3.2B in january. A. Google extending NEST to integrate with home automation systems Control4, Creston, Remote Technologies Inc., Universal REmote control. A. PRICING: The new Ecobee3 available Sept. 29 starting at $249 for the thermostat and one remote sensor. additional sensor two-packs $79.	VIDEO LINK ON HOME PAGE: https://www.ecobee.com/
39	Stacey Higginbotham * gigaom.com * @gigastacey
40	(MIKE 5)
41	NEWS
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43	NOTES
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46	NEWS
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50	AD 2:	http://squarespace.com
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52	(MIKE 7)	SHOW	LINKS
53	NEWS
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55	NOTES
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57	(JOE 8)
58	NEWS
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60	NOTES
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62	(E-MAIL)	SHOW	LINKS
63	We got an email from TNT fan Matt Schultz about our coverage of the Apple Watch. "Please help me to understand why no one is calling the Apple watch vaporware? a) No one has used anything other than a demo version of the Apple Watch. b) The watch will not be available until sometime in the year 2015. The only thing we seem to know is that the watch looks similar to the Asus Android Wear watch but cost twice as much. Sincerely, Matt Schultz
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66	We told you last week that the Chinese government has delayed the sale of Apple’s iPhone 6 phones in that country. Now, Apple’s stock is taking a beating over a rumor that the delay will continue into next year. ****	http://www.businessinsider.com/rumor-iphone-6-wont-be-in-china-until-2015-2014-9
67	The Cult of Mac blog is reporting that Apple’s NFC chip will be locked to Apple Pay, and won’t be available for use by third party apps. It’s still possible that Apple could change that in the future. ***	http://www.cultofmac.com/296093/apple-confirms-iphone-6-nfc-apple-pay/
68	(IN OTHER NEWS)	SHOW	LINKS
69	Samsung is creating a YouTube sitcom. The show will be called “Best Future,” and center around two fictional Samsung employees. The male lead in the show is named after the Korean word for “Best,” and the female start is named “Future.” The show will be filmed at Samsung’s Seoul, Korea, headquarters and other Samsung offices. Worst of all, the sitcom will also be a musical. ***	http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-sitcom-korea-2014-9
70	Designer Jonny Barry has created a $950 pair of Playstation 4-themed Nike Air Jordan 5 sneakers. He’s creating only ten, thankfully. And the worst part: They’ll have an HDMI port in the heel, which is strictly decorative. ***	http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/09/15/custom-ps4-air-jordans-cost-950-and-look-awesome/
71	(WRAP UP)
72	Our TNT fan of the day is Derek Corcoran in Australia, who posted this picture on Twitter. He said that Tech News Today is the soundtrack for his daily commute across Sydney Harbor -- that's the famous Sydney Opera House in the background.	https://twitter.com/cxofficer/status/511417232799182848/photo/1
73	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
74	That's the tech news today!
75	[co-anchor plug]
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85	Or leave voicemail at 260-TNT-show
86	Also: Don’t miss our evening newscast, Tech News Tonight, at 4pm Pacific tonight and every weeknight right here on the TWiT network.
87	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow.
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91	Apple slams other Silicon Valley giants for collecting and exploiting user data!
92	Plus, Google reports a massive surge in government requests for user data!
93	A friend of Russian president Vladimir Putin takes control of Russian social networking!
94	An an innovative smart thermostat maker turns up the heat on Google's Nest.
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1	TITLE: Microsoft Doesn't Fear the Creeper * 1092	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, September 15, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1092/all
7	[Jason Howell]
8	[Lindsey Turrentine]
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10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	LINKS
11	News
12	No Interview
13	Notes
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15	(MIKE 1)	SHOW	LINKS
16	As rumored, Microsoft today agreed to buy the company that makes Minecraft. The price is $2.5 billion. Company founders won’t stay with Microsoft.	http://youtu.be/R3P7VC-qni8	http://news.xbox.com/2014/09/games-minecraft-to-join-microsoft http://online.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-agrees-to-acquire-creator-of-minecraft-1410786190 http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/15/minecraft-creator-notch-is-leaving-mojang/ http://recode.net/2014/09/15/after-selling-out-to-microsoft-minecraft-and-its-founder-write-the-worlds-best-press-releases/
17	Max Jedeur-Palmgren wrote about the Mojang acquisition for Forbes. Q: What’s Microsoft going to do with Minecraft? Q: Why are the founders leaving? Q: What does the Minecraft community think about this? Q: What will Microsoft shareholders think of MS spending this kind of money on a game?	Max Jedeur-Palmgren Journalist, Forbes @maxjedeur
18	A: The Swedish pronounciation is “Mo-Yang” A: Minecraft creator Markus Persson - “Notch” A: 40 employees A: Notch and two other executives are the only shareholders and board members. A: Persson, Chief Executive Carl Manneh, and Jakob Porser all leaving A: Notch is “tired of answering to Minecraft fans” - WSJ A: The Mojang team will join Microsoft Studios A: "Minecraft," introduced in 2009 A: sold more than 50 million copies for PCs, smartphones and videogame consoles A: 40% of Minecraft's units are on mobile platforms
19	Max Jedeur-Palmgren * forbes.com * @maxjedeur
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22	(LINDSEY 2)	SHOW	LINKS
23	Two US hospitals at Stanford and Duke universities are launching trials that will demonstarate how Apple HealthKit will work, according to a Reuters exclusive. The trials will target diabetics and those suffering from other chronic diseases to make medical reporting faster and easier. [[Here to talk about this story is its author, Christina Farr. --maybe]]	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/15/us-apple-health-idUSKBN0HA0Y720140915
24	[[Christina is Technology Correspondant for Reuters. --maybe]] Q: Christina, can you tell us a little bit more about these studies? Who will join them, and what's the goal of these pilot programs? Q: What's Apple's long-term goal here -- how does the company see itself integrating into the US healhcare system? Q: There's a lot of beurocracy in managing technology in a health care setting. Do you think Apple is equipped to speed things up? Q: Patient privacy is a large concern of course. What steps is Apple taking to ensure that private records stay that way?
25	A: The Stanford study is working with kids who are Type 1 diabetics. A: The Duke study is working on blood pressure and weight management. A: Medical equipment manager DexCom is in talks about integrating with HealthKit to share data collected from its blood glucose sensors
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28	Apple last week announced Apple Pay, a mobile payment system that will enable iPhone and Apple Watch users to buy stuff using their Apple hardware. But a new report published by The Hill says Apple might soon find itself being regulated like a financial institution.	http://youtu.be/38IqQpwPe7s?t=46m50s	http://thehill.com/policy/finance/217624-did-apple-become-a-big-bank
29	Julian Hattem is a reporter for The Hill. Q: Why do you believe Apple might be regulated? Q: Isn’t Apple just a middleman between the real financial institutions and consumers? Apple Pay doesn’t make Apple a bank, does it? Q: Are other mobile wallet companies regulated like this? Like Google, for example? Q: We learned recently that Apple will be taking 15 cents for each 100 dollars spent. Is that pretty standard? Q: How big a change is Apple Pay for the payments industry? What do the banks and credit unions think? Q: Will the regulation go beyond money? Will they start cracking down on Apple over the capture and sharing of location data?	Julian Hattem Reporter, The Hill @jmhattem
30	A: 222,000 merchant locations in America A: Visa, MasterCard and American Express on board A: Whole Foods, Macy's and Disney on board
31	Julian Hattem * thehill.com * @jmhattem
32	(LINDSEY 4)	SHOW	LINKS
33	Early this morning in New Delhi, India, Google launched its Android One project, which it had announced at Google I/O. The project has lofty goals: To get sub-$100 smartphones into the hands of the "next 5 billion" customers. The program will kick off in India, then expand to the Phillipines and South Asia more generally by the end of the year. This first wave includes three phones from Indian manufacturers and carriers.	http://googleblog.blogspot.nl/2014/09/for-next-five-billion-android-one.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/15/us-google-india-smartphone-idUSKBN0HA0EF20140915	http://www.cnet.com/news/android-one-googles-push-to-rule-the-smartphone-world/
34	A: Google is working with wireless provider Bharti Airtel, the largest mobile carrier in India, with 40 percent of smartphone users in the country on that network. A: The devices in the Google One program will all run stock Android. A: The three new handsets are the Spice Android One Dream UNO Mi-498, the Micromax Canvas A1 and the Karbonn Sparkle V. A: Goolge also announced additional hardware partners, including Asus, HTC, Lenovo and chipmaker Qualcomm. A: Only 10 percent of Indians currently own a smart phone.
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38	NEWS
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43	NEWS
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50	NEWS
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54	(LINDSEY 8)
55	NEWS
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62	(FOLLOW-UP)
63	We reported on the new Motorola products a couple weeks ago. Now we’ve learned that the new Moto X phone and the Moto Hint earpiece both become available for pre-order tomorrow morning at 9am Pacific. * * *
64	And the ongoing saga of Amazon’s war with the Hachette publishing company gets a new chapter. If you recall, Amazon was accused of turning the screws on Hachette by dropping some of the publisher’s books from the Amazon.com site in order to force the company to accept Amazon’s terms. Now Hachette writers and their supporters have written a letter directly to the Amazon board. In that letter, they wrote: “Efforts to impede or block the sale of books have a long and ugly history. Do you, personally, want to be associated with this?” * * *	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/15/technology/in-latest-volley-against-amazon-hachettes-writers-target-its-board.html
65	We have a few follow-ups to our Apple coverage from last week, starting with the Apple Watch. Tim Cook revealed a small detail about the Apple Watch. Namely that it will be able to play music and podcasts without a bluetooth connected phone. That means fitness fans can leave the phone behind while running. It’s nice to hear that the 2015 Apple Watch will be at least as capable as the 2010 iPod nano. * * *	http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/13/you-can-listen-to-music-from-the-apple-watch-with-bluetooth-headphones-no-iphone-needed
66	Despite the pre-order glitches we reported, Apple claims to have sold more than 4 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus handsets in the first 24 hours of sales. That’s double the number sold in the first 24 hours of iPhone 5 sales. * * *	http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/09/15Apple-Announces-Record-Pre-orders-for-iPhone-6-iPhone-6-Plus-Top-Four-Million-in-First-24-Hours.html
67	If you didn’t get one, and can’t wait for the 3 to 4 weeks they’re now back-ordered, you’ll be thrilled to know that you can buy one on eBay. The going price is in the 3000 to 4000 dollar range, unlocked, according to CNET. * * *	http://www.cnet.com/news/want-an-iphone-6-without-the-wait-heres-how-much-itll-cost-you/
68	As we reported last week, the iPhone 6 is so thin that there isn’t enough room for the camera optics, which stick out of the phone. Apple hids that fact, however, in its marketing photography. Silhouettes of the phone show the protuberance Photoshopped out. Apple is such a perfectionist that even it’s own products aren’t perfect enough for Apple marketing. * * *	https://brooksreview.net/2014/09/the-bump/
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76	Our TNT fan of the day is Glen Wilson in Scotland, who posted this picture on Twitter. He says he watched the show recently on a flight to Washington DC.	https://twitter.com/glenwilson/status/511228329941536768/photo/1
77	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
78	That's the tech news today!
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90	Also: Don’t miss our evening newscast, Tech News Tonight, at 4pm Pacific tonight and every weeknight right here on the TWiT network.
91	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow.
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96	Plus, Apple's new Apple Pay and Healthkit puts the company into uncharted territory as a bank and healthcare device maker, and it could be regulated accordingly!
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1	TITLE: iPhone 6 Launch: Less Than Magical * 1091	CO-ANCHOR:

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, September 12, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free 2 week trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com, and use offer code TNT.
4	And by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1091/all
7	[Jason Howell]
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9	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	LINKS
10	News
11	No Interview
12	Notes
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14	(MIKE 1)	SHOW	LINKS
15	The US government threatened to fine Yahoo a quarter of a million dollars per day if the company didn’t comply with requests to share user data with the NSA back in 2008. Yahoo had refused, saying the requests were unconstitutional. But the threat of fine forced Yahoo to ultimately comply.	http://icontherecord.tumblr.com/post/97251906083/statement-by-the-office-of-the-director-of	https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/11/soon-revealed-secret-surveillance-battle-yahoo-us-government/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/us-threatened-massive-fine-to-force-yahoo-to-release-data/2014/09/11/38a7f69e-39e8-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html
16	Craig Timberg is a tech reporter for the Washington Post Cora Currier is a reporter for The Intercept Q: How do we know about this conflict between Yahoo and the government, and why are we learning of it six years after the fact? Q: Yahoo initially refused on the grounds that the request was unconstitutional. Why did Yahoo believe that, and what do you think the current legal consensus is now over the constitutionality of those requests. Q: The case against Yahoo really paved the way for Silicon Valley to comply with NSA data requests, didn’t it? Can you tell us about that precedent? Q: What other bombshells are expected from these documents? Q: Let’s say Yahoo had refused, and instead paid the fine. Wouldn’t the truth about the fine have been revealed in the company’s earnings reports, ending the secrecy imposed on the company by the FISA court?	PLEASE OPEN WITH A TWO-SHOT ON THE TWO GUESTS Craig Timberg Tech reporter, The Washington Post @craigtimberg Cora Currier Reporter, The Intercept @coracurrier
17	A: 1,000 pages documenting a secret court battle between Yahoo and the government over warrantless surveillance will soon be released A: targeted user was supposed to be foreign, but U.S. communications could still be swept up in the effort A: Google, YouTube, AOL, and Skype were also among the companies that provided communications data to PRISM A: Judge William C. Bryson, presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, ordered the documents from the legal battle unsealed Thursday A: Documents from the case in the lower court have not been released.
18	Craig Timberg * washingtonpost.com * @craigtimberg Cora Currier * theintercept.com * @coracurrier
19	AD 1: Squarespace	http://squarespace.com
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22	Apple began preorders for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus last night, and customers are calling it a “disaster.” Many customers were prevented from ordering phones. And not just on the Apple site. Those hoping to pre-order from the AT&T or Verizon stores had similar problems. Yet despite the problems, all iPhone 6 models are sold out, and customers are being told that they’ll have to wait up to a month for delivery.	http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-iphone-6-preorders/
23	Shara Tibken is a senior writer for CNET. Q: I’d seen reports that a bug of some kind prevented customers with two factor authentication from signing in. Q: Some customers successfully pre-ordered phones. Do we have a sense of the success-to-failure ratio? Q: After the launch video glitches, can the iPhone 6 rollout be called a fiasco yet?	Shara Tibken Senior Writer, CNET @sharatibken
24	A: Demand for the new iPhones is higher than that seen in either of the past two years, AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel told Re/code. A: Smaller iPhone 6 is still in stock A: black eye for Angela Ahrendts, the former Burberry CEO who joined Apple CEO Tim Cook's team as head of online and physical store retail in May. A: now until the launch date, consumers can place preorders through Apple's online store and at carriers such as Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and US Cellular A: Preorders at Apple Retail Stores beginning at 8 a.m. local time on Friday A: A: Apple reportedly has asked manufacturing partners to produce about 70 million to 80 million units of its larger screen iPhones by Dec. 30		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/3248718165/097ce32e3bdeec64d58b88e9f56756a2.jpeg
25	Shara Tibken * cnet.com * @sharatibken
26	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	LINKS
27	Everybody’s getting into the mobile ad racket these days. Now even EBay plans to start showing ads on its mobile app in October. EBay users spend 150 minutes in the eBay app each month, according the company’s display advertising chief. The mobile advertising space is on fire these days. In the United States alone, advertisers spent more than $17 billion dollars on mobile ads, which is up from under $10 billion last year.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/12/us-ebay-advertising-mobilephone-idUSKBN0H62EU20140912
28	In other eBay news, the company downplayed speculation that Google might buy a big stake in the company, saying that eBay and Google have not talked about either investment or acquisition.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/12/us-ebay-google-idUSKBN0H71TQ20140912
29	NOTES
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32	Google announced yesterday the acquisition of a company called Polar, which does online polling for companies like HBO, TechCrunch and USA Today. The news was announced by Google on Google+, and the acquisition is for Google+. It’s unlikely, though, that Polar’s technology will be folded into the social network. It’s more of an acqui-hire. The people behind Polar will help Google create its own polling technology, especially for the mobile app versions of Google+.	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/google-acquires-online-poll-company-polar
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34	NOTES
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36	(MIKE 5)
37	A possible leak or two may have revealed Microsoft’s Windows 9 start menu. The German site WinFuture posted a video showing the new menu, which includes both an old-school looking, Windows 7 style start menu, but with the addition of live tiles on the right. The live tiles can be collapsed for people who don’t like them. And for those that do, the live tiles expand automatically to the right as more apps are pinned to the Start menu. A few hours ago, WinFuture posted a second video showing a Windows 9 Start menu without any tiles. It looks like Microsoft hasn’t made up its mind yet.	http://winfuture.de/videos/Software/Windows-9-Startmenue-geht-auch-ganz-ohne-Live-Tiles-12912.html
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42	NEWS
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44	NOTES
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46	AD 2: Gazelle (iPhone-centric; no 30-day price lock-in)	http://gazelle.com
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49	NEWS
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54	NEWS
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65	Google is famous for not providing tech support. And now, the company is facing a $323,000 fine in Germany if it doesn’t at least read customer service emails. The Federation of German Consumer Organizations is suing Google because it discovered that emails sent to the support-de@google.com email address get an automated reply from Google saying they won’t read or respond. The Berlin Regional Court recently ruled that Google must give customers some way to contact the company. Google’s only defense, obviously, is that advertisers are Google’s customers and users are the product. Therefore, users aren’t customers and don’t need to be responded to.	http://www.geek.com/apps/google-faces-323000-fine-if-it-doesnt-start-reading-customer-emails-1604246/
66	The UK’s Independent newspaper is reporting a trend in which grandmothers who sign off as “grandma” on Facebook are frequently tagging themselves accidentally as Grandmaster Flash. Facebook’s auto-suggesting tagging feature automatically turns “grandma” into Grandmaster Flash, which some grandparents are accidentally choosing. There’s even a tumblr to document the phenomenon.	http://grampaandgrandmasterflash.tumblr.com/	http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/lists/grandmas-keep-accidentally-tagging-themselves-as-grandmaster-flash-on-facebook-9728582.html
67	(WRAP UP)
68	Our TNT fan of the day is Reg Rodgers, who posted this picture on Twitter.	https://twitter.com/RegRodgers/status/510125339079876609
69	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
70	That's the tech news today!
71	[co-anchor plug]
72	Subscribe to Tech News Today on Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, Feedly, Yahoo, RSS or many other options.
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80	Send email to tnt@twit.tv
81	Or leave voicemail at 260-TNT-show
82	Also: Don’t miss our evening newscast, Tech News Tonight, at 4pm Pacific tonight and every weeknight right here on the TWiT network.
83	And also don't miss TWiT on Sunday at 3pm Pacific. Leo is out of town, and I'll be hosting the show. I'd love for you to join us. My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. Have a great weekend.
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1	TITLE: iPhone 6: China Does Not Approve * 1090	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, September 11, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free 2 week trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com, and use offer code TNT
4	And by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1090/all
7	[Jason Howell - bday]
8	[Elise Hu - Yesterday was Internet Slowdown Day. Did the Internet slow down?]
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10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	LINKS
11	News
12	No Interview
13	Notes
14
15	(MIKE 1)	SHOW	LINKS
16	The iPhone 6 and 6 plus phones are being delayed in China, the world’s largest smartphone market. And the reason is a mystery. The New York Times reported that the Chinese government has not yet approved the phones to go on sale there. Apple has not announced a ship date for the phones in China.	http://www.cultofmac.com/295416/apple-mysteriously-delays-release-iphone-6-6-plus-china/	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/business/international/release-of-iphone-6-delayed-in-china.html
17	Alex Heath writes for Cult of Mac. Q: Apple famously shipped the iPhone 5 in China on the same day as the United States. What’s the holdup this time? Q: Is this part of the Chinese government’s general opposition to US tech companies? Q: Will Chinese fans blame Apple or the government?	Alex Heath Writer, Cult of Mac @alexeheath
18	A: Goes on sale elsewhere on September 19 (pre-orders begin tomorrow) A: Carriers showed promotions using fake phones even before the announcement A: China Mobile began taking pre-orders before the announcement A: Phablets are huge in China A: The Chinese media recently accused Apple of using Find My iPhone and iCloud to spy on its citizens A: Apple recently moved iCloud in the country over to state-run servers.
19	Alex Heath * cultofmac.com * @alexeheath
20	AD 1: Squarespace	http://squarespace.com
21
22	(ELISE 2)	SHOW	LINKS
23	Wither RadioShack? The once ubiquitous company with stores in what seemed like every mall in America may be filing for bankruptcy. Its taken ten straight quarters of losses and things don't appear to be getting better. Bloomberg's Lauren Lochner has been reporting this story ... Lauren, welcome	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/11/us-radioshack-results-idUSKBN0H61A220140911
24	Q: How bad is it for RadioShack right now? Q: They've tried some new tacks recently, like instant iPhone or Android glass screen repair, which might bring people inside stores. How well has that worked, if at all? Q: What's the Wall Street reaction? Q: What went wrong for RadioShack as the Internet revolution happened ... any lessons or takeaways for other retailers?	Jodi Xu Reporter, Bloomberg @jodixu Lauren Lochner Reporter, Bloomberg @LaurenLochner
25	NOTES		Jodi Xu pic: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/505395118782689283/DZzqKvxV.jpeg Lauren Lochner pic: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1520959270/8-30-2011_2-57-45_PM.jpg
26	Jodi Xu * bloomberg.com * @jodixu Lauren Lochner * bloomberg.com * @LaurenLochner
27	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	LINKS
28	Facebook’s Messenger app is so invasive of user privacy that a security researcher says its code looks more like spyware than a messaging app.	http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/facebooks-messenger-app-is-tracking-a-lot-more-of-your-data-than-you-think
29	Freelance writer Matthew Braga wrote an exclusive on this story for Motherboard. Q: Who is the security researcher making these claims, and why does he believe Messenger looks like spyware? Q: I understand why Facebook might want to harvest some user data to, say, improve contextual advertising. But why do they need to do all this? Q: What would Facebook do with information about user’s WiFi identifier? Q: You asked another researcher if Apple might have given Facebook access to private APIs and features other developers don’t have. What did he tell you? Q: Zdziarski found comments in the code about not using certain things or “you will be fired.” What’s that all about? Q: What does Facebook have to say about all this?	Matthew Braga Freelance writer @mattbraga
30	A: iOS forensics and security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski made observation on Twitter A: Researcher Ashkan Soltani - private APIs and capabilities
31	Matthew Braga * mattbraga.com * @mattbraga
32	(ELISE 4)	SHOW	LINKS
33	A win for negative reviewers. California law says companies can’t punish customers who post them. California governor Jerry Brown signed the law this week, and here to tell us more about it is Jeff John Roberts, writer at GigaOm.	https://gigaom.com/2014/09/10/california-law-says-companies-cant-punish-customers-who-post-negative-reviews/
34	Q: How was this working, in practice? How were businesses muzzling bad reviews in the first place? Q: It only exists in California right now ... so what about those of us who want to write negative reviews in other states? Q: As you wrote, businesses still seem to struggle with how to deal with online reviews. Who's doing it well?	"Jeff John Roberts Writer, GigaOm * @jeffjohnroberts
35	NOTES
36	Jeff John Roberts * gigaom.com * @jeffjohnroberts
37	(MIKE 5)
38	NEWS
39	No interview
40	NOTES
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42	(ELISE 6)	SHOW	LINKS
43	NEWS
44	No interview
45	NOTES
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47	AD 2: Gazelle - iPhone centric; no 30-day lock-in	http://gazelle.com
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49	(MIKE 7)	SHOW	LINKS
50	NEWS
51	No interview
52	NOTES
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54	(ELISE 8)
55	NEWS
56	No interview
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63	We’re hearing that iPhone 6 and 6 Plus phones may be short supply in the first few days or weeks of availability. Now, 9to5mac is reporting that Apple will be rolling out a digital reservation system, so you don’t have to stand in line on the sidewalk for a week. It’s like a restaurant. You should up, put your name on the list, then come back later to pick up the phone. Best of all, Apple will inform those who won’t be getting phones that they’ll be out, so those line-standers can choose to wait, buy another iPhone model or go buy a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 instead. * * *	http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/10/apple-aims-to-make-buying-an-iphone-6-easier-at-its-stores-with-new-digital-queue-system/
64	As we reported on Tech News tonight yesterday, 5 million Gmail email addresses were exposed. Now there’s a web site where you can check to see if your own account was one of them. Just go to isleaked.com, enter your gmail address, and it will tell you whether your address has been compromised.
65	(IN OTHER NEWS)	SHOW	LINKS
66	Western Digital has unveiled a record-breaking hard drive. Their new Ultrastar He10 holds 10 terabytes of data! The helium-filled drive will also offer the lowest cost-per-gigabyte and power consumption-per-gigabyte of any drive on the market, according to the company, although they didn’t reveal pricing or power consumption metrics. We’ll have to wait until the drive hits the market in a few months. * * *	http://www.extremetech.com/computing/189813-western-digital-unveils-worlds-first-10tb-hard-drive-helium-filled-shingled-recording
67	A researcher at Arizona State University is building a jet pack for runners. His goal is to enable even the flabbiest couch potato to run a 4-minute mile. In fact, the project is call the 4MM. Researcher Jason Kerestes’ project is financed by the Pentagon, of course, which would love to see jetpacks that would enable US soldiers to run faster than enemy soldiers.	START VIDEO AT 2:53 http://researchmatters.asu.edu/videos/jetpack-helps-soldiers-run-faster
68	* * * Last and -- probably least -- we leave you with this parody of an Apple Watch commercial, posted on the JacksFilms YouTube channel	http://youtu.be/yioL7MRQvHM
69	(WRAP UP)
70	Our TNT fan of the day is Kayla J Heffernan, who posted this picture on Twitter. She came all the way from Australia, and watched yesterday's show live in the Brick House.	https://twitter.com/kaylajheffernan/status/509033440172183552
71	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
72	That's the tech news today!
73	[co-anchor plug]
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84	Also: Don’t miss our evening newscast, Tech News Tonight, at 4pm Pacific tonight and every weeknight right here on the TWiT network.
85	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow (or Monday).
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1	TITLE: Is the Apple Watch Right on Time * 1089	CO-ANCHOR:

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, September 10, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
4	And by: Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free 2 week trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com, and use offer code TNT
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1079/all
7	[Jason Howell]
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9	Internet slowdown	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29127179
10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	LINKS
11	News
12	No Interview
13	Notes
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15	(MIKE 1)	SHOW	LINKS
16	The biggest news from the announcement is Apple’s smallest-ever computer, called the Apple Watch.	http://mashable.com/2014/09/09/apple-watch-hands-on/
17	Lance Ulanoff is the Editor-at-Large at Mashable. Q: What’d you think of the Apple Watch? Q: Apple coined various words and phrases to describe features, including "force touch", the "Taptic" sensor and "Digital Touch.” Let’s talk about these - force touch - taptic - digital touch Q: Is there any difference between the two sizes (other than size)? Q: We know the starting price. How much do the more expensive ones cost? The gold one? Q: How much heavier is the gold one? Q: What about left-handed users? Q: You mentioned the retro look. I felt that way, too. Like something futuristic from the 70s Q: What did you think of the watchband system and options? Q: How did you like the app icon interface? Q: How did Apple get so far ahead on the interface, both hardware and software? Q: Did you like Apple’s solution for the charger? Q: What are the big things we don’t know about the Apple Watch	Lance Ulanoff Editor-at-Large of Mashable @LanceUlanoff
18	NOTES
19	Lance Ulanoff * @LanceUlanoff * lanceulanoff.com
20	AD 1: Gazelle
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22	(CO 2)	SHOW	LINKS
23	As expected, Apple also rolled out a new payment system called Apple Pay.	http://time.com/money/3311917/apple-pay-iphone-iwatch-passbook/ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-10/apple-said-to-reap-fees-from-banks-in-new-payment-system.html
24	Jake Davidson writes for Money Elizabeth Dexheimer is a reporter for Bloomberg News Q: Jake, what is Apple Pay exactly? Q: Elizabeth, how does Apple Pay affect the payments industry? Q: What do we know about the inevitable fee that Apple will skim off of each transaction? Q: Is Apple pay US only or international? Q: Apple brags about the possession of 800 million customer credit cards. Will each new card that Apple Pay users add to their iPhones count as another credit card for Apple? Q: What’s this going to do for Apple’s revenue? Q: Can people, should people and will people trust Apple with their money?	Jake Davidson Reporter, Producer, @MONEY @JakeD Elizabeth Dexheimer Reporter, Bloomberg News @EDexheimer
25	A: $40 billion that banks generate annually from so-called swipe fees A: mobile-payments market will probably more than quadruple to about $90 billion by 2017, (Forrester)		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/501915592417234944/0knmuXPw.jpeg
26	Jake Davidson * money.com * @JakeD Elizabeth Dexheimer * bloomberg.com * @EDexheimer
27	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	LINKS
28	Apple also rolled out new iPhones.	http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/09/the-iphone-6-plus-preview/
29	Rene Ritchie publishes imore.com and is a host of TWiT’s MacBreak Weekly. Q: What’s the best or most surprising thing Apple announced about the new iPhones? Q: Why no sapphire? How did everyone get this wrong? Q: What did you think of Apple’s solutions for being able to reach the top of the screen with a big phone and also use the big phone horizontally? Q: Are the iPhone 6s too thin? The camera sticks out and the battery could always be bigger. Is Apple sacrificing too much to be thin? Q: How does the screen look to you? Q: Are the new iPhones too expensive? Q: What are the key differences between the 6 and 6 Plus Q: What do we know about the A8 processor? Q: Is a barometer all that useful?	Rene Ritchie Publisher, iMore.com @reneritchieimore.com
30	NOTES		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/415725984328192000/OlL4Pnx5.jpeg
31	Rene Ritchie * imore.com @reneritchieimore.com
32	(CO 4)	SHOW	LINKS
33	Apple also announced new iCloud storage pricing. * 5 GB free * $.99 a month for 20 GB * $3.99 a month for 200 GB * $9.99 a month for 500 GB * $19.99 a month for 1 TB Apple also removed the iPod Classic from its web site. The iPod Classic was a big, fat music player with a 160 GB actual hard drive and 30-pin connector.
34	No interview
35	NOTES
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38	Microsoft is reportedly close to acquiring Mojang, the maker Minecraft, for more than $2 billion. The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal could come as early as this week. Unlike many potential game acquisitions, Minecraft is already raking in the dough. The game brought in $360 million last year, according to the Journal.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-near-deal-to-buy-minecraft-1410300213
39	Shira Ovide is a tech reporter for The Wall Street Journal Q: Why would Microsoft want to buy a low-rez, open world game?	Shira Ovide Tech reporter, The Wall Street Journal @ShiraOvide
40	A: Revenue up 38 percent from the year before A: Mojang was co-founded by Markus Persson, a 35-year-old programmer A: old-fashioned way — by charging people to buy a copy A: $7 on mobile phones to $27 for computer versions A: Minecraft for Microsoft’s Xbox $20. A: Not yet available for Microsoft Phone A: Microsoft $86 billion in cash and short-term investments A: Mojang is pressing to try to ensure that Microsoft retains its younger developers.		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2560244781/bhnostc4irif1rifc2sk.jpeg
41	Shira Ovide * wsj.com * @ShiraOvide
42	(CO 6)	SHOW	LINKS
43	Follow up: Google Voice Integration Is Currently Rolling Out In Hangouts	http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/09/09/breaking-google-voice-integration-is-currently-rolling-out-in-hangouts/
44	No interview
45	NOTES
46
47	AD 2: Squarespace
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49	(MIKE 7)	SHOW	LINKS
50	NEWS
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52	NOTES
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54	(CO 8)
55	NEWS
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57	NOTES
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68	(WRAP UP)
69	Our TNT fan of the day is Adam Bindslev in Denmark, who posted this picture on Twitter and Instagram. On his screen is our live coverage yesterday of the Apple announcement.	http://instagram.com/p/su7ZMLLXpP/
70	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
71	That's the tech news today!
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1	TITLE: Home Depot Hack: Hardware Problem? * 1088	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri
2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, September 9, 2014!
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9	Apple event today
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16	Just before Apple is expected to announce what will almost certainly be a closed, proprietary smartwatch, Jawbone announced that it’s opening its smartwatch software to other data from other devices -- including Apple’s.	http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/08/jawbone-up-android-wear-healthkit-windows-phone/ FULL SCREEN OK: http://youtu.be/fq6IH9yXuW4?t=36s
17	Q: Jawbone uses software called UP. Can you tell people unfamiliar with the Jawbone what this does and how it works? Q: What’s the advantage for Jawbone to do this? How does this help them sell hardware? Q: Nike stopped development on its Fuelband. Is that where Jawbone is headed? Q: Will the fitness braceless have a hard time competing in a market populated by all-purpose smartwatches that also do fitness tracking?	Dana Wollman Managing Editor, Engadget @danawollman
18	A: data from Apple iPhone, Fitbit, or Google Android Wear device. A: Jawbone's UP can be used to track workout activity, sleep patterns, and food and drink consumption
19	Dana Wollman * engadget.com * @danawollman
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22	(JOE 2): Home Depot Hack	SHOW	LINKS
23	Attention Home Depot shoppers: The Big Box retailer is checking to see if your data was hacked. Here with insights is Jay Vijayan, senior editor, ComputerWorld.	http://www.computerworld.com/article/2604360/home-depot-confirms-breach.html
24	Interview: Jay Vijayan, senior editor, ComputerWorld	Jaikumar Vijayan Senior editor, Computerworld @jaivijayan		Jay Vu-jay-un
25	Q: How big of a hack are we talking about? A few stores, US, more? Q: How has the story unfolded? Q: Were debit card PINs (personal identification numbers) compromised? Q: Who is commenting from Home Depot -- CIO, CEO, someone else? And what does that mean in terms of how serious Home Depot is taking this issue? Q: How does this potentially compare to the Target hack from last year? Q: SuperValu, UPS Stores and Dairy Queen have reported hacks in recent days. Similar malware involved? ("Backoff" malware) Q: Give us the bigger picture: Are retail, financial and cloud hacks the new norm?
26	A. First reported by Brian Krebs, who runs a security website. A. Problem may affect all of Home Depot's stores in the US. A. Variant of the same malware that compromised Target's systems last year. A. Home Depot started investigating the breach last week, and is looking back to data from April timeframe. A. Home Depot promised free identity protection services, including credit card monitoring, to any potentially impacted customers. A. It cost Target $146M to clean up a data breach last year. Most of the cost involved settling breach-related claims. A. If we can't trust retail point of sale systems, are we really going to trust NFC and iPhone 6 as an extension of those systems?	http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/09/in-wake-of-confirmed-breach-at-home-depot-banks-see-spike-in-pin-debit-card-fraud/
27	Jaikumar Vijayan * computerworld.com * @jaivijayan
28	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	LINKS
29	Remember Satoshi Nakamoto? That’s the name of the guy who created bitcoin. He lives anonymously, and the public doesn’t know who he is or where he lives. But now somone has taken over his email account and is threatening to unmask him, but only if someone pays 25 bitcoins, which is worth about $12,000.	http://www.wired.com/2014/09/satoshi/
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31	A: The email hacker told WIRED his name is “Jeffrey” A: satoshin@gmx.com A: Hacker says Nakamoto is alive A: Controls emails going back to 2011 A: Satoshi Nakamoto released the open source software that drives the bitcoin digital currency in 2009 A: leveraged the gmx.com address to take over other Nakamoto accounts, which he used to post in bitcoin forums under Nakamoto’s name A: Jeffrey claimed that information about Nakamoto was already being sold online A: Might not even be Nakamoto’s address
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34	Comcast has begun serving Comcast advertisements to devices connected to one of its 3.5 million publicly accessible Wi-Fi hotspots across the US, ARS Technica reported. The site noted: "Comcast's decision to inject data into websites raises security concerns and arguably cuts to the core of the ongoing net neutrality debate."	http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/why-comcasts-javascript-ad-injections-threaten-security-net-neutrality/
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36	A. Ad effort alerts customers they are connected to Comcast Xfinity service. Also reminds surfers to download Xfinity apps. A. The approach uses Javascript injections, which has raised some security concerns among critics. A. Also, net neutrality experts are worried about where this will lead. As one pundit told ARS Technica: "Imagine every Web page with a Comcast bug in the lower righthand corner." A. The bigger issue for me is Comcast's constant effort to upsell and cross-sell you on more services at a time when they should be investing in customer support.
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40	A police officer who asked that we not use his name recently sent us email on our coverage of police body cameras. Here’s what he wrote: “You’ve been pretty staunch in your support for body cameras for law enforcement officers. I am a police officer in a fairly large city in the south and wanted to weigh in. While I agree that in many situations recordings justify police actions, I don’t agree with your opinion that the cameras should be on all the time. I understand your concern, but I don’t think you’re acknowledging the negative side effects of having a camera on for an entire shift. I work 12 hours a shift, and some of that time is not spent actively taking police action. For instance, should I have to be recorded while I eat dinner? Or what about when I use the bathroom? Or when I call my fiancé to say goodnight because I work overnight? I’ve visited the TWIT studios, so I know you’re used to being recorded constantly… but most people are not. I’d ask you, or anyone in the general public, how they would feel if the webcam built into their work computer was always on and always recording their audio/video? I know that the system that we use only allows officers to turn their cameras on and off. The upload and storage of video is automatic and accessing the video for evidentiary purposes is monitored. I do not believe that editing/deletion is allowed, but I don’t use the system so I can’t be sure. Video has become a valuable tool for law enforcement and for the public in general. I know the majority of cops are not looking to “hide” anything work related, but that even when I am at work I have some right to private moments. I hope I have offered some insight from the “other” side.	This is a long email, so it might be nice to show pictures of what police body cameras look like while I'm blathering on: http://goo.gl/lnSd07
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43	We covered the Amazon Fire phone from all the angles. We covered the rumors, the leaks, the announcement and the poor sales of Amazon’s first-ever smartphone. Now, just seven weeks after the launch, the price of the Fire phone has been reduced by $200. The 32GB model will now cost 99 cents with a two-year contract, or $449 without a contract.	START FULL SCREEN AT 40:42 http://youtu.be/w95kwXy_MOY?t=40m42s
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49	Our TNT fan of the day is Jim Jannotti in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, who posted this picture on Google+.	http://goo.gl/whS3ir
50	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
51	That's the tech news today!
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68	Just before the big Apple announcement, Jawbone opens up its API to other smartwatch platforms -- including Apple's smartwatch!
69	Plus, Home Depot is hacked, and probably by the same people who hit Target.
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1	TITLE: Apple's iWatch Fashionably Late * 1087	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, September 8, 2014!
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6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1079/all
7	[Jason Howell]
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9	Show one hour early; Apple coverage starts at 9:30am Pacific
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16	Apple will announce new iPhones and a smartwatch tomorrow. The closer we get to the event, the more exclusives are published by 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman.	http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/06/apple-wearable-to-run-third-party-apps-big-developers-already-seeded-sdk/ http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/08/alleged-leak-of-iwatch-component-drawings-specs-surface-ahead-of-tomorrows-unveiling/ http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/07/apple-and-disney-stores-upgrading-ibeacons-and-nfc-scanners-ahead-of-iphone-6-launch/ http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/07/5-5-inch-iphone-6-may-run-landscape-apps-with-more-productive-ipad-like-interface/
17	[PLAY RECORDED INTERVIEW]
18	A: Leaked pics suggest mic, speaker, Siri, and a “flexible, multi-touch screen, Quanta will make it, waterproof to approximately 20 meters, battery life that lasts a day, won’t include any Lightning connector or “ports” A: 2 sizes, four colors = 8 options
19	Mark Gurman * 9to5mac.com * @markgurman
20	MIKE 1.5 (continuation of the iWatch thing)
21	If you watched TWiT yesterday, you heard Leo talk about the rumors that Apple built a giant fashion catwalk to showcase the Apple iWatch. Now, Reuters’ Christina Farr reports that top fashion editors and fashion bloggers have been invited to the Apple event tomorrow at the Flint Center in Cupertino.
22	Christina joins is now to talk about her report: Q: Apple is inviting the fashion press, but are they accepting those invitations? Q: Who was invited? Q: Is a smartwatch going to be considered high fashion by the jewelry and fashion crowd? Q: Apple has been poaching from the fashion industry, too. Can you tell us about some of those hires? Q: Samsung and Intel last week announced blinged out smartwatches. Are fashionable people ready to get their fashion accessories from Silicon Valley? A: Patrick Pruniaux, former vice president of Tag Heuer's global sales and retail A: Angela Ahrendts, former chief executive of Burberry A: ormer Yves Saint Laurent CEO Paul Deneve joined as vice president of special projects.	Christina Farr Journalist, Reuters @chrissyfarr
23	Christina Farr * reuters.com * @chrissyfarr
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27	Apple to Use NFC, Tokenization in Payments, according to banking blog Bank Innovation. The site says it's gotten independent confirmation of Apple's NFC plans, which have been long-rumored. It also says that Apple will be relying on a security concept called tokenization in order to protect cardholders.	http://bankinnovation.net/2014/09/apple-to-use-nfc-tokenization-in-payments-system/	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokenization_(data_security)
28	Q: Hi, Ian. Can you tell us a little more about the concept of tokenization? What would using this system mean for the security of Apple customers? Q: What is the Verifone MX 915? Is this something we've seen in stores before? Will it be familiar to customers? Q: Given Apple's possible plans, do you think Apple will finally figure out NFC payments in the US? Will this change retail?	Ian Kar Reporter, Bank Innovation @iankar_
29	A: Apple Stores and Apple retail partners are using the Verifone MX 915 terminal for their point-of-sale terminals A: Tokenization is an approach to data security that uses meaningless data called token as placeholders for sesitive information. So, for instance, Apple could work with major credit card issuers to get credit card authorizations stored as tokens on a device. In that case, merchants would never receive the credit card number itself; it would only receive the token, which can be invalidated and replaced without, for instance, issuing a new credit card.
30	Ian Kar * bankinnovation.net * @iankar_
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32	General Motors is working on a self-driving cadillac. GM plans what they’re calling a “super cruise” system for 2016 cars, which let drivers take their hands off the wheel while driving.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/07/us-gm-connectedcar-idUSKBN0H20TP20140907
33	Jeff Bennett wrote about the news for The Wall Street Journal. Q: You wrote that these cars will have Wi-Fi enabled vehicle-to-vehicle communication to avoid collision. Will it be only cadillacs that won’t crash into each other? Q: The system requires special lane markings. Is there any reason to believe highways and freeways will get these markings in time for the rollout? Q: What’s the difference between Google’s self-driving technology and GM’s “super cruise”? Q: This kind of technology should be an easy sell to lawmakers because it can be proved to save lives. Is there resistance in congress? Q: What are some of the other car makers doing in this area?	jeff bennett GM reporter, @jeffbennettwsj	Jeff.bennett17 248-204-5542
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35	jeff bennett * wsj.com * @jeffbennettwsj
36	(LINDSEY 4)	SHOW	LINKS
37	This morning, Tivo announced the Tivo Mega, which is basically a rack-mounted server moonlighting as a DVR. It can store 4,000 hours of HD TV -- and 26K hours of standard-def video. That's 12x more than the next largest DVR on the market, according to Tivo. It also costs $5,000.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/8/6111591/the-insane-tivo-mega-can-record-three-years-of-tv	http://www.cnet.com/products/tivo-mega/
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39	A: The Mega has 10 hot-swappable drives and 24TB of storage A: It'll be available in 2015 A: This version behaves pretty much like other high-end Tivo devices like the Tivo Roamio Pro, and it lets you transfer video from your Windows computer to the Mega A: Potentially customers besides the very rich: Media companies that need to record TV constantly
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44	TNT fan Jacob Huff sent an email about our smartwatch coverage. He wrote: “As a marathon enthusiast who puts on 30-40 miles a week year round, i think there is a market segment that has been somewhat overlooked. Runners spend a lot of money on GPS watches. Personally I am on my third. Many of the new auto-winding watches have heart rate monitors but how useful is that? We need stand alone GPS watches that incorporate auto-winding. Also: I need a phone while running. The Samsung Gear S watch might be the runners dream. It might be the best GPS running watch on the market because there is no need for carrying a phone for emergency calls. If it was Android powered not Tizen with AW on top then I would be throwing my money at them. Anyway, love your shows. Jacob in Shanghai, China”
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47	We told you a week ago about the Samsung's Gear VR virtual reality headset. When Samsung announced it, they didn’t mention a price. Now it looks like the Galaxy Note 4 peripheral will cost $199, according to a report from VentureBeat. Phone not included. * * * Last week’s news was also dominated by the theft of personal photos of more than 100 female celebrities. We mentioned that the event forced a change in 4chan’s DMCA police. Now Reddit, the other major source for the photos, has closed down a subreddit called TheFappening, which was devoted to the discussion of and access to those pictures. * * * We’ve also been covering Twitters transformation into something beyond the simple microblogging service it used to be. Now Twitter is testing a “buy” button that lets users shop directly from Twitter.
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53	Our TNT fan of the day is Anthony J. Williams in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, who posted this picture on Twitter and said that he loves listening to TNT while at work. Makes the day go by much faster.	https://twitter.com/AJWilliamsPhoto/status/507605730564661249
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55	That's the tech news today!
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70	Plus, Apple is inviting the fashion press to the event..
71	The details around Apple's forthcoming payment system are coming into focus.
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1	TITLE: Motorola Drops a Hint * 1086	CO-ANCHOR: Christina Warren

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, September 5, 2014!
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6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1086/all
7	[Jason Howell - Moto 360 battery life (Joanna Stern review)]
8	[Christina Warren]
9	Our coverage of Apple's event; TNT 9am Tuesday	http://www.apple.com/live/
10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	LINKS
11	http://youtu.be/oYSitvLW0r0
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15	Motorola yesterday announced several products that update the company’s mobile lineup. These include updates to the Moto X and Moto G smartphone lines, and officially rollout of the Moto 360 smartwatch and even a couple random surprises.	VIDEOS ONLY AND FULL-SCREEN, PLEASE! http://bgr.com/2014/09/05/moto-x-moto-g-and-moto-360-videos/	http://www.cnet.com/news/motorola-continues-affordable-push-with-new-500-moto-x-180-moto-g-phones/ http://gigaom.com/2014/09/04/motorola-updates-the-moto-x-and-g-and-debuts-its-swish-new-smartwatch-the-moto-360/
16	Roger Cheng is the Executive editor for CNET News and Kevin Fitchard writes for Gigaom. Q: Roger, what was the biggest news in your opinion that came out of today’s Motorola announcement?	Kevin Fitchard Writer, Gigaom @kfitchard
17	Moto X: * bigger and better - 4.7 inches to 5.2 inches; 720p to full HD * thinner bezel * leather option for you leather enthusiasts * touchless interface now supports custom wake up commands * infrared gestures * launching at AT&T, Verizon, and US Cellular
18	Moto G * Like the X but cheaper
19	Moto 360: * Not much new to report * nice wireless charger * heart-rate monitor and pedometer * weighs 1.72 ounces * $250 * Available today Motorola.com, Google Play and Best Buy * $300 version with a steel band
20	Moto Hint: * available before the holidays for $150 * same passive listening technology in the Moto X; wake it up with voice
21	Roger * cnet.com * @RogerWCheng Kevin Fitchard * gigaom.com * @kfitchard
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26	Apple CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal yesterday that Apple plans to improve iCloud security. Cook’s claim comes after the private photos of more than 100 women celebrities were stolen and posted online over the weekend.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/tim-cook-says-apple-to-add-security-alerts-for-icloud-users-1409880977
27	Danny Yadron is a cybersecurity reporter for The Wall Street Journal and contributed to this exclusive. Q: So what did Cook promise as Apple’s fix for iCloud? Q: This is pretty ordinary stuff, isn’t it? Q: The tone of Cook’s comments struck me as more of the same -- it sounds like Apple still isn’t all that concerned about security. What was your impression? Q: Besides pushing two-factor authentication on users harder, how else might Apple improve two-factor authentication?	Danny Yadron Cybersecurity reporter, The Wall Street Journal @dannyyadron
28	"A: Cook = Apple will alert users via email and push notifications when someone tries to change an account password, restore iCloud data to a new device, or when a device logs into an account for the first time A: (Until now, users got an email when someone tried to change a password or log in for the first time from an unknown Apple device; there were no notifications for restoring iCloud data.) A: start sending the notifications in two weeks A: improve two-factor authentication A: Cook = iCloud accounts were compromised when hackers correctly answered security questions to obtain their passwords, or when they were victimized by a phishing scam to obtain user IDs and passwords. A: Cook = none of the Apple IDs and passwords leaked from the company's servers. A: Cook = most important measures to prevent future intrusions might be more human than technological. A: Cook = Apple could have done more to make people aware of the dangers A: Cook = Apple plans to more aggressively encourage people to turn on two-factor authentication A: Apple working with law enforcement to investigate the incident and identify the hackers"
29	Danny Yadron * wsj.com * @dannyyadron
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31	Christina Warren: You wrote a really interesting piece published yesterday on the Mashable site called "“How I Hacked My Own iCloud Account, for Just $200”" So how did you hack your own iCloud account?	http://mashable.com/2014/09/04/i-hacked-my-own-icloud-account/
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34	Two chunks of unpopular Twitter news hit yesterday. The first is that The Wall Street Journal reported that Twitter is planning to roll out a Facebook-like algorithm-controlled form of feed censorship, with software deciding which of your Twitter friends’ tweets you’ll see and which you won’t see. And the second is that the image-sharing site Twitpic is shutting down after legal pressure from Twitter over Twitpic’s application for a trademark.	http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/04/why-twitters-users-are-in-open-revolt/
35	Brian Fung is a tech reporter for the Washington Post and wrote about a backlash by Twitter users about both these developments. Q: Most people don’t like Facebook’s and Google+’s algorithmic filtering of social streams. Twitter was the last major bastion of user control over what you see. Why would Twitter walk away from such a huge differentiator? Q: What were some prominent Twitter users saying about the prospects of a filtered feed? Q: Twitpic seems to be a great compliment to Twitter, and the brand Twitpic is perfectly descriptive. Why would Twitter want to end this? Q: So Twitter would allow Twitpic to use the name, just not copyright it. Q: And what are users saying about this? Q: Maybe TWiT should have sued Twitter over copyright when they were first starting out… Q: Are these criticisms over-blown?	Brian Fung Reporter, Washington Post @b_fung
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37	Brian Fung * washingtonpost.com * @b_fung
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56	TNT fan Paul Franz wrote us an email about our coverage yesterday of the Dyson 360 Eye robotic vacuum cleaner. He wrote: "One of the added capabilities that I could see added to the Dyson Robot is the ability to act as a guard dog. That is roaming around the room and looking for things that were not there during the last scan. Then you would get a notification that somebody or something is in your house."
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59	Getty is suing Microsoft. The conflict centers around a new Microsoft Corp product called the Bing Image Widget that allows web publishers to embed digital photographs on their sites while retaining Microsoft ownership of the image. Getty’s says the product is an infringement because it’s just like the Getty product we told you about in early March.
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62	I don’t know how the Austrian crystal maker [Swar-OFF-ski] did it, but they somehow convinced the two major Korean consumer electronics companies to sprinkle bling all over their devices. We learned Tuesday that Samsung plans a Swarovski-covered Samsung Galaxy Note 4, and also a Gear S Smartwatch with Swarovski crystals all over the wristband. Now, LG is planning a limited edition 55-inch TV with a stand covered with Swarovski crystals. The TV will cost more than $5,000 dollars.	http://mashable.com/2014/09/05/lgs-swarovski-tv/
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65	Our TNT fan of the day is Ken McDowell in North Carolina, USA, who posted this picture on Twitter and says he watches Tech News Today on the go -- clearly on a mobile phone.	https://twitter.com/morpheusxp/status/497780935765393408/photo/1
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1	TITLE: Goodwill Hacking * 1085	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, September 4, 2014!
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6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1085/all
7	[Jason Howell - timing of phone announcements drowning out each other]
8	[Elise Hu - police body cameras * Ferguson]
9	[Since yesterday's show, Microsoft, Lenovo, HTC and Huawei announced phones, tablets * more from Motorola * Windows Weekly, TWiT, All about Android and Before You Buy]
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16	Just days before Apple’s intensely watched iPhone 6 launch, the US Patent and Trademark Office today published two patents that could improve the user experience of using an iPhone. The first is a method for hardening sapphire screens without chemicals. And the second is a way to bring augmented reality to iPhones.	http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/09/04/apple-invents-method-of-hardening-sapphire-screens-to-reduce-cracking- http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/09/04/apple-invents-iphone-based-augmented-reality-navigation-with-x-ray-vision-features
17	Mikey Campbell writes for AppleInsider. Q: Sapphire screens are harder to scratch than even Gorilla Glass. How does Apple’s patent suggest they could be made harder? What’s the process? Q: This sounds like hardcore materials research. Does Apple employ chemical researchers? What kind of academic specialty is this? Q: This appears to be more about preventing scratches than full-on screen breaks. Why the focus on scratches? Q: The sapphire patent describes multiple methods for embedding ions, including high energy implantation, ion accelerators, plasma immersion techniques, pumping systems and electrical deposition methods. Does this mean that if the patent application is granted that only Apple can use these methods without a license from Apple? Q: OK, tell us about Apple’s X-ray vision augmented reality patent. Q: Isn’t this just regular augmented reality? What’s unique about Apple’s method here?
18	A: "Sapphire property modification through ion implantation" A: impregnating the crystalline lattice structure of corundum
19	Mikey Campbell * appleinsider.com * @mikeycampbell81
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23	No one is safe. Goodwill announced Wednesday that nearly 900 thousand payment Cards and stores in 20 states were hit in the latest big credit card breach. Fraudsters installed malware in the point of sale systems that read card information, just as they did in the historically large Target breach in December. Joining us to talk about this and where we go from here is Penny Crosman, editor in chief of American Banker. Penny, welcome.	http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/179_170/goodwill-data-breach-came-through-vendor-1069733-1.html	http://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2014/09/03/868000-payment-cards-330-stores-hit-in-goodwill-credit-card-breach/
24	Q: First, let's talk through the scope of this particular breach and how Goodwill found out about it. Q: This is feels like Groundhog Day -- another day, another breach. What is the systemic solution needed so retailers aren't playing whack-a-mole in these instances? Q: Why haven't American banks and card issuers gotten onto more secure payment systems? What's the hold up? Q: How should we really conduct transactions when the reality is, so many of these payment systems are vulnerable?	Penny Crosman Editor-in-Chief, American Banker @pennycrosman
25	NOTES		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000637614864/52e28e49ee4374e82951a5c3ace9e241.jpeg
26	Penny Crosman * americanbanker.com * @pennycrosman
27	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	LINKS
28	After the celebrity photo theft scandal, in which stolen personal photos were posted on 4chan, the site has adopted a new policy for removing photos.	http://readwrite.com/2014/09/03/4chan-dmca-apple-icloud-nude-photos-leak-copyright
29	Tech reporter Lauren Orsini wrote about the news for ReadWrite and joins us now. Q: So what’s 4chan’s new policy? Q: What is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act exactly? Q: How has 4chan gotten away with not doing this in the past? Q: If pictures are gone in a few hours, how can requests be processed within that time? Q: How will this help? Will celebrities claim copyright ownership of stolen naked selfies? Q: The pictures also appeared on other sites which were linked to on dedicated celebrity photo-related subreddits on Reddit. What's their policy?	Lauren Orsini Tech reporter, ReadWrite @laureninspace
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31	Lauren Orsini * ReadWrite.com * @laureninspace
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33	Dyson is unveiling its first robotic vacuum cleaner -- the Dyson 360 Eye. And true to Dyson's innovative and experimental reputation, it has a 360 degree camera that maps rooms so that it can better navigate your rooms. To tell us more about the Dyson 360 and what it means for cleaning our homes is tech writer Sebastian Anthony of PCMag.	http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/189240-dyson-360-eye-dysons-truly-intelligent-robotic-vacuum-cleaner-is-finally-here
34	Q: Dyson did not release Roomba, which has probably made a fortune ... is this an attempt to play catch up? Q: In its announcement, Dyson emphasized the navigation was key because of efficiency. Explain that.	Sebastian Anthony Writer, PCMag, ExtremeTech @mrseb
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36	Sebastian Anthony *mrseb.co.uk @mrseb
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38	Amazon announced a new Kindle Direct Publishing Kids program for authors to create and publish eBooks for children without the involvement of book publishing companies, editors or agents.	http://www.geekwire.com/2014/amazon-launches-new-direct-publishing-program-kids-e-books/ https://kdp.amazon.com/kids
39	Blair Hanley Frank is the Bay Area Correspondent for GeekWire. Q: Can you tell us more about Direct Publishing Kids? How would an author go about using it and how would kids read the books? Q: What is the Kindle Kids’ Book Creator? Q: What is the KDP Select program? Q: What is Amazon's competition in this space, if any?	Blair Hanley Frank Bay Area Correspondent, GeekWire @belril
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41	Blair Hanley Frank * geekwire.com * @belril
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43	And Googler Megan Smith is the next U-S Chief Technology Officer. This is only the third CTO in American history, after the Obama administration created this position a few years ago.	http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/04/white-house-names-googles-megan-smith-the-next-chief-technology-officer-of-the-united-states/
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45	A: Former CTOs are Annesh Chopra and the outgoing one, Todd Park. A: Smith is a MIT-trained mechanical engineer and entrepreneur A: Smith currently serves as a vice president at Google[x], the company's lab for projects like delivery-by-drone Project Wing and the balloon-borne Internet connectivity program Project Loon. A: The job was devised when Obama was a candidate but the role is hazy because it doesn't have authority over all the agencies that rely on tech systems. A: But Park did get hands-on experience in overseeing rescuing the initial disaster that was Healthcare.gov A: The Obama administration named as deputy U.S. CTO, Alexander Macgillivray, a former Twitter lawyer.
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60	We got a voice-mail from Jeff in Milwaukee on what he'd like to see in the upcoming Apple iWatch. Let's listen.	https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#label/Calls/1483d796b6168a96	VOICEMAIL
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63	In a follow-up to our extensive coverage of Apple’s upcoming iWatch, the Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that three of the rumors we reported are true. First, the iWatch will support NFC, so it will presumably be usable for buying things in place of a credit card. Second, the iWatch will come in two sizes, both of which will feature curved-glass organic LED screens. And finally, it will also have fitness tracking sensors. The report is based on those notorious people familiar with the matter.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/apple-smartwatch-to-use-short-range-wireless-1409845551
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66	Remember Windows’ Blue Screen of Death error message? Of course you do! Who could forget it? Well today we learned from Microsoft developer Raymond Chen’s blog that the error message was written by Steve Ballmer himself! At the time Windows needed the error message, Ballmer -- who served as the company’s second CEO from 2000 until this year -- was the head of the Systems Division. When the Windows team showed him a draft version of the error message, he didn’t like it. After being challenged by another executive to do better, Ballmer did. And the message that appeared in the shipping version of Windows was almost word-for-word what Ballmer wrote.	http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2014/09/02/10554253.aspx
67	Samsung yesterday announced that their Samsung Gear S Smartwatch will come in a luxury version with [Swar-OFF-ski] Swarovski crystals. And of course, Apple has hired fashion people to work on and sell it’s rumored upcoming iWatch. It’s clear that tech and fashion are merging with the wearables category. That’s why it almost makes sense that Intel, of all companies, announced yesterday a luxury smart bracelet for women. The chip maker is working with a fashion company called “Opening Ceremony.” The joint project will produce a device called the MICA, which stands for "My Intelligent Communication Accessory” that will convey notifications and also function as a 3G wireless phone. It will come in two styles, and both of them include sapphire screens. The MICA will be available during the holiday season at luxury retailer Barneys New York and will cost less than $1,000.	http://www.cnet.com/news/intel-reveals-mica-its-first-luxury-smart-bracelet/
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69	Our TNT fan of the day is Suzanne Carneiro in Carlsbad, California, who took this picture through Google Glass and posted it on Google Plus. Suzanne watches Tech News Today every weekday on her Apple TV. And she posted that her favorite co-host is Elise Hu. And she also wants to give a shout out to Jason Howell.	https://plus.google.com/+SuzanneCarneiro/posts/Cm6cHVS9nXp
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1	TITLE: Magical Mystery Towers * 1084	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, September 3, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Citrix ShareFile. Try ShareFile today! For a 30 Day Free Trial, go to ShareFile.com, click the microphone and enter TNT!
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6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1084/all
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16	Samung today announced four new products -- two phones, a smartwatch and a virtual reality headset.	http://mashable.com/2014/09/03/samsung-galaxy-edge/
17	Mashable Tech Editor, Pete Pachal. Q: Pete, let’s go through these products in order, starting with the Galaxy Note 4.	Pete Pachal Tech Editor, Mashable @petepachal
18	1. Galaxy Note 4 * charges it from 0% to 50% in just 30 minutes * metal frame * Beautiful 5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display (2,560 x 1,440) * 16 megapixel rear camera, 8x digital zoom * launches in the U.S. in October * S Pen enhancements * multi-window * 64-bit quad-core Snapdragon 805 processor * 3GB of RAM * fingerprint scanner * heart rate monitor * wide-angle front-facing camera
19	2. Galaxy Note Edge * ticker-like bar * tickers, notifications, icons * open Edge SDK * available “later in the fall”
20	3. Gear S smartwatch * 2-inch, AMOLED display (260×480) * 3G connectivity * SENSORS: GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope, UV detector, barometer, heart rate monitor * 4GB storage * 512MB RAM * dual-core 1.0 GHz processor * Tizen * QWERTY keyboard
21	4. Gear VR * Oculus VR partnership * partners like Marvel and Legendary Pictures * on sale later in the fall * Galaxy Note 4 only * trackpad and back button on the right * focus adjustment on top * compatible with Bluetooth gaming controllers
22	Announcement: Samsung Unpacked 2014 Episode 2 IFA Berlin Beijing New York
23	Pete Pachal * Mashable.com * @petepachal
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27	Sony had one of its most important unveils of the year today, announcing a truly overwhelming 16 new products. The most important among them is the Sony Xperia Z3 smart phone, a successor to the Z2 which has been much beloved outside the US. The Z3 will launch on T-Mobile later this fall, for the first time reaching US shores at the first time as it launches in other countries.		http://www.cnet.com/news/with-xperia-z3-sony-finally-gets-worthy-flagship-launch-in-us/ http://www.cnet.com/pictures/check-out-what-sony-has-to-offer-at-ifa-2014-pictures/
28	1. Sony Xperia Z3 * This is a big phone with a big screen: 5.2 inch screen, very thin bezel * Comes right on the heels of the Z2, announced only 6 months ago in April * Can attach to your PS4 controller to act as a second screen for that console. * Only Full HD rather than 2K screen like some competitors, but hands-on experience shows very little if any viewable difference * Android KitKat * Shoots in 4K * Sony also claims that it's the first phone camera that has ISO speeds up to 12,800 * Completely waterproof		http://www.cnet.com/products/sony-xperia-z3/
29	2. Sony Smartband Talk * E-ink fitness band has a curved display * Theory of e-ink is that it uses less battery life, but Sony hasn't released battery numbers yet * Has a microphone and speaker built in, which will allow you make and receive phone calls from your wrist
30	3. Sony SmartWatch 3 * Stands out from other smart watches with a swappable band (though many others let you use traditional watch bands) * This is Sony's Android Wear update * Totally waterproof, like the Xperia line * Pretty middle-of-the-road, Smart-Watch wise
31	4. Sony NWZ-A17 Walkman * Meant to play your own collection of "high-res" music. * Sony is still plugging away at the standalone MP3 player. This one competes with the earlier announced Neil Young "Pono Player," which still hasn't made it out of Kickstarter territory. * Will cost $300 rather than Pono's $400 * Has Bluetooth but not WiFi		http://www.cnet.com/products/sony-walkman-nwz-a17/
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35	The celebrity photo theft event over the weekend is a big scandal in Hollywood because so many well-known actresses are involved. But in tech circles, the controversy centers around whether Apple is to blame.	http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/09/celebrity_photo_hack_blame_apple_for_its_disregard_for_user_security.html	http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/3/6100421/what-we-know-so-far-about-the-massive-celebrity-nude-photo-leak http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-says-celeb-photo-attack-was-targeted-not-widespread-breach/ http://www.businessinsider.com/icloud-naked-celebrity-photo-leak-2014-9 http://www.laweekly.com/informer/2014/09/02/porn-site-offers-cash-reward-for-info-on-jennifer-lawrence-hacker http://www.wired.com/2014/09/eppb-icloud
36	David Auerbach is a writer and software engineer and wrote a strong opinion piece about Apple security for Slate, and he say: Yes, Apple is to blame. Q: David: You wrote that Apple’s problems are quote “Security 101 stuff.” What did you mean by that? Q: Can you tell us how the Find My iPhone vulnerability was exploited here? Q: You said the vulnerability was publicly known since May. Why didn’t Apple fix it? Q: Don’t they deserve credit for fixing it right away after this particular event? Q: What is iBrute Q: You said Apple defaults users into the cloud. In my own experience, users are given a choice -- neither is the default. Q: You wrote that Apple does not encourage two-factor authentication. How should they do that? Should they require it? Q: You said two-factor authentication wouldn’t have worked anyway. Why not? Q: There’s some evidence that many of the leaked or stolen photos didn’t come from iCloud, but from other sources. For example, some of the photos were taken with webcams or Android phones, or maybe Snapchat. Some are even fake -- as in, the celebrity’s head copied and pasted on the body of someone else. Isn’t Apple being unfairly singled out here?	David Auerbach Columnist, Slate @AuerbachKeller
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38	David Auerbach * slate.com * @AuerbachKeller
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40	VentureBeat reports that there are now at least 19 mysterious "interceptor" cell towers around the United States. These towers are able to pick up, or intercept, calls before the calls go to their "real" carrier towers, possibly allowing for spying or malicious activity.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/02/who-is-putting-up-interceptor-cell-towers-the-mystery-deepens/
41	A: The towers were revealed to Popular Science last week by Les Goldsmith, CEO of ESD America, which builds the super-secure Cryptophone 500. A: Probably not created by the NSA, which has the authority to simply tap your calls with carriers. A: FCC is currently investigating these types of activities, which can be used to spoof SMS messages for spamming/fishing purposes. A: Goldsmith says he can definitely tell these aren't commercial towers. "These phony towers, without names as normal towers have, insist to your phone that they must handle the call and then trick the phone into turning off its normal encryption."
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45	In other hardware news, Lenovo has announced a giant gaming laptop with a 17-inch display that weighs 7.5 pounds and costs thirteen hundred dollars. It’s called the Lenovo Y70 Touch.	http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/03/lenovo-y70-touch-erazer-x315/
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47	A: Competes against laptops by Alienware and Razer A: Touch screen A: max specs: Core i7 processor, Nvidia GTX graphics, up to 16GB of RAM, and either a 1TB hard drive or 256GB of solid-state storage. A: five hours battery A: available in October A: Starts at $1,299 for the lowest-end model A: Exactly what you get for how much has not been specified
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60	Our TNT fan of the day is Shannon Lewandowski in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, who posted this picture on Google+. She wrote: "This is #HowIWatchTnT : During my work commute and errands, I listen at double-speed to get through more TWiT network podcasts (TnT, TWiT, TWiG, the Social Hour, iPad Today, Triangulation and others) using PocketCast on my Moto X and Belkin bluetooth car audio connect.	https://plus.google.com/+ShannonLewandowski/posts/iQsRBxtr9gm
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1	TITLE: iCloud Rains Celebrity Photos * 1083	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, September 2, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Citrix ShareFile. Enhance your work flow! Send files of almost any size easily and securely with Citrix ShareFile. Try ShareFile today! For a 30 Day Free Trial, go to ShareFile.com, click the microphone and enter TNT!
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16	The FBI is investigating whether Apple’s iCloud was compromised, enabling hackers to download and post pictures of more than 100 celebrities. The pictures were posted on 4chan and Reddit, and many are extremely personal photos involving nudity and sex. Actress Jennifer Lawrence, who is one of the victims, called it a “flagrant violation of privacy.” Apple said they’re investigating as well, and also fixed a bug in the company’s “Find My iPhone” feature that may have enabled the hack.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-01/apple-probes-if-hacker-got-stars-nude-photos-from-icloud.html
17	Seth Weintraub is Publisher and Editorial Director of the 9to5 Sites. Polly [MOSS-ends] Mosendz writes for The Wire and other publications. Q: How likely is it that Apple’s iCloud is the source for these photos	Polly Mosendz Reporter, The Wire @pollyNYC
18	A: Apple = “We take user privacy very seriously and are actively investigating this report” A: Not clear who else was targeted or what else was downloaded A: Days before scheduled Sept. 9 product announcement A: The hackers promised to post more photos A: Victims include Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Kirsten Dunst A: actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead posted on Twitter:“photos were deleted long ago.” A: Possible password-guesting scheme based on celebrity bios A: Find My iPhone sign in page that allowed hackers to flood the site with password attempts without being locked out A: Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice, said the photographs were fake A: Hacker = “the result of several months of long and hard work by all involved” A: Hacker = “We appreciate your donations and applaud your excitement. I will soon be moving to another location from which I will continue to post.”
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22	(JOE 2): Microsoft's International Challenges: China, Ireland & More	SHOW	LINKS
23	Mike: Two business issues at Microsoft show just how difficult it is to navigate international waters these days. One involves China and a newly issued anti-trust deadline. The other involves data stored in Ireland.	http://gigaom.com/2014/09/02/microsoft-again-defies-us-order-to-hand-over-data-from-overseas-server/	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/01/us-china-antitrust-microsoft-idUSKBN0GW1FD20140901
24	NOTE: JEFF CAN TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE CHINA ANGLE, BUT IS MOST EXPERT IN THE IRELAND STORY.	Jeff John Roberts Writer, GigaOm * @jeffjohnroberts
25	Q: What type of email in Ireland does the US Gov't want MSFT to turn over? Q: Is it legal under Ireland law to turn over the email to US officials? Q: How are other European countries watching this story? Q: Will this case potentially impact international cloud computing strategies? Q: Are other US companies rallying to Microsoft's side? Why or why not?	http://gigaom.com/2014/09/02/microsoft-again-defies-us-order-to-hand-over-data-from-overseas-server/
26	A. China has given Microsoft 20 days to answer questions related to an anti-trust probe in that country. A. Microsoft said it is "serious about complying with China's laws and committed to addressing" the questions and concerns, according to Reuters. A. How serious is Microsoft? CEO Satya Nadella plans to visit China later this month. A. Latest questions involve verification codes. Microsoft uses the codes to fight piracy, which is high in China. How can MSFT win here? A. Most of the investigation seems to focus on Windows and Office business practices. But Former CEO Steve Ballmer has previously stated that MSFT China revenues are lower than MSFT Neverthands, Reuters said. A. The investigation shows how difficult it is to navigate international waters these days. A. China is investigating roughly 30 foreign companies over alleged monopolistic practices. A. Further complicating matters, Microsoft and other companies are trying to navigate data privacy regulations worldwide. A. An example: Microsoft could be found in contempt of court after defying an order from a US judge that it should hand over data stored in Ireland. A. Microsoft said: "We will appeal promptly and continue to advocate that people’s emails deserve strong privacy protection in the US and around the world." A. Handing over the emails to the US Gov't would breach Irish law. A. Other companies, including AT&T, Apple, Cisco and Verizon have submitted briefs in support of Microsoft. A. The German government, for example, is reported to have told Microsoft that it won’t use data storage from US companies unless the ruling is overturned. A. Some of the tech company and international gov't concerns involve the NSA. By storing data outside the US, the tech companies hope the information is protected from the NSA's prying eyes.	http://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2014/09/02/microsoft-defies-judge-refuses-to-hand-over-customer-emails/?partner=yahootix
27	Jeff John Roberts * gigaom.com * @jeffjohnroberts
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29	Apple is partnering with both Visa, American Express and MasterCard for its mobile wallet product, according to Bloomberg sources. The mobile wallet, which lets you buy things at stores using an iPhone instead of a credit card, may be announced next week.	http://9to5mac.com/2014/08/31/apple-has-reached-an-agreement-with-american-express-to-work-on-iphone-payments-system/	http://gigaom.com/2014/09/01/apple-said-to-be-working-with-mastercard-and-visa-for-mobile-wallet/
30	SETH Q: The apple mobile wallet is taking shape. Can you describe this product based what we know so far?
31	A: NFC A: Touch ID A: Talks with Visa first reported by The Information in July A: 800 million global iTunes accounts A: Estimation: a frequently used mobile wallet application could generate about $300 a year per user from advertising A: discussions with directors from retail store chains A: Bloomberg chimes in with corroboration on Visa and American Express being partners, and their report adds MasterCard to the mix.
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34	Police officers in Ferguson, Missouri have started to wear body cameras amid continued protests of the fatal Michael Brown shooting three weeks ago.	http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_88e0067c-d3e6-5599-a581-a58d0022f1f8.html#.VAOw1QO4ID8.twitter
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36	A. 50 cameras donated by 2 companies: Safety Visions and Digital Ally A. Officers trained on Saturday to use the devices A. Normally, batteries last entire shift. But it sounds like batteries got drained Saturday because of extended use. A. Ironically, the police dept. purchased dash mount cameras but doesn't have budget for installs. A. Video recordings are seen as a way to allow judges and juries to follow police-involved events as they unfold A. Key questions: Training; how is data stored and protected; who has access to data; how to guard against data editing/manipulation; power charging; etc. A. More than 150,000 people have signed a petition to establish a national "Mike Brown Law" requiring all police to wear cameras. A. NYC is exploring a $5 million pilot program to outfit 15 percent of the city’s police officers with wearable cameras. A. Video evidence -- from a bystander -- could play a key role in a police-involved death in NY. In NY this past July, bystander video showed police allegedly using a chokehold on a 350-pound man -- Eric Garner.	http://www.safetyvision.com/ http://www.digitalallyinc.com/body-cams.html https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/mike-brown-law-requires-all-state-county-and-local-police-wear-camera/8tlS5czf http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/19/nyregion/staten-island-man-dies-after-he-is-put-in-chokehold-during-arrest.html?_r=0
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67	A company called MOTA plans to unveil a smart ring at IFA this week. The ring apparently works like a smartwatch, showing notifications with both a screen and vibration alert and also enabling you to reply to messages. The ring supports both iOS and Android.	https://www.mota.com/mota-smart-ring/
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70	Our TNT fan of the day is Sam Smith in Glasgow, Scotland, who posted this picture in the Tech News Today community on Google+ and said he was testing out his HTC One M8.	https://plus.google.com/117677112037358257820/posts/RS9id4DPtmj
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1	TITLE: Microsoft Shoots the Messenger * 1082	CO-ANCHOR: Harry McCracken

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, August 29, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1082/all
7	[Jason Howell - huge week for Android coming up]
8	[Harry McCracken: Technology Editor, Fast Company * Surface Pro 3		harrymccracken
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16	Samsung is planning to install Nokia’s mapping app on Samsung Galaxy devices and the Gear smartwatch. The app is called Here, and it competes directly with Google Maps and Google’s Waze. Here used to be available only for iOS and Windows Phone devices. But the announcement involves a new Android version, as well as a Tizen version of Here. Nokia told TechCrunch that they plan to bring Here to other devices as well.	http://360.here.com/2014/08/29/here-samsung-galaxy-android/	http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/29/nokias-here-maps-its-future-with-samsung-with-its-first-android-and-tizen-apps/
17	Lisa [ed-i-CHEE-ko] Eadicicco is a Tech Reporter for Business Insider. Q: Can you tell us a bit about Nokia’s Here product? Q: Is Samsung dropping Google Maps, or will they offer both? Q: How is Here similar to or different from Google Maps? Q: Do you think this is another example of Samsung trying to escape the Google orbit? Q: Can we expect Here to show up on other devices? Q: What else will Here integrate with in the future [in-car systems] Q: I understand Here integrates with the location-sharing app Glympse. How does that work?	Lisa Eadicicco Tech Reporter, Business Insider @LisaEadicicco
18	A: Samsung trying to separate from the Google orbit A: Nokia is still a company doing things, even after Microsoft bought the mobile unit A: Here CEO Michael Halbherr resigned last week A: maps for some 200 countries, see turn-by-turn navigation, search for businesses and other places of interest, and access the maps using GPS when there is no network connectivity A: Apps will integrate with in-car systems A: Apps will integrate with location sharing app Glympse
19	Lisa Eadicicco * businessinsider.com * @LisaEadicicco
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23	We told you months ago about Amazon’s delivery drone project. Now we’re learning that Google’s got a drone of its own. The company has been testing a system for drone delivery in secret for three years.	http://youtu.be/cRTNvWcx9Oo	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28964260
24	Jack Stewart covers science and technology for the BBC. Q: Google’s physical drones are actually very interesting. Can you tell us about them?	Jack Stewart Reporter, BBC @stewart_jack
25	A: Google's drones are 2½ feet high and have four propellers that move into different positions for different stages of flight A: Packages fit into a gap in the middle of the wing A: Google began test flights last year A: Drones still banned A: Will work autonomously like Google self-driving cards A: fly low, at about 130 to 200 feet A: takes off vertically like a harrier jet or Osprey, then the wings turn horizontal and fly like a plane A: Google hired Nick Roy, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at the MIT, in July 2012 to head the project. A: will deliver packages of under 5 pounds within a 10-mile radius of its warehouses		http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/336x189/p01yqmp9.jpg
26	Jack Stewart * bbci.co.uk * @stewart_jack
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28	Microsoft’s MSN Messenger is shutting down. (In other news, MSN Messenger still exists.) While most former users thought MSN Messenger was shut down in March of 2013, it’s been actively used in China all this time. Now Microsoft is encouraging users to migrate to Skype, which Microsoft owns. Each will get two dollars worth of Skype credit.	http://technode.com/2014/08/29/microsoft-messenger-shut-down-in-mainland-china/
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30	A: Officially introduced into mainland China in 2005 A: Then taken over by malware A: Superceeded by far more popular services like QQ and WeChat
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33	Google is ending its Google Authorship project, which used Google+ as the identity service to verify the authorship of articles that appeared in Google Search results. The system required a special tag on the site where articles were published, and initially put the author’s Google+ profile picture in the results.	http://searchengineland.com/goodbye-google-authorship-201975	https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JohnMueller/posts/HZf3KDP1Dm8
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38	The popular NBC show, The Blacklist, will be streamed on Netflix starting next week, thanks to a deal that has Netflix paying $2 million per episode for the rights, according to an exclusive on Deadline Hollywood.	http://youtu.be/1_soL84ZDvE?t=45s	http://deadline.com/2014/08/the-blacklist-netflix-deal-2-million-825836/
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40	A: Produced by Sony Pictures A: Netflix’s most expensive deal A: debuts 9/7 A: Neflix paid $1.35 million for each episode of The Walking Dead
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63	We told you this week about a Recode report saying that Apple would announce it’s long-awaited smartwatch on September 9th. Now, the site is saying the watch itself won’t ship until next year. * * * We also told you about the likelihood that the iPhone 6 smartphone, which is expected to also be announced on the 9ths, will have NFC support. Today, the Financial Times is reporting that Apple is working with Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors for the NFC chips * * * We’ve also been covering, and Jason has been fondling, the OnePlus One smartphone. The phone has been invitation only since the beginning. Now OnePlus is reportedly looking at an October release for the phone.
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66	Dell’s Alienware is resurrecting its gaming desktop line with a new product that uses the old Area 51 sub-brand. The system is built around Intel's new Haswell-E CPU and supports up to three full-size graphics processors and five hard drives, so it’s a super powerful system. What sets it apart is its weird, three-sided case design, which Alienware calls a “triad” shape. It’s designed to be rocked from one side to the other to gain access to ports or doors. It’s also heavy -- the system will weigh about 45 pounds.	http://www.cnet.com/products/alienware-area-51-2014/
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69	Our TNT fan of the day is D. Scott Angle in Nottingham, England, who posted this picture in the "This Is TWiT" community on Google+. He watches the show while taking a shower.	https://plus.google.com/+DScottAngle/posts/d2JsPkKn1gh
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1	TITLE: The Chase is On * 1081	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, August 28, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
4	And by: lynda.com. lynda.com is an easy and affordable way to help you learn. Instantly stream thousands of courses, created by experts on business, software, web development, graphic design, and more. For a free trial, visit lynda.com/tnt. That’s L-Y-N-D-A dot com slash T N T.
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1081/all
7	[Jason Howell - 32-year-old male, according to the Xiaomi Mi4]	https://plus.google.com/+JasonHowell/posts/ND199Wf6PYM
8	[Elise Hu - Furguson]	http://goo.gl/QNs5Bv
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16	Every time there’s a new iPhone launch, rumors about Apple integrating NFC pop up. NFC stands for near field communication, and it’s a technology for very short-range wireless data transfer and generally thought of as a mobile wallet technology. Some Android phones have supported NFC for years. Suddenly, however, with the iPhone 6 launch scheduled for September 9th, NFC in the iPhone may finally happen, according to a report in WIRED by CHRISTINA BONNINGTON.	http://www.wired.com/2014/08/iphone-6-to-use-nfc/
17	Christina joins us now. Q: What are your sources telling you about iPhone NFC? Q: What else does Apple and the iPhone have that would support a mobile wallet? Q: Can you tell us about Apple’s patent that stores financial data in a so-called “secure element”? Q: How big of an advantage is it that Apple has 800 million credit cards on file?	Christina Bonnington Staff writer, WIRED @redgirlsays
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19	Christina Bonnington * wired.com * @redgirlsays
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23	The FBI and Secret service are investigating whether JP Morgan Chase and four other US-based banks were targeted by Russian hackers. One security expert told Bloomberg that the latest attack appeared far beyond the capability of ordinary hackers. What's the scope of this attack? Danny Yadron -- cybersecurity reporter for The Wall Street Journal -- joins us with the latest. Danny, welcome.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/fbi-probes-possible-computer-hacking-incident-at-j-p-morgan-1409168480
24	Q: So what do we know about what hackers were able to get? Q: We've seen these cyberwar tactics play out between US and China ... how likely is this a retaliation for US sanctions against Russia, as they reportedly invade Ukraine? Q: When do we expect the four other US based banks that may have been attacked to come forward? Q: What other specifics do we know about the attack? Q: JP Morgan Chase says companies of its size face cyberattacks daily ... how did these guys or girls get in? Q: How could this have been avoided?	Danny Yadron Cybersecurity reporter, The Wall Street Journal @dannyyadron
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28	Leap Motion unveiled a cheap plastic clip today that changes everything for the world of both virtual and augmented reality. The clip enables the motion detector to attach itself to the front of Facebook’s Oculus Rift headset.	JASON: I'M GOING TO THROW TO THIS VIDEO. PLEASE PLAY FULL SCREEN (IT'S PRESS MATERIAL FROM LEAP) WITH SOUND. WE'LL DO THIS BEFORE INTRODUCING THE INTERVIEW GUEST. Start at 0:10 AND PLAY FOR A FULL MINUTE UNTIL 1:10 http://youtu.be/3ATQG9mnm34?t=10s	https://gigaom.com/2014/08/28/it-just-got-super-easy-to-integrate-leap-motion-with-oculus-rift/
29	Gigaom’s [SEE-na] Signe Brewster joins us now with the details. Q: You’ve tried Leap Motion and Oculus Rift together and said that this is “Leap Motion’s big application.” Why do you believe that? Q: There’s also a software update to make this possible, right? Q: You also wrote that Leap Motion opened up access to the devices’ infrared camera. How will that change what’s possible with this combination. Q: What is Dragonfly? Q: Why hasn’t Leap Motion for PCs taken off? Q: This is for developers only for now, right?	Signe Brewster Tech Reporter, Gigaom @signejb
30	A: $19.99 A: Dragonfly adds color vision to Rift
31	Signe Brewster * gigaom.com * @signejb
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33	Ride-sharing company Uber has been in the headlines for dirty tactics in trying to beat its competition, Lyft. Now, it's gotten the attention of the Federal Trade Commission and other regulators. A former FTC official says some of Uber's cutthroat ways are line with antitrust behavior they've investigated in the past. Will Uber's behavior land it in more hot water?	http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/uber-s-war-on-lyft-could-prompt-federal-investigation-20140827?ref=tech_edge	http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/uber-s-war-on-lyft-could-prompt-federal-investigation-20140827?ref=tech_edge
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35	Q: What is Uber accused of doing that could raise the ire of regulators? Q: FTC investigators aren't the only ones who could pursue charges ... tell us how states could get involved. Q: Is there any indication that the FTC is already looking into this, that it's on their radar? A: Uber now boasts a presence in more than 160 cities around the world A: Last week it hired David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager from 2008	Dustin Volz, Tech Policy Reporter, National Journal
36	Dustin Volz * nationaljournal.com * @dnvolz
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38	The smartwatch market is getting some interesting new options. We told you during yesterday’s show that Recode says Apple is likely to introduce its long-rumored iWatch on September 9th. And yesterday, Samsung announced the wrist-phone we told you about back in March -- it’s called the Samsung Gear S. And LG unveiled the round G Watch R device we first reported Monday.	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28966866
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43	Facebook is testing a feature to make it easier to find old posts by friends -- or yourself. The feature would let you search by keyword, which may make it easier to find some long ago quips or photo shares you only kind of remember.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-28/facebook-test-lets-users-search-old-posts-by-keyword.html
44	Q: Sarah, why didn't this just come with the much-hyped but not widely adopted graph search? Q: Does it work on both desktop and mobile? Q: How many users or what percentage of users has Facebook made this tool available to at this point?
45	NOTES		http://goo.gl/uKqLHL
46	Sarah Frier * bloomberg.com * @sarahfrier
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66	Dyson -- you know, the vacuum cleaner people -- are about to unveil a robot vacuum cleaner one week from today. At least that’s what a teaser video suggests. Let’s have a look. [VIDEO] The yet-unnamed product has been called “Project N223″ in the lab. And Dyson has been investing in robotics. They spent $8 million in robotics investment in recent years, and they’re working with Imperial College London on the R&D effort.	JASON: I’LL THROW TO THIS; PLEASE PLAY THE WHOLE THING START TO FINISH WITH SOUND FULL SCREEN (ANOTHER PRESS VIDEO BY DYSON) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ReNFlxqJc
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69	Our TNT fan of the day is Kadeaus Couloute in Tokyo, Japan, who posted this picture on Google+.	https://plus.google.com/+KadeausCouloute/posts/GpWaHbmMXvj
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1	Apple's iPad Is Livin' Large	CO-ANCHOR: Parmy Olson

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, August 27, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1080/all
7	[Jason Howell - lemon meringue pie?]
8	[Parmy Olson - Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer to invest * valuation close to $10 billion * Snapchat would join a select club of tech startups with valuations of $10 billion or more * Snapchat turned down a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook Inc last year]
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16	Apple is planning to offer a giant iPad for next year. Production is set to start by March, according to unnamed Bloomberg sources.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-26/apple-said-to-prepare-new-12-9-inch-ipad-for-early-2015.html
17	Steve Kovach is a senior tech editor for Business Insider. Q: No tablet larger than the current 9.7-inch iPad has ever succeeded in the market. Why would Apple want to ship what is essentially a 13-inch iPad? Q: Wouldn’t this compete with their own laptops? Q: Will a 13-inch market be targeted narrowly, to education or enterprise? Q: Is Apple getting desperate with the iPads. Tim Cook called it a “speed bump,” but that sounds like spin to me. Sales are down.	Steve Kovach Senior tech editor, Business Insider @stevekovach
18	A: Apple’s current iPads are 7.9 inches and 9.7 inches A: WSJ: “Apple has said it expects the performance differences between mobile devices and personal computers to disappear over time, leaving consumers to choose products based on form factor and lifestyle.” O: education market? O: enterprise market? A: In an interview with Re/code’s Walt Mossberg this week, CEO Tim Cook said: “I’d call what’s going on recently a speed bump, and I’ve seen that in every category.” A: Daily Tech: “Apple really needs to trot out its split-screen multitasking functionality if it choses to go down that path.” A: Slate.com: Apple’s iPad business brought in $5.89 billion in revenue during fiscal Q3 2014
19	Steve Kovach * businessinsider.com * @stevekovach
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23	Dropbox today lowered the price of storage by 90 percent. Until today, Dropbox Pro users were charged ten bucks a month for a hundred gigabytes. But starting today, they get a terabyte for the same price. The company also announced a view-only option for shared folders and expiration dates for shared file links.	http://www.wired.com/2014/08/dropboxs-plan-to-stay-relevant/
24	Roberto Baldwin writes for The Next Web. Q: Does this mean that Dropbox is losing users or at least fearing the loss of users to the likes of Google and Microsoft? Q: What else did Dropbox announce? Q: Now that everybody is clustered in a similar price range, will Dropbox be able to differentiate with apps and services? Q: How low will prices go? Will they get to zero?	Roberto Baldwin Reporter, The Next Web @strngwys
25	A: Also announced a new remote wipe feature A: responding to pressure from Google and Microsoft A: WIRED: 1981, a hard drive that held 10 megabytes cost nearly $3,000 A: At those prices, a gigabyte cost $300,000 A: Selling services; storage capacity doesn’t matter anymore A: Dropbox = file-sharing to photo galleries A: Dropbox for Business and rival startup Box have no limits on storage A: Dropbox = 300 million users
26	Roberto Baldwin * thenextweb.com * @strngwys
27	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	LINKS
28	Apple is getting more intrusive with its mobile advertising. The company announced yesterday a pre-roll video option and full-screen ads designed to be viewed in apps.	http://marketingland.com/apple-iad-introduces-ad-units-designed-brands-expands-two-countries-97655	https://developer.apple.com/iad/resources/Implementing-iAd-in-Your-iOS-Apps.PDF
29	Ginny Marvin wrote about the news for Marketing Land. Q: Apple is all about user experience. What will these new formats do to the experience and how do you think users will react? Q: The full-screen ads are “interstitial banner ads.” What’s an “interstitial ad”? Q: Apple is also expanding the iAd network, right? How many countries now? Q: Is Apple reaching its goals with iAd advertising? Didn’t they originally want luxury brand advertisers? And what’s their market share?	Ginny Marvin Reporter, Marketing Land @GinnyMarvin
30	A: Apple expanded the iAd network to Russia and Switzerland, bringing the total number of countries in-network to 16. A: 3 percent share of the mobile ad market, estimated to reach $31.5 billion by 2017, according to eMarketer.		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/3471509656/4720f4348dd2a5c10ba4d0bad1039d5d.jpeg
31	Ginny Marvin * marketingland.com * @GinnyMarvin
32	(MIKE 4)	SHOW	LINKS
33	In other mobile advertising news, Facebook has unveiled a unique new offering that enables advertising to be targeted according to the speed or bandwidth of each user’s phone. That means video ads will be served up only to people on good 4G connections, where people on 2G networks will get text-based ads. The new offering works across all Facebook’s ad units.	https://www.facebook.com/business/news/network-targeting-high-growth-countries	http://adage.com/article/digital/facebook-targets-ads-based-cell-signal-strength/294719
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35	A: Great for developing countries A: U.S., Canada and Europe accounted for 72% of the $2.7 billion Facebook generated in second-quarter ad revenue A: That’s only 38% of the 1.3 billion people who checked in on Facebook each month A: Facebook already offers the option to reach people based on the type of device they use A: using the service as advertiser: Vodafone in India A: Begins today A: via the Ad Create tool, Power Editor and the API
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66	Microsoft is marketing the Surface Pro 3 tablet in Australia by sending schools life-size cardboard models of the tablet. What’s interesting is that a small section of the screen is actually a real screen that displays MP4 videos to simulate what an actual Surface Pro 3 screen might look like. The tablet was released in the United States and Canada but will be launched in Australia and 24 other countries tomorrow.	START AT 0:17 http://youtu.be/0Y3yCQ3ubbg?t=17s
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1	TITLE: It's A Drone World After All * 1079	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, August 26, 2014!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1079/all
7	[Jason Howell - oneplus one catches fire]	http://9to5google.com/2014/08/25/oneplus-one-explodes-burns-owners-leg/
8	[Joe Panettieri - happiest place on earth - tease JOE 4]
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16	VentureBeat’s lead mobile writer, Devindra Hardawar, says “There’s no hope for Amazon’s Fire Phone.” The reason is new evidence that hardly anyone’s buying it.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/26/theres-no-hope-for-amazons-fire-phone/
17	Devindra joins us now to explain. Q: So how many phones has Amazon sold? Q: Isn’t there longterm hope for Amazon’s Fire phone? It’s still early. Q: Isn’t Amazon’s “Firefly” feature a compelling one for consumers? Q: You implied that Fire phone users’ lack of access to Google’s Play Store is a problem. But do ordinary consumers care about that, as long as Amazon provides an app store? Q: What’s Amazon’s best next move in the phone space?	Devindra Hardawar Senior Editor, lead mobile writer, VentureBeat @Devindra
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19	Devindra Hardawar * venturebeat.com * @Devindra
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23	Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday that will make California require opt-out "kill switches" on smartphones. Melody Gutierrez covers politics and state government for The San Francisco Chronicle and joins us now from Sacramento.	http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Jerry-Brown-signs-kill-switch-bill-to-deter-5711452.php
24	Q: PART I: Melody, what exactly does this law mean for smartphone makers? PART II: And what does the law mean for smartphone owners? Q: THEN TO MIKE: Can consumers de-activate the kill switch? Q: Can businesses with fleets of smartphones override the switch? Q: How does this differ from a kill-switch effort in Minnesota? Q: The wireless industry trade group, CTIA, fought the Calif. bill. Why so? Q: Might we see more states pursue similar laws? Or perhaps a federal law coming?	Melody Gutierrez Reporter, The San Francisco Chronicle @MelodyGutierrez
25	A: Under the new law, cell phone manufacturers must have the antitheft technology available on smartphones sold in California beginning in July 2015. A: More than 3.1 million Americans had smartphones stolen in 2013, up from 1.6 million in 2012, according to a Consumer Reports survey. The Federal Communications Commission pegged mobile-device theft as the leading property crime in America.
26	Melody Gutierrez * sfgate.com * @MelodyGutierrez
27	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	LINKS
28	Amazon, not Google, is buying Twitch, and for $970 million. Twitch is a popular video game streaming site that everybody thought Google was going to buy. But Google’s deal fell through, and Amazon snatched it up.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-buy-video-site-twitch-for-more-than-1-billion-1408988885
29	DOUGLAS MACMILLAN and GREG BENSINGER wrote about the news for The Wall Street Journal and Douglas joins us now to talk about it. Q: Why did Amazon buy Twitch? Q: Why didn’t Google get it? Q: The deal could actually be worth more than a billion, right? Q: Aren’t all-cash deals rare? Is that what persuaded Twitch to go with Amazon? Q: You wrote that “Twitch could help Amazon accelerate a push into Web video that is brought it into competition with Netflix and Google's YouTube.” Amazon already competes with Netflix for downloadable and streaming TV and movies, but is user-uploaded video a new direction for Amazon -- beyond gaming, I mean. Q: Twitch = 55 million users Q: FROM JOE: Potential synergies with Amazon Fire TV and Fire Phone? Q: Did Amazon gets some technology here, too? Q: We learned this week that Amazon will compete against Google in contextual advertising, and now in this space. They already compete in tablets and phones, using a forked version of Google’s own OS to offer Amazon content instead of Google’s. Sounds like Google is competitor number one for Amazon. Q: Why do Twitch advertisers pay higher prices for ads on Twitch than other video sites? Q: Twitch co-founder and Chief Executive = Emmett Shear, 31 Q: company will keep its San Francisco office and all of its roughly 170 employees will take jobs at Amazon Q: Twitch emerged from Justin.tv	Doug MacMillan Tech reporter, Wall Street Journal @dmac1
30	A: Amazon agreed to pay more than $100 million in additional payments if certain performance objectives are met, which could lift the final price tag above $1 billion
31	Doug MacMillan * wsj.com * @dmac1
32	(JOE 4): Disney Drone Patent Applications, Wearable Computing	SHOW	LINKS
33	Well Mike, I spent last week at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. The buzz here involves Disney Drones in the sky and wearable computers throughout theme parks. While the usual privacy concerns are growing louder, I must admit I'm blown away by Disney's strategy.	http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/the-daily-disney/os-disney-files-patent-applications-to-use-drones-in-its-theme-parks-20140824,0,1657797.story
34	A. Let's start in the sky: Disney is pursuing three patents related to using Drones in its theme parks. A. First patent application: multi-drone system that floats a projection screen for a nighttime display. So-called floating pixels, or flixels. A. Second patent application, for flexible projection screens organized in multiple flight plans. A. Third patent application supports multiple drones attached to balloons or super-large puppets to make them move or seemingly "walk" in the air. A: GigaOm: While the FAA suggested in 1981 that model aircraft operators fly below 400 feet, the document was just an advisory, and two aviation lawyers contacted by Gigaom said the agency has no authority below 700 feet — for now. A. Terminology: Drones also called unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and/or Remotely Piloted Aircraft A. Now let' shift to the ground and Disney MagicBand technology. During Disney's most recent financial quarter, all Disney World visitors for the first time had access to MagicBand technology. A. Ninety percent of MagicBand users rate the experience as excellent to very good, CEO said recently. A. Unlock the door of your Disney Resort hotel room. A. Enter theme and water parks (with valid admission). A. Check in at FastPass+ entrances. A. Connect Disney PhotoPass images to your account. A. Charge food and merchandise purchases to your Disney Resort hotel room (only available during your hotel stay). A. On the one hand privacy concerns. A. On the other what an incredible experience. A. Demo from Joe. A. MagicBands now used by HALF of Disney World park visitors. A. Ninety percent of MagicBand users rate the experience as excellent to very good, CEO said recently. A. Tear down of technology: RFID	https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/plan/my-disney-experience/bands-cards/ http://www.paymentssource.com/news/emerging-payments/magicbands-used-by-half-of-disney-world-guests-3018743-1.html http://www.thestreet.com/story/12839345/1/disney-magicband-shows-the-time-for-apples-iwatch-has-arrived.html http://atdisneyagain.com/2014/01/27/making-the-band-magicband-teardown-and-more/
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38	Facebook is cracking down on click-bait. The company announced yesterday that its changing its news feed algorithm to keep shared click-bait headlines and links from showing up in people’s news feeds. The change has serious implications for publishers like Buzzfeed and Upworthy who rely on manipulative headlines to get traffic.	https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/08/news-feed-fyi-click-baiting/
39	A: Facebook defines clickbait as headlines that don’t tell you what the story is about A: Tracking how long it takes users to come back to Facebook after clicking A: Some short-form content takes just a few seconds to see or read. Won’t high-quality short-form content be unfairly punished by this policy? Q: Don’t people like clickbait? Isn’t that why it works? Q: What if people want clickbait? Q: How will the Buzzfeeds and the Upworthys of the world respond to this? Q: From JOE: Might the move backfire and spur people to "see" what they're missing by spending more time on Twitter, Google+, etc.?
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43	As Microsoft pushes from the US to China, the company could suffer from a case of Anti-Trust Deja Vu.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/26/us-china-antitrust-microsoft-idUSKBN0GQ06920140826
44	A. As TNT has previously reported, China has been investigating Microsoft's Office and Windows businesses. A. The latest wrinkle, according to Reuters, involves how Microsoft bundles Internet Explorer and a Media Player with Windows. A. Sounds a lot like the US anti-trust probe of Microsoft in the 1990s. Microsoft settled that US case in 2001, and then settled a similar European case in 2004. A. But is the China case about Microsoft -- or is it more about China and the US engaging in technology war? A. The US gov't has expressed concerns about China software and networking technology for fear over snooping and back doors. But China has raised similar concerns about US tech products. A. China is also investigating Qualcomm and Mercedes Benz. A. China says its investigation into MSFT is ongoing. And in a really loaded quote, a China official said yesterday: "Microsoft has not been fully transparent with information about its Windows and Office sales, but has expressed willingness to cooperate with ongoing investigations."
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50	The Washington Post reported yesterday that location data from wireless carriers is broadly misused. No matter what your smartphone privacy settings are, wireless carriers always know where you are because they know which cell towers you’re using. New surveillance technology for sale on the open market enables anyone to track where you are at all times, according to the report -- even without the knowledge or permission of the carriers themselves. Some of these products allow the following of someone live on a map, and are designed to be undetectable. They can even tell how fast you’re driving. One product is called SkyLock, which is sold by a company called Verint. That company says they have more than 10,000 customers. Dozens of national governments may have purchased the technology, according to the Post’s sources. When the newspaper queried the FCC, they replied that they would investigate.	http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/for-sale-systems-that-can-secretly-track-where-cellphone-users-go-around-the-globe/2014/08/24/f0700e8a-f003-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f_story.html
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1	TITLE: LG's Watch is Even Rounder * 1078	CO-ANCHOR: Tim Stevens

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, August 25, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1078/all
7	Jason Howell - Weekend as a single parent
8	Tim Stevens - appearance on TWiT
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16	The Chinese government-owned Xinhua News Agency says that the Chinese government may ship its own operating system by October. The government may want Chinese independence from American OS makers after public conflict with Microsoft, Apple and Google, as well as leaks by Edward Snowden about the scale and reach of NSA surveillance.	http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-08/24/c_133580158.htm	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/24/us-china-technology-idUSKBN0GO08H20140824
17	No Interview
18	A: first appear on desktop devices and later extend to smartphone and other mobile devices P: Ni Guangnan heads an official OS development alliance established in March. A: Ni = "We hope to launch a Chinese-made desktop operating system by October supporting app stores" A: Ni = hoped domestically built software would be able to replace desktop operating systems within one to two years and mobile operating systems within three to five years A: In May, China banned government use of Windows 8 A: Microsoft is also under investigation for anti-trust violations. A: Android dominates mobile phones in China A: Apple accused of threatening national security because of location feature
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23	Sony’s PlayStation Network was attacked over the weekend, and a top Sony executive was also the target of an airline bomb threat. The network was brought down, but the plane was not. A distributed denial-of-service attack made the game network unavailable. Someone using the Twitter name LizardSquad claimed responsibility for the attack, and said that it was a protest against Sony not spending more money on the PlayStation network.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/25/us-sony-network-idUSKBN0GP02620140825
24	No Interview
25	A: Sony network = security breach in 2011 A: Lizard Squad said it had also targeted the servers of World of Warcraft video gamemakers Blizzard Entertainment, whose website was down A: threatened to attack Microsoft Corp's Xbox Live network; some users said they had problems accessing on Sunday A: Lizard Squad also tweeted to American Airlines Sunday to say they had heard that explosives were on board a flight carrying Sony Online Entertainment President John Smedley. A: The Lizard Squad Twitter account is still online A: FBI was investigating the diversion of the Dallas/Fort Worth to San Diego flight.
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28	LG plans to release a round smartwatch next week. The company is currently one of only two Android Wear smartwatch makers with products actually shipping. Samsung is the other one.	http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/24/lg-g-watch-r-teaser/ https://plus.google.com/+MikeElgan/posts/CYk8exCbc2m	http://youtu.be/1STW7LQXONo
29	Joining us to talk about the new LG watch is Brad Molen, who writes for Engadget. Q: Can you tell us more about this watch and how we know it’s going to be announced? Q: The Moto 360 is the best known round Android Wear smartwatch. It’s expected to ship next month. What’s so great about round watches? Q: LG took a dig at Motorola because of that watch’s “flat tire” termination of pixels at the bottom, and emphasized that the LG’s round watch will actually be round. Q: You wrote that the watch will be called the LG G Watch R. Come on: That can’t possibly be the name, can it? Q: The LG G Watch R comes with a button on the side. Do we know what the button does? Q: Are round watches the only ones that can succeed? Will Apple’s iWatch be round?	Brad Molen Senior Mobile Editor, Engadget @phonewisdom
30	Notes
31	Brad Molen * engadget.com * @phonewisdom
32	(MIKE 4)	SHOW	LINKS
33	Amazon plans to become an online advertising company to compete against Google in that space. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Amazon is building its own software platform that will serve up contextual advertising based on personal data harvested from Amazon.com customers and Kindle and Fire tablet and phone users.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/amazon-preps-a-challenge-to-googles-ad-business-1408747979
34	No Interview
35	A: PFWTM: Step One: replace ads on Amazon pages with in-house ad placement platform A: placement platform = “Amazon Sponsored Links” A: “Amazon Sponsored Links” = later this year A: Google = $50 billion-a-year advertising business A: Amazon = 250 million active users A: Amazon's offering would resemble Google's AdWords
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71	The US Open tennis tournament starts today in New York. And the ball-boys and ball-girls will be sporting wearable technology courtesy of Ralph Lauren. The ball-people have been outfitted with biometric data-monitoring shirts that keep track of breathing, heart rate, stress and other vital signs. The only question is: Why?	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/fashion/at-us-open-ralph-lauren-to-introduce-wearable-technology.html
72	IN OTHER, OTHER NEWS: The Royal Caribbean cruise line unveiled the details of their new smartship called Quantum of the Seas. The ship has “virtual balconies” which we told you about earlier this year -- for the cheap rooms that have no view, windows are simulated with 80-inch video screens showing what their live view would be if in fact they had a window. Plus, the ship have a “Bionic Bar” where you order your drink with a tablet and it’s mixed by a robot. The ship uses RFID wristbands to rapidly process passengers on and off the ship. And they have Xbox Live stations, streaming content and video chat capability. The ship’s maiden voyage is scheduled in November from New York City to China.	http://www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com/article/10-things-yoursquove-never-been-able-to-do-on-a-cruise-ship-until-now/
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74	Our TNT fan of the day is George Kozi from The Netherlands, who posted this picture on Google+. In fact, this is the picture that started the whole HowDoYouWatchTNT thing. In case you're wondering, he's drinking a Westmalle Trappist Tripel, which is a Belgian beer.	https://plus.google.com/104341224517581649387/posts/KFk2cSv4oSz
75	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
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1	TITLE: Dawn of the Planet of the Monkey Selfies * 1077	CO-ANCHOR: Christina Warren

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, August 22, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: lynda.com. lynda.com is an easy and affordable way to help you learn. Instantly stream thousands of courses, created by experts on business, software, web development, graphic design, and more. For a free trial, visit lynda.com/tnt. That’s L-Y-N-D-A dot com slash T N T.
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6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1077/all
7	Jason Howell - Steven Spielberg trying to create a Minority Report TV series, according to The Wrap and Deadline * Max Borenstein, writer of this year's Godzilla, to write and create the series
8	Christina Warren - Xiaomi, which is best known outside China as a company that shamelessly steals ideas from Apple, is working on building sapphire covers for a limited edition premium smartphone. [South Korea's Electronic Times reported today] * 50,000 smartphones * South Korean manufacturing
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23	The US House of Representatives has been banned again from editing the Wikipedia, according to a report by The Hill’s Julian Hattem.	http://thehill.com/policy/technology/215653-house-staffers-blocked-from-editing-wikipedia-again
24	Julian joins us now to explain. Q: Why was the House banned from editing the Wikipedia? Q: It’s not the first time this year, is it? Q: It only bans anonymous edits, right? Q: Why ban an entire organization for the actions of one user? Q: Is it possible that these edits are being made to get the House banned on purpose? Q: Someone using the House IP address defended the edits. What was their defense? Q: How active are members of Congress in editing the Wikipedia, anonymously or otherwise?	Julian Hattem Reporter, The Hill @jmhattem
25	A: “series of edits people using the IP address made to pages on the user-generated encyclopedia about transgender people.” A: someone from the House edited the page for the Netflix hit show “Orange is the New Black”
26	Julian Hattem * thehill.com * @jmhattem
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28	The whole point of the app Secret is anonymity. But now a security consultant named Bryan Seely has figured out how to know who sends Secret posts.	http://www.cnet.com/news/how-a-secret-hack-could-have-killed-apps-anonymity/
29	Seth Rosenblatt wrote the story on this for CNET. Q: The vulnerability has been fixed now, hasn’t it? Q: You interviewed Secret's co-founder and CEO, David Byttow. Can you tell us about how Seely approached the company and convinced them to fix the problem? (Seely sent Byttow one of his own posts…) Q: The technique was more social engineering than technical hacking, right? Q: Who is Bryan Seely? (CTO for Rhino Security)	Seth Rosenblatt Senior writer, CNET @sethr
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33	The best company to work for is.. drum roll, please! Twitter! At least according to a new report by Glassdoor.	http://www.fastcompany.com/3034679/most-innovative-companies/the-company-with-the-best-culture-twitter-according-to-glassdoor
34	Alice Truong is Fast Company's West Coast correspondent and a contributor to USA Today and she wrote about the Glassdoor report for Fast Company. Q: Twitter? Really? Q: Besides Twitter, technology companies in general made a good showing on the list, didn’t they? Q: Apple made #15 on the list. Is that a Tim Cook thing? Wasn’t Apple a pressure cooker under the late CEO Steve Jobs? Q: What were the criteria for employees to love the companies they work for?	Alice Truong West Coast Correspondent, Fast Company @alicetruong
35	A: Tech = 11 of the 25 spots
36	Alice Truong * fastcompany.com * alicetruong.com * @alicetruong
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38	Everyone knows there is a tiny number of devices on the market running iOS -- what, 2 iPhones and four iPads for a total of six devices? But how many Android devices are on the market? A new report from OpenSignal says the number is: 18,796.	http://opensignal.com/reports/2014/android-fragmentation/
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40	A: The F word = fragmentation ... OpenSignal, the Android operating system is "the most fragmented it has ever been". A: why many developers build on iOS first A: a bug or a feature of Android? A: OpenSignal surveyed hundreds of thousands of devices that have its app installed to track each model and their different screen sizes. A: last year = 11,868 separate device configurations A: 2012 = 3,997 Android devices A: number increased since last year by more than 7,000 more devices A: many of these are no-name Chinese devices with no access to the play store A: many non-phone devices A: Samsung behind 12 of the 13 most popular devices A: August, KitKat Android 4.4 was running 21 percent of devices with Google Play installed A: Just over half of all Android devices remaining on Jelly Bean.
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58	One interesting feature of Google’s Chromecast product, which is a small and cheap media player sold by Google, is that it uses ultrasonic data transfer -- sound that’s outside the range of human hearing. Google is part of a larger trend in the use of ultrasonic technology.	http://readwrite.com/2014/07/30/ultrasonic-pairing-chromecast-elliptic-labs-ultrasounds-gestures
59	ReadWrite’s Adriana Lee has written on the subject and joins us now. Q: How does Chromecast use ultrasonic data transfer? Q: Tell us about Elliptic Labs and what they’re up to. Q: Are is ultrasonics used for proximity? (by Shopkick Clinkle) Q: Is ultrasonic data transfer secure? Q: Qualcomm acquired a compny a couple years ago called EPOS. What do they do? Q: Tell us about Samsung’s ultrasonic cover Q: Is there potential for ultrasonic communication to be used more in media? You could imagine a show like this one sending data to the devices of listeners, for example	Adriana Lee Mobile Editor, ReadWrite @adra_la
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68	Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 6 on September 9th. But now Reuters is reporting that Apple is having problems with the phone’s backlight and is scrambling to get enough new backlights in time for the launch. * * * We told you back in March about Firechat, the app that takes advantage of the wireless mesh networking feature in iOS 7 to allow peer-to-peer messaging without an Internet connection. Now, just in time for Burning Man, which is a giant festival held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, the company has added a new feature that enables each person on an ad hoc network to establish a unique pseudonym that nobody else can use. In the past, usernames were more fluid and at large events like Cochella, impersonation and overlapping usernames were common.
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71	We told you earlier this month about the saga of the monkey selfie. A photographer asked the Wikipedia to remove a picture of a monkey that was taken when the monkey himself pressed the shutter button. Because the monkey took it, the Wikipedia argued, the photo’s copyright did not belong to the human photographer who owned the camera. Well now the US Copyright Office has weighed in on the issue, and clearly stated that no matter what, the monkey can’t own the copyright. But it raises an interesting philosophical question: Isn’t it the taking of selfies that separates us from the animals?	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macaca_nigra_self-portrait.jpg
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74	Our TNT fan of the day is Stefan Hauk from Vantaa [VON-taw], Finland, who posted this picture on Google+.	https://plus.google.com/+StefanHauk/posts/VjyXTMvPMfU
75	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
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94	Plus: The anonymous app Secret turns out to be less anonymopus than we thought...
95	And we'll tell you about how companies are using sound to send data.
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1	TITLE: HP Sales Up, Employees Down * 1076	CO-ANCHOR:

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, August 21, 2014!
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8	[Why Elise isn't here * Furguson * follow: @elisewho ]
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11	New evidence emerged today from analyst and investor Matt Margolis that Apple plans to ship its long rumored iWatch smartwatch very soon.	https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/screenshot-2014-08-21-08-26-39.png	http://9to5mac.com/2014/08/21/apple-files-to-kick-off-expanded-jewelry-classified-sapphire-production-this-month/
12	Matt Margolis is a Senior Analyst for PTT Research. Q: Matt, what evidence did you uncover about the timing of Apple’s iWatch Q: Couldn’t they just be making sapphire parts for future manufacturing -- say, next year? Q: You follow the details of Apple’s sapphire manufacturing closer than anyone I know. Can you tell us more about this facility, and scale of manufacturing that Apple is planning? Q: Rumors about sapphire on iPhones has been all over the map. What’s your prediction about which phones will ship with Sapphire screens and when?	Matt Margolis Senior Analyst, PTT Research @Sapphirecover24
13	A: letter from Apple’s Director of Global Trade Compliance James J. Patton from early July to the U.S Department of Commerce: A: “aggressive go-live timeline of August 2014.” A: likely that this new “August” product is different from the iPhone A: Sapphire component listed on the above chart under reference number 7116.20 refers to jewelry:		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/473478064001667072/UHqux3Q5.jpeg
14	Matt Margolis * wallstreetforensics.com * @Sapphirecover24
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16	Hewlett-Packard yesterday surprised Wall Street by posting an unexpected increase in revenue. More surprising still is that almost all of the gains came from the company’s PC unit, which climbed 12 percent.	http://www.businessinsider.com/hps-blow-out-quarter-doesnt-thrill-2014-8
17	Julie Bort writes about technology for Business Insider. Q: What did HP report and what were analysts expecting? Q: Why were HP’s PC sales so good? Q: The company also reported that PC sales were not so good in China and Russia. Why not? Q: Is CEO Meg Whitman successfully turning around the company? Q: How costly were HPs layoffs to the company? Q: When layoffs factor in to earnings calls, they’re usually written off as very rare events. But HP’s layoffs seem to never end.	Julie Bort Editor, Business Insider @Julie188
18	A: Wall Street analysts had forecast a modest drop in revenue to $27.01 billion. A: HP sales rose a mere 1 percent to $27.6 billion in its fiscal third quarter from $27.2 billion a year earlier A: CEO Meg Whitman A: 2 percent growth in revenue to $6.9 billion at the Enterprise Group A: 9 percent increase in sales of industry-standard servers A: PC sales in Russia and China were weak A: In May, it estimated another 11,000 to 16,000 more jobs needed to be cut on top of 34,000 previously announced. A: assessing its $4 billion software business, given it’s the cloud era A: HP has $4.9 billion in cash A: HP spent $649 million in the quarter on its layoff A: HP has 325,000 employees worldwide.		https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsiKDPHCEAI06hN.jpg
19	Julie Bort * businessinsider.com * @Julie188
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23	Remember Google Wave? Four years ago Google closed the social communication service to start working on Google Plus. But it was an innovative site that gained a lot of fans. Now Gigaom’s David Meyer reports that Google Wave is making a comeback -- but not from Google.	http://gigaom.com/2014/08/21/remember-googles-wave-thanks-to-sandstorm-its-easy-to-start-using-again/	https://blog.sandstorm.io/news/2014-08-20-apache-wave.html
24	David’s with us now to explain. Q: Before we get into the news here, can you remind us of what Google Wave was? Q: You reported that Google Wave has been ported to a platform called Sandstorm. What is Sandstorm? Q: It’s really Apache Wave now, isn’t it? Q: Sandstorm is being crowdfunded. Does that mean it might not be around in a year or two? Q: How is the version people will use on Sandstorm different from the version Google shut down? Q: How can Apache Wave on Sandstorm users communicate if nobody else is using it? Q: What else is on Sandstorm? Q: How hard is it to install and use Sandstorm? Is this for technical geeks only?	David Meyer Writer, Gigaom @superglaze
25	A: Sandstorm project a “personal cloud platform”
26	[BERLIN] David Meyer * gigaom.com * @superglaze
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28	Google rolled out today a new integration between advertising and apps.	https://www.seroundtable.com/https-google-adsense-19035.html
29	Barry Schwartz wrote about the news for his Search Engine Round Table blog. Q: Can you tell us how this new ad format works? Q: These appear in the AdMob mobile network in June, right? Q: Are these ad formats vulnerable to malware or phishing attacks? Q: The ad format works for both Android and iOS devices. And on Android, an ad for an app won’t show if the app is already installed. What happens when the app is uninstalled? Q: How is Google’s format different from Facebook and Twitter’s?	Barry Schwartz Publisher, Search Engine Round Table @rustybrick
30	A: ads formats rolled out on the Google’s mobile AdMob Network in June and today became available on Google search and YouTube
31	Barry Schwartz * seroundtable.com * rustybrick.com * @rustybrick
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33	Thanks to smartphone GPS and services like Google Now, it’s easier than ever to remember where you parked your car. Except when it isn’t. Sometimes, parking garages can keep you from having a data connection. And they almost always block out GPS. Today, Apple Insider’s Mikey Campbell reports on two Apple patents that could solve the parking problem.	http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/08/21/apple-invention-helps-iphone-users-find-their-parked-car-despite-poor-cell-gps-reception
34	Welcome, Mikey. Q: Can you tell us about these patents? Q: Apple can easily build this into their phones. But what about the cars? Do they need to explicitly support it? Q: The system would track people as they walk around. How can the phone do this without GPS? Q: Would the patent enable crooks to steal your keys, then find your car? Q: Would this be plugged into Siri, sort of like how Google Now helps you find your parked car?	Mikey Campbell Editor, AppleInsider @mikeycampbell81
35	A: "Automatic identification of vehicle location" A: "Vehicle location in weak location signal scenarios" A: Apple Car Play
36	Mikey Campbell * appleinsider.com * @mikeycampbell81
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65	TNT fan Henry Lavagnini commented on our story this week about Xiaomi, and how it's clearly copying Apple. He wrote: "I believe you speculated whether Xiaomi might hesitate to enter the US market because Apple might be in a stronger position to defend its patents. For my 2¢ worth, I think Xiaomi has seen that with enough money and a good team of lawyers, any company can blatantly copy any patent and get away with it, just as Samsung did."
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68	We told you about the recent hack attack from China of the US hospital group Community Health Systems. Now the FBI has issued a warning to the healthcare industry that the entire industry may be targeted. A special notice obtained by Reuters quoted the FBI as saying: "These actors have also been seen targeting multiple companies in the healthcare and medical device industry typically targeting valuable intellectual property, such as medical device and equipment development data.”
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71	The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper is reporting that IKEA is using AirBnB to let people do something you know you’ve always wanted to do: Sleep overnight in one of the beds on the IKEA showroom. The offer is a publicity stunt for a store in Tempe, Australia, and they’ll accommodate only three groups of up to four guests per group for one night only -- Sunday, August 31st. Before turning in, though, guests will get a big dinner in the IKEA cafeteria and also get tips for how to use IKEA to make their homes more AirBnB friendly.	http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-planning/travel-news/sydneys-newest-accommodation-sleep-at-ikea-20140821-3e2nh.html
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74	Our TNT fan of the day is Joey Cohen in Austin, Texas, who posted this picture on Google+. The picture was taken below deck on his live-aboard boat called The Enterprise. Here's an external shot of the Enterprise.	https://plus.google.com/+JoeyCohen/posts/h89Wc6iLsCr	https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/cJBdc1MwZtJaD8EJY3aRVDK77wpuAgu2h9CxtInSkJJW=w487-h357-p-no
75	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt and we'll find it. You can also search the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt to see them all for yourself.
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1	TITLE: Heartbleed Hits Healthcare * 1075	CO-ANCHOR:

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, August 20, 2014!
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16	Samsung and Barnes & Noble this morning unveiled a new Android tablet called the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook. It costs $179 and you can buy it at Barnes & Noble stores and online.	http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/samsung-galaxy-tab-4-nook-tablet/379004262	http://recode.net/2014/08/20/barnes-noble-begins-new-chapter-with-179-samsung-galaxy-tab-4-nook/
17	John Biggs is the East Coast Editor for TechCrunch. Q: Isn’t this just a re-branded version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0? What’s different about the Nook? Q: this is clearly an attempt to compete against Amazon’s Kindle line. But Amazon’s got a vastly more extensive set of downloadable content and apps, its own browser and its own top-to-bottom user interface. Is this going to help?	John Biggs East Coast Editor, TechCrunch @johnbiggs
18	A: Seven inches A: partnership announced in June A: Barnes & Noble decided to stop making its own readers A: same as the regular Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 A: specs = 1,280-by-800 pixel touchscreen, a three-megapixel rear camera and front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera A: only in a Wi-Fi A: eight gigabytes of internal memory A: microSD slot A: widget provides access to all the content in your Nook library A: $200 worth of free content, such as bestsellers, magazines, TV shows A: plus a $5 credit to the Nook Store A: Nook Store contains more than three million books and access to the top 100 best-selling magazines A: Nook Video service = TV shows and movies A: Barnes & Noble also provides a curated list of apps in its store A: attempt to compete against Amazon
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23	American journalist James Foley was killed in Iraq yesterday. The execution was recorded on video by Foley’s ISIS captors and the video was posted online. ISIS, which stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, is a terrorist group that claims to have established a Caliphate, or Islamic state, and which also asserts the claim of religious authority over all Muslims worldwide. Twitter yesterday, began suspending the Twitter accounts of any user who posted the video. In addition, Twitter announced that anyone could request the removal of pictures or videos of family members who are now dead, and that the company would comply if certain conditions are met.	http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/08/19/isismediablackout-goes-viral-following-purported-execution-of-james-foley/
24	Dan Lamothe is a National security writer for The Washington Post. Q: Is Twitter’s policy a blow to ISIS, which was probably relying on social media to spread terror? Q: Was this the result of pressure from the US military or government, from users or just the sensibility of Twitter executives? Q: Is it fair that such videos were allowed until the day when an American was the victim? Q: Twitter’s stated policy was that exceptions would be made depending on, among other things, the newsworthiness of the images. Is this not newsworthy? Q: Why is this banned, but videos of US drone bombings are not?	Dan Lamothe National security writer, The Washington Post @DanLamothe
25	A: Twitter: “Immediate family members and other authorized individuals may request the removal of images or video of deceased individuals, from when critical injury occurs to the moments before or after death, by sending an e-mail to privacy@twitter.com. When reviewing such media removal requests, Twitter considers public interest factors such as the newsworthiness of the content and may not be able to honor every request." A: comes nearly a week after announcing that Twitter would crack down on trolls in the wake of the death of Robin Williams. Following the actor's death, his daughter Zelda was subjected to bullying on the service, including being bombarded with doctored and offending images of her late father.		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/497131874557255680/CG_PUEb9.jpeg
26	Dan Lamothe * washingtonpost.com * dlamothe.com * @DanLamothe
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28	The Wall Street Journal reported in an exclusive last night that Snapchat plans to expand beyond self-destructing messages and into the realms of self-destructing TV and movie clips, news articles and ads.	http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/snapchat-discussing-new-content-service-with-advertisers-and-media-firms-1408486739-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwOTExNDkyWj
29	Doug MacMillan is a Tech reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Q: You reported that Snapchat has been meeting with advertisers and media companies to talk about something called Snapchat Discovery. What is Snapchat Discovery? Q: Is the self-destructing part of it attractive as a promotional tool that doesn’t involve intellectual property theft, in their view? Q: Would all the new content types be paid or supplied by the content creators, or could users pick and share their own?	NOTE: HE’S EXPECTING TO BE CONTACTED AT AROUND 10:20am Doug MacMillan Tech reporter, The Wall Street Journal @dmac1
30	A: Snapchat Discovery is set to debut in November, one of the people said. A: Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, 24 A: comScore estimates 27 million people used the app on iPhones and Android phones in June, up from 11 million a year ago. A: CEO’s leaked slides = Snapchat said that users send more than 500 million "snaps," or vanishing messages, a day; over 50% of the app's users are aged 13 to 17; and that the average user checks his account 14 times a day, according to marketing news site Digiday. A: Also contributed to the story: Write to Gillian Tan and Jack Marshall
31	Doug MacMillan * wsj.com * @dmac1
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68	We told you this week about the personal data theft of some 4.5 million patients of hospital group Community Health Systems. Now we’ve learned that the attack was made possible by the Heartbleed bug, which is a major vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library. This is the first known large-scale attack that uses the flaw. * * * When we reported yesterday’s announcement of the new HTC One M8 for Windows Phone, the company had claimed that the phone was exclusive to Verizon Wireless. Today we’re learning that AT&T will support the phone, too. * * * We also told you this week about Twitter’s experiment with adding un-removable tweets to users timelines from people they don’t follow. We talked about what a terrible idea it was, and said we hoped they wouldn't make it a real feature for everybody. Yesterday, Twitter announced that they’re actually going to do it. * We’ve also been telling you about Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer leaving the CEO position. Yesterday, he announced that he’s leaving the board of directors as well, a spot he’s held since January 2000. In a letter posted on the Microsoft site, Ballmer said he wanted to spend more time with his new basketball team, the Los Angeles clippers, as well as other pursuits.
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71	In other news, Sony is planning to release a new Cyber-shot camera in China that looks like a perfume bottle. Not much else is known about the camera, other than it will be optimized for taking selfies, and that it will be unveiled in China on Friday.	http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/19/sony-perfume-bottle-selfie-camera-china/
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93	Suddenly there's a new Nook in town! (Or is it an old Samsung Galaxy Tab?)
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1	TITLE: SHOW TITLE * 1074	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, August 19, 2014!
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4	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
5	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1074/all
6	Jason Howell - TN2 report: Flappy Bird creator Doug Nguyen new iOS app Swing Copters - enough to switch to iPhone?
7	Joe Panettieri - Apple hit $100 Today, the highest since September 2012.
8	Near record: The split-adjusted high for Apple is $100.72. Also, 10 years since Google IPO. Up 1,293%?
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15	HTC this morning announced a new Windows Phone. It’s called the HTC One M8 for Windows.	http://mashable.com/2014/08/19/htc-one-m8-for-windows/
16	Here to tell us all about it is Mashable Tech Editor, Pete Pachal. Q: How similar is this phone to the Android HTC One M8? Q: Does the Windows Phone version have anything comparable to the Android version’s Sense user interface? Q: Tell me about the Windows Phone apps HTC has developed for this phone. Q: Pricing and availability? Q: How big is this announcement for Microsoft and for Windows Phone fans? Q: Is this likely to be the best or most popular Windows phone, in your opinion?	"Pete Pachal Tech Editor, Mashable @petepachal"
17	A: exact same hardware features and specifications as the Android model A: runs Windows Phone 8.1 A: exclusively from Verizon Wireless' online store for $99.99 with a new two-year contract A: will be in stores starting tomorrow. A: HTC app: double-tap-to-wake feature works the same as it does on the Android model A: support for wake up and sleep with HTC's Dot View case on the Windows A: HTC Camera app was built to support the Duo Camera A: HTC app: BlinkFeed app for Windows Phone
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21	(JOE 2): Nuclear Security	SHOW	LINKS
22	What if US nuclear reactors suffered a digital meltdown? That hasn't happened. But within the past three years, Nuclear Regulatory Commission computers were successfully hacked by foreigners twice and also by an unidentifiable individual, according to NextGov.	http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2014/08/exclusive-nuke-regulator-hacked-suspected-foreign-powers/91643/
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24	A. The report heightens concerns about protecting critical US infrastructure -- the power grid, communication networks, transportation networks, financial networks, and health care networks. A. Just yesterday, TNT described how hackers based in China apparently broke into a US health care company Community Health Systems -- operating in 29 states. A. And in the nuclear regulatory case, a dozen employees clicked on a phishing link that tricked them into sharing user account info. A. The NRC maintains some pretty strategic databases, including a database that describes the location and condition of specific nuclear plants. A. ISPs are caught in the cross-fire. To trace the origins of the attack, investigators subpoenaed an Internet service provider for records regarding the day the initial victim's email account was hacked. The ISP didn't have log records to help. A. JOE OBSERVATION: Some software companies, such as Kaspersky Lab, are developing so-called secure operating systems to lock down national infrastructure. But here again there are international concerns since the software companeis have international ties. Kaspersky is based in Russia.
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27	[PETE HAS 10:30 HARD STOP] A company called Fuhu just unveiled some big Android tablets. Really big. One’s got a 24-inch screen, and the other a 20-inch screen. They’re called Big Tab tablets, and they’re aimed at kids and families.	http://mashable.com/2014/08/19/fuhu-big-tablet/
28	Here to tell us the big news is Mashable Tech Editor, Pete Pachal. Q: Why the big tablet? Q: Is 20-inch and above tablets going to be popular? Q: What is the Blue Morpho OS? Q: Can it be used as a regular Android tablet? Q: Price, availability?	Pete Pachal Tech Editor, Mashable @petepachal
29	MODE 1: Two Play, where you can play checkers, chess, backgammon and other games one-on-one MODE 2: Game Room includes other games like air hockey and board games MODE 3: Show Time includes a pack of pre-selected apps and games from Disney, Cartoon Network and Cookie Jar Entertainment MODE 4: Story Time includes 35 interactive ebooks MODE 5: Big Canvas lets kids explore their budding inner Rembrandt with virtual paints, crayons, pens and more. A: Go on sale this fall for $449 and $549, respectively. Sure, they're not the iPads your kids have been hounding you for, but at least these puppies make up for it in sheer size. A: SIDE NOTE FROM JOE: Lenovo has offered a 27-inch tablet running Windows 8 for more than a year. Called IdeaCentre Horizon but cost more than $1K.
30	Pete Pachal * Mashable.com * @petepachal
31	(JOE 4): YouTube Music	SHOW	LINKS
32	As you likely know, Google's YouTube service is launching a music service. But what are the details and how will it differ from Apple iTunes, Pandora and others? Here are some details.	http://recode.net/2014/08/19/youtube-musics-secret-weapon-music-you-cant-get-anywhere-else/	http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/08/18/exclusive-this-is-youtube-music-key-googles-upcoming-subscription-service-with-offline-support-background-audio-no-ads-free-play-music-key/
33	Liam Spradlin, editor of Android Police.	Liam Spradlin Editor, Android Police @LiamSpradlin
34	Q: What's the music service called and what can we expect? Q: Is it for individual music tracks, complete albums? Q: What about concert footage, covers of songs, etc? Q: Isn't it super-late to get into this game? Pandora iHeart Radio, Apple and Spotify all have good market share. Q: Any potential synergies between this and Google Play -- particularly with music videos and concerts? Q: Can I get to this service from iOS and Windows devices?	http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/08/18/exclusive-this-is-youtube-music-key-googles-upcoming-subscription-service-with-offline-support-background-audio-no-ads-free-play-music-key/
35	A. YouTube set to launch YouTube Music Key -- it offers ad-free music, audio-only playback and offline playback. A. 30-day free trial. Service will cost $9.99 month. A. 20-million tracks, complete albums and organized discographies. A. Google registered YouTubeMusicKey and PlayMusicKey.com A. Access to concert footage, covers, remixes. A. Creation and Curation model = powerful. A. How does all of this compare to Apple iTunes? Depends on whom you ask. Advocates note that iTunes still has market dominance. Critics note that iTunes has been losing share -- especially as Android devices seek content on the web from non-Apple stories. A. SHOW MAC RUMORS LINK HERE: In terms of music streaming. Pandora 31% Market Share; iHeart Radio = 9%; Apple iTunes Radio 8%; Spotify 6%; Google Play All Access 3%. Source: Edison Research.	http://www.macrumors.com/2014/03/11/itunes-radio-third-most-popular-us-music-service/
36	Liam Spradlin * AndroidPolice.com * @LiamSpradlin
37	(MIKE 5)	SHOW	LINKS
38	Think of the children! That’s what Google is doing, apparently. the company plans to offer Google accounts for kids under the age of 13. The special accounts would be set up by parents, and offer Gmail and YouTube with parental controls, according to an exclusive on the site, The Information.	http://gigaom.com/2014/08/18/google-has-a-growth-plan-based-on-kids-report-says/
39	Jeff John Roberts writes about law and public policy for Gigaom. Q: On the one hand, the move would probably provide data collection protection and parental controls for kids who are already using these services by lying about their age. On the other, it represents Google targeting children and winning brand loyalty from minors. Is this a good idea or a bad idea? Q: Will the FTC allow this? Q: What are the requirements under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA Q: Will this be extended to Google+ and other services? Q: Is this going to be a trend? Will Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Yahoo and others all now roll out the Happy Meal equivalents of their social services?	Jeff John Roberts Writer, GigaOm * @jeffjohnroberts
40	A: Challenge: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA A: COPPA = limits on how information about children under 13 is collected; requires parents’ consent and tightly controls how that data can be used for advertising A: kids already signing up, but by lying about age A: privacy advocates concerned A: Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy: “Unless Google does this right it will threaten the privacy of millions of children and deny parents the ability to make meaningful decisions about who can collect information on their kids” A: Also: Norweigian picture-sharing app called Kuddle is being called the Instagram for kids. ALSO: talk to jeff about: “Google is distorting right to be forgotten debate, EU Justice head claims”
41	Jeff John Roberts * gigaom.com * @jeffjohnroberts
42	(JOE 6): Symantyec Norton	SHOW	LINKS
43	Much like Microsoft's Office 365 cloud service and Adobe's subscription moves, Symantec is overhauling its Norton security lineup into an all-in-one subscription service. Here with analysis is Harry McCracken.	http://www.fastcompany.com/3034497/internet-of-things/norton-goes-beyond-the-box-with-an-all-in-one-security-service
44	Interview: Harry McCracken
45	Q: Let's start with the pure facts: How is Symantec evolving the Norton product line? Q: Isn't Symantec late with this move? Q: Is this just for PCs, or will the subscription service extend to tablets, smartphones? Q: Is the absolute final nail for shrink wrap?	Harry McCracken Technology Editor, Fast Company @harrymccracken
46	A: With Norton Security, the company will automatically charge consumers an annual fee rather than waiting for them to decide to upgrade standalone apps on their own timetable. A: To sweeten the deal, Symantec is introducing a money-back guarantee. If a Norton Security customer gets a virus and it can't be removed either through software or with the help of a tech-support rep.
47	Harry McCracken * fastcompany.com * technologizer.com * @harrymccracken
48	(MIKE 7)	SHOW	LINKS
49	In an exclusive, The Register is reporting today that London’s Metropolitan Police have been lobbying phone makers for more than two years to ship all smartphones locked with passcodes out of the box. The purpose of the move is to deter theft. Research shows that three out of five people never set passcodes on their phones. Under the London Police’s plan, each phone would either come with a pre-set pin code, or the setup would require users to set their own.	http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/19/uk_cops_want_to_lock_down_your_mobile_phone/
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53	(JOE 8): Apple iWatch Patent(s)	SHOW	LINKS
54	Apple apparently has earned a patent for a curved touch display. PatentlyApple thinks it may have something to do with the long-rumored iWatch and/or Apple's move into health-oriented devices.	http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/08/apple-granted-a-patent-for-a-curved-touch-display-that-could-support-a-future-fitness-band-or-iwatch.html
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56	A: Apple granted 48 patents. A: No current apple products use a curve touched display. A: Curved displays allow for a better fit, less clunky, etc. A: Any details coming during Sept. 9 iPhone 6 launch? Not sure.
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64	We got an email from Lillian Banchik about our story yesterday about that big hospital hack. The personal information of some 4.5 million people was compromised when a healthcare company called Community Health Systems was hacked. "I think you missed one of the primary motives for the theft of those medical records. In my opinion it was done to raise money pure and simple by the sale of false identities both civil and medical. This is a crime where someone fraudulently uses your health insurance information to obtain medical coverage. For example (and this comes from my own practice) I had a patient who was an undocumented person and presented with severe abdominal pain, afraid of being arrested and deported this person used a relative's insurance card and claimed to be that person. We relied on that identification and looked up the relative's medical record which showed that the person had already had an appendectomy. (This patient had an abdominal scar from another procedure so a simple exam couldn't have established that the appendix was still there). By the time we realized what was going on the patient had become much sicker than he/she would have been if we had known that the appendix was still there and just gone ahead with surgery."	http://goo.gl/ccUU7z Please show the photo above. Permission granted. (aka Dr. Mom from chat)
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67	In a follow-up, we reported on the introduction of the LG G watch, which runs Google’s Android Wear operating system. Now, a The Korea Times newspaper is reporting that LG could introduce version 2 at the IFA conference in Germany next month. We also reported Friday on Samsung’s acquisition of SmartThings to boost its home automation lineup. Today Samsung said they’ve acquired an American air conditioner distributor called Quietside. Also: We’ve extensively covered Amazon’s first smartphone, the Amazon Fire Phone, which shipped July 25th. Yesterday, the phone got a major update -- the Fire OS 3.5.1 -- which reviewers are saying fixes many of the phone’s fundamental flaws. The update downloads and installs automatically.
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70	A new website exists to name and shame companies with bad security. The site is published by software engineer Tony Webster. It’s called HTTP Shaming. And it exposes companies that send customer information over the Internet in an unencrypted form. He’s already identified 19 applications and services that deserve scorn and ridicule, and now he’s accepting reader submissions. You can check it out at HTTP shaming dot tumblr dot com.	http://httpshaming.tumblr.com/
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73	Our TNT fan of the day is Douglas Dewing in the state of Oregon, who posted this picture in the Tech News Today Google+ community.	https://plus.google.com/+DouglasDewing/posts
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1	TITLE: Xiaomi's Apple Envy * 1073	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, August 18, 2014!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and Lindsey Turrentine.)
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15	In the past few months, Twitter has been re-making itself in the image of Facebook. The latest test has Twitter adding tweets to your timeline that you didn’t post, favorite, retweet or even see before. The tweets are either posts favorited by people you follow or even the people THEY follow. Once Twitter has inserted these tweets into your timeline, there’s no way to remove them.	http://mashable.com/2014/08/17/twitters-favorites-experiment/
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17	A: to help increase engagement A: not like Facebook, where you also get information about every like, comment or recent game activity. A: not just prominent technology Twitter users that are getting the new timeline features. A: Celebrities are also being bombarded with these experimental tweets A: Anna Kendrick = “cut it out twitter” A: Problem: people often favorite for reasons other than “liking” a tweet
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22	On Friday, the social-travel startup JetPac revealed on its site that it has been purchased by Google and that it will remove its app from the Apple App Store soon. Support for the app will end on September 15, according to Reuters. Here to discuss the acquisition is Stephen Shankland, CNET Senior Writer.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/16/us-google-jetpac-idUSKBN0GG00P20140816	http://www.cnet.com/news/google-acquires-image-recognition-startup-jetpac/
23	Q: Hi, Stephen. Can you tell us a little bit more about what JetPac is -- or was -- and why Google might be interested in it? Q: Does this acquisition feel like a classic case of the acquihire? Q: Is there something very specific that JetPac does that no competing technologies can do? Q: It seems like there's been no disclosure of how much Google paid for this team. Do you think we'll ever find out?	Stephen Shankland Senior writer, CNET News @stshank
24	A: The Jetpac employees will join Google's Knowledge team, which is attempting to build a more sophisticated understanding of the real world into search results. A: Jetpac's technology works automatically, extracting information from large numbers of publicly available photos instead of relying on curation or other human processes. A: Jetpac's 6,000 City Guides offer customized geographic information -- the kind of thing that meshes well with Google's effort to become a personal electronic assistant through services such as Google Now, Google+, and Google Maps.
25	Stephen Shankland * news.cnet.com * @stshank
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27	The personal information of some 4.5 million people has been apparently hacked in an attack originating in China. A healthcare company called Community Health Systems, which operates 206 hospitals in 29 American states, reported the breach today.	http://recode.net/2014/08/18/chinese-hackers-stole-info-on-4-5-million-u-s-hospital-patients/
28	No interview
29	A: regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission A: attacked during April and June of this year A: “Advanced Persistent Threat” group believed to be operating out of China. A: Stolen: “non-medical patient identification data A: data related to the Company’s physician practice operations A: After discovering the hack, Community Health said it hired Mandiant A: Mandiant’s report last year documented the operations of Unit 61398 A: Unit 61398 = a Chinese Army cyberwar unit
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32	Chinese phone manufacturer Xiaomi has launched MIUI 6 -- new newest version of its custom Android software -- to a small group of beta testers. The skin makes Android look more like iOS 7 and improves upon the notification center. The cheerful-looking new software will ship with new Xiaomi hardware soon. David Gilbert is the technology editor at the International Business Times UK, and he's here to chat with us about Xiaomi's changes and ambitions.	http://liliputing.com/2014/08/xiaomi-launches-miui-6-makes-android-look-like-ios-7.html	http://en.miui.com/summarize.php
33	Q: What is it about this new Andorid version that makes everyone think so instantly of iOS 7? Q: You've written about the new built-in permissions system in MIUI 6. Why is it compelling? Q: MIUI is a forked version of Android. How does this work for users? Can they access the Google Play store? Q: Will this be a problem for Xiaomi if the company comes to the US? Will Apple go after the company?	David Gilbert Journalist, technology editor @IBTimesUK @daithaigilbert
34	A: Core apps and features have changed. The sofware can now identify some calls from unkown numbers and supports gestures designed for devices with large screens, for example. A: Xiaomi is expanding rapildly, is very successful in China, and has plans to expand in to the US in 2015. The company is curretly world's fifth-largest smartphone maker, behind Samsung, Apple, Huawei, and Lenovo. A: Hugo Barra, formerly of Google, is heading up Xiaomi's international expansion and is very familiar with the appetite for Apple products and marketing tactics around the world.
35	David Gilbert * ibtimes.co.uk * @daithaigilbert
36	(MIKE 5)	SHOW	LINKS
37	A software developer slash mom got fed up with her kids not calling her back. So she created an app that locks their phones until they return her calls. And now she’s sharing it with the world. It’s called Ignore No More. The app enables parents to choose whether to lock or not lock their kids’ phones. When locked, the phone can be used for only two purposes -- making emergency calls, and calling mom back. Ignore No More is for Android only and costs $1.99.	http://ignorenomoreapp.com https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wwc.inmp&hl=en
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70	One of the most interesting features of Sony’s smartphone handsets is that some of them are waterproof. Not water resistant, but so waterproof you can actually use them underwater. To drive home the point, Sony has released on the Google Play store six apps for the Experia Z1S phone they call Underwater Apps. One of the apps is called Goldie, and it’s an animated goldfish that freaks out when you take the phone out of water, but becomes happy when you submerge the phone again. Another app is a game called Sink Sunk, which is a submarine game that will only play while the phone is under water. And the goofiest and most pointless of the Underwater Apps is Photo Lab. You take a picture, but it will only “develop” if you put it under water and move it around like you’re in some old school dark room.	http://youtu.be/QQA5EEwNaOs
71	(MIKE: IN OTHER, OTHER NEWS) The Onion is hilarious, but Facebook users routinely think their prankish humor articles are real news. So Facebook is testing a new feature that labels links to The Onion articles as satire. They won’t spoil it, though. The tag is only displayed after a user has clicked on the link, then returned to Facebook.
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73	Our TNT fan of the day is Melissa Good in Pembroke Pines, Florida, who posted this picture on Twitter of Tech News Today playing on her big-screen TV.	https://twitter.com/merwolf/status/500339839540400128/photo/1
74	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook using the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt and we'll find it.
75	That's the tech news today!
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88	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow (or Monday).
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1	TITLE: 50 Cent Earbuds * 1072	CO-ANCHOR: Christina Warren

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, August 15, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
4	And by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Jason Howell and Christina Warren, Senior Tech Analyst at Mashable.)
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15	We told you July 16th about a TechCrunch exclusive that reported Samsung in talks to buy the home-automation startup, SmartThings, for $200 million. Well now the deal is done. [Full disclosure: SmartThings is a sponsor of some shows on the TWiT network.]	START VIDEO FULL-SCREEN at 0:28 http://youtu.be/9qKA9JDxaaw?t=28s	http://recode.net/2014/08/14/internet-of-bling-samsung-buys-smartthings-for-200-million/
16	David Kendar is the senior vice president for editorial at Reviewed.com Q: Can you tell us more about SmartThings and the products they make? Q: Is Samsung buying it for the products, the brand, the technology, the people or the 5,000 developers who are building hardware for this platform? Q: Will Samsung run SmartThings as an independent company and keep the SmartThings brand? Q: Will this help Samsung compete with Apple and its upcoming HomeKit as well as Google and its Nest division? Q: Can you tell us more about Reviewed dot com? Is that part of USA Today?	David Kender Senior VP, Editorial, Reviewed.com @davekender
17	NotesA: two-year-old startup A: 55 employees A: 5,000 developers building devices that connect to its open platform A: will continue to operate independently; will move from D.C. to Palo Alto
18	David Kender * Reviewed.com * @davekender
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22	Microsoft builds Snapchat-like WindUp for Windows Phone	http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-builds-a-snapchat-competitor-called-windup
23	No Interview	Brad Sams Managing Editor, Neowin @bdsams
24	Notes
25	Brad Sams * Neowin.net * @bdsams
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27	The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Apple plans to ship the first sapphire iPhone 6 and smartwatch screens this month. Apple’s $700 million factory will produce at full capacity twice as much sapphire as the rest of the world’s manufacturers combined, according to the article.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/new-iphone-a-sapphire-screen-and-a-higher-cost-1408042296
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29	A: Rumored, but this piece appears to provide more detail. A: 1.4-million-square-foot Mesa, Arizona factory = about the size of 24 football fields A: Apple opened with materials manufacturer GT Advanced Technologies Inc. A: Claim about capacity by Eric Virey, a senior analyst at French research firm Yole Développement. A: Apple already uses sapphire to cover the iPhone's camera lens and fingerprint reader A: Virey estimates that a sapphire screen could cost $16 to produce, compared with about $3 for Gorilla Glass A: By forming boules more than 50% larger than produced by current machines, Apple and GT aim to drive down the price of sapphire and close the gap with glass. A: Apple may save money in warranty costs A: Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi = savings likely wouldn't offset sapphire's higher cost. A: Apple paid GT Advanced Technologies $578 million to build the furnaces A: GT is operating the plant for Apple A: plant wouldn't reach full operational efficiency until early next year A: Already using sapphire screens: Britain's Vertu and Japan’s Kyocera
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40	TNT fan Maneka Brooks sents us an email about our lack of coverage of the events in Ferguson, Missouri. She writes: "I want to start out by saying how much I enjoy listening to TNT everyday. I was disappointed with the lack of discussion of the role of technology and media in the recent protests in Ferguson, MO. It seems a perfect and relevant story considering the different ways police have attempted to suppress official media coverage and how twitter and cell phone video shared via different social platforms have been used as a powerful way to communicate information to the public. Moreover, it addresses multiple aspects of journalism and technology on which TNT prides itself in examining. I was particularly surprised with the lack of discussion of these events because of the attention that was given to the use of technology in various protest movements across the world. I hope that you will take the time in your show to cover the role of technology in this protest and other such events in the United States."	https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u2H7jezbCp8/Um2-qWmzE3I/AAAAAAAAAN0/ra4r7-pTcHA/w1376-h1374-no/Maneka-5697.jpg
41	* 18-year-old Mike Brown * shot and killed by a police officer over the weekend in Ferguson * radically militarized police presence * social media and digital technology and the internet spread news widely * police replaced by highway patrol * tech angles: - social media - camera phones - hacking - the internet
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43	We've been covering Google's Android Wear plaform for some time. And now, Google is advertising it. Here's one of four ads that appeared online today.	I'LL THROW TO THE VIDEO. PLEASE PLAY WITH AUDIO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqL4qypVfFM	http://9to5google.com/2014/08/15/google-shows-off-useful-android-wear-features-in-four-new-ads/
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46	The celebrity gossip site TMZ posted pictures of what they claim is probably the first photos ever published of a fully assembled iPhone 6. Sadly, the pictures show a well-known Chinese knock-off that runs Android. Any iPhone blogger can easily spot the problems with the image -- and several already have. For starters, TMZ's phone is running what looks like iOS 7, rather than iOS 8. Second, the Mail app is called Email. And as 9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo pointed out today, the typeface for the Calandar app is wrong.	http://www.tmz.com/2014/08/15/apple-iphone-6-pics-photos-leak-leaked/
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49	Our TNT fan of the day is Kevin Buckstiegel in Chicago, Illinois, who posted this picture on Google+.	https://plus.google.com/+KevinBuckstiegelOfficial/posts/Ja3H7B3S8YX
50	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook using the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt and we'll find it.
51	That's the tech news today!
52	[co-anchor plug]
53	Subscribe to Tech News Today on Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, Feedly, Yahoo, RSS or many other options.
54	Choose your favorite way to subscribe at twit.tv/tnt
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59	And please send us your thoughts and opinions!
60	Comment on Twitter or Google+ using the hashtag #TechNewsToday
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63	Also: Don’t miss our evening newscast, Tech News Tonight, at 4pm Pacific tonight and every weeknight right here on the TWiT network.
64	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow (or Monday).
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74	On Wednesday, August 20, Samsung and Barnes & Noble are having a joint announcement where they’ll roll out the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook. That launch will also take place in New York, and at the Barnes & Noble store in Union Square.
75	And Sprint’s new CEO said at a company-wide town hall meeting Thursday, that he would announced new “very disruptive” prices for wireless plans, so we’ll be looking for that announcement as well.
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80	LG turns on Qualcomm’s iZat	http://gigaom.com/2014/08/14/lg-turns-on-qualcomms-izat-indoor-location-tech-but-it-only-works-in-korea-for-now/
81	Apple patent shows two touch ID sensors	http://gigaom.com/2014/08/14/apples-touch-id-its-not-just-for-iphones-and-ipads-based-on-this-patent/


1	TITLE: Siri's No Snitch * 1071	CO-ANCHOR: Mike's invisible friend

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, August 14, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
4	And by: Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and Elise Hu is off today.)
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15	Apple banned two controversial chemicals from part of the manufacturing process for iPhones and other Apple products. Apple environmental head Lisa Jackson posted on a company blog that benzene and n-hexane have been banned in the final assembly factories during the building of Apple products.	http://gizmodo.com/apple-is-banning-two-hazardous-chemicals-from-iphone-pr-1621245130	http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_APPLE_HAZARDOUS_CHEMICALS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-08-13-19-39-39
16	Alissa Walker is an editor at Gizmodo. Q: Why did Apple ban these chemicals? Q: What are benzene and n-hexane used for? Q: Is the use of these products simply a response to Apple pressure to speed up manufacturing? Q: Why just ban them in the final manufacturing process and not earlier in the process? Q: What other substances has Apple banned in recent years?	Alissa Walker Urbanism editor, Gizmodo @awalkerinLA
17	A: Criticized by China Labor Watch and Green America A: Re/Code notes that of Apple’s 22 final-assembly factories, traces of benzene or n-hexane, in line with Apple’s previous safety limits, were found in four of them A: Lisa Jackson joined Apple in 2013 after four years as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency A: Apple contracts A: Apple had already banned PVC plastic and brominated flame A: Low levels of benzene are also found in gasoline, cigarettes, paints, glues and detergents. A: benzene causes leukaemia A: solvent n-hexane is used to clean electronic displays; evaporates around three times faster than alcohol A: over 1.5 million workers in China are exposed to the chemicals A: recently phased-out by Apple toxins like arsenic, lead, and phthalates
18	Alissa Walker [gelato] * gizmodo.com * awalkerinLA.com * @awalkerinLA
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22	A startup today launched an iOS-based platform called Spring, which reviewers are saying it like Instagram but with instant ecommerce.	http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/08/14/techstars-nyc-co-founder-launches-spring-brand-backed-mobile-marketplace/
23	Josh Ong is the LA Reporter for The Next Web. Q: What is Spring and how does it work? Q: Who are the people behind it? Q: What’s different about Spring Q: Companies have gotten flack for easy buying -- by children and even by adults. You called Spring “dangerous.” Is that why? Q: Is this similar to or compete with The Fancy? And who does it compete with? Q: Chinese messaging apps like WeChat have embraced e commerce. Is Spring comparable to those? Q: Which brands are on board already?	Josh Ong US Editor, TheNextWeb @beijingdou
24	A: Spring has over 100 brands on-board, including Warby Parker, Band of Outsiders and Hugo Boss.
25	Josh Ong * thenextweb.com * @beijingdou
26	(MIKE 3)	SHOW	LINKS
27	A German blogger named Florian Kiersch claims to have seen and obtained screenshots of an experimental interface for Google Hangouts. The project is called UltraViolet. Like Facebook Home, it would put chat heads on top of other pages on a PC desktop while running the Chrome browser -- it’s a Chrome plug-in. Google hasn’t announced the product, and it’s not ready to ship, according to Kiersch.	http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/exklusiv-ultraviolet-google-design/
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32	A member of a Chinese anti-monopoly advisory committee has been fired for taking money from US chip-maker Qualcomm. Zhang Xinzhu, a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a university professor, was accused of sacked for taking quote “huge rewards” from Qualcomm, which is the subject of an anti-trust investigation in China. Qualcomm denies both the anti-trust charges and also denies ever paying Zhang. The Wall Street Journal says Qualcomm hired a U.S. company to provide an economic analysis as part of its defense against the anti-trust charges. Zhang consults for that company.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-13/researcher-fired-for-helping-qualcomm-china-news-service.html
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34	A: The NDRC said in February the chipmaker was suspected of overcharging and abusing its market position in wireless communication standards A: faces fine of up to $1 billion A: European Union Chamber of Commerce in China on Wednesday expressed its concern over the series of antitrust investigations A: CoC said China using strong-arm tactics and appeared to be unfairly targeting foreign firms. A: Chinese government may be using the anti-monopoly law to support domestic firms at the expense of foreign companies.
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67	Yesterday we told you about a Florida man named Pedro Bravo who is on trial for killing his roommate. We told you about news reports saying that police found a query in his iPhone’s Siri usage history telling Siri: “I need to hide my roommate,” with Siri offering various options for where to hide a body. After that report we learned that the story is false. It started with a local TV station web site, and got pick up by dozens of other news outlets. It turns out that the image was found on Bravo’s phone, but it’s just a photo cached after he viewed it on Facebook. It didn’t come from his phone, and in fact he owned an iPhone 4, which doesn’t even run Siri. Let’s watch a minute from the Bravo trial where all this is made clear. A Gainesville Police Detective is on the stand answering questions about the screenshot. * * * We’ve done stories about upcoming products, including the Moto 360 smartwatch, which runs Android Wear and was demonstrated at Google’s Google I/O developers conference recently -- and also the Moto X+1 phone. Well this morning, Motorola invited press to an event on September 4th in Chicago where these products are likely to be announced.	I’LL THROW TO VIDEO. PLEASE START AT 0:29 WITH AUDIO: http://youtu.be/7_klbrg0Qdg?t=29s	http://www.cnet.com/news/motorola-plans-sept-4-launch-to-debut-moto-360-moto-x-g-sequels/
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70	The Twitter account Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev was hacked yesterday. The hacker immediately started sending tweets pretending to be Medvedev, saying that he was fed up with president Vladimir Putin and that he had decided to quit politics and become a freelance photographer. He tweeted: “I am resigning. I am embarrassed by the actions of the government. Forgive me.”	http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/russian-prime-ministers-twitter-account-hacked-by-mysterious#3tdpx09
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73	Our TNT fan of the day is Adam Olivero in Hanover, Ontario, Canada, who posted this picture in our Google+ community.	https://plus.google.com/+AdamOlivero/posts/iiLxxPcHYsr
74	How do YOU watch or listen to TNT? Just take a picture of your setup and post it on Google+, Twitter or Facebook using the hashtag #howdoyouwatchtnt and we'll find it.
75	That's the tech news today!
76	[co-anchor plug]
77	Subscribe to Tech News Today on Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, Feedly, Yahoo, RSS or many other options.
78	Choose your favorite way to subscribe at twit.tv/tnt
79	Follow us on Twitter: technewstodaytv
80	Also follow TWiT's breaking news feed on Twitter: twitnews
81	Join our Google+ community! Just search Google+ for Tech News Today.
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83	And please send us your thoughts and opinions!
84	Comment on Twitter or Google+ using the hashtag #TechNewsToday
85	Send email to tnt@twit.tv
86	Or leave voicemail at 260-TNT-show
87	Also: Don’t miss our evening newscast, Tech News Tonight, at 4pm Pacific tonight and every weeknight right here on the TWiT network.
88	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow (or Monday).
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1	TITLE: OnePlus One Minus One * 1070	CO-ANCHOR: Jason Hiner

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, August 13, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
4	And by: Gazelle, the fast and simple way to sell your used gadgets! Find out what your used iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products are worth at gazelle.com.
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Jason Howell and Jason Hiner.)
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15	Samsung is having a bad year. Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings yesterday predicted further decline by the company. And another analyst slashed his price target for Samsung’s stock, telling investors to “react now before it’s too late.” But today, Samsung release new phones made with metal, rather than plastic.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/13/with-its-back-to-the-wall-samsung-goes-metal/ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/12/for-samsung-more-pessimism/
16	Roger Cheng is the Executive editor for CNET News Q: Tell us about the Samsung Galaxy Alpha line Q: Any word on pricing? Q: It seems to me that Samsung is being squeezed at the low end by very low-cost Chinese handset makers like Xiaomi, Lenovo and Huawei and on the high end by the Apple iPhone. Bernstein Research Analyst Mark Newman says the company needs a “drastic change in smartphone strategy.” What can Samsung do to turn this around? Q: Is the abandonment of plastic and the embrace of metal going to help Samsung compete with Apple, or will it be seen as another attempt to copy Apple’s look and feel?	Roger Cheng Executive editor, CNET News @RogerWCheng
17	A: Last month, Samsung said its second-quarter net profit dropped 20% A: Samsung losing its grip on consumers across Asia
18	Roger * cnet.com * @RogerWCheng
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23	In other Samsung news, the company has been rumored to be working on a virtual reality headset for some time. Rumormongers say the product could be unveiled as early as next month. Samsung isn’t talking. But the Verge’s Chris Ziegler got exclusive access to a picture of the headset, which is codenamed “Project Moonlight.”	http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/12/5996293/this-is-samsungs-vr-headset
24	Chris joins us now to talk about it. Q: This product is more like Google’s Carbook project than Facebook’s Oculus Rift, isn’t it? Q: Will this be restricted to Samsung phones only? Q: Project Moonlight has a focus dial? Q: You also reported that the product may have a Micro USB connection. If the device gets visuals from a phone, why would it need the port? Q: Where do you expect this product to be unveiled? And when will it ship?	Chris Ziegler Deputy Managing Editor, The Verge @zpower
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26	Chris Ziegler * theverge.com * @zpower
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28	OnePlus, a new smartphone company launched recently in China, once again finds itself with another marketing disaster on its hands. The company yesterday launched a contest called “Ladies First” in which women were invited to upload pictures of themselves with the OnePlus logo written on their skin or on a card. The winners were to be judged by OnePlus staff, and 50 would be invited to the front of the line for OnePlus One smartphone invitations, plus get a free t-shirt. The contest was immediately labeled as sexist and offensive. The company canceled the promotion, remove all mention of it on their site and apologized, throwing rouge employees under the bus for the error.	http://www.cnet.com/news/oneplus-launches-then-deletes-ladies-first-promo-contest/
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30	A: Cyanogen tweet: “We value all of our users and do not support any contest that objectifies people” A: Past blunders: 1) claimed to be new company; are actually owned by OPPO; 2) One phone is just like the OPPO Find 7’ 3) Smash the Past promotion A: COMPANY STATEMENT: “OnePlus is thrilled to have a small but growing number of women active in our online community. We want to encourage even more women to get involved with and excited about the amazing things happening in tech right now. The 'Ladies First' contest was a very misguided effort by a few isolated employees to do just that, however there is no question the post not only failed to better include our female community but actually perpetuated a stereotype that OnePlus in no way supports or condones. We deeply regret any offense caused by this contest.”
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33	Twitter rolled out a beta product today called Promoted Video. The new ad format will charge advertisers on a cost-per-view basis.	https://blog.twitter.com/2014/introducing-promoted-video-on-twitter	http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/twitters-promoted-video-details-are-coming-view-159457
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35	A: Bike-maker Specialized tested it and told Adweek that the videos doubled engagement compared to branded tweets. A: Brand marketers can analyze the impact of their campaigns with metrics such as completion percentage and whether organic videos outperformed paid efforts or vice-versa. A: No word on how many beta brands testing A: No word on when it will be available to the general population A: the move expands on the social platform's Twitter Amplify program, which has let brands share in-tweet video clips since May 2013. A: The videos will be embedded into the tweets via Twitter’s “card” technology.
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38	A scandal has emerged in South Korea after footage was broadcast by a Korean TV station showing women being harassed on the street and pressured into coming inside wireless carrier stores for an aggressive sale pitch. The video shows in one case a salesman grabbing a woman’s phone, refusing to give it back until she comes into the store. In other cases, salespeople physically grab the hands of some women and literally pull them inside.	Play video throughout segment, including during conversation, without sound. Please start at 0:57 and keep rolling: http://www.cnet.com/news/korean-phone-retailers-harassing-women-desperate-to-win-new-customers/
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68	We told you last month about Mark Gurman’s report on 9to5 Mac that Amazon was getting ready to launch its own Square-like mobile credit card reading hardware product. Today Amazon unveiled a $10 credit-card scanning device called Amazon Local Register. The scanner is for brick-and-mortar businesses only. Amazon will compete by charging less. Square and PayPal charge 2.7 percent. But Amazon will charge 2.5 percent. And for merchants who sign up before October 31st, the rate will be 1.75 percent. * * * We reported yesterday about CNN’s story that Uber employees were resorting to dirty tricks, ordering, then canceling more than 5,000 rides from rival Lyft. Today, The New York Times says Lyft employees had done the same to Uber drivers, but nearly 13 thousand times.	http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/13/amazon-square-rival/
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71	Apple’s Siri has been interrogated by the police, and is singing like a canary. A Florida man named Pedro Bravo is on trial for killing his roommate. It’s a tragic story, but it has a fascinating tech angle. It turns out that Police were able to review his iPhone’s Siri usage history, and discovered that he told Siri: “I need to hide my roommate.” Siri responded “What kind of place are you looking for?” before offering four options: “Swamps, reservoirs, metal foundries or dumps.” The phone gave up other evidence, too: The flashlight feature was used nine times just before midnight on the night of the murder.	http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/detective-bravo-asks-siri-how-hide-his-roommate/ngz5Y/
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1	TITLE: The Botlr Did It * 1069	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, August 12, 2014!
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8	(THING OF THE DAY: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer now officially owns the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, according to Bloomberg. After some temporary hurdles, Ballmer's $2 billion purchase of the team has now apparently been finalized and he can count himself among the league's owners.)
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15	Some of the main creators of Apple’s Siri virtual assistant are building what they believe will be a better assistant called Viv. Their startup is called Viv Labs.	http://www.wired.com/2014/08/viv/
16	Journalist and bestselling author Steven Levy [LEE-VEE] wrote a detailed feature on Viv and the people behind it for WIRED and joins us now to talk about it. Q: How is Viv to be different from Siri? Q: How is Viv to be different from Samantha in the movie “Her”? Q: Is this really self-learning A.I., or a simulation of that? Q: Who are the people behind Viv? Q: Will Viv be cross-platform? Q: Did the co-founders, including Adam Cheyer, express to you a frustration with the limitations of working for Apple? Q: How might Viv compete with Google Now in the area of knowing about the user? Q: What is SRI and CALO and what is their relationship to Siri and Viv? Q: What’s the Viv business model? Q: Q: You gave the example of a Viv demo that located the closest bottle of wine that paired well with a dish. How is that even possible?	Steven Levy Senior writer, WIRED @StevenLevy
17	A: Co-founders: Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer and Chris Brigham.
18	Steven Levy is a FORMER writer for Wired and the author of numerous bestselling books, including “In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives,” and also “Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything.” Steven Levy * stevenlevy.com * @StevenLevy
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22	Mike, let's turn our attention to Healthcare.gov and the federal government's IT strategy. The Obama administration has launched a new U.S. Digital Service -- which strives to enact best practices for future IT projects. The service is headed up by Mikey Dikerson, a Google veteran.	http://thehill.com/policy/technology/214855-white-house-launches-new-effort-to-improve-government-technology	http://online.wsj.com/articles/oracle-sues-oregon-over-health-insurance-exchange-1407547888? http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/08/11/delivering-customer-focused-government-through-smarter-it
23	Interview: Justin Sink, a White House correspondent with The Hill
24	Q: So is the U.S. Digital Service focused only on Healthcare.gov or additional federal IT projects? Q: Any clues as to whether Dikerson is up to this task -- the big switch from private sector to public service? Q: White House Blog states: The Digital Service will collaborate with 18F -- a new unit of the US General Services Administration. But is it clear who will be calling the shots each time Dikerson and US Digital Service look into a project?	Justin Sink White House correspondent, The Hill @JTSTheHill
25	A: Like a swat team that parachutes in to fix projects that are falling apart? A: Dickerson's crew only has $3M budget, but the team is seeking $13M budget for next year. A: Health care exchange problems extend down to the state level. Oracle just sued state of Oregon for $20M for breach of contract. Suit involves troubled Cover Oregon exchange. Oregon is shifting to Healthcare.gov site. A: There's been a potential slowdown in sign-ups via Healthcare.gov, reports Investors Business Daily.		http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9250112/Oregon_39_s_move_from_Oracle_developed_site_to_Healthcare.gov_on_track http://news.investors.com/politics/081114-712602-obamacare-enrollment-falling-aetna-says.htm
26	Justin Sink * thehill.com * @JTSTheHill
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28	A Comcast customer named Tim Davis was promised by Comcast that he wouldn’t be charged for a specific service. When they charged him anyway, they refused to remove the charge -- until, that is, he played a recording of their promise. The news comes in the wake of a similarly aggressive and exploitative call recorded by technology journalist and entrepreneur Ryan Block about three weeks ago.	http://youtu.be/suUzvYV8TV4?t=6m38s	http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/08/comcast-conveniently-forgets-no-fees-promise-until-confronted-by-recording/ http://www.reddit.com/r/comcast
29	Joining us to talk about this is Ars Technica’s Lee Hutchinson. Q: Can you briefly summarize Tim Davis’ ordeal with Comcast? Q: OK, so let’s listen to a couple of minutes from this call. Q: Sharp and prepared and tech savvy customers like Tim Davis and Ryan Block can protect themselves from this kind of aggressive manipulation, but most people can’t. The business model seems to be to fleece customers through lying and bullying, then act shocked and apologetic in the rare instances when they’re caught. Am I missing something here? Q: What does this tell regulators, if anything, about potential Comcast-Time Warner merger???	Lee Hutchinson Senior Reviews Editor, Ars Technica @Lee_Ars
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33	Google and 5 Asia telecom companies are spending about $300M to build and operate a trans-pacific broadband connection between the US and Japan. Part of Google's broader strategy to offer high-speed Internet service via the air, sea and land. Here with some perspective is Drew FitzGerald, tech reporter for The Wall Street Journal.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/12/us-google-cable-idUSKBN0GC04620140812
34	Interview: Drew FitzGerald, The Wall Street Journal.
35	Q: What do we know about this cable link build-out so far? Q: What's the potential upside for Google and its broadband partners? Q: Potential upside for Google customers? Q: Can you describe how this fits into Google's overall broadband strategy? We hear a lot about Internet satellites, the Google Fiber projects in some US cities, etc. What's the bigger picture here? Q: Might we see Google invest in similar broadband pipes in additional regions?	Drew FitzGerald Tech reporter, The Wall Street Journal @DrewFitzGerald
36	A: The link will operate at 60 terabits per second. A: Will connect LA, Portland, San Franciso, Oregon, Seattle to Chnilura and Shima in Japan. A: NEC, a supplier for the network, said the service will be ready in Q2 2016. A: Also involved: China Mobile International, China Telecom Corp., TIME Dotcom's Global Transit, KDDI and Sinaport Telecommunications. A: Ironic to see so many China orgs involved, considering US and China gov'ts keep making political moves that potentially limit or harm IT competition. A: Google's entire strategy: Broadband for all to ensure paid search on all devices globally. A: Google, as announced earlier this year, spending $1B to $3B on Internet Satellites. Purchased drone company Titan Aerospace and launched Project Loon. A: Still, Google broadband projects have run into some problems. Google Fiber triggerred community complaints in Kansas City. "Rutted lawns. Busted gas lines. Unannounced construction workers in the backyard," reported the Kansas City Start in June.		http://singularityhub.com/2014/06/14/google-to-spend-a-billion-or-more-on-internet-satellites/ http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/technology/article604534.html
37	Drew FitzGerald * wsj.com * @DrewFitzGerald
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39	CNN’s Erica Fink reports that some Uber employees are cheating in their car-on-demand competition with Lyft. She says that Lyft provided evidence to CNN that 177 Uber employees have ordered and canceled more than 5,000 Lyft rides since last October.	http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/11/technology/uber-fake-ride-requests-lyft/index.html
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41	A: Bogus requests decrease Lyft drivers' availability A: Lyft claims to have cross-referenced the phone numbers associated with known Uber recruiters with those attached to accounts that have canceled rides A: 5,560 phantom requests since October 3, 2013. A: No evidence that Uber's corporate office commissioned the canceled rides or even that they were aware of them A: A single account from a Los Angeles-based Uber representative canceled 49 rides from October through mid-April A: earlier this year, CNNMoney reported that Uber staffers in New York called and withdrew over 100 ride requests with another taxi app, Gett, in the span of three days A: Lyft spokeswoman Erin Simpson = "It's unfortunate for affected community members that they have used these tactics, as it wastes a driver's time and impacts the next passenger waiting for that driver."
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44	Well Mike, this could be the droid you're looking for. A hotel near Apple's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters is testing a robotic Bellhop named "Botlr."	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/technology/hotel-to-begin-testing-botlr-a-robotic-bellhop.html
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46	A: Tests begin Aug 20 at the Aloft hotel, run by Starwood. A: Similar to R2D2 in size but thinner. Can make room deliveries. A: When reaching elevator, wireless sends command for the door to open then maneuvers into elevator car while staying out of the way of humans. A: When the robot reaches hotel room, it dials the room to alert guest of a delivery. A: Flat panel display at top of the robot allows guests to enter a "review" instead of giving tip. Positive review inspires robot to dance before departing. A: Won't replace human talent. A: Built by Savioke ("Savvy-oak), a startup, and Starwood Hotels.	Video: http://nyti.ms/Vh6hbR Picture: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/technology/hotel-to-begin-testing-botlr-a-robotic-bellhop.html?_r=0
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1	TITLE: Facebook Warrants Privacy * 1068	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine
2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, August 11, 2014!
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15	The war of words between Amazon and Hachette continued over the weekend. We told you Friday about some 900 or so book authors who published an open letter in the New York Times Sunday slamming Amazon for their negotiating tactics with publishing giant Hachette. Amazon had withheld or delayed some books to pressure Hachette into agreeing to its terms for eBook prices. That letter gave out Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s person email address and called on the public to spam Bezos with public pressure. But Saturday, Amazon pre-emptively slammed back by calling on Kindle authors to spam Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch [peach], and argue Amazon’s case. And finally, Pietsch hit back by replying to all those emails with Hachette’s side of the story. In related news, Amazon is applying the same tactics to negotiations with Walt Disney company. Amazon is no longer accepting pre-orders for Disney DVD and Blu-ray titles like "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Maleficent."	http://gigaom.com/2014/08/10/hachette-ceo-more-than-80-of-the-ebooks-we-publish-are-priced-at-9-99-or-lower/	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/11/us-amazon-com-walt-disney-idUSKBN0GB09Z20140811
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17	A: Amazon has halted preorders of some Hachette books, and delayed shipment or pared discounts on others as its talks with the publisher have moved into their fourth month. A: Hachette said Amazon's preferred price for e-books of $9.99 doesn't reflect the costs of producing titles, including marketing, royalties and other expenses A: more than 80% of Hachette's e-books are already $9.99 A: Hachette: Amazon's "punitive actions are not necessary, nor what we would expect from a trusted business partner, A: Sucharita Mulpuru, a Forrester Research: “Most retailers just aren't willing to hurt themselves by cutting off sales"
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22	In 2013, the Manhattan district attorney's office obtained warrents to search 381 Facebook accounts for links to suspected fraud. Facebook fought the warrents and lost, but now is receiving support from an amicus brief filed Friday by the New York Civil Liberties Union. The brief is also supported by the ACLU, Google, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, Yelp, Foursquare, Kickstarter, Meetup and Tumblr -- all attempting to provent these types of broad searches in the future. Here to discuss his reporting on this story is Reed Albergotti, reporter at the Wall Street Journal.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/08/civil-liberties-groups-tech-firms-back-facebook-against-manhattan-da/
23	Q: Can you tell us the gist of this brief -- what's the purpose of an amicus brief, and why now? Q: What is Facebook worried about? What is the downside of these types of search warrents? Q: Do these kinds of briefs really work? How might this document prevent similar searches or court decisions in the future? Q: How could the original warrents have been more limited?	Reed Albergotti Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @ReedAlbergotti
24	A: Facebook is appealing to prevent similarly broad probes in the future and to ensure the information is ultimately returned to unindicted suspects or destroyed A: Facebook attempted to block the searches, but the judge sided with law enforcement and slapped Facebook with a gag order, preventing the company from notifying its users about the warrants. The gag order was lifted in June, and Facebook’s deputy general counsel issued a statement. A: Facebook doesn't want its service treated like a single, broad source of information.
25	Reed Albergotti * wsj.com * @ReedAlbergotti
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27	Finland's F-Secure last week verified an accusation made by some users of some Xiaomi smartphones -- that the phone was “phoning home” like ET and secretly sending data back to servers in China. Now the company has explained itself and has issued a patch.	https://plus.google.com/+HugoBarra/posts/bkJTXzyXXmj http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/10/xiaomi-privacy-issue-cloud-messaging/
28	Here to tell us all about it is Richard Lai Editor-in-chief for the Chinese version of Engadget. Q: What data were these phones sending back and why? Q: Which phones were affected and how do users get the patch?	Richard Lai Editor-in-chief, Engadget Chinese @richardlai
29	A: beamed its carrier name, phone number, IMEI (the device identifier) plus numbers from the address book and text messages back to Beijing. A: Xiaomi VP and ex-Googler Hugo Barra told all on Google+ A: data link is part of MIUI's cloud messaging service A: Xiaomi had this is turned on by default and there's no prompt about this for the user
30	Richard Lai * engadget.com * @richardlai
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32	According to The Guardian, 5.2 Chromebooks have been sold this year, and a large chunk of those are being used in the US education market, creating big challenges for Apple's iPad and more traditional Windows PCs, which have both enjoyed success in classrooms.	http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/11/google-chromebooks-education-market-gartner
33	Q: Hi, Charles. Tell us a little more about what's happening here. Is this really a tidal shift in the technology that American classrooms are using? Q: Why are school districts so interested in using Chromebooks? What's the advantage? Q: Do you think that this shift is a long-term one, or is this just one more technology that will spend a few years in classrooms before being replaced? Q: Do Chromebooks help learning -- is there something that they do better than other technologies to help education -- or are they simply cheaper and easier?	Charles Arthur Technology Editor, The Guardian @charlesarthur
34	A: Last year, in 2013, 82%, or 2.4m Chromebooks were sold in north America, and the education sector took 85% overall. A: Chromebooks are popular in classrooms because they're simple, inexpensive, easy to administer remotely, and because they have physical keyboards. A: Gartner’s principal PC analyst suggests that Chromebooks fill the niche that netbooks did, and that they give PC manufacturers another way to tackle the sub-$300 PC market.
35	Charles Arthur * theguardian.com * @charlesarthur
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70	A new website called Sad Tweets, built by the agency Party NY, finds your “saddest tweets” -- the ones that got no engagement and that everybody ignored. It then shows them in a sad slideshow, accompanied by sad piano music. Sadly, it shows only your sad tweets, not other people’s.	http://www.sadtweets.com/
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1	TITLE: Net Neutrality Comments Put the "F" in FCC * 1066	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

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15	Google’s YouTube unit has acquired Directr, which makes a mobile video editing app. The product is currently aimed at small businesses who want to make marketing videos.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/06/googles-youtube-buys-mobile-video-startup-directr/
16	Tom Cheredar is a Staff Writer for VentureBeat. Q: YouTube already offers cloud-based video editing. Why would they need a mobile app version? Q: Why not build it themselves?	Tom Cheredar Staff Writer, VentureBeat @TChed
17	A: Google said Directr’s employees will join YouTube’s video-ads team. A: Directr now charges for most versions of its app, but Google said all versions will be free once the start-up joins YouTube. A: Google My Business suite of tools is geared toward helping small businesses appear in Google search and Google Maps. A: May, Google acquired Appetas, a two-person startup that had been focused on helping restaurants optimize their websites for mobile devices. A: competition = Tastemade food network has a similar app
18	Tom Cheredar * venturebeat.com * @TChed
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20	Google has also bought artificial intelligence application Emu. What's Emu? A messaging app that uses tech similar to Google Now and Siri --using machine learning to do anticipatory computing -- predict what you need based on your previous inputs.	http://emu.is/
21	Jason Abbruzzese writes for Mashable.	Jason Abbruzzese Reporter, Mashable @JasonAbbruzzese
22	Q: What does this acquisition offer Google? They already have Google Now. Q: How does this play into the larger race on the mobile messaging front? A: Emu was founded in 2012 by California-based ex-Google and Apple employee Gummi Hafsteinsson. A: Further indication that AI is the way computing is going -- In January, Google bought artificial intelligence firm DeepMind. A: Works like MindMeld.. an engineer named Tim Tuttle has been working on that for a few years now.
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27	Google is partnering with Barnes & Noble to offer same-day delivery of books, toys and magazines. The service begins today. The move puts the companies into direct competition with Amazon, but only in the three markets they serve: Manhattan, West Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.	http://www.cnet.com/news/google-joins-barnes-noble-for-same-day-shipping/
28	Ben Fox Rubin writes for CNET. Q: Why on Earth would Google want to get even further into the delivery service business? Q: What kinds of things does Google Shopping Express currently deliver, and where? Q: Amazon announced that it’s expanding same-day delivery to six more cities. Can Google and Barnes & Noble keep up? Q: Is eBay a viable competitor to Amazon and Google? Q: How much do Amazon and Google charge for same-day delivery?	Ben Fox Rubin Tech reporter, CNET @benfoxrubin
29	A: Google Shopping Express started last year and now offers same-day delivery services from stores including Toys "R" Us and Walgreens Target, Staples and Costco. A: EBay provides a similar same-day service called eBay Now. A: Google Shopping Express costs $4.99 per store order, but a six-month trial membership is currently available for free. A: Amazon's same-day service costs $5.99 per shipment for Prime members and $8.99 for everyone else.
30	Ben Fox Rubin * cnet.com * @benfoxrubin
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32	This week, the FCC published many of the public comments it received about its forthcoming ruling on net neutrality. More than 1.1 million people submitted comments, a record for a FCC rulemaking measure. The proposed rule would allow for Internet service providers to charge for so-called fast lanes, in some cases. What's in those comments? Dan X O'Neill collaborates with government large and small to open up public data ... He heads the Smart Chicago Collaborative. Dan, welcome.	http://www.derivativeworks.com/2014/08/bulk-downloads-of-fcc-comments-on-fcc-filing-14-28-protecting-and-promoting-the-open-internet.html
33	Q: How significant is what the FCC did this week? Q: The FCC has said it is making these comments open as a matter of transparency. What does their transparency so far, show us? Q: If it turns out that the comments favor one position on this -- for instance, reclassification of ISPs as utiltiies. will it matter at all in affecting commissioner votes?	Daniel X. O'Neil Executive Director, Smart Chicago Collaborative @danxoneil
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37	A company that does background checks for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says they’ve been hacked in what looks to them like a state-sponsored attack. The company is called US Investigations Services, or USIS. The attack probably involved the theft of personal information about DHS employees, according to a report in The Washington Post.	http://www.usis.com/Media-Release-Detail.aspx?dpid=151	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/07/us-usa-security-contractor-idUSKBN0G62N420140807
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39	A: DHS said it had suspended all work with the company amid an investigation by the FBI A: USIS = "At this time, our forensic analysis has concluded that some DHS personnel may have been affected, and DHS has notified its entire workforce, out of an abundance of caution, to advise them to monitor their financial accounts for suspicious activity" A: Office of Personnel Management had also suspended work with USIS A: USIS is the biggest commercial provider of background investigations to the federal government A: has over 5,700 employees
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67	Lot’s of stories to follow up on today. China plans to force real-name registrations on public accounts inside instant messaging tools like the popular WeChat app. Any Chinese citizen who wants to talk about politics will need to get permission from the government before they do so. We told you about Google’s tip that led to an arrest for possession of child pornography after the company detected the illegal content in the man’s Gmail inbox. Now, the Smoking Gun reported that Microsoft did the same thing, leading to an arrest in Pennsylvania. Google continues its warm embrace of better Internet security. Now, the company is giving better search rankings to sites that use the HTTP Secure protocol -- those that begin their URLs with https. We also reported on the new Foursquare apps. Some reports today are saying that Foursquare racks Users Even When the App Is Closed. And finally, a new Apple patent application details a 'Siri for Mac' desktop virtual assistant that could do everything the mobile version of Siri does -- and a lot more.
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70	Hasbro today announced a new, twenty-dollar version of its Monopoly board game called MyMonopoly. The game, which has its own website, enables players to customize the game with photos from Facebook, Instagram, Flickr or Shutterfly. The site guides users on how to print their pictures onto stickers, which are then placed on the board as customized property spaces, game tokens, Chance Cards and Community Chest Cards.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCnnVJnR0J0	http://mashable.com/2014/08/07/mymonopoly/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link
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72	Apple is famous for its attention to detail. And a new feature in the new beta version of QuickTime demonstrates that obsession beautifully. A writer for AppAdvice noticed that when mirroring an iPhone screen running iOS 8 onto an OS X Yosemite screen running the new QuickTime, the application automatically shows the battery as being full, the WiFi with all bars and the time as 9:41am -- no matter what the actual phone’s status bar actually displays.	http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/08/quicktime-in-os-x-yosemite-reveals-that-apple-cares-about-status-bars
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1	TITLE: Orwellian Memory Hole * 1065	CO-ANCHOR: Sarah Silbert

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, August 6, 2014!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Chad Johnson and Sarah Silbert.)
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15	The New York Times reported yesterday that a gang of 20 or so Russian hackers has stockpiled some 1.2 billion usernames and passwords belonging to more than half a billion people. The report is based on claims made by a company called Hold Security, a Milwaukee-based firm founded last year. However, several reporters have found problems with the story. For starters, the company won’t reveal which sites were hacked unless they’re paid for their so-called “breach notification services,” which start at $120 a month. When a Wall Street Journal reporter asked questions about their services, Hold replace their offer with a “coming soon” page, and told the reporter that the feed has been reduced to $10 a month.	http://www.holdsecurity.com/	http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/08/05/huge-password-breach-shady-antics/ http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/6/5973729/the-problem-with-the-new-york-times-biggest-hack-ever _x000c_ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/05/security-firm-russian-hackers-amassed-1-2-billion-web-credentials/
16	Russell Brandom writes for The Verge Q: First, lets start with what Hold Security claimed. What do they say happened exactly? Q: What was wrong with the initial round of reports on this story?	Russell Brandom Reporter, The Verge @russellbrandom
17	A: Hold says the hackers hit some 420,000 Web addresses A: Hold site = list of affected sites “includes many leaders in virtually all industries across the world, as well as a multitude of small or even personal websites,” A: New York Times, = criminals using the data for sending spam on social-media accounts (Twitter) A: no specifics about the state of those passwords: whether they’re in clear-text — the worst case scenario — or in encrypted form A: Hold security = Alex Holden A: Hold = hackers got the passwords using a botnet and SQL injections A: Holden “would not name the victims, citing nondisclosure agreements and a reluctance to name companies whose sites remained vulnerable” A: Holden = “most of these sites are still vulnerable.” A: pay “as low as $120″ to Hold Security monthly to find out if your site is affected A: Hold service comes with a 2-week money back guarantee A: Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Yadron linked to the page on Twitter and asked questions about it, the firm replaced the description of the service with a “coming soon” message A: When I checked the site this morning, the whole site was down
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22	Apple and Samsung have been fighting over patents in court for what seems like forever, but the two companies have just agreed to drop all legal action outside the United States.		http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/us-samsung-elec-apple-idUSKBN0G605920140806
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24	Q: Why are both parties willing to drop litigation suddenly? Q: Is this just an attempt to cut costs, as fighting in multiple jurisdictions takes up considerable resources? Q: How many countries does this affect? Q: Does this announcement have anything to do with Samsung’s recent underwhelming earnings report? Neither party is disclosing terms of the deal, but we can assume money changed hands, right? Q: What’s the current state of litigation in the US? Should we expect it to end any time soon? A: Agreements ends disputes in 8 countries. A: Apple and Samsung have been in a legal battle in the US since 2011. A: The main legal dispute is still taking place in the US — Apple was awarded damages in May after the court found that Samsung had copied features from the iPhone. Samsung said it will appeal the two decisions in question. A: Some analysts have said that this move will let Apple and Samsung form an alliance against the up-and-coming Chinese phone maker Xiaomi. The latter company has surpassed Samsung as the largest smartphone vendor in China. A: Companies will still pursue litigation in the US, which apparently involves larger amounts of potential damages anyway.
25	Shara Tibken * cnet.com * @sharatibken
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27	The Chinese government appears to be increasing its crackdown on American technology companies. The government has now banned Apple products, such as iPads and MacBooks, from being purchased by any Chinese government agency. Chinese anti-trust authorities conducted new raids on the Chinese offices of Microsoft and Accenture. They raided Microsoft offices just last month as part of their launch of an anti-trust investigation against the company. And a Hong Kong court has ruled that a local tycoon can sue Google for defamation because of the 'autocomplete' results that pop up in a Google search for the man’s name.		http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-06/china-said-to-exclude-apple-from-procurement-list.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/us-google-hongkong-idUSKBN0G60VR20140806 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/us-microsoft-china-idUSKBN0G60GR20140806
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29	A: Ten Apple products -- including the iPad, iPad Mini, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro -- were omitted from a final government procurement list distributed in July A: This according to officials who read it and asked not to be identified A: drafted by the National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Finance A: also banned: Symantec, Kaspersky, Microsoft A: Apple depended on Greater China for about 16 percent of its revenue A: Microsoft said in May it was “surprised” to learn that its Windows 8 operating system was excluded from government purchases. The official Xinhua News Agency called it “a move to ensure computer security.” A: Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple criticized by state media for allegedly cooperating with NSA A: Qualcomm Inc. in November disclosed an investigation related to anti-monopoly law A: Last month, state-run China Central Television reported that features of Apple’s iPhone software may result in the leak of state secrets. Apple rejected those claims. A: The State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) raided Microsoft offices in Beijing, Liaoning, Fujian and Hubei A: raided the Dalian offices of IT consultancy Accenture (MS outsources some work to them) A: MS OneDrive cloud storage service disrupted in China A: searches for Albert Yeung Sau-shing on Google suggest adding the word 'triad' A: Albert Yeung Sau-shing = the founder and chairman of Hong Kong-based conglomerate Emperor Group A: Yeung is seeking damages from Google for libel and wants the word removed
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32	So we’ve talked about the EU’s “right to be forgotten” laws before. They let users request the removal of unfavorable links from search engines like Google, and the Wikimedia Foundation is unsurprisingly not a fan. Today, Wikipedia posted details for five notices of removal that affected more than 50 links and pages on the site.		http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/06/wikipedia-censorship-right-to-be-forgotten-ruling
33		Brian Fung Reporter, Washington Post @b_fung
34	Q: How did Wikipedia find out about the latest removed links? Q: What kind of content was removed? Q: One Wikipedia entry has also been affected by the, correct? Is the page still live or are there simply no links to it from search engines? Q: Why does Wikipedia receive so few content takedown and user data requests compared to a company like Google? Q: Are search engines required to share when it’s received content removal requests? Q: Wikipedia is taking steps to fight these laws. Does it have any chance of succeeding? A: Wikipedia has long referred to the “right to be forgotten” law as “censorship.” A: WIkimedia received 304 requests for content to be taken down between June 2012 and June 2014 but it didn’t grant any of them. A: Wikimedia was also asked to share personal information 56 times within that same period, and it complied with requests 14 percent of the time. A: Goole has received more than 91,000 de-listing requests so far. A: Wikipedia only knows when a link has been removed if Google or another search engine tells it, so there many be many more missing links. A: Wikipedia’s founder Jimmy Wales said Google’s decision over what to index in search results should be seen as “editorial judgment,” though Google has shied away from that description, characterizing its role as a more neutral one.
35	Brian * washingtonpost.com * @b_fung
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37	BlackBerry said today that its device-management service, which supports Android and iOS devices, has been granted a major security clearance from the Pentagon.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/us-blackberry-defense-idUSKBN0G61CN20140806
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39	A: From = U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency. A: Pentagon can now start using BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) 10 system to manage and secure devices powered by Google Inc's Android operating system and Apple Inc's iOS software. A: BlackBerry launched the service a year ago A: The Secure Work Space, is managed through BES 10, a new back-end system launched at the start of 2013 that allows BlackBerry's clients to control mobile devices on their internal networks. A: The decision to service non-BlackBerry devices is part of the company's move to reinvent itself A: The Pentagon is a “long-time stronghold for BlackBerry”
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42	We have a date for Apple’s next big event. According to Re/Code, the company will unveil its next generation of iPhones on September 9th.		http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/05/apples-iphone-event-said-to-be-happening-sept-9/
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44	A: This comes right after IFA in Berlin, where Samsung will unveil its latest Galaxy Note. A: Apple is expected to launch devices with larger screens, with rumors putting the display size at anywhere from 4.7 inches to 5.5 inches. A: iOS 8 will likely become available to consumers alongside the launch of the iPhone 6.
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55	Charging has been a major issue and differentiator for Android Wear watches. So far, the LG G watch has offered more hassle-free charging than the Samsung Gear Live -- the only two Android Wear watches actually on the market. But we just got a glimpse into Moto 360 charging -- Moto 360 is Motorola’s Android Wear watch, which stole the show at Google I/O. The Italian publication Mister Gadget took a bunch of pictures of the Moto 360 in its included cradle. Let’s take a look. We also learned that the Moto 360 is made of stainless steel and that it will be waterproof and dustproof. We also learned it will have a heart rate sensor on the back like the Samsung does.	http://www.lucaviscardi.eu/moto360-la-gallery-in-esclusiva/
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1	TITLE: Getting Out of the Blackberry Jam * 1064	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, August 4, 2014!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and co-anchor.)
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15	The US Department of Transportation may ban phone calls on airplanes during flight. The DOT is developing a notice of proposed rulemaking on in-flight voice calls, but hasn’t decided yet what their notice or their rule will say. But the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the department’s top lawyer, Kathryn Thomson, said in a speech at the International Aviation Club in Washington that the department could impose the ban.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-moves-closer-to-formal-rules-barring-in-flight-cellphone-calls-1407096288
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17	A: Spokesperson: "At this point, there is no final determination" as to what the notice or the final rule will say A: Focused on disruption of other passengers A: In December, FCC proposed overturning technical rules barring in-flight cellphone use that have been in place for more than two decades A: FCC has yet to issue a formal rule change, but DOT rule would take precedence A: WSJ = “Airlines contend the Transportation Department is overstepping its authority, and should let carriers decide whether to offer cellphone service” A: WSJ = “would require some technology investment, as a way to differentiate themselves.”
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22	An internal memo from BlackBerry suggests layoffs are over and that the smartphone maker is actually looking to make some hires. Does that mean BlackBerry has bottomed out? Here with insights is CNet's Roger Cheng.	http://www.cnet.com/news/blackberry-layoffs-may-be-done-as-company-looks-to-grow-again/
23	Interview: CNet's Roger Cheng	Roger Cheng Executive editor, CNET News @RogerWCheng
24	Q: BlackBerry CEO John Chen issued an internal memo on Friday. What did it say? Q: BlackBerry in June announced quarterly results that topped Wall Street's expectations. Is Chen starting to string together some small but noticeable wins? Q: How is the shift from consumers to corporations and gov't organizations playing out so far? Q: Is BlackBerry looking for talent? If so in what areas? Q: Coincidence that BlackBerry memo leaked only days after the Secusmart acquisition? Q: Chen's memo mentioned that BlackBerry still has no margin for error. What does that say about his effort to balance progress with focus?	http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/06/19/us-blackberry-results-idUKKBN0EU11Y20140619
25	A: Transition has included 40 percent staff cuts -- or 4500 people -- in SEpt. 2013 alone. A: Looking to hire in Product Dev, Sales, Customer Service. A: Company expects to be cash flow positive by end of current fiscal year (March 2014) A: 3 years of cuts are over 60 percent of staff.
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29	Samsung plans to continue doing business with a Chinese parts supplier that use children as workers, but 30 percent less business, according to the company. Samsung fired Dongguan Shinyang [dong wawn shin yang] Electronics in July after the US-based China Labor Watch found at least five children working at the company. Dongguan Shinyang claims the child workers were hired by a subcontractor.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/05/us-samsung-elec-labour-china-idUSKBN0G508120140805
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34	How is Microsoft Surface performing financially? The answer involves a lot of red ink, according to ComputerWorld. Here with details is ComputerWorld Reporter Gregg Keizer.	http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9250144/Surface_damage_mounts_at_Microsoft_as_red_ink_reaches_1.7B
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36	Q: Microsoft is roughly 2 years into the Surface journey. What do we know about revenues and profits -- or losses -- so far? Q: Any clues about Surface 3's performance so far? Q: Former CEO Steve Ballmer was known for making long-term commitments to money-losing ventures. Like Bing. Any clues as to whether new CEO Satya Nadella will do the same? Q: Microsoft has been positioning Surface 3 as a complete MacBook Air replacement. Any clues to whether customers are embracing that message? Q: Microsoft's latest financials seem to indicate continued corporate market strength. Can Surface 3 leverage any of that corporate momentum and Microsoft's relationships with CIOs and channel partners?
37	A: Computerworld used data from multiple Microsoft SEC filings to come up with the $1.7 billion loss estimate. A: For the quarter ended June 30, Surface revenue was $409 million, but cost of revenue was not disclosed. Computerworld estimates that the quarterly loss for Surface during the priod was about $363 million. A: Jackdaw Research thinks the June quarter Surface loss was about $324 million. A: Microsoft lost $1.049 billion on Surface during its Fiscal Year 2013, Computerworld estimates. Microsoft has not confirmed the estimates, nor has TNT spoken with MSFT directly about the Computerworld coverage. A: Begs the question: How long will MSFT stick with a business that apparently loses $1B annually. A: Under former CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft was patient with money-losing businesses. A: Microsoft's online business -- including Bing -- lost nearly $11B from 2005 to 2013. A: But will new CEO Satya Nadella show the same type of patience?	http://bgr.com/2013/07/09/microsoft-online-services-division-losses http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/satya-nadella-six-months-grading-microsofts-new-ceo-247470	https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/448756448/Keizer_Face_Low_Res.jpg
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40	A security researcher has figured out how to bypass Paypal's two factor authentication and hack into an account.	http://blog.internot.info/2014/08/paypal-complete-2-factor.html
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42	A: Discovered on the 5th of June, 2014 A: Get in by only logging in through a 'special' Paypal page," for eBay payments A: Joshua Rogers - "Just Another Security Blog" A: Warned PayPal several times; PayPal ignored; so he went public A: "=_integrated-registration" A: once you’re logged in via eBay, you can go to PayPal and no check for two-step authentication
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45	Target says last year's hack has cost the company roughly $148 million. It's one of the first times I can recall a retailer putting a price tag on a hack. But I think the estimate is low considering the damage Target's brand suffered in the market. Some pundits are even suggesting that perhaps it's time to rethink if and how hacks should be confirmed or communicated to customers.	http://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2014/08/05/target-shares-tumble-as-retailer-reveals-cost-of-data-breach/
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47	A: The target hack occurred in Q4 2013 during the holiday shopping season. A: As many as 40M credit card and debit card accounts may have been compromised. A: 70M additional names and addresses may have been compromised. A: Target's CEO and CIO ultimately lost their jobs because of the hack. A: Some companies now taking a "contrarian" view on hacks, saying cyberattack info should not be disclosed since it causes mass hysteria and sometimes serves no purpose. Proponents of saying less include Urban Outfitters' Head of Information Security Dawn-Marie Hutchinson. A: I think the point is moot. Some states (California) require companies to disclose hacks if personal customer information may have been compromised. A: CA SB 1386 covers that. It's a security breach notification law that went live on July 1, 2013.	http://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2014/01/10/target-data-breach-spilled-info-on-as-many-as-70-million-customers/ http://online.wsj.com/articles/a-contrarian-view-on-data-breaches-1407194237
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73	MIT eggheads figured out how to reconstruct sound from the tiny vibrations recorded by video on a bag of potato chips. The researchers wrote an algorithm that converts visual vibrations to sound. They can even reconstruct the sound of people talking. The technology collects movements on all the pixels in a very high-speed video, averages it then filters out the noise. What’s left is an approximation of the sound in the room. Let’s listen to what this sounds like.	Start playing after I throw to the video at 1:45 http://youtu.be/FKXOucXB4a8?t=1m45s Stop playing at 2:20	http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/algorithm-recovers-speech-from-vibrations-0804
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105	Exclusive Google ‘Camp’ Draws Elite to Sicilian Resort	http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/04/google-hosts-an-elite-conference-in-sicily/
106	Thousands join Austrian student's class action against Facebook/JOE	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/05/us-facebook-austria-lawsuit-idUSKBN0G51AA20140805	OK Will dump. Will change my social media teasers, too ;-)
107	Algorithm recovers speech from the vibrations of a potato-chip bag filmed through soundproof glass.	http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/algorithm-recovers-speech-from-vibrations-0804
108	Has BlackBerry Bottomed Out? Layoffs Are Over/Joe	http://www.cnet.com/news/blackberry-layoffs-may-be-done-as-company-looks-to-grow-again/
109	TOO INSIDE BASEBALL. : ) LinkedIn pays $6M in back wages for overtime, etc.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/linkedin-settles-over-wage-violations-1407182441	Skipping/Joe
110	Microsoft Surfaces Losses Reach $1.7B/JOE	http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9250144/Surface_damage_mounts_at_Microsoft_as_red_ink_reaches_1.7B
111	THIS STORY ISN'T RECENT ENOUGH... : ) Xiomi Overtakes Samsung in China Smartphone Market	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/04/xiaomi-overtakes-samsung-in-china-smartphone-market/	Skipping/Joe
112	PF Chang's Hack: 33 restaurants over 8 months	http://www.pcworld.com/article/2461240/pf-changs-hack-hit-33-restaurants-for-8-months.html	Skipping/Joe
113	Target: Hack Cost Nearly $150M/Joe	http://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2014/08/05/target-shares-tumble-as-retailer-reveals-cost-of-data-breach/


1	TITLE: Google Catches a Creep * 1063	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, August 4, 2014!
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15	Google reported a Houston man for possession of child pornography in his Gmail inbox. The company notified a child protection agency, which called the police. The man, who is a registered sex offender, is now in custody. The case raises questions about Google’s policies and processes for scanning the email of users.	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28639628
16	Mary-Ann Russon is a Technology Reporter for the The International Business Times. She’s Skyping in from London. Q: How much do we know about Google’s Gmail scanning and what sorts of things they’re looking for? Q: Tell us what we know about the particulars of the case, the history of the suspect and what police found on his phone and tablet. Q: What technology might Google have for automatically detecting child pornography? Hashes compared against search engine imag Q: Does Google search for other kinds of illegal activity, such as pirated content, drug use or hate speech?	Mary-Ann Russon Technology Reporter, The International Business Times, @concertina226
17	A: Online service providers are required under federal and many states' laws to report child pornography when they find it A: Google told the BBC it would not comment on individual accounts. A: Perp = John Henry Skillern, 41-year-old is a convicted sex offender A: Perp = “secretly recorded children while working as a cook at a Houston Denny's” A: Google contacted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children A: police obtained a search warrant and arrested the man. A: "I can't see that information, I can't see that photo, but Google can," Detective David Nettles A: BBC: Google does not search Gmail accounts for other forms of illegal activity, such as pirated content or hate speech A: Gmail has more than 400 million users A: found child porn on phone and tablet A: found text messages and emails where perp is talking about interest in children O: We need to know what Google looks for and how they look for it		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1638480820/marusson-small.png
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22	Payment service Square is attempting to diversify by acquiring food-delivery service Caviar. The service, which is one of many in the competitive world of urban food delivery, specializes in delivering food from restaruants that don't typically deliver their food.	http://recode.net/2014/08/03/square-will-announce-acquisition-of-food-delivery-startup-caviar-this-week/	http://recode.net/2014/08/04/i-want-it-and-i-want-it-now-its-time-for-instant-gratification/
23	Q: Jason, anything new to report here? Q: What are the reported terms of this deal, and why would a payment company want to acquire such a hands-on service? Q: Can you tell us a little bit more about Caviar and how the service works? Q: Food delivery is a very crowded field right now. With competitors like DoorDash, Grub Hub, and SpoonRocket, does Caviar show real growth potential? Q: Why is Square under so much pressure to diversify? Q: Re/Code published a long feature today about the instant gratification economy. Do you think it's here to stay?	Jason Del Rey Senior editor, Recode @DelRey
24	A: Square has been working to diversify revenue to justify its $5 billion valuation. A: Some other new services from Square include Square Capital, a customer survey product called Square Feedback, and a food pickup app called Square Order, which replaced the failed Square Wallet. A: Caviar gives Square an immediate delivery presence in around 10 U.S. cities. Its restaurant customers include big-city staples such as Momofuku in Manhattan and Nick’s Crispy Tacos in San Francisco.
25	Jason Del Rey * recode.net * @DelRey
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27	Symantec and Kaspersky Lab have been banned from the list of brands that can be purchased by the Chinese government. The government owned People’s Daily newspaper approved five anti-malware companies, and all of them are Chinese-owned companies.	http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0803/c90000-8764416.html	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/03/us-china-software-ban-idUSKBN0G30QH20140803
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29	A: government's procurement agency "has excluded Symantec & Kaspersky" A: approved = Qihoo 360 Technology Co (QIHU.N), Venustech, CAJinchen, Beijing Jiangmin and Rising. A: Widely considered related to edward snowden NSA revelations A: Symantec last month China had banned use of one of its products, data loss prevention software A: Cisco, IBM and Microsoft have encountered challenges in China since Snowden A: Windows 8 banned
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32	One NY state hotel has dreamed up a novel -- and brutal -- way to keep negative reviews off Yelp and other online consumer recommedation sites: It won't return a $500 event deposit if guests post any negative reviews. Now the hotel is saying via Twitter that the whole thing was a joke.	http://pagesix.com/2014/08/04/hotel-charges-500-for-every-bad-review-posted-online	http://www.yelp.com/biz/union-street-guest-house-hudson http://www.unionstreetguesthouse.com/
33	A: The Union Street Guest house is the hotel in question. A: The hotel's policy focuses on weddings and other large events. A: The $500 is revoked if anyone in a wedding party -- even a random relative -- complains online. A: If you take down the nasty review, you’ll get your money back A: The policy doesn't seem to be working. Current average Yelp rating is 1 star. A: Twitter quote via Mashable: "The policy regarding wedding fines was put on our site as a tongue-in-cheek response to a wedding many years ago. It was meant to be taken down long ago and certainly was never enforced."	http://mashable.com/2014/08/04/hotel-fines-bad-reviews/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link
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70	A screenshot of a 4chan post was sold on eBay for $90,900. The screenshot was entitled "Artwork by Anonymous," and it shows a bad picture of the following comment, quote: "Art used to be something to cherish * Now literally anything could be art * This post is art." The highest bidder will be sent a framed print out of the screenshot.	http://www.cnet.com/news/4chan-screenshot-sells-for-90k-on-ebay/
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106	Hacker says to show passenger jets at risk of cyber attack	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/04/us-cybersecurity-hackers-airplanes-idUSKBN0G40WQ20140804


1	TITLE: SHOW TITLE: Verizon: Unlimited Throttling 1061	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, July 31, 2014!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and Elise Hu.)
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8	(Thing of the day: Unhappiness with Foursquare - what's the @KillSwarmApp Twitter account?	http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/07/30/336531811/some-loyal-foursquare-users-are-checking-out-after-swarm-spinoff
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15	Samsung posted a 25 percent drop in second-quarter profits, the third straight quarter of profit declines for the company. The company also said the rest of the year would “remain a challenge.”	http://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-warns-2h14-will-be-tough-as-it-reports-weak-q2-results/	http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/samsungs-net-profit-declines-1406766190-lMyQjAxMTA0MDMwMDEzNDAyWj
16	Dan Seifert is the Reviews Editor for The Verge. Shara Tibken is a Senior Writer for CNET. Q: Samsung’s press release said that "Prospects for growth remain unclear as competition over global market share intensifies in the mobile industry." That’s another way of saying that Chinese handset makers are eating their lunch, isn’t it? Q: Samsung also said they’ll focus on “new, premium mobile devices” one of which will be using “new materials.” What are the possibilities here? Sapphire? Flexible? Q: Also: "a more diverse product portfolio" in wearables -- will this help them financially? Q: Samsung’s profit declined, but they’re still one of the only companies with profit -- making $4.31 billion in profit in a market where most companies are losing money or breaking even. Q: Isn’t Samsung’s loss of market share just an inevitable result of the fact that their old market share dominance was just them as an early mover? Q: Samsung said it overestimated smartphone demand. Is that a risk for Apple, too, for the iPhone 6?	Dan Seifert Reviews Editor, The Verge @dcseifert Shara Tibken Senior Writer, CNET @sharatibken
17	A: Samsung is the only company in the top five -- [Apple, Huawei, Lenovo, ???] -- to see a drop in the number of handsets shipped (IDC).
18	Dan Seifert * theverge.com * @dcseifert Shara Tibken * cnet.com * @sharatibken
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22	Canada is accusing China of hacking into the main computer network of its leading research body. China's foreign ministry calls this an irresponsible accusation. But this isn't the first time China has been accused by other governments of hacking into national security resources ... joining us to talk about this is Steven Chase, reporter at the Globe and Mail in Toronto.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/us-china-canada-cybersecurity-idUSKBN0G015620140731
23		Steven Chase Reporter, Globe and Mail @stevenchase
24	Q: Based on this hacking situation and the ones in the US, what are the Chinese after? Q: What are the geopolitical forces at play here? Q: Is this the first time Canada has accused China of hacking? Q: When will this cyberespionage -- the escalataing claims -- affect economic relations with China? In the US a lot of US firms are running into more trouble there for similar reasons.		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1149932729/127.JPG
25	Steven Chase * theglobeandmail.com * @stevenchase
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27	European regulators are getting ready to take action against Google for abusing Android’s 80 percent market share, according to a report by Reuters. The action will come after a nearly four year investigation.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/30/us-google-europe-android-insight-idUSKBN0FZ2B220140730
28	Alexei Oreskovic and Foo Yun Chee wrote the story for Reuters, and Alexei joins us now. Q: What abuse are they going to allege? Q: They’ve been sending questionnaires to various companies. You’ve seen one of them. What do they ask? Q: The companies have been given until September to answer the questionnaires. What does that tell us about when they’ll finally confront Google? Q: You wrote that the action is based on complaints. Who’s complaining?	Alexei Oreskovic Reporter, Reuters @lexnfx
29	A: asked whether there was a requirement set by Google, written or unwritten, that they not pre-install apps, products or services on mobile devices that compete with Google software like its search engine, app store and maps. A: 40 questions A: Europe accounted for more than $30 billion in digital advertising spending in 2013. A: Google spokeswoman said in an emailed statement that Google is committed to keeping Android open and that "anyone can use Android without Google, and anyone can use Google without Android.
30	Alexei Oreskovic * reuters.com * @lexnfx
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32	Verizon is planning to throttle or slow down the service of its unlimited data plan users starting in October, and the FCC Chairman isn't happy about it. In a letter, Chairman Tom Wheeler calls the plan "disturbing" and "deeply troubling".	http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/30/5953139/fcc-deeply-troubled-by-verizon-plan-to-throttle-lte-data
33	Jon Brodkin - -senior IT reporter from Ars Technica joins us to talk about this.	Jon Brodkin Senior IT Reporter, Ars Technica @jbrodkin
34	Q: How is this different than other data networks throttling during high traffic? We know they do -- why is Wheeler so mad about this plan in particular? Q: What can the FCC do about this ... does the FCC have any teeth to prevent the plan? Q: This plays out against the net neutrality upcoming decision. Will it affect Wheeler's vote?
35	Jon Brodkin * arstechnica.com * @jbrodkin
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37	Facebook and OkCupid have been in the news lately because we learned they’ve been doing experiments on users. Facebook changed some users’ News Feeds to be more negative to see if that would change what they did on Facebook. And the OKCupid online dating site lied to some users about their compatibility with other users to see if that changed their relationships. Slate senior technology writer Will Oremus wrote a humor piece on the subject, where he quoted OKCupid co-founder Christian Rudder saying: “Guess what, everybody: If you use the Internet, you’re the subject of hundreds of experiments at any given time, on every site. That’s how websites work.”	http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/07/30/facebook_okcupid_experiments_what_other_companies_are_conducting_secret.html
38	Oremus took this idea and ran with it, and suggested ways other sites might be experimenting on us. Q: First of all, do you think OKCupid-style experimentation is normal or common online? Is that how websites work? Q: Let’s talk about some of your guesses, starting with how Yelp could experiment on users. Q: Other examples [one at a time] The Mail Online. Yahoo. Whole Foods. Q: What should the public do, if anything, about web sites that experiment on them?	Will Oremus Senior technology writer, Slate.com @WillOremus
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89	Samsung gets slammed in the stock market after reporting another drop in profits.
90	Canada slams China for hacking -- and China slams back!
91	Europe is getting ready to slam Google for abusing its mobile operating system monopoly.
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99	China slams Canada for 'irresponsible' hacking accusations	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/us-china-canada-cybersecurity-idUSKBN0G015620140731
100	Hackers can tap USB devices in new attacks	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/us-cybersecurity-usb-attack-idUSKBN0G00K420140731
101	Facebook-Backed Nonprofit Brings Free Internet to Zambia	http://www.wired.com/2014/07/internet-org-zambia/
102	BitTorrent unwraps chat app Bleep	http://www.cnet.com/news/bittorrent-unwraps-chat-app-bleep/


1	TITLE: Facebook Spaghetti * 1060	CO-ANCHOR: Christina Warren

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, July 30, 2014!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	"Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and guest co-anchor Christina Warren Senior Tech Analyst for Mashable.)"	"Christina Warren Senior Tech Analyst, Mashable @film_girl "
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15	Twitter shares rose 35 percent yesterday after the company’s earnings report. They said monthly active users were surprisingly good -- up 24 percent for a total of 271 million people.	https://twitter.com/	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/30/us-twitter-results-idUSKBN0FY27C20140730 http://online.wsj.com/articles/heard-on-the-street-the-soaring-ambition-of-twitters-valuation-1406672481
16	Katie Benner is a reporter for The Information… And Miriam Gottfried is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Q: MIRIAM: Twitter had a pretty good quarter. Before we get into your article, can you talk about Twitter’s financial performance for the quarter and also their user numbers? Q: KATIE: OK, so you raised the question of exactly how Twitter will be able to meet the expectations it raised? Do you think this will be a challenge for them? Q: Twitter got major engagement on their World Cup special features. But they didn’t get many new users from that. Any idea why? Q: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says he wants to be bigger than Facebook in terms of users. Will that ever happen?	Katie Benner Reporter, The Information @ktbenner Miriam Gottfried Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @miriamgottfried
17	A: “Timeline views” = 15 percent increase, far outpacing the roughly 8 percent expected. A: World Cup big for Twitter, but didn’t contribute to rise in new users A: Twitter reported a 124 percent jump in quarterly revenue to $312 million, beating expectations for $283.1 million A: Twitter iforecasting revenue of $330 million to $340 million for current quarter, above expectations A: Twitter went public in November
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20	In related news, Twitter has acquired Madbits, a deep-learning, computer-vision startup.	http://madbits.com/	http://gigaom.com/2014/07/29/twitter-acquires-deep-learning-startup-madbits/
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22	A: latest in a spate of deep learning and computer vision acquisitions that also includes Google, Yahoo, Dropbox and Pinterest. A: founded by two former students of Facebook AI Lab director and New York University professor Yann LeCun. A: From Madbits site: “visual intelligence technology that automatically understands, organizes and extracts relevant information from raw media.” A: Madbits LinkedIn profile = “image search, and the creation of intelligent, dynamic image sets, to automatically organize large databases of images.” A: “Understanding the content of an image” A: Dick Costolo in B.I. interview: “wouldn't rule out any kind of experiment we might be running there around algorithmically curated experiences or otherwise” A: D.C. = “Our goal is to have the largest audience in the world.” A: Price, details not announced A: Last year it launched Momentsia, which allows users to create collages from photos taken inside the iOS app. A: could help Twitter with e-commerce
23	Katie Benner * theinformation.com * @ktbenner Miriam Gottfried * wsj.com * @miriamgottfried
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27	Google wants search results to be more informative and actionable. The company is adding a five-star rating system to some ads that appear along with Google Search results.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/30/google-shopping-plan-adds-amazon-style-ratings/
28	Joining us to talk about this is Wall Street Journal reporter, Rolfe Winkler. Q: These ratings will also be associated with customer reviews. But where are these ratings and reviews coming from? Q: Will merchants be willing to share these ratings? Q: Won’t the validity of ratings vary depending on its source? Q: Are they trying to be more like Amazon?
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32	Virgin Mobile USA launched today a new customizable wireless plan. It’s called Virgin Mobile Custom. The plan lets customers control the details of their plan -- how much data, how many minutes and so on -- and this can be changed at any time through a special app.	http://recode.net/2014/07/30/virgin-mobile-launches-customizable-prepaid-plan-with-walmart/	http://mashable.com/2014/07/30/virgin-mobile-custom/
33	Pete Pachal wrote a story on Virgin Mobile Custom for Mashable. Q: Can you tell us more about Virgin Mobile Custom? What is the basic offering?	Pete Pachal Tech Editor, Mashable @petepachal
34	A: Virgin Mobile USA is a prepaid mobile service provider. A: Virgin Mobile USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sprint. A: launching August 9 at Walmart exclusively A: powered by ItsOn, a startup that launched the Zact wireless service Sprint shuttered earlier this month A: ItsOn's Smart Service Virtual Network Technology enables the real-time tinkering of plans A: plans go as low as $3 for 250 voice minutes, $4.50 for 500 text messages, and $8 for 250MB of data A: option for unlimited minutes at $18 per line, and unlimited text messages at $10 per line A: no option for unlimited data, which largely remains a core Sprint feature. A: can also set the amount of data, minutes, and text messages a member of the family is allowed to access, and can even restrict apps based on time of day A: Facebook could be shut down during school hours A: WSJ: “$12 will soon let subscribers buy a wireless plan that only connects to Facebook A: WSJ: same price could choose instead to connect only with Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest—or for $10 more, enjoy unlimited use of all four. Another $5 gets them unlimited streaming of a music app of their choice. A: Marc Andreessen-backed ItsOn A: only three smartphones will work on Virgin Mobile Custom: the $$79.88 ZTE Emblem, $99.88 LG Pulse, and $129.88 LG Unify A: More phones in future
35	Pete Pachal * Mashable.com * @petepachal
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37	Instagram has quietly unveiled a new messaging app called Bolt.	http://bolt.instagram.com/	http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/29/5948845/this-is-bolt-instagrams-new-messaging-app
38	Here to tell us all about it is The Verge’s Ellis Hamburger. Q: You wrote that Bolt is a copy of buzzy messaging app Taptalk, but prettier. What’s the purpose of this app? Q: Why isn’t Bolt available worldwide, or even in the United States? Q: Facebook bought instagram, so Bolt is yet another app in the Facebook arsenal and seems to compete with Facebook’s own Slingshot app. Why so many overlapping apps? Q: What’s the point of a limitation that lets you send to only one person at a time? Q: The name “Bolt” is already taken. How will this be resolved?	Ellis Hamburger Reporter, The Verge @hamburger
39	A: Bolt is for now only available in New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa.
40	Ellis Hamburger * theverge.com * @hamburger
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42	A new software platform for the hotel industry launched today. It’s called Voyat, and it exists in part to harvest information about hotel guests from social media sites in order to customize their hotel experience. Voyat came out of beta and out of stealth mode today.	http://voyat.com/	http://upstart.bizjournals.com/companies/startups/2014/07/29/exgoogler-benjamin-habbel-voyat.html?page=all
43	Ben Fischer is a reporter for New York Business Journal. Q: Do hotels want this kind of customer relationship management? Q: Do hotel guests want to be tracked like this? Q: What’s the goal of the company’s founders here?	Ben Fischer Reporter, New York Business Journal @NYBizFischer
44	A: one of Voyat’s co-founders, Benjamin Habbel, worked for Google from 2010-2012 A: Habbel was Marissa Mayer’s chief of staff A: PRODUCT 1: V-CRM provides a way for customers to set up profiles via LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or Google+ A: PRODUCT 2: V-Direct, which gives the hotel staff the ability to offer discounts and other goodies to hotel guests based on how often they’ve visited
45	Ben Fischer * upstart.bizjournals.com * @NYBizFischer
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1	TITLE: ATMs are DOOMed! * 1059	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, July 29, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by... Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
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6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and Joe Panettieri.)
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15	A recently discovered Android flaw leaves phones exposed to malware and personal data theft. It’s called the “Fake ID” flaw. It was discovered by BlueBox Labs, which notified Google in advance -- and Google has already patched it, both to Android Partners and also to the Android Open Source Project. However, Android phones running older versions of Android are still at risk.	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28544443
16	Leo Kelion is a technology editor of the BBC news website Q: How did this flaw work? Q: For how long did this problem exist before being discovered? Q: How many devices are still at risk? Q: Was the flaw used in an actual attack that we know of? Q: Is a similar thing possible on iOS?	Leo Kelion Technology editor, BBC @LeoKelion
17	A: BlueBox calls it Fake ID, because it exploits a problem with the way Android handles the digital IDs - known as certification signatures A: Android fails to check authenticity of app certification signature A: a single app can carry several fake identities at once A: test app used the same ID used by Google Wallet
18	Leo Kelion * bbc.co.uk * @LeoKelion
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21	(JOE 2) Chinese Hackers Allegedly Steal Iron Dome Data	SHOW	LINKS
22	Information about Israel's "Iron Dome" missile shield may have wound up in the hands of China-sponsored hackers. Moreover, the hackers may have gathered information about US missile technology developed by Boeing.	http://www.businessinsider.com/china-hacked-into-iron-dome-2014-7	http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/07/hackers-plundered-israeli-defense-firms-that-built-iron-dome-missile-defense-system/
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24	Here to discuss the story is Armin Rosen, military and defense editor for Business Insider. Q: Let's start with the basics. For the rare viewer or listener who isn't familiar with Israel's Iron Dome, what is it? Q: So what type of information about Iron Dome was stolen, and who stole it? Q: How was it stolen? Q: Was this a recent hack? Q: Is Information from US companies somehow at risk here? Q: Any idication that the hackers and/or China have used the information?	Armin Rosen National security, military editor, Business Insider @ArminRosen
25	A: Iron Dome has intercepted roughly one-fifth of the more than 2,000 rockets that Palestinian militants have fired at Israel during current conflict. A: 3 Israeli defense contractors responsible for building Iron Dome missle shield were hacked. A: Involved phishing attacks. Potentially by "Comment Crew - a state-sponsored hacking group associated with the Chinese People's Liberation Army. A: 3 contactors: Elisra Group; Israel Aerospace Industries; Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Elisra and Rafael no comment; IAI called it old news and declined to answer Q's. A: Looks like Chinese Hackers were looking for info related to the Iron Dome. A: Intrusions occurred between 2011 and 2012. A: Some of the lifted info included schematics and specifications for the Arrow 3 missile designed by Boeing. A: Cyber Engineering Services Inc. (CyberESI) had the scoop A: US Congress considering sending another $350M million to Israel to further develop/deploy the missile shield.	Cyber Engineering Services Inc. (Cyb erESI) http://www.cyberesi.com/ Comment Crew: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/technology/chinas-army-is-seen-as-tied-to-hacking-against-us.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
26	Armin Rosen * businessinsider.com * @ArminRosen
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28	The OKCupid online dating site bragged in a blog post yesterday that quote: “We Experiment on Human Beings!” The admission has created a controversy, especially in the wake of Facebook’s recent science conducted to test how filtering out happy or sad News Feed posts affected activity.	http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/we-experiment-on-human-beings/ http://time.com/3047936/okcupid-relaunches-oktrends-dating-blog/
29	Laura Stampler cover the story for TIME. Q: Can you tell us about their experiment? Q: They flat-out admitted to lying to users. Do they notify users in the Terms of Use or anywhere else that information provided by the site may be deliberately false? Q: Why did they do this? Q: It’s seems like a mistake to admit their experiment publicly. Is this just a publicity stunt?	Laura Stampler Reporter, TIME @laurastampler
30	A: OkCupid once told people with a 30% compatibility rating that they were a 90% match		Send photo via email
31	Laura Stampler * Time.com * @laurastampler
32	(JOE 4) China Anti-monopoly Probe of MSFT	SHOW	LINKS
33	A Chinese regulator is conducting an anti-monopoly investigation into Microsoft Windows. The probe raises new questions about how effectively US technology companies can conduct business in China, notes Reuters. Ironically, the probe comes just as another Microsoft platform -- the Xbox -- begins sales in China.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/29/us-microsoft-china-idUSKBN0FX0TY20140729
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35	A: China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce -- the S A I C -- is checking to see if Microsoft has fully disclosed information about Windows and Office. A: The SAIC is also investigating a Microsoft VP and senior managers, and checking the company's financial statements and contracts. A: Investigators raided MSFT offices in four China cities on Monday, July 28. A: The investigation is ironic: Microsoft has been disappointed with its revenues and business momentum in China, plus Microsoft is losing considerable money from Windows and Office piracy in China. A: Yet China's investigation suggests that MSFT has somehow created monopolies in the coutry. A: Still, a lawyer in Beijing told Reuters that Microsoft does have a dominant market position in China. And if found guilty, MSFT may see fines of 1 to 10 percent of its China revenue -- which the company does not disclose. A: Microsoft could be caught in a larger trade war and privacy war between the US and China. A: Qualcomm, biggest cellphone chip maker, facing penalties of $1B in a Chinese anti-trust probe. A: Revelations from NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden have upset China. A: IBM trying to make nice with China, investing in Business Intelligence Training and Education across the country to help ensure sales in the country. A: Sale of IBM's server business to Lenovo -- the Chinese PC maker -- has faced intense gov't scrutiny. China has approved deal but the US has been cautious about the deal. A: Ironically, China scrutiny of Windows comes just as MSFT prepares to start selling the Xbox in China.	IBM Big Data China: http://jutiagroup.com/20140708-market-update-nyseibm-ibm-commits-us100-million-to-support-china-to-nurture-big-data-and-analytics-talent/ Qualcomm China Anti-Trust: http://www.lightreading.com/components/comms-chips/qualcomm-looks-to-soften-china-antitrust-blow-/d/d-id/710113 IBM Server Sale to Lenovo, China Regulators Approve: http://thevarguy.com/information-technology-merger-and-acquistion-news/chinese-regulators-approve-lenovo-ibm-server-deal
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38	BlackBerry has bought a German security company called Secusmart. The company is best known for protecting German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s BlackBerry from further NSA snooping.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/29/blackberry-snags-german-voice-encryption-firm-secusmart-but-years-too-late/
39	Ron Miller is a freelance tech journalist and wrote about this acquisition for TechCrunch. Q: Can you tell us about what Secusmart and what they offer? Q: Secusmart has what people call the Merkel phone. What is that, exactly? Q: You wrote that the deal comes much too late to matter. You think it’s over for BlackBerry?	Ron Miller Freelance Technology Journalist @ron_miller
40	A: BlackBerry chief John Chen = “focus on addressing growing security costs and threats ranging from individual privacy to national security.” A: two firms have been working together for some time on services for government agencies A: Secusmart recently said it intended to start selling the “Merkel phone” to private customers A: Merkel phone = a bundle of certain BlackBerry models such as the Z10, and a special microSD card for secure storage) to private customers A: Secusmart’s technologies encrypt both voice and data A: Secusmart recently signed up with Vodafone to offer its Secure Call app to enterprise customers. A: The company also makes landline encryption tech
41	Ron Miller * facebook.com/Reporter.ron * @ron_miller
42	(JOE 6): US Bill Seeks To Let Consumers Unlock Mobile Phones	SHOW	LINKS
43	A bill sitting on President Obama's desk may open the door for consumers to unlock mobile phones, according to CBS Market Watch.	http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-would-let-consumers-unlock-mobile-phones/
44	A: Some carriers permit unlocking at the end of contract period, but CBS says unlocking in general has long been on shaky legal ground. A: The DMCA -- Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- under the guidance of Congressional Librarian James Billington in 2012 ruled that unlocking was restricted -- meaning that unlocking a handset violates copyright law. A: A grassroots petition to legalize cell phone unlocking gathered 114,000+ signatures. A: President Obama has previously said he'll suppport a pro-unlocking law. A: The result was the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, which gained House approval last week. A: Bill could also set the stage for additional device unlocking, such as a cellular-equipped tablet. A: Ironically, the bill does not fully override the DMCA law. And the DMCA is set to rule in 2015, yet again, whether unlocking is restricted or legal. A: In response, yet another act -- the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013 -- could give consumers permanent relief from anti-unlocking restriactions.	Petition to Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9KhZG7 Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1123 Unlocking Technology Act of 2013: https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1892
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65	TNT fan Henry Singer posted a note for us on Google+ related to our story on the removal of checkins on Foursquare. Here's what he wrote: "as a formerly loyal and frequent foursquare user, I deleted the app once I could no longer check-in. Oh well, their loss." JOE: I'm seeing a lot of comments like this on social media.	https://plus.google.com/+HenrySinger8/posts/5Z6DFXQusnS
66	JOE: Mike, I've spent the summer traveling across the East Coast with my family. Yelp, rather than Foursquare, has become my go-to social app. I'm not looking for check-in rewards or discounts. Instead, I'm looking to reward small business entrepreneurs -- checking in to their restaurants, hotels, diners, etc. -- so that they get a little bit of free promotion that they deserve.
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71	A crack team of Australian hardware hackers managed to get id Software's classic first-person shooter Doom running on an ATM. The best bit is that they’re controlling the game with a standard ATM keypad. Let’s have a look at this worthy project.	START AT 0:52 http://youtu.be/PW5ELKTivbE?t=52s	http://www.joystiq.com/2014/07/28/doom-comes-to-this-atm-courtesy-australian-hackers/
72	Twitter earnings today
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103	...But China Xbox sales to begin/JOE (will mention in passing with story above)	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-28/microsoft-taps-tencent-and-jd-com-for-xbox-sales-in-china.html
104	UK police fight piracy with ads	http://torrentfreak.com/police-begin-placing-warning-adverts-pirate-sites-140729/
105	Microsoft planning two new Windows Phone 8.1	http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/29/5947583/new-microsoft-windows-phones
106	Chinese hackers steal "Iron Dome" data from Israel/JOE	http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/07/hackers-plundered-israeli-defense-firms-that-built-iron-dome-missile-defense-system/
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1	TITLE: Tizen: Time Out or Lights Out? * 1058	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, July 28, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by... Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell - "All About Android" "Android App Arena" - and Lindsey Turrentine, Editor-in-Chief at CNET Reviews.)
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15	Two of the biggest real-estate web sites are merging: Zillow is buying Trulia for $3.5 billion in an all-stock deal. Both Trulia and Zillow brands will be preserved.	http://marketingland.com/zillow-buys-rival-trulia-fro-3-5-billion-stock-93049?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
16	Greg Sterling wrote a piece about this story for Search Engine Land. Q: How will this news be received in the real estate industry? Q: How much overlap in customers Q: What are the differences between services Q: What kind of traffic do these companies get online and on mobile apps? Q: Why keep them separate? Why not merge the two sites?	Greg Sterling Analyst, Sterling Market Intelligence @gsterling
17	A: Huge because: limited consumer overlap of their brands; about half of Trulia.com's monthly visitors don't visit Zillow.com A: Zillow, based in Seattle, had 83 million unique users in June A: Trulia, based in San Francisco, had 54 million unique users A: Both companies' shareholders still must approve it. A: Trulia Inc. CEO Pete Flint will stay in his post, join combined board, report to Zillow CEO A: Zillow CEO = Spencer Rascoff A: The transaction is targeted to close next year A: Trulia offers amazing data on schools, crime, potential hazards like floods, demographics, amenities		https://www.twilio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/GregSterling.jpg
18	Greg Sterling * searchengineland.com * @gsterling
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22	According to GigaOm, Samsung is delaying the release of its own Tizen operating system, which was set to launch in Russia on a device called the Samsung Z. Previously scuttled in Japan, the operating system has shown up on Samsung smart watches and cameras, but Samsung says it needs to develop a bigger app store before the OS is released on a phone.	http://gigaom.com/2014/07/28/samsung-indefinitely-delays-the-release-of-its-first-tizen-smartphone/
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24	A: Most see Tizen as a defensive move by Samsung to develop an OS that can save the company from it's reliance on Google's Android OS. A: Tizen is important to the company as it develops a flexible OS that can also run on home hubs, televisions, and the IoT at large. A: In January, Japanese phone network NTT Docomo thumbed its nose at Tizen, saying that the mobile phone market in Japan wasn't large enough to support three different platforms. A: According to the WSJ, analyst and blogger Eldar Murtazin says he doesn't expect Tizen at all in 2014.
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27	Amazon launched a new online store today for 3D-printed products. Customers can order and customize bobble heads, jewelry, smartphone cases and other products, which will be printed by one of Amazon’s sellers, then shipped.	http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=8323871011	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/us-amazon-3d-idUSKBN0FX0RI20140728
28	Deepa Seetharaman covers e-commerce for Reuters. Q: Can you tell us more about this online store and what they’re selling? Q: Who are the sellers? Q: Can people who own their own printers print them instead of having them delivered? Q: How many items do they have available?	Deepa Seetharaman Reporters, Reuters @dseetharaman
29	A: There are currently more than 200 items for sale on the store.		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/442874144497999872/sqTsyTGW.jpeg
30	Deepa Seetharaman * reuters.com * @dseetharaman
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32	Apple is purchasing two young companies--BookLamp and Swell--aimed at creating streaming online services for books and talk radio, respectively, according to TechCrunch and Re/Code. According to the reports, the BookLamp deal is closed, and the Swell deal is very close to finished. Both use a Pandora-like model and simple interfaces to stream content, and with Apple CarPlay on the horizon, it's clear that Apple is getting ready to fight both Amazon and Google for the streaming experience both in-car and out.	http://recode.net/2014/07/27/apple-to-buy-radio-app-swell-for-30-million/
33	No Interview	http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/25/apple-booklamp/
34	A: A source says Apple bought BookLamp’s employees and technology for a price that was “higher than $10 million, and lower than $15 million,” according to TC. A: BookLamp created the Book Genome Project, which uses natural language to make book recommenadations for readers. A: BookLamp’s tech and talent could help Apple improve its iBooks service. A: The Swell acquisition was much more expensive, running about $30 million. A: Its iOS app compiled various podcasts and shows and stitched them into personalized streams. A: Both the Swell team and the BookLamp team are expected to stay on at Apple.
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37	9to5 Mac’s Mark Gurman reports evidence that Amazon may be getting ready to launch its own Square-like mobile credit card reading hardware product within the next few weeks. The evidence comes in the form of internal documents from retailer Staples, which plans to stock a new product called the Amazon Card Reader, which will be placed next to card readers from Square, PayPal and Staples itself.	http://9to5mac.com/2014/07/27/amazon-apparently-set-to-launch-square-competitor-next-month-as-it-preps-biometric-payment-tools/	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/us-amazon-3d-idUSKBN0FX0RI20140728
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39	A: will cost $9.99 A: Amazon launched new Wallet app for smartphones last week A: upcoming hardware will likely connect to that software A: Staples asked stores to wait until Tuesday, August 12th to put up new signage related to the Amazon Card Reader A: Separately, sources say that Amazon’s Lab126 hardware division is developing other mobile payment-related products that focus on biometric fingerprint scanners A: Reports from Re/code and the WSJ over the past year indicated that Amazon is considering moving into the Square and PayPal-dominated mobile card reading space
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42	Hilton hotels are investing a huge truckload of money -- $550 million -- to allow guests to use their phones to select their rooms from their phones and use their phones as keys to enter their rooms, helping the hotels compete against rivals also investing in digital keys, and to help ease clogged lines at check-in and check-out. The Wall Street Journal says that the hotel chain will make its announcement later this week.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/hilton-books-upgraded-technology-1406503197?mod=yahoo_hs
43	A: By the end of summer, travelers will be able to see the location of and select their own rooms. A: Six Hilton brands are getting this technology, including Hilton Garden Inn and the luxury Waldorf Astoria. A: Smart phone keys will roll out in 2015 with most brands receiving the technology by 2016. A: Giving the guests room information and choice gives Hilton a chance to upsell them. Think airline seating charts. A: Eventually, this could mean fewer desk jobs at Hilton hotels. A: No mention of the company providing the tech behind the door locks.
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47	Chinese government officials surprised Microsoft by showing up at their offices in four major Chinese cities. Some are calling it a visit, others are calling it a raid. It’s pretty clear that this is just payback or punishment for various actions by the US government, including accusations of Chinese involvement in industrial espionage and also the NSA Snowden revelations.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/us-microsoft-china-idUSKBN0FX0TY20140728
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64	A TNT fan left an anonnymous voice mail for us about our recent story on Amazon, Apple and predatory pricing. [Australia, Canada have laws; US is based on monopoly, not just price. Amazon has a monopsony, which is a buyer's monopoly -- a large buyer (not a seller) controls a large proportion of the market and drives the prices down.]	PLAY AUDIO, NO VIDEO: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#label/Calls/14773124316a0d41
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70	Microsoft unveiled a new TV commercial slamming Apple’s Siri virtual assistant and praising Microsoft’s own Cortana. Let’s see the ad.	http://youtu.be/w0pjD4qpIpg
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72	That's the tech news today!
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1	TITLE: Rubles For Tor * 1057	CO-ANCHOR: Don Reisinger

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, July 25, 2014!
3	This episode 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.
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6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and Don Reisinger.)
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15	We reported on yesterday’s show that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo were summoned by EU privacy regulators to talk about their implementation of Europe’s right to be forgotten rules.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/25/26-questions-eu-regulators-want-google-to-answer/
16	Sam Schechner is a tech correspondent for Europe, Middle East and Africa at The Wall Street Journal and joins us now from Paris to tell us what happened in that meeting. Q: Before we get into yesterday’s meeting, can you describe the whole right-to-be-forgotten issue? What is required of search engines and why? Q: Reports before the meeting said search engines would be required to censor search terms not just in Europe but globally. Is this what is likely to happen? Q: They gave the search engines a list of questions and a week to answer them. Can you tell us some of the questions they asked. Q: One question is about the legal basis for for notifying publishers when it approves right-to-be-forgotten requests. Isn’t freedom of speech the legal basis? Q: I’d like to ask EU regulators a question: What is the legal basis for them censoring my search results in the United States on a US-based search engine? Q: Will search engines other than Google, Microsoft and Yahoo be required to answer the questions, or are US-based search engines being singled out and treated differently? Q: What do you expect the outcome of this meeting to be?	Sam Schechner Tech correspondent, The Wall Street Journal @samschech
17	A: "The change in the access status of material, made by a governing authority or its representatives. Such changes include: exclusion, restriction, removal, or age/grade level changes." -American Library Association A: Google has received around 91,000 requests from Europeans to de-index relating to a total of around 328,000 links.
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22	The Russian government is offering up to 4 million rubles -- that's $114,000 -- on research that will help it find ways to get data on Tor users.	http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/interior-ministry-seeks-ways-to-track-tor-user-data/504051.html
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24	A. The reward was first posted on the government's official state procurement site earlier this month. A. The request for proposals will close on August 13 as Russia tries to deal with anonimity-seeking users. A. Russia's Internet regulations are becoming more stringent, and according to reports, Russian users jumping to Tor has increased from 80,000 to 200,000. A. Tor allows users to surf the Web anonymously and view Web sites in anonymity that others might not necessarily come across. A. The US and other governments around the world have taken issue with Tor for allowing people to anonymously surf the Web. A. The underground Web, with sites like the recently taken down Silk Road, are popular among Tor users.
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27	We told you on May 19th that Google intended to buy Twitch, a popular service for live-streaming video games. Now VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi is reporting that the deal has been done, and the price is a billion dollars. Google’s YouTube will use Twitch to dominate the market of gamers who broadcast game play, and also audience who watch video-gaming as a spectator sport.	http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/google-seals-deal-to-buy-twitch-for-1-billion-report-1201268604/
28	Dean Takahashi is the lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. Q: Wow: A billion dollars? That seems awfully high. What will YouTube do with Twitch exactly?	Dean Takahashi Lead writer for GamesBeat, VentureBeat @deantak
29	A: Twitch considered Microsoft; went with Google A: Could expand beyond gaming A: Google acquired YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion A: YouTube CEO = Susan Wojcicki A: San Francisco-based Twitch A: 45 million monthly users A: 1 million members upload videos each month A: Twitch has deals to distribute shows from GameSpot, Joystiq, Destructoid, others A: YouTube = 6 billion hours of video per month to 1 billion users A: Twitch launched in June 2011 A: founders = Justin Kan and Emmett Shear, co-founders of Justin.tv A: Twitch was originally part of Justin.tv
30	Dean Takahashi * venturebeat.com * @deantak
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32	US District Court judge Denise Cote says that the proposed $450 million settlement in Apple's e-book price-fixing case is troubling."	http://recode.net/2014/07/25/judge-troubled-by-apples-proposed-e-books-settlement/
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34	A. The item she finds "most troubling" is a clase that would require Apple to pay only $70 million if an appeals court reverses her ruling that the iPhone maker is violating antitrust regulations. A. Apple was charged by the US government for allegedly engaging in e-book price-fixing to damage Amazon's position in the market. A. All of the book publishers involved in the case, including HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, among others, have already settled. A. Apple would have faced a damages trial starting on August 25 that could have cost the company much, much more. A. Apple is currently appealing the ruling, despite the settlement. If it loses, it would need to pay the $450 million. If Apple loses, that would drop to the $70 million. A. $50 million of the damages would be paid to consumers.
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37	Google’s got a new moonshot project, and the goal is to hack human health. Specifically, Google’s new so-called Baseline Study seeks to collect anonymous genetic and molecular information on thousands of people, run Googly algorithms on that data and discover patterns that could be useful in treating or preventing diseases.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-to-collect-data-to-define-healthy-human-1406246214?mod=LS1
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39	A: 175 people at first; later thousands more A: run by Andrew Conrad, a 50-year-old molecular biologist who pioneered cheap, high-volume tests for HIV in blood-plasma donations A: Conrad joined Google X in March 2013 A: Conrad has 70-to-100 experts from fields including physiology, biochemistry, optics, imaging and molecular biology A: looking for “biomarkers” A: most biomarkers that have been discovered are related to late-stage diseases because studies usually focus on sick patients A: Baseline would extend this to healthy patients A: data won't be shared with insurance companies A: Baseline will be monitored by medical review boards A: Google will not be allowed free rein to do whatever it wants with this data A: Baseline started this summer with a clinical testing firm, through which it is enrolling 175 people in an exam that includes the collection of bodily fluids such as urine, blood, saliva and tears A: Data will be made anonymous before being handed over to Google A: Info includes: participants' entire genomes, their parents' genetic history as well as information on how they metabolize food, nutrients and drugs, how fast their hearts beat under stress and how chemical reactions change the behavior of their genes. A: Google X Life Sciences group is developing more wearable devices that may continuously collect other data, such as heart rates, heart rhythms and oxygen levels. These devices will be worn by Baseline participants A: Baseline participants will likely wear a smart contact lens
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42	Facebook and Uber have held preliminary talks to bake the car-request service into Facebook's Messenger platform, Recode is reporting, citing sources.	http://recode.net/2014/07/24/facebook-and-uber-discuss-integration-of-car-service-into-messenger/
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44	A. Uber provides car service in several cities around the world, and despite some legal issues in the past, has been growing steadily. A. The sources say that the Uber integration would help turn the service into more than just another messaging application. A. The talks at this point are "nowhere near execution." A. Don't forget that Facebook last week confirmed it was testing a "Buy" button for Messenger and is eyeing ways to extend its functionality. A. Messenger had 200 million users in April. A. Uber has partnered with other companies before. The company currently has a deal in place with Google to integrate its service into Google Maps.
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47	Former Newsweek writer Dan Lyons, who was a guest co-anchor on this show back in April, made a huge career change by becoming a writer for the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley. Dan joins us now to talk about his new role.	http://youtu.be/69V__a49xtw
48	Q: Dan, Silicon Valley is in my opinion an amazing show. Not only is the comedy writing fantastic, the show is an incredibly accurate and savvy look at the culture of Silicon Valley and the culture of hard-core nerds and engineers. What's it like to write comedy? Q: One interesting tidbit in all this is that you wrote a famous blog called Fake Steve Jobs. And one of the main characters on the show, Erlich Bachman -- who’s played by actor T. J. Miller -- is something of a fake Steve Jobs himself, or at least he aspires to be like Jobs. Will you be called upon to help Erlich channel Jobs? Q: Many of the characters in the show are based loosely on real-like Silicon Valley people. For example, the Richard character seems like Zuckerberg, Gavin Belson reminds me of Oracle’s Larry Ellison. Q: I told you this morning I thought Silicon Valley is the best TV show since Seinfeld, and you told me that Alec Berg is one of the creators and a former writer on Seinfeld. But I’ve also learned that co-creator Mike Judge once worked as a Silicon Valley test engineer and that Alec Berg’s brother worked for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. It seems like everyone involved in the show really knows the subject matter. Q: How does Silicon Valley manage to stay so true to the culture of the tech industry while also being entertaining for mainstream viewers?	Dan Lyons Writer, HBO's Silicon Valley @realdanlyons"
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67	As we reported yesterday, Facebook’s stellar earnings report sent the company’s stock price through the roof. When I checked Facebook’s market cap a couple hours ago, the company was valued at 193 billion dollars, which makes Facebook worth more than AT&T and just a few billion shy of IBM’s market cap of 196 billion dollars. Facebook has been a public company for just two years, and the company’s share price has doubled in the last year. Still, the company isn’t anywhere near the two companies that dominate Silicon Valley, which is Google at around 400 billion and Apple at around 585 billion. The stock surge also made Facebook’s 30-year-old founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg $1.6 billion richer, sending his personal net worth higher than Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and also higher than Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Zuck is now the world’s 16th richest person -- not that anyone’s counting.	http://youtu.be/MGsalg2f9js	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/24/us-usa-facebook-markets-analysis-idUSKBN0FT2K720140724
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70	Amazon has a pending request for permission from the FAA to test delivery drones. And it may not help their case that an Amazon employee was caught buzzing Seattle Space Needle with a drone this week. A local police report said that several calls to police reported seeing a quadrocopter with a camera smash into the window of the Space Needle’s observation deck. They said the drone then flew into the window of a nearby hotel, where police found an out-of-town Amazon employee with a drone. The employee said he didn’t crash into the window, though, and show them the video to prove it. No charges were filed.	http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2014/07/24/amazon-employee-allegedly-flies-drone-into-space-needle/
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1		CO-ANCHOR: Christina Warren

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, July 24, 2014!
3	This episode 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.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and guest co-anchor Christina Warren Senior Tech Analyst for Mashable.)	Christina Warren Senior Tech Analyst, Mashable @film_girl
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15	European regulators have summoned Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to discuss how these companies have implemented the EU’s right to be forgotten ruling. Regulators will insist that search engines censor search results not only in Europe, but globally, according to some media reports. They also may pressure Google to stop notifying websites that searches for content on their sites have been censored, according to the reports.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-23/google-jogs-memories-meant-to-be-forgotten-watchdog-says.html
16	Aoife White is a Brussels-based reporter for Bloomberg. Q: You wrote that one Data Protection Commissioner said the right to be forgotten ruling had backfired. What did he mean? Q: If the EU forces censorship of search engines globally, are commissioners or others in Europe concerned or even talking about the precedent that would invite governments in China, Iran and elsewhere to also censor search engines globally? Q: Do privacy watchdogs in Europe think there’s any chance that they can censor results in the United States on a US search engine for American users? Q: Jeff Jarvis talked about uneven enforcement of the ruling between search engines. Is this also a concern they’re addressing today?	Aoife White Reporter, Bloomberg @aoifewhite101
17	A: Hope the media is wrong A: How it works: it’s about the use of people’s names as search queries A: Three weeks ago: BBC journalist about an ex-Wall Street banker and several links to stories in Britain's Guardian newspaper; Google notified; pubs reported; changes made A: Jeff Jarvis talked about the issue on yesterday’s This Week in Google A: Jarvis also talked about uneven enforcement of the ruling between search engines A: Google has recruited a panel of high profile academics, policymakers and civil society experts to advise it on how to implement AL representatives from the EU's 28 data protection regulators are developing guidelines to help them deal with complaints against Google in a coherent manner
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22	Facebook’s stock price is soaring today after yesterday’s earnings report.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/facebook-results-keep-surging-on-mobile-ad-growth-1406146246
23	Reed Albergotti is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Q: Facebook reported surprisingly strong growth in advertising revenue. How did they do it? Q: Zuckerberg said he wants Facebook to become a search engine. Will that work? Will people use Facebook instead of Google Search? Q: Zuckerberg said that “over time there will be some overlap between Messenger and payments.” What is Facebook planning there? Q: Zuckerberg said that one out of every five minutes spent on mobile in US is Facebook time Q: Zuckerberg said hundreds of apps are now using Facebook’s deep-linking standard App Links, linking to over 1 billion destinations in mobile apps. Did this surprise you?	Reed Albergotti Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @ReedAlbergotti
24	A: Facebook reported huge growth in mobile ad revenue -- up 151 percent for the second quarter and making up 62 percent of overall ad revenue. A: Overall revenue $2.68 billion — 67 percent higher than the same quarter last year A: daily active users averaged 829 million for the second quarter; 20 percent higher than the same period last year. A: 63 percent of Facebook’s active users are on the site every day. A: monthly active users are 1.32 billion A: Messenger hit 200 million active users in Q1 2014, and people now send 12 billion messages per day on Facebook A: Facebook hosts Pages for 30 million businesses A: Facebook has 1.5 million total advertisers
25	Reed Albergotti * wsj.com * @ReedAlbergotti
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27	Twitter released information about employee gender and ethnicity. As with other major Silicon Valley companies, Twitter is conspicuously white and male.	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/twitter-like-other-big-tech-companies-comes-up-short-on-diversity/
28	Cat Zakrewski writes for TechCrunch. Q: Can you give us some details on Twitter’s diversity report?	Cat Zakrewski Journalist, TechCrunch @Cat_Zakrzewski
29	A: 60 percent of Twitter employees identify as white; US at large is 63% A: 90 percent of TECH employees at Twitter are male A: 70 percent of Twitter’s global employees are male A: most underrepresented groups were African Americans, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders and Hispanics - combined they make up less than 7 percent of the company US employees A: among tech employees, only 10% are women A: among leaders, 21 percent are women A: 34 percent Asian
30	Cat Zakrewski * techcrunch.com * @Cat_Zakrzewski
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32	Amir Efrati, writing for the tech news site, The Information, reported today that Apple has been speaking with payments-industry companies. His sources say Apple has discussed launching a mobile wallet product in the fall, which is when the iPhone 6 is also expected to ship. According to the report, Apple told these potential partners that its "Secure Enclave” concept previously associated with fingerprint data would store sensitive personal financial information on the phone itself, which would not be accessible to carriers.	https://www.theinformation.com/Apple-Mobile-Wallet-Talks-Heat-Up
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37	Reddit launches its LIVE thread feature, which was developed to crowdsource news gathering and fact-checking in real-time. Updated posts appear without the need to refresh the page. The feature had been in "semi-open beta" for months, and during that time only Reddit staff could create Live events. Now, anyone can by going to reddit dot com slash live. The feature is probably a response to the witch hunt that occurred on Reddit as police were looking for suspects in the Boston Bombing attack. Reddit was engulfed in runaway speculation that an innocent student who had gone missing was the bomber. (Sunil Tripathi)	http://www.reddit.com/live http://www.redditblog.com/2014/07/announcing-reddit-live.html
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1	TITLE: Game of Drones * 1055	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, July 23, 2014!
3	This episode 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.
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6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and Elise Hu.)
7			http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1055/all
8	(Thing of the day: 3-year anniversary of the Brick House)
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15	Apple announced 3rd-quarter earnings yesterday, reporting solid iPhone sales and weak demand for the iPad. Apple sold 35.2 million iPhones, which is 12.7 percent over the same quarter of last year, and 13.2 iPads, which is 1.4 million fewer than the same period last year. Mac sales also made a surprisingly strong showing. The company reported revenues of $37.4 billion for the quarter, and $7.7 billion in profit.	http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/07/22Apple-Reports-Third-Quarter-Results.html	http://recode.net/2014/07/22/tim-cook-says-businesses-could-revive-slowing-ipad-sales/ http://online.wsj.com/articles/apple-reports-strong-iphone-sales-1406061049
16	Chris O'Brien writes about technology for The Los Angeles Times. Q: Apple says they're not worried about declining iPad sales. Should they be?	Chris O'Brien Reporter, The Los Angeles Times @obrien
17	A: first quarter since a 7-for-1 stock split was announced on April 24 A: $3 billion for Beats Electronics A: iPhone now 52 percent of Apple’s revenue A: Cook: “iPad penetration in U.S. business is only 20 percent… I believe the opportunity is huge.” A: iPad sales are still growing in the developing world: China, the Middle East region, and India. A: Cook: “More than 50 percent of our iPad sales are going to first-time iPad buyers” A: China accounted for 26 percent of total revenue growth A: Mac revenue up 22 percent from the year-ago period A: double-digit growth Mac in some mature markets, including the United States and Canada A: Apple has acquired 30 companies since the start of fiscal year 2013 A: Apple has paid out over $20 billion to iOS developers A: “nearly half” of it has been paid out in the last 12 months A: $5 billion was paid out in the last six months A: The company reported $164.5 billion in cash holdings as of June 28.
18	Chris O'Brien * latimes.com * @obrien
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22	Microsoft also announced earnings... that's following its big layoffs last week. Earnings were mixed. The company's revenue reached $23.4 billion, a year-over-year increase of almost 18 percent. But Microsoft came in below profit estimates. We know Satya Nadella -- who took over in February as CEO -- has big plans for the company.... but that's yet to be seen in the earnings. To talk Micrsoft we're joined by Alex Willhelm, Writer at TechCrunch.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/22/microsoft-reports-23-38b-fq4-revenue-including-2b-in-phone-top-line-misses-with-eps-of-0-55/
23	Q: What are some key takeaways from this report? Q: How did Wall Street view the company's biggest layoffs ever last week? Q: What did you hear on that conference call that gives consumers a better understanding of this company's future?	Alex Wilhelm Writer, TechCrunch @alex
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25	Alex Wilhelm * TechCrunch.com * @alex
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27	News outlets are reporting that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced or confirmed yesterday that the company plans to merge the currently separate versions of Windows into a single, unified version of Windows that will run on devices of all screen sizes. But that’s not really what’s happening, according to Paul Thurrott.	http://winsupersite.com/windows/microsoft-muddies-one-windows-waters
28	Paul publishes the SuperSite for Windows and co-host’s TWiT’s Windows Weekly show, which airs today immediately after this show and he’s joining us now to clarify what Nadella actually announced yesterday. Q: Nadella announced quote: a "single converged operating system for screens of all sizes." That sounds pretty clear. He didn’t announce one version of Windows? Q: What’s the advantage to Microsoft of making the public, or investors, believe there’s one single version of Windows? Q: These different “SKUs” (skews) will have different names, right? Just like now? If so, doesn’t that mean that buyers and businesses will continue to suffer from confusion and a paralysis of choice around Windows? Q: Why does Microsoft struggled with being clear about Windows? Q: Won’t the operating system for Xbox and the platform for Microsoft’s future Internet of Things inititatives remain completely different from the Windows that end users will see on their PCs? Q: If Microsoft is going to spin a story around One Windows, why don’t they go all the way like Apple does?	Paul Thurrott Writer, SuperSite for Windows @thurrott
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30	Paul Thurrott * winsupersite.com * @thurrott
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32	A drone might have saved a life. A relief in Wisconson after an amateur drone pilot helped find an 82 year old man who went missing for three days last week. The man was found alive and unharmed. A: Family, police and first responders had been combing the area, using dogs, heat sensors, the whole gamut. A: The daughter's boyfriend used a drone to help in the search ... and found him in 20 minutes. A: Shows the promise of drones for search and rescue. A: Comes at a time the FAA has been cracking down on drone use without permits/exceptions from the agency, grounding drone use for search and rescue. At least until they write regs for them. A: Second missing man in the Madison area in the last few weeks. Maybe they need more drones.	Video: http://www.nbc15.com/video?videoid=2889185	http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-drone-saved-an-elderly-man-who-had-been-missing-for-three-days
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37	A company called Alohar Mobile launched a product called PlaceUs for iOS. The app uses phone sensors to enable families to track family and friends in real time. The app uses what the company calls artificial intelligence to figure out context from each phone’s GPS, network ID, accelerometer, compass and camera sensors. It tries to figure out not only where you are but what you’re doing.	http://gigaom.com/2014/07/23/placemes-creator-alohar-has-a-new-app-that-tracks-everything-your-family-does/
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39	A: It’s the group or social version of the PlaceMe app A: figures out you’re shopping by combining location plus slow movement of the phone A: offers location-based alerts via geofencing A: notices when you, say, stop going to the gym, then nags you to go back A: Android version in the works
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64	We told you yesterday that New York City was floating a plan to offer free WiFi installed in public phone booths. TNT fan Andrew.R in Montreal points out that WiFi-enabled phone booths have existed in London for some time, and he sent a picture.
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70	A Tumblr blog called the Apple Campus 2 exists for posting drone pictures of Apple’s “Spaceship” campus under construction. According to the Silicon Valley Business Journal, the individual components of the campus are being permitted separately. For example, the permit to lay the concrete foundation for the main round quarter-billion dollar building was issued May 13th, while the permit for the site’s underground bunker-like theater where future Apple products will be announced has not yet been issued.	http://campus2.tumblr.com/
71	Facebook, QUALCOMM, and AT&T report earnings today.
72	That's the tech news today!
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102	LinkedIn buying Bizo	http://www.marketwatch.com/story/linkedin-to-acquire-bizo-2014-07-22
103	Samsung's curved, 105-inch 4K TV is $120,000	http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/22/5926875/samsung-curved-105-inch-4k-tv-price-announced
104	YouTube Music’s Head Quits, a Setback to Paid Service	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/22/top-youtube-music-executive-quits-a-setback-to-paid-service/?mod=rss_Technology
105	The New Nigerian Email Swindle	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/the-new-nigerian-email-scam/?_php=true&_type=blogs&partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
106	Microsoft Debuts Lumia 530	http://recode.net/2014/07/23/microsoft-debuts-lumia-530-its-lowest-cost-windows-phone-to-date/
107	New Foursquare revealed	http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/23/5926843/this-is-the-new-foursquare


1	TITLE: NY-Fi * 1054	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, July 22, 2014!
3	This episode 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.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and co-anchor.)
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15	The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple is planning a massive initial run for the iPhone 6 -- as many as 80 million phones to be manufactured this year. Apple reports earnings today at 2pm Pacific.	http://youtu.be/QSDAjwKI8Wo	http://online.wsj.com/articles/apple-suppliers-gear-up-for-large-screen-iphones-1405985788 http://recode.net/2014/07/22/can-apple-sustain-its-iphone-mojo/
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17	A: “asking suppliers to manufacture between 70 million and 80 million units” A: combined 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch displays by Dec. 30 A: comparison: 50 million and 60 million versions of the iPhone 5S and 5C A: Analysts are forecasting Apple will report sales of about 35.9 million iPhone units for the three months ended June 30. That would be up about 15% from a year earlier. A: display makers struggling with 5.5-inch screens; displays are using in-cell technology A: To factor in high failure rate for displays, Apple has asked component makers to prepare for up to 120 million iPhones by year-end A: 5.5-inch iPhone screen would face an additional manufacturing complication if it uses a cover using sapphire crystal A: Apple's iPhone production forecast assumes a surge in demand from China Mobile A: Samsung warned earnings would fall due to a glut of unsold smartphones A: Foxconn and Pegatron plan to start mass producing the 4.7-inch iPhone model next month A: Hon Hai will begin making the 5.5-inch version exclusively in September A: iPhone responsible for 57 percent of Apple sales A: Analysts estimate Apple sold approximately 35 million iPhones in the third quarter A: That’s higher than the 31.2 million units sold in the same period a year ago A: analysts are projecting iPad sales of around 14 million or 15 million A: That’s a drop from the 16.4 million shipped in the prior quarter A: Apple stock is up more than 25 percent since Apple’s March quarter, partly from WWDC
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22	Mike let's shift the conversation from Apple iPhone to Apple iWatch. Or more precisely, Apple iTime -- which involves a newly issued patent.	http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/07/22/apple-granted-comprehensive-itime-smartwatch-patent-with-in-strap-circuitry-arm-gesture-support	http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/22/patent-application-reveals-apples-itime-smartwatch http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/07/apple-wins-a-patent-for-a-wristwatch-branded-itime.html
23	Mikey Campbell is the editor of the AppleInsider blog. Q: Mike what can you tell us about the iTime patent. What clues does it offer about Apple's smartwatch strategy? Q: So is iTime the official name? Q: For those trying to keep score, has Apple ever officially said it's working on iTime or iWatch? Q: It sounds like Apple has been working on iTime for a few years, correct? Q: What's your view on the wearable industry, and Apple's potential impact in that industry?	Mikey Campbell Editor, AppleInsider @mikeycampbell81
24	A: Apple has scored a patent for a "wrist-worn electronic device" A: Resembles an iPod Nano strapped to your wrist A: Small touch screen device. Docked into wrist strap. A: Also includes some sort of gesture control -- you apparently will be able to interact with the device through physical movements. A: Predictably, communicates with iPhone, iPad or computer to receive alerts and access data. A: Patent also mentions a thinner, fully integrated smartwatch design like Samsung Gear/Android Wear devices. A: Not an overnight move. Patent filed in 2011. Published by US Patent Office this week. A: iPhone 6 and iTime a killer combo? Creating a "personal wireless envoronment" leveraging Bluetooth A: Most pundits expect the iWatch or iTime device to surface in the fall or Nov. 2014. A: Tons of wearable hype. Business Insider predicts 92 million smartwatches will be sold WW in 2018, at an average price of $100. One in 20 smartphones will be paired in some way with SmartWatches. A: Samsung controls 78% of the US smartwatch market, according to NPD. Only 20% of consumers interested in smartwatches, NPD. Only $96 million worth of smartwatches sold in the US since Oct.
25	Mikey Campbell * appleinsider.com * @mikeycampbell81
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27	Sarah Perez of TechCrunch reports that Amazon has quietly rolled out an app and service called Amazon Wallet. The app is in beta, and it’s designed to be used at retail stores at the register, and currently supports only gift and loyalty cards.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/22/amazon-quietly-launches-its-consumer-facing-mobile-wallet-app-amazon-wallet/
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29	A: dozens of supported merchants A: consumers are also able to check the balance of their stored gift cards. A: “company is known to have broader ambitions aimed at establishing itself as a payments competitor to the likes of PayPal or Google Wallet” A: Fire Phone “can scan and identify physical products and match them up with online inventory” A: showrooming
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32	Yahoo is buying Flurry, an analytics specialist. The move, which seeks to bolster Yahoo's mobile advertising business, comes one week after Yahoo announced disappointing Q2 earnings.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/21/us-yahoo-flurry-idUSKBN0FQ23V20140721
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35	Doug MacMillan * wsj.com * @dmac1		http://recode.net/2014/07/21/exclusive-yahoo-poised-to-buy-mobile-analytics-and-ad-network-flurry/
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37	The Electronic Frontier Foundation released a free plug-in for Firefox and Chrome. It’s called Privacy Badger, and it can block trackers and widgets that record what you do online.	https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
38	Larry Magid is a technology journalist and Internet safety activist. Q: Products like Disconnect, Adblock Plus and Ghostery exist. Why does the EFF feel the need to offer Privacy Badger? Q: OK, so how does Privacy Badger work, exactly? Q: People complain about privacy violations, but how much usage do products like this really get? Q: Would you recommend this product? Will you personally use it?	Larry Magid Technology journalist @larrymagid
39	A: it's in beta A: blocks: third party tracking cookies placed by ad networks A: blocks: “widgets” that create Like buttons for Facebook or a “Tweet this” function A: doesn’t block content A: does block the code that “track you and collect private information” A: in some cases, drops in a replacement button that won’t track you unless you click on it A: easily override the settings for any site by sliding red blocking indicator A: similar to Disconnect, Adblock Plus, Ghostery
40	Larry Magid * larrysworld.com * @larrymagid
41	(JOE 6) Google NYC WiFi	SHOW	LINKS
42	New York City wants to transform its payphones into WiFi hotspots.	http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-business/google-to-turn-nyc-payphones-into-wifi-hotspots/d/d-id/1297443	http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/07/22/the-switchboard-google-wants-to-turn-nyc-pay-phones-into-wifi-hotspots/
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44	A: Nearly 10,000 payphones could become part of the WiFi super cloud. A: Google, Cisco, Samsung, IBM and others are believed to be bidding on the project, first announced in May 2014. Proposals were due this week. A: New York's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DOITT) is leading the program. A: Current payphone agreements end in October 2014, opening the door for the potential WiFi project. A: In addition to WiFi, the phones may also be used to provide telephone service and advertising. Companies are allowed to charge for telephone services, but WiFi and 911/311 calls will all need to be offered free of charge. A: Municipal WiFi -- or public broadband -- isn't a new concept. I used to work on a Website called MuniWireless.com, which tracked cities and municipalities deploying WiFi networks for public use, first responders, utilities and more. But many networks were under-funded and of poor quality. Meanwhile, free WiFi in Starbucks, McDonalds, etc. proliferated. A: Also, keep an eye on individual community projects like Wireless Harlem, which launched in 2006 to bring broadband through the NY City borough. A: New York City has not disclosed when it expects to potentially select a winning bid for the payphone to WiFi Project project.	http://www.muniwireless.com/2014/05/27/nyc-free-citywide-wifi-conference/	http://wirelessharlem.org/
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47	Facebook unveiled a new feature called “Save” that lets you essentially bookmark links, pictures and other web content. Unlike Evernote, Instapaper, Pocket and Apple’s “Reading List,” Facebook Save doesn’t let you access the content offline. It’s more like Google Keep, which is accessible only if you’re online and logged in.	http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/07/introducing-save-on-facebook/	http://recode.net/2014/07/21/new-facebook-feature-lets-you-save-stuff-on-facebook/
48	Lily Newman is a reporter for Slate. Q: How does Facebook Save work and where can users find it? Q: Why did Facebook roll out this feature? Q: When does this become available?	Lily Hay Newman Reporter, Slate @lilyhnewman
49	A: Can later share these items on Facebook A: Organized by category -- links, places, music, books, etc. A: accessible from left-navigation menu A: Facebook will occasionally place a reminder of a saved item in News Feed A: Save feature rolls out to all iOS, Android, and web users over the next few days.
50	Lily Hay Newman * slate.com * @lilyhnewman
51	(JOE 8) Verizon Tablet Growth	SHOW	LINKS
52	Pop quiz, Mike: Can you guess what's fueling Verizon's growth these days? Smartphones? Not really. Try tablets. The company added 1.15 million contracted LTE tablet connections in Q2, compared to only 304,000 new smartphone connections, according to earnings results from July 21.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/verizons-wireless-growth-is-now-being-driven-by-tablets/
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54	A: To me, those figures are a mixed bag. A: Keep in mind that overall tablet sales are shrinking -- not growing. Year over Year tablet sales in Q1 2014 were down from Q1 2013, according to NDP. So Verizon can't count on tablets for real long-term sustainable growth at this point, in my opinion. A: In smartphone land, perhaps the iPhone 6 launched later this year will jumpstart new smartphone connections for Verizon. But in reality I think the smartphone market is largely saturated in the US. Anyone who wants a smartphone connection likely already has it -- except for kids who are newbies to the market. A: Still, no cause for panic: Verizon has posted double-digit year over year percentage growth in 9 of the past 10 quarters. Shows just how dependent we all are for our broadband, mobile and content connections.	http://www.pcworld.com/article/2452189/tablet-sales-dip-as-market-matures.html
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72	Apple and Microsoft report earnings today at 2pm and 2:23pm Eastern
73	That's the tech news today!
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103	Patent application reveals Apple’s ‘iTime’ smartwatch JOE	http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/22/patent-application-reveals-apples-itime-smartwatch	http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/07/apple-wins-a-patent-for-a-wristwatch-branded-itime.html	http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/07/22/apple-granted-comprehensive-itime-smartwatch-patent-with-in-strap-circuitry-arm-gesture-support
104	Verizon’s wireless growth is now being driven by tablets/JOE	http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/verizons-wireless-growth-is-now-being-driven-by-tablets/
105	IoN: Microsoft Earnings Today After Markets Close	http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61192662-10c5-11e4-812b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz38CkBxPkZ
106	Google Wants NYC Payphones to be WiFi Hotspots: Update	http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/07/22/the-switchboard-google-wants-to-turn-nyc-pay-phones-into-wifi-hotspots/	http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-business/google-to-turn-nyc-payphones-into-wifi-hotspots/d/d-id/1297443


1	TITLE: NSF NSA * 1053	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, July 21, 2014!
3	This episode 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	And by...
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and Lindsey Turrentine.)
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16	NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden claimed in an interview published over the weekend that military people working at the NSA sometimes shared sexually explicit pictures found during surveillance. He spoke via a Google video Hangout to the Planet Earth Conference in New York, calling on developers to build security and privacy into everyday technology products, saying that his “future work” will involve building such products in the future.	http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/20/edward-snowden-nsa-encourages-technology-development-hacking
17	Michael Kelley is the front page editor for Business Insider: Q: Can you tells us more about what Snowden claimed? Who was passing around what and where did the material come from? Q: Snowden said the British government pioneered most invasive surveillance. What reason did he give for that? Q: Snowden said he’d work on building security and privacy into everyday products. Isn’t that happening already?
18	A: Said: British government pioneered most invasive surveillance because fewer restrictions on privacy protections than US and others A: Guardian interview A: “military personnel” between the ages of 18 and 22 A: Snowden: “seen as the fringe benefits of surveillance positions.”
19	Michael Kelley * BusinessInsider.com * @MichaelKelleyBI
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23	The New York-based Human Rights Foundation is hosting a two-day hackathon in San Francisco on August 2 and 3 to brainstorm new ways to get outside information to the citizens of North Korea. Instead of working on ways to hack into North Korean systems, this session aims to find new methods for reaching the North Korean public.	http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/north-korea-silicon-valley-hackathon
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25	A: Information is strictly controlled in North Korea, which does not have a free press, and only allows internet access to an elite few. A: Several prominent North Korean defectors will attend the event including pro-democracy activist Park Sang-hak, former North Korean child prisoner Kang Chol-hwan, media personality Park Yeon-mi and Kim Heung-Kwang, a former professor in computer studies in North Korea. A: Methods currently used to get information into the country include CDs and DVDs, USB sticks, shortwave radio, and leaflets dropped from balloons.
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28	BlackBerry has hired former Sybase president Marty Beard as Chief Operations Officer.	http://www.zdnet.com/blackberry-taps-liveops-chief-marty-beard-for-coo-7000031811/
29	Natalie Gagliordi = Staff writer on ZDNet for CBS Interactive. Q: Can you tell us more about Mary Beard and where he came from? Q: Chen has turnaround experience -- from Sybase. But does Marty Beard? Q: How will Chen and Beard’s job be made more difficult after the IBM/Apple deal?	Natalie Gagliordi Staff writer, ZDNet @natalienoell
30	A: BlackBerry CEO John Chen was the CEO of Sybase until 2012, following the completion of its acquisition by SAP. A: Before Sybase, Beard worked at Oracle as the VP of its e-commerce service unit
31	Natalie Gagliordi * zdnet.com * @natalienoell
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33	According to Variety, Hasbro and 3D printing company Shapeways have paired on a pilot project to let you print your own My Little Pony fan art ... kind of. Hasbro has selected a few "super fans" to upload their custom pony art, and consumers can order these special editions to be printed and sent to their homes.	http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/my-little-pony-hasbro-lets-consumers-design-their-own-toys-through-3d-printing-1201265593/	http://superfanart.com/
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35	A: To upload your own art, you apply through the SuperFanArt site. A: Currently there are five artists selling their ponies through the site. A: Some of the first My Little Pony creations, available on SuperFanArt will be shown at San Diego Comic-Con this week. A: Hasbro is starting with ponies, but could expand the program to other brands, including Transformers, Monopoly, Play-Dowh, Magic: The Gathering, Littlest Pet Shop and Nerf
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38	Twitter wants to improve its direct message feature to compete with mobile messaging apps like WhatsApp and Line. In a Wall Street Journal interview, Twitter Vice President International Operation Shailesh Rao said that the company hopes to compensate for slow Twitter user growth in the US with more users in Latin America and Asia.	http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/21/twitter-whatsapp-direct-message-chat-upgrade	http://online.wsj.com/articles/twitter-seeks-boost-from-overseas-users-1405880939
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40	A: Twitter tweeted: "Over the next few weeks, we're rolling out an update that makes deleting DMs more consistent across web and mobile. We're also making an update to the Twitter iPhone and Android apps that will allow you to access your entire DM history." A: introduced pop-up notifications on the web in April A: twitter still hasn’t turned a profit A: founded in 2006 A: 78% of Twitter's more than 255 million users are located outside the U.S. A: 28% of revenue comes from outside the U.S.
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48	We told you Friday that Lenovo was ending sales in the United States of sub-10-inch Windows tablets because of low demand. But over the weekend, Lenovo posted a clarification, saying they have no such plans, and intend to keep selling the tablets. While they have canceled sales of the ThinkPad 8 tablet, and they are out of stock on the 8-inch Miix product, they do plan to keep selling the Miix in the US once they produce more -- which should happen in time for the holiday buying season.	http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1803
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53	That's the tech news today!
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1	TITLE: NSF NSA * 1053	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, July 21, 2014!
3	This episode 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.
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16	NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden claimed in an interview published over the weekend that military people working at the NSA sometimes shared sexually explicit pictures found during surveillance. He spoke via a Google video Hangout to the Planet Earth Conference in New York, calling on developers to build security and privacy into everyday technology products, saying that his “future work” will involve building such products in the future.	http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/20/edward-snowden-nsa-encourages-technology-development-hacking
17	Michael Kelley is the front page editor for Business Insider: Q: Can you tells us more about what Snowden claimed? Who was passing around what and where did the material come from? Q: Snowden said the British government pioneered most invasive surveillance. What reason did he give for that? Q: Snowden said he’d work on building security and privacy into everyday products. Isn’t that happening already?
18	A: Said: British government pioneered most invasive surveillance because fewer restrictions on privacy protections than US and others A: Guardian interview A: “military personnel” between the ages of 18 and 22 A: Snowden: “seen as the fringe benefits of surveillance positions.”
19	Michael Kelley * BusinessInsider.com * @MichaelKelleyBI
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23	The New York-based Human Rights Foundation is hosting a two-day hackathon in San Francisco on August 2 and 3 to brainstorm new ways to get outside information to the citizens of North Korea. Instead of working on ways to hack into North Korean systems, this session aims to find new methods for reaching the North Korean public.	http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/north-korea-silicon-valley-hackathon
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25	A: Information is strictly controlled in North Korea, which does not have a free press, and only allows internet access to an elite few. A: Several prominent North Korean defectors will attend the event including pro-democracy activist Park Sang-hak, former North Korean child prisoner Kang Chol-hwan, media personality Park Yeon-mi and Kim Heung-Kwang, a former professor in computer studies in North Korea. A: Methods currently used to get information into the country include CDs and DVDs, USB sticks, shortwave radio, and leaflets dropped from balloons.
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28	BlackBerry has hired former Sybase president Marty Beard as Chief Operations Officer.	http://www.zdnet.com/blackberry-taps-liveops-chief-marty-beard-for-coo-7000031811/
29	Natalie Gagliordi = Staff writer on ZDNet for CBS Interactive. Q: Can you tell us more about Mary Beard and where he came from? Q: Chen has turnaround experience -- from Sybase. But does Marty Beard? Q: How will Chen and Beard’s job be made more difficult after the IBM/Apple deal?	Natalie Gagliordi Staff writer, ZDNet @natalienoell
30	A: BlackBerry CEO John Chen was the CEO of Sybase until 2012, following the completion of its acquisition by SAP. A: Before Sybase, Beard worked at Oracle as the VP of its e-commerce service unit
31	Natalie Gagliordi * zdnet.com * @natalienoell
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33	According to Variety, Hasbro and 3D printing company Shapeways have paired on a pilot project to let you print your own My Little Pony fan art ... kind of. Hasbro has selected a few "super fans" to upload their custom pony art, and consumers can order these special editions to be printed and sent to their homes.	http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/my-little-pony-hasbro-lets-consumers-design-their-own-toys-through-3d-printing-1201265593/	http://superfanart.com/
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35	A: To upload your own art, you apply through the SuperFanArt site. A: Currently there are five artists selling their ponies through the site. A: Some of the first My Little Pony creations, available on SuperFanArt will be shown at San Diego Comic-Con this week. A: Hasbro is starting with ponies, but could expand the program to other brands, including Transformers, Monopoly, Play-Dowh, Magic: The Gathering, Littlest Pet Shop and Nerf
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38	Twitter wants to improve its direct message feature to compete with mobile messaging apps like WhatsApp and Line. In a Wall Street Journal interview, Twitter Vice President International Operation Shailesh Rao said that the company hopes to compensate for slow Twitter user growth in the US with more users in Latin America and Asia.	http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/21/twitter-whatsapp-direct-message-chat-upgrade	http://online.wsj.com/articles/twitter-seeks-boost-from-overseas-users-1405880939
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40	A: Twitter tweeted: "Over the next few weeks, we're rolling out an update that makes deleting DMs more consistent across web and mobile. We're also making an update to the Twitter iPhone and Android apps that will allow you to access your entire DM history." A: introduced pop-up notifications on the web in April A: twitter still hasn’t turned a profit A: founded in 2006 A: 78% of Twitter's more than 255 million users are located outside the U.S. A: 28% of revenue comes from outside the U.S.
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48	We told you Friday that Lenovo was ending sales in the United States of sub-10-inch Windows tablets because of low demand. But over the weekend, Lenovo posted a clarification, saying they have no such plans, and intend to keep selling the tablets. While they have canceled sales of the ThinkPad 8 tablet, and they are out of stock on the 8-inch Miix product, they do plan to keep selling the Miix in the US once they produce more -- which should happen in time for the holiday buying season.	http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1803
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53	That's the tech news today!
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83	Toshiba seeks $1.1 billion in NAND leak suit	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/21/us-sk-hynix-toshiba-lawsuit-idUSKBN0FQ0OV20140721
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1		CO-ANCHOR: Don Reisinger

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, July 18, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by This episode of Tech News Today is brought to you by Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
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14	The European Commission said yesterday that Google is now doing a good job protecting both children and adults from excessive in-app purchases. Apple, on the other hand, needs to do better.	http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/18/ec-apple-google-kids-in-app-purchase
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16	A: At the end of last year, EC told Google and Apple that they needed to fix in-app purchases A: Following complaints by outraged parents A: Google made changes that will be in place by the end of September A: Apple has given “no firm commitment and no timing” for being less risky A: talked about both adults who don’t pay attention and also kids A: Google = games with in-app purchases will no longer be advertised as “free.” A: Google = developers discouraged from “direct exhortation to children” A: Google = default, each in-app purchase needs fresh authorization. A: Apple = Apple now requires password for each in-app purchase made more than 15 minutes after last A: Apple = said: “parental controls in iOS are strong, intuitive and customizable” A: Apple = “Kids Section on the App Store with even stronger protections”
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21	Amazon has rolled out the long-awaited $9.99 unlimited Kindle subscription.	http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-confirms-kindle-unlimited-subscription-service/	https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-eBooks/b?_encoding=UTF8&Version=1&entries=0&ie=UTF8&node=9578129011&pfShowFeatures=
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23	A. $10 per month for access to 600,000 Kindle titles and thousands of Audible audiobooks A. Some of the top titles are available, including "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" A. This is separate from Amazon's Prime membership, which is somewhat surprising, given recent moves by the company A. You can borrow as many books as you want without any due dates A. This works on any Kindle device and the company's Kindle app A. Amazon has offered a lending library only for Prime subscribers that only allowed one book a month
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26	Lenovo has stopped selling small Windows tablets in the US. The reason? Nobody cares, according to the company.	http://www.pcworld.com/article/2455580/lenovo-stops-selling-smallscreen-windows-tablets-in-the-us.html
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28	A: Windows tablets with screen sizes under 10 inches A: Stopped: ThinkPad 8, which started shipping in October A: (Windows 8.1) A: Stopped: Miix 2 A: Still selling: ThinkPad 10 A: Still selling: Miix 2 with 10.1-inch A: Still selling ANDROID-based 7- and 8-inch Lenovo tablets A: The remaining ThinkPad 8 stock has been redirected to developing countries = more interest
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31	Samsung handset division managers return part of bonuses	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/18/us-samsung-elec-management-bonuses-idUSKBN0FN0PU20140718
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33	A. This is in response to Samsung's disappointing second quarter forecast, which shows both revenue and profits sliding considerably A. About $3 million was returned in total A. That represents about a quarter of the bonuses given to the Samsung employees A. This is a common practice in Korea across industries A. Sales were especially troubling in China where Lenovo and Xiaomi are doing well
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36	Recode’s Jason Del Rey wrote a nice feature on Starbucks’ plans for mobile payments. Specifically, the company intends to enable you to order your drinks via the app, rather than waiting in line.	http://recode.net/2014/07/17/starbucks-has-bigger-plans-in-mobile-payments-than-most-people-realize/
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38	A: interview with Chief Digital Officer Adam Brotman A: Starbucks talking to partners about using Starbucks to buy things elsewhere A: This should not be confused as an experiment, Brotman made clear. It’s gonna happen. A: Doing experiments on how long it takes each drink to make A: ME: Apple showed iBeacon test Starbucks is doing A: ME: 100,000 wireless chargers in more than 7,500 of its stores over the next three years A: ME: Clover coffee machines, track consumer preferences, CloverNet A: ME: Working on smart refrigerators, smart thermometers, smart door locks A: ME: mobile transactions exceeded $1 billion in 2013 A: ME: mobile payment/loyalty app is used by 10 million peeps, 5 million weekly transactions. A: ME: google WiFi installed in every U.S. Starbucks store by the end of the year
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41	Production said to begin soon iPhone 6	http://www.cnet.com/news/production-said-to-begin-on-both-iphone-6-models/
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43	A. Production on the 4.7 inch starts next week, while the 5.5-inch model's production will start in August A. Hon Hai Precision, or Foxconn, will produce the devices A. There are still some questions over when the iPhone 5.5-inch model will ship
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69	A fugitive tax cheat who had been on the lam for 21 years, hiding first in Mexico, then Canada, was nabbed by Canadian Mounties and shipped back the United States to face justice. His name is Francisco Legaspi. And what gave him away was his Facebook account. US Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security apparently scans social media sites looking for such characters to show up. So when Legaspi started posting status updates, the Feds asked the Canadians to apprehend him. Legaspi pleaded guilty to all charges and faces five years in the slammer.	http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/on-the-lam-for-decades-fugitives-facebook-account-dooms-him/
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89	Plus, Amazon unveils a cheap new way to read books!
90	Lenovo cancels a whole category of laptop for sale in the United States -- we’ll tell you why!
91	And soon you may never have to wait in line at Starbucks again!
92	Stick around! Tech News Today is next!
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101	Twitter to unveil new metrics that illustrate its reach	http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/under-pressure-twitter-tries-to-resize-itself-1405632019-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwNzExNDcyWj
102	Snowden says drop Dropbox, use SpiderOak	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/?mod=ST1
103	A Hong Kong investment group is buying Forbes	http://recode.net/2014/07/18/forbes-sells-to-hong-kong-investment-group/


1	TITLE: Microsoft's Pink Slip of Death * 1051	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, July 17, 2014!
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8	How many people FCC comments period		http://bridgeurl.com/tnt1051/all
9	(Thing of the day: Brick House 3-year Anniversary Wednesday July 23rd -- come on down!)
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16	Microsoft today announced plans to cut 18,000 jobs this year -- the biggest layoff in the company's history. The company also announced the end of the Nokia X, Asha and Series 40 lines and the end of Microsoft's short experiment in the Android handset business.	http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/jul14/07-17announcement1.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/jul14/07-17announcement2.aspx	http://www.zdnet.com/beyond-12500-former-nokia-employees-who-else-is-microsoft-laying-off-7000031726/ http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-layoffs-of-18000-employees-begin-7000031705/
17	Mary Jo Mary Jo Foley is a columnist for ZDNet and a host on TWiT's "Windows Weekly" show. Roger Cheng is the Executive editor for CNET News Lily Hay Newman is a reporter for Slate Q: MARY JO: Much of this is to get rid of overlap from the Nokia acquisition. Where else are cuts being made? Q: MARY JO: Will these changes affect Steve Ballmer's recently executed management structure? Q: MARY JO: How do these cuts reflect Nadella's larger plans for the company? Q: ROGER: What does the termination of the Nokia X, Asha and Series 40 lines mean for the markets those handsets serve? Q: ROGER: Some commentators are already saying that these cuts prove Microsoft isn't really interested in being a handset maker. Do you agree with that? Q: LILY: What's the timing on these layoffs? Q: LILY: How do you think these big layoffs will affect the public perception of Microsoft?	Mary Jo Foley Columnist, ZDNet @maryjofoley Roger Cheng Executive editor, CNET News @RogerWCheng
18	A: largest in 39-year history A: 14 percent of MS work force A: major cuts from closing of a factory in Hungary A: Microsoft said it would take a charge of $1.1 billion to $1.6 billion to cover severance, etc. A: best engineers from Nokia already left the company.
19	Mary Jo Foley * blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft * @maryjofoley [Windows Weekly Wednesday @ 11 Pacific * Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott] Roger * cnet.com * @RogerWCheng Lily Hay Newman * slate.com * @lilyhnewman
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24	No more physical iTunes gift cards, at least not if you get iTunes pass. Apple debuted its new iTunes Pass service in the US and UK this week, after first rolling it out in Japanese iTunes stores. It lets users to buy iTunes Store credit directly... without the need for physical gift cards.	http://www.cultofmac.com/287748/apple-brings-itunes-pass-united-states-storing-money-passbook/
25	Q: How do you use this? Q: Apple talked earlier this year about debuting its own mobile payments service -- how is iTunes Pass related or a harbinger of things to come? Q: The consumer benefit is convenience — how much could Apple seek to gain from iTunes Pass?	Alex Heath Writer, Cult of Mac @alexeheath
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29	Google added support for gift cards and other new features to Google Wallet.	http://googlecommerce.blogspot.com/2014/07/manage-your-gift-cards-request-money.html	http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/16/google-wallet-gift-card-support/
30	Jon Fingas wrote about the news for Engadget. Q: How does Google's gift card support work? Q: Google also added payment support to Gmail. How does that work? Q: Google added Spanish support. Besides English, are any other languages supported? Q: Where do these changes apply?	Jon Fingas Associate Editor, Engadget @jonfingas
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32	Jon Fingas * engadget.com * @jonfingas
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34	Google will announce its quarterly earnings this afternoon. The tech giant is expeced to reveal new details about its advertising business on its sites google.com and own sites, such as google.com and youtube.com.
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36	A: It's opening up the kimono a bit — WSJ reports: Citigroup analyst Mark May estimates the number of clicks rose 28% on Google sites in the second quarter, compared with a year earlier, but just 10% on network sites. A: Capital expenditures, to build and stock data centers, for example, nearly doubled. A: Investors will also be interested in profits from app sales.
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70	We told you last week that after the US Supreme Court ruled against Aereo, the company's CEO sent a letter to a U.S. district court in New York saying that because the Court smacked down Aereo by calling it a cable company, the company is entitled therefore to be licensed as a cable company. However, CNBC is reporting this morning that US copyright officials have told Aereo they do not consider it a "cable company" under the terms of copyright law. Nice try, Aereo.	http://www.cnbc.com/id/101838646
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73	Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega is suing the makers of "Call of Duty." Noriega's image and name is a game character in Activision Publishing's "Call of Duty: Black Ops II," and he's suing the company for unlawfully using his image for monetary gain. Noriega was convicted in the United States of drug dealing in 1992. He served 15 years in the US, and is now serving a 20-year sentence for murder and money laundering in Panama. I guess he fears Call of Duty might damage his reputation.	http://www.cnbc.com/id/101841834
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75	IBM and Google report earnings today
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109	ELISE: The Microsoft layoffs and changes are going to take up extra time; let's just do two stories each. If you choose to do the "next version of Windows" piece, that should go in ELISE 2 so it follows the other Microsoft story.
110	Apple's iTunes Pass debuts in US to bankroll your purchases	http://www.cnet.com/news/apples-itunes-pass-debuts-in-us-to-bankroll-your-purchases/	We have an interview for this one
111	Microsoft talks up 'next version of Windows'	http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-talks-up-next-version-of-windows/
112	UAE Plans First Arab Spaceship to Mars in 7 Years	http://time.com/2992863/uae-plans-first-arab-spaceship-to-mars-in-7-years/
113	Google planning to support Android Wear custom watch faces with new API	http://9to5google.com/2014/07/17/android-wear-watch-face-api/


1	TITLE: Apple Gives IBM the Business * 1050	CO-ANCHOR: Sarah Silbert

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, July 16, 2014!
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16	Steve Jobs must be turning over in his grave. Apple and longtime archrival IBM announced a broad partnership yesterday to make Apple's iOS a bona fide enterprise platform -- and making IBM a reseller of iPhones and iPads.	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/technology/apple-and-ibm-in-broad-software-deal-for-businesses.html
17	Devindra Hardawar is a senior editor and the lead mobile writer for VentureBeat. Maribel Lopez is the founder of Lopez Research and she wrote about this story for Forbes. Q: Can you tell us more about what IBM and Apple are planning to do together? Q: Apple already dominates US enterprise phone and tablet use -- 82 percent of smartphones in use at U.S. corporations; 73 percent of tablets in use at U.S. corporations, according to IDC. Why do they need to get into bed with their longtime rival? Q: Does this lessen support by IBM for other platforms, such as Android? Q: When will this partnership bear fruit?	Devindra Hardawar Senior Editor, lead mobile writer, VentureBeat @Devindra Maribel Lopez Founder, Lopez Research @MaribelLopez
18	A: Mobile devices with access to complex data running in the cloud. A: Cook told Recode: “If you were building a puzzle, they would fit nicely together with no overlap,”...“We do not compete on anything. And when you do that you end up with something better than either of you could produce yourself.” A: IBM is creating an extension to its MobileFirst platform, called MobileFirst, for iOS. A: IBM and Apple to develop more than 100 industry-specific applications that will run on the iPhone and iPad A: Apple will add a new class of service to its AppleCare program and support aimed at enterprise customers. A: IBM will continue to support Android. A: IBM will sell iPhones and iPads A: IBM will devote more than 100,000 people, including consultants and software developers A: Apps will in many cases run on IBM’s cloud infrastructure or on private clouds that it has built for its customers A: Data for those applications will co-exist with personal data like photos and personal email that will run on Apple’s iCloud and other cloud services. A: IDC = iPhones accounted for 82 percent of smartphones in use at U.S. corporations A: IDC = iPads accounted for 73 percent of tablets in use at U.S. corporations A: SAP, Oracle, Netsuite and Salesforce.com all have application support for iPhone and iPad A: Apple and IBM will make new class of applications for retail, health care, banking, travel and transportation A: The first of those applications will be available in the fall and will be released into next year.
19	Devindra Hardawar * venturebeat.com * @Devindra Maribel Lopez * lopezresearch.com * @MaribelLopez
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24	Here’s some straightforward but nonetheless interesting news for Google+ users: you will no longer have to use your real names on the social network.		http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/15/5902921/google-will-stop-forcing-you-to-use-your-real-name
25	No Interview
26	A: Under new policy, you’ll only get a limited number of name changes, so you’ll want to pick a good one. A: Real-name policy had been in place since Google+ launched three years ago. A: Privacy advocates have criticized this, saying there are legitimate reasons for wanting to use pseudonyms. A: Google+ has let page owners and YouTube channel owners use names other than their real ones, so this helps streamlines a somewhat confusing policy. A: Google+ head Vic Gundotra left the company a few months ago. A: Sergey Brin publicly said he shouldn’t have worked on G+ because he’s “not a very social person.” Q: Some say Google+ is moving away from the Facebook model toward something like Twitter… Q: Is Google abandoning a sinking ship? Q: Does this indicate the return of the nasty anonymous YouTube comment — what we refer to as trolling? (According to a Googler posting on G+, the team is rewarding positive interactions over negative comments..
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29	Amazon is reportedly testing an all-you-can-read service for the Kindle called "Kindle Unlimited." The service would cost $9.99 a month and would provide access to more than 600,000 book titles.	http://gigaom.com/2014/07/16/amazon-is-testing-kindle-unlimited-an-ebook-subscription-service-for-9-99month/
30	Kate Knibbs wrote about this story for Gizmodo. Q: How was this program discovered? Q: How did Amazon get permission for this from the publishers? Q: Wouldn't something like this harm Amazon's eBook sales business?	Kate Knibbs Writer, Gizmodo @KateKnibbs
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32	Katharine Knibbs * gizmodo.com * @KateKnibbs
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34	Samsung is looking to catch up to Apple and Google when it comes to home automation — and according to TechCrunch it's about to acquire smart-home company SmartThings for about $200 million.		http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/15/samsung-to-scoop-up-smartthings-for-around-200-million/
35	Steve Kovach is a senior tech editor for Business Insider.	Steve Kovach Senior tech editor, Business Insider @stevekovach
36	Q: Can you start out by explaining what SmartThings is and how it fits into Samsung’s goals? Q: You talked to the CEO of SmartThings a few months ago — what did he say about an acquisition at that time? Q: How will Samsung benefit? Its own Smart Home ecosystem hasn’t been super popular thus far. Q: Would this acquisition help solve one of the biggest issues in the Internet of Things — compatibility? Q: Will SmartThings help Samsung get its edge back? Its smartphone sales are shrinking… A: SmartThings connects different devices in your house to the internet via a central router, with a smartphone app for controlling things. A: SmartThings also offers motion sensors and door-open sensors, and it works with a variety of devices from different companies. It’s also an open platform, so any device maker or developer can build into it. A: Samsung has its own Smart Home service for controlling certain Samsung smart appliances via an Android app. A: Apple has HomeKit, Google has Nest — we’re seeing huge companies poaching smaller ones with origins on Kickstarter. (SmartThings raised $1.2 million on the crowd-funding site) A: If the acquisition goes through, SmartThings will have more resources for expanding the technology, marketing, etc.
37	Steve Kovach * businessinsider.com * @stevekovach
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39	A company started accepting pre-orders today for a $499 home robot called Jibo. The company calls it the world's first family robot. Let’s take a look at their promotional video.	JASON, I'M GOING TO THROW TO YOU FOR THIS VIDEO, AND LETS WATCH AT LEAST A COUPLE MINUTES OF IT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1Q8oFpX1Y	http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/a-home-robot-for-the-price-of-a-tablet/
40	No Interview
41	A: Can relay texts and phone calls to you A: Takes pictures and video A: Launching crowdsourcing A: Robot talks to you A: video chat A: Jibo’s face turns to the person who’s talking A: upload books to Jibo’s library and he’ll do an interactive reading with cartoon images of characters and events and character-appropriate voices. A: The product is being developed by some of the top names in robotics, including Cynthia Breazeal, who is the director of the Personal Robots group at MIT’s Media Lab and developed the emotional robot Kismet, Todd Pack, who created several robots for iRobot; Roberto Piericcini, the team’s Director Advanced Conversational Technologies, has worked at IBM T. J. Watson Research Labs; Andy Atkins, VP of Engineering, has worked for both Android and Apple and developed a streaming platform for Netflix; and Chief Cloud Architect Rich Sadowsky hails from Symantec, which suggests that the company is making security of its cloud services a priority. Also Jonathan Ross, who’s designing Jibo’s software, has developed toys and games at Disney and company Zynga.
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44	If you’ve considered buying an Android Wear smartwatch, one of your concerns may be the typing experience on such a small screen. A company called Minuum has just launched its keyboard app for Android Wear, and a demo video gives us a hint of the cramped typing experience on the latest smartwatches.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUTvjEf7oD8	http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/16/minuum-android-wear-keyboard/
45	Stephen Hall writes for 9to5google and 9to5mac.	Stephen Hall Writer, 9to5google @steqheu
46	A: Seen demoed on the LG G Watch. A: The app is currently in beta, with a sign-up sheet now live for those interested. A: The keyboard is single-line, with several letters to each button. The app provides text predictions as you type, so you can select these words if they’e correct. A: Minuum’s also available on Google Glass. Q: Will Android Wear users really want to peck out texts on such a small screen? This would only be useful for very short messages, right? Q: Doesn’t this make it clearer than ever how important voice control is for Google’s smartwatch ecosystem?
47	Stephen Hall * 9to5google * @steqheu
48	(MIKE 7)	SHOW	LINKS
49	In an exclusive, Auto Express Editor-in-Chief Steve Fowler revealed that Tesla is planning to unveil a smaller electric car called the Tesla Model 3.	http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/tesla/87867/tesla-model-3-to-challenge-bmw-3-series-world-exclusive
50	Steve joins us now to talk about his scoop. Q: Elon Musk himself revealed this to you? Q: What cars will this compete with? Q: When will this go on sale, and do we have any information about the price? Q: We're a tech show, so we're interested in the technology here. Anything new? Q: What's the range of this car?	Steve Fowler Editor-in-chief, AutoExpress @SteveFowler
51	A: Model 3 is set to be unveiled in 2016 and on sale by 2017
52	Steve Fowler * autoexpress.co.uk * @SteveFowler
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70	We opened the show yesterday with how to tell the FCC your opinion on net neutrality. It was the last day of their public comment period on a proposal by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. But as we reported, the site was overwhelmed by traffic. Because of that, the FCC has extended the comment period until Friday.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/15/5902179/net-neutrality-proposal-comment-period-extended-by-fcc
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73	Apple's iPhone 6 is still months away at least. But a clone of the phone has already been announced. A Chinese copycat phone maker called GooPhone announced their GooPhone i6 with an August ship date. The phone is apparently based entirely on leaks and rumors. The company also beat Apple to market with their knock-off versions of the Apple iPhone 5 and 5S phones, which ran Android.	http://www.gizchina.com/2014/07/16/goophone-announce-goophone-i6-iphone-6-clone-ahead-apple/
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108	Tesla plans a smaller new car: Model 3	http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/tesla/87867/tesla-model-3-to-challenge-bmw-3-series-world-exclusive
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111	Samsung may partner with UnderArmour	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/16/samsung-reportedly-in-partnership-talks-with-under-armour/
112	Honda's Asimo robot upgraded	http://newsroom.honda.co.uk/en/corporatepresspackdetail/?id=4152&mode=image
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114	Jibo robot claimed to be the "world's first family robot"	http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/a-home-robot-for-the-price-of-a-tablet/	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1Q8oFpX1Y
115	Site lists search terms censored by right to be forgotten	http://hiddenfromgoogle.com/	http://www.zdnet.com/hidden-from-google-lists-pages-hidden-from-internet-searches-7000031666/
116	Amazon prepping "kindle unlimited" service	http://gizmodo.com/amazon-is-prepping-a-kindle-unlimited-book-rental-ser-1605911418?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
117	Google Street View cars have mapped methane gas leaks in big US cities	http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/16/google-street-view-methane-gas-maps/?ncid=rss_truncated


1	TITLE: Block Blocked From Quitting Comcast * 1049	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, July 15, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free 2 week trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com, and use offer code TNT.
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9	(Thing of the day: Twitter was opened to the public eight years ago: July 15, 2006) (Intel and Yahoo report earnings today) Last day to comment on the FCC's proposal for net neutrality * three questions the FCC is asking the public to answer: 1. Should there be an outright ban on fast lanes? 2. Should broadband access be classified as a Title II common carrier? 3. Should the new Open Internet provisions also cover wireless (mobile) broadband? The answer "yes" to all three questions is max net neutrality. Site is nearly impossible to access. Instead send email: openinternet@fcc.gov
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16	Google announced a partnership with the Swiss drug company company Novartis to bring Google's smart contact lenses to market.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/novatis-google-to-work-on-smart-contact-lenses-1405417127
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18	A: monitors blood sugar levels with tiny sensor, sends data with tiny antenna thinner than human hair A: another version corrects vision - similar to the lenses on autofocus cameras A: Novartis's Alcon eye care division would license Google's tech A: Google = electronics "so small they look like bits of glitter" A: 382 million people—one in every 19—around the world have diabetes A: Novartis hopes to have a prototype available for research-and-development reviews by early 2015
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23	The other shoe is about to drop at Microsoft. Last week, CEO Satya Nadella shared a vision memo suggesting major changes were coming. This week, Microsoft is expected to announce thousands of job cuts amid an accelerated cloud and mobile push. And there may even be an acquisition in the pipeline.	http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2014/07/14/microsoft-layoffs-loom-how-far-will-nadella-go/	http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2460883,00.asp
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25	A: Seattle Times quotes a source suggesting 6,000 to 12,500 jobs could be cut. That's 5 to 10 percent workforce cut. A: Most experts thinks the cuts will mostly involve the Nokia mobile phone business. A: We should get answers when Microsoft announces Q4 earnings on July 22. A: In a memo last week, Nadella wrote: "Organizations will change. Mergers and acquisitions will occur. Job responsibilities will evolve. New partnerships will be formed. Tired traditions will be questioned," Nadella wrote." A: Nadella really trying to make cloud first and mobile first message catch on with employees, partners and customers. A: Mobile First: Uphill battle. Might get some Surface 3 sales and Nokia performance clues during earnings call. A: Cloud First: Real momentum here. Central focus this week at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in DC. A: Azure Momentum: Over 57% of the Fortune 500 companies use Microsoft Azure. Azure stores 30 trillion objects, supports more than 300,000 active websites, and processes over 3 million requests per second. Azure Active Directory now has more than 300 million users. A: Azure locked in battle with Amazon for top public cloud A: Microsoft may also be looking to make small acquisition: Aorato, an Israel-based cybersecurity startup for corporate IT. Could be $200 million buyout according to WSJ. I'd like to see small "tuck in" deals like this rather than big M&A.	http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2014/07/14/microsoft-layoffs-loom-how-far-will-nadella-go/	http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/infrastructure-as-a-service/microsoft-pushes-partners-to-cloud/d/d-id/1297271
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28	A list of hacking tools used by the UK's version of the NSA has been apparently leaked online. The tools suggest ways the UK's Government Communications Headquarters, better known by its initials, the GCHQ, could fix the outcome of online polls, find and use Facebook photos and more. As you might expect, the information was part of the Edward Snowden trove of leaked documents and it was published by the site, The Intercept, in an article written by Glenn Greenwald.	https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/14/manipulating-online-polls-ways-british-spies-seek-control-internet/
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30	A: Greenwald points out in his article that an EU parliamentary inquiry earlier this year concluded that GCHQ activities were likely illegal. A: GCHQ says they're legal A: Even talked about carrying out operations in Second Life and other online games A: TOOLS Angry Pirate - a tool to permanently disable a target's account on their computer Bomb Bay - the capacity to increase website hits/rankings Cannonball - the ability to send repeated text messages to a single target Gestator - a tool to make a message, normally a video, more visible on websites including YouTube Glitterball - software to help agents carry out operations in Second Life and other online games Birdstrike - Twitter monitoring and profile collection Fatyak - public data collection from the business-focused social network LinkedIn Spring Bishop - a tool to find private pictures of targets on Facebook Changeling - the ability to spoof any email address and send messages under that identity Bearscrape - a tool to extract a computer's wi-fi connection history Miniature Hero - the ability to source real-time call records, instant messages and contact lists from Skype Swamp donkey - a way to send a modified Excel spreadsheet document that silently extracts and runs malware on the target's computer Underpass - a tool to change the result of online polls
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33	Apple is trying to trademark its Touch ID technology. But Kronos Technology Systems may have the last laugh. The US Patent and Trademarket Office has declined Apple's effort to trademark technology that lets you use a fingerprint to access your iPhone. It looks like Apple will need to revise the application to steer clear of an existing trademark from Kronos.	http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/07/uspto-refuses-to-register-apples-touch-id-trademark.html
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35	A: The US Patent and Trademark Office has basically stated that Apple's application "contains the same common wording as the registered mark [from Kronis], and there is no other wording to distinguish it from the Kronis mark, which was registed in 2003. A: Kronos was founded by MIT veterans in 1977. The company makes workforce management technology, and obviously has mobile expertise. A: Apple has six months (up to Nov. 7) to either address the concerns outlined by the US Patent and Trademark office or to make an offer to Kronos for the mark -- which Kronos apparently has held since 2003. A: Bigger issue: Apple has basically thrown millions of different terms into the trademark application. It's an effort to see which red flags, if any, an application raises. It's almost a game of "can you find the infringing text" in our application. Shows how complex and outdatted the trademark application process is. A: The new Apple: Steve Jobs attempted to trademark and protect absolutely everything, while raising a legal war with Samsung and others. Will we see a trademark, patent and intellectual property strategy adjustment from Tim Cook?	http://www.kronos.com/
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38	Google, Freescale, Samsung, ARM and a few other companies announced today their intention to develop a standard for wireless connectivity between Internet of Things devices. The initiative is called "Thread." And the idea is to use mesh networking, which enables each device to both connect to, and also relay, the messages of other devices.	http://recode.net/2014/07/15/google-freescale-backing-yet-another-internet-of-things-standard-effort/
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40	A: Will use an existing low-power radio technology: 6LowPAN A: competes with Qualcomm-backed AllSeen Alliance and the Intel-backed Open Interconnect Consortium A: Could work together - thread is about radio and networking tech; AllSeen, OIC are application-layer tech A: Other partners: Big Ass Fans, , Silicon Image and Yale A: Thread envisions that some devices will support only its connection, while larger devices will also have Wi-Fi
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43	Mike: Let me set the big picture on this next story. My wife and I have three sons, two of whom are teenagers and iPhone users. My wife uses tracking software to make sure my kids aren't misbehaving online. But what if there was a new way for my kids to hide their digital footsteps from my wife? An app called Hike Messenger promises to do that.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/15/indian-messaging-app-thrives-by-blocking-snooping-moms/
44	A: Hike Messenger, developed by Bharti Software of India, is free and backed by Japan's Softbank. Most folks see it as a potnetial rival to WhatsApp. A: India's culture typically sees teens linking with parents and distant relatives online. A: Hike Messenger can help those teens to hide their online conversations from those family members. A: A major ad campaign -- call it a commercial blitz -- shows how you can hide status updates and last seens from key people. A: Thanks to the ad campaign, the service is adding 250,000 users per day. A: Hike has no plans to expand beyond India, but you can bet other app developers are checking out the app's features and trying to import them into the US. Just don't tell my kids.
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71	Former Engadget Editor-in-Chief and current AOL executive, Ryan Block, tried to cancel his Comcast service. But instead of simply cancelling, the customer service representative essentially refused, giving him instead a super intense sales pitch as to why canceling was a bad idea. Block recorded the last eight minutes of the call and posted the audio to his Soundcloud account. Let's listen to some of this. It's unbelievable.	https://twitter.com/ryan/status/488828933622595584
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89	Google's smart contact lens may actually go on sale!
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91	And the UK's list of hacking tools gets leaked! The best part is the code names -- like operation swamp donkey!
92	We've got the details, coming up next.
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97	Indian Messaging App Thrives By Blocking Snooping Moms/JOE	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/15/indian-messaging-app-thrives-by-blocking-snooping-moms/
98	The US government wants to create an experimental city for testing wireless tech	http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/14/5899475/fcc-ntia-model-city-spectrum-sharing-proposal-comments
99	USPTO Refuses to Register Apple's "Touch ID" Trademark/JOE	http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/07/uspto-refuses-to-register-apples-touch-id-trademark.html
100	Microsoft: Cloud, Layoffs and Security Acquisition? New CEO Vision/joe	http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2460883,00.asp	http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2014/07/14/microsoft-layoffs-loom-how-far-will-nadella-go/	http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/infrastructure-as-a-service/microsoft-pushes-partners-to-cloud/d/d-id/1297271	http://online.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-in-talks-to-buy-israeli-cybersecurity-firm-aorato-1405430773?mod=LS1
101	HP's India Tablet (Phablet) Invasion: Coming to US, Too?/NO	http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/hp-has-aggressive-plans-to-crack-the-tablet-market-in-india/articleshow/38420395.cms


1	TITLE: Apple’s PR Kung Fu * 1048	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, July 14, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan. Jason is off today. Anthony Nielsen is filling in. Our co-anchor today and every Monday is Lindsey Turrentine!
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16	Some of the biggest web companies today urged the FCC to retain net neutrality. The advocacy came from the Internet Association, which is made up of three dozen companies including Google, Neftlix, Amazon, eBay, Twitter.	http://internetassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Comments.pdf
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18	A: including mobile carriers A: FCC now in public comments period A: FCC asked for comments on plan that would allow "commercially reasonable" deals between content providers and ISPs to prioritize traffic A: Reuters: "Monday's comments represent a more detailed industry position" A: Internet Association's push may spotlight anti-blocking and anti-discrimination rules that applied differently to landline and wireless Internet traffic. A: In other words, I.A. is calling for same rules for mobile A: I.A. = ""No matter how users choose to connect to the Internet, net neutrality rules should apply universally on both wireless and wireline networks,"" A: Michael Beckerman, President and CEO of The Internet Association A: MB = "Segregation of the Internet into fast lanes and slow lanes will distort the market, discourage innovation and harm Internet users" A: MB = "The FCC must act to create strong, enforceable net neutrality rules and apply them equally to both wireless and wireline providers."
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23	The Wall Street Journal reports that two Google directors, Paul Otellini and John Doerr, suggested in 2007 that Larry Page and Sergey Brin should personally approach Facebook employees to recruit them. Ultimately, Google decided not to do this, but it's one more indication that Google has long been worried about poaching from Facebook. The company also instituted a 1-hour rapid counter-offer policy for any employee who came to their manager with a competing offer from Facebook.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/14/google-directors-wanted-page-brin-to-court-facebook-employees/
24	Jeff Elder is an investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal and wrote this story. Q: Is this particularly embarrassing for Google, which is often considered the most glamorous of the big tech companies to work for? Does it make them look weaker? Q: How serious is the broader lawsuit that prompted this discovery? It sounds like a settlement is possible -- what will the impact to the Valley be as a result of Google, Apple, Adobe, and Intel settling? Q: Do you think things have changed much among these companies since 2007? Is Google having an easier or harder time holding onto employees?	Jeff Elder Investigative reporter, The Wall Street Journal @JeffElder
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28	We reported last week that China's state-owned CCTV called the iPhone a threat to national security because of its "frequent locations" feature. Apple responded to the report over the weekend, saying that Apple doesn't share location, than location data is encrypted, and that the "frequent locations" feature is turn off by default.	http://www.apple.com/cn/your-location-privacy/#english	http://fortune.com/2014/07/13/chinese-tv-threw-apple-a-slow-curve-on-privacy/
29	Philip Elmer-DeWitt is an independent technology columnist. Q: Before we get into Apple's response, can tells us what the CCTV's report said about the iPhone? Q: Was Apple's response, and what did you think of it? Q: This is part of a longer history of attacks by CCTV and People's Daily. What's their beef with Apple? Q: Does the CCTV report reflect the opinions or intentions of the Chinese Communist Party or government? Q: How influential are such reports within China?	Philip Elmer-DeWitt Independent columnist @philiped
30	A: CCTV called the iPhone a “national security concern” A: statement called “Your Location Privacy” A: “frequent locations” feature records time with location A: access to that data could gain knowledge of China’s economic situation or “even state secrets” A: Apple said location data is encrypted and stored locally on the device – and not shared with Apple or any other outsiders. A: Apple said location feature is not turned on by default
31	Philip Elmer-DeWitt * fortune.com * @philiped
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33	FCC documents recently revealed that Apple is going to be creating its own iBeacon device -- in this case, a tiny puck that presumably helps pinpoint a user's location in relation to the beacon. iBeacon technology is currently in wide use in retail with third-party devices, but Apple has never created its own Beacon. While Patently Apple believes this beacon is not for home use, it's possible that Apple is working on a set of technologies that could also work in the home.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/13/apple-is-building-a-new-ibeacon-powered-device-fcc-filing-reveals/	http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/07/fcc-documents-surface-revealing-apples-ibeacon-testing.html
34	Q: What are the possiblities here? Do we think this is just for retail or is there more to this device? Q: Could this be a precurser to a connected-home device? What kind of activities could this device support outside retail?
35	A: The FCC documentation clearly notes that the focus is on Apple's iBeacon device and not any other kind of home device. A: Third party developers creating devices for Apple's HomeKit may decide to implement Apple's iBeacon technology/component into future devices.
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38	The founder of Google's Google X labs and the leader of the Google Glass project is leaving Google and moving to Amazon. Babak Parviz announced the move in a crypic but unmistakable post on Google+.	https://plus.google.com/100149980664588993669/posts/gWj6d17AiB7	http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/14/5897455/google-glass-pioneer-moves-to-amazon
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40	A: Iranian-American scientist A: obsessed with intelligent contact lens A: can be expected to work on optics research for Amazon Fire phone; head Amazon lab A: Parviz working on smart optics systems for decades
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43	9-to-5 Mac reports that a well-sourced securities analyst is claiming the potentially saphire-screened 5.5-inch iPhone 6 is to be delayed until after October, possibly until 2015. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that supply challenges related to the phone's larger size are causing the manufacturing challenges, along with concerns that the larger screen won't "pass the drop test," despite some video leaks suggesting that the sapphire screen is extraordinarily scratch-resistant.	http://9to5mac.com/2014/07/13/kgi-5-5-inch-iphone-6-likely-to-be-delayed-until-after-october-possibly-until-2015/	http://youtu.be/5R0_FJ4r73s
44	Q: How real does this leak seem? Q: Could it be to Apple's advantage to wait a little longer on the 5.5-inch model, especially in light of the fact that some analysts are blaming the Galaxy Note's size for some of Samsung's weak tablet sales?
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55	Anthony Burns writes: * * * As I read the Wall Street Journals "Marketplace" section this morning I realized that I had already heard all of the stories contained within the pages as well as in depth interviews and analysis with your guests yesterday. WSJ already has my money for the next year, but TWIT will get the information to me, first, and in a better format. Thanks for your great work.
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63	That's the tech news today!
64	(Co-anchor plug)
65	Subscribe to Tech News Today on iTunes, YouTube, Feedly, Yahoo, RSS or many other options.
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76	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you tomorrow (or Monday).
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81	China called Apple's iPhone a threat to national security. What was Apple's reponse?
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1	TITLE: China's Wack Hack Attack * 1046	CO-ANCHOR: Don Reisinger

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, July 10, 2014!
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan. Jason is off this week. Chad Johnson is filling in. Our co-anchor today is Don Reisinger, a technology columnist who writes for CNET, eWeek, the LA Times and other publications.
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11	The French government banned free eBooks in France, starting today. So Amazon started charging for books formerly given away free. The price? One penny.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/amazon-shelves-french-book-discounts-1405006355
12	Sam Schechner is a tech correspondent for Europe, Middle East and Africa at The Wall Street Journal and joins us now from Paris. Q: Amazon might be obeying the letter of the law, but definitely not the spirit of the law. What is France's response to this likely to be?	Sam Schechner Tech correspondent, The Wall Street Journal @samschech
13	A: The law was casually called the "Anti-Amazon" law, also banned discounts of more than 5% off cover price A: part of a larger effort to knock down the "growing power" of American tech companies and ensure a "level playing field."
14	Sam Schechner * wsj.com * @samschech
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16	Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sent a three-thousand word manifesto to Microsoft employees about his vision for the company. He proclaimed Microsoft as the "productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world." He also said Microsoft will re-invent productivity.	http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/ceo/index.html
17	Juan Carlos Perez is a Senior Editor for the IDG News Service Q: What was the purpose and overall theme of Nadella's epic memo?	Juan Carlos Perez Senior Editor, IDG News Service @JuanCPerez
18	QUOTES: * Computing is ubiquitous and experiences span devices and exhibit ambient intelligence. * Billions of sensors, screens and devices – in conference rooms, living rooms, cities, cars, phones, PCs – are forming a vast network and streams of data that simply disappear into the background of our lives. * We help people get stuff done. * We will think of every user as a potential "dual user" – people who will use technology for their work or school and also deeply use it in their personal digital life. * magic of ambient intelligence with Delve and Cortana. ("Delve is intelligent Office search code-named "Oslo") * Microsoft will continue to vigorously innovate and delight gamers with Xbox.
19	Juan Carlos Perez * pcworld.com * computerworld.com * @JuanCPerez
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23	Tablet Shipments Decline For the First Time, NPD Says	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/10/tablet-shipments-decline-for-the-first-time-npd/	http://blogs.seattletimes.com/microsoftpri0/2014/07/09/worldwide-pc-shipment-decline-slowed-in-second-quarter/
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25	A. 56 million shipments this year compared to 59 million last year A. Down due to smaller tablets -- 7-inch range A. Phablets are becoming a concern A. 78.5 million PCs shipped last quarter, which is roughly flat
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28	When the US Supreme Court ruled against Aereo last month, some said the company was done for. But yesterday, the CEO sent a letter to a U.S. district court in New York saying that because the Supreme Court smacked down Aereo by calling it a cable company, the company is entitled therefore to be licensed as a cable company.	http://blog.aereo.com/2014/07/3784/
29	Ted Johnson: Writer, Variety Q: Is Aereo right? Does the Supreme Court's decision mean that Aereo really is a cable company? Q: What are the benefits Aereo would gain from being officially designated as a cable company? Q: Has this tactic been tried before? Q: What's Aereo's plan? Q: If Aereo is willing to pay broadcast licenses, do the broadcasters have to do business with the company?	Ted Johnson Writer, Variety @tedstew
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31	Ted Johnson * variety.com * @tedstew
32	(DON 4)	SHOW	LINKS
33	Microsoft Taking Steps to Comply With the Right to be Forgotten	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/09/microsoft-to-wade-into-complying-with-the-right-to-be-forgotten/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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35	A. Google was affected by this first after ruling A. The law allows people to submit requests to have certain information wiped from the Web A. MSFT is creating a form for submitting removal requests A. Google has so far received 70,000 complaints
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38	Documents leaked to TechCrunch from inside Yelp accuse Google of favoring Google+ content over Yelp content in search results.	http://searchengineland.com/leaked-documents-yelp-google-196208	http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/09/yelp-google-anti-trust/
39	Danny Sullivan Editor-In-Chief, Search Engine Land Q: Before we get into your anysis, can you describe briefly what these documents accused Google of dying?	Danny Sullivan Editor-In-Chief, Search Engine Land @dannysullivan
40	A: materials accuse Google of blatantly highlighting its own products in US searches not Europe to avoid angering EU A: sources say leaked materials -- screenshots and study -- are being "passed around" inside Yelp A: In early 2013, Google won a breezy settlement with the FTC in the U.S. over similar antitrust concerns A: current EU antitrust settlement proposal is being pushed by European Commissioner For Competition Joaquín Almunia A: T.C. example: US results for "hotels sf" search show G+ reviews highlighted in US results, not European ones A: Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Lands points out how the study is false, and makes false claims -- for example saying that clicks from search results go to Google+ when in fact they go directly to the restaurant.
41	Danny Sullivan * searchengineland.com * @dannysullivan
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43	Chinese hackers target US federal employees	http://www.cnet.com/news/chinese-hackers-target-us-workers-report-says/
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45	A. Attempted to access a database containing financial and personal information on top-secret individuals A. Were able to get in, but eventually thwarted by US A. Just the latest in a long line of attacks A. Homeland Security has confirmed and is investigating
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65	We reported this week on that report about Android's factory reset option, and TNT fan Steve Honaker II wrote us an email about it: "Yesterday you talked about the factory reset not clearing all personal data. As a security now listener I assumed that this wasn't actually securely wiping the hard drive. My solution was to use the full drive encryption built in to android prior to doing the factory reset to prevent the data from being recoverable. Hope that this helps anyone considering selling an old device. Love the show."
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68	We told you Monday about a 36-year-old spacecraft that was fired up again after being abandoned in space by NASA in 1997. The resurrection of the International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 probe was initiated by private team after a crowdfunding effort to raise money for the project. Sadly, the project now looks doomed -- sort of. The team intended to use existing fuel to move the ISEE-3 into a stable position where it could be accessed from constantly from Earth. But after an initial burn, the team has concluded that the spacecraft is out of fuel.	http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/10/330255777/the-little-spacecraft-that-couldnt?ft=1&f=1026
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71	We shows you this week YouTube reviewer Marques Brownlee's video where he used a knife and keys on an iPhone 6 sapphire screen, and couldn't scratch or break it. Today, a Chinese reviewer tried an even wider variety of ways to damage the iPhone 6 screen, and found only one. Apparently driving over the screen with a car is the only known way to damage it.	NOTE: please start video at 0:25 and play with low sound until 1:27 http://youtu.be/Cfljtp63Ryo
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73	That's the tech news today!
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106	New mobile phone app has James Bond features to thwart surveillance	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/10/us-mobilephone-secrecy-idUSKBN0FF0Q020140710
107	Aereo: Oh Wait, We’re a Cable System After All	http://recode.net/2014/07/09/aereo-oh-wait-were-a-cable-system-after-all/
108	A VC’s Amazon Review, and a Quirky Approach to Disclosure	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/09/an-amazon-review-and-a-quirky-approach-to-disclosure/
109	LG cooks up more flexible & less hazy 18-inch OLED panels	http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/lg-display-18-inch-oled/


1	TITLE: Amazon Wants to Bury the Hachette * 1045	CO-ANCHOR: Sarah Silbert		hatchete

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, July 9, 2014!
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6	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan. Jason is off this week. Anthony Nielsen is filling in. Our co-anchor today and every Wednesday is Sarah Silbert, a senior editor at Engadget!
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16	You may recall Apple getting spanked by the FTC over kids downloading paid apps on their parent's iPhones without permission. Today we learned that Apple threw Google under the bus, too, urging the FTC to crack down on Google. The information was uncovered by a Freedom of Information Act request by a Politico reporter.	http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/apps-and-kids-google-may-be-next-in-ftc-crosshairs-108671.html	http://gigaom.com/2014/07/09/apple-prodded-ftc-to-investigate-google-over-kids-in-app-purchases/
17	Jeff John Roberts writes for GigaOM and others on legal issues related to the digital economy. Q: Can you briefly review Apple's history with the FTC on this, and also talk about their complaint against Google? Q: Is Apple's complaint legit? Is Google allowing kids to spend their parents' money without being regulated by the FTC? Q: Was the FTC's action against Apple unfair? It seems like Apple voluntarily fixed the problem long before the FTC cracked down on them. Q: The FTC also started to crack down on Amazon, and Amazon said: No, you're going to have to sue us. Would Google do that, too?
18	A: Bruce Sewell wrote to FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Democratic Commissioner Julie Brill A: Letter = 'I thought this article might be of some interest, particularly if you have not already seen it" A: FTC cracked down on Amazon; Amazon said "we'll see you in court" A: Google may be next in the FTC’s crosshairs A: FTC also "ramped up its enforcement of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA" A: With Apple, the commission said it registered “at least tens of thousands of complaints” from parents who “reported millions of dollars in unauthorized charges” A: FTC settlement, Apple had to alter its billing practices and provide refunds to parents totaling at least $32.5 million A: In 2011, Apple closed the 15-minute window in which iPhone or iPad users could make unlimited purchases without additional consent, and it later settled a related class-action lawsuit A: The FTC took action against Apple anyway. Cook = "To us, it smacked of double jeopardy" A: Question: So why should Google take more action? A: Apple's lawyer Sewell, shared in letter a Consumer Reports story that faulted Google for allowing your “kid to spend like a drunken sailor” for 30 minutes after an adult initially entered a password. A: Consumer advocates, however, say formal FTC settlements are crucial because without it companies can easily change back
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23	Here’s the latest in the ongoing battle over e-book pricing between Amazon and publisher Hachette: Amazon has proposed offering Hachette authors 100 percent of the profit from digital book sales in an attempt to speed up the negotiation of a new e-book contract. Hachette has rejected this proposal, calling it “suicidal.”		http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/amazon-tries-to-woo-authors-in-hachette-dispute
24	Jason Abbruzzese writes for Mashable. (A-BRUISE-ease)	Jason Abbruzzese Reporter, Mashable @JasonAbbruzzese
25	Q: Can you start off by explaining what this proposal would mean for Amazon and Hachette — they wouldn’t get any share of the profits, right? Q: Amazon explained this offer as “keeping authors out of the middle” of argument. But that’s not really the motive here, right? Is Amazon trying to make the publisher look like the bad guy here? Q: Would this proposal affect Amazon and Hachette equally? Doesn’t Hachette need this revenue more than Amazon? Q: Would this mean that authors leave their publisher and publish with Amazon? Would this mean they have less control? Q: Is there any chance that authors would side with Amazon over their publisher? Q: How, and when, will this finally end? A: Context: Amazon has sanctions against Hachette in place, making it harder for customers to order and receive the publisher’s books in a timely fashion. A: Amazon accounted for 60% of Hachette’s e-book sales in the US last year, so losing revenue would be a huge deal. (Wouldn’t be much of a blow to Amazon, though.) A: Hachette authors have spoken out against Amazon. A: One of the most public trade disputes — Amazon is usually pretty quiet, but both sides are exchanging harsh words.
26	Jason Abbruzzese * mashable.com * @JasonAbbruzzese
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28	LG introduced a smartwatch for children. It's called KizOn, and it's optimized for enabling parents to track their kids and for kids to call parents with pre-programmed numbers.	http://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-launches-KizON-a-wearable-device-that-helps-parents-keep-track-of-their-kids_id57986	http://koreabizwire.com/introducing-lg-kizon-a-wearable-designed-for-kids/14367
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30	A: It's a feature-phone; not a smartphone; 2G and 3G cellular networks A: July 10 in Korea; North America and Europe in Q3 A: U.S. pricing and availability not disclosed A: 10 numbers can be programmed A: When parents call, it answers automatically after 10 seconds A: 36 hours, claims LG - alerts parents when it's a 25 per cent A: water resistant A: available, in blue, pink or green
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33	Cloud storage keeps getting cheaper and cheaper, as companies such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft compete for the most generous offerings to attract customers. Google is now offering businesses 2 terabytes of free storage for a year, which compares favorably to Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.		http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/09/with-google-offer-cloud-storage-gets-closer-to-free/?mod=ST1
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35	A: Google Cloud Platform offers free storage through its partner, a startup called Panzura. A: Google’s offer for 2TB free for a year allows companies to access files from a single location — costs extra to access from multiple locations. A: An effort to poach customers from Amazon Web Services. A: Competing service from Amazon and Microsoft charge a few cents per gigabyte per month. A: Companies are competing for the lowest pricing for cloud storage, but they’ll make money through software and services that work with the cloud platforms. (Ex: Maps Engine Pro service to display corporate data on digital maps.)
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38	Apple lost a patent battle in China over Siri. Apple had sued both the Chinese company called Zhizhen Network Technology and China’s Patent Review Committee to force a verdict over the issue of Zhizhen's claim that Siri infringed their patent. A Chinese court ruled against Apple, which said it would appeal with the Beijing Higher People's Court. In China, the People's Court is a court, rather than a TV show.	http://en.apdnews.com/news/103839.html
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40	A: Unfortunately, we were not aware of Zhizhen's patent before we introduced Siri, and we do not believe we are using this patent.
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43	Glenn Lurie, the head of emerging devices at AT&T, said that the key to wearables will be adding cellular connection. He said that for fitness trackers, smartwatches and other devices to really take off, they need to offer Internet connectivity without relying on a smartphone.		http://recode.net/2014/07/09/att-sees-cellular-connected-wearables-leading-the-way/
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45	A: Most wearables use Bluetooth rather than direct cellular connection A: LG KizOn which Mike previously mentioned is one such device, connecting kids to parents. A: Example he gave was fitness tracker that automatically posts workouts to social networks and provides music as you work out. A: We’ll also see connected devices become increasingly important in healthcare space, letting aging population live in their homes longer by connecting them to caregivers. Q: Does this mean paying for an extra data plan for each wearable? Will customers go for that?
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1	TITLE: Tim Cook's Sweeter Apple * 1044	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, July 8, 2014!
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6	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan. Jason is off this week. Anthony Nielsen is filling in. Our co-anchor today and every Tuesday is Joe Panettieri!
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16	Wall Street Journal tech reporter Daisuke Wakabayashi wrote an in-depth analysis about the impact of Apple CEO Tim Cook on that company, three years after the late Apple founder Steve Jobs resigned and put Cook in charge. The article was based in part on interviews with more than a dozen current and former Apple employees.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/tim-cooks-apple-takes-shape-1404757939
17	Daisuke joins us now to talk about the story. Q: In your piece, you describe a friendlier, gentler Apple. Can you give us some specifics about some of the things Cook has done that former CEO Steve Jobs might not have done? Q: Cook is easier on employees. But wasn't Jobs' harsh approach part of what made Apple successful in the past 15 years? Q: Jobs was the visionary tyrant, and Cook was the stoic operations expert. Is Cook still great at operations? Q: You quote one former employee as saying that "Steve was a wartime CEO, while Tim is a peacetime CEO." What do you think they meant by that? Q: Cook wants to add directors to Apple's eight-person board. Why? Q: Cook has tried to make Apple more environmentally friendly. But is the company really going beyond what's necessary to satisfy some critics and shareholders? Q: As we saw today from Samsung's report, profitable phones are under attack by scrappy Chinese budget phone makers. Does Cook have what it takes to deal with this challenge? Q: Is Cook spreading Apple too thin as some critics charge? Q: Do you think Jobs would have bought Beats?	Daisuke Wakabayashi Tech reporter, The Wall Street Journal @daiwaka
18	* Daisuke Wakabayashi * Cook joined Apple in 1998 * Apple = most valuable in the world by stock-market valuation * Apple = most profitable in the technology industry * Former employee: "Steve was a wartime CEO, while Tim is a peacetime CEO." * Cook = “runs Apple more like most other companies.” * Cook = “pushed Apple to become more environmentally friendly”: NEWS: $55 million investment in a 100-acre, 17.5 megawatt solar farm. * Cook = “implemented an employee donation-matching program” * Cook = vocal supporter of gay rights VIDEO: http://youtu.be/xdjAX5A-6qE?t=1m19s * Cook = shares attention - Craig Federighi “dominated the stage.” * “Beats deal represented a departure for Apple.”
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23	So you'd like to resell or donate your Android phone to another user. Conventional wisdom says Android's factory reset option will delete your personal data before you hand the device over to its new owners. But a security company called Avast suggests the reset option doesn't really work as advertised. Here to bring us insights is Seth Rosenblatt from CNET.
24	Interview: Seth Rosenblatt, CNET	Seth Rosenblatt Senior writer, CNET @sethr
25	Q: So Seth, it sounds like your story today emerges from a study. Can you tell us a bit about who conducted the study and what they found? Q: What type of data is at risk? User photos? Contact info? More? Q: Did Avast use special tools to recover the information?	http://www.cnet.com/news/android-phone-wiping-fails-to-delete-personal-data/
26	A: Avast, a security software vendor, purchased 20 used Android smartphones from eBay. A. I assume Android phones had been reset to factory settings. A: They found 250 nude selfies, 750 emails and texts, 250 contacts, and the identities of four phones' previous owners plus one completed loan application. A: Avast used off the shelf tools like FTK Imager, a drive imaging platform. A: What extra steps, if any, can users take to truly erase or delete all of their data from an Android phone that they'd like to resell or give away to another user? A: Avast and other companies make more comprehensive data wipe dools for Android.	http://www.avast.com/en-us/index
27	Seth Rosenblatt * cnet.com * @sethr
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29	Marques Brownlee, who reviews mobile products on YouTube under the name MKBHD, got his hands on an iPhone 6 screen he claims was made with sapphire. Marques stabbed and scratched it with a knife and keys, bent it and generally abused the screen, and he was unable to make even the slightest scratch in it. Let's have a look at the video.	START AT 2:15 with audio: http://youtu.be/5R0_FJ4r73s?t=2m15s
30	Q: Is this a sapphire laminate?
31	A: 4.7-inch iPhone 6 A: 4.7-inch iPhone 6 was supposed to use Gorilla Glass -- not 100% sure this wasn't Gorilla Glass A: 4.7 inch iPhone 6 probably coming in September.
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34	Well Mike, leaders from the US and China are set to meet this week to talk about fighting cyber esponage. That's ironic, considering each government accusses the other of spying on a nearly daily basis. Plus, the US worries about networking equipment from China containing back doors, and China has similar concerns about IT equipment from the US. But Mike, what if two big IT companies helped to thaw this technology cold war?	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/us-china-usa-idUSKBN0FD0JC20140708
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36	A: Referring to IBM and Lenovo, China's largest PC maker. A: Chinese government recently cleared Lenovo's proposed purchase of IBM's x86 server business. A: Perhaps by coincidence, IBM also this week said it will invest $100 million educating China's students on Big Data and Analytics technologies. A: Deal covers 100 universities and 40,000 students in China. A: Is this IBM's way of saying "you can trust us... please let us sell more equipment and software into China?" In return we'll mentor and train your students? A: On the flip side, we're still awaiting the US government to approve Lenovo's purchase of IBM's x86 server business. That approval, with some stipulations, is expected later this year. A: For the next few years IBM will likely need to provide service and support to Lenovo servers sold in the US. A: But some federal government departments have already banned Lenovo desktops and laptops over the potential back door spying concerns. A: Mike, do you see any hope for the US and China normalizing relations to help IT sales in both countries? A: The US and China this week are scheduled to talk about cyber esponage. The talks, which start on Wednesday, will be led by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, according to Reuters.	http://www.zdnet.com/china-approves-ibm-lenovo-server-deal-7000031251/
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72	The Guardian newspaper reported this morning that Facebook isn't the only organization trying to figure out how to influence social media users. The Pentagon has been studying how influencers on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and even Kickstarter achieve their influence. The research wing in the US military, called DARPA, reportedly studied the Twitter feeds of Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber to figure out how they get so many followers and retweets. And like Facebook, DARPA interacted with users unaware that they were part of a study to figure out how they responded.	http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/08/darpa-social-networks-research-twitter-influence-studies
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107	Robbers loot Samsung phones and computers from Brazil factory	http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/08/robbers-loot-samsung-phones-and-computers-from-brazil-factory
108	Android's phone wiping fails to delete personal data/joe 2	http://www.cnet.com/news/android-phone-wiping-fails-to-delete-personal-data/
109	Great new Google Now feature will let you control media with your voice	http://bgr.com/2014/07/08/google-now-voice-controls-music/
110	GE Device Measures the Calories on Your Plate	http://www.technologyreview.com/news/528721/ge-device-measures-the-calories-on-your-plate/
111	IBM & China: Selling Server Business and Investing $100M in Big Data/joe 4	http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-commits-us-100-million-130000105.html	http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-server-business-sale-lenovo-213505232.html	http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/300073332/lenovos-2-3-billion-ibm-deal-inches-closer-to-approval.htm
112	Box Delays IPO, Raises Another $150M?	http://gigaom.com/2014/07/07/box-reportedly-brings-in-150m-in-new-funding-pushes-off-ipo/
113	Gartner Scales Back Windows Device Forecast	http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249582/Gartner_scales_back_Windows_forecast


1	TITLE: TSA Says 'Charge Your Phone' * 1043	CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, July 7, 2014!
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6	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan. Jason is off this week. Anthony Nielsen is filling in. Our co-anchor today and every Monday is Lindsey Turrentine!
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16	The Washington Post reported over the weekend that the NSA targeted the communication of ordinary Internet users far more often than legally targeted suspects. Ninety percent of the people involved in intercepted conversations were not the targets of that surveillance. Nearly half were American citizens. The report was based on a four-month investigation of documents leaked by Edward Snowden.	http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-nsa-intercepted-data-those-not-targeted-far-outnumber-the-foreigners-who-are/2014/07/05/8139adf8-045a-11e4-8572-4b1b969b6322_story.html
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18	A: NSA analysts masked, or “minimized,” more than 65,000 such references to protect Americans’ privacy A: Post found nearly 900 additional e-mail addresses, unmasked in the files, that could be strongly linked to U.S. citizens or U.S.residents A: The post refered to specify major revelations, including a secret overseas nuclear project, double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks. A: Months of tracking 50 alias accounts led directly to the 2011 capture in Abbottabad of Muhammad Tahir Shahzad, a Pakistan-based bomb builder, and Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002 terrorist bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali A: Post reviewed about 160,000 intercepted e-mail and IMs A: Material happened during Obama admin A: No government oversight body has delved into a comparably large sample of what the NSA actually collects A: If a target entered an online chat room, the NSA collected the words and identities of every person who posted there
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23	Microsoft is accepting preorders from developers for its second-generation Kinect for Windows motion sensor, with plans to start shipping the device next week on July 15. This version will cost $199 and will be sold to developers until Microsoft sells out. This version is supposed to work in smaller spaces and allow for interactions such as motion control.	http://www.cnet.com/news/new-kinect-for-windows-to-start-shipping-next-week/	http://www.cnet.com/products/microsoft-kinect-v2-for-windows/
24	Dan Ackerman is an editor for CNET Q: What is the long-term vision for Kinect -- what will Microsoft bring to consumers eventually? Q: Why is this dev version so expensive when Kinect only adds $100 more to the Xbox price? Q: Will Kinect be as developer-friendly as products like Leap Motion, which have had an active developer community for a long time now?	Dan Ackerman Editor, CNET @danackerman
25	A: This is just a dev version and will sell until the product runs out. It's available July 15 and the sensor will become widely available later this year. A: Microsoft is providing the device sooner to developers to let them get an early start on creating software for the technology. A: Improvements include capturing full-HD video and shifting processing tasks to the PC's GPU rather than its CPU.
26	Dan Ackerman * cnet.com * @danackerman
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28	A 36-year-old spacecraft was fired up again last week after being abandoned in space by NASA in 1997. The resurrection of the International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 probe was initiated by private team after a crowdfunding effort to raise money for the project.	http://spacecollege.org/isee3/	http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/36-year-old-nasa-probe-s-engines-successfully-fired-up-by-private-team/
29	Elizabeth Howell writes about space and her article on this story appeared in Scientific American Q: Why are they bringing this spacecraft back to life? Q: What was the spacecraft's original mission and why did NASA abandon it? Q: Who is the team and how are they communicating with the ISEE-3? Q: What's their plan?	Elizabeth Howell Space writer @howellspace
30	A: Keith Cowing and group are gathering data from the spacecraft to get ready for its next contact with the Deep Space Network A: $150,000 crowdfunding, the team reactivated the hibernating spacecraft a few weeks ago. ISEE-3 ceased operations in 1997 following a A: recent maneuvers commanded using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, through a command center in California A: group is made up heavily of former NASA employees A: magnetometer working well enough to do science
31	Elizabeth Howell * elizabethhowell.ca * @howellspace
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33	According to CNBC, Apple poached a Swiss watch sales exec for iWatch launch as recently as last week. Jean-Claude Biver, head of LVMH's watch brands incluging Tag Heuer, told CNBC that he didn't feel betrayed by the move, since Apple isn't a direct competitor.	http://www.cnbc.com/id/101812950
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35	Q: Why is Apple poaching from such a different industry? Q: What does this hire say about Apple's goals for the iWatch? Q: Will a Swiss sales exec have the right kind of contacts for a product as different as a smart watch?
36	A: Apple wants to use the prestigious "Swiss made" label to market its new gadget, according to senior luxury goods analyst at Bernstein, Mario Ortelli A: Swiss mfrs are staying away from Apple because it's made in Cupertino/China. A: Apple has tried to poach a number of employees from high-end Swiss watch makers without much success, according to analysts
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38	Make sure your phone is charged before flying. New Transportation Security Administration rules announced yesterday require that mobile phones be turned on during security checks or they won't be allowed on some flights inbound to the United States. Apple iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones are given extra scrutiny at security checkpoints.	http://www.tsa.gov/press/releases/2014/07/06/enhanced-security-measures-certain-airports-overseas	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/04/us-usa-security-airports-idUSKBN0F724820140704
39	Richi Jennings is a writer and analyst who specializes in security. Q: Why the new rules? Q: Why are iPhones and Samsung phones being singled out? Q: If something the size of a smartphone can be a bomb, what's to stop terrorists from building it into a laptop that could still be booted? Q: Which airports are affected?	Richi Jennings Writer, Analyst @RiCHi
40	A: Reuters = al Qaeda-affiliated militant groups have figured out how to make a bomb inside a smartphone that's hard to detect A: Also concerned about better shoe bombs A: May detonate when turned on
41	Richi Jennings * richij.com * @RiCHi
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43	Google is using video in Android to create interfaces for a variety of devices including Android Auto. Rather than using Android apps, Android Auto will play back a video rendered by your phone. This is a growing trend: virtualizing interfaces by using a device on a network to create a stream for a display rather than having the device in question do the work.	http://gigaom.com/2014/07/04/from-android-auto-to-onlive-how-video-is-becoming-the-secret-glue-of-connected-devices/
44	Janko Roettgers is a senior writer for GigaOm and wrote about Googles approach for the site. Q: How does this approach to an inverface help Google create an experience that works in a car? Q: What will this actually feel like when you're using it? Q: Will this approach help bring Android to the dashboard faster? Q: Do you think that Apple will take a similar approach in the future?	Janko Roettgers Senior writer, Gigaom @jank0
45	A: Video streams have become the secret glue that connects screens and devices without the need for complicated, platform-specific implementations. A: By relying on a video stream as a way to virtualize apps and user interfaces, Android Auto will in theory be able to serve cars coming out this year for another ten years. A: What’s notable about Google’s Android Audio implementation is that the video stream is not rendered in the cloud, but on your mobile device A: The company also announced at Google I/O that it is bringing Android device mirroring to Chromecast.
46	Janko Roettgers * gigaom.com * @jank0
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48	A new generation of illegal ATM skimmers is nearly impossible to detect. An ATM skimmers are designed to fool ATM users into swiping their cards on a data collection devices, rather than on the bank's ATM swiper. Krebs on Security recently researched trends in European ATM skimmers, and found that some were so small they fit inside the ATM card slot itself!	http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/07/the-rise-of-thin-mini-and-insert-skimmers/
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50	A: thieves often pair them with hidden spy cameras to record pin A: some skimmers include mobile chips capable of sending off credit card data in a text message A: US slowness in embracing chip and PIN debit / credit cards can be blamed for the growing skimmer problem
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53	Re/code reports that Google is setting aside more than $500 million to expand its Shopping Express services, which is an attempt to close the retail loop that Amazon long-ago tied up: Connecting product searches to the ability to actually make a purchase of that product.	http://recode.net/2014/07/06/inside-googles-big-plan-to-race-amazon-to-your-door/
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55	Q: Why would Google start spending all this mony on a complicated delivery service when Amazon is so well established in the space? Q: Who does Google parner with, and where? Are partners only large companies, or is there room for smaller partners? Q: How does Google make money off this service? Q: Is there a downside to Google entering this pace? Is it another blow to small retailers?
56	A: With each product search that starts on Amazon instead of Google, the search giant’s main business of selling ads alongside search results weakens. A: Google is working with major retail partners, including Target, Costco, Toys “R” Us and Whole Foods A: Google takes a cut of each transaction, usually in the single-digit percentages, according to a person familiar with the deals. Fallows called that commission “the core of the business model.” Google also charges shoppers a $4.99 fee for each store a courier has to visit to complete an order. A: Google has a smaller warehouse that temporarily stores deliveries from different retailers until they can be packaged on a delivery vehicle.
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107	Oculus Suspends Oculus Rift Dev Kit Sales in China	http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2460522,00.asp
108	Pavlok is a habit-forming wearable that will shock you	http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/04/pavlok-wearable/
109	Google reverses decision to delete British newspaper links	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/04/us-google-searches-idUSKBN0F82L920140704


1	TITLE: The Streisand Effect * 1042	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, July 3, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by...Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan. Jason Howell is off and Anthony Nielsen is filling in. Our co-anchor today is Elise Hu joining us from Jamaica!
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16	Facebook's controversial study on whether mood is contagious on social networks is just one of many conducted by the company's Data Science group, according to a piece by The Wall Street Journal's Reed Albergotti.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/facebook-experiments-had-few-limits-1404344378?utm_content=buffer10056&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer	http://recode.net/2014/07/02/the-facebook-experiment-is-there-gambling-in-this-casino/
17	Reed Albergotti is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and Jules Polonetsky is the Executive Director of the Future of Privacy Forum. Q: You opened your piece by talking about a Facebook experiment where users were told they were being locked out of Facebook until they could prove they were legitimate users. Can you tell us about that? Q: How big is Facebook's Data Science group and what is their mission? Q: What are their rules for operation? What kind of oversight exists to protect users? Q: Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said Wednesday the research was "poorly communicated." Is that really the problem, or is it fundamentally wrong that Facebook lies to users in order to conduct experiments? Q: Is the public over-reacting to this? We know that we are manipulated by advertising, for example. Is it okay to make people sad to sell them stuff, but not OK to make people sad & publish what you find? Q: What should the limits be on social network research? Should they be allowed to lie? Should they be allowed to deliberately make people upset (isn't that called trolling?) Q: A Tech News Today fan named Kevin Berg points out that the Facebook Terms of Service allow the USE of personal data for research but not grant permission for them to MANIPULATE data for research. He asks: are those two different things?	Reed Albergotti Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @ReedAlbergotti Jules Polonetsky Executive Director, Future of Privacy Forum @JulesPolonetsky
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19	Reed Albergotti * wsj.com * @ReedAlbergotti Jules Polonetsky * @JulesPolonetsky
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23	Pew Research Center just released the details of its new survey on what the Internet will look like and work like by 2025. The results are bleak for those of us who remember the Internet's great free and open promise of decades ago. The consensus among 14 hundred top thinkers and leaders in the tech space? The Internet will be more and more controlled by governments, public trust in Internet is evaporating, and commercial pressures -- by Facebook and the like -- mean more "walled gardens" on the Web. Q: What's the biggest concern for the Internet going forward? Q: Do regular people even CARE about the open Web principles of yesteryear? WE think they're foundational, but does it even really matter? Q: Five billion people expected to be online in the next decade, but many on mobile only ... how does that affect things? A: Mainly that it's not easy to get on and have access to the fullest information available ... or have slower or unequal access because some content is prioritized, which is at the heart of the net neutrality debate. There are plenty of people who hear free and open - which advocates consider great qualities, but think "privacy invasion". A: The principles of being able to make anything and share anything on the Internet really have a marketing problem. John Oliver said the only words more boring than net neutrality were "featuring Sting." A: Big concern for companies like Mozilla, who are all about open source and the open principles of the Web... they say more mobile only users mean Google and Apple will have a lot more say in their online realities and understanding of what they can and cannot do.	http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/07/03/326965653/the-future-internet-is-not-so-free-or-open-in-pews-new-survey?ft=1&f=144449221	http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/07/03/326965653/the-future-internet-is-not-so-free-or-open-in-pews-new-survey?ft=1&f=144449221
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28	Paul Thurrott, writing on his Supersite for Windows, reported that Microsoft's upcoming smartwatch will be a fitness band similar to the Samsung Gear Fit, but that it will also display smartphone notifications and display the time -- a kind of hybrid device that looks like a fitness band but which has some of the features of a smartwatch. The report is based on unnamed sources, who also said what previous reports have revealed, which is that it will be cross-platform and work with iOS and Android phones, as well as Microsoft's Windows Phone platform. Thurrott is a host on TWiT's Windows Weekly show Wednesdays at 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern. In other smartwatch news, Google posted Android Wear apps on the Google Play store in a new section devoted to Android Wear. There are now 23 Android Wear apps on the Play Store. In most cases, these appear to be updates to existing Android smartphone apps, such as Google Maps and Google Hangouts, which now have explicit Android Wear support added.	http://winsupersite.com/mobile-devices/microsoft-wearables	http://gigaom.com/2014/07/02/google-launches-third-party-android-wear-apps/
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33	For our final segment, we bid farewell to the Plasma TV. One of the last remaining makers, a division of Samsung, announced it will stop producing plasma televisions in November. The reason of course is poor demand. These were once cool and touted as next generation -- in the early 2000's. But LCD TVs quickly surpassed them, so plasma is no more.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/03/plasma-tvs-no-more/	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/03/plasma-tvs-no-more/
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35	These were the first generation big, flat-screen TVs. BUT manufacturers had a hard time mass-producing these at high resolution, which meant as LCD technology prices dropped, plasma couldn't. Panasonic did a complete withdrawal from plasma TVs last year, so this exit it likely the end of this kind of TV, aside from Craigslist re-selling.
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68	The Guardian newspaper's Chris Moran wrote an interesting piece about the ongoing right to be forgotten controversey. As a recap, the European Union recently ruled that European citizens have the right to ask search engine companies like Google to remove links from their search index and that Google must comply if certain criteria are me. Moran's piece emphasized misleading journalism around the issue. The most important fact he clarified is that the ruling requires not that an article or page is removed from their index, but that a search for a person's name not return specific results. A different search using different keywords still returns the links as it would normally. In other words, it's all about the use of a person's name as a search query. Europeans can easily use Google.com instead of localized European versions of Google to get around the limitation. In a related post, 9to5Google highlights the unintended consequences of all the reporting around this issue, namely something called "The Steisand Effect." When high-level people invoke "the right to be forgotten," that request itself can be widely reported -- making everyone remember what had already been forgotten. It's called the Streisand Effect celebrity Barbara Streisand complaind in 2003 about the inclusion of her Malibu beach house in a database of aerial pictures of the California coast. Before her complaint, nobody noticed her house. Afterwards, however, millions of people went looking for it in the database.	http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/03/google-remember-right-to-be-forgotten http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Streisand_Estate.jpg/2560px-Streisand_Estate.jpg	http://9to5google.com/2014/07/03/right-to-be-forgotten-by-google-back-firing-hilariously-as-media-run-stories-on-the-censorship/
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86	Tomorrow's independence day here in the United States, so we won't be recording a Friday show. We wish all our American fans a fantastic fourth of July.
87	My name is Mike Elgan. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you Monday.
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1	TITLE: FTC to T-Mobile: 'Stop Cramming!' * 1041	CO-ANCHOR: Jason Hiner

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, July 2, 2014!
3	And by... Personal Capital. With Personal Capital, you’ll finally have all your financial life in one place and get a clear view of everything you own. BEST OF ALL IT’S FREE. To sign up go to personalcapital.com/tnt.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and co-anchor.)
7	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 Editor-in-Chief, TechRepublic @jasonhiner
8	PIXELCORP QUESTION ENGINE		BRIDGEURL LINK
9	(Thing of the day: Sony Walkman turns 35 * July 1st 1979 * $150)	http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/1/5861062/sony-walkman-at-35
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16	Google bought Songza yesterday. The company makes a music app that competes with Pandora, Rdio, Spotify, Beats Music, iTunes Radio and other music services.	http://youtu.be/Gmub4DnDkE4	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/02/business/media/google-buys-songza-a-playlist-app-for-any-occasion.html
17	Bobby Owsinski is an author and Forbes contributor who writes about music and the music business. Q: Google has the money to buy a bigger, more popular service. Why buy Songza? Q: Songza has about 50 people that curate music for the service. Isn't the use of humans for something like this an un-Googly thing to do? Q: Is there any way for Google Play Music to ever catch up to the Pandoras of the world?	Bobby Owsinski Writer, Forbes @bobbyowsinski
18	A: Could help Google offer music curation. A: Songza specialty = concierge service that matches playlists to times of day, weather or activities like working, studying, fitness A: deal with the Weather Channel A: no immediate changes, but Songza could be folded in to Google Play Music or YouTube A: Songza is advertising supported A: launched fall 2011 A: US only A: 5.5 million regular users at the end of last year (Pandora has 75 million regular users) A: price unknown -- possibly between $15 million and $39 million and more likely the latter
19	Bobby Owsinski * bobbyowsinski.com * @bobbyowsinski
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23	The Federal Trade Commission is suing T-Mobile for a practice called "cramming," where customers are billed for third-party services they don't use. The FCC says T-Mobile overcharged customers for hundreds of millions of dollars. T-Mobile says the lawsuit is without merit.	http://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/140701tmobilecmpt.pdf http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news/our-reaction-to-the-ftc-lawsuit.htm	http://online.wsj.com/articles/ftc-accuses-t-moblie-us-of-billing-customers-for-bogus-services-1404240365
24	Gautham Nagesh is a Tech policy & FCC reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Jon Brodkin is a Senior IT Reporter for Ars Technica. Q: What is the FTC accusing T-Mobile of doing exactly?	Gautham Nagesh Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @gnagesh Jon Brodkin Senior IT Reporter, Ars Technica @jbrodkin
25	A: FTC says T-Mobile charged consumers monthly fees for third-party services that subscribers hadn't ordered A: ringtones, wallpaper, and text messages providing celebrity gossip and horoscopes A: FTC: T-Mobile continued to charge for services even after subscribers complained A: FTC: T-Mobile got 35% to 40% of the fees A: T-Mobile: "unfounded and without merit" A: T-Mobile: abandoned business of providing billing services for third-party vendors last year. A: T-Mobile: started a program to give consumers full refunds A: T-Mobile: procedures in place to help customers avoid unauthorized charges A: T-Mobile: threw "third party service providers" under the buss, saying they acted irresponsibly A: In a separate announcement, FCC investigating T-Mobile for the same practice, called "cramming" A: FTC also said T-Mobile ignored alerts from industry auditors, law enforcement and the media
26	Gautham Nagesh * wsj.com * @gnagesh Jon Brodkin * arstechnica.com * @jbrodkin
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28	Microsoft is making a version of Microsoft Office for Android tablets. The suite would be on par with the company's recently released version of Office for the Apple iPad. Microsoft already offers Office for Android phones.		http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/2/5863717/microsoft-office-android-tablets-beta
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30	A: company is currently preparing a private beta test for the Office Android tablet version A: the Android version may launch before Microsoft’s own touch-centric version of Office for Window
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33	The FTC told Amazon to make it harder for children to buy things on smartphones and tablets without parents' permision. Amazon told the FTC: We'll see you in court. The Wall Street Journal found Amazon's response in a letter by Amazon to the FTC.	http://youtu.be/pRTyKf5xlaQ?t=1m1s	http://online.wsj.com/articles/amazon-resisting-ftc-on-in-app-purchases-by-children-1404317383
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35	A: Amazon is facing a potential lawsuit by the FTC A: FTC wants Amazon to stick to terms similar to those imposed on Apple A: Amazon's lawyers said in the letter that Amazon already has prominent notices and policies that quickly refund A: In a proposed complaint, the FTC said Amazon "often has failed to obtain parents' or other account holders' informed consent to in-app charges incurred by children" since it began allowing in-app purchases in late 2011 A: Apple agreed in January to pay at least $32.5 million to settle FTC charges that it didn't do enough to prevent children from purchasing
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38	A new crowdfunded product called Kudoso doesn't let kids watch TV or use computers, tablets or phones until they've earned it with chores, homework, piano practice -- whatever the parents decide. It works at the router level -- you can buy software that runs on your existing router, or you can buy a router with Kudoso installed.	https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1215971350/kudoso-changing-the-way-families-manage-technology	http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/01/kudoso-is-a-router-that-rewards-your-kids-with-facebook-time-for-studying-doing-chores/
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40	A: integrated with Khan Academy, letting kids earn points for completing lessons A: company founder Rob Irizarry, formerly of RightNow Technologies; four-person team
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71	The latest job to be replaced by robots -- farm worker! Well, not yet, but it could happen in the near future. A new robot created at the University of Sydney in Australia and which is called the Lady bird does a variety of farm work. It's solar powered, self-driving and laser guided. The robot can roll through the fields of a vegetable farm and use its sensors and special cameras to collect data on crop conditions, and then beam them back to the farmer. Best of all, the Ladybird has a robot arm for pulling weeds.	http://youtu.be/mgdksX9u08E	http://austriantribune.com/informationen/144004-first-solar-powered-robot-ladybird
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1	TITLE: Facebook's Bad Science * 1040	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, July 1, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by ZipRecruiter. ZipRecruiter makes hiring faster, easier and cheaper. Post your job to 50+ job boards with one click. Try ZipRecruiter for a FREE 4 day trial now at ziprecruiter.com/tnt. That’s zip recruiter dot com slash tnt.
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5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason Howell and co-anchor.)
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16	We reported yesterday that Facebook had manipulated the News Feeds of nearly 700 thousand users for a psychological study. The experiment made news feeds either more positive or more negative to test whether this would affect what people post on Facebook. Facebook was slammed with criticism for doing this, but a consensus formed that it was legal because Facebook's terms of service allowed it. All users theoretically agree to the terms of service as a condition for using Facebook. But now, an exclusive by Kashmir Hill on Forbes revealed that Facebook didn't add language about research until months after the study was conducted.	http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/30/facebook-only-got-permission-to-do-research-on-users-after-emotion-manipulation-study/
17	Kashmir Hill writes for Forbes. Q: Can you review for us the facts around Facebook's mood study? What did they do and why did they do it?	Kashmir Hill Writer, Forbes @kashhill
18	A: Scientists need “informed consent” for a study like this A: Facebook Data Use Policy "thousands of words" A: Research happened in January 2012, two months after settling a complaint with the FTC about “unfair and deceptive” practices around user privacy
19	Kashmir Hill * forbes.com * @kashhill
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22	JOE 2: Twitter Buy Now Button	SHOW	LINKS
23	Is Twitter preparing to serve impulse shoppers? That could be the case. It looks like the micro blogging service may allow online retailers to promote a "buy now" button in their tweets. The potential ecommerce strategy may feature products from Fancy, which curates cool products from numerous merchants.	http://fancy.com/	http://recode.net/2014/06/30/buy-now-buttons-start-appearing-in-tweets-is-twitter-shopping-finally-here/
24	Kurt Wagner writes about social media for Mashable.	Kurt Wagner Social Media Reporter, Mashable @KurtWagner8
25	A: Buy Now buttons only surfaced in Twitter mobile app. Re/code said buttons were non-responsive, but a source that tried the button earlier in the day was led to a checkout page. A: Twitter offered no comment, Fancy didn't respond to request for comment A: Based on the evidence, Re/code believes "in-tweet shopping is here or coming soon." A: May 2014, Amazon and Twitter announced a deal to allow Amazon shoppers to add a product to their online shopping cart via a tweet. But integration didn't allow Twitter user to pay for product directly from tweet. A: Moving toward a consume-on-demand economy, where devices and apps (Amazon Fire Smartphone, FireFly app, Twitter) allow showroom shoppers and mobile users to open their wallets anywhere, anytime for any desired product at best price possible. A: Twitter shares have rallied in recent weeks amid CFO change. Goldman veteran Anthony Noto joined. Shares up from about $32 in early June to about $41 today. But still far below 52-week high of nearly $75. A: Critics worry about slowing user growth. Twitter had 241 active users in Q4, up only 3.8 percent. Facebook has more than 5 times the active user base at 1.23 billion (source: Wall Street Journal).
26	Kurt Wagner * mashable.com * @KurtWagner8
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28	An internal Samsung audit of 100 parts suppliers in China revealed that more than half -- 59 of them -- failed to adhere to minimum labor standards. Most of Samsung's Chinese suppliers failed to provide or enforce the use of safety equipment, failed to pay minimum wages or failed to prepare for emergencies. A majority violated Chinese laws around overtime.	http://www.samsung.com/us/aboutsamsung/sustainability/sustainabilityreports/sustainabilityreports2014.pdf	http://www.pcworld.com/article/2449720/samsung-finds-labor-violations-at-chinese-suppliers.html
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30	A: vow made by Samsung in 2012 that it would address unfair labor practices at its Chinese suppliers; suppliers are just blowing them off. A: Joe: Apple has worked with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to assess labor practices at partner facilities in china. A resulting late 2013 report saw improvements but still found overtime hours exceeding legal limits in some cases.		http://www.fairlabor.org/
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33	Imagine you're a startup and you're using crowdfunding to raise money and to pay your business bills. The problem: PayPal has frozen your account. That's exactly the alarming challenge facing ProtonMail -- a secure email startup based in Switzerland.	https://protonmail.ch/	http://gigaom.com/2014/07/01/paypal-freezes-account-of-secure-email-startup-protonmail-asking-is-it-legal/
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35	A: ProtonMail has raised $275,000 in past 2 weeks A: The company focuses on end-to-end email encryption A: Forbes called it "The only email system the NSA can't access." A: PayPal froze ProtonMail's PayPal account and apparently questioned whether the company is legal and has gov't approval to encrypt emails. A: ProtonMail has disabled PayPal as a payment option but investors can still comntribute with a credit card and Bitcoin. A: PayPal has earlier frozen the accounts of Regretsy, Diaspora, Minecraft Creator Markus Persson, Zivity, among others, notes TechCrunch A: GigaOm did not receive a comment from PayPal regarding ProtonMail as of about 6am PT today. A: Ironically, researchers from MIT, Harvard and CERN are backing ProtonMail, which I think suggests PayPal shouldn't fear the startup...
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38	Google wanted the Supreme Court to rule on a lawsuit that claimed Google spied on people with its StreetView cars. Yesterday, the court turned them down.	http://youtu.be/H0_lTKDu0IY	http://windowsitpro.com/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/us-supreme-court-rejects-googles-street-view-appeal?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+windowsitpro%2Fwininfo+%28WIN%3ENews%3EWinInfo+News%29
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40	A: Google is being accused of violating the US Wiretap Act and now faces a late 2015 trial. A: Supreme Court did not comment on the ruling or explain its decision in any way (normal). A: Complaints started in 2007 A: Google was caught capturing "payload data" A: sniffing private Wi-Fi networks in homes and businesses and collecting any data they could find A: email messages, passwords, web histories, text messages and other data A: Sergey Brin opening of Google I/O 2010: "We screwed up" A: "rogue engineer" was responsible A: data collected for two years A: federal appeals court upheld a federal court ruling—that Google's data collection was indeed a violation of the US Wiretap Act A: Wi-Fi networks are covered by an exception in the Wiretap Act regarding radio signals
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43	Staples, the struggling business retailer, is making a big consumer bet. The company is expanding its Connected Home initiative to 500 retail stores by July 15, up from 32 test stores that launched on Black Friday last year, reports GigaOm. It begs the question: Do retailers like Staples plan to compete or cooperate with Connected Home advocates like Google, Apple and Microsoft?	http://www.staples.com/Staples-Connect-Home-Automation/cat_SC5529?cid=PS:GS:CO:OP:E:65:37020:staples_connect_home	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/30/staples-takes-its-connected-home-business-nationwide/
44	Interview?
45	A: The Staples solution involves a hub and connected devices like windows blinds and doorbells A: It looks to be a White Label stratregy. D-Link is making the hub with support for Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-wave and Lutron. Price: $79.99 A: Related software from Zonoff A: 150 tech companies in the Staples ecosystem including Jawbone, Polar and Samsung smart TVs. A: Names to know: Zigbee is promoting connected home interoperability standards; Z-wave promotes a protocol for home automation; Lutron pushes residential energy savings and smart grid solutions; Jawbone = wearables and audio devices; Polar = wearables, heart rate monitors, wristbands. A: Early Staples data: Average Connect platform user plays with app or visits Staples website 8 times daily and connects 6 to 7 devices within first 2 months. A: Killer application so far: Security Cameras A: Potential rivals include Microsoft offering Insteon products in stores, Google launched NEST program, GE-backed Quirky launched Wink and Apple is pushing a HomeKit strategy A: Financial Picture: Staples' in May said Q1 sales fell 3 percent, and the company plans to close roughly 80 stores this quarter.
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72	A new Bluetooth-connected speaker called the Pelty plays music or -- your favorite tech news netcast -- without being plugged in. It doesn't use batteries, either. The Pelty is powered by a single candle. A thermoelectric generator provides up to five hours of play from a single candle. The Pelty is made from ceramic, glass and wood, and it's being crowdfunded on Indegogo. The price is $229 and they're expecting to ship in November.	http://youtu.be/M7TzhiIU0Xs?t=45s	http://www.pelty.it/en/
73	JOE: IN OTHER OTHER NEWS Now you can use Uber to get a ride.... in a helicopter. A startup called Blade, which already has its own app for ordering up helicopter rides across Long Island, New York, is partnering with Uber. They'll fly you from Manhattan to the Hamptons Thursday for $2,500. It's a one day promotion, and they'll also fly to Montauk. Last year, Uber partnered with Liberty Helicopters for a different trial. If the Blade trial goes well, Uber might add helicopter rides as a permanent part of its business.	http://www.flyblade.com/	http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/blade-a-helicopter-booking-app-to-partner-with-uber
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110	“Buy Now” Buttons Start Appearing in Tweets/joe	http://recode.net/2014/06/30/buy-now-buttons-start-appearing-in-tweets-is-twitter-shopping-finally-here/
111	Supreme Court Rejects Google’s Street View Appeal	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/supreme-court-rejects-googles-street-view-appeal/?partner=rss&emc=rss
112	Connected Home: Apple, MSFT and GOOG have surprise rival - Staples/joe	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/30/staples-takes-its-connected-home-business-nationwide/
113	PayPal freezes account of secure email startup ProtonMail, asking “Is it legal?”/joe	http://gigaom.com/2014/07/01/paypal-freezes-account-of-secure-email-startup-protonmail-asking-is-it-legal/


1	TITLE: Facebook Treats Users Like Lab Rats * 1039	CO-ANCHOR: Kevin Tofel

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, June 30, 2014!
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6	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan. Jason Howell is off today. Anthony Nielson is filling in for Jason.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Kevin Tofel, a writer who covers mobile technology, wearable devices and the wireless industry for Gigaom.	Kevin Tofel Senior writer, Gigaom @KevinCTofel
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9	(Thing of the day: Android Wear again) T-Mobile now accepting pre-orders for LG G3 available July 16th. Kevin: You tweeted that you can't see the display in sunlight.	https://twitter.com/KevinCTofel/status/483348319293681666
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16	Facebook revealed last week that it had manipulated the News Feeds of a randomly selected 689 thousand users for a psychological study. The experiment had Facebook changing the number of positive or negative posts people saw for one week in January 2012 to see if mood is contagious on social media.	https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796	http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-06-30/we-re-all-facebook-s-lab-rats
17	Leonid Bershidsky writes for bloomberg.com Q: You wrote that Facebook is using us all as lab rats. Is that bad?
18	A: The question is: Is agreeing to the terms of service "informed consent" to participate in a psychology experiment? A: Facebook researcher Adam D. I. Kramer apologized on his Facebook page Sunday afternoon. A: “Facebook didn’t do anything illegal,” said Brian Blau, a technology analyst with Gartner. But “Doing psychological testing on people crosses the line.” A: By the way, the test found that social media posts are, in fact, contagious. A: The uproar highlights the immense control Facebook exerts over what its users see A: Facebook engineer Lars Backstrom in a blog post in August 2013: There are typically about 1,500 items the company could display in that person’s news feed, but the service shows only about 300 of them. A: NYT calls it a "mysterious algorithm" that takes into account hundreds of factors A: Is it manipulative that they took away their algorithm's name? No more Edge Rank. A: just now revealed as part of a new study, published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences A: testing is legal because terms of service allow it A: researchers affiliated with Facebook, Cornell, and the University of California–San Francisco A: Isn't all "noise filtering" one big experiment?	Leonid Bershidsky Columnist, Bloomberg @Bershidsky	http://pakbanker.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/914.jpg
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23	The Associated Press news service today announced that they plan to use computer-generated stories. The articles will be generated using technology from a company called Automated Insights, and will be used only for stories about company earnings reports.	http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/257245/ap-will-use-robots-to-write-some-business-stories/
24	Andrew Beaujon works as News Editor for Poynter Online: Q: How does software write a story? Q: Why is AP doing this? Q: I understand that some AP sports coverage is automated. Why sports and business? Q: Should readers be concerned about this trend? Should journalists?	Andrew Beaujon News Editor, Poynter Online @abeaujon
25	A: AP Managing Editor Lou Ferrara says automation means they can crank out 4,400 earnings report stories each quarter instead of 300. A: No job cuts involved A: data will come from Zacks Investment Research A: AP has used automation to produce a “good chunk” of its sports agate for years A: AP contributed to a recent financing round for Automated Insights. A: The stories will begin in July A: Stories will be labeled “as being produced automatically with material from Zacks"
26	Andrew Beaujon * poynter.org * @abeaujon
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28	A Google engineering director says that skins or custom interfaces will not be allowed on Android Wear, Android TV or Android Auto screens.	http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/android-wear-auto-and-tv-save-you-from-skins-and-oems-from-themselves/
29	Andrew Cunningham is a Senior Products Specialist at Ars Technica: Q: Your report was based on a conversation with Google engineering director David Burke. What is Burke's roll at Google exactly? Q: Why wouldn't Google want equipment makers to create custom skins for Android Wear, TV and Auto? Q: You also reported that Google would manage software updates directly, automatically and seamlessly. Q: Is this evidence of Google moving in Apple's direction, exerting more control over their platform? Q: Is this the case with Android One, too? Q: Do you think Google will do this with Android itself? Q: Will Google's policy on this prompt equipment makers to choose another OS?	Andrew Cunningham Senior Products Specialist, Ars Technica @AndrewWrites
30	A: Kevin Tofel's interpretation Android and Chrome Chief Sundar Pichai's claim that Android One devices would run "stock Android," as meaning that these wouldn't have custom interfaces, either.
31	Andrew Cunningham * ArsTechnica.com * @AndrewWrites
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33	Google announced today that it's killing Orkut, it's older social network. They noticed that Google posted the termination notice on everybody's Orkut profiles, saying the plug would be pulled on September 30. New profiles can no longer be created. Orkut is still popular in Brazil and to a lesser extent, India.	http://googlebrasilblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/adeus-ao-orkut.html	http://www.telecompaper.com/news/google-to-abandon-orkut-by-end-2014-report--1022472
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35	A: Can export profile data, photos, and posts through Google Takeout A: The Orkut app will be removed from the Play Store and App Store today A: Orkut launched 10 years ago and was part of Google’s “20 percent project”
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38	An Apple rumor said the upcoming iWatch would have 10 sensors. Now, a different rumor says Microsoft is turning it up to 11. A report on the Tom's Hardware site says that "a trusted source" claims Microsoft will release a smartwatch in October, re-inforcing a report published on Forbes last month. The watch, according to both reports, will be cross-platform and able to pair with Windows Phones, Android and iOS and will have its display on the inside of the wrist, not the outside.	http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-smartwatch-rumors,27158.html
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40	A: More of a Nike-type band, not a Gear-type watch A: Would be open APIs. A: The interface is "pretty slick."
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1	TITLE: Germany Says 'Nein' to Verizon * 1038	CO-ANCHOR: Don Reisinger

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, June 27, 2014!
3	This episode 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	And by...
5	Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it.
6	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan. (Intro Jason and Don Reisinger.)
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16	The German government canceled their contract with Verizon. The move is part of a larger program to stop doing business with American companies after the NSA revelations that were revealed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/26/us-germany-security-verizon-idUSKBN0F11WJ20140626
17	No Interview	Cyrus Farivar Senior Business Editor, Ars Technica @cfarivar
18	A: “technological sovereignty" Tobias Plate, an interior ministry spokesman A: NSA had conducted mass surveillance in Germany A: NSA eavesdropped on Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone. A: Germany wanted a "no-spy" deal with the US, but these collapsed after US refused to not spy on its ally. A: Verizon had been providing network infrastructure for the German government's Berlin-Bonn network, used for communication between ministries, since 2010 A: Germany's own Deutsche Telekom would replace services provided by Verizon A: "Verizon Germany is a German company and we comply with German law." - german head of Verizon A: "The U.S. government cannot compel us to produce our customers' data stored in data centres outside the U.S.
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23	If you're in the market for an iPhone, you might want to head down to Walmart. The company starting today has slashed the price on both the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S. The iPhone 5C 16GB costs $29 with a two-year agreement, while the 5S will go for $99 with a two-year deal.	http://www.cnet.com/news/walmart-cutting-iphone-5c-and-5s-prices-starting-friday/
24	Cyrus Farivar is a Senior Business Editor for Ars Technica. Q. Is this the beginning of the lead up to the iPhone 6? Q. If not, does this indicate sales are slowing on iPhone devices?	Cyrus Farivar Senior Business Editor, Ars Technica @cfarivar
25	A. The iPhone 5C costs $49 regularly A. The iPhone 5S costs $149 regularly A. The deal is for contracts with Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T A. In-Store purchases only A. Best Buy and other retailers have offered similar deals as of late
26	Cyrus Farivar (suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var) * arstechnica.com * @cfarivar
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28	We've told you on past episodes about Google's experimental Project Tango. The idea is to build phones and tablets that can quickly map indoor spaces using special hardware and software. Google announced yesterday that a consumer version of a Project Tango tablet will be built by LG and sold next year to consumers.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44vppay5UDc
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30	A: will also integrate with several game engines. A: Project Tango = part of Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects lab A: Integrating with video game development platform Unity. A: ATAP is headed by Regina Dugan, former director of the U.S. government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. A: Created as a research lab inside Motorola - Google acquired in 2012 A: ATAP also working on Ara and a digital tattoo A: ATAP worked with Vivalnk to make a $1 digital tattoos that unlock the Moto X; sticker lasts five days.
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33	The ReWalk exoskeleton, a technology that helps paraplegics walk through the use of motors and body stabilization components, has been approved for public use by the FDA.	http://www.cnet.com/news/fda-clears-rewalk-exoskeleton-that-lets-paraplegics-walk-again/#ftag=CAD590a51e
34	Q. The ReWalk Exoskeleton was given EU approval in 2012, why did it take so much longer in the US? Q. The ReWalk goes for about $70,000 in the EU. Will it cost the same in the US?
35	A. The ReWalk was created by Israeli inventor Amit Goffer, who became a quadraplegic after a 1997 ATV accident. A. The technology has been in use in trials and in rehab centers, but was never previously OK'd for public use. A. Wearable motorized braces are attached to the user's bodies, which they can control with a computer and motion sensors. A. The technology allows users to stand upright, turn, and walk with the additional help of crutches. A. There are several added health benefits to the technology, including improve cardiovascular health, fat loss, and musicle gains. A. About 200,000 people in the US have spinal cord injuries, according to the FDA.
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38	A lawsuit coming up in the Netherlands will decide whether it will be legal in Europe to sell "used" eBooks.	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/27/the-right-to-resell-ebooks-major-case-looms-in-the-netherlands/
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40	A: local startup called Tom Kabinet is secondhand ebook bookstore A: Tom Kabinet is pointing to a 2012 ruling by Europe’s top court: UsedSoft v Oracle A: UsedSoft v Oracle = “An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licenses allowing the use of his programs downloaded from the internet”. A: Publishers demanded that site be taken offline; Tom Kabinet is refusing; Dutch Publishers Association is suing A: Tom Kabinet adds a “watermark” to prevent re-selling more than once
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71	The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Greenpeace protested mass surveillance by the NSA this morning by flying a 135-foot blimp over a top secret NSA facility in Bluffdale, Utah. The blimp had giant letters spelling out N.S.A: Illegal Spying Below.	https://twitter.com/EFF/status/482522575143043072/photo/1 http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-27-06.45.05.jpeg	http://www.wired.com/2014/06/protestors-launch-a-135-foot-blimp-over-the-nsas-utah-data-center/?mbid=social_twitter
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1	TITLE: Microsoft's Air to Surface Missile * 1035	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, June 24, 2014!
3	This episode 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.
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16	One day before Google's developer conference, Google I/O, Nest Labs announced a new developer program and API that open Nest's Protect smoke alarm and Learning Thermostat to developers and other smart home devices. Google acquired Nest Labs in January.	https://www.developer.nest.com/ https://nest.com/blog/2014/06/23/the-nest-developer-program-is-here/
17	Q: Nest Labs co-founder Matt Rogers says Nest wants to be the Switzerland of home automation, as in neutral. But isn't this really a play to get other platforms on Nest's side? Q: Partners include Whirlpool. Why would a washing machine need to talk to a thermostat? Q: Where does the Dropcam acquisition fit into all this? Q: What are the chances that Apple will support Nest's platform?
18	A: Google itself is a partner - Google Now A: Whirlpool washers A: LIFX's connected light bulbs A: IFTTT, Jawbone, Logitech, Mercedes-Benz, Chamberlain (garage and gate door openers) P: Nest co-founder Tony Fadell P: Nest co-founder Matt Rogers A: Reported yesterday: Startup Quirky is launching Wink A: Nest said more than 5,000 developers expressed interest A: Nest agreed to buy Dropcam for $555 million on Friday A: Ars Technica: "Nest is apparently willing to consider integrating HomeKit support into its own products in the future" A: Google acquired Nest Labs in January for $3.2 billion
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23	Microsoft has a special discount for MacBook Air customers that want Surface Pro 3. The bigger question here: How does Surface Pro 3 potentially compare as a full-blown laptop replacement vs. MacBook Air?	http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/microsoft-wants-you-to-trade-your-macbook-air-in-for-a-surface-pro-3/
24	Q: What exactly is Microsoft's special offer?
25	Q: Is there fine print customers should note?
26	Q: Let's shift to the bigger theme: How does Surface 3 really compare to MacBook Air?
27	Q: More comparison questions here. Once Mike books guest I will add appropriate comparison Q's.
28	Q: By marketing Surface Pro 3 as a full-blown notebook, will this further strain MSFT's PC partnerships?
29	A. Microsoft's trade-in promotion is valued up to $650 toward any Surface Pro 3 purchase.
30	A. In some cases, that means you can ourchase an Intel i3 Surface Pro 3 for as little as $150 A. The offer only applies to custpmers that are trading in MacBook Airs.
31	A. InformationWeek says read the fine print A. "All models of MacBook Air are eligible to trade in, though the value may vary depending on factors including the specific model being traded in and condition"	http://www.informationweek.com/infrastructure/pc-and-servers/microsoft-$650-macbook-air-trade-in-fine-print/d/d-id/1278797?
32	A. Engadget Reporter Sarah Silbert ditched her MacBook Air for Surface Pro 3 for a few days. She raved about Surface Pro 3's 12-inch display (2160x1440 pixels), calling it gorgeous. But she switched back to MacBook Air because Surfface Pro 3's Keyboard Cover just didn't feel natural enough for full-time work.	http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/29/surface-pro-3-for-a-week/
33	A. In another review, Eric Limer of Gizmodo said Surface Pro 3 is a dame good effort but won't unseat MacBook Air.	http://gizmodo.com/surface-pro-3-review-the-greatest-laptop-tablet-hybrid-1581896186
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36	Microsoft launched its first-ever Android phone today. It's called the Nokia X2. It costs $135 and has a 4.3-inch display, 1.2 Ghz Snapdragon dual core processor, 16 GB of RAM and a 5 MP rear-facing camera.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri7qNQc5Q08	http://www.zdnet.com/here-comes-microsofts-first-android-handset-the-nokia-x2-7000030862/
37	Steve Ranger is the UK editor-in-chief of ZDNet and TechRepublic. Q: How is Microsoft's Nokia X2 different from Nokia's first iteration, the X? Q: Will this be sold in the US and Europe? Q: Do you think Microsoft will really support Android? For example, re-create the UI or create an Android version of IE? Q: What	Steve Ranger Editor, ZDNet @steveranger
38	A: Microsofty features: Skype, Outlook, and OneDrive A: Non-Microsofty features: Opera browser! (There is no Android version of IE) A: Now available in "select countries" A: Available globally next month (BGR) A: Comes in green, orange, yellow, black and white A: Nokia X2 is a "mid-range" phone; first Nokia X was a "low-end"
39	Steve Ranger * zdnet.com * @steveranger
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41	Russia is asking Twitter to block extremist accounts. So how is Twitter responding -- and how will social networks deal with such requests like this in the future?	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-23/russia-says-twitter-to-block-extremists-such-as-ukraine-group.html
42	Here to offer some insights is Sarah Frier, tech reporter, Bloomberg. Sarah, welcome to Tech News Today	Sarah Frier Tech reporter, Bloomberg @sarahfrier
43	Q: So what can you tell us about Russia's concerns, and Russia's requests of Twitter?		https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vJ6k9GbQDg8/Ti4ctcMoqiI/AAAAAAAAAIE/sTsCc1eBNB4/w1388-h1378-no/blue+dress.jpg
44	Q: How is Twitter responding?
45	Q: Are requests like this unique or a growing trend as governments try to deal with extremists?
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48	A. Roughly one dozen accounts in question involve Ukrainian nationalist groups that are criticizing Russia for its move to bring Crimea under its roof.
49	A. Twitter won't remove the accounts. Instead, Russia must report the alleged offenses, and Twitter will decide on a case by case basis whether to remove or block certain tweets, Bloomberg reported.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-23/russia-says-twitter-to-block-extremists-such-as-ukraine-group.html
50	A. Begs the question: Will social networks, cloud providers and service providers need to "choose sides" if WWIII breaks out.
51	A. Can network providers stay "country nuetral?" Do they have to?
52	Sarah Frier * Tech reporter, Bloomberg * bloomberg.com * @sarahfrier
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54	Twitter may be testing a new feature that would enable you to add your own comments to re-tweets and have those comments appear in their entirety along with the original tweet.	http://www.fastcompany.com/3032305/most-innovative-companies/character-study-twitter-is-testing-retweet-with-comment
55	Joining us to talk about this possible change is Chris Gayomali, a staff writer at FastCompany. Q: How was this test discovered? Q: Does this mean the retweet with comment exceeds 140 characters? Q: Is this an admission that Twitter's 140 character count is too limiting? Q: Will this just be in the mobile apps and not on the web site? Q: This also appears to signal the rise of the cards interface. Q: What ever happened to those other tests -- for example, their experimentation with killing hashtags and @ symbols?	Chris Gayomali Staff writer, FastCompany @chrisgayomali
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59	Future Rivals: Oracle Micros vs. Amazon Fire Smartphone	http://www.informationweek.com/software/enterprise-applications/oracle-buys-mini-me-in-$53-billion-micros-deal/d/d-id/1278767?
60	Oracle's $5.3 billion buyout of Micros, confirmed late yesterday, has an unintended consequence: Potential competition with Amazon Fire Smartphone.
61	A. Micros = traditional point of sale devices in stores, restaurants, retail organizations.
62	A. Amazon Fire Smartphone = More than a phone strategy, it's Amazon's effort to create a mobile cash register. Inspiring shoppers to "showroom" in stores and then buy online from Amazon.com
63	A. Is Larry Ellison still a visionary or is he simply mopping up with legacy IT company buyouts.
64	A. Micros = biggest Oracle acquisition since Sun.
65	A. Micros = increasingly a cloud play. point of sale system sare linked to a cloud. 6,600 employees. 330,000 customer sites in 180 countries.
66	A. Oracle claims to be No. 2 cloud company behind Salesforce.com. Like Avis: We try harder?
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128	Withings unveils an elegant new semi-smart watch	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/an-activity-tracker-with-more-than-a-hint-of-style/
129	eBay hires former IBM exec for enterprise push	http://www.zdnet.com/ebay-taps-former-ibm-exec-to-lead-ebay-enterprise-7000030868/
130	ION: Facebook nolonger treats breastfeeding photos as obscene	http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/06/24/3452282/facebook-breastfeeding-content-policy/
131	Russia Asking Twitter to block extremist accounts?	http://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-says-hasnt-blocked-russian-extremist-accounts/
132	Verizon vs. Google Chromebook Data PlanDispute	http://blogs.computerworld.com/mobilewireless/24046/verizon-google-chromebook-data
133	Lenovo Patents Google Glass Rival? SKIP	http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/24/lenovo-just-patented-their-own-version-of-google-glass/


1	TITLE: Dropcam Finds Its Nest * 1034	CO-ANCHOR: Sarah Silbert

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, June 23, 2014!
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16	Google's Nest has agreed to buy the Internet camera company Dropcam. Nest Labs, which makes smart home appliances like the Nest Thermostat and the Nest Protect smoke detector, was acquired by Google in January and is run semi-independently.	https://www.dropcam.com/product	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/googles-nest-to-acquire-dropcam-for-555-million/?partner=rss&emc=rss
17	Sam Colt is a Tech Reporter for Business Insider. Q: Is $555 million too much for a company that makes cameras? Q: How will Nest incorporate Dropcam into how we they business? Q: Nearly all the cynical commentary on social media over the weekend was about Google using the cameras to invade people's privacy. Are these fears justified? Q: Do you see Nest integrating cameras into thermostats and smoke detectors/?	Sam Colt Tech Reporter, Business Insider @scranecolt
18	A: Dropcam sells cameras for security and home or business monitoring and offers a cloud-based streaming service. A: Dropcam also sells A: Dropcam plans to move from San Francisco to Nest's office in Palo Alto, California. A: Two most popular cameras sell for $199 and $149. A: 39% of its customers pay for the video storage service.
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23	It looks like LG isn’t the only one announcing a new smart watch at Google I/O. Samsung will reportedly show off a new wearable running on Google’s Android Wear platform.	https://gigaom.com/2014/06/21/android-this-week-samsung-android-wear-better-galaxy-s5-custom-roms-on-the-go/	http://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-to-launch-android-wear-smartwatch-at-google-io/
24	Kevin Tofel is a Senior writer for Gigaom.	Kevin Tofel Senior writer, Gigaom @KevinCTofel
25	Q: This isn’t Samsung’s first smartwatch by a long shot, right? Q: You reported that a Samsung smartwatch showed up at the FCC last week — can you tell us more about that device’s specifics? Q: Samsung has said Android was “too heavy” for wearables, in terms of hits to battery life, but has it changed its tune? Q: Does Samsung risk confusing consumers by releasing so many different smartwatches? Q: How would this smartwatch differ from the Galaxy Gear lineup? A: Samsung’s made several attempts at smart watches, with its Gear lineup (based on Android OS) and recent launch of Tizen-based devices. A: Samsung reportedly working on an Android Wear watch using its own chip, along with a model built off Qualcomm processors. A: As the industry anticipates Apple’s iWatch, its competitors are trying to get it right first.
26	Kevin Tofel * Senior writer * Gigaom.com * @KevinCTofel
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28	Google believes in distributed systems, and the company's lobbying effort is no exception. According to a piece in Politico by Tony Romm, Google heavily lobbies not just Washington D.C., but also state legislatures and city councils across the country.	http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/google-lobbying-108167.html
29	Tony Romm is a technology reporter for POLITICO Pro. Q: How many lobbytists does Google employ? Q: Why does Google need such a big and widely distributed lobbying effort? Q: By Silicon Valley standards, the cost of influencing governments is dirt cheap, isn't it? How much does Google spend to lobby congress? Q: How does Google compare against other technology companies in terms of lobbying? Q: Google went from ignoring governments to becoming a major lobbying. Is it paying off?	Tony Romm Tech reporter, Politico @TonyRomm
30	A: Seeks protection for fiber, self-driving cars, computer-mounted glasses and other emerging technologies from new rules and restrictions
31	Tony Romm * Tech reporter, Politico * politico.com * @TonyRomm
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33	A new Android app from GM China lets you text fellow drivers by scanning their license plate. The developer says the app will let you ask a driver on a date or ask them to move their car, but there’s nothing preventing users from directing road rage through the app as well. And get this: anyone can contact you even if you haven’t registered the app.		http://www.wired.com/2014/06/gm-license-app-text/
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35	A: DiDi Plate A: The app gives the public access to information reserved for the government. Anyone with a license plate would be subject to texts from strangers. A: Currently a prototype, but goal is to add to GM’s in-car infotainment system. Q: Will this actually make it to market? Seems crazy — cons definitely outweigh the pros hear. Q: What about the dangers of texting and driving?
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38	The City of Chicago will soon test light poles packed with sensors to measure air quality,light, noise, heat, wind and rain. The most controversial feature, though, is that the poles will count people by monitoring cell phone traffic.	http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-06-20/news/ct-big-data-chicago-20140621_1_cell-phone-data-big-data-sensors
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40	A: more than $1 million in contributions of engineering help from Cisco Systems, Intel, Zebra Technologies, Qualcomm, Motorola Solutions and Schneider Electric. A: called the "Array of Things" A: data will be used to improve quality of life A: first sensor could be in place by mid-July A: eight Michigan Avenue intersections A: dozens more around the Loop by year's end A: hundreds more across the city in years to come A: to be used by researchers from the public, private and academic sectors A: no identification of people A: no cameras
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43	Quirky, the company known for producing products invented by its customers, is getting serious about the Internet of Things. Its offshoot brand, Wink, will launch an $80 Wink Hub that allows connected devices to communicate over various wireless protocols. We’ll also see a smartphone and tablet app for controlling your smart-home devices.	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/technology/quirky-hopes-wink-will-speed-adoption-of-smart-home-products.html	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/technology/quirky-hopes-wink-will-speed-adoption-of-smart-home-products.html
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45	A: Wink Hub lets devices using various protocols — such as Bluetooth, ZigBee and Z-Wave and WiFi — communicate. Aims to solve the problem of devices using different standards. A: There are already several similar hardware hubs on the market, including those from Revolv and SmartThings. A: Wink is a collaboration with GE — together they released a smart air-conditioner. Wink Hub and software was originally developed to control co-branded devices. A: By July, we’ll see almost 60 Wink-enabled products from companies such as G&E, Honeywell and Philips. Home Depot will feature Wink displays in almost all its stores. A: Devices will include video cameras, light bulbs, water heaters, garage doors, lawn sprinklers. Q: Does Quirky/Wink stand a chance when bigger players like Google and Nest are building out their Internet of Things empires? (Nest just bought Dropcam, etc.)
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65	Dale Sorenson writes in favor of mandatory kill switches for phones: Love the show and the changes you’ve made to the format. I watch every day. I’d much rather live in a theoretical world where hackers might using a cell phone kill switch to brick someone’s phone ... than the actual world we have now where people are hurt and killed daily for their phones. A bricked phone can be unbricked. Alas, people who have been maimed or lost a loved one in a violent cell phone theft cannot obtain relief by showing a photo ID at an Apple store. A 19% reduction in iPhone theft is hardly a “huge” decrease as you stated last week. Mandatory kill switches would stop nearly all cell phone theft violence. The possibility of some minor hacking mischief is trivial compared to the benefit. And even if hacking did occur, we can always learn and improve a national kill switch system. As a New Yorker who rides the subway I’m sorry to say, good Sir, you are doing a disservice to this debate with your oft repeated straw man argument against mandatory cell phone kill switches.
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1	TITLE: Will We Get Burned By Amazon Fire? * 1033	CO-ANCHOR: Don Reisinger

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, June 20, 2014!
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16	The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Apple is planning to launch multiple versions of its long-rumored smartwatch.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/apple-plans-multiple-designs-for-smartwatch-1403245062
17	Devindra Hardawar is a Senior Editor and the lead mobile writer for VentureBeat. Q: A smattering of highly credible reports have emerged this week that paint a surprising picture of Apple's long-rumored smartwatch. The most recent is a piece today in the Wall Street Journal saying that Apple would ship the watch in more than one size, and that it would contain ten different sensors. If this is true, what does it tell you about Apple's intentions? Q: What else do you expect to see from the iWatch Q: Reuters sources say 50 million units are expected in the first year; the WSJ says 10 - 15 million units. Which sounds more reasonable to you?	Devindra Hardawar Senior Editor, lead mobile writer, VentureBeat @Devindra
18	A: "people familiar with the matter" A: WSJ: "more than 10 sensors including ones to track health and fitness" A: WSJ: "could launch as early as October A: WSJ: Quanta Computer, Taiwanese manufacturer that makes Macs A: WSJ: "Quanta will begin some trial runs next month" A: WSJ: "10 million and 15 million units by the end of this year" A: RUMOR: flexible AMOLED with a sapphire cover A: The smartwatch is rumored to track elements including heart rate, steps taken, calories burned and even could monitor your sleeping patterns
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23	Ahead of Google's I/O conference next week, the company has re leased a video showing how developers can take advantage of its smartwatch-ready Android Wear software.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl4Qne-RpcM	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/20/android-wear-features-on-display-in-new-google-made-video/
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25	A. Android Wear SDK is not yet available A. Moto 360 and LG G Watch use the technology A. Android modified to be a rounded, small display with loads of notifications A. You speak to it, and it speaks back to you
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28	The US House of Representatives has passed a ban on the funding of two NSA surveillance practices.	https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/06/eff-statement-massie-lofgren-amendment-passing-house	http://www.wired.com/2014/06/house-votes-to-cut-key-pursestrings-for-nsa-surveillance/
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30	A: amendment to the 2015 Defense Appropriations Act that would ban two types of “backdoor” access A: The Electronic Frontier Foundation called it "an important first step in reining in the NSA." 1. cuts off funding for searches of government databases for information on US citizens 2. prohibits both the NSA and CIA from requiring "backdoors" in online services and product A: Needs Senate approval before real A: sponsored by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) A: overwhelming bipartisan support: 293 ayes, 123 nays, and 1 present
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33	Did Microsoft accidentally confirm a Surface Mini? A recently discovered Surface Pro 3 user guide mentions the Surface Mini on four occasions and even talks about its compatibility with the Surface Pen.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/20/5827340/surface-mini-spotted-in-surface-pro-3-user-manual
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35	A. Surface Mini was rumored for last month's Surface event, but was a no-show. A. CNET sources have said that it's still in the works and it's believed to be launching later this year. A. Unlike the Surface Pro 3, which is running an Intel Core processor, the Surface Mini is expected to have an ARM processor. A. The device is rumored to have around a 7-inch screen and come with LTE connectivity
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38	Microsoft is hinting that it will roll out its first-ever Android phone on Tuesday. A post on the Nokia Conversations blog shows branding for the Nokia X line, plus a countdown clock counting down to June 24th. The slogan "Green with envy" is also displayed on the post. The first Nokia X shipped before Microsoft bought Nokia's mobile device business in late April. This new phone, possibly called the X2, is the first Android phone ever shipped by Microsoft.	http://conversations.nokia.com/2014/06/20/green-envy-2/	http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/20/5827068/microsoft-nokia-x2-teaser-rumors
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40	A: The post also says: "Summer brings out our inner glow," so presumably it will be nuclear powered. A: Microsoft bought Nokia's mobile device business in April A: same teaser on the Chinese version of Nokia’s site A: Nokia X unveiled on February 24, 2014 A: forked version of Android called the Nokia X software platform
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43	Apple employee happiness was the subject of John Gruber's popular "Daring Fireball" podcast this week. Gruber reported talking to Apple employees who kept saying that they were "happy," adding that one Apple employee said "it's fun again" to work at the company.	http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-employees-its-fun-again-2014-6
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45	A. We're not sure when it wasn't fun -- under Jobs or during the early days of Cook? A. Gruber says it's not about "taking it easy," but "tackling interesting problems and having a good time doing it." A. Apple has long been a secretive firm that has provided no real insight into its inner-workings. A. We all remember harrowing tales of Jobs firing people for seemingly no reason and people running away from him. That couldn't have been "fun." A. Reports last year suggested Cook is more accessible to employees to Jobs and often sits with them at lunch.
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48	A Canadian court ordered Google to remove search results, not just for Canada but worldwide -- and not just specific results but all results relating to a specific company. The case involves an intellectual property dispute betwen two small industrial equipment companies. But the precedent the case could set could seriously damage free speech on the Internet. Google plans to appeal.	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/canadian-judge-says-google-must-remove-links-worldwide/?_php=true&_type=blogs&partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
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50	A: Companies: Equustek Solutions and Datalink A: NYT: In an earlier court ruling in favor of Equustek Solutions, Google voluntarily removed the Web addresses related to Datalink from Google.ca A: NYT: last week’s decision, Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon found that Datalink swiftly set up new websites with slightly different addresses A: NYT: Her solution: Force Google to kill all Datalink search results worldwide A: No other search engine is required to remove links A: Experts say that if upheld and emulated by other courts, all countries could ban any content worldwide A: Three extremely bad dimensions: 1) worldwide; 2) all links; 3) only Google required A: A Canadian judge is telling an American company to violate the 1st Ammendment in the US.
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68	We talked earlier this week about the Amazon Fire phone. And at the time, I suggested it was a cool phone that I was somewhat interested in checking into. After exploring the realities of the phone in detail, I've come to the conclusion that I'm not going to get it and neither should you.	http://youtu.be/wkDXgPfLrL8
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91	iWatch? How about iWatches! It looks like Apple is gunna ship more than one.
92	And Google releases more information about its Android Wear smartwatch and wearables operating system. We'll show you the video.
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99	Google's big event kicks off Wednesday, June 25th. Both Jason and I will be at the event. Leo will host a special Tech News Today Wednesday at 9am Pacific, noon Eastern to cover the live keynote.
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111	Supreme Court raises bar on software patent claims	http://www.cnet.com/news/despite-supreme-court-decision-software-still-eligible-for-patents/


1	TITLE: The Kill Switch Isn't Dead * 1032	CO-ANCHOR: Don Reisinger

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, June 19, 2014!
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16	Amazon rolled out a new smartphone yesterday called the Amazon Fire phone.	http://goo.gl/qSiSX5
17	Q: Firefly is Amazon's uber label for a collection of recognition technologies -- barcode scanner, image recognition, song and TV recognition. Is this revolutionary, or just a collection of existing technologies packaged together? Will it really drive sales? Q: Is the Fire's Dynamic Perspective display a gimmick? Is it just a high-end version of Apple's parallax motion? Will it help attract new users? Q: Both FireFly and Dynamic Perspective have SDKs, as well as SDKs for head tracking, motion detection and other controls. How much developer support can Amazon expect for these features? Q: What else could the four extra front-facing cameras do in the future? API? Q: Will other companies now have to offer unlimted photo cloud storage? Q: Amazon borrowed several concepts from the iPhone: glass front and back, small display for one-handed use; XXXX. Apple is moving beyond these concepts.
18	A: $649 contract-free A: Ships July 25 A: 32-GB version = $199.99 - $299 for the 64 GB - with a contract on AT&T A: 12 months of membership to Prime A: unlimited cloud storage for photos A: Fire OS 3.5, a forked version of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
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23	Twitter has acquired SnappyTV, a small startup that works with major brands and broadcasters to share live video clips on social networks. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.	https://blog.twitter.com/2014/snappytv-is-joining-the-flock
24	Todd Spangler is the Digital Editor for Variety. Q. Twitter obviously believes that its future is tied to television and entertainment. Why? Q. Will this make investors pleased and get more broadcast marketers engaged? Q. To what can we attribute Twitter's slow growth? Q. Is Twitter on a path to becoming the forgotten social network?	Todd Spangler Digital Editor, Variety @xpangler
25	A. Twitter was supposed to have 400 million users by now, according to Costolo. A. The company recently let its COO go and won't replace him. A. Shares are way down since the beginning of the year -- 40 percent.
26	Todd Spangler * Digital Editor at Variety * variety.com * @xpangler
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28	LEGO introduced today a new product line called LEGO Fusion. It combines plastic bricks with mobile games running on either iOS or Android.	http://mashable.com/2014/06/19/lego-fusion-hands-on/
29	Wilson Rothman is the personal tech editor for the Wall Street Journal Q: Wilson, how does LEGO fusion work? Q: Is this augmented reality? Q: There are maximum brick requirements. Why the limitation? Q: Does this get kids away from creativity from physical toys, acting as a gateway drug to spending all their time online?	Wilson Rothman Personal Tech Editor, The Wall Street Journal @wjrothman
30	A: Lego Fusion uses special augmented reality tags that function as bases for building projects A: Compatible Fusion games recognize the tags, then analyze the connected bricks to to scan what you've built A: Lego Fusion set = 200 bricks along with a special "capture" brick building plate A: Fusion builds are also limited to 16 bricks high by 16 bricks wide; anything larger than that is ignored A: Developed by Lego's Future Lab A: four different Lego Fusion games: 1) Lego Fusion Town Master; 2) Lego Fusion Battle Towers; 3) Lego Fusion Create & Race; and 4) Lego Fusion Resort Designer A: save creations to the cloud with a Lego ID A: $34.99 A: Toys R Us, Lego stores and Legoland locations in the US and online A: Town Master, Battle Towers and Create & Race kits will be ready in August A: Resort Designer game in September A: 7 and up
31	Wilson Rothman * Personal Tech Editor, Wall Street Journal * wsj.com * @wjrothman
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33	Netflix has signed a deal with popular late-night show host Chelsea Handler to host her own show on its network. Little is known about the deal at this point, but the show will begin airing (or is it streaming?) in 2016.	http://www.cnet.com/news/netflix-inks-talk-show-deal-inches-closer-to-tv-network/
34	Q. Why Chelsea Handler and why now? Q. Will this be a live-streaming show? Q. Is Netflix truly inching closer to becoming a true TV network? Q. Are more major partnerships in the works? Q. Should Netflix scare traditional TV networks?
35	A. This is the first live (or so we think) programming deal Netflix has struck. A. Yet another major celebrity is turning to Netflix -- Kevin Spacey, etc. A. The show will start in 2016, though details have been kept close to the vest. A. Late-night shows are the new battleground in entertainment.
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38	Nokia rolled out an Android app today. It's a home screen replacement for Android phones called Z Launcher. And reviewers are already praising it.	https://www.zlauncher.com/	http://bgr.com/2014/06/19/nokia-z-launcher-download-android/
39	Q: What is Z Launcher? Q: What's innovative about it? Q: Is this similar to Aviate, which was acquired recently by Yahoo? Q: This is a "limited pre-beta release." Do you recommend that people get it?
40	A: remembers the apps you use most frequently and monitors what times of the day you use different apps A: displays the content you’re most likely to use at any given time. A: Feature = “Scribble.” write first few letters of an app to see apps that start with those letters A: Free
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43	Android and Windows Phone will have a kill switch built into the operating systems in upcoming versions of the software, the companies say.	http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140619/TECHNOLOGY/140619845/crime-data-show-iphone-kill-switch-cuts-thefts
44	Q. Why do we need a kill switch? Q. The New York AG claims iPhone theft is down after the kill switch was added last year. Are criminals really turned off to the feature? Q. At what point will the kill switch be hacked and overcome by thieves? It's only a matter of time, right? Q. States like California have waffled on this issue. Why?
45	A. The New York AG Eric Schneiderman was first to announce the news. A. iPhone robberies fell 19 percent in NYC after the change, while Samsung robberies climed 40 percent in the same period. A. Apple and Samsung both have kill switches built into their devices, taking the lead on this front.
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66	"I am surprised that Facebook has not taken the high road when it comes to its Snapchat look alike app called Slingshot. That is tell people that the app is like Snapchat but they don't have to share their contacts. This would go well with the message Facebook was pushing at the F8 developers conference. The message that privacy is what Facebook is all about. The thing is that I currently do not use Snapchat because I am concern with what they will do with my contact information and if it is safe on their servers. Facebook already has a list of people that I like to share things with. So adding this additional thing to make it different just makes it less likely that I will be using the app."
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111	T-Mobile promotion lets people try an iPhone free	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/19/us-usa-tmobile-idUSKBN0EU08I20140619
112	RELATED: T-Mobile CEO goes nuts with comments	http://www.businessinsider.com/john-legere-profanity-2014-6
113	Blackberry reports a small profit	http://recode.net/2014/06/19/surprise-blackberry-reports-a-small-profit/
114	Facebook goes dark	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/facebook-service-restored-after-worldwide-outage/?partner=rss&emc=rss
115	RELATED: Facebook makes its own switch	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/facebook-makes-its-own-computer-networking-switch/?partner=rss&emc=rss
116		http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/antitheft-technology-led-to-a-dip-in-iphone-thefts-in-some-cities-police-say/?partner=rss&emc=rss
117	Google initiative designed to inspire girls to code	http://9to5google.com/2014/06/19/google-launches-made-with-code-initiative-to-inspire-girls-to-code/
118	Apple patents combine wearables and phones for better context	http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/06/19/apple-invention-uses-iphone-and-wearable-sensors-to-monitor-activities-automate-alarms-and-notifications
119		http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140619/TECHNOLOGY/140619845/crime-data-show-iphone-kill-switch-cuts-thefts
120		https://blog.twitter.com/2014/snappytv-is-joining-the-flock
121		http://www.cnet.com/news/netflix-inks-talk-show-deal-inches-closer-to-tv-network/


1	TITLE: Congress Isn't Neutral on Net Neutrality * 1031	CO-ANCHOR: Sarah Silbert

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, June 18, 2014!
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16	Democrats in both houses of congress introduced bills to ban paid prioritization.	http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-plan-to-save-net-neutrality-has-no-chance-in-congress
17	Jason Koebler (kebler) writes for Vice. Q: Before we talk about the bill, can you explain what paid prioritization is? Q: Note that paid prioritization affects the connection between the edge provider and the ISP, not between the ISP and the last mile. Q: This thing won't pass congress, will it? Q: Will this have any affect on Tom Wheeler and the FCC? Q: Some would argue that paid prioritization is not a net neutrality issue. Would you agree? Q: Why do Republicans oppose a ban on paid priortization?	Jason Koebler Writer, Motherboard @jason_koebler
18	A: Called the "Online Consumer and Consumer Choice Act" P: Senator Patrick J. Leahy, a Vermont Democrat P: Representative Doris Matsui, a California Democrat A: no Republican co-sponsors yet; likely to be killed by Republicans A: Internet-service providers like Comcast and Verizon say agreements involve interconnection of networks and are not covered by the concept of net neutrality A: ISPs say net neutrality applies only to last mile
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23	Yesterday Facebook announced a photo-sharing app called Slingshot that competes with the likes of Snapchat. Unlike with other ephemeral apps, though, you’ll only be able to view your friends’ photos and video after you’ve sent them something in return.	http://youtu.be/7rdpUXefVVs	http://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-pokes-at-snapchat-again-with-new-app-slingshot/
24	Ellis Hamburger is a reporter for The Verge. Q: Facebook says Slingshot is not a Snapchat clone. What do you say? Q: Forcing users to share before they can see what has been shared with them sounds beyond dumb to me. Does Facebook really think people will use this? Q: Is it still possible that Facebook could acquire Snapchat? If Slingshot fails, could it come back with a higher offer for the successful app?	Ellis Hamburger Reporter, The Verge @hamburger
25	A: Facebook tried to buy Snapchat for $3 billion. (Reported last year.) A: You don’t need a Facebook account to sign up — can use phone #. A: Unique approach to photo-sharing, but will users bite? Risk is less engagement. A: Unlike with Snapchat, you won’t know if someone is taking a screen of your shared pic/video. A: Mashable called it a “more desperate version of Snapchat”— seems apt A: Snapchat’s also updated its app — now multiple users can collab on a “story”
26	Ellis Hamburger * theverge.com * @hamburger
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28	Microsoft Ventures is launching an accelerator for startups to develop home automation technologies. And they're doing it in partnership with an insurance company.	http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/06/17/microsoft-ventures-to-launch-accelerator-for-home-automation/
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30	A: American Family Insurance is offering a minimum optional $25,000 equity investment in each startup A: Long history with "homes of the future" A: based at MS headquarters A: in partnership with American Family Ventures, the venture capital arm of American Family Mutual Insurance A: Microsoft plans to admit about 10 startups to the first home-automation class and expects them to take advantage of technical resources both inside and outside of Microsoft A: in May, Microsoft launched a health-focused accelerator in Israel with the medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Company. A: It's not clear that MS is serious about this. Could be a way to cozy up to major corporate customers
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33	The BlackBerry10 operating system is about to get a slew of Android apps thanks to a licensing agreement for the Amazon AppStore. BB10 users will have access to popular downloads such as Candy Crush, Netflix and Pinterest once BlackBerry 10.3 launches this fall.		http://blogs.blackberry.com/2014/06/amazon-appstore/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=TWITTER:BlackBerry&utm_campaign=Apps&linkId=8550417
34	A: BlackBerry users can currently download apps from the Amazon App Store, but it will now be pre-loaded on devices in the fall. A: You’ll still have access to BlackBerry World. A: More than 200,000 new Android apps. A: Update will also give you access to video and music through third-party services — these will be available on July 21st. A: Good solution for BlackBerry users: gives them access to top apps while letting the BlackBerry team focus on its enterprise and security-focused software A: BlackBerry reporting fiscal Q1 results tomorrow, expected to report a loss.
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38	Apple launched a cheap new iMac today, priced at $1,099. That's $200 less than the previous lowest price. The new iMac has a 21.5-inch screen, a 1.4 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive.	http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/imac	http://www.wired.com/2014/06/surprise-new-cheaper-imac-takes-major-performance-hit/
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43	Well, Adobe’s now trying its hand at hardware. The software company just announced a stylus and ruler — called the Ink and Slide, respectively — that help customers get the most out of Adobe’s Creative Cloud services on the go.		http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/18/adobe-ink-and-slide-review/
44	A: Premium design (though surface easily scuffed) with a price of $199 to match A: iPad-only; three new apps including Photoshop Mix with many of the features you’ll find on the desktop program A: Billy Steele from Engadget (also a designer) found the Ink stylus comfortable, and the tip’s small enough for very precise work. A: The Slide ruler lets you select shapes from Adobe’s mobile apps, with options that will come in handy for everything from interior design to app interface planning. A: Bottom line = useful tools for designers with iPads, but pricey and design could be more durable
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48	The Narrative Clip is a tiny lifelogging camera you attach to your clothes. It takes pictures every 30 seconds automatically, give you a literally photographic memory of the random events of your life. Phillip Pantuso is a Brooklyn-based writer who wore a Narrative Clip all day, every day for a week -- and he wrote about the experience for Popular Mechanics.	http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/tips/what-happened-when-i-recorded-a-whole-week-of-my-life-16901734 http://youtu.be/xJzMlIvN8Gg
49	Q: The Narrative Clip has been aound for awhile, and hasn't really become a mainstream gadget, probably because people feel its invasive and unnecessary. What was your experience? Q: How many pictures did you take during your week? Q: How did random strangers react? Q: What was the quality of the photos? Q: What did you learn?	Phillip Pantuso Writer, editor @phillippantuso
50	A: 20 grams A: 8 GB of memory A: holds about 4000 pictures A: 5-megapixel camera snaps 2592 x 1944—pixel JPEGs A: GPS make sure each photo is correctly oriented and geotagged A: connects via micro USB A: battery's good for about 30 hours A: $279, including one year of unlimited cloud storage A: After that, the storage costs $9 per month	Writer, editor @phillippantuso
51	Phillip Pantuso* phillippantuso.tumblr.com * @phillippantuso
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1	TITLE: Will Amazon's Smartphone be Dumb?* 1030	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, June 17, 2014!
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5	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan. I’m Joe Panettieri. Jason Howell is off this week. Anthony Nielsen is filling in for Jason.
6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
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15	Amazon's rumored smartphone, which will probably be announced tomorrow, will be available on AT&T exclusively, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. It's a near certainty that Amazon will launch a smartphone tomorrow. But what kind of smartphone, excactly, and why are they launching it?	http://online.wsj.com/articles/at-t-to-exclusively-carry-amazon-smartphone-1403001723	http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249143/Amazon_s_expected_smartphone_already_faces_skeptics?taxonomyId=230&pageNumber=1
16	Matt Hamblen is a senior editor at Computerworld Steve Ranger writes for ZDNet and TechRepublic Q: What can Amazon bring to the smartphone market that's not already there? Q: Would they be smart to subsidize it? Q: might it be for Prime members only like their recently announced music service? Q: Is Amazon's 3D feature likely to be more than just a gimmick? Q: Why does Amazon think they can succeed with a 3D feature when other phones flopped? (HTC's Evo 3D and the LG Optimus with 3D( A: Will it be optimized for showrooming and, if so, what does that mean?	Matt Hamblen Senior Editor, Computerworld @matthamblen Steve Ranger Editor, ZDNet @steveranger
17	A: "people familiar with the plans." A: "extends Amazon's relationship with AT&T, which also provides wireless service to Kindle tablets and e-readers." A: phone shipping by the end of September
18	Matt Hamblen * computerworld.com * @matthamblen Steve Ranger * zdnet.com * @steveranger
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22	Google I/O -- the company's massive developer conference -- kicks off June 25 in San Francisco. Here to preview potential trends and news at the conference are Todd R. Weiss and Jon Phillips.	https://www.google.com/events/io
23	Todd is a technology journalist who has written about Google Glass for eWeek and other publications. Jon is the Editor-in-Chief of PC World.	Todd R. Weiss Independent technology journalist @TechManTalking Jon Phillips Editor-in-Chief of PC World @JonPhillips
24	Q: What are the top themes you expect to hear?
25	Q: Can Google weave all of those trends into one strategic story that makes sense for developers, customers and investors?
26	Q: Google has previously used I/O to hand out Chromebooks and other gadgets. Any clues on this year's giveaways?
27	A. Overall theme: Google everywhere -- cars, set-top boxes, wearables, cloud, satellites. Where ISN'T Google?
28	A. Some Glass Explorers and influencers have received an invite to Basecamp gatherings on June 24 -- the day before the conference.
29	A. Basecamps, as many viewers will recall, are for Glass users who would like some training, demos or help with the wearable devices.
30	A. We'll surely see more Glass ISVs. Five Certified Partners have already emerged: APX, AugMedix, CrowdOptic, GuidiGo and Wearable Intelligence.	http://seekingalpha.com/article/2271003-google-glass-at-work-coming-into-focus
31	A. Android in Cars: Google Auto Link - an in-car version of Android -- should get buzz at conference.	http://www.autonews.com/article/20140616/OEM11/140619898/google-to-reveal-operating-system-that-will-rival-apple-carplay
32	A. Google Cloud Platform: Lots of talk about Docker containers, sort of the next-generation of virtualization.
33	A. Huge bets but where's the Google revenue beyond paid search?
34	Todd R. Weiss * eweek.com * @TechManTalking Jon Phillips * pcworld.com * @JonPhillips
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36	Online satelite images are a about to get much better. The US government has lifted restrictions on how high-def satellite pictures can be, according to a report on the BBC. The US Commerce Department, which made the chance, has not yet announced it. The report is based on a claim by a satellite imaging company called Digital Globe, which asked for the policy change and says their request was granted.	http://investor.digitalglobe.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=70788&p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=1939027	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27868703
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38	A: The ruling means commercial satellite images showing features smaler than about 20 inches. A: The current rules say anything small than that must be pixelated A: Google Maps, Bing A: Digital Globe told the BBC they could sell images with features as small as 11 inches in size. A: Digital Globe plans to show high-res satelite images that can show even "manholes and mailboxes." A: Google intends to buy Skybox for $500 million A: Skybox will capture high-rez images three times per day A: Titan purchase could enable drone-based photography
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41	M&A activity continues in the tech market, this time in the cloud-based file sync and sharing space.
42	A. Box this week acquired Streem, which allows customers to stream files to their desktops.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/16/box-acquires-yc-backed-streem/
43	A. Rival Dropbox today acquired Parastructure, which builds data analysis software.	http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/acquisition-hungry-dropbox-is-building-a-mobile-first-cloud-first-platform-225949.html
44	A. Dropbox has been on a buying spree that "Overall...points towards a move to make communication and collaboration at the work place simpler, and more cloud reliant," according to FirstPost.com
45	A. Forbes estimates Dropbox's valuation at $10B with 2013 revenues of $200M.	http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2014/02/24/confirmation-of-dropboxs-monster-raise/
46	A. Box's 12-month revenue through Jan. 24 was $124M, more than double the year prior. But Box lost $168M for the year.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/24/box-files-for-250m-ipo-on-full-year-revenue-of-124m-net-loss-of-168m/
47	A; Is there a path to profitability for commodity file storage and syncing?
48	A. Competitors everywhere: LogMeIn Cubby, Apple, Microsoft, Google and even upstarts like eFolder's Anchor product.
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50	The speech recognition company Nuance Communications is exploring a sale. The company could be acquired by Samsung, according to a piece in The Wall Street Journal.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/nuance-communications-explores-possible-sale-1402936735
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52	A: several "suitors" A: talks happened "earlier this year" A: not clear if deal will happen A: Nuance market cap: about $5.5 before WSJ's report A: Nuance customers = Samsung, Apple, Daimler, Nintendo, Panasonic Corp A: Carl Icahn largest shareholder; his funds have 19 percent stake in Nuance
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55	Microsoft is opening its arms to developers yet again -- this time with the IE Developer Channel.	http://winsupersite.com/cloud/microsoft-launches-ie-developer-channel	http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/new-internet-explorer-developer-channel-gives-devs-a-taste-of-whats-to-come/
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57	A. Gives web developers a chance to use Internet Explore features before general release.
58	A. Sounds a lot like Google's Chrome Dev Channel efforts, which are well established.
59	A. Early access for IE developers is a good idea a decade late.
60	A. Most pundits see IE market share on the decline	http://www.sitepoint.com/browser-trends-january-2014-yearly-review/
61	A. The shift to mobile iOS and Android devices further marginalizes IE
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63	The British government says spying on UK citizens via Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and even Google Search is acceptable and legal because those services are based in the United States, and therefore it's international and not domestic surveillance.	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/business/international/british-spy-agencies-said-to-assert-broad-power-to-intercept-web-traffic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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65	A: position described in a draft summary of a report to be released today by Privacy International and other advocacy groups A: It's "external communication" A: British government’s defense was in response to a lawsuit by privacy advocates regarding government surveillance uncovered by Edward J. Snowden
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83	We told you on April 4th that Google's Nest Protect smoke detector was recalled because of a faulty in-the-air gesture feature. The product has been unvailable since that recall. But now it's back, and they've dropped the price from $130 to $99. The Nest Protect enabled users to turn off alarms by waving their hand in front of the device. The recalled was effected because the alarm could be accidentally turned off in a real fire. The new version doesn't have the feature at all.	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/nests-smoke-alarm-returns-with-price-cut/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
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123	Samsung accellerator' first app is a new home screen	http://recode.net/2014/06/17/samsung-entering-new-terrain-with-android-homescreen-app/
124	ALREADY HAVE THIS ONE (MIKE 5) Samsung to buy Company that Powers Siri?	http://www.zdnet.com/samsung-in-buyout-talks-with-nuance-the-company-behind-apples-siri-7000030611/
125	Apple settles eBook case	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/17/us-apple-ebooks-settlement-idUSKBN0ES0GH20140617
126	Google faces new antitrust complaint in Europe	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/17/google-faces-new-competition-complaint-in-europe-this-time-over-android-app-stores/
127	Google I/O, Glass and More (JOE 2)	http://mashable.com/2014/06/16/google-glass-partners/
128	Dropbox Buys Analytics Startup; Box Buys Streem: File Sharing Showdown (JOE 4)	http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/16/box-acquires-yc-backed-streem/	http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/dropbox-parastructure/
129	Microsoft IE Developer Channel: Developers, Developers, Developers? (JOE 6)	http://winsupersite.com/cloud/microsoft-launches-ie-developer-channel
130	In Other News: Microsoft Surprises With Surface Pro 3 Early Shipments	http://windowsitpro.com/microsoft-surface/surface-pro-3-shipping-early-shipping-today
131	Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Ships Early, as in TODAY	http://windowsitpro.com/microsoft-surface/surface-pro-3-shipping-early-shipping-today


1	TITLE: Brainy Baristas * 1029	CO-ANCHOR:

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, June 16, 2014!
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5	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan. Jason Howell is off this week. Anthony Nielsen is filling in for Jason.
6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ...
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16	Microsoft claims that most Android phones infringe on multiple patents, but has never revealed what those patents are. Microsoft could make as much as a billion dollars a year on Android-related patents, and wants to keep them secret. But the Chinese government revealed a list of more than 300 Microsoft patents and applications for mobile phone technologies, including 127 patents that Microsoft says are implemented in Android.	http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/chinese-govt-reveals-microsofts-secret-list-of-android-killer-patents/
17	Joe Mullin is the tech policy editor at Ars Technica Q: Why had Microsoft kept these patents secret? Q: Was the Chinese government's revelation of these patents normal policy, or some kind of strike against Microsoft? Q: Do we know which of Microsoft's patents bring the company most of their Android revenue? Q: Where did these patents come from? Microsoft? Nortel? Rockstar? Q: How will things change for Microsoft now that the list of patents is known?	Joe Mullin Tech Policy Editor, Ars Technica @joemullin
18	A: The information had been provided to the Chinese government as part of the Nokia acquisition approval process. A: 73 standard-essential patents A: Some come from Nortel. A: All 14 patents used by Microsoft to file a lawsuit against Barnes & Noble are also included A: Microsoft wanted to avoid making the information public.	web8960
19	Joe Mullin * arstechnica.com * @joemullin
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23	The US Department of Transportation wants the power to regulate all navigation products, including maps apps on your smartphone.	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/business/agency-aims-to-regulate-map-aids-in-vehicles.html
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25	A: proposed GROW America Act would give the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the authority A: GROW AMERICA = "Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America" A: The Intelligent Car Coalition told Times that the NHTSA doesn't have the "budget or the structure to oversee both Silicon Valley and the auto industry."
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28	Starbucks announced a new perk for employees: A subsidized university education. Starbucks and Arizona State University are partnering to provide a big percentage of the tuition. The normal cost is about $10,000 per year, and about $3,250 of that would be paid for. Financial aid would pay for most of the rest.	http://news.starbucks.com/collegeplan/Starbucks-press-release
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30	A: 135,000 U.S. employees who work at least 20 hours a week and work at Starbucks-owned stores A: ‘Starbucks College Achievement Plan’ A: Old perk was $1,000 a year for education at certain schools A: Starbucks workers are poor enough to qualify for a Pell grant A: theoretically be left with about $2,040 to pay out of pocket for first two years. A: Employees who start as juniors or seniors will earn full tuition reimbursement A: Starbucks: employees receiving the assistance will pay less than half of their tuition costs. P: ASU President Michael Crow P: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz P: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
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33	Domino's Pizza was hacked last week in a ransom attack. The hackers revealed their demand of thirty thousand euros in a tweet, as well as on a web post. Domino's said they would refused to pay. The attackers threatened to release the personal information of more than 600,000 customers in France and Belgium.	http://goo.gl/vJmoGP
34	No Interview
35	A: Hacker group = Rex Mundi (King of the World) A: Hackers: "We downloaded over 592,000 customer records (including passwords) from French customers and over 58,000 records from Belgian ones. That's over six hundred thousand records, which include the customers' full names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, passwords and delivery instructions."
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65	Our friend JR Holmes commented via email on our conversation Friday about the possible use of a new lighting connector by Apple that could be used in an iWatch for both recharging and audio. "Forgotten by all people commenting on the rumor about the possibility of Apple using the Lightning connector to transmit audio information is that this is just restoring a capability that was previously available in the 30-pin connector. All those 30-pin speaker docks used that ability to play music from the connected iPhone very easily. That the Lightning connector didn't allow that (and the rise of Android devices) is what has driven the rise of the many Bluetooth speakers we see today (albeit at reduced audio quality). While I like the rise of the Bluetooth connected devices, it was also very convenient to simply drop the iPhone or iPod into the dock and have it play easily while charging."
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68	Level 3 Communications said today that it plans to buy TW Telecom, which is a major ISP for businesses. The price of the deal is about $5.68 billion. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year.	http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/level-3-to-buy-tw-telecom-for-5-7-billion/
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71	Astronauts on the International Space Station are getting an esspresso machine! The coffee maker is custom-built for space by engineering firm Argotec and coffee seller Lavazza. It dispenses caffinated brew into a sealed plastic bag so it doesn't float away in the weightness environment of earth orbit. The new machine will arrive along with astonaut Samantha Cristoforetti, the first Italian woman in space. By the way, the ISS's new esspresso machine is called -- what else? -- the ISS-presso.	http://youtu.be/cx45rg8Q-Cw?t=27s	http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-061614a-isspresso-espresso-coffee-space.html
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1	TITLE: Tesla Shocker: Open Source Patents * 1028	CO-ANCHOR: Don Reisinger

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, June 13, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
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16	Tesla CEO Elon Musk yesterday invited other car companies to use Tesla patents.	http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you	http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/tesla-motors-please-infringe-on-our-patents-for-the-greater-good/ http://www.wired.com/2014/06/tesla-patents/ http://www.zdnet.com/why-detroit-will-squander-teslas-patent-present-7000030497/
17	Jason Perlow is a columnist for ZDnet Klint Finley is a reporter for WIRED Eric Blattberg is a staff writer for VentureBeat Q: Let's be clear about what Musk is doing here. He didn't, as has been falsely reported, make Tesla patents open source or even open Tesla patents to any company. He made a claim that Tesla wouldn't sue any company operating in good faith. Q: Developing a car, especially a revolutionary one, is a massive and expensive undertaking. Will any car company bet that Tesla will honor this pledge? Isn't it a big gamble? Tesla could be acquired, etc. Q: Why is Tesla doing this? Q: What kinds of patents does Tesla own? Q: Will other carmakers use some of these patents? Q: Musk slammed the patent system, but still hangs on to the patents. Is this the right way to achieve his goals? Q: What other companies tried something like this and how did it go for them?	Jason Perlow Columnist, ZDNet @jperlow Klint Finley Reporter, WIRED @klintron Eric Blattberg Staff writer, VentureBeat @EricBlattberg
18	A: Didn't actually open patents; merely made a claim that it wouldn't sue under certain conditions. Tesla is still in control. A: Musk: "Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology. A: Musk: “We think the market is plenty big enough for everyone,” Musk said. “If we can do things that don’t hurt us and help the U.S. industry, we should do that.” A: Musk: "We believe that applying the open source philosophy to our patents will strengthen rather than diminish Tesla’s position in this regard." A: Musk said that Tesla had already talked to BMW about sharing its supercharger network of charging stations. A: Musk slammed the patent system, but still hangs on to the patents.
19	Jason Perlow * zdnet.com * @jperlow Klint Finley * klintfinley.com * @klintron Eric Blattberg * venturebeat.com * @EricBlattberg
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23	Priceline has acquired OpenTable, the restaurant-reservation service, for $2.6 billion. Priceline says that it will expedite OpenTable's international expansion, but looking at OpenTable's financials, you need to wonder why so much was spent for, quite frankly, so little. Q. Is OpenTable really worth the $2.6 billion or is this just Priceline throwing around its weight? Q. How will OpenTable be impacted by this impending acquisition? Q. Is this the first in a line of acquisitions Priceline will be making in the coming months?	http://www.cnet.com/news/priceline-picks-up-opentable-for-2-6-billion-in-all-cash-deal/
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25	A. Priceline acquired Buteeq earlier this week for digital hotel marketing A. OpenTable seats 15 million diners per month A. Priceline was quick to point out the importance of mobile in this acquisition, saying that OpenTable has seated 125 million diners through its mobile service
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28	Google plans to launch a new service called Google Fit. The service will collect and aggregate data from quantified self gadgets and health and fitness apps, according to an exclusive by Parmy Olson on Forbes.	http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/06/12/exclusive-google-to-launch-health-service-google-fit-at-developers-conference/
29	Parmy Olson writes about mobile for Forbes. Q: Parmy, can you tell us more about Google Fit and what you learned about it from your sources? Q: Is there any indication it could be cross platform, harvesting data from say, an Apple iWatch? Q: Is this about fitness, healthcare or both?	Parmy Olson Writer, Forbes @parmy
30	A: Anonymous sources from various publications. A: Launch at Google I/O June 25 and 26. A: Direct competitor to Apple's HealthKit, Samsung's Sami platform A: Google Fit will aggregate data through open APIs A: Google Fit could be part of Android, or could be an app (or both)
31	Parmy Olson * forbes.com * @parmy
32	DON 4	SHOW	LINKS
33	The Xbox One is so excited for you to play that even when Breaking Bad co-star Aaron Paul speaks to you through your television, it'll turn on. Users around the Web say that when the Aaron Paul Xbox commercial comes on and he says "Xbox On" in the beginning, their consoles are immediately turning on. Q. Please explain how this is happening. Q. Why has Microsoft gone silent on this so far? Q. Is this a marketing ploy or coincidence? Q. Paul says other commands that don't register with Kinect. Is that an issue with the Kinect or again, just a coincidence?	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27827545
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35	A.This could create other interesting ways for marketers to jump through the TV and market to gamers. A. Oddly, this is for an ad that promotes the Kinect-less Xbox bundle, which might send the wrong message. A. This is the best promotion Microsoft did all week after a horrible press conference at E3.
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38	9to5Mac's Mark Gurman posted a really interesting column yesterday, pointing out a long list of features in iOS 8 that appear to lay the groundwork for an Apple smartwatch.	http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/12/ios-8-builds-in-the-technologies-apple-needs-for-an-iwatch/
39	Mark Gurman joins us to talk about his column.	Mark Gurman Senior Editor, 9to5Mac @markgurman
40	These are: * Notification Center widgets system could be applied to the iWatch display * Ability to respond to notivications from the notifications view * recent and favorite contacts in mulit-tasking view * iOS 8 intervace for making phone calls perfect for iWatch * Enhanced spotlight search * HealthKit * Instant Hotspot could let iPhone that iWatch is nearby * iMessage and SMS enhanced support for non-iPhone devices * iCloud Photo; pictures viewed on iWatch? * Lightning-based headphones
41	Mark Gurman * 9to5mac.com * @markgurman
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43	The US Marshals are doing something rather unexpected: selling Bitcoins they obtained from their raid on the underground Web-based black market Silk Road. If the bidding process the Marshals are launching is successful, the US government could net more than $18 million in the sale. Q. Tell us about the process for this auction and how we can sign up to buy Bitcoins from the US. Q. How did the US Marshals obtain the Bitcoins? Q. Are there more to sell? And if so, do you have a sense of when -- or perhaps if -- they will actually be put up for auction? Q. Why an auction and not an outright sale on a Bitcoin exchange?	http://online.wsj.com/articles/fbi-readies-144-341-bitcoins-for-sale-1402606244
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45	A. Silk Road was once the most prominent site in the underground Web, available when users used TOR to go dark. A. Silk Road is notorious for selling drugs, providing instructions on how to operate illegal Web sites, and much, much more. A. Bitcoin has come under fire as of late after the Mt. Gox exchange fail and questions from governments over its value as an allowable currency. A. My prediction: The Winkelvoss twins win the auction.
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71	The restaurant chain P.F. Chang's was hacked recently and customer credit card data was stolen. So the company is implementing a hack-proof method of processing credit cards: They're now using swiping machines that imprint the data using carbon paper.
72	IN OTHER, OTHER NEWS: A company called PetGadgets.com launched a product today called the Pet Doorbell App. The app uses motion detection software and an iPhone camera to detect when your dog or cat needs to go outside and do its business. You get a notification, plus a picture.	http://www.petdoorbellapp.com/
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108	New Google Glass app records doctor visits for patent records	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/12/us-google-health-idUSKBN0EN2MG20140612
109	Seized Silk Road Bitcoins to be auctioned off	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/13/us-bitcoin-auction-idUSKBN0EO02H20140613
110	Facebook Messenger gets 15-second video messages	http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/12/facebook-messenger-updated-with-15-second-video-messages-even-bigger-likes/
111	Apple announces a replacement program for European plugs	http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/13/apple-says-some-european-iphone-usb-adapters-may-pose-a-safety-risk-announces-free-replacement-program/
112	Aaron Paul Xbox commercial turning on Xbox Ones	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27827545		(Marketing scheme or plain old coincidence?)
113	Priceline buys OpenTable
114	US Marshals selling off Bitcoins from Silk Road	http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/13/us-silk-road-bitcoin-auction/


1	TITLE: Amazon's Sub-Prime Music* 1027	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, June 12, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
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16	Amazon has launched a streaming music service. Called Amazon Prime Music, the service offers access to more than a million songs and hundreds of playlists, according to Amazon. For Prime members, the service is free.	http://mashable.com/2014/06/12/amazon-launches-music-service-prime/
17	Jason Abbruzzese writes for Mashable. Q: Is this a way for Amazon to satisfy existing Prime members, gain new Prime members, make money in the streaming music business, or just stick it to Google and Apple? Why is Amazon doing this? Q: Will Amazon offer streaming music to non-members? Q: You wrote that Amazon Prime Music will have about the same number of songs as Pandora's. What about quality? Is Amazon's selection as good as Pandora? Q: Is this a separate Music app, or will mobile users need one of the existing Amazon apps? Q: Why isn't Amazon offering new songs? Q: Will users be able to thumbs-up or thumbs-down songs? Q: Is this why Amazon recently raised the price of Prime membership?	Jason Abbruzzese Reporter, Mashable @JasonAbbruzzese
18	A: available only to Amazon Prime members; membership costs $99 per year A: not a new app; just part of Amazon's existing software A: Available on Amazon's homepage on the web A: music section on the Kindle Fire HDX/HD after installing an update A: later today, Amazon Prime Music will replace the Amazon MP3 and Cloud Player apps on Android and iOS A: songs, albums eligible for free streaming are marked with a "Prime" badge A: Amazon hasn't been able to reach an agreement with Universal Music Group A: No Universal, no Snoop Dog, Ludacris, Frank Ocean, Bon Jovi, The Eagles, Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty & A: ESTIMATE: at least 20 million people are Prime subscribers A: Amazon's music catalog only songs older than six months, saving $$ on royalties
19	Jason Abbruzzese * mashable.com * @JasonAbbruzzese
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23	Protests bring Uber a boost. The protests that brought traffic to a standstill in capital cities all over Europe yesterday actually led to an 850 jump in sign ups of new users. Cabbies took to the streets in Milan, Berlin, Paris and London, protesting Uber for not playing by the same licensing, safety and pricing rules as traditional cabs and black car services.	http://thenextweb.com/uk/2014/06/11/uber-sign-ups-jumped-850-taxi-driver-protests-london/	http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uber-signups-increase-850-as-black-cab-drivers-stage-london-taxi-protest-9530061.html
24	Lisa Fleisher writes for the Wall Street Journal. Welcome, Lisa. And Brendan Greeley writes for BloombergBusinessweek. Hi, Brendan. Q: Lisa: Can you tell us about some of the protests in Europe and Brazil? Where are they happening and how are drivers protesting? Q: Why are there Uber protests in Europe and not the United States? Q: Is all the controversy good for Uber? Q: Uber also recently got valued at 18 billion dollars. Can investors justify this value in the face of so many regulatory hurdles? Q: Brendan: You made the point that the issue is especially sensitive in the UK where cab driving is a Q: There appears to be something of a "Steisand effect" where the protests are mostly resulting in more exposure and more business for Uber. Q: Tim Worstall wrote in Forbes that UK taxi drivers fear that Uber will end their "cosy little guild arrangements that protect their incomes as they face the creative destruction of an innovative disruptor." Do you agree with the tone of that characterization?	Lisa Fleisher Tech Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @lisafleisher Brendan Greeley Staff writer, Bloomberg Businessweek @bhgreeley
25	A: Go-slow protests happened in Berlin, London, Madrid, Milan and Paris A: Cabbies refused to pick up riders A: Fights pit innovation against existing regulation A: Drivers’ unions say the rise of Uber is leading people to contact unlicensed drivers without any checks, and that pricing rules are unfair		http://images.bwbx.io/cms/2013-10-07/Greeley-Brendan-190.jpg
26	Lisa Fleisher * wsj.com * @lisafleisher Brendan Greeley * businessweek.com * @bhgreeley
27	MIKE 3	SHOW	LINKS
28	Facebook is making big changes to how they choose which ads to show you. For starters, they're going to reveal what they know about you and the criteria they use to serve ads. And they're going to let you make changes to it.	http://adage.com/article/digital/facebook-web-browsing-history-ad-targeting/293656/
29	Fionna Agomuoh is a tech reporter for the International Business Times. Q: Facebook is also going to let you tell them when you see an ad you don't like. How will that work? Q: Facebook plans to expand sources of data for serving ads. What new data will they use and where are they getting it? Q: Will more users opt out once they see how this works? Q: Do other companies, such as Google, already allow users to make changes to ad profiles?	Fionna Agomuoh Tech reporter, International Business Times @FionnaatIBT
30	A: every ad will have a tiny arrow in the right corner A: starting next week will tap data it already collects from people’s smartphones and other websites
31	Fionna Agomuoh * ibtimes.com * @FionnaatIBT
32	ELISE 4	SHOW	LINKS
33	Interesting news out of Houston, Texas. Comcast has turned 50 thousand residential routers into public wifi hotspots. The number of Houston Comcast customers that are part of a massive public wifi network is expected to swell to 150,000 by the end of June.	http://blog.chron.com/techblog/2014/06/comcast-is-turning-your-xfinity-router-into-a-public-wi-fi-hotspot/
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35	A: the feature is being turned on without its subscribers’ prior consent. It’s an opt-out system.
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38	Starbucks is rolling out wireless charging stations to stores nationwide starting today. In a partnership with Duracell, the coffee seller will being at stores in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, then roll out nationwide to more than 7,500 stores.	http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/06/12/starbucks-wireless-charging-duracell-powermat-procter--gamble-technology/10299891/
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40	A: Duracell powermats A: more than 100,000 table chargers A: more than a dozen per store on average A: Powermat charge pads A: you need the write phone or phone case A: Duracell supports the "Wireless Power Alliance", and NOT the "Wireless Power Consortium" with their Qi (chee) standard
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43	A win for civil liberties, for now -- A US Appeals Court ruled that police and other law enforcement agencies must obtain a search warrant before getting location data stored in cellphones and smartphones.	http://www.zdnet.com/us-appeals-court-rules-warrantless-phone-location-tracking-is-illegal-7000030442/
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45	A: Comes a year after the 5th circuit court ruled that location data on cell phones was NOT protected by the constitution. So different judges ruling different ways. A: Adds another voice to the notion that this data should be protected by federal law. A: The decisions don't invalidate one another -- different jurisdictions. A: Ruling says warrantless interception of data constitutes a search, protected by the 4th amendment against unlawful search and seizure.
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68	(Is feedly still down?)
69	The Twitter client TweetDeck went offline during our show yesterday, and we reported the event live. It turns out that an Austrian teenager accidentally exposed a security vulnerability in the software, and the company took it offline to fix it.
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109	Microsoft rolls out pre-release Outlook Web App for Android	http://winsupersite.com/office-365/microsoft-delivers-pre-release-version-owa-android
110	Court rules warrantless collection of phone data unconstitutional	http://www.wired.com/2014/06/cell-tower-data-requires-warrant/


1	TITLE: SHOW TITLE Amazon wants to sell you a babysitter 1026	CO-ANCHOR: Sarah Silbert

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, June 11, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by RingCentral, the cloud-based phone system we use here at TWiT. And it just got better with the launch of “Meetings” – the full service video-conference feature! Zero startup costs and RingCentral starts at under $25 a month per user. Try it now with a 30-day risk-free trial and buy one desk phone and get a second phone free! (Up to 20 phones). Call 800-543-9980 or visit ringcentral.com and use our promo code TWIT.
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5	Welcome to Tech News Today, I'm Mike Elgan - I'm Sarah Silbert - Jason Howell has the day off.	Sarah Silbert Senior Editor, Engadget @sarahsilbert
6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
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16	Two popular cloud services were hit with aggressive denial of service attacks in the past 24 hours. Evernote and Feedly were overwhelmed with malicious traffic, and users were directly affected.	http://blog.feedly.com/2014/06/11/denial-of-service-attack/ http://status.evernote.com/	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/11/evernote-hit-by-sync-disrupting-ddos-attack/
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18	A: DDOS attack is when so much traffic is thrown at a site that it becomes hard or impossible to access A: Evernote struck Tuesday, preventing users from accessing accounts. A: Evernote faied to sync on their desktops or smartphones A: Evernote attack began just before 2:30pm Pacific yesterday (BBC) A: Evernote warned of random weirdness for next 24 hours A: Evernote = 100 million users + A: Evernote: 2013 hackers accessed user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords A: Clueley: No idea why Evernote was targetted A: Deezer was hit starting Friday A: Feedly said on web site: "Criminals are attacking feedly with a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS). The attacker is trying to extort us money to make it stop. We refused to give in and are working with our network providers to mitigate the attack as best as we can." A: DDoS attacks often hide data theft, but both Evernote and Feedly have assured subscribers that no data was compromised
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23	Yesterday Reuters reported that Amazon will launch a marketplace for local services to connect you with babysitters, handymen, birthday clowns and more. The service will likely start as a pilot later this year within a single market — most likely Seattle or San Francisco.		http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/10/us-amazon-com-services-idUSKBN0EL20S20140610
24	Deepa Seetharaman covers e-commerce for Reuters. Welcome, Deepa. (seat-a-RA-men) Q: Who would Amazon be competing with here? Q: Amazon hasn't announced this, and your story is based on anonymous sources. Is this a mere possibility? A test? Or are they fully intending to launch into this business for real? Q: What kind of return might Amazon expect from all this? How big a market? Q: Might services be actually tied to Amazon products? For example, you buy a Nest thomostat from Amazon and then the find someone to install it for you... Q: Would Amazon use only local services partners, like Thumbtack, which you mentioned in your piece? Or might they allow independent people to offer their services, too?	Deepa Seetharaman Reporters, Reuters @dseetharaman
25	A: Amazon’s reportedly reached out to businesses in Bay Area and Seattle. At least one home-improvement company among them. Also reaching out to startups that connect service providers with customers. A: Another battleground for competition with eBay (mention recent PayPal competition with subscription billing). eBay Hire announced last year, still in testing — shows you local service info alongside product results. A: Other competitors include Task Rabbit, Angie’s List, Yelp (in terms of local reviews). A: Not Amazon’s first time working with local businesses. Amazon Fresh grocery-delivery service, investment in LivingSocial. Q: Can A: Amazon’s role as middleman: recently announced plans to handle customers’ monthly subscription payments, taking on PayPal’s services yet again. A: In addition to being profitable for Amazon, middleman role can be good for smaller businesses by having association with Amazon name. Reuters says local services would be backed by same guarantee Amazon has for third-party vendors.
26	Deepa Seetharaman * reuters.com * @dseetharaman
27	MIKE 3	SHOW	LINKS
28	Smartphone prices. How low can they go? Two companies in India are planning to introduce smartphones as cheap as $25 -- unlocked!	https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/06/10/firefox-os-ecosystem-continues-expansion-and-redefines-the-entry-level-smartphone/	http://www.cnet.com/news/mozillas-25-firefox-os-phones-look-to-score-in-india/
29	Stephen Shankland writes for CNET and joins us from Paris. Q: Stephen, the phone will run the Firefox OS. Is there anything about that operating system that lends itself to cheap hardware? Why not just use Android? Q: Two Indian companies were mentioned by Mozilla: Intex and Spice. Can you tell us about these companies? Will they each introduce separate $25 phones? Q: They're planning to use a processor from a Chinese company called Spreadtrum. Q: Are there any apps for Firefox OS that might appeal to Indian users? Q: Can you even buy a feature phone for $25? Q: Mozilla also announced a Taiwan partner. Can you tell us about the Chunghwa Telecom deal? Q: Can you share any details about the phone in terms of specs?	Stephen Shankland Senior writer, CNET News @stshank
30	A: IDC: smartphone sales grew 181 percent year on year in India during 2013 A: 78 percent of the 250 million handsets sold in India last year were feature phones A: Mobile Asia Expo in Shanghai A: Spreadtrum is a fabless chip maker, which means they design and sell them but outsource the fabrication of them to a semiconductor foundry. A: Also available in Indonesia A: U.S.-based Mozilla A: Mozilla has collaborated with four handset makers and five wireless carriers to provide five Firefox-powered smartphones in Europe and Latin America so far: ZTE, LG A: Mozilla carrier partners: Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom and América Móvil. A: Previous cheapest price: $60		Report from February including specs: http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/23/mozilla-25-smartphone/
31	Stephen Shankland * cnet.com * @stshank
32	SARAH 4	SHOW	LINKS
33	The popular predictive-typing keyboard app SwiftKey will now be available for free on Android. It previously cost $3.99, but it will now ditch the download fee in favor of charging for in-app features.		http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/06/11/swiftkey-drops-paid-model-will-charge-for-in-app-purchases/
34	Parmy Olson writes about mobile for Forbes.	Parmy Olson Writer, Forbes @parmy
35	Q: Why is SwiftKey making this switch? Q: Is it about growing in developing markets without price holding users back? Q: Does Apple’s recently announcement about a similar keyboard in iOS 8 play a factor in SwiftKey’s decision? Can you talk more about that Apple announcement and what it means for SwiftKey and other third-party keyboards? Q: Will having more users improve SwiftKey’s predictive technology? Q: Does the company have any income sources beyond the app fee and now its in-app downloads? It sells tech to Samsung and BlackBerry, right? Q: What kind of updates can we expect in the Android app? Q: When will SwiftKey land on iOS? Q:Will iOS app also adopt business model with free download/in-app purchases? A:Switching away from premium paid model A: 48 themes will be available for purchase within the app, within three new ones available for free and the rest for $1 each. A: Down the line more payable features could include different sounds and visuals. A: Other updates include the integration of all-important emojis. Interestingly, there will be emoji predictions (“i love you” = heart)
36	Parmy Olson * forbes.com * @parmy
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68	We reported two weeks ago that Amazon was withholding pre-orders and delaying shipments on some books from publishing giant Hachette in the midst of difficult negotiations over ebook pricing. Now something similar may be happening with move pre-orders from Warner Bros. The spat affects only a small number of titles, and they're for movies on DVD and Blu-Ray rather than downloads. Pre-orders for “The Lego Movie” and “Transcendence” have been stopped. The companies have been unable to agree on pricing for the movies.	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/amazon-stops-taking-advance-orders-for-lego-other-warner-videos/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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71	The updated version of the classic first-person shooter DOOM won't hit till the end of the year at the earliest. But id Software showed a teaser trailer at E3. Before we look at the trailer, let's look at the 1993 original by id Software. (SHOW VIDEO). OK, now let's look at the teaser trailer and see if they've improved the graphics at all. (SHOW VIDEO) The new version of DOOM will be made available for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.	http://youtu.be/yZaO_1bc3Dk http://youtu.be/cYjR5UzhcZA?t=19s
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91	Engadget's Sarah Silbert is our co-anchor today!
92	Deepa Seetharaman is here to talk about her exclusive on a new Amazon service coming later this year.
93	And CNET's Stephen Shankland joins us to reveal the cheapest smartphone ever.
94	Plus: Two popular web-based services are shut down in separate attacks.
95	And a popular $4 Android app is now free.
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108	Court OKs Google Book Scanning Without Author Permission	http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/googles-university-book-scanning-project-wins-fair-use-protections/
109	3D Printer for Kids Being Crowdfunded	http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/11/kids-3d-printer-printeer-kickstarter
110	EU to Investigate Apple's Irish Tax Scheme	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/10/us-apple-tax-ireland-idUSKBN0EL1SR20140610
111	Uber Clashes In Europe	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/06/11/as-londons-cabbies-strike-uber-moves-to-capitalize/
112	OpenSSL Bug Delays OnePlus One	http://www.pcworld.com/article/2362011/oneplus-one-launch-delayed-to-fix-critical-openssl-bug.html


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7	JH	Welcome to All About Android, Episode 165, recorded on Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Your weekly source for the latest news, hardware and apps for the Android faithful.
8		I'm Jason Howell --- I'm Ron Richards --- And I'm Gina Trapani!					Times for segments
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10		Introduce Matteo					Intro	0:05:00
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12		This week, we'll be discussing Android's upcoming Nearby feature, testing app compatability across multiple devices, Amazon's upcoming 3D phone announcement, a $11,300 phone, details on the LG G Watch, and more!					News	0:05:00
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15	JH	KitKat hits 13.6% of devices in latest Android distribution numbers	http://9to5google.com/2014/06/04/kitkat-hits-13-6-of-devices-in-latest-android-distribution-numbers/				AD	0:05:00
16		Chitika: KitKat jumps to second most used Android version in North America	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/06/chitika-kitkat-jumps-to-second-most-used-android-version-in-north-america/				Android Arena	0:05:00
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18	GT	What Android 4.4.3 could mean about the future of Android updates	http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/what-android-4-4-3-could-mean-about-the-future-of-android-updates/
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20	RR	Exclusive: Google Will Soon Introduce 'Nearby' To Let Other 'People, Places, And Things' Know When You're Around	http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/06/06/exclusive-google-will-soon-introduce-nearby-to-let-other-people-places-and-things-know-when-youre-around/	VIDEO
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24	JH	Testing an app across multiple Android devices
25		Matteo Doni with Skyscanner - What exactly do you and your team do at Skyscanner? - How many devices do you run your tests on and how do you choose which get used and which ones don't? - What kinds of variables lead to an incompability of the Skyscanner app with a particular device? - Are there certain elements that are common culprit when it comes to incompatibility? - At what point do you say "good enough" and push out the update? - Advice for smaller teams/isolated developers with less resources than you?	-Our Mobile Test Team work with the dev team (internal or external partners) in Agile or Agile-like manner. Once automation and overall test strategy is determined we perform manual exploratory testing + scripted manual testing on dev builds and advise the product owner regarding acceptance criteria and overall quality. Final business decisions are usually dealt with by Product Manager. -I'll happily explain the process of device selection and actual testing and that will segue nicely into me explaining about crowd and cloud testing. -Variables which cause incompatibility are many but for us the main ones are usually network or OS related (custom ROMS and setups). -"Good Enough" is a judgement call the product manager makes. If we see the quality is not good enough, we will push back though. -My personal view to smaller teams with more resource constraints is do what you can internally and crowd test and if appropriate use the beta schemes in the app stores.
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35	GT	Amazon Device Launch Invites Show Off “3-D” Interface	http://recode.net/2014/06/04/amazon-device-launch-invites-show-off-3-d-interface/
36		This Is The Face Tracking Tech Powering Amazon’s New 3D Smartphone	http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/05/amazons-3d-smartphone-is-powered-by-omrons-face-sensing-tech/
37		That Looks Like a Phone in the Amazon Teaser	http://mashable.com/2014/06/05/amazon-teaser-video-smartphone/	VIDEO
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47	GT	LG G Watch Specs Show 36 Hour Standby Time, Price and Release Date Rumored Too	http://www.droid-life.com/2014/06/10/lg-g-watch-specs-price-date/
48		Exclusive: LG G Watch will be given away at Google I/O 2014	http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-g-watch-giveaway-google-io-391694/
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50	5:40	Whether at home or the office, printing from your Android devices, Chromebooks, or even Kindle Fire can be a challenge. And if your printer isn’t already Cloud Print-enabled, you’re out of luck!	http://xprintserver.com/twit		0:05:00
51	JH	HOST: Share your personal experience or frustration in trying to print from your Android device.
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60	JH	How to update your Google Play Store app without sideloading like a savage	http://www.androidcentral.com/how-update-your-google-play-store-without-sideloading-savage
61		Simplified Permissions UI In The Play Store Could Allow Malicious Developers To Silently Add Permissions	http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/06/10/simplified-permissions-ui-in-the-play-store-could-allow-malicious-developers-to-silently-add-permissions/
62		Play Store Permissions Change Opens Door to Rogue Apps	http://www.xda-developers.com/android/play-store-permissions-change-opens-door-to-rogue-apps/
63		Reddit: What latest changes to Play Store app means for privacy	http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/27n7yr/what_latest_changes_to_play_store_app_means_for/
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73	RR	Generally, the more a visitor must hunt to find something, the more likely they are to click away. Also, if you want to build your social media following, make it easy for visitors to find you on the most traffic-heavy sites (like Facebook and Twitter.)
74		Whether you need a website design, mobile app design, social media design or something else, 99designs dot com can help. The site will connect you with dozens of talented designers around the world who will compete to deliver you the best design. What if you could start your next design project today, and have dozens of designs to choose from in just seven days? You can!
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1	TITLE: Putter Panda is Coming For Your Data * 1025	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, June 10, 2014!
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16	A new hacker group with ties to China’s army has been implicated in stealing American, European and Japanese secrets. According to the security company CrowdStrike, the Shanghai-based unit has specialized in hacking satellite, aerospace, and communication companies. The group is codenamed "Putter Panda."	http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4589853/crowdstrike-intelligence-report-putter-panda.original.pdf	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/10/us-cybersecurity-china-idUSKBN0EL0N420140610
17	Joseph Menn is a reporter for Reuters Q: Why is the group called "Putter Panda"? Q: Your report said the hacking group went after military contractors. Is that how these hacking groups operate? They specialize in industries? Q" You wrote the group used applications like Adobe Reader and Microsoft Office to deploy custom malware. How did those attacks work? Q: CrowdStrike's report was previously sent to its clients and US intelligence agencies. When did that happen? Q: Are some of these hackers actually soldiers in the Chinese Army? Q: You tried to contact some of the hackers. Any response? Q: What was the official Chinese government response to CrowdStrike's allegations? Q: How credible do you believe the CrowdStrike report is?	Joseph Menn Reporter, Reuters @josephmenn
18	A: hackers used emails w/ job postings, conference invitations, yoga studio brochure to distribute custom malware A: been around since 2007 A: Putter Panda also known as Unit 61486, the 12th Bureau of the PLA's 3rd General Staff Department A: Different unit from one linked with cyber espionage by Mandiant - that was 61398. A: NYT: “China’s decade-long economic espionage campaign is massive and unrelenting A: CrowdStrike's Adam Meyers lead guy on project?
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23	Well Mike, Jason -- it looks like Salesforce.com is the latest company trying to make a fashion statement in the wearable market. The cloud CRM company has launched Salesforce Wear -- a developer pack to help write enterprise applications for the weable market, notes ZDNet.	http://www.zdnet.com/salesforce-com-wear-launched-for-wearable-app-developers-7000030358/
24	A: Are there some example apps developers can see? Yes, a reporting app for Pebble Smartwatch; a service app for Google Glass; a notification app for Android Wear; an armband app and an identification validation app.	https://developer.salesforce.com/wear?language=en
25	A: But don't forget we're early in the wearable game.
26	A. Google just announced designer glasses.
27	A. InformationWeek points to the wearable market growing to 180 million devices in 2018 from 50 million now.
28	A. But it's tough to say what form, if any, those devices will take.
29	A. Sales so far: Q1 2014 smartwatch sales were 700,000 units. Samsung sold about 500,000 of those units, according to Strategy Analytics.	http://gadgets.ndtv.com/wearables/news/samsung-holds-71-percent-global-smartwatch-share-in-q1-2014-report-527370
30	A. So let's assume I'm just getting started. Where do I go? A good choice is Wearables TechCon conference. MArch 2015, Santa Clara
31	A. And as for Salesforce, you can get started with the Wearable development at GitHub	https://github.com/developerforce/WearablePack-Pebble/blob/master/samples/SF1PebbleDashboard/README.md
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34	eBay plans to shut down its eBay Now local delivery service, according to an exclusive by Harrison Weber at VentureBeat.	http://youtu.be/tWhxPUrljYQ	http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/ebays-local-delivery-plans-unravel-ebay-now-may-shut-down/
35	Harrison Weber is here to tell us more. Q: Can you give us a little background on the eBay Now service? Q: You talked to a former eBay Valet. What did he or she tell you? Q: You also talked with an eBay spokesperson. What did they tell you about shutting the service down?	Harrison Weber News Editor, VentureBeat @HarrisonWeber
36	A: eBay Now comes from $75 million acquisition of Milo A: Competed with WunWun and Postmates A: Recently competed with Google and Uber A: eBay fired "valets" in April; went with third party couriers thanks for prior acquisition of Shutl A: eBay’s director of local commerce and East Coast operations head departed A: eBay ended relationship with early retail partners, including Best Buy A: current markets: San Francisco, San Jose, New York, Chicago, and Dallas A: eBay had agressive plans to operate in 25 cities, plus internationally, by the end of this year A: An e same-day delivery,” including “Bloomingdales, Walgreens, Macy’s, Home Depot, Target, and others.”
37	Harrison Weber * VentureBeat.com * @HarrisonWeber
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39	Shifting gears a bit to an old giant, there's a new debate about who caused IBM's current revenue and business woes. Quarterly revenue at IBM has fallen eight quarters in a row. Some experts blame IBM's struggle to shift from big hardware sales and enterprise software licenses to cloud computing. Others blame the CEO transition from Sam Palmisano to Ginni Rometti in January 2012. But here's a new spin on the problems: Perhaps Lou Gerstner, the CEO who saved IBM in the 1990s, bears some of the blame for the company's latest setbacks.	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/09/lou-gerstner-shares-some-blame-for-ibms-current-mess-according-to-new-book/
40	A: A new eBook from blogger Robert X. Cringely -- called The Decline and Fall of IBM -- mentions how Gerstner pay packages and business strategies worked in the 1990s but those legacy moves may be causing some damage now.	http://www.amazon.com/The-Decline-Fall-IBM-American-ebook/dp/B00KRHWZ22/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=icr0c-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=PA3E4MOYANIRWBCR&creativeASIN=B00KRHWZ22
41	A: Cringely notes that Gerstner and then Palmisano got super rich running IBM, according to GigaOm.
42	A. A Palmisano mandate for IBM to hit earnings per share of $20 by the end of 2015 was designed for shareholders and may have hurt R&D innovation, and has certainly led to layoffs this year.	http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/02/ibm-fires-small-town-workers-for-wall-street-numbers
43	A. The Cloud: IBM SmartCloud was a dud, and lost government contracts to Amazon Web Services. IBM's buyout of SoftLayer last year seeks to fix that.
44	A. And while IBM was never really a consumer giant, the company at least had consumer brand equity a decade ago. Now, the millinnial workforce likely doesn't see IBM technology in their day to day jobs.
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47	Honeywell introduced today a competitor to Google's Nest Thermostat. It's called the Honeywell Lyric and it costs $279. Like the Nest thermostat, you adjust the Lyric with either a round dial or a smartphone app. The thermostat connects via your home WiFi network. Unlike the Nest, the Lyric uses your phone's location to figure out when to change the temperature. When you leave, it goes into energy-saving mode.	http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/06/10/honeywell-lyric-smart-thermostat-knows-when-youre-coming-home/
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49	A: you just install multiple thermostats, and tie them all together in the same iPhone app. A: iOS or Android A: “Fine Tune” feature looks up local outdoor temperature, humidity and weather, tweaks accordingly. A: Thermostat itself shows weather A: Available now through contractors; in August at retail stores.
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52	RadioShack is trying to remain relavant -- and trying to remain in business -- after reporting a Q1 loss of nearly $100 million earlier today.The retailer's big bet for a turnaround involves Fix It Here -- a program to fix phones and tablets that have cracked screens, broken buttons, water damage and more. But could we also see a return to the days when Radio Shack made its own devices -- the type of devices that people actually want?	http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/06/10/radioshack-earnings-report/10244537/
53	A. Remeber when Radio Shack had its own brands -- the TRS-80 ("trash-80"), Tandy and more? Now for the most part they're merely "reselling" and fixing commodity products.	http://oldcomputers.net/trs80i.html
54	A. The first time I ever got "online" -- it was with a TRS-80 around 1984 or so.
55	A. But while modern retailers like Amazon launched their own products -- Kindle Fire, FireTV and more -- RadioShack is still that tired reseller of other goods.
56	A. RadioShack appears to be prepping its own private label brands in partnership with Quirky (smart toys) and PCH (new hardware innovations). Powered by PCH will reach 2,000 current Radio Shack stores in next few months.	https://www.quirky.com/radioshack
57	A. The company still has about 4,300 US stores, 275 in Mexico and 950 dealer outlets worldwide.
58	A. But for how long?
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83	A new mobile app called DinnerTime won't let your kids use their phones until they're done with dinner. The app temporarily bricks kids' phones at dinner time, then brings them back to life afterwards. The app also has a Bed Time mode, which locks devices all night. Both parent and child need to run the app, and the apps are synced. The parent app can be either iOS or Android, but the child version supports only Android. DinnerTime is free, but for $1.99 you get more detailed usage reporting and the ability to link to up to 5 kids' phones.	http://youtu.be/QpJXND3AZr8	http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/06/09/dinnertime-app-forces-kids-phones-asks-eat-rest-family/
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105	And VentureBeat's Harrison Weber joins us to share his exclusive on eBay's delivery business.
106	Plus: SalesForce.com goes big on tiny wearables...
107	IBM's former CEO gets thrown under the bus...
108	There's a hot new thermostat that tracks your location...
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122	‘Grand Theft Auto V’ Coming To PC	http://www.pcworld.com/article/2361660/its-finally-happening-grand-theft-auto-v-coming-to-pc.html
123	Salesforce.com Wear Launched	http://www.zdnet.com/salesforce-com-wear-launched-for-wearable-app-developers-7000030358/
124	Apple Patent Reveals New Fitness Tracking Ideas	http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/06/10/apple-patent-hints-at-iwatch-enabled-weightlifting-tracker
125	Facebooks Launches, Pulls Slingshot	http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/9/5794388/facebook-takes-another-stab-at-snapchat-with-slingshot-app
126	Facebook Hires President of Paypal/jp	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/technology/facebook-hires-from-paypal-to-focus-on-messaging.html
127	Microsoft Consumer Cloud Will Drive Enterprise Cloud/jp	http://www.zdnet.com/why-microsoft-is-betting-big-on-consumer-cloud-services-hint-its-about-the-enterprise-7000030339/
128	Blaming IBM's Mess On... Lou Gerstner?/jp	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/09/lou-gerstner-shares-some-blame-for-ibms-current-mess-according-to-new-book/?utm_source=GeneralUsers&utm_campaign=56fe25e963-c:cln,mob,tec,cld,mdad:06-10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1dd83065c6-56fe25e963-99027483
129	RadioShack: End of Another Error, er, Era?	http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/06/10/radioshack-earnings-report/10244537/


1	TITLE: Cybercrime is Super Expensive* 1024	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, June 9, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
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16	Amazon is launching a payment service today for subscription payments and recurring payments of any kind.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/09/us-amazon-com-payment-idUSKBN0EK0HW20140609
17	Deepa Seetharaman covers e-commerce for Reuters. Q: This new service puts Amazon into direct competition with eBay’s PayPal, Braintree, Google Wallet, Stripe and others. Why would they want to get into this business? Q: Amazon’s customers have about 240 million active credit cards on file. Is this a big advantage? A: Is the service for US only? A: Who’s leading in this space? A: Is there any connectioon between this service and the expected unveiling of a smartphone on June 18th? A: Amazon will charge a small fee on transactions. Is their pricing competitive?	Deepa Seetharaman Reporter, Reuters @dseetharaman
18	A: Amazon will charge a fee on each transaction A: Amazon has 240 million active users with current credit cards		https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A71rMbnCcAABFm6.jpg:large
19	Deepa Seetharaman * reuters.com * @dseetharaman
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23	Cybercrime costs the world between $375 billion and $575 billion a year, according to a new report by U.S. officials and economists.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/06/09/hacking-worse-than-piracy-not-as-bad-as-counterfeiting/?mod=ST1
24	Danny Yadron covers cybersecurity for The Wall Street Journal Q: Can you tell us about the report? Who published it, for example, and how are they defining cybercrime?	Danny Yadron Cybersecurity reporter, The Wall Street Journal @dannyyadron
25	A: sponsored by McAfee (owned by Intel) A: about .5% and .8% of global GDP a year A: Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies A: covers hacking, piracy and counterfeiting A: exact number unavailable; companies don’t fess up A: Report: outlook “is increased losses and slower growth,” with no “credible scenario in which cybercrime losses diminish” A: 40 million people in the U.S. having their personal information stolen within the last year A: unnamed oil company losing hundreds of millions of dollars in business opportunities when hackers obtained its oilfield exploration data A: online crime could result in the loss of 200,000 U.S. jobs and 150,000 European jobs A: Why the $$$ is dubious: biggest driver in the cost is stolen intellectual property
26	Danny Yadron * wsj.com * @dannyyadron
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28	A Swiss programmer named Frederic Jacobs discovered an interesting privacy feature in Apple’s upcoming iOS 8 -- the operating system generates random MAC addresses from your phone. A MAC address is a unique identifier on any device that connects to WiFi. In recent years, companies have been harvesting the MAC addresses of smartphones to track the behavior of shoppers and even people walking by on the street.	https://twitter.com/FredericJacobs/status/475601665836744704?_ga=1.238357128.924355978.1399297671	http://qz.com/218437/a-tiny-technical-change-in-ios-8-could-stop-marketers-spying-on-you/
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30	A: a Media Access Control (MAC) address is a unique identifier A: devices reveal their MAC addresses while hunting for WiFi networks A: WiFi routers get MAC addresses, even if a connection isn’t established A: companies can record your phone’s MAC address without your knowledge or permission A: they don’t know who you are, but they know when you return and how often A: The current iOS 7 prevents app developers from using MAC addresses to track how many people have installed their apps or to target ads A: One company offering MAC address tracking: Presence Orb presenceorb.com
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33	Microsoft might build Kinect -- or something like it -- into future Windows phones. The Verge’s Tom Warren reports that a future phone code-named McLaren may have sensors that enable in-the-air gesture control for the phone.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/9/5792802/microsoft-3d-touch-real-motion-windows-phone-features
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35	A: McLaren is Nokia’s successor to the Lumia 1020 A: Might be called 3D Touch or Real Motion A: answer calls by holding phone to ear A: phone on table starts speaker phone A: mute when hold hand over or hold to chest A: dismiss alert by waving hand in front of screen A: picking up phone could wake it up
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43	Artificial Intelligence software passed the Turing Test for the first time ever. (The Turing Test is passed when 30 percent of judges believe an artificial human is real after a typed conversation.) The event happened Saturday at a Turing Test competition at the University of Reading. The software is called “Eugene Goostman,” and interacts as a 13-year-old Ukranian boy. Judges grilled the artificial boy about what he likes, and about his family and the software convinced the judges that he was a real person.	http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR583836.aspx
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45	A: created by computer engineers led by Russian Vladimir Veselov and Ukrainian Eugene Demchenko. A: a third of judges were convinced that Goostman was a human is significant A: test created by legendary computer scientist Alan Turing in 1950
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71	Today’s Google Doodle was created by a an 11-year-old girl. Audrey Zhang won the 7th annual Doodle 4 Google competition, beating out more than 100,000 other entries. Her drawing is called "Back to Mother Nature” and it shows a water purification system that looks like a submarine with wings. Google’s professional doodlers turned her drawing into an animation for the google dot com site. Zhang won a $30,000 college scholarship. Plus Google donated $50,000 for education to her school and $20,000 in Zhang’s name to the charity water project, which provides clean water to schools in Bangladesh.	SHOW FULL SCREEN; START AT 1:12 http://youtu.be/Z080V3YWVDg?t=1m12s
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1	TITLE: SHOW TITLE * 1023	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Don Reisinger

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, June 6, 2014!
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7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Don Reisinger, a technology journalist who writes for CNET, eWeek, Slashgear, and other major publications.	Don Reisinger Independent tech journalist @donreisinger
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16	The biggest telecom in the world outside of China admitted that governments routinely spy on its customers. International telecom giant Vodafone said in a report today that governments have direct access to the company’s infrastructure, enabling spy agencies to listen to conversations, often without even asking Vodafone permission, as well as track the location of users and even monitor the web sites they visit.	http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet-security/10880208/Vodafone-governments-use-secret-cables-to-tap-phones.html	http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jun/06/vodafone-reveals-secret-wires-allowing-state-surveillance
17	Matthew Sparkes is the Deputy head of technology for The Telegraph Q: The one-year anniversary of the first Edward Snowden revelations was yesterday. And today, Vodafone publishes this report. Why now?	Matthew Sparkes Deputy head of technology, The Telegraph @Sparkes
18	A: Law Enforcement Disclosure Report = 40,000 words A: First-ever global survey A: Vodafone says in each country wiretapping situation is identical for all carriers A: U.K.-based operator A: world's second-largest mobile carrier after China Mobile A: 400 million customers in countries across Europe, Africa and Asia A: In Italy = Vodafone received 606,000 metadata requests 2013 because of mafia A: in six countries where it operates, direct wires are connected to its network, allowing live conversations to be listened to and recorded by government entities A: some governments also have the ability to track the location of a mobile customer A: some cases, the governments don't have to make an interception request for the data A: Vodafone said it isn't disclosing the names of those countries for fear of local sanction A: "Refusal to comply with a country's laws is not an option," Vodafone said A: Vodafone owns and operates networks in 21 countries and has partner networks in over 40 additional countries		https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-R8rXkoQeFCg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAABQ/2nfCZMXRR6I/photo.jpg
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23	It’s hard to believe, but it’s been a year since the first revelations from the Edward Snowden trove of leaked NSA documents were published.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/5/5782234/one-year-of-nsa-leaks
24	Adi Robertson writes for The Verge, and she’s here to tell us about the article she wrote on the year after Snowden. Q: Can you take us back one year and tell us about the first information leaked by Snowden and published by The Guardian newspaper? Q: Edward Snowden handed over everything to journalist Glenn Greenwald at the same time. Why are revelations still coming out a year later? Q: Next came PRISM and XKeyScore. Can you remind us about those programs? Q: How has the knowledge of this information harmed the foreign policy of the United States and US technology companies? Q: President Obama said he’s going to end NSA mass surveillance. Are you impressed by what he’s actually trying to do ? Q: Is the Supreme Court ever going to weigh in?	Adi Robertson Writer, The Verge @thedextriarchy
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28	The biggest difference between printed books and digital ones, besides the fact that one is made out of dead trees and the other out of digital code, is that you can own a printed book. But you usually can’t own a digital one. The same goes for digital music files, movies and other downloadable content. Instead, you basically borrow digital content from the actual owners, which are companies like Amazon and Apple. Now Congress is looking at whether its time to change all that.	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/06/should-you-have-a-right-to-sell-your-ebooks-and-digital-music/
29	Jeff John Roberts writes for GigaOM and others on legal issues related to the digital economy. Q: You wrote that members of congress went to New York to talk to publishing executives, librarians and others involved in the creation and distribution of digital content. What were they told? Q: What is the “first sale doctrine”? Q: Some in congress appear to believe that the solution is for companies to simply explain better than people don’t own the music they pay for. Q: Some downloadable content is paid for with a “buy” button. Might this practice become illegal in the future? Should it say “license”? Q: Would giving people the right to sell downloadable content end the revenue model for content creators? Q: Should a special exception be made for libraries? Q: What’s your own opinion about what congress should do?	Jeff John Roberts Writer, GigaOm * @jeffjohnroberts
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33	Apple’s iWatch will launch in October and will have a curved OLED touchscreen, according to a new report in the Nikkei Asian Review. Unnamed industry sources told the paper that Apple intends to build between 3 and 5 million iWatches a month.	http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Apple-flexes-healthcare-muscles-with-new-wearable-device
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58	Much of our coverage of Apple's acquisition of Beats Electronics was spent asking the question: Why? WHY? You commented on CNET today about a piece on Buzzfeed, of all places, that said Apple’s acquisition was all about arrogance and ignorance and panic on the part of Apple. Can you tell us about Buzzfeed’s report, and also give us your own take on it?	http://www.cnet.com/news/apples-beats-music-buy-the-result-of-executive-ignorance-report-says/
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68	We told you yesterday that government-owned media in China launched an attack on Microsoft Windows 8, claiming that the operating system is insecure, and enables foreign governments to collect information about Chinese society and the economy. But now, Microsoft is countering those claims on its Weibo account. Weibo is a popular Chinese microblogging site. Microsoft said in their post that they have never provided any kind of help to any government to attack another government and that no such backdoor into Windows 8 machines exists.	http://www.weibo.com/msftchina	http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/06/microsoft-strikes-back-at-china-concerning-windows-8/
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71	A new software application called OpenXanadu quietly shipped in late April. The software enables users to create documents that have source documents embedded in the document itself. Big deal, right? The thing is that the software has been in development since 1960. It’s the most delayed software in history. Xanadu's developer Ted Nelson coined the term "hypertext.” Had Nelson been more aggressive about shipping, he could have beat Tim Berners Lee and we’d be surfing the Xadadu right now instead of the web.	http://xanadu.com/xanademos/MoeJusteOrigins.html	http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/06/vapourware-software-54-years-xanadu-ted-nelson-chapman
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103	E3 Expo starts Tuesday, June 10, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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1	Pepper, The Robot That Will Steal Your Heart	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Elise Hu, a reporter who covers technology for NPR's radio and online news outlets.	Elise Hu Reporter, NPR @elisewho
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16	The Japanese company SoftBank said today they plan to sell humanoid robots to consumers starting in February. Their $1,900 robot product, called Pepper, will be able to work as baby-sitters, nurses and emergency medical workers and will be able to read and express emotions, as well as learn, according to Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son.	http://youtu.be/osD6O4LAcpo	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/05/us-softbank-robots-idUSKBN0EG0BR20140605 http://mashable.com/2014/06/05/softbank-emotional-robot/
17	Lance Ulanoff is Editor-at-Large of Mashable Q: Can you tell us more about the Pepper robot? Q: Japan leads the world in the development of human-like robots. So why is one of Japan’s Q: 4 feet tall, weighs 61 pounds Q: Son says the robot will be “affectionate” and has something called an "emotional engine.” What’s that all about? Q: The robot’s capabilities will be expandable. Will the Pepper SDK become available to developers before the robot ships? Q: It’s a learning robot, but let’s hope it doesn’t learn how to build more robots	Lance Ulanoff Editor-at-Large of Mashable @LanceUlanoff
18	A: robots were developed by French robotics company Aldebaran, which Softbank invests in A: manufactured by Taiwan's Hon Hai A: Japan's robotics market worth about $8.38 billion in 2012 and is forecast to more than triple in value to 2.85 trillion yen by 2020 A: The Aldebaran software development kit (SDK) will be provided for creating robot apps A: over 12 continuous hours of battery life
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23	Sprint has agreed to buy T-Mobile for $32 billion, according to Reuters. The deal has not been announced by the companies, and the information comes from unnamed sources.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/05/us-tmobil-sprint-corp-idUSKBN0EF2DG20140605	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/05/us-tmobil-sprint-corp-idUSKBN0EF2DG20140605
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25	A: third- and fourth-largest wireless operators A: Japan's Softbank owns Sprint A: Deutsche Telekom owns 67 percent of T-Mobile A: AT&T and Verizon are first and second in both customers and profits A: deal could fall through or be rejected by FCC and DOJ A: Sprint would pay T-Mobile more than $1 billion in cash and other assets if deal is rejected A: Sprint in major debt A: Antitrust authorities rejected AT&T's $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile in 2011 A: DoJ said then U.S. market needed four national carriers to be competitive A: deal would be roughly 50% cash and 50% stock
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28	Amazon posted a promotional video a new-product announcement for June 18 that is probably a new smartphone. In a few frames of the video, a smartphone is visible at the bottom of the screen. A Bloomberg source also said Amazon plans to announce a smartphone this month.	http://youtu.be/erUZQ9GK0sE	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/04/amazon-has-something-gadgety-and-motion-responsive-planned-for-june-18/ _x000c_ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-04/amazon-said-to-be-ready-to-unveil-smartphone-to-vie-with-apple.html
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30	A: phone is expected to have a 4.7-inch, 720p display A: 3D display and gesture controls A: reportedly uses multiple cameras to track your face so that it can adjust the display A: gesture control - tilt the phone to accomplish certain tasks A: forked version of Android A: Most leaks, reports come from BGR.
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33	Twitter is actively pursuing major acquisitions, according to several reports. The company has been in talks to acquire the Berlin-based audio sharing website SoundCloud, according to the Financial Times. Twitter has also considered buying Spotify and Pandora. The Wall Street Journal reported last month that talks between Twitter and Soundcloud had ended because Twitter decided the acquisition was too expensive. In related news, Twitter did acquire a company called Namo Media, which specializes in native advertising, which are ads that come in the form of sponsored articles.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/05/us-twitter-deals-idUSKBN0EG0XW20140605 http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/05/twitter-buys-namo-media-to-expand-its-native-ads-offering/
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35	A: SoundCloud enables recording, uploading and promoting music. A: Neither SoundCloud nor Twitter commented to reporters A: Namo Media will be added to MoPub A: Twitter acquired MoPub last year for $300 million.
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43	Google Glass just got more hands-free. A new, experimental feature enables users to simply look at the tiny display in order to see incoming messages. The feature is called “Notification glance,” and it works only after a message arrives on Glass after the notification sound. You previously had to tap the side of the headset or tilt your head back in order to read incoming messages.	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/05/google-glass-gets-more-hands-free-with-notifications-when-you-glance/
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68	FOLLOWUP 1: We told you last week about Amazon’s battle with publishing giant Hachette. The two companies have been unable to agree to pricing for eBooks. The online retailer has been delaying book deliveries from the publisher by weeks, and preventing buyers from pre-ordering their books. Last night, comedy talk show host Stephen Colbert lashed out at Amazon, flipping them off twice on camera and calling for a boycott of the company. Colbert’s own books are published by Hachette. He also announced the sale of book stickers that say “I didn’t buy it on Amazon.” He also promoted a Hachette book called “California” by Edan Lepucki for sale via a link on Colbert’s own web site. He said he wants to prove he can sell more books than Amazon.	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/amazon-boycott-gets-a-helping-hand-from-stephen-colbert/
69	FOLLOWUP 2: Yesterday we talked about attacks on US tech companies by state-owned newspapers in China. Now, China’s state-owned TV broadcaster is attacking Microsoft Windows 8. The segment claimed that the operating system makes users’ personal information available to Microsoft. The Chinese government recently banned Windows 8 from use by government workers, saying that the termination of support for Windows XP somehow makes Windows 8 insecure.	http://online.wsj.com/articles/windows-8-faces-new-criticism-in-china-1401882772
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1	TITLE: Google Shames Unencrypted Email * 1021	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Jason Hiner

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16	Google’s Gmail supports encryption. But when a Gmail user emails someone using an unencrypted email service, the message isn’t protected. Up to half of all email sent to and from Gmail is unencrypted. To fix this situation, Google intends to start naming and shaming unencrypted email services as part of its periodic transparency reports. The company also announced a Google Chrome extension that essentially forces email recipients to use encryption.	http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/transparency-report-protecting-emails.html	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/06/03/google-tries-to-make-encryption-hip/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/06/03/google-will-now-name-and-shame-e-mail-providers-that-dont-support-encryption/
17	Danny Yadron is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal Brian Fung is a reporter for the Washington Post Q: Danny, the shaming is already working, isn’t it. Suddenly, Comcast is working on email encryption. Q: Who are the biggest laggards with email encryption? Q: Brian, what is Google’s end-to-end? Q: When will the extension be available?	Brian Fung Reporter, Washington Post @b_fung
18	A: Google began encrypting email by default in 2010 A: Google: Since December, the share of encrypted e-mails sent from Google to other providers has risen from 30 percent to 65 percent A: Google also made available Tuesday a piece of encryption code called End-to-End that it hopes someday to turn into a Chrome extension: e-mails sent to providers that don't support TLS will show up on the other end as gibberish
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23	AT&T is dangling the promise of wiring 100 municipalities in 21 metropolitan areas with fast fiber to homes -- but only if regulators approve its proposed $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV. Confusingly, the company said that delivering its 1 gigabit per second service, which is branded as GigaPower, won’t impact the company’s capital investment plans for this year.	http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/att-promises-big-fiber-expansion-but-only-if-feds-let-it-buy-directv/
24	Jon Brodkin is a Senior IT Reporter for Ars Technica Q: How is the acquisition of satellite company necessary for laying fiber cables? Q: Is this just a ploy to get public support for its merger? Q: How many people would get this fiber access, and when? Q: Why do they say it won’t affect capital investment plans for this year; don’t they need to get started?	Jon Brodkin Senior IT Reporter, Ars Technica @jbrodkin
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28	Chinese state-owned media today lashed out at Apple, Google, Yahoo, Cisco, Microsoft and Facebook, saying that the so-called "pawns" of the US government should be “severely punished” for their participation in NSA spying on China, who they accuse of stealing trade secrets from Chinese companies.	http://english.people.com.cn/n/2014/0604/c207959-8736319.html http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-06/04/content_17561562.htm	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/04/us-china-usa-tech-idUSKBN0EF0CA20140604
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30	A: People’s Daily, China Daily A: Coming out of the blue; no new allegations published A: Diverting attention from Tiananmen Square anniversary and US allegations of China spying A: Also diverting attention from fact that Apple and Google are thwarting NSA spying with new tech A: Specified PRISM
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38	Google said yesterday that it plans to offer overnight delivery service, and also expand the areas covered by deliveries. The company has been making deliveries with its own fleet of blue and white Google Shopping Express vans in parts of San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. But Google said yesterday they plan to expand to cover a huge chunk of Northern California, from the Oregon border to Fresno, California, by outsourcing rural deliveries to other delivery companies.	http://youtu.be/C_wnEy01QuY https://www.google.com/shopping/express/ http://googlecommerce.blogspot.com/2014/06/google-shopping-express-now-available.html	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/06/03/google-enlists-major-shippers-to-expand-delivery-service/
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40	A: Target, Toys “R” Us, Walgreen, Whole Foods A: competing with Amazon.com
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43	An Austin, Texas, startup called TrackingPoint is using Google Glass to let you shoot a rifle without looking down the scope. That means you can shoot around corners, sideways, backwards -- you name it. The company is best known for its Linux-based “smart rifles,” which can do neat tricks like not letting you pull the trigger unless you’re guaranteed to hit the target. They also have wireless scopes that can send what you would normally see through the scope to a remote phone or tablet. And now they let you do it with Google Glass.	http://youtu.be/itdwWvAnNx4	http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/06/03/google-glass-style-tracking-point-shotview/
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48	Are the Android Wear watches we’ve all been waiting for going to be ridiculously large? A recent post on the Android Developer Blog show two Google design and developer advocates wearing two Android Wear watches -- the LG G Watch and the Moto 360. The watches look just like the preview renderings we’ve seen. But they also look ginormous.	http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/06/an-android-wear-design-story.html
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53	Netflix is throwing its ISP partners under the bus in error messages. Recode published a screenshot showing a slow Netflix download, along with a message that says: “The Verizon network is crowded right now.” A Netflix spokesman tweeted that the message was just Netflix testing a way to keep members informed. But a Verizon PR guy called it a misleading and confusing “PR stunt,” and that Verizon was investigating the issue.	http://recode.net/2014/06/04/netflix-nags-another-new-partner-blaming-verizon-for-slow-streams/
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58	Google Drive had a major outage this morning, starting at around 7:30am and lasting about an hour. The outage affected many features of Google Docs, which was available to many users, who couldn’t save or share documents.	http://9to5google.com/2014/06/04/google-drive-experiencing-outage-google-investigating/
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71	Conan O’Brien’s people did a thorough edit of Google’s recently posted self-driving car video. In the Conan version, children, the elderly and even a cat are unceremoniously run down by the self-driving car -- at least until it explodes into flames at the end.	http://teamcoco.com/video/google-self-drive-cars
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1	TITLE: Apple Gives Developers a Swift Kick * 1020	CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

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16	MIKE - Apple unveiled a mind-boggling range of products, services, updates and programs during the keynote address of its worldwide developer’s conference yesterday. The company announced and demonstrated new versions of its operating systems, including OS TEN Yosemite and iOS 8. Apple also showed a new ability for different things to work together. A feature call Continuity, for example, lets you move from a Mac to an iPhone, and pick up where you left off in a document. If your iPhone is nearby, you can answer it on your Mac. Apple borrowed ideas from not only Android, but from apps, seriously threatening the existence of the companies that make Dropbox, Glympse, Skitch and Docusign. They also rolled out some unique and powerful innovations. Let’s first look at the refresh of Apple’s desktop operating system, called OS TEN Yosemite.	http://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2014/
17	Lee Hutchinson is a Senior Reviews Editor at Ars Technica Q: Lee: How major of an overhaul would you consider Yosemite?	Lee Hutchinson Senior Reviews Editor, Ars Technica @Lee_Ars
18	A: new design A: notification center improvements; including third-party widgets and apps A: spotlight search A: Safari A: Mail with Markup and MailDrop A: Continuity A: AirDrop between Mac and iPhone A: use of Mac as a phone A: iCloud Drive A: free; available in Fall
19	Lee Hutchinson * arstechnica.com * @Lee_Ars
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23	JOE - Apple also unveiled iOS 8 -- the next version of its phone and tablet operating system.
24	Buster Hein writes for Cult of Mac Q: Buster, what do you think is the biggest new feature in iOS 8?	Buster Hein Editor, Cult of Mac @bst3r
25	A: Interactive Notification (without launching apps) A: email has new gestures - swipe down to set current message aside to get more info A: group messaging; do not disturb A: Spotlight search A: Easy Hotspot A: Improved keyboard with QuickType feature; support for third-party keyboards A: Improved messages with audio, video and self-destructing messages A: New Photos app A: Hands-free Siri (“Hey, Siri”)
26	Buster Hein * cultofmac.com * @bst3r
27	CONVERSATION 3	SHOW	LINKS
28	MIKE - The biggest announcement from Apple’s keynote, although the one least appreciated by the public, is the introduction of an entirely new programming language called Swift.	http://www.cnet.com/news/apples-swift-explained-what-it-is-and-what-it-means/
29	Tim Stevens is the Editor-at-Large at CNET: Q: What was wrong with Objective-C? Q: Will Swift be required for Apple development, or is it just an option? Q: Doesn’t it make sense to use a standard language instead of a proprietary one? Q: How might the use of Swift affect the software used by the public? Q: Is Swift easy enough for novices to master? Q: How important are Swift’s key attributes of speed, visual interface and ease of use to developers? Q: How big a burden is it for developers to learn a new language?	Tim Stevens Editor at large, CNET @Tim_Stevens
30	Notes
31	Tim Stevens * cnet.com * @Tim_Stevens
32	CONVERSATION 4	SHOW	LINKS
33	JOE - Apple unveiled a long list of miscellaneous products and features.
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72	MIKE - here's some good news if you thought Google Glass was under-priced. The company has announced new headsets created in collaboration with fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg's studio, DVF. The so-called Made for Glass designs go on sale June 23 and cost about $1600 to $1725, according to The Verge. The lesson here: You'll need to open Google Wallet even wider for Google Glass.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/3/5774954/new-google-glass-models-developed-by-fashion-designer-dvf\	http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/3/5774954/new-google-glass-models-developed-by-fashion-designer-dvf\
73	JOE - Meanwhile across the pond, Europe has launched a $3.8 billion robotics research program, according to GigaOm. Armed with the research, the EU says robots will create 2 million jobs over the next 8 years. The twist: 70 percent of EU citizens believe robots steal people's jobs. I guess the other 30 percent are building the robots?	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/03/europe-launches-largest-civilian-robotics-research-program-worth-3-8bn/	http://gigaom.com/2014/06/03/europe-launches-largest-civilian-robotics-research-program-worth-3-8bn/
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1	TITLE: Google Launches a Space Program * 1019	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, June 2, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by XXXXX
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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 with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... tech media entrepreneur Joe Panettieri.	Joe Panettieri Tech media entrepreneur @joepanettieri
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9	Thing of the day: WWDC
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16	The National Security Agency is collecting millions of digital pictures from the Internet per day, including thousands of “facial recognition quality images.” The information is the latest revelation from the Edward Snowden trove of leaked NSA documents. The pictures are extracted from emails, text messages, social networks, video conferences and other types of communication. The story also revealed that the NSA relies in part on facial recognition technology from a company acquired by Google in 2011 called Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition, or PittPatt. That’s the technology used by Google itself. The NSA also has the ability to match harvested snapshots with satellite photos to figure out where the snapshots were taken.	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/us/nsa-collecting-millions-of-faces-from-web-images.html
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18	A: The story comes from an exclusive in The New York Times by reporter James Risen and documentary film-maker Laura Poitras. A: Laura Poitras is the woman who filmed Edward Snowden in that Hong Kong hotel room in the famous video and who also worked with Glenn Greenwald on the leaks and follow-up reporting. A: Separately, the F.B.I. - “next generation identification” to combine automated fingerprint identification system with facial imagery and other biometric data. A: Separately, State Department has hundreds of millions of photographs of American passport holders and foreign visa applicants A: Separately, Department of Homeland Security is funding pilot projects at police departments A: NSA spokeswoman: NSA has no access to drivers’ licenses, passport photos A: program called “Wellspring” strips out images from email and other communication and shows those that might contain passport picture A: NSA had tech “breakthrough” in 2010 matching faces across two databases - NSA database called Pinwale and terrorist watch list database called Tide A: NSA working with the CIA and State Department on Pisces, collecting biometrics data in “wide range of countries”
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23	Google Satellites	http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-invests-in-satellites-to-spread-internet-access-1401666287?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303789904579598650762058642.html	https://www.theinformation.com/A-Space-Race-in-Silicon-Valley
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25	Well Milke, Google apparently plans to spend more than $1 billion on a satellite system that will spread Internet access to the far reaches of the world. It's a familiar story. And it goes something like this: To increase online ad revenues, Google needs to make the Web more accessible to more people. This latest project, according to The Wall Street Journal, will start with 180 small satellites orbiting the earth at a lower altitude than traditional satellites.
26	A: Portions of the Journal report were based on a May 27 exclusive story from The Information dot com.		https://www.theinformation.com/A-Space-Race-in-Silicon-Valley
27	A: According to the reports, Google hopes to cover the entire globe with satellites that weigh less than 250 pounds each.
28	A: Roughly 10 to 20 people are working on this latest Google satellite project. Key names to know include Greg Wyler and other veterans of O3b Networks -- a satellite-communications startup.
29	A: Google will invest about $1 billion to $3 billion on the project, the Journal reported.
30	A: This is not to be confused with Project Loon -- which involves Google launching high-altitude balloons that offer broadband to remote parts of the world. Google watchers are also tracking the company's solar-powered drone effort, involving the Titan Aerospace acquisition.
31	A: The Journal notes that many ambitious satellite plans have failed. And even if the technology works, Google will face regulatory hurdles.
32	A: Mike, what really catches my attention here is Google's continued focus on big-bet innovations while potential broadband rivals like AT&T try to buy legacy players like DirectTV.
33	A: Mike, what really catches my attention here is Google's continued focus on big-bet innovations while potential broadband rivals like AT&T try to buy legacy players like DirectTV as cash-flow plays.
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35	The Chinese government has begun blocking some Google services in the country ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square this week, according to the site GreatFire.org. Google Search, Images, Translate, Gmail and other Google sites have been blocked since late last week, even in Hong Kong where the government normally censors much more lightly.	https://en.greatfire.org/blog/2014/jun/google-disrupted-prior-tiananmen-anniversary-mirror-sites-enable-uncensored-access	http://www.cnet.com/news/china-blocks-google-services-to-silence-tiananmen-critics/
36	Don Reisinger is an independent tech journalist who writes for CNET, eWeek, the LA Times and other publications. Q: The Chinese government routinely censors the Internet heavily, and also monitors all chatter on social networks banning any mention of the 1989 Tiananmen Square events. Why do you think they’re going to such great lengths to shut down Google? For example, images of Tiananmen square are already blocked on Images, so why block the whole site? Q: Google moved its services to Hong Kong a few years ago. This always confused me because of course the Chinese government also rules Hong Kong. What was the point of this move? Q: Has Google confirmed the blocks? Q: The Tiananmen Square incident is a poster child for just how effective comprehensive censorship can be, isn’t it. A huge number of Chinese people are unaware it ever happened. Censorship works.	Don Reisinger Independent tech journalist @donreisinger
37	A: GreatFire monitors Chinese government censorship. A: Google in 2010 moved Chinese search engine service out of China; now operates from Hong Kong. A: The Chinese government already blocks YouTube, as well as Twitter A: The Chinese government has a near total block on information about Tiananmen square, and most Chinese under the age of 25 are not aware it ever happened
38	Don Reisinger * facebook.com/donreisinger * @donreisinger
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45	The popular video-streaming site Justin.tv announced that they’re going to delete all archived video next week and kill both its premium account option and the ability to record live video streams. According to the company, people just don’t watch recorded videos that much. More than half are never watched, while the most videos are watched 10 or fewer times.	http://blog.justin.tv/2014/05/29/changes-to-video-archive-system/	https://gigaom.com/2014/05/30/justin-tv-gets-rid-of-its-archives-discontinues-premium-service/
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47	A: Justin.tv’s Twitch.tv is reportedly for sale, potentially to Google’s YouTube.
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55	Samsung announced its first ever phone running the Tizen operating system. Called the Samsung Z, the phone has pretty standard hardware specs, plus a fingerprint sensor built into the home button and a heartrate monitor on the back like the Samsung Galaxy S5. But unlike the S5, the Z has a lower display resolution and inferior camera. The phone will debut in Russia by September at a yet-unannounced price. Samsung is also planning to launch a Tizen store for apps.	http://cnet3.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2014/06/02/f6831d80-1656-45a0-8985-44dcdae5c5a6/resize/770x578/08252c8229a8a7dfad8b3ccba5318f07/simagesm-z910fcombinationgolddynamic.jpg https://www.tizen.org/events/tizen-developer-conference/2014	http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2014/06/02/samsung-launches-first-tizen-phone-and-it-is-a-beast/
56	No Interview
57	A: Sunday night is a weird time to announce a first-ever phone A: Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco today? A: Display: 1280 x 720 pixels (compared to 1920 x 1080p ‘Full HD’ on its Galaxy S4 and S5) A: 8 megapixel lens with 2.1 megapixels on the front A: Does have the fake leather on the back A: Tizen 2.2.1 A: TouchWiz interface and Android app compatibility A: No Play Store access A: Tizen also appears in Galaxy Gear smartwatches, Samsung cameras and Samsung TVs
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60	Some high-profile web sites this week plan to protest mass surveillance by the National Security Agency with an organized movement called “Reset the Net.” Participating sites include Reddit, Imgur, BoingBoing and DuckDuckGo, as well as political activist sites like Amnesty International, Greenpeace and MoveOn.org. The protest takes the form of a “Reset the Net” splash screen, plus the distribution of a “mobile privacy pack” that includes free tools for using the Internet securely. Plus, organizers are asking that people spread the word on social media.	https://www.resetthenet.org/
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80	That's the tech news today!
81	THANK GUEST CO-ANCHOR
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105	The NSA is caught harvesting millions of pictures from the web. Per day!
106	Plus, Google seriously ramps up its space program...
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1	TITLE: The Lady GaGa Business Model * 1018	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Natali Morris

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, May 30, 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 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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9	Google's Texas Motorola Moto Maker site to close by end of year; 700 Workers
10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	LINKS
11	Google's Motorola Mobility to Close Factory in Texas	http://online.wsj.com/articles/googles-motorola-mobility-to-close-factory-in-texas-1401462571
12	No Interview
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16	We told in on a past episode that Google was required by the European Union to let people be “forgotten” on the Google Search engine. Now, Google is complying by offering a web page where people can submit URLs they want Google to delete from their Search index. Google will review each submission on a case-by-case basis and decide what to keep and what to delete from the European versions of Google Search.	https://support.google.com/legal/contact/lr_eudpa?product=websearch	http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-committee-of-experts-to-deal-with-right-to-be-forgotten-1401426748? http://buzzmachine.com/2014/05/30/right-remember-damnit/
17	Rolfe Winkler is covering the story for The Wall Street Journal Q: Before we get into the politics and ethics of the right to be forgotten, can you give us some details about this new form Google put up. Is it similar to the copyright takedown forms? Q: This affects only the Europe-facing versions of Google. But as the content in Europe is increasingly compromised by this process, aren’t Europeans likely to just use the US version of Google? Q: On what basis is Google to decide which links are to stay and which are to go? Q: Will other search engines struggle to comply? Isn’t it expensive and difficult to do? Q: It seems to me that by going after the messenger here, they’re essentially making search engines inaccurate. Q: What does Eric Schmidt and Larry Page think of all this? Q: What about what Jeff Jarvis calls the “right to remember”?	Rolfe Winkler Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @RolfeWinkler
18	A: “Right to be forgotten” A: photo ID of the target individual must always be attached A: EU case: Mario Costeja González A: Larry Page says "right to be forgotten" empowers dictators and authoritarian governments A: new form available to 28 European Union countries and four neighboring nations A: applies to all search engine companies A: Google processes more than 90% of all web searches in Europe A: convened a committee of executives and experts figure out long-term approach
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23	Apple is talking to retail store chains about an Apple mobile payment system. 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman reports that the payment service would enable iPhone users to buy things in retail stores using their phones, and the payment would be processed through their existing iTunes accounts.	http://9to5mac.com/2014/05/29/apple-discussing-iphone-payments-service-with-high-profile-retail-brands/
24	Mark Gurman is on the show today to tell us more. Q: Apple brags about 800 million iTunes accounts that have credit cards associated with them. What took them so long to start working on a mobile wallet solution? Q: Apple seems to have all the parts to dominate. The credit cards. The fingerprint sensor phones. iBeacon. What else do they need besides buy-in by the retailers? Q: How real is this. Are they just talking or are deals coming soon? Q: Apple recently hired former Visa, J.P. Morgan Chase and eBay executives. Are they working on this system? Q: You wrote that the project is being led by Apple’s former Online Store chief Jennifer Bailey. What do we know about her?	Mark Gurman Senior Editor, 9to5Mac @markgurman
25	A: based on one source A: 800 million iTunes accounts have credit cards A: Tim Cook previously hinted Touch ID fingerprint for mobile payments A: Challenge: each retail outlet has unique payment and transaction practices A: iBeacon A: discussion exploratory; not imminent A: Apple’s approach probably iBeacons, low-energy Bluetooth, and Passbook-like scanning A: project is said to be led by former Apple Online Store chief Jennifer Bailey A: Apple recently hired former Visa, J.P. Morgan Chase and eBay execs for project
26	Mark Gurman * 9to5mac.com * @markgurman
27	CONVERSATION 3	SHOW	LINKS
28	We told you yesterday about the sudden and mysterious demise of TrueCrypt, an open source encryption application. Visitors to the TrueCrypt web site since Wednesday have been redirected to a page on the open course community site SourceForge advising users to stop using the product because of “unfixed security issues.” It turns out that the anonymous volunteer developers of TrueCrypt just got tired of doing it, and made a hasty, if awkward, exit. But now, a group of other security experts are planning to develop a fork of TrueCrypt and make it a going concern again -- if they can work out the legal rights to the code. We’ll keep you posted.	https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/29/us-internet-security-encryption-idUSKBN0E925M20140529
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33	News
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38	Samsung and AT&T unveiled a rugged version of Samsung’s top phone called the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active. The phone is shock, dust and water resistant and has a convenience key on the phone's spine to launch outdoor-oriented apps. You take take photos underwater.	http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/samsung/galaxy-s5-active-camo-green.html
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40	A: Exclusive to AT&T A: rubberized strips along the top and bottom A: camo green, ruby red, or titanium grey A: $200 with a new, two year contract, for $27.50 per month with AT&T Next 18, for $35.75 per month with AT&T Next 12. A: AT&T is also knocking $50 off the price of the Samsung Gear Fit if you buy it alongside the Galaxy S 5 Active.
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58	Apple’s acquisition of Beats Electronics has a lot of people scratching their heads. Why would Apple acquire a company that makes mediocre headphones and a streaming music service hardly anybody uses?	http://youtu.be/wV1FrqwZyKw https://medium.com/@mvakulenko/to-understand-beats-you-need-to-understand-lady-gaga-e334de3da6d2
59	Michael Vakulenko wrote a piece that was posted on the Medium site yesterday that had some interesting ideas about it. Q: Michael, you wrote that to understand Beats, you need to understand the Lady Gaga business model, which you described as the poster child of the economics of the new digital era. What is the Lady Gaga business model? Q: Traditional economics is based on the scarcity of products. But digital music and digital content in general is a product without scarcity. You suggested that Jimmy Iovine’s idea behind Beats Music was to enable artists to connect digital music to products that do have scarcity. What sorts of things are we talking about? Concerts? Merchandise? What else? Q: You pointed out that Lady Gaga’s approach to the music business has been the subject of numerous business case studies at Harvard and elsewhere. They focus on her use of social media to sell what’s called a 360 deal. What’s a 360 deal? Q: A 360 deal is like Silicon Valley investment, right? Q: So how does Beats accomplish this? How is Beats friendlier to artists than alternatives and how does it help artists sell things other than music?	Michael Vakulenko Strategy Director, VisionMobile @mvakulenko
60	A: Quoted L.G. biz manager Troy Carter as saying that music sells everything but music. What does music sell?
61	Michael Vakulenko * visionmobile.com * @mvakulenko
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71	A new Glassware app called reQallable provides Google Now-like contextual notifications for you, but with the ability to harvest personal data from email services other than Gmail. It also looks at your calendar, activity and location to guide you through your day. The reQallable app is already available for Pebble, Sony SmartWatch 2, and Samsung’s Gear Fit and Gear 2 devices.	http://youtu.be/Eu3kqymDYZg	http://gigaom.com/2014/05/30/reqalls-personal-assistant-app-now-on-google-glass-with-non-google-email-support/
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91	Apple wants to turn your iPhone into a credit card.
92	Plus, TrueCrypt may be coming back from the crypt.
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1	TITLE: AWA - Apple With Attitude * 1017	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Natali Morris

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, May 29, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day 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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9	Forbest is reporting that Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is bidding $1.8 billion on the Clippers. Will he change the name to the Clippies?	http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2014/05/29/steve-ballmer-said-to-offer-1-8-billion-for-los-angeles-clippers/
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16	Apple really is buying Beats. Apple yesterday said they would acquire the headphone maker with $2.6 billion in cash plus $400 million in equity. Beats founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will work for Apple. Apple will continue to sell headphones and earbuds under the Beats brand. The Beats streaming music service will continue as a service separate from iTunes.	http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/05/28Apple-to-Acquire-Beats-Music-Beats-Electronics.html	http://9to5mac.com/2014/05/28/tim-cooks-memo-to-employees-on-beats-buy-i-hope-you-are-as-excited-as-i-am-about-this-new-chapter-in-our-history/ http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-apple-beats-brief-history-20140528-story.html http://nypost.com/2014/05/28/apple-purchases-beats-for-3m/
17	Chris O'Brien covers Apple for The Los Angeles Times. Claire Atkinson is a media reporter for the New York Post. Q: Chris O’Brien: This news was rumored for weeks. What did we learn since yesterday’s announcement that we didn’t hear in the rumors? Q: Claire Atkinson: you wrote that the deal will shake up the music business, re-invigorate Apple. How will the deal accomplish that? Q: What do you think Iovine and Dre will actually do at Apple? Q: Does this deal indicate the first major break from the way Steve Jobs ran things? Q: Is this deal foolish or brilliant? Q: Does beats bring any proprietary technology, either in headphones or the music service, that Apple couldn’t have developed internally? Q: Do you think Beats Music will impact iTunes downloads?	Chris O'Brien Reporter, The Los Angeles Times @obrien Claire Atkinson Reporter, New York Post @claireatki
18	A: Apple launched its own free music-streaming service, iTunes Radio, September A: iTunes Radio = 40 million U.S. users A: Beats $9.99-per-month subscription music-streaming service launched January A: Beats has 250,000 paying subscribers A: Spotify has 10 million paying subscribers A: Beats Music lowered its annual subscription fee from $119.88 to $99.99. A: Beats Music monthly fee still $9.99 A: Beats extended free trial period from 7 to 14 days A: AT&T customers still get a three-month trial. A: Carlyle Group invested $500 million in Beats in October; will double money A: Iovine will quit as chairman of Interscope Records and will work full-time at Apple A: Dre will continue to produce music, but do "as much as it takes" for Apple.
19	Chris O'Brien * latimes.com * @obrien Claire Atkinson * nypost.com * @claireatki
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23	The open-source encryption program TrueCrypt was suddenly embroiled in mystery and confusion yesterday. Visitors to the TrueCrypt site were redirected to a page on the open course community site SourceForge advising users to stop using the product and and switch to Microsoft Bitlocker. A warning at the top of the page said quote: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues. This page exists only to help migrate existing data encrypted by TrueCrypt."	http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/ http://steve.grc.com/2014/05/28/whither-truecrypt/ http://steve.grc.com/2014/05/29/an-imagined-letter-from-the-truecrypt-developers/
24	Steve Gibson is the founder of Gibson Research Corporation and a co-host of TWiT’s Security Now. Q: The initial reaction to this event was that it’s gotta be a hack. Is this for real? Q: Have the developers said anything to anyone since yesterday? Q: A message on the redirect site says "development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP." What’s XP got to do with this? Q: TrueCrypt’s development team made up of anonymous volunteers. What else do we know? Q: After the Heartbleed fiasco, is this event bad for the reputation of open source security?	Steve Gibson Founder, Gibson Research Corporation @SGgrc
25	A: Edward Snowden publically recommended TrueCrypt as a way to protect from NSA A: Popular with journalists A: TrueCrypt recently passed the first round of a security audit A: iSec found 11 flaws, but none immediately exploitable A: iSec “found no evidence of backdoors or intentional flaws”
26	Steve Gibson * grc.com * @SGgrc
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28	NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden went on TV last night to defend his leak of a massive trove of NSA documents. In his first-ever mainstream interview, NBC's Brian Williams peppered him with questions in Moscow.	http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/edward-snowden-interview	http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/what-edward-snowden-won-with-his-nbc-interview-20140528
29	Dustin Volz is a staff correspondent for the National Journal. Q: You said that Edward Snowden “won” the interview. What did you mean by that? Q: What new information did we learn from this interview? Q: Snowden said U.S. "intelligence capabilities themselves are unregulated, uncontrolled, and dangerous." Do you agree? Q: Is Snowden responsible for the bill that passed the House last week ending the NSA’s bulk collection of telephone records? Q: If Congress is passing a law based on what they learned from Snowden’s leaks, how can some in government call him a traitor?	Dustin Volz Staff correspondent, National Journal, @dnvolz
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31	Dustin Volz * nationaljournal.com * @dnvolz
32	CONVERSATION 4	SHOW	LINKS
33	Samsung announced a health-related smart wristband yesterday. It’s called the Simband. Samsung describes it as an “investigational device,” an open platform for other companies to develop sensors and software and other technology for. The company also announced a related cloud service.	http://youtu.be/ESjS09na3LE http://mms.businesswire.com/media/20140528005645/en/417692/5/Samsung_Simband_Sensor_Module_Front.jpg?download=1 http://mms.businesswire.com/media/20140528005645/en/417691/5/Samsung_Simband_PCB2.jpg?download=1	http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140528005645/en/Samsung-Launches-Major-Digital-Health-Initiative#.U4dNdpRdWwF http://www.wired.com/2014/05/samsung-simband-sami/
34	Christina Bonnington is a staff writer for WIRED. Q: What’s an “investigational device”? Q: So what’s the Simband look like? Q: Is Samsung’s platform an alternative to Android Wear? Q: Tell us about SAMI = Samsung Multimodal Architecture Interaction Q: Will SAMI be usable by other platforms?	Christina Bonnington Staff writer, WIRED @redgirlsays
35	A: Simband available this year A: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and sensors for heart rate and oxygen level A: some electronics embedded in band A: snap-on external “shuttle battery” that can be recharged while the band is still worn A: SAMI = Samsung Multimodal Architecture Interaction A: SAMI = cloud-based service for storing data collected by Simband and others
36	Christina Bonnington * wired.com * @redgirlsays
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58	A Google engineer posted on Google+ the first-ever public screenshots from Google’s Android Wear operating system. Android Wear is Google’s operating system for smartwatches and other wearable devices. The seven screenshots were posted by Senior Developer Advocate at Google Timothy Jordan. They show notifications from a Nest smoke detector, an Android game and a calendar as well as music controls and a control for listening to a podcast. The most interesting fact about this is that Jordan is on the Google Glass group, raising the possibility that Google Glass and smart glass software may be part of Android Wear.	https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+AndroidDevelopers/albums/6018521871601400609
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1	TITLE: Google Gets Into the Car Business! * 1016	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Natali Morris

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, May 28, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
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16	Google is now a car-maker. The company unveiled self-driving car prototypes designed and built by Google X labs. Google said in a blog post that they’re planning to build about a hundred prototypes.	http://youtu.be/CqSDWoAhvLU	http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/just-press-go-designing-self-driving.html http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27587558
17	Jack Stewart writes about transport technology for bbc.com/future. Q: Jack, can you describe Google’s self-driving car for our audio listeners? Q: Why build a car from scratch? What was wrong with the retro-fitted prototypes? Q: Laws will almost certainly require human controls. Why no steering wheel or brake? Q: How do you tell it where you want to go? Q: Top speed = 25 mph; doesn’t that make it impractical? Q: Is Google planning to become a full-fledge car company? Q: What’s the liklihood that self-driving cars will be legalized any time soon?	Jack Stewart Reporter, BBC @stewart_jack
18	A: will be tested later this summer A: early versions to have manual controls A: hoping for “small pilot program” in California in the next couple of years
19	Jack Stewart * bbc.com/future * @stewart_jack
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28	Microsoft demoed simultaneous translation in Skype yesterday. During an on-stage interview conducted by Re/code’s Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella invited a Microsoft exec to the stage to show off a “pre-beta” app called Skype Translator, which does instant translation. The app appears to be an alternative to regular Skype, and it provides translated subtitles that appear after about a one-second delay, followed by a machine-speech reading of the translation.	http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/05/27/microsoft-demos-breakthrough-in-real-time-translated-conversations.aspx
29	Todd Bishop is a technology reporter and co-founder of GeekWire.com Q: You’re at the Code Conference and watched the demo. Were you impressed? Q: They demonstrated translation from English to German and back. What did the German’s think? Q: How “real” is Skype Translator? Q: How does Microsoft’s translation technology compare with Google’s? Q: Satya Nadella pointed out that this technology has been in the lab for many years. Is Nadella going to be more aggressive than Ballmer was about productizing Microsoft Research technology?	Todd Bishop Technology reporter, co-founder, GeekWire.com @toddbishop
30	A: being developed jointly by the Skype and Microsoft Translator teams A: German-speaking audience members: translation was “nice” overall, but “not so good” in some places. A: will be available as a Windows 8 beta app before the end of 2014
31	Todd Bishop * geekwire.com * @toddbishop
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38	Amazon is embroiled in a controversial battle with the publisher Hachette (hash-ET) Book Group. The companies haven’t been able to reach a deal. So Amazon’s buying fewer books from the company and no longer taking pre-orders on future Hachette titles.	http://www.authorsguild.org/advocacy/amazon-tightens-its-grip-in-dispute-with-hachette/ http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdThread=Tx1UO5T446WM5YY	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27604326
39	Jason Abbruzzese is a reporter for Mashable. Q: What’s going on here, Jason. Is Amazon using its monopoly power to blackmail a publisher into accepting unfavorable terms? Or is not taking pre-orders a rational response to the belief that you may not be selling those books. Q: Is Amazon a monopoly? Are they necessary for publishers? Q: At what market-share can Amazon be considered a monopoly? Q: Is this an anti-trust issue? Q: Some are calling for a boycott of Amazon. Is that an over-reaction?	Jason Abbruzzese Reporter, Mashable, @jasonabbruzzese
40	A: not pre-stocking books means Hachette titles take longer to get A: Amazon posted a statement yesterday defending its actions. A: locked in discussions about how to share profits on e-books A: row will affect US sales and delivery times of books by authors such as JK Rowling. A: Amazon said: "We do business with… thousands of publishers. A: Hachette = unit of French media company Lagardere SCA
41	Jason Abbruzzese * mashable.com * @jasonabbruzzese
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48	Intel announced this morning at the Code Conference that they’ll ship a wearable-computing shirt this summer. Intel’s head of new devices, Mike Bell, gave Re/code’s Lauren Goode an exclusive demo of the shirt. According to the video posted on the Re/code site, the shirt has conductive fibers and can monitor your heartrate. The shirt comes with a small box that has to be plugged into the shirt to process the data, and wirelessly send it to a phone or tablet app. Intel's first forray into fashion is just an example Intel built to show off their hardware and software platform for wearable computing.	http://recode.net/2014/05/28/intel-bets-its-smart-shirt-on-the-future-of-wearables-video/
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68	We told you yesterday that some Apple users in Australia are saying their Apple products are being hijacked and held for ransom. Their devices are being remotely locked and demands for payment of $100 are coming through the “Find My iPhone.” Apple today published a statement saying that “iCloud was not compromised during this incident.” They also urged users to change their passwords. We’ve also learned since yesterday that users in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the US have been affected. The root cause of the hack has not been found.	http://www.zdnet.com/icloud-not-compromised-in-apple-id-attack-apple-7000029914/
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71	Japan’s SoftBank is now offering a free app that won’t let you text or use your smartphone if you’re walking. The app is called Stop Aruki Sumaho, which means stop smartphone-use while walking. It works by freezing the screen when the phone detects walking motion. A yellow banner appears as well, notifying users about why they can’t use the phone.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/28/smartphone-app-warns-users-to-stop-browsing-while-walking/
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1	TITLE: Here Comes the Apple iHome * 1015	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Natali Morris

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, May 27, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
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25	Financial Times reported yesterday that Apple will launch a smart home platform next week at its WWDC conference. The new system is based on iOS and would turn iPhones and iPads into remote controls for smart appliances.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/26/5751816/apple-developing-home-automation-features-for-iphone-report
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27	A: new API and platform A: Financial Times says: Apple intends to make a "big play" in smart home tech A: rollout = Worldwide Developer Conference next week in San Francisco A: FT = “scheme will be similar to Apple's existing "Made for iPhone" label, given to compatible headphones, speakers and other accessories, but with a new brand and logo. Apple may also provide additional checks and assurances that certified products are not vulnerable to hackers.” A: FT: “likely to emphasise the privacy protections built into its smart home system” A: FT says: Apple talking to device makers about certifying products to work with new system A: Gartner = 26 billion devices connected to the Internet of Things by 2020 A: Apple already dominates with Belkin's WeMo, SmartThings, ZigBee, Kevo, Nest, Philipps Hue A: iWatch is a natural controller A: Siri is a natural interface A: iBeacon is a natural location tech
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30	In vaguely related news, Google is talking to Drocam about an acquisition, according to the news site The Information. Drop makes $150 cameras that stream and upload video to the cloud.	http://youtu.be/fPkxt0QpRD8	https://www.theinformation.com/Google-Eyes-Home-Security-Dropcam
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32	A: Twit dropcams: http://twit.tv/dropcams A: assumption: part of Google home automation and home security A: no information about how far along talks are A: Dropcam HD = 720p streaming, night vision, two-way talk back, digital zoom A: optional cloud recording = access stored footage of the past seven or thirty days. A: earlier this month, Dropcam told of plans to make people-detection software available to Dropcam's cloud video recording subscribers in early August A: unveiled Dropcam Tabs, an optional motion sensor accessory designed to track movement and motion thanks to a three-axis accelerometer and a three-axis magnetometer. A: Dropcam based in San Francisco
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35	Apple users in Australia are saying their Apple products are being hijacked and held for ransom. Someone or some group appears to be infiltrating the “Find My iPhone” feature via iCloud, remotely locking the devices, then sending a message to the screens asking for $100 to unlock the devices.	https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6270410?start=0&tstart=0	http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/australian-apple-idevices-hijacked-held-to-ransom-20140527-zrpbj.html
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37	A: "$100 USD/EUR" to be sent to a PayPal account. A: Apple hasn’t commented A: PayPal will refund any $ taken A: Key thing is how they’re getting into the accounts. Leaked passwords? Inside job?
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40	An Iranian judge summoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to address privacy complaints about Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Instagram. The judge also ordered that the government block both sites in the country. An Iranian Internet official was quoted in an Iranian newspaper article as referring to Zuckerberg as the quote “Zionist director of the company of Facebook” unquote. Earlier this month, an Iranian government committee that governs criminal web content also called for a ban on WhatsApp. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani refused the ban. Meanwhile, a Facebook group of Iranian woman called My Stealthy Freedom is causing a stir in the country because they’re posting pictures of themselves without a hijab covering their hair. The group triggered a counter-page opposing the women, called "Identify Advocates of Debauchery in Cyber Space." It sought to identify women posting pictures of themselves on Facebook and have them punished with whipping and prison time. The site appears to have been taken down.	https://www.facebook.com/page.masihalinejad/photos/pb.123848272739.-2207520000.1400023936./10152258914142740/ http://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-women-face-backlash-over-scarf-free-facebook-pics/
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45	The Chinese government is testing the banning of IBM servers from Chinese banks, according to a Bloomberg exclusive. The reason is either concern about NSA snooping, or retaliation for US accusations of Chinese government cyber-espionage. Also: The US is thinking about preventing Chinese hackers from attending American security conferences.	http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-05-27/china-said-to-push-banks-to-remove-ibm-servers-in-spy-dispute
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70	Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who NSA whisteblower Edward Snowden actually blew the whistle, intends to release a list of American citizens targeted by NSA surveillance. The list will appear with a story on The Intercept site. The publication date has not yet been disclosed.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/the-next-nsa-scandal-a-list-of-u-s-citizens-illegally-spied-on/
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2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, May 23, 2014!
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16	The FBI issued a gag order on Microsoft and ordered the company to keep documents secret. So Microsoft took them to court -- and won!	http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2014/05/22/new-success-in-protecting-customer-rights-unsealed-today.aspx	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303749904579578540870894038?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303749904579578540870894038.html
17	Danny Yadron writes about cybersecurity and hacking for The Wall Street Journal. Q: Danny, can you take us through the sequence of events that lead to this ruling? It all started with an FBI request for information. Q: How important is this case as a precedent setting one for cloud providers? Q: The FBI are police. Does this case affect the rules for spy agencies like the NSA? Q: How did the FBI end up getting the information from the target of the investigation?	Danny Yadron Cybersecurity reporter, The Wall Street Journal @dannyyadron
18	A: Precedent-setting victory for transparency and free speech A: Important, precedent setting for cloud service providers A: Government “gag orders” plague tech companies, especially after Snowden A: Microsoft also challenged the letter itself, saying it was unconstitutional because it violated Microsoft’s right to free speech A: FBI backed down, but got the information directly from the customer himself A: The gag order remained in place even after FBI got info and backed down A: The gag order was related to an FBI investigation of an enterprise customer of Microsoft’s A: The company was told to keep secret even the fact that a National Security Letter had been served telling Microsoft to hand over information about an Office 365 customer last year. A: Microsoft said the order was unconstitutional, and the FBI backed down -- but kept the gag order in place.
19	Danny Yadron * wsj.com * @dannyyadron
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23	We’ve reported in the past on Google’s Project Tango, which is a smartphone that can quickly and accurately map indoor spaces and objects. Last night The Wall Street Journal reported that Google is also making a Tango tablet.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303749904579578833557306544
24	Rolfe Winkler: Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Q: Before we talk about the tablet, can you tell us about Project Tango generally? Q: So what did your sources tell you about the tablet? Q: What kinds of applications? Q: Consumer device? Q: When available? Q: Expect to see something at Google I/O?	Rolfe Winkler Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @RolfeWinkler
25	A: Based on anonymous sources A: 7-inch tablet that can capture 3-D images A: Plans to produce about 4,000 prototypes beginning next month A: Group = Advanced Technology and Projects A: Tablet = two back cameras, infrared depth sensors and advanced software that can capture precise three-dimensional images of objects A: Phone = released in February has similar sensors
26	Rolfe Winkler * wsj.com * @RolfeWinkler
27	CONVERSATION 3	SHOW	LINKS
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32	CONVERSATION 4	SHOW	LINKS
33	Apple’s un-crackable kill switch, called Activation Lock, has been cracked. Hackers have discovered an exploit that enables them to defeat Activation Lock. Joining us to tell about it is Alex Heath, who wrote about the Activation Lock exploit on the Culf of Mac.	http://www.cultofmac.com/280450/heres-easy-hack-past-apples-activation-lock-missing-iphone
34	Q: Before we talk about the hack, can you explain what Activation Lock is, exactly? Q: What’s the name of this exploit and how does it work? Q: Has the exploit been exploited? Any reported hacks? Q: Have the DoulCi servers been shut down, or are they still operating?	Alex Heath Writer, Cult of Mac @alexeheath
35	A: DoulCi (roughly “iCloud” backward) A: man-in-the-middle attack, DoulCi exploit intercepts web traffic between the iPhone and Apple
36	Alex Heath * cultofmac.com * @alexeheath
37	CONVERSATION 5	SHOW	LINKS
38	Google is close to announcing the acquisition of Skybox Imaging, according to an exclusive by Ingred Lunden at TechCrunch. Skybox Imaging captures very high-resolution videos and photos of the Earth from orbiting satellites, and the purchase would give Google a space program.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/23/google-close-to-snapping-up-satellite-startup-skybox-imaging-for-1b-say-sources/
39	No Interview
40	A: rumored for weeks A: three sources A: Google also rumored to be looking at Planet Labs A: Price estimated at $1 billion A: Useful for Google Maps, Google Earth A: Google business division called “Earth Enterprise” - store your own satellite imagery, terrain and vector data
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52	CONVERSATION 8	SHOW	LINKS
53	News
54	No Interview
55	Notes
56
57	CONVERSATION 9	SHOW	LINKS
58	News
59	No Interview	URL
60	Notes
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64	E-MAIL	SHOW	LINKS
65	TNT fan Kyle Veatch posted in our Tech News Today Google+ community his thoughts on Neflix going peer-to-peer.
66	He writes: “In reference to yesterdays conversation about Netflix peer to peer, here is an idea. Why can't Netflix built P2P connections into your favorites list. Videos that have been recently added or even marked as favorite can be downloaded during off peak times when your not watching and then peered to others during peak times to ease congestion. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard for Netflix to decide which shows to peer that are trending such as a new season of house of cards or orange is the new black.”
67	FOLLOW-UP
68	Samsung is working on a smartwatch smartphone. Instead of connecting via Bluetooth to a smartphone, the watch itself is the phone. The company is currently talking with carriers in the United States, Europe and South Korea about supporting the watch-phone. The watch reportedly takes pictures, sends email, connects via Bluetooth and has built-in GPS. It even has a heart monitor. The Wall Street Journal reported the story this morning based on unnamed sources. The news appears to solidify news in April that Samsung had patened an integrated smartwatch smartphone called the "Gear Solo," which sounds like a likely name for the product when it's announced, which could be as early as next month.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303480304579579830279369694?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303480304579579830279369694.html
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97	* Re/code’s first-ever conference begins Tuesday, May 27th, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. It’s called the Code Conference, but it’s not for developers. The 3-day event is being hosted by the same people who used to run All Things D: Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.
98	* Also this week: Samsung is throwing a big healthcare technology event on Wednesday, May 28th, in San Francisco. The company isn’t planning to announce new consumer products, but the event is expected to address healthcare features in future Samsung smartphones and wearables.
99	* Later that day, NBC anchor Brian Williams is scheduled to interview NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Moscow.
100	* And Samsung is planning to roll out its gold Galaxy S5 in the United States on Friday, May 30th. The phone is nicknamed the “band-aid phone” because its color and perforations make it look like a band-aid. We’ll see if the name sticks.


1	TITLE: The Facebook Dinasaur Is Here to Help * 1013	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: David Berlind

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, May 22, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by RingCentral, the cloud-based phone system we use at TWiT. And it just got better with the launch of “Meetings” – the full service video-conference feature! Zero startup costs and RingCentral starts at under $25 a month per user. Try it now with a 30-day risk-free trial. Buy one desk phone and get a second phone free! (Up to 20 phones). Call 800-543-9980 or visit ringcentral.com and use our promo code TWIT.
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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 with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is David Berlind, editor in chief at ProgrammableWeb.	David Berlind Editor in Chief, ProgrammableWeb.com @dberlind
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9	Thing of the day
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11	News
12	No Interview
13	Notes
14
15	CONVERSATION 1	SHOW	LINKS
16	Facebook is trying harder to keep people from accidental sharing. And they’re doing it in two ways. Today, Facebook changed the default setting for new users. Instead of sharing to the public by default, posts will now be addressed to “friends.” And Facebook is also getting help from a cartoon dinosaur. The Wall Street Journal’s Reed Albergotti is here to explain.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/22/facebooks-privacy-dinosaur-is-back/
17	Q: Reed, who is “Privosaurus Rex” and what does he want? Q: Facebook is famously bleeding users to other services like Snapchat. Will better understanding of privacy help? Q: You suggested in your piece today that Facebook’s privacy dinosaur could lead users to a “rude awakening” when they find out what kind of private information they’ve been sharing with various apps. What kind of information are people sharing and why don’t they know about it?	Reed Albergotti Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @ReedAlbergotti
18	Notes		http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/10/21/reed%20albergotti-88dd9172803e997085963853f3a2443d30993dc1-s6-c30.jpg
19	Reed Albergotti * wsj.com * @ReedAlbergotti
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23	Google’s Director of Network Engineering, whose name is Jeffrey Burgan, wrote a blog post yesterday about Google Fiber. He wrote that Google doesn’t charge companies to “prioritize packets” the way that Comcast and other ISPs do. Google Fiber is the company’s ultra high-speed internet service, which is currently available only in Kansas City and Provo, Utah.	http://googlefiberblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/minimizing-buffering.html http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/05/why-google-fiber-unlike-comcast-gives-netflix-free-peering/
24	Jon Brodkin: Senior IT Reporter, Ars Technica Q: What is Burgan’s blog post all about, and why do you think he wrote it? Q: What’s the difference between “paid peering,” which Google doesn’t do, and co-location, which Google does do? Q: Does Google pay other ISPs for peering to deliver YouTube traffic? Q: As I understand it, Google is in favor of “peering.” Just not “paid peering.” What’s his argument? Q: Is peering the same as prioritization? How is it that a peering connection can be set up without giving that data source an advantage over others?	Jon Brodkin Senior IT Reporter, Ars Technica @jbrodkin
25	Notes
26	Jon Brodkin * arstechnica.com * @jbrodkin
27	CONVERSATION 3	SHOW	LINKS
28	Google plans to sell WiFi hardware and software cheaply to small and medium size business, according to an exclusive by Amir Efrati on the tech news site The Information. Google would also share customer data with the companies that would help them run their businesses better. The catch? Google may require the companies to log in to their Google accounts and accept targeted advertising from Google. The new program could launch this summer.	https://www.theinformation.com/Google-Preps-Plan-to-Offer-Business-WiFi-Networks
29	No Interview
30	Notes
31
32	CONVERSATION 4	SHOW	LINKS
33	Apple may be finally getting the message, even if some users aren’t. Some users of Apple’s iMessage system have been reporting trouble getting messages when they switch from an iPhone to a non-iPhone. The trouble is that Apple still lists the number as an iMessage account, so messages get trapped in an iMessage purgatory that can’t be accessed with a non-Apple device. A recent server glitch made the problem worse. A California woman has even launched a class-action lawsuit over the issue. Apple told Re/code’s Ina Fried that they fixed a server-side bug and will offer another bug fix in a future update that should address the problem.	http://recode.net/2014/05/22/apples-imessage-issue-goes-from-bad-to-worse-with-server-glitch/
34	No Interview
35	Notes
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43	The Chinese government announced today that it will inspect technology products coming in to the country for both national security and quote “economic and social development” unquote. In other words, China wants to punish America for charging five employees of the Chinese army with cyber espionage. Companies that don’t pass the inspection process will be banned from sale in China.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/22/us-china-internet-idUSBREA4L02X20140522
44	No Interview
45	Notes
46
47	CONVERSATION 7	SHOW	LINKS
48	LG plans to introduce a phone next week with a totally unusual feature. The LG G3 has a phone case with a round cutout for displaying what is essentially smartwatch functionality directly on the phone. with just a small part of the screen visible, users will see notifications and other information, and also do simple tasks like making calls, controlling music and using the camera without opening the case.	http://youtu.be/AVtZAPjOcBI	http://www.lgnewsroom.com/newsroom/contents/64507
49	No Interview
50	A: QuickCircle Case A: An SDK will enable apps A: Ironically, the LG’s smartwatch is square, not round.
51
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53	News
54	No Interview
55	Notes
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57	CONVERSATION 9	SHOW	LINKS
58	News
59	No Interview	URL
60	Notes
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67	FOLLOW-UP
68	We’ve reported in the past about Google’s introduction of voice commands, including hands-free voice commands initiated with the magic words, “OK, Google” in the beta version of Chrome. Well, now those words work with the regular, non-beta version of Chrome. By clicking a checkbox in the Privacy section of Chrome’s advanced settings, you can just say “OK Google” then speak a search or request and Google will fetch it for you. The browser must be selected and the current tab must be an empty page or a Google Search page. It’s for US English only.	http://chrome.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/hands-free-google-voice-search-in-chrome.html
69
70	IN OTHER NEWS	SHOW	LINKS
71	The Russian government launched a new Sputnik today. That’s the name of the Kremlin’s new search engine, developed by the state-owned company Rostelecom. The Google-alternative was reportedly developed at a cost of $42 million, which is less than what Google co-founder Sergey Brin paid for his yacht. The Sputnik search engine will thoroughly censor the Internet to Vladamir Putin’s exacting specifications, at least for the zero people who use it.	http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/732601
72
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92	Plus: Google details how they provide the world's fastest Netflix connections.
93	And Apple finally gets the message about their iMessage bug.
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1	TITLE: The Internet of Ad Supported Things * 1012	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Seth Fiegerman

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, May 21, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by Citrix’s ShareFile! Enhance your work flow- send files of almost any size easily and securely with Citrix’s ShareFile. Try ShareFile today! For a 30 Day Free Trial, go to ShareFile.com, click the microphone and enter TNT!
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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 with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Seth Fiegerman Business reporter, Mashable.	Seth Fiegerman Business reporter, Mashable @sfiegerman
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11	News
12	No Interview
13	Notes
14
15	CONVERSATION 1	SHOW	LINKS
16	eBay got hacked. The company posted a statement urging users to change their passwords, saying that the attackers "compromised a database containing encrypted passwords and other non-financial data."	http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ebay-inc-to-ask-ebay-users-to-change-passwords-2014-05-21?reflink=MW_news_stmp	http://recode.net/2014/05/21/ebay-urges-customers-to-change-passwords-after-network-attack/
17	Arik Hesseldahl is a Senior Editor for Recode specializing in enterprise computing Q: What kind of information did the hackers steal? Q: In addition to user info, they also compromised employee data. Can you tell us about that? Q: eBay owns PayPal. Was PayPal data hacked? Q: When did the attack happen? Q: There was some weirdness about the revelation of this news by eBay, wasn’t there? Q: What else do we know about this attack?	Arik Hesseldahl Enterprise Dude, Recode @ahess247
18	Notes
19	Arik Hesseldahl * recode.net * @ahess247
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22	CONVERSATION 2	SHOW	LINKS
23	Linkedin today introduced a feature for ranking profiles. It’s called “How You Rank,” and it tells you if you’re hot or not based on a comparison of how many times people looked at your Linkedin profile compared to other people you’re connected with on the service.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/new-linkedin-feature-ranks-your-popularity-versus-your-network/
24	Mark Sullivan writes for VentureBeat Q: Mark, why is Linkedin doing this? Q: What are Linkedin’s "easy ways to get more views"?	Mark Sullivan Writer, VentureBeat @thesullivan
25	A: purpose to shame you into driving views A: next to ranking: "easy ways to get more views" A: only those with first-degree connection on LinkedIn will be able to see ranking info
26	Mark Sullivan * venturebeat.com * @thesullivan
27	CONVERSATION 3	SHOW	LINKS
28	A photo startup called Bubbli announced yesterday that it has been acquired by Dropbox. So what the heck is Bubbli? The company names an app that lets you create what Google might call Photosphere -- essentially 360-degree, top-to-bottom photos that you can pan and zoom to see. The app also takes movies that have a similar effect.	(YOU HAVE TO MOVE YOUR MOUSE POINT FOR EFFECT) http://bubb.li/	http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/20/dropbox-buys-bubbli-will-integrate-its-3d-photo-tech-into-dropboxs-photo-service/
29	Q: What will Dropbox do with an app like this?
30	A: app will continue, according to Bubbli A: Dropbox = history of shutting down apps and services once integration takes place
31
32	CONVERSATION 4	SHOW	LINKS
33	Google makes most of its revenue from advertising. So when Google bought Nest, which makes smart thermostats, people joked that Google would serve up ads to the thermostats as their business model. But, suddenly, the joke isn’t funny. Google does intend to display advertising on future thermostats, as well as refrigerators, car dashboards and other Internet of things devices. They also talked about putting ads on wearables, such as Google Glass type smart glasses and smart watches. Google admitted as much in a letter sent to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/21/google-predicts-ads-in-odd-spots-like-thermostats/
34	No Interview
35	A: Letter sent in December; made public this week
36
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38	CONVERSATION 6	SHOW	LINKS
39	We’ve reported in the past about the upcoming Motorola Moto 360 smartwatch. It’s the most well-known round smartwatch in development, and it runs on Google’s Android Wear platform. Today we learned that Motorola is crowdsourcing watch face designs. A contest called the Moto 360 Design Face-Off calls on everyone and anyone to submit their ideas for the ultimate watch face.	https://plus.google.com/communities/100528130097464336279	https://plus.google.com/+NetoCavalcanti/posts/4NTMSEkLq9t
40	Q: How does the contest work? Q: What does the winner get?
41	A: Choose one of the official template PSDs to get started A: Post design in Google+ community A: Motorola posted the watch face design examples on Google+ page for the contest. A: Also launched a Moto 360 Design Face-Off
42
43	CONVERSATION 7	SHOW	LINKS
44	Mark Gurman is reporting on 9to5Google that Facebook is planning a smartphone app that can identify TV shows and music playing in the background. It’s designed to enable Facebook users to easily share what they’re watching or listening to, and also to enable Facebook to harvest every scrap of user data it possibly can. Gurman points out that Apple is planning a similar feature for Siri, which is being built in partnership with Shazam. Google Now also identifies shows and songs.	http://9to5google.com/2014/05/21/facebook-to-launch-tv-show-and-music-id-apps-for-ios-and-android-today/
45	No Interview
46	Notes
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48	CONVERSATION 8	SHOW	LINKS
49	News
50	No Interview
51	Notes
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53	CONVERSATION 9	SHOW	LINKS
54	News
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56	Notes
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64	We told you yesterday about Google+ Stories, which is a feature that automatically creates interactive photo albums using the phones and videos uploaded to Google+. Today, Slashgear’s Chris Burns reports that Google has some more photo features that do the opposite of automate. The first is called Motions. Unlike Auto Awesome, which will select multiple pictures and create an animated JIF or GIF for you -- your pronunciation may vary -- a Google+ Motions lets YOU choose which pictures will be animated. The same goes for Google+ Mixes, which lets you decide which pictures to add to a photo collage.	https://plus.google.com/+ChrisBurns/posts	http://www.slashgear.com/google-auto-awesome-goes-manual-mode-for-diy-gif-makers-21329874/
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1	TITLE: Microsoft Re-Surfaces * 1011	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Maggie Reardon

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, May 20, 2014!
3	This episode 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
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 with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Maggie Reardon, a reporter for CNET.	Maggie Reardon Reporter, CNET @maggie_reardon
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11	News
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13	Notes
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15	CONVERSATION 1	SHOW	LINKS
16	Microsoft announced some new goodies today at a special event in New York City. Ed Bott writes incessantly about technology and is the author of more than 25 books about Microsoft, Windows and Office. He’s joining us by phone from the announcement.	http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/presskits/surface/
17	Ed Bott writes incessantly about technology and is the author of more than 25 books about Microsoft, Windows and Office.	Ed Bott Author, tech journalist @edbott
18	Notes		http://www.edbott.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/edbott_head_shot_small.jpg
19	Ed Bott * edbott.com * @edbott
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23	Apple retail stores are the most profitable on the planet, bringing in more revenue per square foot than even Tiffany’s jewelry store in New York City. The success of the Apple store can be attributed to a man named Ron Johnson. But after launching, growing and running the Apple Store concept for over a decade, he left Apple three years ago to become the CEO of J.C. Penney. It took Apple all this time to find what the company believes is the right man for the job, -- a woman named Angela Ahrendts, who’s been in charge of Apple’s retail stores for three weeks.	http://9to5mac.com/2014/05/19/angela-ahrendts-plan-for-the-future-of-apple-retail-china-emphasis-mobile-payments-revamped-experience/
24	9to5 Mac’s Mark Gurman posted a detailed feature about Ahrendts yesterday, and he’s here to tell us all about it. Q: Before we talk about Angela Ahrendts, can you first tell about the impact that Ron Johnson had on Apple? Q: What happened with John Browett, the first replacement for Ron Johnson? Q: So tell us about Ahrendts’ background. Q: You wrote that Ahrendts’ plans are focused on three things: China, Mobile payments and a “revamped experience.” Why does she believe the Apple store experience needs to be revamped? Q: Apple is planning to triple the number of retail stores in China over the next two years, from 10 to 30. Why does Apple believe retail stores in China are a key to the company’s future growth? Q: You wrote that Ahrendts plans to blur the lines between Apple’s online and physical stores. Is she planning to encourage and facilitate showrooming?	Mark Gurman Senior Editor, 9to5Mac @markgurman
25	Notes
26	Mark Gurman * 9to5mac.com * @markgurman
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28	Google is taking its automation of photography to the next level with a free new feature called Google+ Stories. The feature automatically identifies the best pictures, figures out which are part of a single trip or event, then creates an interactive photo album for you to share on Google+.	https://plus.google.com/+jsmarr/posts/MVzFj1Gbid2 http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/google-stories-and-movies-memories-made.html	http://recode.net/2014/05/20/google-stories/
29	Katie Boehret (bur-ET) is the Deputy Reviews Editor at Re/code and a Senior Reviewer there. She’s been testing Google+ Stories on multiple platforms for some time, and joins us now. Q: Katie, does this work like Auto-Awesome? Does it just grab the photos and videos that you automatically back up to Google+ and make Stories from those? Q: How does Google know which of your photos and videos are part of a single event? Q: What if it makes a mistake or includes pictures I don’t want to share? Q: Is there anything else out there like this? Q: What do people need in order to see Stories? A Google+ account? Chrome? Android? iOS? Q: What was your overall opinion about Google+ Stories?	Katie Boehret Deputy Reviews Editor & Senior Reviewer, Re/code @kabster728
30	A: It has probably already created Stories for you; just check your photos section on Google+ A: Uses geotags, your phone’s location history and also Google recognizes what’s in the pictures. A: Scroll through the narrative by clicking on the button or using the arrow keys A: You can edit Stories A: Zero effort on your part
31	Katie Boehret * recode.net * @kabster728
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33	IBM announced the acquisition of an artificial intelligence company yesterday called Cognea. The Australian startup makes virtual assistants with personalities.	http://youtu.be/lPgp4A1vxls
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35	A: Cognea customers include NASA, HP and Start Farm. A: Will be folded into Watson group, giving Watson a voice, face and personality
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43	China has banned Windows 8 -- at least for employees of the Chinese government. In a bizarre announcement, the country’s Central Government Procurement Center announced the ban as part of a notice on the use of energy-saving products. Their reason? Security! The announcement said it had something to do with Microsoft ending support for Windows XP.	http://www.zycg.gov.cn/article/show/242846 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-05/20/c_133347210.htm
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45	A: Steve Ballmer said in 2011 that Microsoft earned less revenue in China than in the Netherlands because of piracy.
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68	We told you yesterday about a report in the Korea Times that says Apple and Samsung have agreed to begin talks to settle their patent disputes out of court. But today we’re hearing about a new court filing by Apple complaining bitterly about Samsung. For example, Apple says Samsung’s head lawyer called Apple a “jihadist” to the media and described the Apple Samsung patent case as “Apple’s Vietnam.” Apple also mentioned a Vanity Fair article that the company says proves that Samsung steals other companies’ ideas.	http://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/assets/4479595/1894-main.pdf	http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/20/5733668/apple-and-samsungs-lawyers-explain-why-they-cant-settle
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92	Plus, we'll introduce you to the woman hired to run Apple's retail stores worldwide.
93	We'll also check out Google's incredible new photo feature.
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1	TITLE: Facebook's Next Poke at Snapchat* 1010	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, May 19, 2014!
3	This episode 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.
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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 with some of the world's best journalists.
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16	AT&T plans to buy DirecTV for $48.5 billion.	http://about.att.com/story/att_to_acquire_directv.html	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/19/us-directv-att-idUSBREA4B0W220140519
17	Roger Cheng: Executive editor, CNET News Joe Flint: Media Reporter, The Los Angeles Times Liana Baker: Reporter, Reuters Q: This deal doesn’t appear to make a whole lot of sense. Can you explain AT&T’s thinking here? Q: Does satellite even have a future? Q: What does this mean for AT&T in Latin America?	Roger Cheng Executive editor, CNET News @RogerWCheng Joe Flint Media Reporter, The Los Angeles Times @JBFlint Liana Baker Reporter, Reuters @LianaBaker
18	A: AT&T would gain 38 million video subscribers in US and Latin America A: DirecTV = the No.1 U.S. satellite TV provider with 20 million customers A” AT&T to continue offering U-Verse A: Comcast Corp offered $45 billion for Time Warner Cable A: To help case, AT&T will sell $5 billion, 8 percent stake in Carlos Slim's America Movil A: DirecTV has about 18 million customers in Latin America A: U.S. satellite TV subscriptions have plateaued; expected to decline A: AT&T expects to add 15 million broadband customers within four years (mostly rural) A: Current base of 11 million Internet customers A: AT&T failed to buy T-Mobile USA in 2011 and Vodafone A: DirecTV has agreed to pay a $1.4 billion breakup fee to AT&T if it goes with higher bidder A: AT&T will not have to pay a penalty if regulators kill the merger A: DirecTV management to run company as a unit of AT&T A: DirecTV CEO Mike White is likely to retire after 2015 A: Randall Stephenson CEO AT&T since 2007 A: AT&T will be able to get out of the deal if DirecTV loses its NFL Sunday Ticket deal		http://www.trbimg.com/img-535dd618/turbine/la-bio-joe-flint
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23	YouTube, which is owned by Google, has made a one-billion dollar deal to buy Twitch, a company that streams video games.	http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/youtube-to-acquire-videogame-streaming-service-twitch-for-1-billion-sources-1201185204/
24	Variety’s Todd Spangler broke the story, and he’s here today to tell us more. Q: Can you tell us what Twitch is, exactly, and what Google and YouTube might do with it? Q: Is this deal complete, or are the companies still negotiating?	Todd Spangler Digital Editor, Variety @xpangler
25	A: acquisition talks " at an early stage" and "deal isn't imminent," according to Wall Street Journal A: Twitch considered Microsoft; went with Google A: Google acquired YouTUbe in 2006 for $1.65 billion A: YouTube CEO = Susan Wojcicki A: San Francisco-based Twitch A: 45 million monthly users A: 1 million members upload videos each month A: Twitch has deals to distribute shows from GameSpot, Joystiq, Destructoid, others A: YouTube = 6 billion hours of video per month to 1 billion users A: Twitch launched in June 2011 A: founders = Justin Kan and Emmett Shear, co-founders of Justin.tv A: Twitch was originally part of Justin.tv
26	Todd Spangler * variety.com * @xpangler
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28	The Financial Times reported over the weekend that Facebook is working on another app to compete with Snapchat. The app is called Slingshot. Facebook recently killed its first Snapchat like app, called Poke.	http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/4a596166-de3f-11e3-8546-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F4a596166-de3f-11e3-8546-00144feabdc0.html%3Fsiteedition%3Dintl&siteedition=intl&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2014%2F5%2F18%2F5728272%2Ffacebook-building-a-new-snapchat-competitor-rumor#axzz324ZYYZTl
29	Tim Bradshaw is a San Francisco correspondent for The Financial Times. Q: What else do we know about the Slingshot project? Q: Why is a Snapchat competitor so important for Facebook? Q: Why did Poke fail?	Tim Bradshaw San Francisco correspondent, The Financial Times @tim
30	A: Mark Zuckerberg personally supervising A: Internally called an "ephemeral messaging" app A: could be released as early as this month A: Poke hit in 2012; Zuckerberg called it "a joke"
31	Tim Bradshaw * ft.com * @tim
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33	A US grand jury has indicted 5 members of the Chinese military on 31 counts of cyber espionage. They’ll be accused of stealing American trade secrets for the benefit of Chinese companies. It will be the first time ever the US government has publicly accused employees of a foreign government with the crime. The Chinese government has denied charges that it engages in industrial espionage.	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/20/us/us-to-charge-chinese-workers-with-cyberspying.html?hpw&rref=world	http://www.businessinsider.com/us-cyberspying-charges-china-military-details-indictments-2014-5
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35	A: Alcoa, Allegheny Technologies, Westinghouse, SolarWorld, US Steel and United Steel A: The 5 allegedly worked for the People’s Liberation Army to hack into U.S. company systems A: People’s Liberation Army known as Unit 61398 in Shanghai
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38	We learned Friday that Apple and Google will drop all lawsuits between Apple and Google’s Motorola unit. Today, the Korea Times is reporting that Apple and Samsung have agreed to begin talks to settle their patent disputes out of court as well.	http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2014/05/133_157454.html
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71	The Collins English Dictionary is crowdsourcing on Twitter the selection of dumb Internet words to include in the dictionary. They’ve put up a site called the Twictionary, and listed the words, along with their definitions. The page also includes buttons for tweeting hashtags with the words, which count as votes. The word candidates are adorkable, gaybourhood, fatberg, felfie, duckface, vaguebooking, Euromaidan and fracktivist and nomakeupselfie. My vote for which of these trending neologisms is: None of them! (Well, maybe adorkable….)	http://twictionary.collinsdictionary.com/
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91	The nation's biggest phone company intends to buy the nation's biggest satellite provider. But AT&T's purchase of DirecTV would make the combined company the number-two pay TV provider.
92	Plus, YouTube is buying the gaming video company Twitch.
93	Facebook Poke is dead, but the company is working on a second Snapchat killer.
94	And the United States is charging Chinese Army employees of hacking to steal trade secrets
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1	TITLE: Google Now, Pay Later * 1009	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Harry McCracken

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, May 16, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free 2 week trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com, and use offer code TNT
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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 with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Harry McCracken, editor at large for TIME and the author of the Technologizer blog.	Harry McCracken Editor at Large, TIME @harrymccracken
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9	Thing of the Day: Yesterday's net neutrality vote
10	LATE-BREAKING STORY	SHOW	LINKS
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16	The Electronic Frontier Foundation says most major technology companies are doing a great job protecting user privacy in the wake of Edward Snowden's NSA revelations. That’s most, but not all. There are still a few laggards who are leaving users exposed.	http://time.com/102135/why-major-tech-companies-are-getting-much-better-about-privacy/	http://www.amazon.com/No-Place-Hide-Snowden-Surveillance/dp/162779073X
17	Q: Harry, you reported on this story. What were the EFF's criteria for rating companies.
18	A: Eight companies got a six-star rating: Apple. Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter A: Amazon and AT&T = two stars A: Snapchat = one star. A: publishing report since 2011 A: Apple and Yahoo got one star last year A: EFF credits Snowden (No Place to Hide)
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23	Amazon announced plans to launch its first three original TV shows for children this summer. The company is looking for its pre-school “House of Cards” that might propel Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Fire TV to the big leagues.	http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/amazon-staggers-rollout-of-first-3-original-kids-shows-tumble-leaf-creative-galaxy-and-annedroids-1201181021/
24	Todd Spangler: Digital Editor, Variety Q: Todd, why would an online bookstore plow so many resources into original programming for tiny people who don't even have credit cards?	Todd Spangler Digital Editor, Variety @xpangler
25	A: two preschool-targeted animated series — “Tumble Leaf” to debut May 23, and “Creative Galaxy”June 27) A: “Annedroids” (July 25) for kids 4-7. A: first six episodes of each, with additional installments slated to debut later in 2014. A: Amazon last year notably cut a pact with Viacom for exclusive rights to several Nickelodeon A: Two more kids’ shows coming: “Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street,” aimed at kids 6-11, and preschooler-targeted “Wishenpoof!”
26	Todd Spangler * variety.com * @xpangler
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28	Microsoft is finally getting serious about the home automation racket. The company announced a partnership with Insteon yesterday that will integrate Insteon network into Microsoft products via Windows and Windows Phone apps. Plus, Microsoft will sell Insteon gadgets on its online store.	http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-gets-into-the-home-automation-game-with-insteon-partnership/
29	Ry Crist writes for CNET Q: Ry, how will this integration work? Q: Shouldn’t Microsoft turn Xbox into a home-automation server?	Ry Crist Writer, CNET @rycrist
30	A: Starting June 1: Insteon app exclusive features for Windows Phone 8 devices and any Windows 8.1 device. A: app will include complete Live Tile integration A: Insteon LED Bulb A: Insteon Hub A: enhanced camera support - full-screen feeds, view multiple feeds at once A: Insteon can control some third-party devices, such as Nest Learning Thermostat A: MicrosoftStore.com
31	Ry Crist * cnet.com * @rycrist
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38	Google just keeps dribbling out useful new capabilities for Google Now. Today, Google added bill reminders. Google scans your Gmail inbox looking for bills, and also information about when you’re supposed to pay. Then, without any effort on your part, reminders pop up in Google Now.	http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/05/15/google-now-bill-reminder-integration-rolling-out-now/
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58	We’ve got a big number for you: One billion. That’s the number of times Google’s Gmail for Android app has been installed, according to Google’s Android chief Sundar Pichai. The number does not include updates. Gmail is the single most frequently-installed Android app ever.	https://plus.google.com/+SundarPichai/posts/KBahhDyRaXB
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65	A TNT fan named Phillip Guyton writes: “I was listening to Thursday’s show and the thought occurred to me : there has never been any net neutrality rules for wireless data - yet the coverage has gotten better and faster without a rise in price - you just pay for what you use ... your thoughts? Keep up the good work ! * * * Another Tech News Today fan named Darko Resnik referred to our coverage of Evernote’s recent deal with Linkedin to process business cards and turn them into search contacts on both services. Darko points out that Google Goggles does that, too. He writes: “Google Goggles can recognize business cards and dump them into your contacts and it's free. Evernote's gives you 5 free contact imports. The cool thing about Goggles, you don't even need to open up the app to scan cards, just take a photo of a business card and a few seconds later you get a notification that Goggles detected a possible business card. Doing it from the app is a little faster. Add to that the fact that Goggles can even automatically translate items for you, makes it one of the slickest ways to get business card information into your phone.”
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68	We went down a rat hole on yesterday’s Tech News Today talking about the merger of fashion and wearable computing. This morning we learned that Google has hired a woman named Ivy Ross to head the Google Glass division. Ross isn’t an engineer or technician. Instead, she's spent much of her career in marketing position for fashion brands, including Gap, Coach and Old Navy. She also worked some years ago at Bausch & Lomb where she was in charge of eyeglass design.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/15/marketing-exec-ivy-ross-is-the-new-head-of-google-glass/
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71	Two companies called Team Phoenicia and RevUp Render have initiated a publicity stunt for the record books. They’ve launched a race on the moon by tiny, smartphone-sized moon rovers to be built by contestants. The rovers are called DogeSleds because the whole point is to promote Dogecoin and the race is called the RevUp Render Iditarod Challenge. All contestant fees must be paid in Dogecoins. Registrations for the event begin May 21st and continue through July 31st. A race in San Francisco later this year will determine the three contestants. Then, the rovers will be carried to the moon on Google’s moon lander at the end of next year if all goes according to plan, which is unlikely.	http://lunariditarod.revuprender.com/
72	IN OTHER, OTHER NEWS: 3D printing is great, but sometimes 2D printing is better. A new machine created by designer Miguel Valenzuela prints pancakes, right onto the grill. It’s called the PancakeBot. Powered by an Arduino Mega, the machine prints intricate designs for breakfast. The 1.0 version was built using LEGO, but this one is made out of acrylic and metal. Valenzuela will be publicly debuting his new PancakeBot at the Bay Area Maker Faire in Silicon Valley tomorrow.	http://www.pancakebot.com/	http://laughingsquid.com/pancakebot-a-machine-that-draws-intricately-designed-pancakes/
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96	Microsoft is expected to announce a new Surface Mini tablet on Tuesday, May 20th, at a special event in New York City.
97	AT&T plans to launch its ultra high-quality Voice over LTE with HD Voice service in limited markets in the Midwest on Friday, May 23. Sadly, the initial rollout affects owners of the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini.
98	Apple is expected to finalize a $3.2 billion deal to acquire Beats Electronics sometime this week.
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1	TITLE: What Will it Be, FCC? * 1008	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Robert Hernandez

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, May 15, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Robert Hernandez! Robert is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.	Robert Hernandez Hackademic, USC @webjournalist
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16	The Federal Communications Commission today voted in favor of a preliminary proposal by chairman Tom Wheeler to allow “paid prioritization” or Internet "fast lanes,” basically killing net neutrality in the United States. But the FCC asked for additional public comment, including whether Internet access service should be reclassified as a “telecommunications service” or common carrier like the telephone system is.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/15/live-tom-wheelers-net-neutrality-proposal-at-the-fcc/
17	Sebastian Anthony: Writer, PCMag, ExtremeTech Jon Healey: Opinion columnist, The Los Angeles Times Alex Wilhelm: Writer, TechCrunch Q: How will the new rules change the Internet in the United States? Q: What is “paid-prioritization” exactly? Q: Why does Wheeler say his proposal was being misinterpreted? Q: What does it mean when the FCC labels something a “common carrier”? Q: What’s the downside of reclassifying internet providers? Q: Who opposes net neutrality in the United States, and why? Q: How much does the public know or care about this? Q: Why was Wheeler in such a rush to have this vote?	Sebastian Anthony Writer, PCMag, ExtremeTech @mrseb Jon Healey Opinion columnist, The Los Angeles Times @jcahealey Alex Wilhelm Writer, TechCrunch @alex
18	A: court struck down most of the agency’s 2010 open Internet order in January A: A: FCC split along party lines A: proposals are now thrown open to members of the public, who will have four months to voice their concerns A: Wheeler: “If the network operator slowed the speed below that which the consumer bought it would be commercially unreasonable and therefore prohibited. If a network operator blocked access to lawful content it would violate our no-blocking rule and be commercially unreasonable and therefore be doubly prohibited. A: More than 100 technology companies, including Google Inc and Facebook Inc, have spoken out against allowing pay-for-priority, although have not called for reclassification.		http://www.digitalhollywood.com/Photos/Jon_HealeyThree.jpg
19	Sebastian Anthony mrseb.co.uk @mrseb Jon Healey latimes.com * @jcahealey Alex Wilhelm * TechCrunch.com * @alex
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23	We told you this week about the European Union Court of Justice ruling that Google must remove or edit information or links from its search engine upon request. The so-called “right to be forgotten” ruling was unexpected, and greeted with controversy. Requests for Google to delete links are already pouring in. Advocates of the “right to be forgotten” say the ruling is welcome. Opponents say it amounts to censorship and reduces the value of the Internet. The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that German privacy officials say Google is already working on a process for handling complaints about links.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/15/german-regulator-says-google-promises-right-to-be-forgotten-mechanism-in-two-weeks/
24	Julian Hattem: Reporter, The Hill Q: What does the EU court now require of Google when people complain about links? Q: Could such a ruling happen in the United States, or would the First Amendment over-rule it? Q: Google will delete only locally, right? This won’t affect Google worldwide? Q: On what basis can Google judge whether the content it links to are “relevant”?	Julian Hattem Reporter, The Hill @jmhattem
25	A: Google received requests to remove links to 5.3 million web pages because of alleged copyright A: Now challenge is for Google to judge whether information is “relevant” A: Google can’t appeal decision A: Spanish lawyer demanded that Google remove links to an old news article about his debts A: California has a similar law for minors
26	Julian Hattem * thehill.com * @jmhattem
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28	The Chinese company Xiaomi (shau-me) unveiled today in Beijing its first tablet. The Android-based MiPad is the same size as an iPad Mini, but costs only $240. The tablet comes in fruity colors, and its design looks similar to Apple's iPhone 5C line.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/15/us-xiaomi-tablet-idUSBREA4E0AC20140515
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30	A: Xiaomi (shau-me) that poached Hugo Barra from Google. A: comes in six colors A: 7.9 inch screen A: storage = 16 gigabytes or 64 gigabytes A: not clear if sold outside China A: Gartner = tablet market to grow nearly 40 percent this year A: Canalys = privately held Xiaomi the world's sixth-largest smartphone vendor A: forked version of Android
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33	In other new tablet news, Samsung sent press invitations today for an event called the "Galaxy Premiere 2014," to be held in New York City June 12.	http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-show-new-tabs-galaxy-premiere-event-june-12
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68	We told you last week that Apple is pursuing a $3.2 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics. This morning, Re/code’s Peter Kafka reports that the deal may have been delayed until some time next week. The report did not say what caused the delay.	http://recode.net/2014/05/14/apples-beats-deal-may-not-be-finalized-until-next-week/
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1	TITLE: The Purse That Spied Me * 1007	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Katie Benner

2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, May 14, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Katie Benner, a reporter for the newish technology news site, The Information.	Katie Benner Reporter, The Information @ktbenner
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16	Apple is testing a screen for the iPhone 6 with an ultra high-resolution of 1704 x 960, according to a report by Mark Gurman on 9to5Mac.	http://9to5mac.com/2014/05/14/likely-iphone-6-with-sharper-larger-1704-x-960-resolution-screen-in-testing/
17	Mark Gurman: Senior Editor, 9to5Mac Q: Apple is expected or rumored to be working on an iPhone 6 that’s about the size of the iPhone 5, plus a bigger one. Would they both get the higher resolution screen? Q: Wouldn’t it make more sense for developers if Apple simply stuck with a resolution of 1136 x 640? Q: How much of a problem will this be for developers? Q: You mentioned that changes in iOS make it easier for developers to upgrade screen sizes. Can you tell us about that? Q: Your sources tell you that Apple is planning a pixel-tripling (3X) mode. Can you tell us about that? Q: Apple’s new “multi-resolution” mode and developer toolset for future iOS devices? Q: Is the Android’s flexibility on screen size a better way to go? Q: At what resolution will increased pixel density be undetectable by the human eye? Q: How much of this can we expect at WWDC?	Mark Gurman Senior Editor, 9to5Mac @markgurman
18	A: Samsung Galaxy S5: 1920x1080
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28	Google is talking “regularly” with major car makers about bringing self-driving cars to market using Google’s technology. Google has even thought about designing its own car, according to a piece this morning in The Wall Street Journal.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/13/google-talking-to-auto-makers-about-self-driving-car/	http://www.slashgear.com/googles-self-driving-cars-still-need-work-cutting-out-the-meat-14329013/
29	Chris Davies Executive Editor, written about this space extensively: Q: The guy in charge of Google’s self-driving car project, who’s name is Chris Urmson, says self-driving cars will be on the road in about six years. Is he nuts? Or is that a feasible timeline? Q: How does Google’s self-driving car work, exactly? Q: What are the remaining technical challenges? Q: You met with Nokia’s team for self-driving car mapping technology recently. What’s their take on the future of self-driving cars? Q: Who else besides Google is going to be making the technology for self-driving cars? Q: Isn’t the only important question about self-driving cars is whether they’re safer than human drivers, who -- let’s face it -- aren’t very safe?	Chris Davies Executive Editor, SlashGear @c_davies
30	A: The information comes from an interview with Self-driving car Project director Chris Urmson A: Urmson: self-driving car is probably still six years away. A: Timeline based on the point when Urmson’s son turns 16 A: Expert quoted in piece: it can take up to six years to design and build a new car A: Urmson said Google’s autonomous cars are expensive due to the laser sensor
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38	Yahoo has bought a self-destructing message app company called Blink. The company competed with Snapchat, Frankly, Confide and Wickr but will be shut down after the acquisition.	http://www.blinkapp.co/	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/14/us-yahoo-acquisition-idUSBREA4D05M20140514
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40	A: Blink is owned by Meh Labs; not clear if they bought whole company A: Blink announced on its website A: Meh Labs founded by ex-Google employees Kevin Stephens and Michelle Norgan A: Stephens worked at Boxee, as a PM at Google and YouTube, and as an engineer at Apple A: seven Blink team members, including the founders, will join Yahoo A: terms not disclosed A: launched in April 2013 A: shut down app for both iOS and Android platforms in coming weeks A: Meh Labs best known for location-sharing app Kismet A: “entire team behind Blink and Kismet will be joining our mobile team in Sunnyvale” A: aqui-hire? A: App focused on Arabic and the Middle East
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43	After more than a year of hype during its invitation-only “Explorer Program” beta, Google Glass has quietly gone on sale to the general public in the United States.	https://plus.google.com/u/0/+GoogleGlass/posts/QLD88fE7qmE http://www.google.com/glass/start/
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45	A: $1,500 A: Calling it “a more open beta" A: Implied they wanted to sell out inventory A: “anyone in the US can buy the Glass Explorer Edition, as long as we have it on hand” A: Real, consumer version expected later this year
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48	In related news, a publication called Business Korea Samsung’s competitor to Google Glass, called “Gear Glass,” will ship this fall.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/14/samsung-said-to-be-set-to-launch-its-google-glass-competitor-this-september/
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50	A: headset that includes an ear place and a display A: Tizen OS
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58	The Internet of Things and Wearable Computing will be mainstream by 2025 -- just over ten years into the future -- according to a new report from Pew Research Center and EE-lawn University. Damon Brown wrote a really interesting story on the Al Jazeera America site, and joins us this morning to put this report into context.	http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/14/internet-things-2025.html
59	Damon Brown is a writer and entrepreneur, as well as the author of "Porn & Pong: How Grand Theft Auto, Tomb Raider and Other Sexy Games Changed Our Culture." Q: First of all, how do you define the Internet of Things? Q: Can you tell us about this report? Who did it and what was their big-picture conclusion? Q: How will we get “things” talking to each other without standards? Q: Do you think there will be public demand for IoT devices and wearable computing devices?	Damon Brown Author, Entrepreneur @browndamon
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69	A UK company called Autographer makes clip-on cameras that take pictures all day, giving you photographic memory of your life -- literally. The practice of recording everything for the purpose of total recall is called Life Logging. Well now Autographer is partnering with fashion designer Lulu Guinness on a life-logging handbag for women called the Archive Eyes. OK, let’s face it: It’s a purse with a built-in spy camera. The handbag’s 5-megapixel camera uses an extreme wide angle less and takes up to 2,000 pictures a day. It ships July 30th and costs about $660.	http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/128884-autographer-teams-with-brit-fashion-designer-lulu-guinness-for-a-life-logging-handbag
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90	Google is driving the self-driving car market -- and talking to automakers about getting on board!
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1	TITLE: Google Deleting Information Upon Request * 1006	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, May 13, 2014!
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15	In a surprise decision, the European Union Court of Justice ruled that Google and other search engines must remove or edit information or links from its search engine upon request.	http://searchengineland.com/right-forgotten-eu-court-grants-people-control-control-search-191198	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303851804579559280623224964?mod=rss_whats_news_us&mg=reno64-wsj
16	Greg Sterling is the founder of Sterling Market Intelligence, a senior analyst for Internet2Go and a contributing editor for Search Engine Land. Q: What does this ruling mean for Google? Q: What does the ruling mean for the likes of Twitter and Facebook? Q: Do they have to remove worldwide? Q: Is there an appeals process? Q: You wrote that this de facto “right to be forgotten” ruling is like California’s “eraser law” How? Q: The actual ruling was: “Links and information in the list of results must be erased” where a person’s fundamental rights are harmed by the posting of personal information online and where there is no public interest in publishing it. WHO DECIDES?	Greg Sterling Analyst, Sterling Market Intelligence @gsterling
17	A: Case = Spain resident asked Google to delete information regarding a house that was auctioned off after his failure to pay taxes A: Statement = (The Verge), "this is a disappointing ruling for search engines and online publishers in general." A: Runs counter to statement last year by the Advocate General at the European Court of Justice, who said that Google should not have to delete sensitive information
18	Greg Sterling * searchengineland.com * @gsterling
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22	Apple may be planning to copy Microsoft’s Surface user interface and introduce split-screen multi-tasking on the iPad, according to an exclusive by Mark Gurman on 9to5Mac.	http://9to5mac.com/2014/05/13/apple-plans-to-match-microsoft-surface-with-split-screen-ipad-multitasking-in-ios-8/
23	Mark Gurman joins us to give us the details. Q: How would this split-screen multitasking feature work, exactly?	Mark Gurman Senior Editor, 9to5Mac @markgurman
24	A: Gurman: “sources with knowledge of the enhancement in development” A: Two iPad apps at once A: Microsoft Surface “snap” multitasking feature A: May be able to drag content from one app to the other A: Apps would have to be designed for sharing content A: Designed for 9.7-inch iPad A: May not work with iPad mini A: Landscape mode only A: Launch either later this year or next year
25	Mark Gurman * 9to5mac.com * @markgurman
26	CONVERSATION 3	SHOW	LINKS
27	Motorola's Moto G phone is cheap, but the company unveiled today a new phone that’s even cheaper -- the Moto E, which costs only $129 unlocked.	http://www.goodbyedumbphone.com http://youtu.be/v5Asedlj2cw
28	Ed Baig: Tech columnist, USA TODAYbaig Q: How did they make the Moto E so cheap? What are the specs?	Ed Baig Tech columnist, USA TODAY @edbaig
29	A: Moto G = new LTE ($219) A: Moto E = scratch-resistant (Gorilla Glass) A: Moto E = more than 40 countries and from over 80 carriers “coming weeks” A: "pure Android” Android KitKat (4.4.2) A: "Goodbye, dumbphone" website A: Moto E = will get "at least one update" to another version of Android A: Moto E = built-in FM radio A: Moto E = dual SIM slots A: Moto E = No front-facing “selfie” camera A: Moto E = Only 4GB storage; about 3 GB available to user
30	Ed Baig * usatoday.com * @edbaig
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37	A new report from Glenn Greenwald writing for The Guardian says that the NSA program intercepts routers and server hardware exported from the U.S. and implants spy devices in them before sending them on to their destinations. In a related story, Greenwald’s book No Place to Hide was published today. One gem revealed in the book is that he claims both the NSA and the UK equivalent, the GCHQ, tracked and surveilled airline passengers in real-time using the in-flight Internet service.	http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/12/glenn-greenwald-nsa-tampers-us-internet-routers-snowden	http://www.amazon.com/No-Place-Hide-Snowden-Surveillance/dp/162779073X
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39	A: Source = June 2010 document from the NSA’s Access and Target Development department A: Routers, servers and “other computer network devices” A: This is what Congress accused China of doing A: Airline surveillance codenamed “Homing Pigeon” by the NSA and “Thieving Magpie” by the GCHQ A: Used phone data to know flight A: needed to work in advance to monitor during flights A: NSA very nearly admitted as much in statements
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67	We reported May 1 that AT&T was in talks to buy DirecTV. Now, the company is very close to finalizing the deal, according to reports in both The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. The proposed $50-billion merger would make AT&T the other dominant player in the pay-TV and Internet service market after a combined Comcast Time Warner Cable deal.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/13/us-directv-att-idUSBREA4B0W220140513
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70	Google Glass is getting a keyboard. No, it’s not a physical keyboard you wear on your face, but a virtual one. A Canadian company called Whirlscape unveiled today a Glassware implementation demo of their Minuum keyboard. The technology groups letters together in your field of view. So instead of selecting individual letters, you tilt your head to select the group that contains the letter you want to type. Minuum uses predictive algorithms to figure out the words. So... in addition to looking like a Glasshole dork wearing Google Glass in public, you’re also staring wildly into space, tilting your head manically and poking at your temple like a crazy person.	http://youtu.be/AjcHzO3-QEg _x000c_ http://minuum.com/
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1	TITLE: Just Plane Out of RAM * 1005	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Felix Salmon

2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, May 12, 2014!
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16	You may have read recently about the failure on April 30th of the US air traffic control system, which suffered a glitch in the Los Angeles area after a U-2 spy plane flew overhead. The problem grounded or delayed hundreds of flights. This morning, ALWYN SCOTT and JOSEPH MENN posted an exclusive on Reuters that the problem was caused by insufficient RAM in the $2.4 billion system used by flight controllers.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/12/us-airtraffic-bug-exclusive-idUSBREA4B02320140512
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18	A: Same vulnerability could have been used by an attacker in a deliberate shut-down A: Blanked out a broad swath of the southwestern United States, from the West Coast to western Arizona and from southern Nevada to the Mexico border. A: $2.4 billion system made by Lockheed Martin Corp, cycled off and on trying to fix the error A: triggered by a lack of altitude information in the U-2's flight plan A: computer crashes occurred when “computer had to examine a large number of air routes to "de-conflict the aircraft with lower-altitude flights". A: Process "used a large amount of available memory and interrupted the computer's other flight-processing functions". A: Paper slips and telephones were used to relay information about planes to other control centers. A: A U-2 operating at high altitude that day had a complex flight plan.
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28	Google is testing a total redesign of Gmail. Russell Holly, who writes for the blog Geek.com, got exclusive access to the trial design. In the apparently leaked images, tabs are gone, static menus are gone and Hangouts is fully integrated. Russell Holly is here to tell us more.	http://www.geek.com/apps/google-is-testing-new-web-based-gmail-features-1593555/
29	Q: Can you tell us more about this possible redesign? Q: Where did you get the information about the new design?	Russell Holly Mobile writer, Geek.com @russellholly
30	A: Make Gmail work on different desktop sizes and resolutions without losing any functionality A: A new menu system that flies in and out of the browser window A: Automatically sorted tabs are replaced by automatically sorted grouping in a single inbox. A: Google Hangouts is integrated into Gmail interface A: Pin messages to stay at top of inbox
31	Russell Holly * geek.com * @russellholly
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33	The french toy drone maker Parrot unveiled a new product today called the Parrot Bebop Drone. It’s basically a flying camera, but includes new features like GPS for flying programmed waypoints.	FULL SCREEN: http://youtu.be/6ZdSMAG90Rs	http://mashable.com/2014/05/11/parrot-bebop-drone/
34	Karissa Bell: Reporter, Mashable Q: Some of the Parrot Bebop Drone features sound really amazing. Can you tell us about some of them?	Karissa Bell Reporter, Mashable @karissabe
35	A: Coolest feature: Supports VR headset A: Can hover and pan the camera. A: Does panning in software via fisheye lens A: “Skycontroller” can communicate with the drone from a full two kilometers away A: Limited to 12-minute flights with its included 1200mAh battery pack
36	Karissa Bell * mashable.com * @karissabe
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38	Federal Communications Commission Tom Wheeler has backed down from his plan to kill net neutrality in the United States, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The new version of the proposal reportedly contains assurances that the FCC won’t allow companies to divide traffic into good and not-so-good quality connections.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303627504579556200630931292?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303627504579556200630931292.html
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40	A: New language to be circulated as early as today A: Flooded by criticism A: New proposal merely asks for comment on “paid prioritization” A: Also invite comment on whether Internet providers should be called a “public utlity” A: Vote Thursday A: The FCC also plans to seek comment on two other net neutrality proposals offered by the Mozilla Foundation and Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu, who coined the term "net neutrality." A: Reclassification would probably also result in a court fight A: Based on enforcement. They could de facto change rules by not enforcing them
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65	We got a flood of email on our story Friday about The California state senate’s approval of a required kill switch on all smartphones sold in the state. Bryan from Toronto, Canada, wrote that kill switches deter only phone thefts when the phone is stolen to be used as a phone, rather than for the spare parts. He points out that “iRepair in Toronto charges for an iPhone 5s $200 for a screen replacement or rear housing; $120 for the speaker, charging port, power button, or home button; and $60 for the battery.” There might be a decrease, but I don't think that it will be as significant as reports claim. He also says he loves Tech News Today.
66	We also got a ton of feedback on our coverage of the whole net neutrality fiasco. Writing from England, a TNT fan named Andrew writes: “Don't I pay my isp to go get the whole Internet for me? I don't pay them to choose what I should see. I pay to be able to choose. They should not be allowed to do anything but read my request and go get that site or data. They should not be taking money to push some data to me faster. I pay them. They should, MUST be made to just get what I ask for.”
67	And we also got feedback on the new ability to begin the process of buyings on Amazon without leaving Twitter. Kevin in Auburn, Washington, writes: “It would seem to me that this is going to benefit Amazon even if nobody actually uses the #AmazonCart feature. People are going to link their accounts just in case they ever want to use it, and suddenly Amazon has an extremely powerful way to build and refine their profile of you even more by processing your tweets (which you have confirmed are yours!), thereby gaining the ability to deliver even more targeted ads to you. I'm not saying one way or another if this is a good thing, but I think the consumer-facing part of this could fail and Amazon wouldn't care because they're really doing it for other reasons.”
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70	We told you Friday about reports that Apple wants to buy headphone maker Beats Electronics. In an exclusive on Bloomberg, Adam Satariano, begins to unravel the mystery of exactly why Apple was interested in a company that makes mediocre and overpriced headphones, plus a relatively unpopular music service. It turns out that music producer and Beats co-founder Jimmy EYE-OH-VEEN was friends with late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, and that Apple and Beats go way back. Iovene was an early fan of iTunes when the rest of the music industry opposed it. But what attracted Apple was the rate at which Beats is able to convert freeloading cheapskates into paid subscribers.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-12/apple-s-deep-ties-with-iovine-key-driver-of-beats-deal.html
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73	Switzerland’s prestigious and hard-to-pronounce École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has developed a robot arm that can catch just about anything you throw at it. The system uses vision, and is able to predict where thrown objects will go. What’s interesting about the technology is that it’s not programmed, but taught how to catch. Robot geeks literally move the robot arm to catch objects, and after awhile the software figures it out and catches all by itself.	START AT 0:04 http://youtu.be/M413lLWvrbI
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93	Google may be ready to radically change the Gmail user interface.
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1	TITLE: Apple Buys Beats, But Why? * 1004	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine

2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, May 9, 2014!
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15	Apple is in talks to buy headphone maker Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion, according to an exclusive at the Financial Times.	http://youtu.be/d_trJJpGHHk http://youtu.be/0qfdzjmPDr8	http://thenextweb.com/apple/2014/05/09/dr-dre-just-confirm-apple-buying-beats-3-2-billion/ http://www.buzzfeed.com/peterlauria/apples-beats-deal-is-all-about-bringing-music-mogul-jimmy-io
16	Gordon Kelly: Tech journalist, Forbes Casey Newton: Senior Reporter, The Verge Q: Gordon Kelly, you wrote that buying Beats is a huge mistake for Apple. Why? Q: Is Beats all about image and fashion, and not technology? Q: How do experts rate Beats headphones? Q: How do Beats earbuds compare with Apple earbuds?	Gordon Kelly Tech journalist, Forbes @GordonKelly Casey Newton Senior Reporter, The Verge @CaseyNewton
17	A: A deal has not been finalized and negotiations could still fall apart A: Video: Actor Tyrese Gibson, Dr. Dre, “first billionaire in hip hop” A: People familiar with the negotiations. A: Scoop credit goes to: Matthew Garrahan and Tim Bradshaw of the Financial Times A: USA TODAY independently confirmed the deal A: Apple’s largest acquisition ever A: Music mogul Jimmy Iovine and producer-rapper Dr. Dre A: Co-founded Beats Electronics seven years ago A: Earlier this year they launched Beats Music A: Original $300 Beats Studio model launched in 2008 A: HTC bought half the company in 2011 for $300 million A: Last year, Beats bought back all of HTC's share of the company A: Om Malik tweeted: "Google spends $3.2 billion to buy the future & data. Apple buys bad headphones & a junk-service from music promoters. Worse use of corp $$$s." A: Carlyle Group paid about $500 million for just under 50% of the headphone maker. A: Beats owned 64% of the high-price headphone market A: Costs for manufacturing could be under $20; could be most profitable hardware ever A: Beats made own equipment for 18 months, before that outsourced to Monster Inc.
18	Gordon Kelly * gordonkelly.com * @GordonKelly Casey Newton * theverge.com * @CaseyNewton
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22	The Beats Music service is a major factor in Apple’s bid to buy Beats. The service is a unique and interesting one, and its details are largely unknown by the public. That’s why we brought in two experts who have written extensively about the service.	http://youtu.be/0qfdzjmPDr8
23	John Paul Titlow: Associate Editor, FastCoLabs Andrew Martonik: Editor, Android Central Q: Can you give us some background on Beats Music? Why did Beats launch it and when? Q: What’s unique about Beats Music? Q: What does Beats Music offer that Apple couldn’t build themselves? Q: Could Beats Music be considered a social network? Q: Are celebrities active on Beats Music? Q: Is there an acqui-hire element to all this? Engineers?	John Paul Titlow Associate Editor, FastCoLabs @johnpaul Andrew Martonik Editor, Android Central @andrewmartonik
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32	Engadget reported this morning that Nokia’s senior engineer behind the company’s Lumia camera technology has been hired by Apple.	https://twitter.com/Partinen/status/464682028123062272 http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/09/apple-just-hired-nokias-pureview-camera-expert/
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34	A: 41-megapixel Lumia 1020 camera is considered the best smartphone camera in the world.
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37	An MIT researcher says that public awareness about the NSA’s mass surveillance programs is causing self-censorship among Internet users worldwide.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/nsa-spying-is-causing-americans-to-self-censor-their-internet-activity/
38	Greg Ferenstein : Technology journalist, TechCrunch Q: Can you tell us more about this research?	Greg Ferenstein Technology journalist, TechCrunch @ferenstein
39	A: Google users were slightly less likely (2.2 percent) to use search terms that the National Security Agency flagged as potential national security threats. A: First study to provide substantial empirical documentation of a chilling effect A: Also: Increased use of DuckDuckGo. A: The effect is tiny A: A majority of Americans actually support the bulk collection of data?
40	Greg Ferenstein * crunchgov.com * @ferenstein
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42	The California state senate approved a bill last night to require a kill switch on all smartphones sold in the state.	http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/with-a-change-of-heart-california-senate-approves-smartphone-kill-switch-law/
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44	A: Reversing its decision last month to reject the bill. A: Now requires approval from the California State Assembly and, eventually, California Governor Jerry Brown, who could review the bill around late August. A: 2,400 cellphones were stolen last year in San Francisco A: That’s a 23 percent increase from 2012 A: 3.1 million devices were stolen in the United States in 2013, up from 1.6 million in 2012 (Consumer Reports) A: Retailers that are caught selling phones without the antitheft feature would be fined at least $500 per device. A: California is so huge smartphone makers would just add the feature to phones A: CTIA pushed back against a kill switch law. It has argued that a kill switch would pose risks
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88	WEAR HEADPHONES?
89	Apple is close to paying 3 point 2 billion dollars to buy Beats Electronics, a company that makes lousy headphones and an unpopular music service.
90	Plus, California moves closer to passing a smartphone kill switch law.
91	And Apple hires the guy behind the world's best smartphone camera.
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94	Week Ahead
95	Motorola is making a big announcement in London on Tuesday, May 13th. We’re expecting the company to launch an updated version of the Moto X phone, plus a new low-cost phone called the Moto E.
96	The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on Thursday, May 15, on proposed rules that would end net neutrality in the United States.
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1	TITLE: Is Anyone Neutral in Net Neutrality *1003	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Don Reisinger

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, May 8, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Don Reisinger, a technology journalist who writes for CNET, eWeek, Slashgear, and other major publications.	Don Reisinger Tech Journalist @donreisinger
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17	Former lobbyist for the cable and wireless industry -- and current FCC chairman -- Tom Wheeler is getting pushback on his proposed rules for net neutrality. Internet companies -- more than 100 of them -- signed a letter to the FCC yesterday saying they’re alarmed by the rules. Two FCC commissioners have publicly expressed “concerns” as well. And a standing protest is growing outside the FCC headquarters in washington. If reports are accurate, Wheeler’s proposed rules allow broadband providers to offer “paid prioritization” giving those who pay better connections in “last mile” service to homes and businesses. The Commission is scheduled to vote on the rules one week from today, on Thursday, May 15th.	https://twitter.com/WaveOfAction/status/464118083146113024/photo/1 http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0507/DOC-326963A1.pdf	http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/05/07/google-netflix-lead-nearly-150-tech-companies-in-protest-of-fcc-net-neutrality-plan/ http://recode.net/2014/05/07/internet-giants-raise-concerns-about-net-neutrality-plan/ http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/democratic-fcc-commissioners-ask-wheeler-slow-down-net-neutrality-proposal-157536
18	Brian Fung: Reporter, Washington Post Amy Schatz: Reporter, Re/code Katy Bachman: Journalist, AdWeek Q: FCC commish Jessica Rosenworcel called for next week’s FCC vote on the matter to be delayed by a month. First, what good would that do and second, how likely is it? Q: How much do we know about the actual proposals. Who has seen it and who hasn’t? Q: How effective is this opposition? Q: Both publically opposing commissioners are fellow democrats. Doesn’t Wheeler need their votes?	Brian Fung Reporter, Washington Post @b_fung Amy Schatz Reporter, Re/code @Amy_Schatz Katy Bachman Journalist, AdWeek @KatyontheHill
19	A: Amazon, Dropbox, Ebay, Etsy, Facebook, Foursquare, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Netﬂix, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, and Yahoo, along with dozens of Internet startups. A: Letter slammed the rules as a “grave threat to the Internet.” A: FCC commish Jessica Rosenworcel, said in speech yesterday she has “real concerns” and called for a delay in the vote. A: FCC commish Mignon Clyburn also concerned A: federal court struck down most of the agency’s 2010 Open Internet order in January A: Wheeler’s new proposal would allow broadband providers offer “paid prioritization” A: Obama promised both to not appoint lobbyists and also to support net neutrality A: Wheeler’s plan would allow paid prioritization if acting in “commercially reasonable manner subject to review on a case-by-case basis.” A: The proposed rules have not been made public. A: Wheeler inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame in 2003 A: Wheeler inducted into the Cable Television Hall of Fame in 2009 A: For his “tireless” work on behalf of the industry as a lobbyist A: Senator Al Franken called net neutrality “the free speech issue of our time.”		http://static.squarespace.com/static/51be1522e4b0b873de112027/5259ce44e4b01dd05339f787/5259ce57e4b077ec7f487e88/1381617245007/AWM-0463.jpg
20	Brian * washingtonpost.com * @b_fung Amy Schatz* recode.net * @Amy_Schatz Katy Bachman * adweek.com * @KatyontheHill
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24	A former Uber engineer has launch a new app to summon a doctor who makes house calls. It’s called Pager, and it’s available only in Manhattan.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/08/early-uber-engineer-launches-pager-a-doctor-makes-house-call-app/
25	Katherine Rosman is a Tech Reporter for The Wall Street Journal Q: Who created this app and why? Q: How does Pager work exactly? Q: How much does a house call cost? Q: How do they get doctors to participate? Q: What about prescriptions? Q: What about medical marijuana? Q: What are plans for other areas of New York City or other cities?	Katherine Rosman Tech Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @katierosman
26	A: $300 for a house call. A: Phone consultation = $50 A: Pager co-founder Oscar Salazar, part of team that built Uber
27	Katherine Rosman * wsj.com * @katierosman
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29	Adobe launched a free new iPad app called Voice. The app is designed to be an idiot-proof way to make videos with talking voice-overs.	http://getvoice.adobe.com/
30	Stephen Shankland: Senior writer, CNET News Q: Why is Adobe coming out with a free video creation tool for consumers? Are they monetizing this somehow?	Stephen Shankland Senior writer, CNET News @stshank
31	A: Walks people through templates A: Templates: "hero's journey" or "promote an idea." A: People add clip art, music, and graphics A: Video hosted on Adobe's website or replayed on the iPad A: Video can be embedded on websites, shared over social networks, or emailed to contacts.
32	Stephen Shankland * news.cnet.com * @stshank
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39	Don Reisinger, you reported today on CNET that the "Breaking Bad" series from AMC will be re-mastered for 4K TVs. Can you tell us more about this?	http://www.cnet.com/news/breaking-bad-to-get-4k-resolution-treatment-on-netflix-in-june/
40	Q: Whis is this important for Netflix? Q: You wrote that most Netflix subscribers won’t benefit from the offering. Why not?
41	A: Starting in June, the entire "Breaking Bad" series will be streamed in 4K resolution to those users who have a 4K set. A: Remastered from standard HD to boost the resolution to 4K, and will also include 5.1-channel surround sound.
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69	We told you Monday about an experimental beta feature in test versions of Google’s Chrome browser that hides URLs, showing instead just the root domain of the site. The purpose of the feature is mainly security. Today, a security training company called PhishMe found that if a URL is long enough -- over 98 characters -- the domain won’t display at all, which is far less secure than the current standard of displaying the full URL.	http://www.pcworld.com/article/2152620/antiphishing-feature-fails-in-beta-chrome-browser-security-company-says.html
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91	The FCC chairman is getting major pushback on his proposal to kill net neutrality.
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1	TITLE: Talk to the Fridge * 1002	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Alexis Madrigal
2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, May 7, 2014!
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5	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
6	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Alexis Madrigal. Alexis is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees the Technology Channel. He’s also a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley in the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, & Society.	Alexis Madrigal Senior editor, The Atlantic @alexismadrigal
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14	Linkedin and Evernote are partnering on putting business cards to work. The partnership enables you to take a picture of a business card using the Evernote app on your smartphone, which makes the data on that card searchable and viewable on both Evernote and Linkedin.	http://blog.linkedin.com/2014/05/07/evernote-linkedin-partnership/	http://9to5mac.com/2014/05/07/linkedin-discontinuing-its-own-cardmunch-app-in-favor-of-evernotes-business-card-scanning-feature/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/07/linkedin-gives-up-the-ghost-on-cardmunch-inks-deal-with-evernote-to-migrate-users/ http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626804579362852421452152
15	Zac Hall writes for 9to5Mac Q: What happened to Linkedin’s business card scanning app, CardMunch? Q: OK, so how does this process work? How do you scan a business card and what happens after you scan it? Q: Linkedin has way more users than Evernote. What do they need Evernote for?	Zac Hall Blogger, 9to5Mac and 9to5Google @apollozac
16	A: LinkedIn shut down its CardMunch business scanning app on June 23, 2014 A: CardMunch used humans -- Mechanical Turk A: LinkedIn more than 300 million users A: Evernote 75 million users, 16 countries. A: Free for a year A: Simiar to Evernote's 3M's Post-It notes and Moleskine partnership A: Machine recognition -- no humans involved A: iOS app hits today; Android app later
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26	The Silicon Valley-based TuneIn, which is an internet radio station, relaunches today. The site now combines global radio stations and Internet radio stations with social networking and much better search and site navigation.	http://tunein.com/radio/TWiT-Live-s97079/
27	Tom Cheredar is a Staff Writer for VentureBeat Q: Isn’t combining music with social what Apple failed with? (Ping) Q: Can the radio model compete against the Spotifies of the world?	Tom Cheredar Staff Writer, VentureBeat @TChed
28	A: Free, ad-supported A: 100,000 radio stations around the world A: TWiT is one of the stations -- just drill down into talk, then select the Technology category: #1 station A: You can follow either a station or another user. A: Gets song data and can tell you what’s going to play before it plays A: Offers to download app A: 50 million active users a month A: “Echoes” are tweet-like posts attached to specific audio streams
29	Tom Cheredar * venturebeat.com * @TChed
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31	The Chinese giant Alibaba filed paperwork yesterday to become a publicly traded stock in the United States.	http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/alibaba-files-to-go-public-in-the-u-s/	http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-05-06/three-things-to-know-about-alibabas-ambitions
32	Mark Milian: Tech Writer, Bloomberg Q: Most US consumers are unfamiliar with Alibaba, even though it’s one of the world’s largest tech companies. Can you tells us about some of their businesses?	Mark Milian Tech Writer, Bloomberg @markmilian
33	A: Analyst: “Alibaba is the fastest-growing Internet company in one of the fastest-growing economies in the world” A: Alibaba filed for an intended $1 billion IPO A: Eexpected ultimately to raise $15 billion to $20 billion A: Could be biggest IPO since Facebook $16 billion IPO in May 2012. A: Expected to have a share price that could value the company at roughly $200 billion A: Probably more valuable than Facebook, Amazon.com or eBay, less than Google or Apple. A: Popular Alibaba brands in China: Tmall, Taobao, Alipay, A: Last year, the value of all merchandise sold on Alibaba exceeded $248 billion A: Nearly 20 percent of the purchases on Alibaba were made through mobile phones. A: In 2013 made profit of $3.56 billion on revenue of $7.95 billion A: Profit margin of roughly 45 percent A: High profit because costs are low, tax rate is low: 10% A: SoftBank is Alibaba’s biggest investor with a 34.4 percent stake A: Yahoo is second biggest, with 22.6 percent. A: Jack Ma, Alibaba’s founder, biggest shareholder, owning 8.9 percent of the stock A: Alibaba's Alipay division — which is not part of the IPO — is the world's largest payment processor.
34	Mark Milian * bloomberg.com * @markmilian
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36	Google today bought a web site called Appetas, which exists for restaurants to build web sites for themselves and integrate restaurant services like OpenTable and GrubHub. Google plans to shut Appetas down. Existing users will be moved to another service -- probably Google+ Local and Google Maps, which have already been integrated with Google’s previous acquisition of Zagat.	http://www.blog.appetas.com/blog/2014/5/7/appetas-is-joining-google
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41	In a related story, the OpenTable of Europe, which is a French company called LaFourchette, has been acquired by TripAdvisor.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/07/lafourchette-gobbled-up-by-tripadvisor/
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74	LG today started selling home appliances you can talk to using a chat app on your smartphone. The appliances include a refrigerator, a washing machine and a microwave oven. The app works like any other chat or message app, but you’re actually talking to the appliances. For example, you can ask the fridge if there’s any milk, and it tells you. The washing machine can change its schedule with a simple request. The fridge even has a camera inside, and it can send you a picture of what’s inside. You can also find out if the light goes off when you close the door. Sadly, the appliances are available only in Korea for now, but LG says they’ll sell them in other countries in the future.	http://youtu.be/PplAymrv0hA
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1	TITLE: Is Tumblr the new mobile MySpace? * 1001	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Alyssa Bereznak
2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, May 6, 2014!
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15	Tumblr founder David Karp wants to bring back the glory days of customized personal web sites in the early 2000s, before everybody started using uniform social media profile pages as their home on the Internet. Today, Tumblr updated its mobile app so users can customize their Tumblr layouts as they appear on smartphones.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/6/5684212/tumblr-declares-war-on-the-internets-identity-crisis
16	Ellis Hamburger is a Reporter for The Verge Q: Didn’t customizable profiles go away for a reason? Remember how ugly it was? Myspace? Q: People want to express themselves, which is great for one’s own profile. But when looking at a large number of other people’s profiles, isn’t it likely to be ugly and tasteless? Q: How does Tumblr’s redesigned mobile app work for customization? Q: So the desktop theme and mobile theme are different?	Ellis Hamburger Reporter, The Verge @hamburger
17	A: LiveJournal, Blogger, and GeoCities A: Both iOS and Android A: Close to a WYSIWYG-style interface — users will be able to manipulate and control the different aspects of their blog within a live preview. A: Tumblr created in 2007 A: Tumblr’s mobile usage is growing 124 percent year over year A: Moble = 50 percent of the site’s overall engagement A: Will Google, Facebook and Twitter follow?
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22	A startup called NowThisNews wants to do for news what Snapchat did for sexting -- make it self-destructing. And to do it, they’re in fact partnering with Snapchat.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/06/buzzfeed-disney-ipo/
23	Ingrid Lunden writes for TechCrunch. Q: What kind of scheme is NowThisNews hatching here? Q: Snapchat exists for communication. Is it really usable as a media distribution platform?	Ingrid Lunden Writer, TechCrunch @ingridlunden
24	A: Share clips on sites like Facebook and Twitter A: Partnership with Vine in place already A: “the best concept” = integration with Instagram A: Snapchat launched its app update last week with video chat functionality
25	Ingrid Lunden * techcrunch.com * @ingridlunden
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27	Google is testing a complete redesign for bookmarks in Chrome. Called Google Stars, the new system is a total departure from the utilitarian bookmarking feature that currently exists.	https://plus.google.com/+FlorianKiersch/posts/7XA8jceEgAw	http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/05/05/leaked-google-stars-video-screenshots-show-built-search-filter-folder-security-sharing-features/
28	Emil Protalinski: Technology journalist, The Next Web Q: Before we get into the details about Google Stars, can you tell us what it is we know and how we came to know it? Q: So how does Google Stars work? Q: Is this a threat to Reddit? Q: How does it protect against malware?	Emil Protalinski Technology journalist, The Next Web @EPro
29	A: Florian Kiersch has posted a video on Google+ of how Google Stars will probably work. A: Plain-text URLs, folders and labels are replaced by a designy drag-and-drop interface, filtering rules and social sharing. A: New features for searching bookmarks A: Organizing them into folders by dragging and dropping A: Protecting against malware A: Automatic sorting based on filtering rules and sharing with contacts. A: Attack on Reddit? A: Spotted by Florian Kiersch: graphics, code snippets, and other tidbits about Google Stars since April.
30	Emil Protalinski * thenextweb.com * @EPro
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32	An exclusive on Al Jazeera by investigative reporter Jason Leopold says that email messages obtained by Al Jazeera between the NSA and Google’s top executives reveal what Leopold calls a “cozy” working relationship. Google and other tech companies denied working closely with the NSA in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations about mass surveillance.	http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/6/nsa-chief-google.html
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34	A: National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander + Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt A: Email communications dating from a year before Snowden A: June 28, 2012, an email from Alexander invited Schmidt to attend a four-hour-long “classified threat briefing” on Aug. 8 at a “secure facility in proximity to the San Jose, CA airport.” A: Obtained under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request A: Briefing on an initiative known as the Enduring Security Framework (ESF) A: Effort to secure enterprise BIOS and mobile devices A: Google’s Schmidt was unable to attend to the mobility security meeting A: Google co-founder Sergey Brin attended previous meetings of the ESF group but because of a scheduling conflict, according to Alexander’s email, he also could not attend the Aug. 8 briefing in San Jose, and it’s unknown if someone else from Google was sent.
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37	Google Glass is about to grow the ability to send money with a voice command, according to a story on TechCrunch. Integration with Google Wallet will enable users to say “send money,” followed by the name of the recipient and off it goes.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/google-wallet-is-coming-to-glass/
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39	A: The company is testing this service internally A: Lardinois: “Chances are it will launch to all Glass users in the near future.” A: Similar to Gmail feature A: Google takes a 2.9 percent fee for these Wallet transactions or 30 cents — whichever is higher. A: Other people can send themselves money by talking to your face
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42	It’s a big day today for Chrome news. Google and Intel are announcing something related to chrome as we speak. (Tell news?) The world’s largest PC company, China’s Lenovo, introduced its first consumer Chromebooks, called the N20 and N20p.	http://recode.net/2014/05/05/lenovo-switches-gears-from-education-to-consumers-with-latest-chromebooks/
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44	A: NO touch display: N20 will be available in July with a starting price of $279 A: Touch display: N20p starts at $349 and will ship a month later A: N20p also converts to “stand mode” A: Both models feature an Intel Celeron processor with integrated graphics A: Boot time of around three seconds A: Up to 16 gigabytes of internal storage and up to 4GB of memory. A: Three pounds each, the N20 Chromebooks also have a one-megapixel Webcam, two USB ports, HDMI out and an SD card reader. Battery life is estimated at around eight hours. A: Previous Lenovo Chromebooks -- the ThinkPad 11e and ThinkPad X131e for education
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52	We reported on April 24th that Facebook bought the fitness app Moves. The app tracks your location, and the amount of time you spend at each place, inviting you to fill in details about where you are and what you’re doing. At the time of the announced acquisition, Facebook promised Moves users that quote: "the Moves experience will continue to operate as a standalone app, and there are no plans to change that or commingle data with Facebook". Today, we learned, that Facebook has changed its privacy policy to allow Moves to share user data with Facebook and other companies and apps owned by Facebook. Users were not notified of the change.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox7Y9y9kVdI	http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/06/moves-app-privacy-policy-facebook-sharing-data
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55	Google tried to build a jetpack! We learned the news from comments made by Google X lab’s moonshot chief Astro Teller at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference today. Sadly, the project failed and Google shut it down. Google also tried and failed to build hoverboards and space elevators. Teller said that Google X shuts down more than 100 projects a year.	http://www.businessinsider.com/google-x-jetpack-2014-5#!Jy3G4
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1	TITLE: Apple Samsung Lawsuit Ends with a Thud * 1000	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Selena Larson
2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, May 5, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
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16	A federal-court jury reached a verdict in the Apple-Samsung patent lawsuit we’ve been telling you about for the past couple of months. The outcome was a mixed bag for both companies. The jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $119.6 million in damages -- they wanted $2.2 billion. And they ordered Apple to pay Samsung about 158 thousand dollars -- they wanted	http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-samsung-in-symbolic-win-ordered-to-pay-apple-119-million-in-damages-20140502,0,7750075.story#axzz30qTsDOAe	http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140502-712835.html http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/05/03/apple-samsung-verdict-pundits/
17	Ian Sherr: Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Chris O'Brien: Reporter, The Los Angeles Times Q: Who won this case? I can’t tell.	Ian Sherr Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @iansherr Chris O'Brien Reporter, The Los Angeles Times @obrien
18	A: Probably a win for Samsung A: While these companies fight over patents, Chinese upstarts are coming after them A: Samsung devices, including the Galaxy Nexus and the Stratosphere, were found to have infringed on "data tapping," the feature that dials a phone number included in an email A: Samsung infringed on "slide to unlock" A: Samsung infringed on "auto-complete" A: Each company can seek an order banning U.S. sales of some older devices.
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28	Amazon launched a new service this morning that lets you add products to your Amazon shopping card with a single hashtag.	http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/05/05/tweet-to-buy-how-amazon-and-twitters-social-shopping-cart-works/?mod=ST1
29	Nathan Olivarez-Giles: Reporter The Wall Street Journal	Nathan Olivarez-Giles The Wall Street Journal @nateog
30	A: #AmazonCart A: When you reply to a tweet that contains an Amazon product URL A: Need to connect Amazon account to Twitter account A: Account @myamazon will reply to your tweet and tell you if the add-to-cart thing worked A: History: 2013, American Express launched a program called “Pay By Tweet”
31	NathanOlivarez-Giles * wsj.com * @nateog
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33	Apple has hired at least six more biomedical experts and other medical experts, according to a new Reuters report by Christina Farr.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/05/us-apple-hiring-insight-idUSBREA4409020140505
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35	A: Reuters report A: Cites LinkedIn pages and unnamed sources A: Assumed iWatch A: Apple could be planning a full health services platform A: Has already hired Chief Medical Officer Michael O'Reilly from Masimo Corp, a firm that specializes in non-invasive oxygen-saturation detection, called pulse oximetry. A: Has already hired Ravi Narasimhan, who previously worked as vice president for Vital Connect, which provides full tracking information on standard human vitals, such as heart rate.
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38	Google is thinking about killing off the URL. Sort of. In a new version of Google’s Chrome browser, the URL is not visible to the user. Instead, you see a Google Search box.	http://www.zdnet.com/google-experimenting-with-hiding-urls-in-chrome-7000029068/
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42	Selena Larson, we had Robert Scoble on the show Friday and we talked about the rumored death of Twitter, as well as Google+. We both concluded that neither social network is dying. Also on Friday, you wrote an interesting piece on the future of Twitter. In that post you said that Twitter needs to radically change in order to transform it into something for the masses.	http://readwrite.com/2014/05/02/twiter-town-square-companion-evolution#awesm=~oDp5FuPhme7V4R
43	Q: How does Twitter need to change, in your opinion? Q: Do you think Twitter is growing fast enough? Q: You wrote that people are aware of Twitter, they just don’t know how—or why—they should use it. Is “Facebookification,” as you call it, the answer? Q: Why does Twitter, with all its mass-media exposure, still have an identity problem?
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70	You may have heard a story in circulation about upcoming Apple headphones called “EarPods” that had integrated heart rate and blood pressure sensors. The story was covered widely not only in the tech press, but also in mainstream newspapers and network TV news programs. Well, it turns out the story was fake. Sarah Perez at TechCrunch is reporting this morning that the story originated with someone who posted it as a joke on the anonymous app Secret.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/surprise-that-wild-rumor-about-apple-earpods-with-biometrics-sensors-was-a-fake/
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1	TITLE: Kids are Crawling for Snapchat * 999	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Robert Scoble
2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, May 2, 2014!
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7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Robert Scoble. Robert is Startup Liaison Officer at Rackspace as well as a blogger, technology evangelist and co-author of the book Age of Context.	Robert Scoble Blogger, Rackspace @Scobleizer
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15	The US government doesn’t want technology companies telling users about government data requests. Major companies like Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and Google used to comply, but stopped doing it. They’ve all changed -- or are in the process of changing -- their policies to inform users according to a report in The Washington Post by Craig Timberg, who on the show today to explain this trend.	http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apple-facebook-others-defy-authorities-increasingly-notify-users-of-secret-data-demands-after-snowden-revelations/2014/05/01/b41539c6-cfd1-11e3-b812-0c92213941f4_story.html
16	Q: What kind of data are the government requesting and why do they request it? Q: Why doesn’t the government want companies divulging user data requests? Q: Is it irresponsible or unethical for companies to reveal the data requests? Q: Do these companies notify only the users involved in the data requests? Q: Can companies legally ignore instructions on subpoenas telling them to keep the requests secret? Q: The Justice Department doesn’t like it, but what are they going to do about it? Q: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court are required by law to be kept secret. What’s the penalty for non-compliance? Q: Is the policy change by these companies in part a result of the Snowden revelations?	Craig Timberg Tech reporter, The Washington Post @craigtimberg
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27	A class-action lawsuit against Google says that Android violates antitrust laws and hurts competition. Specifically, Google requires Android handset makers to sign a contract called a Mobile Application Distribution Agreement, which requires them to bundle Gmail, YouTube and other Google apps. Google told Recode in a statement that: “Anyone can use Android without Google and anyone can use Google without Android.”	http://www.scribd.com/doc/221486781/Google-search-antitrust-lawsuit	http://recode.net/2014/05/01/suit-claims-googles-deals-with-android-device-makers-violates-antitrust-laws/
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29	A: MADA contract came up recently in the Apple vs. Samsung suit as Google A: MADAs, weren’t widely known about until this year, when Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman wrote about them on his blog and voiced concerns about anticompetitive behavior similar to the claims in the lawsuit.
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32	Twitter is experimenting with a new feature for its mobile apps that “mutes” certain accounts, a feature available on Google+ for more than two years. It enables you to continue to follow someone without getting their tweets.	https://twitter.com/missambear/status/461870350301941760/photo/1	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27249566
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34	A: A way to unfollow someone without them knowing it A: A way to put someone’s tweets on “hold” A: Third-party Twitter clients have long supported muting A: Muting is said to be among the most popular features in Tweetdeck
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37	The Supreme Court this week considered two major technology issues. The first is whether the TV streaming service Aereo is legal or illegal. The second case looked at whether it’s unconstitutional for police to search the mobile phones of suspects without a warrant. Electronic Frontier Foundation activist Parker Higgins wrote this week that in reviewing these cases, Supreme Court justices revealed what he considers a dangerous ignorance about how people use technology. He joins us today to explain.	http://parkerhiggins.net/2014/04/the-supreme-courts-real-technology-problem/
38	Q: What did Supreme Court justices say this week that revealed their ignorance about technology? Q: And what’s the difference between knowledge about technology and knowledge about how people use technology? Q: You also suggested that they’re unaware that they don’t understand the issues. Q: Is it really necessary for judges, including Supreme Court justices, to understand this? Q: Isn’t it their job to master the basic facts around all the cases they hear? Q: You said the real problem is that “justices live an unusual and sheltered life.” What do you mean by that?	Parker Higgins Activist, Electronic Frontier Foundation @xor
39	A: “mistook familiarity with a handful of Silicon Valley products with actual tech savviness.” A: Chief Justice Roberts suggests that a person carrying two cell phones might reasonably be suspected of dealing drugs A: “What can’t really be explained in a brief, though, is a community’s relationship with a technology.”
40	Parker Higgins * parkerhiggins.net * @xor
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42	Talk with Scoble about all the talk about Google+ and Twitter “dying.”	http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/04/a-eulogy-for-twitter/361339/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/24/google-is-walking-dead/
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65	We told you yesterday about new features in the Snapchat app that enable users to seamlessly move between chats, texting and video. Today, an article on the New York Magazine site by Kevin Roose says the new Snapchat is causing huge disruption in America’s high schools. And by disruption, I mean both the technology kind where patterns of usage are radically altered, and also disruption in the traditional sense in terms of disrupting class. One high school science teacher in Kansas said: “In 16 years of teaching I can't think of anything that has ever disrupted my classroom more than today's @snapchat update.” She had to take the student’s phones away, she said, because quote: “They seriously could not keep away from it. I even had one girl crawl under the table with her phone.”	http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/high-school-kids-are-freaking-about-new-snapchat.html
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91	TechCrunch Disrupt hits New York tomorrow, May 5.
92	And we also have a couple of mystery announcements to contend with.
93	Google and Intel will announce something about Chromebooks and the Chrome OS on Tuesday, May 6.
94	Also: Google has summoned Google Glass users to what they’re calling a “Glass Explorer Celebration” on Friday, May 9, at Silicon Valley’s Computer History Museum. They accepted only the first 100 who replied to the invite. The event is some kind of announcement, but nobody outside Google knows what it’s all about.
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1	TITLE: Facebook Anonymous * 998	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Brian Fung
2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, May 1, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Brian Fung, a technology reporter for the Washington Post.	Brian Fung Reporter, Washington Post @b_fung
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15	Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and a smattering of other Facebook execs unveiled new products, services, features and standards for developers yesterday at the company's first F8 developers conference in three years.	http://youtu.be/2EC2VyBLyWQ?t=5m29s	https://gigaom.com/2014/04/30/heres-everything-that-was-announced-at-f8/ http://on.wsj.com/1fuzAl5 http://mashable.com/2014/04/30/facebook-f8-analysis/
16	Lance Ulanoff: Editor-at-Large of Mashable Reed Albergotti: Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Lauren Hockenson: Reporter, Gigaom
17	1. FACEBOOK ANONYMOUS LOGIN Q: Describe anonymous login Q: Because Facebook knows who you are, this isn’t anonymity, is it? Q: Zuckerberg implied that anonymity with an app is temporary. It’s for “trying” an app if you don’t want an app to know who you are YET. Do we know if Anonymous Login will let people continue to use an app anonymously indefinitely? Q: Anonymous login is currently in testing with "a few" developers; wider deployment “in coming months.” It’s going to be awhile before this is widely deployed for users, isn’t it?	Lance Ulanoff Editor-at-Large of Mashable @LanceUlanoff Reed Albergotti Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @ReedAlbergotti Lauren Hockenson Reporter, Gigaom @lhockenson
18	2. APPLINKS (Greg Sterling) Q: What is AppLinks? Q: We know that mobile users are already spending nearly all their time with smartphones using apps, rather than mobile web browsers. This even further cuts the need to use the web, doesn’t it? Is this bad news for the mobile web? Q: What does this mean for Google? Q: How does Facebook’s offering compare with competitors like Deeplink.me and URX? Q: Do you expect other big companies like Google, Apple and maybe even Twitter to come out with even more incompatible standards for deep-linking? Q: Facebook claims the AppLinks stardard is “open.” Is it really? Q: AppLinks supports Android, iOS and even Windows Phone. What’s the risk that Google, Apple and Microsoft will see AppLinks as a threat to their control and dominance of their own platforms and prevent it from working right?
19	3. FACEBOOK AUDIENCE NETWORK Q: What is the Facebook Audience Network, exactly? Q: Facebook emphasized ad relevance. How are they achieving this? Q: What is Facebook’s “Custom Audiences” service? Q: One impressive scenario is that if a customer added items to an online shopping cart, but didn’t complete the purchase, the online retailer could serve ads to that users linking directly to the shopping cart. Could these ads be placed outside the app -- say, in a game app or other completely unrelated app? Q: What are the ad formats? Q: How would Native Ads be used? That doesn’t seem like a mobile app-friendly format.
20	Lance Ulanoff * @LanceUlanoff * lanceulanoff.com Lauren Hockenson * gigaom.com * @lhockenson And Reed Albergotti, is going to stick around to talk about our next story
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24	As we’ve reported on previous episodes of Tech News Today, Facebook is buying the virtual reality startup Oculus VR, which makes the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. But now, a videogame company called ZeniMax says they own the intellectual property behind the Oculus Rift.	START AT 6:55: http://youtu.be/kw-DlWwlXHo	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303948104579534013624548846
25	Q: Can you tell us more about ZeniMax’s claims? Q: John Carmack is the employee in question. He’s pretty famous in gaming history, isn’t he? Q: Will there be a lawsuit? Q: Do the claims seem credible to you? Q: What’s going to happen next?
26	A: Zenimax Media = parent company of both Bethesda Softworks and Id Software A: Claim: former ZeniMax employee John Carmack, who joined Oculus last August, took ZeniMax's intellectual property with him to Oculus. A: $2 billion deal A: Mr. Carmack created "Doom" and "Wolfenstein 3D"
27	Reed Albergotti * wsj.com * @ReedAlbergotti
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29	AT&T wants to buy DirecTV, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The combined company resulting from such a merger would be close in size to Comcast after it acquires Time Warner Cable.	http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/content/directv-tv-deals-gm?CMP=KNC-CBR-5-414-352715&k_clickid=6cb61a2d-fe8b-a949-6bc7-00000191a3d2	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304178104579534673724368360?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304178104579534673724368360.html
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31	A: DirecTV is the second biggest pay TV operator A: DirectTV: 20 million subscribers A: AT&T's landline-based TV business = 5.7 million subscribers A: Comcast + TWC = about 30 million subscribers A: Worth at least $40 billion A: DirectTV has been losing customers each year since 2010 A: Would have to be approved by the FCC A: Dish Network approached DirecTV about acquisition earlier this year
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34	Snapchat started rolling out this morning a new version of its mobile app. Their goal is to “move beyond messaging.”	http://youtu.be/Z9h30NcVy4E	http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/01/snapchat-adds-text-chat-and-video-calls/
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36	A: New feature lets people IM and also have a real-time video conversation and easily switch between those modes within the main Snapchat application. A: Video chat works on Wi-Fi and cellular connections. A: Still offers self-destructing messages A: Texts are wiped by default when you back out of the chat screen, except for any that you deliberately tap to make the app remember them. A: Shows alternative views, such as self, where you place your finger on the screen. http://youtu.be/Z9h30NcVy4E
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49	Zach Epstein of the Boy Genius Report posted an exclusive look this morning at what he claims is Amazon’s upcoming smartphone. The phone is unusual because it has four infrared cameras that support a 3D, hologram-like interface. The image was created for internal use by Amazon designers, according to Epstein’s sources. And it doesn’t look much different than your garden variety Android smartphone: It’s black, with a rounded bezel, a single button on the front, rocker dials on the side for volume control and so on. The phone is supposed to launch by the end of September.	http://bgr.com/2014/05/01/amazon-smartphone-photos-kindle-phone-images-exclusive/
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52	Google added a new feature to its Google Now service: It will remember where you parked your car. The feature uses your phone’s sensors to detect when you’re in a moving vehicle or walking. When it notices you walking immediately after driving, it will assume that you parked your car. Of course, it can’t tell if you’re a driver or a passenger -- or even a passenger of a bus or taxi. (Jason)	http://www.google.com/landing/now/	http://www.androidauthority.com/google-search-park-update-375202/
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71	Also: Find out why Facebook's acquisition of Oculus VR might be in jeopardy.
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1	TITLE: Facebook: "Trust Us" * 997	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Parmy Olson * Zac Hall
2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, April 30, 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 with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Special coverage of Facebook's F8 developer conference.
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9	Parmy Olson writer for Forbes * author of “We Are Anonymous.”	Parmy Olson Writer, Forbes @parmy
10	Zac Hall writes for 9to5Mac.	Zac Hall Writer, 9to5Mac @apollozac
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12	The Basic programming language is 50 years old.	http://time.com/69316/basic/
13	A: Professor John Kemeny student created on May 1, 1964, at 4am in a New Hampshire basement at Dartmouth College.
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21	Facebook F8 developers conference	https://fbf8.com/	https://twitter.com/KurtWagner8/status/461535043098140673
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23	A: Three years since Facebook last F8 developer’s conference A: Andy Samberg opened A: Three years ago: Timeline and Open Graph A: Facebook’s acquired of Parse in 2013 A: Parse = main provider of back-end services for Facebook’s apps A: Facebook announced 1 billion monthly active users on mobile last week A: Expected: Mobile focus A: Expected: Focus on monetizing apps A: Expected: Mobile ad network called “Facebook Audience Network” A: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg A: Possible: API for third-party websites to Autofill With Facebook user data A: Possible: Another stand-alone app or two, possibly spun out from existing features A: Possible: e-commerce or payments platform A: (Previous attempts with products like Gifts and Credits failed) A: Facebook could become a payment processor like PayPal A: Rumor on Secret says “The theme of F8 is ‘User Trust’” A: Secret = “Facebook is going to block third party app access to users’ friends’ data.” A: Related news: Facebook Messenger app for Android update today = new quick links for sending photos, voice messages, stickers, and accessing the camera to snap a photo, faster search, ability to send video from gallery and play video within messages directly in the app = available now.		http://live.cnet.com/Event/Facebooks_f8_keynote%20 http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/30/facebook-f8-2014-developer-conference-keynote-live-blog/ http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/facebook-f8-live-blog/ http://gigaom.com/2014/04/30/live-blog-facebook-f8/ http://live.fastcompany.com/Event/Facebooks_F8_Developer_Conference
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28	Google today launched Google Docs and Google Sheets for both iPhone and iPad.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-sheets/id842849113?mt=8 _x000c_ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-docs/id842842640?mt=8	http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/30/5668608/google-docs-sheets-slides-apps-launching-for-ios-android
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30	A: Previously, documents stored in Google’s collaborative productivity apps were restricted to access in Google Drive or browser-based web apps. A: Google Presentations is likely to follow A: Follow Microsoft’s debut on the iPad with dedicated Office apps for 365 subscribers
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33	Google says they’ve stopped harvesting user data from Google Apps for Education users.	http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/education/	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/30/google-stops-scanning-student-gmail-accounts-for-ads/
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35	A: Google slammed during a court case last year that claimed scanning violated user privacy by California Gmail users A: Google’s director of Google for Education Bram Bout told the WSJ about the change. A: Google may do same in Apps for business and gov A: Still mines data in Gmail A: Raw data never seen by humans, says Google A: Never shows ads in Google Apps for Education A: Google has always disabled ads by default in Apps for Education, now impossible A: Google removed toggle to enable ads in the Apps for Education Administrator console A: Google Apps for Education = email, calendar, documents A: Hangout on Air on the Google for Education G+ page May 1 9:00am PT to discuss the changes.
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38	Samsung shipped more smartphones worldwide in the first quarter of this year than Apple, Huawei, Lenovo and LG combined, according to IDC.	http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24823414
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40	A: Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 281.5 million smartphones worldwide last quarter A: That’s up 28.6 percent from the 218.8 million units in Q1 2013, but down 2.8 percent from the 289.6 million units shipped in Q4 2013 A: Smartphones accounted for 62.7 percent of all mobile phone shipments A: Samsung decreased market share by 1.7 percentage points A: Apple lost 1.6 points A: Huawei and Lenovo gained: up 0.6 points to 4.9 percent and up 1.0 points to 4.6 percent A: Total smartphone shipment volumes to reach 1.2 billion units in 2014 A: That’s up 19.3 percent year-over-year from the 1.0 billion units shipped in 2013
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1	TITLE: The End of Nexus * 996	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Harry McCracken
2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, April 29, 2014!
3	This episode 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.
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Harry McCracken. Harry is Editor at Large for TIME, and the creator and author of the Technologizer blog.	Harry McCracken Editor at Large, TIME @harrymccracken
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15	Google plans to replace its Nexus line of phones with new branding and a new concept for how the phones get built. In an exclusive on The Information, Senior Reporter Amir Efrati says that the new Android Silver handsets will be high-end phones built by multiple handset makers to Google’s specifications.	https://www.theinformation.com/Google-Takes-Aim-iPhone-Silver-Program
16	Amir Efrati joins us now to talk about his exclusive. Q: How is the Android Silver strategy different from the Nexus strategy?	Amir Efrati Senior reporter, The Information @amir
17	Q: Will the phones actually be silver, or is that just a name? Q: How will Google market and advertise the line? Q: What will Google demand in return for this marketing help? Q: Which handset makers will Google work with? Q: When will Android Silver phones hit the market? A: Efrati: “Google is said to be planning to spend heavily on promoting these devices in wireless carriers' stores and through advertising, essentially subsidizing the development and marketing costs for its hardware partners.” A: In exchange, the “company will clean up third-party bloatware, ensure prompt and reliable software updates, and introduce a real standard and consistency to the user experience across Android devices.” A: LG and Motorola are identified as the likeliest first candidates A: Focus on in-store sales
18	Amir Efrati * theinformation.com * @amir
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22	Nokia named Rajeev Suri as its new CEO. The company’s $7.8 billion sale of its mobile handset business to Microsoft was completed Friday also involved the loss of its CEO, Stephen Elop, who will run Microsoft’s Devices & Services group. In related Nokia news, former CEO Stephen Elop clarified recent news around the branding of Microsoft’s handsets. He said that the name of the handset division was named Microsoft Mobile Oy only for legal reasons related to the merger, and that the name would not be seen by consumers. Microsoft will not use the Nokia brand, either. The branding for Microsoft’s future handsets has not been decided by the company.	http://youtu.be/UNFqJEYIcR0	http://recode.net/2014/04/28/with-microsoft-deal-done-nokia-names-rajeev-suri-ceo/ http://conversations.nokia.com/2014/04/28/conversations-live-ask-anything-stephen-elop/
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24	A: Suri was head of NSN cellular equipment business, which had been run as a joint venture with Siemens until Nokia bought out its German partner. A: Nokia Siemens Networks, the telecommunications gear joint venture A: Nokia's networks division accounted for about 90 percent of sales A: Nokia also announced a restructuring of its remaining business A: Also announced a $6.9 billion capital improvement program, which includes a stock buyback, dividend boost and debt reduction. A: Suri joined Nokia in 1995 A: Suri starts May 1. A: Nokia announced other exec departures today
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27	Samsung unveiled its Galaxy K zoom camera phone -- it’s really a camera that happenes to have an Android phone built in. The phone has a retractable 10x zoom lens and 20.7-megapixel camera electronics.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/28/5661766/samsungs-galaxy-k-zoom-is-a-high-end-smartphone-and-an-incredible
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29	A: More than twice as thick (20.2mm) as the new Galaxy S5 A: 4.8-inch, 720p Super AMOLED display A: hexa-core processor A: Android 4.4 A: 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor is commonly found in mid-range point-and-shoots A: 24-240mm lens that gets as bright as f/3.1 A: Shoots 1080p video up to 60 frames per second, slow-motion video mode A: Most of Samsung's software enhancements for the Galaxy S5 are present on the K zoom A: Pro Suggest: five such scene modes every time you half-press the dedicated shutter A: Selfie Alarm = beeps and then takes three pictures A: Not available for US A: More a tech demo than a viable flagship smartphone
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32	Google added a new feature to Google Glass that gives you information about things nearby with a voice command. The new top-level command is: “OK Glass, Explore Nearby.” That launches the Field Trip app, which checks your location, then searches the Field Trip databases for nearby points of interest, businesses and historical events. The app might be the original Google Glass app, oddly enough. It was developed before even the Google Glass Explorer program launched. But because Glass wasn’t ready, Google launched it first as a smartphone app. Later, they offered it as a somewhat obscure peripheral app. But today, it becomes what it was originally intended to be: A top-level command app for Glass, equal to commands like “take a picture” or “get directions.”	http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/29/google-glass-explore-nearby-field-trip/
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34	A: Developed by Niantic Labs, an internal startup within Google A: Also announced little over 200 more publisher databases A: Voice command is new; top-level status is new; 200 databases are new
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37	Amazon.com announced today a new online store dedicated to wearable computing. The store, which is found at Amazon.com/wearabletechnology, has a pretty broad definition for wearable computing, a definition that includes GoPro cameras. The store also plans to sell Samsung smartwartches, Jawbone fitness bands and the Narrative Clip lifelogging camera. The site also includes a “Learning Center” with product videos and buying guides.	http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=9013937011	http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1923514&highlight=
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42	Acer announced a new flagship smartphone today, and a wearable wrist device to go with it. The phone is called the Liquid Jade and the smart band is called the Liquid Leap. Acer didn’t reveal a lot of details about either device -- no specs, ship dates or prices -- but the phone looks like a 5-inch screen device and the wearable is more of a fitness band than a smartwartch.	http://www.slashgear.com/acer-liquid-jade-smartphone-revealed-with-leap-wearable-29326847/
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70	Microsoft is working on a keyboard that detects both touch and in-the-air gestures. Their research project is called the Type-Hover-Swipe in 96 Bytes. The keyboard has a 16 x 4 grid of 64 low-resolution infrared proximity sensors between the keys and facing up. Gesture recognition algorithms interpret in-the-air gestures as commands. So moving your hand over the keys lets you navigate whatever it is you’re looking at. You can even hold an invisible steering wheel over the keyboard for a driving game.	START AT 0:28 http://youtu.be/Y3dUeGNIX4M	http://www.cnet.com.au/microsoft-keyboard-prototype-integrates-gesture-control-339347151.htm
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86	Google is planning to replace its Nexus line of phones with a new Android Silver program!
87	As the dust settles on Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s phone handset business, new details about both the future of Microsoft phones -- and the future of Nokia -- emerge.
88	Samsung unveils a new camera phone that’s a lot more camera than it is phone.
89	And the wearable market gets real -- Amazon says so!
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96	Amir Efrati joins us now to talk about his exclusive. Q: How is the Android Silver strategy different from the Nexus strategy? Q: Will the phones actually be silver, or is that just a name? Q: How will Google market and advertise the line? Q: What will Google demand in return for this marketing help? Q: Which handset makers will Google work with? Q: When will Android Silver phones hit the market?	Amir Efrati Senior reporter, The Information @amir	efratiamir


1	TITLE: No Help for the Latest XPloit* 995	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Reed Albergotti
2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, April 28, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Reed Albergotti. Reed is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and he’s also author of the book Wheelmen.	Reed Albergotti Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @ReedAlbergotti		3
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15	Microsoft revealed a new Internet Explorer flaw over the weekend. The zero-day vulnerability affects more than half the web browsers currently in use worldwide.	http://recode.net/2014/04/27/new-vulnerability-hits-internet-explorer-and-its-serious/	http://www.fireeye.com/blog/?p=5312 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/security/2963983
16	Arik Hesseldahl is a Senior Editor for Recode specializing in enterprise computing Q: Can you tell us more about what kinds of attacks this vulnerability makes possible? Q: Which versions of IE are affected? Q: Do we know if this flaw has been exploited yet? Q: What should users do? Q: Is Adobe Flash worth the seemingly endless security flaws it causes in your opinion? Q: Microsoft isn’t going to fix browsers running on XP, are they?	Arik Hesseldahl Enterprise Dude, Recode @ahess247		2
17	A: Remote code execution vulnerability that runs “arbitrary code” any software A: FireEye says a gang of attackers has already launched a campaign exploiting the flaw. A: Affects every version of the browser from Internet Explorer 6 through 11; most attacks are targeting IE9 through 11 A: Originates in Flash
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27	We’ve been keeping you up to date with Comcast’s proposed $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable. As part of its plan to satisfy regulators, the company announced a plan today to hand 3.9 million subscribers over to cable operator Charter. The divestiture is worth about $20 billion and are intended to keep Comcast’s control of the cable TV market after the acquisition to under 30 percent. The real problem, however, is Comcast’s control of the home Internet service provider market.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304893404579529262655682706?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304893404579529262655682706.html
28	Cynthia Littleton a reporter for Variety Q: Everyone is focusing on Comcast, but what does this deal mean for Charter Communications? Q: Is the deal a way for Comcast to knock Cox Cable down a peg? Q: What does this deal look like, exactly ? Q: How does this affect the regional holdings of both Comcast and Charter?	Cynthia Littleton Reporter, Variety @Variety_Cynthia		1
29	A: 1.4 million existing Time Warner Cable customers directly to Charter for $7.3 billion A: Plus, new publicly traded company gets 2.5 million existing Comcast customers A: Comcast shareholders would own 67% of that new company A: Charter would own 33% A: New company worth about $14.3 billion A: Deal includes swap: 1.6 million Time Warner Cable customers and 1.6 million Charter customers in a like-kind exchange A: Deal contingent on the Comcast-Time Warner merger A: Divestiture deal would make Charter the second-largest cable operator in the U.S. A: Deal would double Charter’s “video customers”		https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/706626811/Cynthia_Littleton5551.jpg
30	Cynthia Littleton * variety.com * @Variety_Cynthia
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32	Microsoft rolled out details over the weekend about its original TV shows and movies exclusive to Xbox. These include a Halo project directed by Ridley Scott.	http://recode.net/2014/04/28/microsoft-xbox-struggles-in-big-hollywood-foray/	http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/28/5660518/xbox-entertainment-studios-readies-its-original-shows-for-their-june-debut
33	Dawn Chmielewski is a Senior Editor for Re/code. Q: Is Steven Spielberg still on board to create a Halo TV series and, if so, when would it debut? Q: What are some of the programs Microsoft has announced so far? Q: You wrote that Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studios is struggling. What’s the problem? Q: Microsoft is targetting these projects at its existing Xbox Live audience, which is about 48 million people. Is there any indication that these gamers want to watch TV instead? Q: Some of these projects are neither TV shows nor movies. For example, the first event is a June 13th interactive live broadcast of the Bonnaroo music festival. What is Microsoft planning here? Q: Microsoft is building its own tools for creating interactive content? Q: You suggested that Xbox Entertainment Studios chief Nancy Tellem doesn’t use the Xbox. Is this going to be a problem for her in running this studio?	Dawn Chmielewski Senior Editor, Re/code @DawnC331		2
34	A: Halo project is a "digital feature" set in the Halo world A: Also: Previously announced Halo TV show by Steven Spielberg A: Xbox Entertainment Studios’ Xbox Originals A: Begins this June 13th with interactive live broadcast of the Bonnaroo music festival A: Reality show: Every Street United hosted by soccer stars A: Comedy: JASH in the Box A: Seth Green’s live-action / animated hybrid Extraordinary Believers A: Adaptation of the Warren Ellis noir Gun Machine A: Announcement today at NewFronts: Pitch for advertising
35	Dawn Chmielewski * recode.net * @DawnC331
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37	Silicon Valley’s Stanford University is building an experimental game controller that detects how the player is feeling. It’s designed to tell if you’re excited, bored, happy, sad or afraid.	http://youtu.be/nYbcIun-VFU	http://recode.net/2014/04/28/stanford-has-a-videogame-controller-that-knows-if-youre-bored
38	Recode’s Eric Johnson wrote about it today and joins us to tell all. Q: What’s the point of an emotion-sensing game controller? Q: How does it determine feelings and emotions? Q: Standford research often gets spun out into companies and products. What are the chances that the Ph.D candidate behind this project will bring it to market? Q: Are existing companies out there also working on similar technologies?	Eric Johnson Associate editor & social media manager, Re/code @HeyHeyESJ		4
39	A: Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have worked on similar projects.
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57	Both Apple and Samsung have issued alerts about problems with some of their phones. Some iPhone 5s have faulty sleep/wake buttons. And a small number of Galaxy S5 handsets have cameras that don’t work. Apple promised to replace the faulty parts; Samsung promised to replace affected phones.	http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27187615
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70	Google posted new information today about the progress of its self-driving cars. Some of the facts are jaw-dropping. The Google’s self-driving car sensors can not only detect and recognize objects, such as buses and pedestrians, but also traffic cones and stop signs held up by crossing guards. It can even read the hand-signals given by bicycle riders.	http://youtu.be/dk3oc1Hr62g	http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-latest-chapter-for-self-driving-car.html
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1	TITLE: Google+ Minus Vic * 994	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Kevin Tofel
2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, April 25, 2014!
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15	As we reported on yesterday’s show, Google's vice president for social, Vic Gundotra is leaving the company. The departure of Gundotra raises serious questions about the future of Google+.	http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140424-713664.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/04/24/google_plus_vic_gundotra_leaves_but_is_it_really_walking_dead.html	http://marketingland.com/happen-google-really-kill-google-81587
16	Rolfe Winkler: Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Will Oremus: Senior technology writer, Slate.com Q: So what’s next for Google+? Q: Like everything else these days, Hangouts might be moving to the Android team under Sundar Pichai, according to at least one report. What would the effect be of so many businesses being grouped together like that? Q: With Facebook losing users to smaller social apps, is the era of the big, all-purpose social network dead?	Rolfe Winkler Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @RolfeWinkler Will Oremus Senior technology writer, Slate.com @WillOremus
17	A: 540 million users A: Techcrunch: 1,000 and 1,200 Google+ employees were being moved A: Spokesman told technology news site CNet: "Today's news has no impact on our Google+ strategy” A: WSJ: “In recent weeks, employees of the unit have moved … to another building farther away.”
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22	Vic Gundotra Gundotra led the team that created and built Google+.	https://plus.google.com/+VicGundotra/posts/MFrDF3W4RJL https://plus.google.com/+LarryPage/posts/A2gm48nzitx	http://readwrite.com/2014/04/24/google-plus-vic-gundotra-departure#feed=/author/selena-larson&awesm=~oCstKxzoxzfxaD
23	Selena Larson: Writer, ReadWrite Q: What do we know about the circumstances of Gundotra’s departure?	Selena Larson Writer, ReadWrite @selenalarson
24	A: At Google since 2007 A: Larry Page: "You built Google+ from nothing” A: Will be replaced by David Besbris, vp of engineering for Google+ A: Google+ was launched in June 2011 A: Techcrunch: Gundotra had fallen out with Google's senior management A: Post on Secret two days before announcement: "Vic Gundotra is interviewing” A: Google+ Product VP Bradley Horowitz passed over. Horowitz joined Google in 2008 after leading Yahoo’s acquisitions of Delicious and Flickr. A: Sundar Pichai A: Amir Efrati’s sources told him about the departure two weeks ago
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37	Three officials with the US Federal Trade Commission yesterday slammed state bans on direct sales of Tesla cars to consumers in a blog post.	http://youtu.be/V4T8a-UtLMU	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304788404579521821541206750?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304788404579521821541206750.html
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42	Pinterest unveiled a major new feature last night called Guided Search.	http://blog.pinterest.com/post/83772264616/guided-search-a-new-way-to-find-what-youre-looking	http://www.theverge.com/apps/2014/4/24/5651268/pinterest-introduces-guided-search-feature-to-help-you-explore-your
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44	A: Initiate a search by beginning to type a word. As you do, Pinterest suggests terms. A: Can be refined A: Can select Guides, which are presented as you’re typing your search A: Also announced a Custom Categories feature = browse through pins on niche topics A: Related Pins (added a year ago) feature now works better A: More than 30 billion Pins since the service was founded A: 75% of its traffic was coming from its native mobile apps
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67	We told you back in march about an app called FireChat that enables communication without the Internet. Instead, the app uses Apple’s Multipeer Connectivity Framework, which is a new feature in iOS 7 that enables mesh networking. Well this morning we can report to you in a Tech News Today exclusive that a new app called HelloChat also uses Apple’s mesh networking technology, but for private chats rather than public posts. Unlike FireChat, which needs at least one user connected to the Internet, HelloChat works with zero internet connections, with everyone connecting peer-to-peer. The app is free.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hellochat/id854135987?ls=1&mt=8
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1	TITLE: Net No Longer Neutral? * 993	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Jill Duffy
2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, April 24, 2014!
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7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Jill Duffy. Jill is a writer and software analyst who works at PCMag.com and she’s the author of Get Organized: How to Clean Up Your Messy Digital Life.	Jill Duffy Writer, PCMag.com @jilleduffy
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15	The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, plans to propose today new rules for Internet service providers that critics say would end net neutrality in the United States. His proposal would allow content providers to pay ISPs for superior connections for the “last mile” connectivity to homes and businesses. Yet he defended the move, saying that they preserve net neutrality. Before I introduce our interview guests on this topic, let’s hear what presidential candidate Barack Obama promised in November, 2007, speaking at Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters.	http://youtu.be/g-mW1qccn8k http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/technology/fcc-new-net-neutrality-rules.html http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/04/the-end-of-net-neutrality.html	http://www.fcc.gov/blog/setting-record-straight-fcc-s-open-internet-rules
16	Brian Fung: Reporter, Washington Post Ted Johnson: Writer, Variety Jason Abbruzzese: Reporter, Mashable Q: Brian Fung, can you give us a little background on how we got to where we are today. As I understand it, the United States had a functioning system for protecting net neutrality. Why are the rules for net neutrality being re-written?	Jason Abbruzzese Reporter, Mashable @JasonAbbruzzese
17	A: federal appeals court struck down old rules three months ago. A: Wheeler said yesterday that speculation that the F.C.C. was “gutting the open Internet rule” is “flat out wrong.” A: Wheeler said the new rules will provide for net neutrality along the lines of the appeals court’s decision. A: Wheeler said: “behavior that harms consumers or competition will not be permitted.” A: Consumer groups said costs rise, rich companies would be favored over small start-ups with innovative business models — stifling the birth of the next Facebook or Twitter. A: “This capitulation will represent Washington at its worst,” Todd O’Boyle, program director of Common Cause’s Media and Democracy Reform Initiative. A: Proposed rules would require Internet service providers to disclose whether in assigning faster lanes, they have favored their affiliated companies that provide content. That could have significant implications for Comcast, the nation’s largest provider of high-speed Internet service, because it owns NBCUniversal. A: Earlier rules barred Internet service providers from making paying for better connectivity A: proposal wouldn't apply to wireless carriers, aren't governed by net-neutrality rules A: Vote on the proposal is May 15 A: Net neutrality was a key part of President Barack Obama's campaign platform in 2008.	http://images.politico.com/global/2012/04/120424_ted_johnson_westcott_328.jpg
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22	In the wake of the Heartbleed flaw disaster, big technology companies are volunteering to fund central open source programs like OpenSSL. Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Cisco, Dell, Intel and other companies have agreed to become founders of a new group called the Core Infrastructure Initiative.	http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/core-infrastructure-initiative	http://www.wired.com/2014/04/cii/
23	Klint Finley: Reporter, WIRED Q: What is the problem the Core Infrastructure Initiative is trying to solve? Is there a flaw in the concept of open source projects being run mainly by decentralized volunteers? Q: How will this initiative be perceived by the open source community?	Klint Finley Reporter, WIRED @klintron		2
24	A: Each will donate $300,000 to the venture. A: Non-profit Linux Foundation announced formation of the group today. A: Jim Zemlin is executive director of the Linux Foundation A: $100,000 per year for a minimum of three years A: OpenSSL was managed by just four European programmers, only one did it full time A: Zemlin said future backers could include governments and members of the financial services industry
25	Klint Finley * klintfinley.com * @klintron
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27	Facebook acquired the Helsinki, Finland-based company ProtoGeo Oy. The company makes a fitness app called Moves.	https://www.moves-app.com/press	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/24/with-app-acquisition-facebook-enters-fitness-tracking-market/
28	Reed Albergotti is a reporter who covers Facebook for The Wall Street Journal and he’s also author of the book Wheelmen. Q: From the users’ perspective, Moves is a fitness app. But to Facebook, it’s really a location and personal data harvesting engine, isn’t it?	Reed Albergotti Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @ReedAlbergotti		3
29	A: Both iOS and Android A: Moves people will join with Facebook’s group A: Facebook says they won’t change anything for now; separate app A: App tracks where you go and how long you stay there
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32	Facebook also announced this morning the launch of a news service called FB Newswire. Facebook called it “a resource that will make it easier for journalists and newsrooms to find, share and embed newsworthy content from Facebook.”	http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/04/announcing-fb-newswire-powered-by-storyful/
33	Q: Reed Albergotti, What else do we know about FB Newswire? Q: What is Storyful? Q: Does this service compete with AP and Reuters?
34	A: Powered by Storyful A: Facebook.com/FBNewswire A: On Twitter at @FBNewswire A: “Will be updated in real-time with content related to top news stories.”
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67	Amazon introduced yesterday a long-rumored service called Amazon Prime Pantry. Amazon Prime members can get up to 45 pounds of groceries delivered for $6. The service is now live in 48 states in the US only. The $6 fee is in addition to Prime membership fee.	http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=pntry_url?node=7301146011&tag=gizmodoamzn-20&ascsubtag=[referrer\|www.google.com[type\|link[postId\|1566971944[authorId\|5722770517196541541
68	FOLLOW-UP 2 - We told you earlier this month that Google would sell Google Glass to anyone on April 15th only. But some Redditors have discovered that the Google Glass order page is still up and running and that anyone can still order them.	http://www.reddit.com/r/googleglass/comments/23sz7a/google_glass_not_showing_as_out_of_stock_anymore/
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70	Microsoft has not announced the rumored Surface Mini tablet. But accessories for the device are already on sale on Amazon.com. The seller is the Chinese electronics store Vostrostone. If the listing is accurate, the Surface Mini could launch in May.	http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JRW7MGM?psc=1 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JRVHAMY/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_v3jwtb1CBWYBWEB0	http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-surface-mini-to-debut-in-mid-may-7000028744/
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87	The big tech companies unite to prevent the next Heartbleed.
88	Facebook acquires a fitness tracker -- and launghes a breaking news service!
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1	TITLE: OnePlus One = $299 * 992	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Rene Ritchie
2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, April 23, 2014!
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6	Tech News Today explores the big stories of the day with some of the world's best journalists.
7	Our guest co-anchor today is ... Rene Ritchie! Rene is editor-in-chief of iMore.com and host of MacBreak Weekly.	Rene Ritchie Editor-in-Chief, iMore.com @reneritchie
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15	A startup called OnePlus launched a low-cost phone today called the OnePlus One (Why don't they just do the math and call it the "two"?). The smartphone has some high-end specs, but starts at only $299 unlocked. There is a catch. You can buy the phone by invitation only.	http://youtu.be/KP-5OlHINg0	http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/23/the-oneplus-one-offers-top-tier-specs-android-phone-specs-at-299/ http://www.phonearena.com/news/OnePlus-pulls-another-provocative-promo-smash-your-old-phone-to-get-the-OnePlus-One-for-1_id55455
16	Sascha Segan, Lead mobile analyst, PCMag.com Q: Why is this phone invitation only? Q: The company is founded by Pete Lau. Who is this guy? Q: How does a 1.0 handset come out of the gate with such a low price?	Sascha Segan Lead mobile analyst, PCMag.com @saschasegan
17	A: Founded by former Oppo VP Pete Lau A: 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 processor, a 5.5-inch 1080p display, 3GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel f/2 camera unit, and bottom-facing stereo speakers (JBL involved) A: 1080p display, Gorilla Glass A: 13MP rear-facing camera (Sony), 4K video, 5MP front-facing camera A: Custom UI on CyanogenMod A: White back cover finish is made of cashew A: Other backs made with bamboo, wood, kevlar, and denim A: Phone constructed from magnesium A: Weighs 162g, and the 8.9mm-thick frame tapers to 4.6mm at the edges A: US, Canada, the UK, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and several European countries A: 16GB = $299 A: 64GB = $349 A: 3100mAh battery A: Battery un-removable; no microSD slot A: The mid-may launch date is for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the United States A: Ill-advised promotion says first 100 people who video smash current phone get $1 price
18	Sascha Segan * PCMag.com * @saschasegan
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22	Dish is planning to roll out its Internet streaming TV service this summer, according to an exclusive on Bloomberg News by Alex Sherman and Edmund Lee.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-22/dish-said-to-target-summer-debut-for-internet-tv-service.html
23	Alex Sherman, Reporter, Bloomberg News Q: You wrote that this service will be the first of its kind. What’s unique about this offering, exactly?	Alex Sherman Reporter, Bloomberg News @sherman4949
24	A: Sources who say Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal has been informed of the rollout A: Just before the start of the fall broadcast TV season in September A: Dish already signed up Walt Disney Co. A: A&E Television Networks LLC, Time Warner Inc.’s Turner Broadcasting and CBS Corp. also have spoken with Dish about Internet-TV rights A: Dish is targeting 18-to-34-year-olds who only want to pay $20 or $30 a month to watch video on smartphones and tablets instead of TV. A: Dish product would be the first of its kind A: Intel failed to offer the service last year and sold its technology to Verizon A: Sony is also attempting over-the-top TV; reached a preliminary agreement in August to stream Viacom Inc.’s programming A: AT&T to introduce an online-TV service by the end of this year	http://www.bloomberg.com/content-licensing/content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/Sherman_Alex-0007.jpg
25	Alex Sherman * bloomberg.com * @sherman4949
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27	In other streaming TV news, Amazon has made a deal with HBO to provide Amazon Prime Instant Video members with past HBO shows like “The Sopranos” and “The Wire.” This is the first time HBO has licensed content to an online-only subscription service.	http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/hbo-cuts-exclusive-licensing-deal-with-amazon-1201161895/
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29	A: New shows will become available approximately three years after airing on HBO A: Starts May 21 A: Also: HBO Go service available on Amazon Fire TV A: Amazon recently raised Prime price from $79 to $99
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32	AOL has cut a deal with Miramax to offer full-length movies to U.S. users. These movies are watchable on phones, tablets or PCs. A new “Movies” section will be featured across the AOL On Network as part of the agreement.	http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/aol-launches-free-streaming-movies-in-pact-with-miramax-1201161638/
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34	A: Launch = April 30 A: “tens of films” from the Miramax library, rotating on a monthly basis A: Miramax’s 700-plus film library includes such titles as “Pulp Fiction,” “Chicago,” “Good Will Hunting,” “The English Patient,” “Life Is Beautiful,” “Cinema Paradiso,” “Reservoir Dogs,” “Trainspotting,” “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” and the “Scream,” “Scary Movie” and “Spy Kids” franchises. A: Not exclusive to AOL; similar to Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, other A: Disney sold Miramax in 2010 to Qatar Holding + investor group led by Colony Capital
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37	Most Samsung phone owners like their phones but hate the software Samsung pre-installs on them, according to new research by Strategy Analytics. Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S5 users spent an average of seven minutes each on those apps during the month of March. Seven minutes in a whole month! Those same users averaged 149 minutes that month using just three of Google’s apps.	http://www.strategyanalytics.com/default.aspx?mod=pressreleaseviewer&a0=5500
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42	A new report out of UNESCO says that mobile phones have triggered a "reading revolution" in seven countries where literacy rates are low. The report looked at the reading habits of 5,000 mobile-phone users in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe. It found that nearly two thirds enjoy reading more after doing it on their phones. One third said they use their phones to read to their children.	http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/themes/icts/m4ed/mobile-reading/reading-in-the-mobile-era/
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44	A: Study based on questionnaires, telephone interviews with Worldreader app users A: Worldreader = San Francisco-based nonprofit that distributes e-books in poor countries A: Org delivers Kindles A: Smartphone app has 6,000 (mostly free) e-books on low-end feature phones A: App has more than 300,000 monthly active users in developing countries A: Most mobile readers are male (77 percent) A: Women actually devote far more time to reading: 277 minutes per month, on average, compared to just 33 minutes for men.
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57	Apple reports earnings later today. Analysts are concerned with both iPad and iPhone demand. iPhone sales bring in half the company’s revenues.	http://youtu.be/ODmfmUWqlSA
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59	What analysts are expecting: * Flat revenues * low earnings growth (because of share buybacks) * iPhone sales slightly up; iPad sales slightly down The Unknown Unknowns: * The effect of the Galaxy S5 * What happened in China since the China Mobile deal? * What impact of selling iPhone 4 in Brazil, India, Indonesia, etc. * Apple’s prospects for long-term growth * Will smartphones become a commodity? * Will iWatch have any impact? * Will Apple compete in the living room?
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67	The FTC announced today that it has approved Facebook’s $2 billion acquisition of virtual reality startup Oculus VR.
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70	Google Maps’ StreetView now lets you go back in time. A new feature called Time Machine went live today. It gives you a slider control for StreetView images from past years all the way back to 2006. If a StreetView image supports Time Machine, you’ll see a clock icon on the lower left corner of the page.	http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/go-back-in-time-with-street-view.html
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1	TITLE: AT&TV? * 991	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Peter Rojas
2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, April 22, 2014!
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7	Our guest co-anchor today is ...Peter Rojas. Peter is VP of strategy for the AOL Brand Group and the creator of Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, RCRD LBL and gdgt.	Peter Rojas VP of strategy, AOL Brand Group @peterrojas		2
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15	The future of television is being decided by the Supreme Court, starting today. Aereo defends itself in a lawsuit by ABC, CBS, NBC and other major broadcasters. Aereo says they’re simply renting dime-sized TV antennas; broadcasters say they’re stealing TV shows and selling them without paying the content creators or owners. If Aereo wins the case, mainstream broadcasters could move to cable and a new live-streaming TV business model would be legitimized. If Aereo loses the case, they’ll go out of business immediately.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/22/aereo-ceo-gets-in-a-few-last-words-before-trial/	http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/NFLX/3109156950x0x745654/fb5aaae0-b991-4e76-863c-3b859c8dece8/Q114%20Earnings%20Letter%204.21.14%20final.pdf
16	Jordan Crook is a writer and reporter for TechCrunch and posted an exclusive interview this morning with Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia. Q: The existence of Chet Kanojia’s company will be determined by the outcome of this case. How confident is he that Aereo will prevail? Q: You asked Chet Kanojia about what I think is an unexpected factor in this case, which is that the Assistant Attorney General and Copyright Office will be speaking on behalf of the broadcasters and against Aereo during oral arguments. Does he find it unfair that the US government is taking sides in this case? Q: Chet Kanojia focuses on the Transmit Clause to make the point that the outcome of this case could affect all cloud storage providers, such as Dropbox and Google. What’s his point there? Q: Chet Kanojia says Aereo doesn’t provide any content to the user. On what basis does he make that claim? Q: Does Chet Kanojia believe broadcasters will actually move to cable if Aereo wins the case? Q: The case is framed as one in which Aereo will win or lose. Is there a possibility of an outcome in between those extremes?	Jordan Crook Writer, Reporter, TechCrunch @jordanrcrook		3
17	A: Aereo two-year-old company A: Average price of basic cable is nearly $100 a month A: Broadband Internet plus subscriptions to Aereo and Netflix totals less than $60 A: Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia: “Consumers have the legal ability to access the public airwaves, and they have the right to have their own antennas, which is what we are supplying”
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27	A new study shows that Amazon sales dropped sharply in states that collect online sales tax.	https://media.licdn.com/media/p/5/000/264/233/1ee1510.jpg http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-04-21/will-sales-taxes-doom-amazon	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-22/amazon-sales-take-a-hit-in-states-with-online-tax.html
28	Matthew C. Klein, Columnist, Bloomberg View Q: You wrote a piece published today that asks the question, “Will Sales Taxes Doom Amazon?” Before we get into that question, can you tell us what the Ohio State University study called “The Amazon Tax” found out? Q: OK, so will sales taxes doom Amazon? Q: Does the Ohio study contradict previous studies on the subject? Q: You said in your piece that taxing online sites like Amazon doesn’t benefit brick-and-mortar stores. Why not? Q: Would online shopping have taken off if sites like Amazon were taxed from the beginning?	Matthew C. Klein Columnist, Bloomberg View @M_C_Klein		1
29	A: Ohio State University; study called “The Amazon Tax.” A: Looks at about 245,000 households that spent at least $100 at Amazon in the first half of 2012 and tracks their daily spending through the end of 2013 A: States with tax reduced Amazon spending by about 10 percent compared with those without A: For online purchases of more than $300, sales fell by 24 percent A: Amazon collects sales tax in 20 states A: Amazon supports federal laws that require online sales tax A: Some analysts have previously said the online taxes had a minimal effect on Amazon’s sales
30	Matthew C. Klein * bloombergview.com * @M_C_Klein
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32	Netflix officially slammed Comcast’s proposed $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable yesterday. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said in a letter to shareholders that the deal would be anti-competitive and allow the combined company to charge arbitrary fees. Comcast senior vice president Jennifer Khoury slammed back by calling the claims inaccurate and saying that Netflix is motivated by making money rather than helping consumers.	http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/21/comcast-fires-back-after-netflix-tosses-shade-on-its-proposed-merger-with-time-warner-cable/	http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/NFLX/3109156950x0x745654/fb5aaae0-b991-4e76-863c-3b859c8dece8/Q114%20Earnings%20Letter%204.21.14%20final.pdf
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34	A: Two months ago Netflix said it was pressured into paying Comcast to improve video A: Open internet advocates worry that Comcast will become too powerful A: Comcast says neither the February deal nor Netflix’s opposition to the merger has anything to do with net neutrality A: Minnesota Senator Al Franken asked Netflix to publicly oppose the deal A: 50 public interest groups have publicly opposed the merger A: Justice Department unlikely to oppose it
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37	Lytro unveiled a new prosumer camera today called the Lytro Illum. Lytro, if you recall, is famous for making those weird-looking cameras that let you focus the pictures after you’ve taken them. The new camera isn’t so weird looking. And at $1,599, it’s not cheap, either.	http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2014/04/22/lytro-illume-coming-in-july/7990745/
38	Ed Baig, Tech columnist, USA TODAY Q: How does the Lytro Illum compare with the original Lytro camera? Q: Do you think the focus-later feature is a gimmick or a desirable feature?	Ed Baig Tech columnist, USA TODAY @edbaig		4
39	A: New Lytro Illum costs $1,599 A: Competition now from HTC One and Google Camera A: Shipping in July. A: Same light-field technology A: Illum captures the direction of light in a scene as well as its color and intensity A: large lens, 4″ touchscreen, SD card, removable battery, GPS and Wi-Fi A: Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon - same as Galaxy S5 A: Chip 2,000 times more powerful than original camera A: Lytro app for the iPhone and iPad
40	Ed Baig usatoday.com @edbaig
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42	AT&T intends to launch an online TV service this year. The company, along with their partner Chernin Group, plan to invest more than $500 in the venture.	http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-04-22/at-and-t-chernin-to-invest-500-million-in-online-video-services
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44	A: Available nationwide A: Compete with Netflix
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60	Aereo -- and the future of TV -- goes to the Supreme Court!
61	State sales take hammers Amazon sales!
62	Netflix and Comcast go to war! (A war of words)
63	Lytro unveils a new camera that actually looks like a camera!
64	And AT&T is getting into the Internet TV business!
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1	TITLE: No Longer Hip to Be Square * 990	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Mitch Wagner
2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, April 21, 2014!
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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
8	Game Boy turns 25	http://gizmodo.com/the-game-boy-turns-25-today-1565524694	http://bridgeurl.com/tnt990/all
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15	Apple and Google have gone to extremes to convince game developers to launch exclusively -- or at least first -- on their platforms, according to an exclusive report in The Wall Street Journal.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626304579510020273541060
16	Ian Sherr, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Q: What are Apple and Google doing to woo games developers ? Q: What’s so great about exclusivity? They’ll be on both platforms eventually. Q: Does this happen in other categories, or just games? Q: Didn’t Apple used to get exclusive games pretty easily? How did Google catch up? Q: Has Apple had to change its policy about which games it promotes and why it promotes them? Q: You reported that Apple doesn't offer money for game exclusives. Does Google?	Ian Sherr Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @iansherr
17	* Google has struck deals to help promote apps that integrate Android branding. Russia’s Game Insight offered discounts on items shaped like Android's robot mascot * Amazon.com sought exclusivity deals with game developers as a way to boost the appeal of its Kindle family of Android devices.
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22	The Japanese enterprise company NTT Communications is rolling out WebRTC for an in-app chat room. WebRTC is a communication standard that supports browser-to-browser applications for voice calling, video chat, and peer-to-peer file sharing.	http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/volte-rich-communications/ntt-opens-a-webrtc-chat-room/d/d-id/708707
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27	Facebook plans to announce a mobile ad network on April 30th, according to a report at Re/code.	http://recode.net/2014/04/20/here-comes-facebooks-ad-network-mobile-ads-launching-this-month/
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29	A: No name for ad network yet A: Will deliver ads directly to third-party mobile apps A: January, Sriram Krishnan, a mobile product developer, posted on the Facebook Developers blog announcing an internal trial to place ads on other companies’ apps A: Mobile ads generated $1.24 billion for Facebook in the fourth quarter of 2013 A: Large proportion (50%?) came from “app-install” ads. Twitter unveiled its own last week.
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32	Square wants to be acquired, and fast, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch. The startup has held meetings with several companies, including Google, Apple, and PayPal, which is owned by eBay. The company makes credit card readers that attach to smartphones and tablets and a payment system to go with it. It was founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303825604579513882989476424 http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/20/square-and-google-were-not-in-acquisition-talks/	http://gigaom.com/2014/04/21/take-your-pick-square-and-google-werewere-not-in-acquisition-talks/
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34	A: WSJ says Square had acquisition talks with Google; TechCrunch said they didn’t A: $100 million loss last year A: Value roughly $5.2 billion
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37	The wireless carrier market in the US is changing fast, according to a report by Mike Dano on the Fierce Wireless site. Specifically, small carriers are being gobbled up by the larger ones.	http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-wireless-consumes-golden-state-cellular-and-mobi-pcs/2014-04-21
38	Mike Dano, Executive Editor, FierceWireless Q: Can you give us a sense of what’s happening in wireless carrier industry? Who’s buying what? Q: What happens after a smaller carrier is acquired. Do things change for customers? Q: What does the future look like. Are we going to end up with 3 carriers and that’s it?	Mike Dano Executive Editor, FierceWireless @mikeddano
39	A: Earlier this month, Verizon agreed to buy Cincinnati Bell's wireless spectrum A: Cincinnati Bell is/was the nation's ninth largest wireless carrier. A: Other small wireless carriers gobbled up: Alltel, Clearwire, Centennial Wireless, Cox Communications, Dobson Communications, Leap Wireless, MetroPCS and Revol Wireless. A: Verizon plans to transition Golden State Cellular's customers to its service plans within 15 months after the deal closes.
40	Mike Dano * fiercewireless.com * @mikeddano
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67	Microsoft’s will finalize its $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia Devices and Services division on Friday, April 25, according to a blog post on the Microsoft site. Microsoft will take over the Nokia.com domain and Nokia social media accounts. The company also said that, counter to previous statements, they won’t be acquiring Nokia’s Korean factory. Also: Unconfirmed reports over the weekend say the Nokia Devices and Services division will be renamed as Microsoft Mobile Oy -- the word Oy is Finnish for “Corporation.”	http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/04/21/the-nokia-devices-and-services-acquisition-close-date.aspx
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70	Starting today, Microsoft’s Bing search engine will be used to predict who wins TV talent shows, such as The Voice, American Idol and Dancing With The Stars. Simply searching Bing for the show of your choice will bring up Microsoft’s result which, if accurate, of course, will spoil the outcome for you.	http://www.bing.com/blogs/site_blogs/b/search/archive/2014/04/21/predicts.aspx
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87	Apple and Google go to extremes to attract game developers.
88	A major Japanese company rolls out a WebRTC client.
89	Facebook plans to announce a mobile ad network.
90	Square is burning through cash and needs to be acquired fast.
91	Microsoft finalizes its acquisition of Nokia's mobile handset division on Friday.
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1	TITLE: Heartbleed is Healing * 989	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Jill Duffy
2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, April 18, 2014!
3	This episode 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 ... Jill Duffy. Jill is a writer and software analyst who works at PCMag.com and she’s the author of Get Organized: How to Clean Up Your Messy Digital Life.	Jill Duffy Writer, PCMag.com @jilleduffy
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14	The Heartbleed flaw is fixed on a lot of web sites, but not all, according to a report by Arik Hesseldahl on Recode.	http://recode.net/2014/04/18/the-heartbleed-bug-is-mostly-fixed-but-not-entirely/	http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/tor-networks-ranks-of-relay-servers-cut-because-of-heartbleed-bug/ http://blog.trendmicro.com/heartbleed-impacting-deep-web/ https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-weekly-news-—-april-16th-2014 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/17/heartbleed_shrinks_tor_by_an_eighth/
15	Arik is a Senior Editor for Recode specializing in enterprise computing and he's here to give us an update on what's happening with Heartbleed. Q: Can you give us a sense of how many major sites have been updated and how many have not? Q: Do users still need to change passwords even if they’ve already done so since Heartbleed? Q: You suggested that attackers could be using Heartbleed scanning sites to look for un-patched servers Q: Another report said Tor, which is a network for using the web anonymously, has many servers that are unpatched and vulnerable. What’s the risk there? A: In a blog post, Project Tor organizers said a "serious number" of keys need to be reissued to keep the relay network secure. A: Around 10 to 12 percent of Tor servers appear to be affected.	Arik Hesseldahl Enterprise Dude, Recode @ahess247
16	A: Internet security firm Sucuri systematic scan of top million sites A: 10,000 sites, only 53 were found to still be vulnerable. A: The top 1,000 sites on the Web are safe A: 2% of top million sites are still vulnerable A: You should still change your passwords
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21	Pandora Media has been sued by major record labels over non-payment of music recorded before 1972.	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-17/pandora-sued-by-sony-capitol-warner-over-pre-1972-recordings.html
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23	A: biggest Internet radio service A: Companies include Capitol Records, Sony Music Entertainment A: New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan A: Federal law doesn’t protect recordings made before Feb. 15, 1972. A: New York courts have enforced ownership rights from before that date A: Pandora = Oakland, California-based A: A federal judge in Manhattan last month said the company must give 1.85 percent of revenue to American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, rejecting Pandora’s request for a lower rate. A: The complaint follows a similar suit filed last year against New York-based Sirius XM
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26	Google might split its Nexus phones into two models, a very low-cost phone and a very high-quality phone. A credible report from China says Google’s low-end phone could cost about $100 unlocked. Other reports suggest a high-end Nexus 6 phone with an up to 20 megapixel camera and a very high-resolution screen.	http://mtksj.com/html/MTKshoujizixun/7457.html	http://bgr.com/2014/04/18/100-google-nexus-smartphone/ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/google-nexus-6-might-pack-2k-display-house-processors-like-lg-g3-launch-oct-2014-1445296
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28	A: Low-end Nexus could have an unspecified MediaTek processor A: Low-end Nexus could be released at Google I/O June 25 A: High-end Nexus could wait for 64-bit Snapdragon chipset later in the year A: 64-bit version of its Snapdragon 800-series chipset clocked at 3 GHz A: High-end Nexus could have a 3,200 mAh battery plus dustproof and waterproof A: The Chinese site specializes in Taiwan’s MediaTek
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36	An exclusive on Recode by Jason Del Rey says that Louis Borders, who was the founder of the grocery delivery service Webvan, plans to launch a new Webvan-like service.	http://recode.net/2014/04/18/webvans-founder-is-back-and-hes-building-another-grocery-delivery-business/
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38	A: Webvan was a Silicon Valley darling in the boom of the late 90s, but went bankrupt in 2001 A: Amazon, Google, Instacart, Relay Foods, FreshDirect, Peapod building delivery models for groceries A: Amazon Fresh employs several former Webvan employees A: Webvan went public in 1999 A: Webvan 2.0 A: May take a multi-retailer strategy like Google Shopping Express
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41	Have you noticed that tech these days is often described as “creepy”? Google Glass is creepy. Personalization is creepy. Humanoid robots are creepy.	http://recode.net/2014/04/18/introducing-a-theory-of-creepy/
42	Omer Tene (TEN-eh), who is the VP of Research and Education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, wrote a piece for recode with Jules Polonetsky about creepy technology. Q: What is some technology considered creepy? Q: You wrote about the Eleven Madison Park restaurant which does research on patrons to customize their dining experience. Is that creepy? Q: Why is Google Glass considered creepy? Q: You point out that the Kodak camera was creepy more than 100 years ago. Why? Q: Your article in the Yale Journal of Law and Technology gives tips to help organizations not be creepy. What sort of advice do you give? Q: We clearly need to update our etiquette. For example, what’s an acceptable level of Googling someone before you meet them for business?	Omer Tene Legal consultant, IAPP @omertene
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44	Omer Tene * omertene.com * @omertene
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63	We got a voicemail from Chris in Tampa, Florida, who expressed concern that the government-mandated kill switch we reported on this week could give the federal government the ability to shut down everyone’s phones for political or other reasons.
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1	TITLE: The Future of TV is in the Aereo * 988	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Lindsey Turrentine
2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, April 17, 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 ... Lindsey Turrentine! Lindsey is editor-in-chief for CNET Reviews.	Lindsey Turrentine Editor-in-Chief, CNET Reviews @lturrentine
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14	CONVERSATION 1	SHOW	LINKS
15	Aereo takes its case to the Supreme Court next week, but first the company is throwing itself on the mercy of the public. A new web site called ProtectMyAntenna.org is part of that company’s PR push to convince the world that it’s merely renting antennas, not stealing content. Lindsey Turrentine works for CNET, whose parent company is CBS -- one of the companies involved in the case -- so Lindsey won't join this particular conversation.	http://protectmyantenna.org/	http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/american-broadcasting-companies-inc-v-aereo-inc/ https://gigaom.com/2014/04/15/here-are-3-ways-aereo-will-tell-the-supreme-court-that-its-legal/ http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/203712-diller-aereo-has-50-50-chance-at-supreme-court
16	Dwight Silverman: Writer, Houston Chronicle Ted Johnson: Writer, Variety Q: Can you articulate Aereo’s Supreme Court case in a nutshell?	Dwight Silverman Writer, Houston Chronicle @dsilverman * Ted Johnson Writer, Variety @tedstew
17	A: Aereo says each subscriber uses their own micro antenna A: Cloud-based DVR service A: ABC Television Stations v. Aereo is over a clause of the Copyright Act A: If Aereo loses, the company will go out of business A: If Aereo wins, the company will transform television forever A: No matter who wins, a major precedent will be set A: $8/month A: a dozen cities, plans to expand to 50 by next year A: only 100,000 subscribers in New York A: 100-page Supreme Court brief filed last month A: Barry Diller’s IAC has led a $97 million investment in Aereo A: Diller: 50-50 chance of winning at the Supreme Court
18	Dwight Silverman * blog.chron.com * @dsilverman Ted Johnson * variety.com * @tedstew
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22	Twitter unveiled a beta version of its long rumored mobile app install ads program today. The new offering enables app downloads directly from ads to mobile devices.	http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/twitter-unveils-mobile-app-install-ads-157076
23	No Interview
24	A: months of rumors A: Ads will run on Twitter's mobile app A: Ads will run on MoPub, the mobile ad network that Twitter purchased in September A: Been working with beta advertisers: including Spotify, HotelTonight, Kabam, Deezer, SeatGeek and GetTaxi, others, for a few weeks A: Now actually selling the service to advertisers today A: Similar feature successful for Facebook A: Specifically boosts mobile ad revenue
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27	Eye-Fi is launching a cloud service. The company is best known for WiFi capable SD cards that go in digital cameras for easy off-loading of pictures. The new EyeFi Cloud service offers unlimited cloud backups of all your photos from all your cameras.	http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/04/17/eyefi-wireless-card-now-uploads-to-the-cloud-via-your-smartphone/
28	Wilson Rothman: Personal Tech Editor, The Wall Street Journal Q: So how does Eyefi Cloud work, exactly?	Wilson Rothman Personal Tech Editor, The Wall Street Journal @wjrothman
29	A: Makes DSLR, mirrorless, or point and shoot work like auto-uploading phone apps A: Harry McCracken called it the “best Wi-Fi camera experience yet.” A: Works with all of the company's existing Eye-Fi Mobi cards A: new customers 90 days of free cloud backup A: Cards start at $49 for an 8GB model and can be paired to an unlimited number of devices A: Eye-Fi's service is for pictures only A: New app lets you view photos, create albums, manage sharing A: Does’t work with Eye-Fi's older X2 Pro cards and it doesn't back up RAW files A: Videos can be backed up through the Android app
30	Wilson Rothman * wsj.com * @wjrothman
31	CONVERSATION 4	SHOW	LINKS
32	An exclusive on the The Information website by Tom Dotan says that Hulu intended to create a major TV show to compete against the likes of Netflix, which has succeeded with original programming like House of Cards, but that Hulu executives killed the project.	https://www.theinformation.com/Hollywood-Questions-Hulu-as-Vide-Landscape-Shifts
33	Tom Dotan Reporter, The Information @cityofthetown Q: What did you find out about the project they cancelled? Q: Why did they cancel it? Q: You talk about “continued executive turmoil and mixed messages about the site’s direction” What’s that all about?	Tom Dotan Reporter, The Information @cityofthetown
34	A: Based on material written by author Dennis Lehane A: Dennis Lehane wrote Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone and Shutter Island
35	Tom Dotan * theinformation.com * @cityofthetown
36	CONVERSATION 5	SHOW	LINKS
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51	A stunning roundup on Business Insider reveals how much money Samsung and Apple pay to expert witnesses to testify on their behalf in patent lawsuit trials, including the trial currently in progress in Silicon Valley. Apple is paying “damages expert” Chris Vellturo $2.3 million for this case alone. And Samsung paid an MIT computer scientist named Martin Rinard $765,000 for his testimony. His fee is $850 an hour.	http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-vs-apple-patent-trial-2014-4
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54	CAPTCHA puzzles -- you know, where you have to type in the words or numbers before being allowed to use a web site -- exist for you to prove you’re a human and not a machine. But now machines can prove they're human, too! Google has created an algorithm that solves CAPTCHA puzzles with 99.8 percent accuracy. The company plans to use the system to read addresses from Google Maps StreetView photos.	http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/04/street-view-and-recaptcha-technology.html
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71	Also: Eyefi is launching a cloud service that automatically backs up all your pictures from all your cameras.
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1	TITLE: Samsung's Fifth Smartwatch * 987	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Don Reisinger
2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, April 16, 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 today is ...Don Reisinger, a technology journalist who writes for CNET, eWeek, Slashgear, and other publications.	Don Reisinger Tech Journalist @donreisinger
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15	Samsung revealed some unexpected future mobile and wearable plans yesterday. Samsung is unique in the wearables industry because it makes, not one, but four different smartwatches. Yesterday, Reuters learned that the company will soon come out with a fifth smartwatch -- this time, supporting Google’s Android Wear platform. We also found out that Samsung plans two new Tizen smartphones, for some reason.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/16/5619724/samsung-android-wear-watch-and-google-less-phone-coming-this-year
16	Vlad Savov, Senior reporter, The Verge Q: Why do you think Samsung would want to offer five smartwatches based on four software platforms?	Vlad Savov Senior reporter, The Verge @vladsavov
17	A: Reuters - Yoon Han-kil, Samsung senior vice president A: Current four: 1) Android Galaxy Gear; 2) Gear 2; 3) Gear 2 Neo; 4) Gear Fit A: NTT DoCoMo dropped Tizen A: To “succeed” Yoon said Tizen would need to get 15 percent of Samsung's shipments
18	Vlad Savov * theverge.com * @vladsavov
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22	The mobile tech industry is volunteering to support the smartphone kill switch idea. Apple, Samsung, Google, HTC, Huawei, Nokia and Microsoft have all agreed to build kill switches into future mobile devices.	http://www.ctia.org/policy-initiatives/voluntary-guidelines/smartphone-anti-theft-voluntary-commitment	http://www.ctia.org/resource-library/press-releases/archive/ctia-announce-smartphone-anti-theft-voluntary-commitment http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/carriers-along-apple-samsung-nokia-and-others-join-forces-anti-theft-measur/2014-04-16
23	Phil Goldstein Editor of FierceWireless @FierceWireless Q: Before we get into the specifics, what’s a “kill switch” exactly? Q: This voluntary embrace of the kill switch idea sounds fine. Why are some politicians saying it’s not enough and that mandatory kill switches are needed? Q: What are the prospects for kill switch laws anyway?	Phil Goldstein Editor, FierceWireless @FierceWireless
24	A: CTIA = Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association A: CTIA: “Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment” = July 2015 at no charge to customers A: US only A: Legal push to require kill switches launched by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon. A: Lawmakers say voluntary thing isn’t enough; demand mandatory kill switches A: William Duckworth, Associate Professor of statistics, data science, and analytics at Creighton University: could save $2.6 billion a year A: Apple’s iOS 7 already has Activation Lock
25	Phil Goldstein * fiercewireless.com * @FierceWireless
26	CONVERSATION 3	SHOW	LINKS
27	A French company called LaCie, which is a subsidiary of Seagate that sells hard drives, says nearly everyone who shopped on their web site over the past year is at risk from personal data theft.	http://www.lacie.com/us/more/?id=10156	http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/04/hardware-giant-lacie-acknowledges-year-long-credit-card-breach/
28	Graham Cluley, Independent security analyst Q: How did this vulnerability exist for a year before anyone discovered it?	Graham Cluley Independent security analyst @gcluley
29	A: Major products = 2big Thunderbolt; Little Big Drive A: malware accessed “sensitive customer information” from transactions A: Was informed about the breach on March 19, 2014 by the FBI A: SpeculateS that all transactions between March 27, 2013 and March 10, 2014 were affected A: Brian Krebs says "compromised by a group of hackers that broke into dozens of online stores using security vulnerabilities in Adobe's ColdFusion software." A: Customer names, addresses, email addresses, and payment card numbers and card expiration dates are all at risk as are usernames and passwords A: LaCie asserted it already required users to reset their passwords. A: Started notifying affected customers via letter on April 11, 2014
30	Graham Cluley * grahamcluley.com * @gcluley
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37	As we’ve reported in a past episode, Google is developing an experimental Android phone called Project Tango. The phone can map indoor environments in real time using some special cameras, processors and other exotic hardware.	http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Project+Tango+Teardown/23835
38	Miroslav Djuric Chief Information Architect, iFixit Q: How in the world did you get Google to hand one of these over to you guys? Q: I understand Google didn’t want you to power it up. Why? Q: What were some of the more extreme hardware components you found inside? Q: Did you find that the Tango phone works similar to Microsoft’s Kinect?	Miroslav Djuric Chief Information Architect, iFixit @mdjuric
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41	CONVERSATION 6	SHOW	LINKS
42	Google today rolled out a previously announced ad format called +Post ads. The format takes a regular Google+ post on a Page account, rather than a personal account, and turns it into an interactive display ad.	http://adwords.blogspot.com/2014/04/post-ads-now-available-to-all.html
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44	A: Today they made it available to Pages that are in more than 1,000 circles. A: Can also promote Hangouts A: Had been previously available only to hand-picked advertisers
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57	Google will report its earnings today. Wall Street will be looking at the company’s mobile advertising business to see if Google can still charge enough for ads. IBM also reports earnings today. Investors are expecting moderate revenue declines.
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70	The Internet security software company Kaspersky recently unveiled a slick and polished interactive global map showing all known cyber threats in real time. You can find it at cybermap dot kaspersky dot com.	http://cybermap.kaspersky.com/
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78	Samsung plans to launch a fifth smartwatch product on a fourth software platform.
79	Politicians want to kill voluntary industry kill switch proposals.
80	And a hard drive maker says they've been leaking customer data to crooks for a year.
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1	TITLE: Google Gets a Drone of its Own* 986	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Dan Lyons
2	This is Tech News Today for Tuesday, April 15, 2014!
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7	Our guest co-anchor today is ...Dan Lyons! Dan is a marketing fellow at HubSpot and also a blogger. You may also know the real Dan Lyons as the fake Steve Jobs on his former blog, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, which he wrote while working as the technology editor at Newsweek.	Dan Lyons Marketing fellow, HubSpot @realdanlyons
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15	Google is buying Titan Aerospace. The company makes solar-powered airplane-like drones that can stay in the air for 5 years without landing or refueling. Facebook had been in talks to buy Titan, so Google’s announcement comes as a surprise.	http://youtu.be/AIBxou0STfY	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304117904579501701702936522
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17	A: 2-year-old, 20-employee start-up based in New Mexico A: Terms not disclosed A: Facebook acquired Ascenta for $20 million (they were expected to pay $60 million for Titan) A: Will be joined with Project Loon team A: Titan Chief Executive = Vern Raburn previously ran Symantec and Microsoft’s consumer-products division. A: Category called “atmospheric satellites” A: Could also be used for Google Maps and Google Earth photography A: Solara 50" has a wingspan of 164 feet A: Was expected to hit "initial commercial operations" in 2015 A: Could get Internet speeds of up to one gigabit per second
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22	The Boy Genius Report is providing exclusive pictures of -- and details about -- Amazon’s rumored smartphone, which is expected to ship later this year.	http://bgr.com/2014/04/15/amazon-smartphone-photos-specs-kindle-phone-exclusive/
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24	A: Two phones. The second one will be low-end and cheap. A: First phone in development for years A: First phone: Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 2GB of RAM A: 4.7 inch screen, low pixel density - 720p HD resolution A: Main rear camera may be 13 megapixels A: Four cameras for 3D are infrared A: Two focuses: 3D interface and Amazon products/services A: Based on “multiple trusted sources” A: Picture is of prototype, which is covered to conceal its appearance A: BGR also “blocked or otherwise obscured” some parts of the posted photos A: No name for phone line yet
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27	Toshiba unveiled a 4K UltraHD laptop today. It’s called the Satellite P55t, and it’s part of a new class of ultra high-resolution laptop displays we can expect to see coming out over the coming year.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/toshiba-unveils-its-4k-ultrahd-laptop-and-a-bunch-of-new-back-to-school-computers/
28	Andrew Cunningham Senior product specialist, Ars Technica	Andrew Cunningham Senior product specialist, Ars Technica @AndrewWrites
29	A: One of the first to earn the Technicolor Color certification A: Aimed at visual creative professionals, graphic designers, videographers, and multimedia enthusiasts. A: 15.6-inch diagonal UltraHD TruBrite touchscreen display A: Native resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels A: 282 pixels per inch A: Comes with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 software. A: Intel Core i7 quad-core processor A: Available on April 22 for $1,500.
30	Andrew * arstechnica.com * @AndrewWrites
31	CONVERSATION 4	SHOW	LINKS
32	The FBI is building a giant face recognition database. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has obtained documents through the Freedom of Information Act that show the FBI’s intent to have 52 million photos in the database.	https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/04/fbi-plans-have-52-million-photos-its-ngi-face-recognition-database-next-year
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34	A: up from the 16 million in 2013 A: Database includes 4.3 million images obtained for "non-criminal purposes" A: Could include photos sent to the FBI for background checks
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67	The first Project Ara developer conference has already begun. It’s streaming live on YouTube. Project Ara is Google’s radical phone platform that enables the building of custom phones by snapping together interlocking modules. So “developers” are both hardware hackers and software coders. Project Ara was part of Motorola, but will remain part of Google when most the Motorola Mobility handset business is sold to Lenovo.	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2OEKL1w__4&feature=share	http://9to5google.com/2014/04/15/watch-googles-project-ara-developer-conference-livestreaming-now/
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70	Taking its cues from dystopian sci-fi, NEC has launched a new product called the Mobile Facial Recognition Appliance. It’s designed for retail stores. The device is a box that connects to any closed circuit video system, including security video. It captures faces on camera, then sends the pictures off to a server for remote processing, beaming the identity back to store employees so they can greet customers by name, as in: Welcome to the Gap, John Anderton.	http://www.pcworld.com/article/2143520/nec-launches-facial-recognition-technology-for-shoppers-in-hong-kong.html
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1	TITLE: Facebank? * 985	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Joe Panettieri
2	This is Tech News Today for Monday, April 14, 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 ... Joe Panettieri. Joe is editorial director for The VAR Guy, MSPmentor & TalkinCloud.	Joe Panettieri Editorial director, The VAR Guy @thevarguy
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15	Jason reported Friday on Tech News Tonight that Amazon plans to release a smartphone this year. The phone is expected to have four cameras for eye tracking and display 3D images without goofy glasses. A piece published over the weekend by Roger Cheng and Donna Tam says the killer feature of this phone won’t be 3D, but price.	http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-phone-forget-the-3d-gimmicks-its-all-about-the-price/	http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303873604579495940522902678-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwMTExNDEyWj
16	Roger Cheng, Executive editor, CNET News Q: First of all, can you recap what we know and what we think we know about Amazon’s first smartphone. Q: Why do you think a very low price is Amazon’s best option? Q: How will they sell a cheap phone that has four cameras and unique 3D technology? Q: Do you think this phone will be optimized for showrooming? Q: You said in your piece that smartphones are almost always sold below their inherent cost. What did you mean?	Roger Cheng Executive editor, CNET News @RogerWCheng
17	A: The Wall Street Journal broke the story, which was based on anonymous sources. A: Four front-facing cameras for eye-tracking and glasses-free 3-D; looks like hologram A: Plan to ship September A: Pundits say price will be key A: Expect forked Android like Kindle Fire A: GigaOm’s Kevin Tofel expects Instant Video for Android
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22	Facebook wants to be your bank, according to an exclusive in the Financial Times this morning. The social network is trying to get approval from the Central Bank of Ireland to offer financial services in Europe that include bill paying.	http://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-looks-for-ok-to-launch-financial-services-ft-2014-04-14	http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0e0ef050-c16a-11e3-97b2-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F0e0ef050-c16a-11e3-97b2-00144feabdc0.html%3Fsiteedition%3Dintl&siteedition=intl&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fhome%2Fus#axzz2yrXm8kxI
23	Hannah Kuchler San Francisco correspondent, Financial Times Q: What kinds of services is Facebook looking to offer? Q: Is this just in Europe? Why Europe? Q: What is the benefit for Facebook to get into financial services? Q: What’s the personal data angle here? Identity? Q: Who is Facebook partnering with on bill payments? Q: Do people trust Facebook with their money?	Hannah Kuchler San Francisco correspondent, Financial Times @hannahkuchler
24	A: FT sources say seeking partnerships with London-based companies: TransferWise, Moni Technologies and Azimo
25	Hannah * ft.com * @hannahkuchler
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32	Microsoft released Windows Phone 8.1 to developers today. It’s been 18 months since the last major update.	https://twitter.com/joebelfiore/status/455662712714842112	http://www.slashgear.com/windows-phone-8-1-review-developer-preview-14325033/
33	Chris Davies Executive Editor, SlashGear Q: Reviewers, including you, are loving this update. What’s so good about it? Q: Tell us about the Action Center. How is this different from previous versions? Q: Cortana demos well, but is it ready for prime time? Q: When will consumers get the update? Q: You wrote that Skype is baked in. What does that mean? Q: What do you dislike the most about Windows Phone 8.1? Q: Tell us about WiFi Sense.	Chris Davies Executive Editor, SlashGear @c_davies
34	A: Reviewers say it’s a great update A: Reviewers say so significant could have been called 9.0 A: New = Cortana; new notification center; skinned Tiles for the Start Screen A: For developers but non-developers can download it, but will void warranty, can’t roll back A: Cortana US only for now
35	Chris * slashgear.com * @c_davies
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37	Google is thinking about favoring encrypted web sites in search engine results, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/14/google-may-push-sites-to-use-encryption/
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39	A: Matt Cutts hinted it in speech and also in private conversations, according to WSJ. A: Won’t happen soon A: Danny Sullivan, editor of the Search Engine Watch, thinks Google won’t do it
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42	The Canada Revenue Agency says that the social insurance numbers of about 900 Canadians were stolen because of the Heartbleed security bug. The agency discovered the breach while fixing the flaw.	http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/gncy/sttmnt2-eng.html	http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/heartbleed-bug-900-sins-stolen-from-revenue-canada-1.2609192
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44	A: CRA: "We are currently going through the painstaking process of analyzing other fragments of data, some that may relate to businesses, that were also removed."
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47	Samsung’s got an event scheduled for April 29. The invitation hints at something related to photography with a cryptic slogan that goes “Kapture the Moment” -- that’s Kapture with a K. The invitation coincides with rampant rumors about a new Galaxy S5 Zoom smartphone, which rumormongers are now saying might be called the Galaxy K Zoom. The rumors say the new Zoom will be thinner, lighter, faster, etc., and offer a 20 megapixel camera.	https://twitter.com/SamsungMobile/status/455512813121724416/photo/1	http://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-galaxy-k-zoom-hinted-at-by-kapture-the-moment-event/
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67	Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is going after Twitter again. First he blocked Twitter to stifle sharing of alleged evidence of corruption. Then, a court ruled the block unconstitutional, but he kept it in place through the election. It’s now unblocked in Turkey, but Erdogan is now going after Twitter for tax evasion. I guess he figures that if it worked for Al Capone, it'll work for Twitter.	http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/04/turkey-pm-accuses-twitter-tax-evasion-2014412141426394773.html
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70	You’ve seen atomic watches before, but not like this one. The Cesium 133, which was invented by John Patterson's company Bathys Hawaii, works just like any other atomic watch in that it keeps accurate time with a clock controlled by the oscillation between the nucleus of an atom and the surrounding electrons. The difference is that all other atomic watches connect via radio waves to a remote atomic clock. But the Cesium 133 has the atomic clock inside the watch itself. A new Kickstarter to fund the development of the watch has already met its goal after only a few days. According to the Kickstarter page, a single chip inside the watch contains a laser, a heater, a sealed cavity of cesium gas, a microwave filter, and a photodiode detector, whatever that is. The site also claims that the watch is the world's most accurate wristwatch, losing only a single second every 1,000 years. They’re selling the prototypes for $6,000 each and the final versions for $10,000 each.	https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/846511652/the-worlds-first-true-atomic-wristwatch-the-cesium
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88	Why the Amazon smartphone might be super cheap!
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1	TITLE: Microsoft and Sony Fund Patent Trolling * 984	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Natali Morris
2	This is Tech News Today for Friday, April 11, 2014!
3	This episode is brought to you by: Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free 2 week trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com, and use offer code TNT
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 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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14	The industry's biggest patent troll, Intellectual Ventures, got Microsoft and Sony to invest in its latest acquisition fund, but failed to get Apple and Intel, according to an exclusive posted this morning by Reuters.	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/11/us-microsoft-apple-patents-idUSBREA3A0R020140411
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16	A: Last year IV curtailed patent acquisitions as it sought new investors, but is now is ramping up A: Microsoft and Sony investment enables them to buy more new patents A: Apple and Intel's have supported IV in the past A: Created in 2000, Intellectual Ventures has raised about $6 billion and acquired 70,000 patents A: IV trying to raise $3 billion more A: IV argues that by buying patents from inventors, it monetizes innovation A: Large tech companies previously invested in IV got cheap licenses to IV patent portfolios, plus percentage of royalties A: Congress now working on Innovation Act A: IV has armed thousands of shell companies with old patents A: Apple has defended itself from trolls in court 92 times in the last three years. A: IV launched a Political Action Committee to lobby for patent trolls in Washington
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26	Twitter is having trouble getting some users to tweet. A new report from Twopcharts says 44% of Twitter accounts have never sent a single tweet.	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/11/new-data-quantifies-dearth-of-tweeters-on-twitter/	http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/twitters-secret-growth-580-million-users-waiting-reengage-156937
27	Garett Sloane Writer, Adweek Q: Twitter gets a lot of new signups, but many of these are cancelled by Twitter. Why? Q: What does this weak user engagement mean for Twitter as an advertising platform? Q: It sounds like only a tiny number of people are super engaged. Why does Twitter feel so active? Q: On a platform like Twitter, which is mostly influential people with megaphones, or talking to each other, does it matter if a majority doesn’t tweet?	Garett Sloane Writer, Adweek @GarettSloane
28	A: Twopcharts estimated there have been 1.5 billion signups in Twitter’s eight-year history, but 500 million were deactivated or deleted as a result of spam and other transgressions. A: Twitter attracts 50 million signups a month, but only nets about 20 million new users. A: Twopcharts: 30% of existing Twitter accounts have sent 1-10 tweets A: Only 13% of the accounts have sent at least 100 tweets. A: 974 million existing Twitter accounts A: Twitter said it has 241 million monthly active users the last three months of 2013. Twitter defines a monthly active user as an account that logs in at least once a month A: By Twitter’s standards, a person does not have to tweet to be considered a monthly active user A: Tweets, retweets, favorites and other actions help Twitter generate advertising revenue
29	Garett * adweek.com * @GarettSloane
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31	Amazon is getting into the comic book business. The company announced yesterday that it’s buying ComiXology, which is a digital comics app.	http://time.com/58561/comixology/
32	Albert Ching Senior Editor, Comic Book Resources Q: What does the digital comic book loving community think about this acquisition? Q: What do you think of ComiXology’s self-publishing platform? Q: Can you tell me about ComiXology’s “Guided View” technology?	Albert Ching Senior Editor, Comic Book Resources @albertxii
33	A: “Comics by Comixology” app free on iOS and Android A: Comics from more than 75 publishers plus independent authors A: David Steinberger = co-founder and chief executive of comiXology A: Technology = “Guided View,” which leads readers through individual panels A: Some comics fans will be bummed A: Other Amazon buys = social network Goodreads; film & games subscription service Lovefilm A: Founded in 2007 A: Plan to integrate into Kindle Fire line? A: Expected to lose during the second quarter of 2014. A: Will continue to operate out of current New York headquarters A: Comixology comics iOS app top-grossing non-game iPad app last year A: ComiXology launched a self-publishing platform in 2013
34	Albert * comicbookresources.com * @albertxii
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36	An internal Samsung report appears to show that Samsung lied to the public, press and shareholders about how many Galaxy Tab devices it sold in 2011	http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/04/11/apple-samsung-tablet-misled/
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38	A: In early January 2011, a report from Strategy Analytics citing comments made to investors by A: Samsung documents from February 2012 show that Samsung’s tablet sales in 2011 were about a million units in the U.S. for the whole year of 2011. A: History: Samsung fined $340,000 by Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) for astro-turfing A: History: Samsung was caught cheating on benchmark tests, then lying about it. In the most recent case, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 looked for the presence of any benchmarking program and when it detected one, kicked into a special, high-power CPU mode in order to enable the phone to lie to benchmarking programs. After this was proved beyond any doubt, Samsung lied about it and said they didn’t do it despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. Then they eliminated the “feature” A: Fined by Taiwan’s FTC for lying in ads about smartphone features
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41	Sony is contacting 25,000 owners of its VAIO Fit 11A laptop and telling them to stop using it. The laptops could catch fire because of the batteries inside built by Panasonic.	http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140411-702620.html
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43	A: In other news, Sony sold only 25,000 VAIO Fit 11A laptops A: Sony is selling its PC division to Japan Industrial Partners, an investment fund A: Lenovo recalled 150,000 ThinkPad battery packs due to similar problems
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46	Facebook wants to improve the quality of your News Feed by punishing posts that contain Like-Bait.	http://gigaom.com/2014/04/10/facebook-says-no-to-like-bait-and-viral-content-but-what-if-thats-what-users-really-want/
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48	A: Announced it in a post A: Like-bait = “explicitly asks News Feed readers to like, comment or share the post” A: INGRAM: Facebook says won’t affect pages “genuinely trying to encourage discussion among their fans.” But how will it distinguish?
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64	A plethora of news reports were published yesterday under a headline saying that France had banned the sending of emails after 6pm. It’s a great story. Trouble is, it isn’t true. It all started with an error-filled blog post on the Guardian newspaper website Wednesday saying that unions and employers signed a legally binding agreement requiring staff to turn off their phones after 6pm. The Guardian said the deal affected a million French employees. Here’s what the Guardian got wrong. The agreement didn’t say anything about a 6pm cutoff. It contained vague language about an “obligation to disconnect” from independent contractors, not employees, after hours. These contractors have flexible hours and aren’t limited to France’s 35-hour workweek laws, which also ban employees from working more than ten hours per day. So the agreement was designed to protect these contractors from being taken advantage of. French law allows companies to demand 13-hour days from contractors, but no more. And it affects only about a quarter of a million contract workers, and is essentially unenforceable anyway. Germany has similar guidelines. One irony is that the press repeating the Guardian’s errors implied the French are lazy, but it was the reporters themselves who were being lazy. Another irony is that the Guardian blog is called the “shortcuts” blog.	http://www.theguardian.com/money/shortcuts/2014/apr/09/french-6pm-labour-agreement-work-emails-out-of-office
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88	Intel reports earnings on Tuesday, April 15. Google and IBM do the same on the 16th.
89	Also: Google will be selling Google Glass to the public for one day only starting at 9am Pacific on Tuesday.
90	The Twitter Music app has already been pulled from the iTunes app store, but if you still have the app, the service that powers is will be terminated on Friday, April 18.
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1	TITLE: Facebook Shoots the Messenger * 983	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Natali Morris
2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, April 10, 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.
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15	Facebook is killing the messaging feature of its mobile app. Instead, they want you to use the dedicated Messenger app. It’s all part of Facebook’s multi-app strategy.	http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/pulling-messenger-facebook-mobile-terrible/
16	Lance Ulanoff Editor-at-Large of Mashable Q: Why is Facebook doing this? Q: You called it the dumbest decision ever. Why? Q: The Messenger app seems OK. What’s your beef with it? Q: Is this strategy the opposite of Google’s which is to bake everything into Google+? Q: You implied that Facebook should have asked first. But you know people would just say no. Q: What does this mean for Chat Heads? Q: Will this help Twitter?	Lance Ulanoff Editor-at-Large of Mashable @LanceUlanoff
17	A: Opposite of Google+ A: Seven Facebook apps currently A: Feature is still there; will be discontinued soon A: “Shelf space” on your phone screen?
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22	Dropbox wants you to do a lot more than drop things into boxes. The company yesterday unveiled a range of apps for both consumers and businesses.	http://qz.com/197443	http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/09/dropbox-debuts-carousel-aiming-to-be-the-go-to-storage-app-for-your-entire-photo-archive/
23	Max Nisen Management reporter, Quartz Q: Can you tell us about the new apps Dropbox launched? Q: Why is Dropbox launching all these apps? What’s their strategy? Q: Competition with Facebook, Google+, Instagram and Flickr Q: Why would anyone use Carousel when G+ does the same thing plus photo editing? Q: Prepping for IPO? Q: Do you think the strategy will work?	Max Nisen Management reporter, Quartz @MaxNisen
24	A: Carousel = visual gallery of their photos organized by time and place - also sharing A: Dropbox = 275 million users A: Project Harmony = more secure version of Dropbox now available to all for everyone A: Strategy is called Chapter 2
25	Max * qz.com * @MaxNisen
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27	An iOS app called Mailbox was so hot when it launched as an invitation-only iOS app just over a year ago that it had more than a million people on the waiting list and the company that made it was quickly acquired by Dropbox. Well yesterday, Mailbox announced its first Android version and also the beta version of a Mailbox Mac application.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/9/5594996/inbox-hero-inside-mailboxs-master-plan-to-make-email-suck-less
28	Ellis Hamburger Reporter, The Verge Q: Ellis, when the Mailbox app hit the app store in February, 2013, it was astonishing to see an email app, of all things, get so much hype. Why did everyone pay attention to this app when it first hit? Q: Are the newly announced Android and Mac versions comparable to the iPhone original? Q: Auto-swipe feature? Q: If Mailbox screws up, won’t you miss emails? Q: Will snoozing emails on mobile make them come back on the Mac version? Q: Does Mailbox require a Dropbox account? Q: Any complaints about Mailbox?	Ellis Hamburger Reporter, The Verge @hamburger
29	A: Also introduced a feature called Auto-swipe that predicts which messages you’re going to archive A: Introduced great new ideas to touch-screen email: - swipe to archive - swipe in the other direction to delete - easy snooze A: Auto-swipe = part Gmail Mute, part machine-learning algorithm
30	Ellis * theverge.com * @hamburger
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32	A new Indiegogo crowd funded project called TinkerBots aims to create modules that snap together to create instant robots.	http://youtu.be/wXq36iZC_i0	http://recode.net/2014/04/10/tinkerbots-wants-to-help-kids-make-colorful-robots-that-learn
33	Liz Gannes (GAINS) is a senior editor for Recode. Q: Tell us about TinkerBots and how they work.	Liz Gannes Senior Editor, Recode @lizgannes
34	A. Kinematics CEO Matthias Bürger A. Company based in Berlin A. Move them, and the TinkerBots remember and repeat the movement (record button) A. Arduino-compatible micro-controller inside A. Price range: $159 to $499 A. Different pieces have different functions. One has brain. Other has specific movement. A. App-based
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1	TITLE: Impending Congressional Comcastrophy? * 982	GUEST CO-ANCHOR: Natali Morris
2	This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, April 9, 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.
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15	A backlash is growing in Congress against Comcast’s proposed $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable, according to Washington Post writer Brian Fung. And the backlash is now bipartisan.	http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/04/09/the-backlash-to-the-comcast-merger-is-now-bipartisan/	http://www.c-span.org/live/?channel=c-span-3
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20	Comcast’s merger with Time Warner Cable will depend on how persuasive their case is to the department of justice and the federal communications commission.	http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/9/5597074/inside-comcasts-shaky-fcc-defense-of-time-warner-cable-takeover
21	The Verge’s Adi Robertson took a close look at the company's prospects in a post this morning on The Verge. Q: Can you summarize why Comcast believes it’s OK for the biggest cable TV company to buy the second biggest? Q: You called their case “shaky.” What’s so shaky about it? Q: You wrote that there is no way that Comcast can argue it would have meaningful competition in wired broadband or cable after the merger. Although they would become by far the biggest provider nationwide, isn’t it only local competition that counts? Wouldn’t they still have competition in each city? Q: Comcast says its got big competition from Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook. How can they make that case when most of these companies don’t deliver broadband, and in fact will be heavily relying on Comcast to deliver their services? Q: You argue strongly against the merger. But in reality, what horrible catastrophe will strike if they merger goes through?	Adi Robertson Writer, The Verge @thedextriarchy
22	* Consumer Federation of America says: Comcast-Time Warner company would dominate nineteen of the top twenty media markets * about a third of all multi-channel video subscribers * control about half the high-speed Internet access in the country. * Comcast also cites FCC data saying that 97 percent of households have at least two broadband providers that offer 3Mbps or faster downstream speeds, listing companies like CenturyLink, Cablevision, and Verizon. * Comcast’s coup de grace, though, is the fact that it doesn’t share any current markets with Time Warner Cable
23	Adi * theverge.com * @thedextriarchy
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27	Comcast may become a wireless carrier. An exclusive by Amir Efrati on The Information site says Comcast is considering a plan for offering smartphone voice and data service via WiFi, plus over cellular networks using bandwidth Comcast would lease from a major carrier.	https://www.theinformation.com/Comcast-Quietly-Preps-Challenge-to-Wireless-Carriers
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29	* Comcast already offers Voice 2go = Xfinity Voice customers can call from iOS or Android via WiFi using existing home phone number. * New service would see Comcast leasing mobile broadband from a major carrier, then offering it to customers * regulatory issues * Google considering something similar in Google Fiber areas
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32	Watch out, William Shatner. It looks like Google wants to compete with Priceline and move into the hotel booking racket.	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304819004579487931119016044?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304819004579487931119016044.html
33	Rolfe Winkler is a reporter for the Journal. Q: What’s the evidence for Google moving into the hotel listings business? Q: Aren’t they competing against their own advertising customers? Q: Who is Google partnering with here? Q: What advantages does Google have against the specialist companies? Q: How big is the US travel market? Q: Is there an anti-competitive problem with all this?	Rolfe Winkler Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @RolfeWinkler
34	* travel and tourism spending totaled $450 billion last year, and is expected to grow 3.5% this year, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council.
35	Rolfe * wsj.com * @RolfeWinkler
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37	The U.S. Air Force is testing Google Glass for use in war.	http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/u-s-air-force-is-testing-google-glass-building-apps-for-battlefield-use-exclusive/
38	Richard Byrne Reilly is an award-winning staff writer at VentureBeat	Richard Byrne Reilly staff writer, VentureBeat @rbyrnereilly
39	* “BATMAN” research team at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is beta-testing Google Glass * BATMAN = Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided (K)nowledge * BATMAN = part of Air Force’s 711th Human Performance Wing * BATMAN = research and development group; both military and civilian behavioral and technology scientists * Possible uses: air controllers working on the ground helping vector fighter and bomber aircraft to their targets, search and rescue missions, and combat controllers communicating with aircraft flying overhead and ground troops in combat, supply, and rescue operations. * Google’s Glass Explorer program, no official relationship with Google at that time. * Prototyping proprietary software to enhance the Android OS platform for Glass
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42	Google’s Chromecast may soon do more than play online videos. A Redditor posted his discovery this morning of Chromecast code revealed the ability to show icons on screen that reflect the current local weather. He also found code for displaying personal photos on the device.	http://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/22ixkj/weather_coming_to_chromecast_homescreen/
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44	* asjmcguire on Reddit * local weather in icon form
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47	CNN is launching a show exclusively for Twitter. It’s called Your 15 Second Morning.	http://blogs.wsj.com/cmo/2014/04/09/why-cnn-is-launching-a-news-show-built-for-twitter/
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49	* Exclusive by Mike Shields in the Wall Street Journal * One of first projects by CNN Digital Studios * Will also come out with other web-related series around celebrity, sports, etc. * Also web extension to Crossfire called “Crossfire Reloaded”
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53	The Wi-Fi Alliance announced today something called "tap-to-connect."	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/09/tx-wi-fi-certified-idUSnPn7J5dhR+91+PRN20140409
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55	* NFC * Part of Wi-Fi Protected Setup * Great for non-phones: cameras, smart home gadgets, gaming peripherals * Other Wi-Fi Protected Setup methods: push-button on the router, the PIN setup, and now NFC, which remains popular with Android and BlackBerry users as a way of making mobile payments. * More than 10,000 wireless devices have been certified for Wi-Fi Protected Setup since 2007 * Routers from Broadcom, Marvell, Mediatek, and Qualcomm already support NFC
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75	Land Rover is showing a concept that appears to let you see through the hood of your car. It’s called the Transparent Bonnet Concept, and it works like this. Cameras mounted on the grill capture video of the ground, then use the hood as a video projector screen to display that video. The effect is to create the illusion that you can see through the hood.	http://youtu.be/1OlqditIsoM&t=10s	(start video at 0:10)
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98	Oculus Rift-controlled AR Drone	http://prostheticknowledge.tumblr.com/post/82132047144/oculusdrone-hacking-experiment-from-diego-araos
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100	Q: Liberals and Democrats in Congress were first to oppose the merger. But now you’re saying some conservatives and Republicans are against it as well. Which Republican groups are coming out against the deal and why? Q: Are they also seeing this as an opportunities to stick it to the president? Q: Will the bipartisan nature of the opposition scuttle the deal? Q: As we speak, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the proposed merger. What comes next?	Brian Fung Reporter, Washington Post @b_fung	brian.d.fung
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16	The Google Developer conference, Google I/O begins today. Mike and All About Android host Jason Howell are in-line as we speak wating to get into the keynote, which Google says will span two and a half hours. You'll have a front row seat right here, however. Our live coverage of the keynote begins right after TNT with Gina Trapani, Aaron Newcomb, Ron Richards, and me. At I/O this year Google is expected to take the wraps off the next version of Android, Android M, present details of an even smaller operating system for the Internet of Things, code named Brillo, and expand the line of virtual reality products designed for Cardboard, the literally cardboard visor it handed out at last year's conference. Will there be any surprise announcements? Will Google buy Twitter? Will Sergei Brin arrive in a flying car? Our live coverage begins in less than one hour. Stay tuned!
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21	Occulus Rift will set you back $1500 when it goes on sale later this year	Oculus in action EVE Valkyrie	http://recode.net/2015/05/27/oculus-rift-total-package-price-around-1500/
22	Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, speaking at the Code Conference yesterday, revealed the price for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset PLUS computer. The two will set you back, he says, around $1500. It doesn't sound like the Rift will be sold in a bundle, however. The company has already said you'll need to own, or buy, a decently powerful gaming rig to play in its virtual world. The current development kit for the rift is around $900 minus computer. The maker put out specs for a Rift-ready PC last month including an NVIDIA GTX 970 or equivalent, Intel i5, and 8GB RAM - in other words a mid-range gaming PC so figure the virtual reality headset itself will be around $500-600. A hefty price but something hardcore gamers (who no doubt already have a helium-cooled 16-core, dual GPU beast at the ready) will undoubtedly line up to pay.	https://youtu.be/DZ4gpjwJa08
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28	GoPro unveils six camera array for VR content	Scoble's video	http://mashable.com/2015/05/27/gopro-drone-vr/?utm_cid=hp-hh-sec
29	Speaking of VR, how do you plan to make those 360 degree videos of your kitty's scratching post? GoPro has an answer. You may have seen Robert Scoble's amateur video from Coachella using his home-made GoPro rig. Scoble glued six gopros together in an ungainly ball and has been walking around shooting 360-degree video for some months. Now, at the Code Conference, GoPro boss Nick Woodman has announced that they're going to manufacture something similar. No price but he says look for it later this year. GoPro bought Kolor, a VR startup late last month and will use its software to stitch together the images from all six cameras into an immersive 360 degree stomach churner. Woodman also said GoPro would be building its own drone for sale next year. I guess I'll have to buy Father Robert one of those, too.	https://youtu.be/TJUX25uPpJ0
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34	Jawbone Sues Fitbit		http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/business/dealbook/jawbone-sues-fitbit-over-data-plundering-by-ex-employees.html?_r=0
35	The torrid sales of the Apple Watch, one analyst estimates the device is selling 30,000 units a week, leaves the rest of the fitness band makers squabbling over the remains of the market. Yesterday Jawbone sued market leader Fitbit for "systematically plundering" company information by hiring away its employees. Fitbit filed for an IPO last month and claims 85% of the fitness band market. According to Jawbone, recruiters from Fitbit contacted one third of Fitbit's staff attempting to lure them away from its rival. Those who went are being accused of downloading Fitbit proprietary information to thumb drives on the way out the door. Jawbone is seeking damages and a restraining order.
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40	Google's Project Tango Experimental Tablet teased at Google IO 2014 goes on sale today "no invite Needed" for $512 US	https://store.google.com/product/project_tango_tablet_black	http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/28/google-project-tango-public-release/?ncid=rss_truncated
41	Just to give you an idea of how long it can take for something Google announces today to reach the general public, Google's Project Tango, an inexpensive tablet designed to help you map locales in three dimensions that was announced at last year's I/O, went on sale today in the Google store, now invite free. The $512 tablet is for developers only. That's probably because the rest of us would have no idea what to do with a 3D motion and space tracking device with integrated depth sensing.	https://youtu.be/MTL1IXTDH30
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59	Twitch, the online game streaming network, has updated its code of conduct with regards to games that recieve an Adults Only rating from the ESRB. The new rules ban all broadcasts from the network that include scenes / gameplay from popular games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas & Manhunt2 as well as any games in the US with the AO rating. in the statement the compnay says "Previously, we made game-specific decisions about which games would and would not be available for broadcast – sometimes due to overtly sexual content, sometimes due to gratuitous violence" but, they go on "This is unsustainable and unclear, generating only further confusion among Twitch broadcasters" The "new" guidelines are posted on the TWitch Website.		http://www.pcgamer.com/twitch-bans-adults-only-games/
60		http://blog.twitch.tv/2015/05/rules-of-conduct-update-adult-oriented-games/
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81	Pebble Time begins shipping to Kickstarter Backers today, the first 10,000 pre-orders will start shipping this week, and every Backer should get a tracking number by mid-June. If you missed the Kickstarter and are interested in getting your own Pebble time you can pre-order on June 22nd.		https://blog.getpebble.com/2015/05/27/shipping/
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97	FCC wants to make it easier to block robocalls to consumers, and proposes "blocking technologies" to phone companies to assist consumers with these calls “Few things rankle consumers as much as unwanted calls and texts,” said FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. “The FCC wants to make it clear: Telephone companies can — and in fact should — offer consumers robocall-blocking tools.”		http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-robocalls-fcc-20150527-story.html
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125	There's money in the sky, and it's coming from unmanned aeriel vehicles, aka drones. Skyfund.vc has $75 million to blow, er invest in "backing a vibrant eco-system of UAV Startups." Created by drone maker DJI and VC firm Accel Ventures, they're looking for early stage startups in quadcopters, robots, and "intelligent machines." Advisors include TV producer Dick Wolf creator of Law & Order, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D.		http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/27/8664293/skyfund-airware-drone-funding-dji-accel
126		http://www.skyfund.vc/
127		https://vimeo.com/128880551
128		http://commercialdronefund.com/
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130	The amount of data collected via Facebook messenger (by Default) is enough to make you look like a stalker to your best friends, one college student set out to see what this data could offer, and was surprised by how fun & creepy the results were... Using a self made chrome extension he was able to track and mapout one of his friends hour by hour locations, by simply chatting with him inside Messenger. No fear, the author of the story goes on to guide you on how to protect your location identity on Facebook.		https://medium.com/@arankhanna/stalking-your-friends-with-facebook-messenger-9da8820bd27d
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