TNT Shownotes #6 (2014)


1	TITLE: Cook Out * 1125	CO-ANCHOR: Elise Hu

2	This is Tech News Today for Thursday, October 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.		BRIDGEURL LINK
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8	[Elise Hu]
9	[Thing o' the day: Elise's new joint]	http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/npr-seoul-south-korea-elise-hu_b230929
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16	Samsung had a tough earnings call yesterday. Mobile profits dropped 74 percent year-over-year.	http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/samsung-electronics-announces-third-quarter-results	http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/samsungs-mobile-profit-plunges-74-q3-competition-intensifies/2014-10-30 http://www.cnet.com/news/samsungs-q3-financials-show-ongoing-struggles-in-mobile/
17	Phil Goldstein is the Editor of FierceWireless And Shara Tibken is a Senior Writer at CNET Q: Why the big drop in mobile profits? Q: How did the company do with profits overall? Q: What's Samsung's explanation for this? Q: Despite the doom and gloom, Samsung still has twice the market share of Apple and is still one of the two significantly profitable companies in the handset market. That's got to count for something! Q: How is the company planning to turn it around?	Phil Goldstein Editor of FierceWireless @FierceWireless Shara Tibken Senior Writer, CNET @sharatibken
18	A: Overall: 60 percent drop in company-wide operating profit A: fourth consecutive decline and its lowest since the second quarter of 2011 A: Company blamed higher marketing costs and competition for its problems.
19	Phil Goldstein * fiercewireless.com * @FierceWireless Shara Tibken * cnet.com * @sharatibken
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23	Tim Cook announced he's gay in a coming out column for Bloomberg Businessweek. He says that while many people have already known it, he's never publicly acknowledged it.	http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-30/tim-cook-im-proud-to-be-gay	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/30/apples-tim-cook-im-proud-to-be-gay/
24	Q: What's the reaction like in tech world? Or is it just a giant shrug? Q: One question we've had in this newsroom is why this is news in this day and age, and at what point will it not be news anymore? Q: Is there any anticipated effect for Apple if he's out and proud or not?	Lisa Fleisher Tech Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @lisafleisher
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28	Microsoft today unveiled its hotly anticipated fitness wearable device, which they're calling Microsoft Band. The watch goes on sale today for $199. Let's take a look at the video.	WILL THROW TO VIDEO; PLEASE PLAY FULL SCREEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEvjulEJH9w http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.308308800
29	Q: Can you talk about the hardware -- sensors, battery life, screen and so on? Q: A UV sensor and stress detector are pretty unique, aren't they? Q: The watch supports iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Can you tell us about the app? Q: What ever happened to Microsoft's HealthVault initiative? Q: Will you be able to buy stuff with the Microsoft Band like Apple Pay can?
30	A: 48 hours on a single charge A: track both sleep and exercise A: notification A: iOS, Android and Windows Phone apps
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33	Flipboard 3.0 is out, and it's changing its orientation to topics, before stories. It's letting users choose channels of interest -- like tech or politics or style -- before then showing particular items to read or watch. Harry McCracken, tech editor for Fast Company -- joins us to talk about it.	https://flipboard.com/	http://www.fastcompany.com/3037833/finding-stuff-to-read-in-flipboard-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier
34	Q: First, how does the new app work? Q: Going with this topic following model seems to depart from personalization -- what's the trend here and why is it emerging? Q: Any new ways this version will help Flipboard's bottom line?	Harry McCracken Technology Editor, Fast Company @harrymccracken
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36	Harry McCracken * fastcompany.com * technologizer.com * @harrymccracken
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65	Lenovo's $2.9 billion deal to buy Motorola's mobility unit from Google was completed this morning. Motorola will be a subsidiary of Lenovo and keep its headquarters in Chicago. Google kept the Motorola patents, though, and will license some of them to Lenovo.		http://recode.net/2014/10/30/lenovo-completes-2-9-billion-motorola-purchase-from-google/
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67	Messaging apps keep coming up with perks to attract new users. Now Google is offering Hangouts users free one-minute calls to phone numbers in more than two dozen countries. After the free minute runs out, the calls will be charged the normal Google rate.		http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/10/29/google-hangouts-now-lets-make-free-one-minute-international-calls/
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69	Meanwhile, WhatsApp is apparently struggling to implement the voice calling service it promised for the second quarter of this year. Now, the company's CEO [Yawn] Koum says they're hoping to roll it out in the first quarter of next year.		http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/whatsapp-delays-launch-voice-calling-service-q1-2015/2014-10-28
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71	Google Wallet has been updated with the ability to make recurring bank transfers and low-balance alerts. The update for both iOS and Android hits this week for US user.		http://9to5google.com/2014/10/29/google-wallet-adds-recurring-bank-transfers-for-automatically-adding-money-low-balance-alerts/
72	Everyone knows the world's biggest smartphone sellers are Samsung and Apple. But now China's Xiaomi has moved into the number-three spot, according to new reports by both Strategy Analytics and IDC. Still, the company is pretty far behind the leaders. Samsung has a quarter of the market. Apple has about 12 percent and Xiaomi has about 6 percent.		* * *
73			http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/30/us-xiaomi-mobilephone-idUSKBN0IJ0D020141030
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75	We told you earlier this year about Samsung's Gear S smartwatch, which will be able to connect over 3G networks without tethering to a smartphone. Samsung announced today that the Gear S will launch in the US next Friday, November 7. The watch will be available on AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile.		http://9to5google.com/2014/10/30/samsung-gear-s-release-date/
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78	If you saw the movie "Her," starring Scarlett Johansson as the voice of a Siri-like assistant and Joaquin Phoenix as the man who falls in love with an app, then you know that the virtual assistant in that movie was named Samantha. Now, a new app has emerged for chatting with a "Samantha." The difference is that this Samantha is a real person who lives in Brooklyn. The app has a website with rules of engagement, which include: "Be nice," "Keep your mind out of the gutter," and most importantly, "don't fall in love with Samantha."	http://www.textsam.com/	http://www.businessinsider.com/girl-creates-samantha-app-where-all-you-can-do-is-message-her-2014-10
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105	Smartphone leader Samsung reports another miserable quarter.
106	Plus, Microsoft comes out with its hotly anticipated fitness band...
107	Flipboard comes out with a new topic-centered approach to content...
108	And Apple CEO Tim Cook just comes out.
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