TNT Shownotes #6 (2014)


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9	[Thing o' the day: comet landing] No images from the surface yet, but meanwhile this Selfie! 300 million miles away 41,000 miles per hour 4.5 billion years old Rosetta spacecraft 220 pound Philae lander Sound caused by oscillations in the magnetic field in the comet's environment. It's too low for human hearing; this is sped up 10,000 times	http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/10/Rosetta_mission_selfie_at_16_km http://mashable.com/2014/11/12/rosetta-comet-song/
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16	The United States and China reached a big free-trade agreement yesterday that will cut tariffs for technology products. It's the first such pact in 20 years. The deal has been in the works for years and adds over 250 kinds of products to the 1996 Information Technology Agreement between the two countries, with more than 200 categories of products seeing the total elimination of tariffs. The White House says that Medical equipment, GPS devices, video game consoles, computer software and next generation semiconductors are among the product categories that will see tariff elimination.	http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/11/10/fact-sheet-supporting-economic-growth-home-and-abroad-eliminating-trade-	http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9a1804d6-6950-11e4-9eeb-00144feabdc0.html
17	Shawn Donnan wrote about it for the Financial Times. Q: How will this deal affect consumers in the United States and China? Q: And how will it affect producers or manufacturers? Q: Will this increase exports from the United States to China, and reduce the price of technology products made in China in the US.	Shawn Donnan World Trade Editor, Financial Times @sdonnan
18	A: 1996 Information Technology Agreement A: Chinese president Xi Jinping; US president Barack Obama A: Deal broke a deadlock of almost 18 months in negotiations over updating the World Trade Organisation A: global trade in IT products is worth about $4tn annually
19	Shawn Donnan * ft.com * @sdonnan
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23	We reported Monday on president Obama's call for net neutrality. Now, telecom giant AT&T says it will pause investments to bring fiber connections to 100 cities until the US government finalizes its rules. "We can't go out and invest that kind of money deploying fiber to 100 cities not knowing under what rules those investments will be governed," said AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson.		http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/11/12/att-is-putting-its-fiber-deployment-on-ice-over-net-neutrality-for-now/
24	Brian Fung writes for The Washington Post Q: What is AT&T trying to accomplish here? Q: Is the implication here that under net neutrality, AT&T wouldn't invest in faster Internet? Q: Doesn't this put AT&T at a big disadvantage, competitively? Q: Will this pressure have any effect?	Brian Fung Reporter, Washington Post @b_fung
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26	Brian * washingtonpost.com * @b_fung
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28	Yahoo yesterday announced that it intends to acquire BrightRoll, which is a platform for selling and delivering video ads, for $640 million in cash. BrightRoll is interesting because it uses an instantaneous computerized matching process.		http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-buys-video-ad-platform-brightroll-2014-11
29	Matt Rosoff writes for Business Insider. Q: Will this give Yahoo an advantage in selling video ads, or are they just playing catch-up? How good is BrightRoll?	Matt Rosoff West Coast Bureau Chief, Business Insider @MattRosoff
30	A: Mayer's second-largest purchase after $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr last year. A Mayer joined Yahoo as chief executive in mid-2012 A: TechCrunch reported last month that the merger talks were occurring A: digital video advertising is expected to total about $5.96 billion this year in US A: eMarketer predicts that it will account for 40 percent of digital video ad dollars in 2016 A: AOL acquired Adap.TV last year A: Facebook recently acquired LiveRail A: BrightRoll arge, growing and profitable business with net revenue expected to exceed $100 million
31	Matt Rosoff * businessinsider.com * @MattRosoff
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33	We told you this week about Apple's new tool for un-registering iMessage accounts for iPhone users who switch to Android or other non-Apple platforms. But that didn't stop Apple from facing a federal lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, says that a lawsuit brought by a woman named Adrienne Moore can go forward. Moore had switched from an iPhone 4 to a Galaxy S5, and claims that Apple blocked her text messages from being delivered to her new phone.		http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/12/apple_hit_over_text_messages/
34	Shaun Nichols is a Reporter for The Register. Q: Can you describe the iMessage problem that switchers had? Did this affect only messages from other iPhone users directly through iMessage, or did it affect text messages as well? Q: Was Apple's tool for de-coupling iMessage revealed this week a response to this complaint? Q: Shouldn't this be a class-action suit? Why is there only one plaintiff?	Shaun Nichols Reporter, The Register @shaundnichols
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36	Shaun Nichols * theregister.co.uk * @shaundnichols
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38	TechCrunch is reporting that Amazon is expanding its R&D operations in Cambridge in the U.K. The company plans a large research staff that will expand the operation it bought along with its acquisition of Cambridge-based speech tech startup Evi Technologies two years ago. The research will focus on its drone delivery project and speech technology, possibly for its Echo virtual assistant product. It's possible that this is yet another example of testing and research being forced abroad by the American ban on flying drones commercially.		http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/11/amazon-cambridge-lab/
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43	Reuters is reporting that at least two major Yahoo shareholders have approached AOL CEO Tim Armstrong to explore a merger between Yahoo and AOL and run the combined company. The report says Armstrong has been receptive, but only if it's a friendly merger. The investors believe the combined companies could save $1.5 billion.		http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/12/us-aol-m-a-yahoo-idUSKCN0IW0D020141112
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65	Amazon unveiled yesterday a new Cloud Drive API, which enables third-party developers to integrate Cloud Drive access into their own applications. Amazon claims that the API will handle the details of differing screen resolutions, metadata management, indexing, search and sync so developers don't have to. The API will also be available in other developer tools, such as Filepicker and Temboo.	https://developer.amazon.com/public/apis/experience/cloud-drive
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67	The European Commission new antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, says she wants to meet with “those most directly affected” by Google’s alleged anticompetitive practices, including vertical search engines like Yelp and Foundem, consumer rights groups and online publishers.		https://gigaom.com/2014/11/12/google-antitrust-case-new-eu-competition-chief-wants-fresh-talks-with-complainants/
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73	China's Tencent yesterday rolled out a competitor to Skype called WeChat Phonebook. The app enables the 438 million global WeChat users to make free voice phone calls with their smartphones to other WeChat users. The app is available for Android and iOS. The launch isn't off to a great start. The service has been barely functioning today with dropped calls and missed connections. The apps Weibo account blamed strong interest in the app for the problems.		http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/11/12/tencents-new-phone-app-challenges-giants-gets-busy-signal/
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100	The US and China just signed a huge free trade agreement around technology -- your gadgets are about to get cheaper!...
101	AT&T says they'll stop investing in fast fiber until the net neutrality rules are settled...
102	And Apple fixed their iMessage problem, but that won't save them from a lawsuit!...
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