TNT Shownotes #6 (2014)


1	TITLE: Apples, BlackBerrys and Bananas * 1198	CO-ANCHOR: Megan Morrone

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3	02/18/15 - Facebook is working on a version of their app for virtual reality, Qualcomm's new mid-range chips have high-end features, a major American fruit company invents the smart banana, and more...			3:10 Re-loaded Re/Code video, can you cut out the bad cut to the wrong video and replace with video moments later
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22	A Facebook executive last night said the company is making virtual reality apps for the Oculus Rift platform. Facebook chief product officer Chris Cox was speaking at Re/code’s Code/Media conference, and said that even the Facebook social network is getting a VR app. Let's take a look at some of his comments.	VIDEO HAS AD. WILL THROW TO VIDEO. PLEASE PLAY FULL VIDEO WITH SOUND. http://recode.net/2015/02/17/facebook-is-working-on-virtual-reality-apps-that-it-thinks-beyonce-will-use/	http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/18/facebook-says-its-developing-its-own-apps-for-oculus/
23	Daniel Terdiman is a Senior Writer for VentureBeat. Q: Cox said that experiencing Facebook inside Oculus could give users a "fuller picture." Any idea what this experience would be like or how it would work? Q: When can we expect these apps. And when, for that matter, can we expect Oculus Rift? Q: Cox said that Beyonce will build Oculus Rift apps. What was he talking about?	Daniel Terdiman Senior Writer, VentureBeat @GreeterDan
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25	Daniel Terdiman * venturebeat.com * @GreeterDan
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28	Chip-giant Qualcomm announced a new handful of new chipsets today. They're not any faster or better than what's out there right now, but what's exciting about this is that the chipsets contain some high-end features, but they're designed for mainstream phones.	https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2015/02/18/qualcomm-introduces-next-generation-snapdragon-600-and-400-tier-processors	https://gigaom.com/2015/02/18/qualcomms-new-mid-range-phone-chips-get-high-end-features/		https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/processors
29	Kevin Tofel is Senior Writer at GigaOm	Kevin Tofel Senior writer, Gigaom @KevinCTofel
30	Q. What new chips were introduced? Q. What phones will have these new chips? Price range? Q. Why are doing this? Are they trying to get ahead of the Mobile World Congress newscycle? Q. Last month Samsung said they'd be using their own chips instead of Qualcomm's and since the Samsung Galaxy s6 is one of the most anticipated announcements at Mobile World Congress. Is that why? Q. Are the mobile chips following Moore's law?
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54	The UK's Royal Bank of Scotland introduced today the ability for iPhone users to log into their bank accounts using Apple's Touch ID fingerprint scanner. Nearly half the bank's 15 million customers connect with the bank using mobile apps, and about 880 thousand of them have Touch ID-enable iphones. The RBS's use of Touch ID is the first instance in the UK. American Express, Discover and US Bank already use Touch ID in the United States.		http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31508932
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57	Who knows the most about you? What you like? What you don't like? Is it your husband? Your wife? Your mom? For most of us these days, its Facebook what knows us best. And you can bet that companies know that too. That's why today Facebook is announcing a new line of product ads designed to more directly target users based on our Facebook activity, our general location and whether whether or not we've already used an advertiser's app or website. This is a direct challenge to Google's product listing ads	https://www.facebook.com/business/news/product-ads
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73	We reported on February 5th that A U.S. district court fined Ryan Seacrest's Typo Products company $860,600 for violating an injunction barring it from selling a $99 Typo iPhone case found to have infringed on BlackBerry patents. Now BlackBerry filed a new complaint that claims that the company's more recent keyboard case for the iPhone, called the Typo 2, also infringes on its patents. * * *	http://typokeyboards.myshopify.com/
74	We told you last month about a limited edition 20th anniversary PlayStation 4, which had been sold at auction for about $129,000, with the proceeds going to Save The Children Japan. Now, the purchase has fallen through for unknown reasons, and Sony will keep the machine and donate the same amount to the charity. * * *	http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ultra-rare-20th-anniversary-ps4-sells-for-129-000/1100-6424882/
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77	The online video content service Hulu introduced yesterday a new feature called Watchlist. It's a kind of smart, automated wishlist for TV shows and movies. Watchlist keeps track of what you watch, then offers you a list based on your preferences. For example, if you watch a TV show, it will prioritize the next episode from the series next time it becomes available. Watchlist works across all device types, and will gradually roll out over the year. But here's a tip. If you want it right away, just go to hulu.com/getwatchlist and click "get it now." * * *	http://www.hulu.com/getwatchlist
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93	The Russian search engine company Yandex is pressing Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service to investigate Google for potential violations of Russian antitrust law. Their complaint is bundling -- specifically, the bundling of Google's search app with the Android operating system. Yandex claims that smartphone and tablet makers are "forbidden" from installing competing apps. * * *	http://store.yandex.com/
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117	19 billion * That's how many dollars Snapchat would be worth if it successfully raises $500 million it's now seeking at the valuation it claims, according to Bloomberg. The company's value from last year's funding round put the company at about $10 billion. And I'll bet they're feeling pretty good about turning down that measley 3 billion dollar offer that Facebook made in 2013. * * *	http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-17/snapchat-said-to-seek-up-to-19-billion-value-in-funding-round
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125	The Japanese arm of the American Dole Food Company has invented what they're calling the wearable banana. Dole is a sponsor of the Tokyo Marathon, which is Sunday. Two runners will carry the new Dole smart bananas, which have sensors and an LED display embedded under the peel. The bananas can monitor the runner’s race time and heart rate and display encouraging tweets. Best of all, the runners can eat the bananas after the race.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzCrsuTRfmo
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133	Our TNT fan of the day is Benjamin Ang in Singapore, who posted this picture on Google+ of himself walking through his local market as the preparation for the Chinese New Year heats up.	https://plus.google.com/+BenjaminAng/posts/SRq1PgsxRFc
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