1 | TITLE: Can Amazon Deliver on Mobile Payments? * 1272 | CO-ANCHOR: ZDNet contributing writer Kevin Tofel | ||||
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2 | Tease: Apple Pay. Android Pay. And now... Amazon Pay? | Shownotes Link: | EDIT NOTES | |||
3 | 6/3/2015 : MagicLeap could clobber Microsoft's HoloLens, the FBI is maintaining a secret surveillance air force, characters crash Skype, and more... | |||||
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7 | This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, June 3, 2015 | |||||
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12 | I'm Mike Elgan. | |||||
13 | Our co-anchor today is ZDNet contributing writer Kevin Tofel | |||||
14 | [Thing o' the day: ToDoist for Apple Watch ] | |||||
15 | LATE-BREAKING STORY | SHOW | ARTICLE | |||
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21 | Apple Pay. Android Pay. Soon Amazon Pay? | |||||
22 | Now that Google has officially launched Android Pay -- and now that Apple Pay is leading the mobile retail payments market -- Amazon wants a piece of the action, according to an exclusive on The Information by Amir Efrati. | https://www.theinformation.com/articles/Amazon-Has-Been-Trying-to-Join-Mobile-Pay-Party | ||||
23 | Amir joins us now. Q: Amazon's online store is an alternative to brick-and-mortar stores. So why does Amazon want to be involved in mobile retail payments? Q: You wrote that Amazon approached Samsung on a payment scheme that would be used on Amazon phones. Doesn't Samsung have their own solution? Q: What are the challenges and barriers for Amazon to succeed in this space? | Amir Efrati Senior reporter, The Information @amir | ||||
24 | http://www.apple.com/apple-pay/?cid=wwa-us-kwg-features-com | |||||
25 | https://www.android.com/intl/en_us/pay/ | |||||
26 | http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-03/samsung-delays-planned-start-of-new-smartphone-payments-service | << Samsung Pay Delayed | ||||
27 | Amir Efrati * theinformation.com * @amir | |||||
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29 | (INTERVIEW 2) | SHOW | ARTICLE | |||
30 | Magic Leap Unveils an SDK | |||||
31 | The secretive augmented reality company Magic Leap, which is backed by Google and others, has announced a development platform for the creation of third-party augmented reality apps. | http://venturebeat.com/2015/06/02/magic-leap-unveils-its-development-platform-to-create-mind-boggling-augmented-reality-apps/ | ||||
32 | Dean Takahashi is the Lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. Q: What kind of content creator is Magic Leap looking for here. Game developers? Q: You reported that their development kit will work with the Unreal and Unity game engines. What does that tell us about the SDK or their product, if anything? Q: Do you have a sense of how this is similar to or different than Microsoft's HoloLens product? | Dean Takahashi Lead writer for GamesBeat, VentureBeat @deantak | ||||
33 | http://www.magicleap.com/#/home | |||||
34 | Dean Takahashi * venturebeat.com * @deantak | https://youtu.be/kPMHcanq0xM | ||||
35 | (INTERVIEW 3) | SHOW | ARTICLE | |||
36 | Pinterest Gets a Buy Button | |||||
37 | Pinterest finally got a "Buy" button -- or, as Pinterest calls the new feature: "Buyable Pins." | http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/hey-retailers-pinterest-just-got-whole-lot-more-shoppable-165127 | ||||
38 | Garett Sloane writes for Adweek. Q: What's a "Buyable Pin"? Q: Instagram just got new shopping options, too. How does this work? Q: Do companies need permission or to make some kind of deal with Pinterest to sell stuff? Q: Will Buyable Pins be favored in Pinterest's search algorithms over regular pins? | Garett Sloane Writer, AdWeek @GarettSloan | ||||
39 | https://about.pinterest.com/en/buy-it | |||||
40 | Garett Sloane * adweek.com * @GarettSloane | |||||
41 | (INTERVIEW 4) | SHOW | ARTICLE | |||
42 | FBI Maintains a Fleet of Airplanes | |||||
43 | The FBI is operating a fleet of airplanes outfitted with surveillance technology. The bureau is apparently able to fly over cities to track suspects by monitoring their cell phone locations. | http://www.newsweek.com/report-fbi-has-its-own-surveillance-air-force-338355 | ||||
44 | Lauren Walker is a reporter for Newsweek. Q: How widespread is this practice? How many airplanes? How many states? Q: The tracking surveillance technology is called a Stingray and it's made by the Harris Corporation. Can you tell us how the FBI uses this to track suspects? Q: You also mentioned that the FBI airplanes have video surveillance technology How do they use that? Q: Is this used for mass surveillance? Q: Do we know if the FBI uses Stingrays on the ground as well? Q: The FBI uses fake front companies for the official ownership of the companies. But is this legal? | Lauren Walker Reporter, Newsweek @laserlauren | ||||
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46 | Lauren Walker * newsweek.com * @laserlauren | |||||
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48 | (INTERVIEW 5) | SHOW | ARTICLE | |||
49 | Characters Crash Skype | |||||
50 | It turns out that it's possible to crash Skype by typing in a few specific characters. | http://venturebeat.com/2015/06/02/these-8-characters-crash-skype-and-once-theyre-in-your-chat-history-the-app-cant-start/ | ||||
51 | Emil Protalinski is a Senior Writer for VentureBeat and he joins us now... via Skype. Q: What are the characters that crash Skype? Q: Does this work on all operating systems? Q: What has Skype's response been? | Emil Protalinski Senior Writer, VentureBeat @EPro | ||||
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53 | Emil Protalinski * venturebeat.com * @EPro | http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows-desktop-client/Skype-Fix-for-crashes-caused-by-bad-URL/td-p/3997463 | ||||
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96 | Google has acquired a company called Lumedyne Technologies, which makes a variety of sensors. Google paid about $85 million for the company. Lumedyne sensors might be useful with Google's self-driving car project. They also make a vibration energy harvester, which could charge smartwatches and other mobile devices. * * * | http://lumedynetechnologies.com/ | ||||
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175 | Links 'R' Us | LINKS | INTERVIEWS | B-Roll | ||
176 | Magic Leap's development platform | https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Magic+Leap%22&num=40&espv=2&biw=1152&bih=644&tbm=nws&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:d&sa=X&ei=pPJuVeeWL4r2yQTkjIP4Aw&ved=0CBUQpwU&dpr=2.5 | Dean Takahashi | http://www.magicleap.com/#/home | ||
177 | the Pinterest "buy" button | https://www.google.com/search?q=pinterest+buy+button&num=40&espv=2&biw=1152&bih=644&tbm=nws&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:d&sa=X&ei=1_xuVbXKPNL4yQSokYbgCw&ved=0CBUQpwU&dpr=2.5 | Garett Sloane | https://about.pinterest.com/en/buy-it | ||
178 | crashing Skype | https://www.google.com/search?q=characters+Skype&num=40&espv=2&biw=1152&bih=644&tbm=nws&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:d&sa=X&ei=dvpuVfPRB9iBygSaqoDgDw&ved=0CBUQpwU&dpr=2.5 | Emil Protalinski | http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows-desktop-client/Skype-Fix-for-crashes-caused-by-bad-URL/td-p/3997463 | ||
179 | the FBI's surveillance flights | https://www.google.com/search?q=fbi+aircraft+OR+planes+OR+airplanes+OR+flights&num=40&espv=2&biw=1152&bih=644&tbm=nws&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:d&sa=X&ei=D_ZuVcWwI8-PyATqxYHwAw&ved=0CBUQpwU&dpr=2.5 | Lauren Walker | http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4b3f220e33b64123a3909c60845da045/fbi-behind-mysterious-surveillance-aircraft-over-us-cities | ||
180 | Amazon mobile pay | Amir Efrati | ||||