1 | TITLE: Oculus Virtual Reality Just Got Real * 1278 | CO-ANCHOR: Fusion reporter Kashmir Hill | ||||
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2 | Tease: Reddit cracks down on some offensive communities, but not all. | Shownotes Link: | EDIT NOTES | |||
3 | DATE : Amazon is being investigated for violating antitrust laws in Europe, Amazon might launch online infomercials, and more... | |||||
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7 | This is Tech News Today for Thursday, June 11, 2015 | |||||
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10 | Tech News Today is the show where we talk about the tech news with the journalists who report it. | BRIDGEURL LINK | ||||
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12 | I'm Mike Elgan. | |||||
13 | Our co-anchor today is Fusion reporter Kashmir Hill. | |||||
14 | [Thing o' the day: Online dopplegangers] | https://twitter.com/kashhill/status/606834779305046018 | ||||
15 | LATE-BREAKING STORY | SHOW | ARTICLE | |||
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22 | European regulators today announced a new investigation to look at whether Amazon abused its leadership position in the ebook market to favor its own books over those from other book sellers. Specifically, the EU wants to find out if Amazon's contracts with European publishers forced them to tell Amazon when a competitor offered better contract terms than Amazon did. * * * | http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-5166_en.htm | http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0eb0b2b2-1026-11e5-bd70-00144feabdc0.html | |||
23 | Financial Times Media Correspondent Henry Mance joins us to talk about it. Q: How may Amazon's contract allegedly reduce choice for European consumers in the ebook market? Q: Your piece said the commission's move was not in response to a specific complaint. So why are they investigating? Q: If Amazon's approach lowers prices in the eBook market, why is it an anti-trust issue? Q: Is the EU’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, on a campaign against US technology companies? Why are some US tech products, such as Google Search and Amazon eBooks much more dominant in Europe than they are in the United States? Q: What was Amazon's response to the investigation? Q: What happens next? | Henry Mance Media correspondent, Financial Times @henrymance | ||||
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46 | Amazon Might Broadcast Infomercials | |||||
47 | Amazon might be planning to broadcast live video shows on the Internet designed to get people to buy more stuff on Amazon. | http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/06/10/amazon-daily-video-shows-job-listing/28742057/ | ||||
48 | Eli Blumenthal wrote about the story for USA Today and joins us now. Q: Why do we believe Amazon may be planning live shows? Q: Would this be like QVC, infomercials or like regular TV with commercials? Q: Where would these shows appear, and who would the audience be? | Eli Blumenthal Writer, TeensTalkTeck @eliblumenthal | ||||
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50 | Eli Blumenthal * teenstalktech.com * @eliblumenthal | |||||
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59 | Google launched yesterday launched an initiative to improve city life. It's called Sidewalk Labs, and the program will be based in New York and be run by Dan Doctoroff, a former deputy mayor of New York City. The goal, according to a post on Google+ by Google CEO Larry Page, is to use technology to create "more affordable housing, better public transport, less pollution, more parks and green spaces, safer biking paths, a shorter commute" and more. * * * | https://plus.google.com/+LarryPage/posts/M1twDYHaui3 | ||||
60 | http://sidewalkinc.com/ | |||||
61 | (NEWS 8) | SHOW | ARTICLE | |||
62 | Reddit is banning a few subreddits found to be too filled with harassment to allow. Most of the communities exist to ridicule and provide a platform for hate speech against specific groups, including people who are overweight, transgender, homosexual or black. The bans appear pretty arbitrary, given that equally offensive subreddits often covering the same territory have been allowed. The CEO of Reddit is Ellen Pao, who is best known for unsuccessfully suing her former employer, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, for sexual harassment. | https://np.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/39bpam/removing_harassing_subreddits/ | ||||
63 | * r/fatpeoplehate is the largest, with around 151,000 subscribers. * about 650,000 subreddits exist * previous bans were related to breaking the law -- porn showing minors, threats of violence | |||||
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89 | Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, which is one of the leading trackers of global hacking, got hacked itself. Even more incredible was that the hack had been going on since last year, and it was based on malware derived from Stuxnet, the computer worm allegedly created by the US and Israel to physical damage Iran's nuclear facility. The best reporting on this so far is at Ars Technica. * * * | http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/stepson-of-stuxnet-stalked-kaspersky-for-months-tapped-iran-nuke-talks/ | ||||
90 | https://blog.kaspersky.com/kaspersky-statement-duqu-attack/ | |||||
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114 | Digg founder Kevin Rose is leaving tech and moving to New York to run a wristwatch site called Hodinkee. Rose got his start in technology and content working for Leo as a production assistant for The Screen Savers. He went on to co-host and host a few shows and podcasts. After Digg, Rose launched a start-up incubator called Milk, which was acquired and closed by Google. Rose worked at Google Ventures for awhile before launching another incubator called North Technologies. He also launched a five-person news aggregation app called Watchville, which is all about wristwatches. Watchville is now merging with Hodinkee, which is the name of the combined company that Rose will head as CEO. * * * | http://www.hodinkee.com/ | ||||
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171 | Links 'R' Us | LINKS | INTERVIEWS | B-Roll | ||
172 | Sidewalk Labs | https://www.google.com/search?q=GOOGLE+%22Sidewalk+Labs%22&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAmoVChMI5-3J-NOHxgIVyhisCh2zSwAX&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://sidewalkinc.com/ | |||
173 | Amazon and antitrust | https://www.google.com/search?q=amazon+antitrust&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIl_-9y9aHxgIVwzuICh3tBABe&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-eBooks/b?node=154606011 | |||
174 | Amazon's live shows | https://www.google.com/search?num=30&espv=2&biw=1152&bih=644&tbm=nws&q=amazon+show&oq=amazon+show&gs_l=serp.3..0.8632.9384.0.9526.5.5.0.0.0.0.117.476.2j3.5.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..0.5.475.4lGBuj7DUZc | https://www.ziprecruiter.com/ojob/904752c437f78139b839d28a0b95c8aa/?cat=sales-retail-business-development&mid=2645&source=ziprecruiter_organic_cpc | |||
175 | Reddit's subreddit bans | https://www.google.com/search?q=reddit+%22fat+people%22&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAkQ_AUoA2oVChMI4c_J5daHxgIVBi-ICh1opQA8&biw=1152&bih=644 | https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/39bpam/removing_harassing_subreddits/ | |||
176 | new Twitter ad targeting | https://www.google.com/search?num=30&es_sm=119&biw=1152&bih=644&tbm=nws&q=twitter+ads+OR+advertisers+OR+advertisements+apps&oq=twitter+ads+OR+advertisers+OR+advertisements+apps&gs_l=serp.3...4112.10305.0.11063.37.37.0.0.0.6.134.3262.31j6.37.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..37.0.0.HQ8Jp0exW10 | https://blog.twitter.com/2015/introducing-installed-app-category-targeting-a-new-way-to-target-users-and-gain-insights-into | |||
177 | the new Nest cam | https://www.google.com/search?q=%22nest+cam%22&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAmoVChMIreW9s9eHxgIVUqOICh0EHwDW&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://www.droid-life.com/2015/06/10/this-is-the-nest-cam-and-the-new-nest-app-for-android/ | |||
178 | zero-day trampoline | https://www.google.com/search?q=Kaspersky+worm+Iran&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMImdPE59SHxgIVyTSICh3m5gAx&biw=1152&bih=644 | https://blog.kaspersky.com/kaspersky-statement-duqu-attack/ | |||
179 | iOS, T-Mobile and the new Continuity feature | https://www.google.com/search?q=%22iOS+9%22+continuity&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIwuG039eHxgIVEZWICh3xKwCH&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://www.apple.com/ios/ios9-preview/ | |||
180 | the new features hinted at inside iOS 9 code | https://www.google.com/search?q=%22iOS+9%22+flash&num=30&es_sm=119&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAmoVChMIgcrI69eHxgIVBCyICh3LSgCB&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://9to5mac.com/2015/06/10/ios-9-front-camera-features/ | |||
181 | Twitch Whisper | https://www.google.com/search?q=Twitch+whisper&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAkQ_AUoA2oVChMIlq-XwteHxgIVjzGICh2c9QUS&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://blog.twitch.tv/2015/06/whisper/ | |||
182 | Google's Location-Aware Search | https://www.google.com/search?q=Google+location+aware+search&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMItJ7hydeHxgIVBTGICh3I3Q7r&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://searchengineland.com/google-amazing-location-aware-search-222823 | |||
183 | Algorithm-based diets | http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/10/personalised-diets-diabetes-obesity-heart-disease-microbes-microbiomes | ||||
184 | Europe's recent cybergang crackdown | https://www.google.com/search?q=Europol+gang+OR+Nigeria+OR+payment+OR+email&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI7ZiQo9aHxgIVCZaICh27bABw&biw=1152&bih=644 | ||||
185 | Jawbone and Fitbit lawsuits | https://www.google.com/search?q=jawbone+fitbit&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAmoVChMI1drC89eHxgIVBTaICh0BogCI&biw=1152&bih=644 | ||||
186 | Microsoft's acquisition of BlueStripe | https://www.google.com/search?q=Microsoft+BlueStripe&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIu7Ls_deHxgIVypWICh3LyABG&biw=1152&bih=644 | https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2015/06/10/microsoft-acquires-bluestripe-to-help-customers-improve-application-visibility-and-management-across-the-datacenter-and-cloud/ | |||
187 | Line's streaming music play | https://www.google.com/search?q=Line+streaming+music&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIgs_xqtuHxgIVRResCh06sADR&biw=1152&bih=644 | https://music.line.me/ | |||
188 | Foundem's acusation against Google | http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-10/google-rival-says-search-giant-feigned-ignorance-over-eu-case | ||||
189 | The FTC against Cards Against Humanity | http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/06/11/the-ftcs-first-crowdfunding-enforcement-is-over-a-failed-board-game-on-kickstarter/ | http://keith-baker.com/the-doom-kickstarter-my-response/ | |||