TNT Shownotes #6 (2014)


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3	Facebook makes it easier to die, Twitter buys a talent agency, Fitbit is getting a rash of complaints about rashes, and more...			3:20 we lost skype guest, and a few bad camera selections...
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13	Elise Hu is off today. Instead, our co-anchor today is my invisible friend, Tony.
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28	Facebook introduced a new "legacy contact" feature that lets a loved one manage your account after you die.	http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2015/02/adding-a-legacy-contact/	http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/02/12/facebook_legacy_contact_who_manages_account_when_you_die.html
29	Will Oremus wrote about the feature for Slate.com and lived to talk about it. Q: This sounds like a reasonable feature. How does it work? Q: What will the designated "legacy contact" be able to do? Q: What won't they be able to do? Q: Will Facebook count dead users whose "legacy contacts" make changes as "active users"? Q: How do people use this feature?	Will Oremus Senior technology writer, Slate.com @WillOremus
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33	Twitter acquired Niche, an online talent agency that negotiates deals for social media stars. They may have paid about $50 million for it.	https://blog.twitter.com/2015/welcoming-niche-to-the-twitter-team	http://fortune.com/2015/02/11/twitter-vine-niche/
34	Erin Griffith writes for Fortune. Q: Is it NEESH or NITCH? Q: Can you tell us more about what Niche does? Q: What is Twitter going to do with it? Q: Will Vine stars ever equal the status of YouTube stars?	Erin Griffith Writer, Fortune @eringriffith
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38	Fitness wearable maker Fitbit is getting a rash of complaints about rashes again -- this time for new products that weren't supposed to cause trouble. The company yesterday admitted that it hasn't done a good job addressing complaints about skin irritation from its fitness trackers.	http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/11/fitbit-acknowledges-latest-devices-are-causing-rashes-advises-to-give-your-wrist-a-rest/	https://www.yahoo.com/tech/fitbit-responds-to-new-rash-complaints-suggests-110809488229.html
39	Yahoo Technology Columnist Alyssa Bereznak has both written about Fitbit rashes, and also suffered from them. Q: Can you tell us about your own experience with Fitbit skin irritation? Q: Do we know what causes it? Q: What is the company doing about it? Q: What do you think about their solution? Q: Is this something specific to Fitbit, or is this a problem for fitness smartwatches generally?	Alyssa Bereznak Technology Columnist, Yahoo @alyssabereznak
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75	Apple has come up with a social solution to the problem of how users discover iOS apps in the App Store: Make apps available for download on Pinterest. The companies are unveiling today a new product called App Pins, which is a Pinterest board for discovering and pinning iOS apps. Most importantly, apps can be downloaded directly from Pinterest without having to go to iTunes or the Apple version of the App Store. * * *	http://blog.pinterest.com/post/110786995184/install-the-best-new-iphone-and-ipad-apps-from
76	YouTube is testing a new feature called YouTube Radio, according to a post on the Google Operating System blog. In the secret test, Google calls the feature "A non-stop radio station based on the current video. You can like, dislike and dismiss videos to tailor your Radio Station to your taste." * * *	http://googlesystem.blogspot.com
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87	Microsoft is buying an Israeli digital pen company called N-trig. The company makes both pens and chips for use with touch screens. The price was at least $200 million, and the company's 190 employees will form a new R&D center for Microsoft in Israel. * * *	http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/12/8024975/microsoft-acquires-n-trig-rumor
88	Big consolidation in the online travel industry today: Expedia agreed today to Orbitz Worldwide for about $1.3 billion. Expedia already owns brands like Travelocity, Hotels.com, Hotwire and others, while Orbitz owns sites like ebookers.com and CheapTickets.com. * * *	http://www.wsj.com/articles/expedia-to-buy-orbitz-for-1-3-billion-1423746909
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103	We told you about mobile chip giant Qualcomm's recent $975 million settlement with the Chinese government. Now, Korea's Fair Trade Commission is investigating Qualcomm for alleged antitrust abuses. Qualcomm is also dealing with antitrust probes in Europe and the United States. * * *	http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/12/us-qualcomm-southkorea-idUSKBN0LG02120150212
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107	Dropbox is replacing CFO Sujay Jaswa with former Motorola Mobility CFO Vanessa Wittman, according to Re/code. * * *	http://recode.net/2015/02/11/dropbox-replaces-insider-cfo-with-former-motorola-exec/
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111	Tesla reported a fourth-quarter loss of $108 million, missing estimates. They said they'd do better in the future, though, and expect to deliver 55,000 cars this year. After the earnings call, CEO Elon Musk bragged that Tesla's market cap in 10 years could approach Apple's. The biggest bombshell, though, is that Musk announced a Tesla home battery. The battery would work with solar panels to get people off the electricity grid completely. The home battery will be unveiled within the next month or two and go into products in about six months, according to Musk. * * *	http://www.wsj.com/articles/teslas-loss-widens-as-spending-increases-1423695065
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115	1.3 trillion * That's how many dollars Activist investor and major Apple Inc shareholder Carl Icahn says Apple is worth. Specifically, he said it's worth $216 per share. The stock market, however, values the company at a mere $700 billion or so. * * *
116	1 billion * That's how many data records were compromised in 2014 in 1,500 hack attacks , according to a new report by digital security firm Gemalto. That's a 78% increase in the number of data records either lost or stolen in 2013. Data records are defined as chunks of personal information like email addresses, names, passwords, banking details, health information, and social security numbers. * * *
117	720,000 * That's how many Android Wear devices shipped in 2014, according to Canalys. * * *
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123	Apple released a nice video recently showing progress on the construction of its spaceship campus headquarters in Cupertino. Let's check out the video.	http://vimeo.com/119036799
124	Google Japan has started a choir. But it's not made up of humans. Instead, they hooked together 300 Android phones and tablets, each with its own animated character, and each singing a different part. Take a listen. * * *	FULL SCREEN, FULL SOUND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7lKihNI-K4	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7lKihNI-K4
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