News Panel: Jason Nazar and Vivek Wadhwa #197

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Friday, October 14, 2011 at 08:13PM

News Panel: Jason Nazar and Vivek Wadhwa #197

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Jason Nazar and Vivek Wadhwa joined the News Roundtable today to allow us to pick their brains on the new iPhone, Microsoft's Skype acquisition, Zynga's big platform announcement and much more. Oh, and Vivek has a great idea for a reality show--Jason, Arrington and Huffington. We'd watch!

0:00-2:00 It’s a TWiST News Roundtable today.
2:00-3:30 Welcome back to the program, Jason Nazar! And also welcome to Vivek Wadhwa.
3:30-6:30 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the show. Everyone thank them @MailChimp on Twitter.
6:30-10:30 We are going to start talking about the iPhone, which is smashing sales records. Is a sign that the tech pundit is disconnected from the masses that they are not excited and most people are?
10:30-12:00 Can you tell which photo is from the iPhone 4 and which is from the 4S?
12:00-14:00 Vivek, what do you think? Are you excited about the 4S or do you care?
14:00-14:45 Will it be faster or just easier?
14:45-16:15 Has anyone tried Siri?
16:15-17:45 Does Siri have voice training?
17:45-20:00 Jason tells a story about contacting Steve Jobs during the planning stages of Mahalo.
20:00-23:00 Next story: A Google engineer wrote an internal memo that leaked to the general public, in which he called Google+ a “knee-jerk reaction.” What is the implication of this?
23:00-25:00 Vivek, how bad is this?
25:00-28:00 Jason N.: What is the next killer feature for Google+?
28:00-29:00 Jason predicts: Google will split the social space 50/50 with Facebook in the next few years.
29:00-31:30 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show. Everyone remember to thank @GoToMeeting on Twitter!
31:30-35:15 Next story: Google announced plans to axe a few projects in the coming weeks including Buzz, academic search features and Jaiku. Will any of these products be missed?
35:15-38:00 Zynga has announced that they are launching a new gaming platform outside of Facebook. Why start a second network that still relies on Facebook log ins?
38:00-39:00 Jason predicts: Zynga will be a full-blown network to compete with Facebook within the next three years.
39:00-41:00 Vivek: What do you think of the Zynga IPO? Is it going to happen?
41:00-43:00 Jason: Mark Pincus will become a legendary entrepreneur.
43:00-44:45 Vivek: Did you hear about the subsidized price?
44:45-47:45 The TV network Bravo is reportedly casting for a reality show based in Silicon Valley. Will this be in any way representative of life in the Valley?
47:45-50:00 Any chance this show will be successful?
50:00-52:00 Vivek: Put Jason, Mike Arrington and Arianna Huffington and put them on a desert island and see what happens.
52:00-57:45 According to Business Insider, Google is planning to fill up YouTube with premium content and position it as a cable TV rival. Will they be able to get people to start paying for YT content?
57:45-59:15 Should humans guide the search results or should an algorithm, Jason N.? Who knows what’s best for the world?
59:15-1:02:45 Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype has been approved. Do you think they’ll be able to successfully integrate Skype within their system, Vivek?
1:02:45-1:05:00 Blackberry experienced massive, worldwide outages this week. Is this going to push users to other platforms?
1:05:00- Jason: What if I’m typing something that I don’t want everyone to hear?
1:08:30- Does anyone remember movie phone?
1:09:00- Thank you to GoToMeeting and MailChimp for sponsoring the show.
1:09:30- Jason N., how is Docstoc going?
1:10:00- Vivek, what are you up to?
1:11:00- Thanks everyone, we’ll see you next time!

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