News Panel with Marshall Kirkpatrick and Peter Rojas- TWiST #300

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Jason talks with Marshall Kirkpatrick of Little Bird and Peter Rojas of GDGT to discuss the new iPad mini, Microsoft Surface, Udacity's new degree program and more. Tyler enthusiastically reads the news!

0:00 Welcome everyone to TWiST #300. It's Friday so it's a news roundtable

0:30 Welcome Peter Rojas of GDGT and Marshall Kirkpatrick of Little Bird

6:00 Thanks so much to SnapTerms
8:00 Let's welcome Peter Rojas of GDGT
8:40 How's Get Little Bird doing Marshall?
9:00 What does the product do?
9:30 An Cuba is an investor?
10:45 How about the iPod mini price point?
11:00 What do you think about that Peter?
12:45 So Apple is constrained by the number of iPads they can manufacture?
13:50 What do you think Marshall? Did you order one?
14:45 So you think as the profile shrinks, the web-browsing becomes less desirable?
15:05 Peter do you think that will be a big issue?
17:00 What impact is LTE having in all of this Peter?
18:50 Marshall what are your thoughts on LTE?
20:00 Tyler's thoughts about LTE.
21:45 Why do people care about a 1 cent miss on Wall Street?
22:40 Are Mac sales up only 1 percent because people are opting for other devices?
24:30 What do you think about next quarter projections Peter?
26:30 Could Apple just enter the TV market by buying Dish?
27:10 Thanks to MailChimp!
31:00 Peter what do you think about the Microsoft Surface?
33:30 How do you think it compares in size and feel to the iPad?
33:50 Is this great for businesses who do not want to use iPads?
34:30 So do you think this will take business from Dell or HP, not the iPad?
37:00 Marshall is this a sign that Microsoft can still be innovative?
38:00 Do you think there is an opportunity for the Air and the iPad to become one?
41:30 Do you think Apple should allow 3rd parties to develop keyboards?
43:00 Marshall what do you think about the locked down iOS system?
47:00 What do you think about the MTA allowing the train arrival to be released to developers?
48:50 What do you think about this transit app Marshall?
54:40 Peter/Marshall any good airport security questions?
57:50 Marshall what do you think about Udacity?
61:00 Would you think someone with a Udacity degree is different from a conventional degree?
61:50 Peter would you through Udactiy or go back to Harvard?
62:20 What about the graduate degree?
63:00 Same questions to Marshall.
63:40 How could it change continuing education though?
69:00 Peter what do you think about this startup ServiceStars?
70:15 So who does this actually help, the restaurant, customer, or patron?
71:00 Clip from Bravo's startup show.
72:20 You guys gonna watch this?
72:35 Is McClure really disrespectful in person?
74:35 Thanks to Peter Rojas and Marshall Kirkpatrick
75:00 Thanks to SnapTerms and MailChimp

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