News Roundtable with Jason Nazar and Vivek Wadhwa | E197

In this TWiST News Roundtable, Jason Calacanis and guests Vivek Wadhwa, Jason Nazar, and Lon Harris discuss the iPhone smashing sales records, an internal Google memo leak, Google's plans to axe several projects, Zynga's new gaming platform, and Bravo's reality show in Silicon Valley. Other topics include YouTube's premium content, Microsoft's Skype acquisition, and Blackberry's global outages. Updates from Docstoc and Vivek Wadhwa conclude the episode.

Speakers

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 59%

Unidentified

Vivek Wadhwa

Guest • 12%

Jason Nazar

Guest • 9%

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Lon Harris

Guest • 17%

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0:00	It's a TWiST News Roundtable today.
2:00	Welcome back to the program, Jason Nazar! And also welcome to Vivek Wadhwa.
3:30	Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the show. Everyone thank them @MailChimp on Twitter.
6:30	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?
12:00	Vivek, what do you think? Are you excited about the 4S or do you care?
14:45	Has anyone tried Siri?
16:15	Does Siri have voice training?
17:45	Jason tells a story about contacting Steve Jobs during the planning stages of Mahalo.
20:00	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	Vivek, how bad is this?
28:00	Jason predicts: Google will split the social space 50/50 with Facebook in the next few years.
29:00	Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show. Everyone remember to thank @GoToMeeting on Twitter!
31:30	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	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	Jason predicts: Zynga will be a full-blown network to compete with Facebook within the next three years.
41:00	Jason: Mark Pincus will become a legendary entrepreneur.
44:45	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?
50:00	Vivek: Put Jason, Mike Arrington and Arianna Huffington and put them on a desert island and see what happens.
52:00	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	Should humans guide the search results or should an algorithm, Jason N.? Who knows what's best for the world?
59:15	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	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?
1:09:00	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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