News Roundtable with David Young & Marshall Kirkpatrick | E166

In this episode, guests Marshall Kirkpatrick and David Young join the conversation on the National Sheriffs' Association's proposed ISP logging law, Twitter's valuation, and Google+'s individual user focus. They discuss the implications of Zynga's IPO filing amendment, the new Mac OSx Lion, Zillow's shares, and Apple's potential acquisitions. The episode also covers Tesla's deal with Toyota, a reinvented toilet, and Adobe's legal issues with EchoSign. The discussion concludes with a look at Cisco's job cuts.

Speakers

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 51%

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Lon Harris

Guest • 17%

Marshall Kirkpatrick

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David Young

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Chapters

0:00	Opening
1:00	Welcome to the TWiST News Roundtable.
3:00	Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the show.
5:00	Welcome to Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb and David Young of Joyent.
6:30	The National Sheriffs' Association says it will support the enforcement of a law mandating ISPs to store logs about their customers for 18 months. Do you think this legislation is inevitable?
12:15	Twitter is poised to close a split $800M round that will value the company at around $8B. If you held some of this early Twitter stock, would you hold on or cash out now?
21:30	Google says that its Google+ social network is only for individual users, not companies or brands. See more in the recent LAUNCH post: Google Suspends LAUNCH Google+ Account -- But Not Profiles of Other Media Properties
30:00	Thank you to Carbonite for sponsoring the show. Go to Carbonite.com and use the offer code 'TWiST' for two bonus months free with your subscription.
32:00	Tuesday saw the release of a significant amendment to Zynga's IPO filing. They disclosed that nearly all of their revenue comes in from Facebook and that they (FB) holds exclusive rights to games including "FarmVille" and "Mafia Wars." How significant is this going to be for the future of Zynga?
40:30	David: A 5 series BMW has a processor in it and we're having conversations that basically make the car a moving data center.
44:00	The new Mac OSx Lion debuted in the App Store on Wednesday, bringing with it over 250 new features. Is there anything new worth mentioning about this release?
46:00	Zillow shares opened at $60 per on Wednesday, 200% above its price, only to close at $35.77. Does this bode well for other small tech companies? Marshall, what do you think?
49:00	Jason: Redfin is infuriating people here in LA.
50:00	There's been more talk this week about Apple buying companies, including streaming site Hulu. What's Apple's angle here?
55:00	Tesla Motors has inked a $100M deal with Toyota to make an electric RAV4 SUV. How crucial was this deal for Tesla's future?
1:01:00	Lightning round: Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has been given a grant to "reinvent the toilet."
1:02:15	Adobe acquired electronic signature company EchoSign last week, then EchoSign competitor RPost immediately filed suit against both Adobe and EchoSign, alleging intellectual property law violations. Is there merit in the suit?
1:07:00	Cisco will cut 6,500 jobs by the end of the summer, the largest round of layoffs for any tech company this year. Within the tech industry, overall layoffs have fallen 60% from the first half of 2010. Does this have larger implications or do they just need to scale down.
1:11:30	David, thank you so much. You can follow David on Twitter @davidpaulyoung.
1:12:00	Marshall, thank you as well. Everyone check out ReadWriteWeb.com and follow Marshall on Twitter @marshallk.
1:13:00	Thank you to Carbonite and MailChimp. How's everything at Ranker, Lon?

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