Recode is the new All Things D, NYT backs Snowden and Bing Launch of the Week – TWiST News Roundtable

Summary: What's the future of tech journalism? Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg's launched their new site, Re/code, with undisclosed amount of backing from NBC and Terry Semel's Windsor Media. An editorial in PandoDaily intended to satirize callous tech workers in San Francisco, and new subscription news site The Information omitted one word in a Paul Graham quote about the low rates of women working as developers. Did it substantially change his meaning? The New York Times editorial board wants the White House to show clemency for Edward Snowden, whom they call a "whistleblower." And in Bing Launch of the Week, we hit on two of the big technology trends blossoming in 2014: cryptocurrency and smart homes. You choose among the jokey Coinye West, Ninja Blocks' new central home sensor, the Ninja Sphere, and a Bitcoin ATM machine called Robocoin. Panelists Kara Swisher and Robert Scoble kick off the new year with a bang.