At The Nexus #105: Drone Flyby Massacre

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the next T-Mobile buyout from Sprint, Instagram Direct messaging, Amazon's installment plan, Valve's SteamOS release and its requirements, an updated Nexus 5, accidental features in Android, Microsoft's crushed CEO dreams and so much more.

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• Amazing Peace: Pocket Inspirations (Pocket Inspirations: Wisdom for Life): George Foster: 9781935416869: Amazon.com: Books
• Ryan Rampersad – Google+ – Here’s the Journey video. It takes videos and photos from a…
• Ryan Rampersad – Google+ – This is the photo and video collection of the game table…
• Sprint reportedly preparing bid to purchase T-Mobile in 2014 | The Verge
• Yahoo CEO Mayer Apologizes For Mail Outage That She Says Affected 1% Of Users | TechCrunch
• Twitter Test Shows ‘Nearby’ Tweets – Digits – WSJ
• Instagram launches direct messaging feature – Technology News | TVNZ
• Amazon Pushes Installment Plan Payments for Kindle Fire HDX Tablets – Peter Kafka – Mobile – AllThingsD
• November NPD: PS4 is ‘top-selling’ console, Xbox One is ‘fastest-selling’ [Update: Nintendo boasts big numbers, too] | Joystiq
• Valve’s SteamOS is ready to download — only Linux vets are encouraged to apply
• Your LinkedIn Password Is On Display in a Museum in Germany | Motherboard
• Tim Cook Expresses Thoughts on Equality in Auburn University Award Speech – Mac Rumors
• Tim Cook receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award – YouTube
• Nexus 5 design tweaked with bigger speaker grill and stiffer buttons
• Android 4.4.2 fixes Class 0 SMS DoS vulnerability of Nexus devices
• Android 4.4.2 fixes Class 0 SMS DoS vulnerability of Nexus devices
• AnandTech | Google Play Edition LG G Pad 8.3, Sony Z Ultra, White Nexus 7 Announced
• EFF: You Can Have Privacy or Security on Android, Not Both
• Leaked Windows Phone 8.1 screenshot reveals new on-screen buttons | The Verge
• Microsoft heading back to San Francisco next April for Build 2014 | Ars Technica
• Microsoft Said to Consider Qualcomm’s Mollenkopf for CEO Job – Bloomberg
• Qualcomm Taps Mollenkopf, Rumored as Microsoft Successor, as Next CEO – Arik Hesseldahl – Enterprise – AllThingsD

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