At The Nexus #110: Straight Mahogany

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss Sprint's progress on buying T-Mobile, EasyPay and OneUp and the new WiFi calling scheme, the famous Moto G's Play Store entry, Target's affiliation with mother Russia, President Obama's NSA reforms, Microsoft's sellout on BUILD 2014, another failed AMD CPU product, Google owning Nest and how the Internet has died.

Links

Because Matt distracted Ryan at the end of the show, you can find him via yourdreamguy[at]nexus-labs[dot]org.

• WarGame 2.1
• Sprint Wifi Calling poised to debut on two Samsung phones | Android Central
• The stars are aligning for Sprint to buy T-Mobile
• Sprint rolls out a ‘limited time’ early upgrade program called Easy Pay | The Verge
• T-Mobile to Expand ‘Un-Carrier 4.0’ Initiative, Offer Switch Incentives to U.S. Cellular, Regional Customers – Mac Rumors
• Motorola lowers price of bamboo Moto X, more natural finishes coming January 21st | The Verge
• Moto G Google Play edition replaces near-stock Android with stock Android | Ars Technica
• Target credit card data was sent to server in Russia – Target, intrusion, iSight Partners, security, data breach, data protection, Seculert, malware – Computerworld
• Point-of-sale malware infecting Target found hiding in plain sight | Ars Technica
• US: 44% origin of malware hosted
• Read this: President Obama’s full speech on NSA surveillance reform | The Verge
• President Obama’s Full NSA Speech – YouTube
• President Obama’s NSA reforms show both promise and peril | The Verge
• NSA’s ‘Dishfire’ program said to capture nearly 200 million texts a day | The Verge
• Anonymous search tool DuckDuckGo answered 1bn queries in 2013 | Technology | theguardian.com
• Nintendo warns of loss after slashing Wii U sales forecast by 69 percent | The Verge
• Microsoft’s Build 2014 event sells out as developers anticipate Windows 9 details | The Verge
• Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows XP Updates Until July 2015
• AMD launches Kaveri APUs, promises 1080p gaming with integrated graphics | Ars Technica
• AnandTech Portal | AMD Kaveri Review: A8-7600 and A10-7850K Tested
• Amazon sends out invitations to mystery event, likely for new streaming device – Android Community
• Apple Reportedly Targeting Late Q3 2014 for 12.9-Inch ‘iPad Pro’ Launch – Mac Rumors
• BlackBerry CEO: our future devices will ‘predominantly’ have hardware keyboards | The Verge
• Official Blog: Introducing our smart contact lens project
• Google Now in Chrome for Desktop
• Google purchases Nest for $3.2 billion | The Verge
• The wrong words: how the FCC lost net neutrality and could kill the internet | The Verge

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