At The Nexus #115: Johnny Cheney

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp and what it means, one less Snapdragon, Microsoft's attempt to make Windows 8.1-boxes, a bunch of graphics cards, two acquisitions by Google, a huge iOS security bug and so much more.

Links

• Facebook is buying WhatsApp for $16 billion | The Verge
• Google reportedly offered to buy WhatsApp for $10 billion
• How Google Blew Its Chance To Buy WhatsApp – Business Insider
• Mobile World Congress
• HTC to launch the M8, successor to the One, on March 25
• HTC will now replace your phone’s busted screen for free | The Verge
• Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon 802 smart TV chip it announced 5 weeks ago | Ars Technica
• BlackBerry boss ‘outraged’ T-Mobile’s iPhone promotion | Digital Trends
• T-Mobile offers $250 to upgrading BlackBerry users after manufacturer and fan outrage | The Verge
• PlayStation 4 goes on sale in Japan, and there’s no competition | The Verge
• Introducing Office Online at Office.com | Office Blogs
• Microsoft’s OneDrive to take on Google Drive and Dropbox | Microsoft – CNET News
• Microsoft reportedly dropping licensing fees for Windows 8.1 amid competition from Google and Apple | 9to5Google
• AMD Radeon R7 265 2GB Review – Pitcairn takes another pass | PC Perspective
• AnandTech | The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti and GTX 750 Review: Maxwell Makes Its Move
• AnandTech | Page 4 – Comparison between product lines
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Review – Maxwell Architecture debuts at $150 | PC Perspective
• AnandTech | NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX Titan Black: No Compromises for Gaming & Compute
• DoubleClick Advertiser Blog: Investing in a cleaner, more accountable web with spider.io
• Google acquires SlickLogin, another startup on a quest to kill the password | The Verge
• Google Fiber chooses nine metro areas for possible expansion | Ars Technica
• Google Starts Making The New Google Maps The Default For Everybody | TechCrunch
• Google announces Project Tango, a smartphone that can map the world around it | The Verge
• Google I/O Set for June 25 – 26 – IGN
• KGI: iPad 2 done and iPad 4 back in Q1, iPad Air with A8 + Touch ID in Q3, bigger iPad & new Mini unlikely in ’14 | 9to5Mac
• Steve Jobs will appear on a US postage stamp in 2015 | The Verge
• Behind iPhone’s Critical Security Bug, a Single Bad ‘Goto’ | Threat Level | Wired.com

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