At The Nexus #15: Blatant Blanding

Matthew and Ryan discuss Steve's birthday, Apple rumors and the iPad 3 launch, Mountain Lion features and removals, Microsoft's branding demise, AMD's new cores, Ubuntu's new phone plan and more, At The Nexus.

This week, Matthew Petschl, moment capturer extraordinaire, and Ryan Rampersad celebrate Jobs’ birthday, discuss the Apple rumors and upcoming launch, Microsoft’s sundering brands, Office with touch but not Metro, Adobe’s Flash plan, AMD and Ubuntu plans and more!

Links

• 142 Days
• Apple looking to launch iTunes Store, App Store overhauls later this year
• iPad 3 Rumor Roundup: Retina Display, New Chips, 4G, and More
• Apple to drop in-house X11 support and more in Mountain Lion
• Apple Extends Deadline for Sandboxing of Mac App Store Apps to June 1
• Ten exciting system changes in Mountain Lion
• 25 Billion Apps Downloaded – Apple
• Apple Acquires Chomp; App Store Search And Discovery To Be Completely Revamped
• Apple getting ready to ditch the traditional iPhone, iPad, and iPod dock connector
• How Microsoft is killing off the Zune and Windows Live brands in Windows 8
• Microsoft to Consolidate Online Accounts with Microsoft Your Account
• A closer look at Microsoft’s Office 15 Technical Preview
• Microsoft Office 15 apps to include ‘touch mode’ with easy typing and enlarged ribbon
• Adobe releases Flash roadmap, narrows focus to gaming and ‘premium’ video
• AMD’s Piledriver chips will use a resonant clock mesh
• Gmail man
• Ubuntu Android Add-on Designed to Replace PCs
• Apache releases first major new version of popular Web server in six years
• SlashGear
• Box bets on Android in business with new update, gives all users 50GB storage free
• Air Force cancels order for 3,000 Apple iPads

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