At The Nexus #64: It’s Matte, Not Glossy

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl, with Eight Bit host Ian Buck, discuss the advent of Google Glass, the ChromeBook Pixel and our early impressions of the next generation of consoles, the PS4 and whatever the next Xbox is, along with more BlackBerry news, Microsoft's "clarification" on Office, and yet another device running Ubuntu.

Links

• BlackBerry Z10 teardown reveals a higher BOM than Apple’s iPhone 5 | ZDNet
• YouTube no longer working on Blackberry 7 or 7.1 devices – SlashGear
• Microsoft, EMC, NetApp join Oracle’s legal fight against Google on Java | ITworld
• Google to open registration for Google I/O March 13 | Internet & Media – CNET News
• Twitter Launches Ads API, So Marketers Can Run Campaigns Through Adobe, Salesforce, Others | TechCrunch
• Optimus G2 to feature LG’s eight-core ‘Odin’ processor
• Shuttleworth: Ubuntu tablets won’t be as “jarring” to users as Windows 8 | Ars Technica
• Microsoft offers clarity on Office 2013 and Office 365 install rights – Neowin
• Outlook Blog – Outlook.com leaves preview as the world’s fastest growing email service going from 0 to 60 million in just 6 months
• Firefox Enables WebRTC, H.264 And MP3 Support By Default In Its Nightly Release Channel | TechCrunch
• Firefox Notes – Desktop
• Opera buys SkyFire, the company that brought Flash to iOS | ZDNet
• GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline
• Modded Nexus 7 shows why some phone and tablet loudspeakers are better than others (video)
• Samsung Chromebook(XE303C12) | Samsung Chromebooks
• Chrome Web Store – Secure Shell
• Google Chromebook Pixel
• Google’s new Chromebook Pixel Thinks Different about vertical touch surfaces, puts touch on the display | 9to5Mac
• Chromebook Pixel – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Storage plan pricing – Gmail Help
• Chromebooks: Samsung Chromebook
• Google’s new touchscreen Chromebook Pixel: A $1,299 laptop for cloud dwellers | Ars Technica
• I used Google Glass: the future, with monthly updates | The Verge
• PlayStation 4 tech specs revealed: AMD ‘Jaguar’ CPU, faster Blu-ray, 720p 3D camera | The Verge
• Sony Reveals PlayStation 4 Controller: DualShock 4 – IGN
• PC Gamer vs. PlayStation 4: How much does a comparable rig cost right now? | News, Tech, Tech News | PC Gamer
• Sony tells Eurogamer: PlayStation 4 will not block used games • News • PlayStation 4 • Eurogamer.net
• Microsoft likely to reveal Xbox 360 successor at April event | The Verge

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