At The Nexus #88: Fourth Party Tampered With

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the Ubuntu Edge dulling, a quarter of growth for T-Mobile - finally, ads in Google Maps, Apple's solution to power-adapter electrocution, Comcast's new copyright scheme, Ryan's Moto X epiphany, how our good friend Jeff bought a newspaper and so much more!

Links

• Amazon Chromecast orders apparently delayed by 2-3 months
• BlackBerry Q10 Commercial – ‘It’s Time” – YouTube
• BlackBerry first to secure U.S. DOD device management approval | ZDNet
• BlackBerry ‘mulls going private’ to fix problems amid turnaround blues | ZDNet
• Ubuntu Edge looks doomed, but Canonical cuts cost of making the phone | Ars Technica
• T-Mobile has its best quarter in four years, gains 1.1M new customers | Ars Technica
• T-Mobile CEO teases carrier will expand its Apple product offerings (iPad?) | 9to5Mac
• Google rethinks hyperlinking in Drive with a built-in search field | The Verge
• Google now highlights the smartest articles for ‘broad’ search topics | The Verge
• Google introduces new local ads experience in Google Maps on iOS & Android | 9to5Google
• Something is up with the 2013 Nexus 7’s GPS | Ars Technica
• Apple offers $10 trade-in program to curb use of third-party chargers | The Verge
• Anti-Piracy Alternative to “Six Strikes” and Copyright Alert System | Variety
• Feedly goes Pro: $5 per month for better search, security and more (update: sold out)
• Jawed Karim – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• YouTube Founders’ Next Act: MixBit – Digits – WSJ
• Microsoft slashes $100 off price of Surface Pro tablets through August 29 | ZDNet
• Nvidia CEO: We’re working hard on Surface 2 | Mobile – CNET News
• Nvidia CEO: Shield selling out in stores but we’re making more | Business Tech – CNET News
• LG G2 officially unveiled, coming soon to all major US carriers | 9to5Google
• The Pirate Bay Turns 10 Years Old
• Solar-Powered Ubuntu Laptop Lasts 10 Hours on a Charge
• SOL Laptop | The Solar Laptop
• Twisty Launcher – Android Apps on Google Play
• ActiveNotifications – Android Apps on Google Play
• Rumor: Motorola Nexus smartphone coming in the fourth quarter of the year, not the Moto X
• Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Pays $250 Million for Washington Post – Peter Kafka – News – AllThingsD
• Open Letter to Jeff Bezos From ex-Washington Post Staffer Kara Swisher – Kara Swisher – Media – AllThingsD

This episode of At The Nexus has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #123: ATN #88 — Controller To The Face!

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