Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl on the final episode of the year discuss more BlackBerry rumors, how much Wikipedia made this year, why your email is not safe, black boxes in cars and lawless roads of self-driving cars. Updated: there was an error previously with this file. It has been fixed on Amazon S3 so please try again now. Thanks. Links What does ED stand for? BlackBerry Z10 specs rumor: 1.5GHz CPU, 2GB RAM, 8-megapixel cam, NFC | BGR ‘Leaked’ BlackBerry 10 info shows video chat and scr...
Dec 29, 2012•58 min
Right before Christmas, Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the history of Window 8's UX, the first 1-billion view video, where Sinofsky wound up, the new Poke! app, Safari's historical origins, an update on Matt's NASA app and a special review of the feed reader app Press by Ryan, and more! Merry Christmas, everyone. Have a good one. Links Microsoft’s original, uncompromising vision for Windows 8 | ZDNet 5by5 | Build and Analyze #108: Succeeded Psy’s Gangnam Style makes YouTube history w...
Dec 24, 2012•52 min
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss finals or the lack there of, Samba 4.0, Google Maps back on iOS, there's more fiber to come, Facebook's new native Android app, a new status page from Apple for all their Internet services and so much more. Links Samurai Pizza Cats – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sprint Offers to Buy Rest of Clearwire – Bloomberg Prepaid 4G LTE Smartphones for Sprint Brands Coming in Q1 2013 Dish gains FCC approval to build its own LTE network | The Verge BlackBerry ...
Dec 14, 2012•46 min
Ryan has a midterm four days before finals and Matthew kinda calls it quits, but they manage to discuss Google's latest updates and statisitics, Apple's plans from Tim Cook, more open-source news than you proprietary stomach can handle and more! Links MediaGoblin Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? — Free Software Foundation — working together for free software Valve Beginning to List Linux System Requirements for Select Titles on Steam – Techgage Adobe Turns 30 | Life@Adobe AMD cuts back on GlobalFound...
Dec 08, 2012•54 min
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss Nintendo's apologies, Dish's 4G and Voice, Amazon's S3 reductions, Apple's iTunes 11 late release, how Google brought December back and why integration of Google+ into Google Play is great, how Windows 8 likely did outpace Windows 7 in upgrades and the next Windows is going Blue. Links Build and Analyze ending December 17 – Marco.org Control Structure #1: What’s For Dinner? » The-Nexus | The-Nexus Control Structure #2: One Is The Loneliest Number » The-...
Dec 02, 2012•1 hr 11 min
Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad begin their second year of pocasting with a discussion on Ballmer's impressions, WordPress and BitCoin, why AMD might be selling out, how page turning is now patented and why everyone should be lamenting the termination of Steven Sinofsky from Microsoft. Links Steve Ballmer: Android Ecosystem Is Wild And Uncontrolled, Apple Is High Priced And Highly Controlled | TechCrunch DirectX 11.1 exclusive to Windows 8, Microsoft confirms • News • PC • Eurogamer.net Inter...
Nov 19, 2012•1 hr 1 min
On the anniversary episode, Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad, podcasting extraordinaires, discuss Amazon's new prime price, AT&T's network expansion in a down economy, a special WordPress fork, an earthquake in the Surface, the fantastic Nexus 4, color calculators and so much more! Thanks. Thanks to everyone who listens. Thanks to every guest and cameo we have had here At The Nexus. Seriously, thank you. To guests Sam, Emma, Andrew, Ian, Brian, Robin, Max and Megan and cameo, Claire. To in...
Nov 14, 2012•1 hr 47 min
Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad, along with special guest Andrew Bailey, discuss Windows' weekend success, how the big Carriers showed us some heart, the failure of iTunes, ASUS' success with the Nexus along with a discussion on Ryan's trip to the Microsoft store and the introduction of Control Structure. Links Meet Steve. See his Windows Phone – YouTube Four Million Windows 8 Installs Down, 396 Million More to Go – John Paczkowski – News – AllThingsD Microsoft sued for infringing patent on L...
Nov 09, 2012•1 hr 18 min
Finally Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss last week's product update packed announcement from Apple, Monday's Google Nexus event, the weekend long Microsoft Windows 8, Phone and Surface bonanza along with a new router, a new "device" and so much more. Links Watch this: Apple’s new iPad mini and Smart Cover videos | The Verge Apple has sold 100 million iPads | The Verge Conan O’Brien spoofs iPad mini ad Apple – Press Info – Apple Announces Changes to Increase Collaboration Across Hardwar...
Oct 30, 2012•1 hr 13 min
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl have a busy week full of rumors, work and mid-terms and discuss Minnesota's absurd education laws, Microsoft's impending Surface, Kindle problems, why kicking Ubuntu when it's down is just fine and the final speculation lock-in on the iPad mini. Minnesota bans Coursera: State takes bold stand against free education. Amazon to users: Hey, the Kindle Paperwhite isn’t perfect | Crave – CNET Softbank CEO Won’t Rule Out MetroPCS Bid – WSJ.com Key parts of Ubuntu 13....
Oct 22, 2012•1 hr 30 min
Ryan Rampersad is joined by usual co-host Matthew Petschl to discuss why Facebook is like a Chair, why Japan is trying to buy our phone companies, Macro's new app, a plug for Sublime Text 2 and a great discussion on just how much Ubuntu is worth to you and what operating systems are worth paying for. Links Facebook | The Things That Connect Us – YouTube Office News – Office Reaches RTM! Updating Windows 8 for General Availability – Building Windows 8 – Site Home – MSDN Blogs Mitt Romney’s Google...
Oct 12, 2012•1 hr 26 min
Ryan Rampersad and guest co-host Brian Mitchell discuss Ryan's latest computer developments, why Nest is such a good idea, App.net's price change, Facebook's big success, Tent.is madness, great plugs for flashlight apps, Steve Jobs one year later and so much more! Links Intel i7-3770K Processor MacBook Pro – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Google Announces New “Lightbox” Ad Format: Advertisers Only Pay When Users Expand The Ad | TechCrunch Nest Learning Thermostat gets refreshed with a slimmer ...
Oct 07, 2012•1 hr 25 min
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl briefly discuss the news of the week, from Google's birthday and 25th billion app download, to Tim Cook's Maps apology and RIM's comically tasteless promotional video for BBX developers. After, Matthew decides to take a leave of absense and an astral entity takes his place to discuss tagging on the Internet. Links Watch this: RIM’s disastrously bad music video aimed at developers | The Verge RIM CEO: BlackBerry Has a ‘Clear Shot’ at Number Three Join Tent.is (a...
Sep 29, 2012•1 hr 19 min
Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad have cinnamon and discuss Walmart dumping Kindles, leaks of AMD's Piledriver CPU coincidentally, why the W3C is a joke, updated Facebook apps but not native yet, a plug on Pocket and an epic presentation on the future of the iPad mini. Links Wal-Mart stops selling Amazon Kindles – The Globe and Mail Raspberry Pi gets 1GHz ‘turbo boost’ option | News | TechRadar AnandTech – The Windows Phone 8X and 8S by HTC Microsoft raises Office 2013 prices to push new Office...
Sep 22, 2012•1 hr 7 min
Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad, the boy with too much hair, discuss the lingering iPhone 5 news, Zuck's big mistake, how the Wii U has finally ended weeks of rumors, new Nvidia GTX 600 series video cards, a great plug by a friend, the Six Strikes rule, Wozniak's thoughts on Samsung-Apple verdict, and more! Links At The Nexus #41: Chew Toy Covered In Vomit » The-Nexus | The-Nexus Eight Bit #1: Top Secret Tessellated Toad Tech » The-Nexus | The-Nexus Nexus Special #12: The Apple iPhone 5 Event...
Sep 15, 2012•1 hr 19 min
Ryan Rampersad is joined by guest co-host Robin Pillmann to discuss this week big news, the Amazon event featuring an onslaught of new Kindles with Paperwhite and 4G, some last minute iPhone news, Google's VirusTotal acquisition and unfortunate downsides, two great app plugs and much more! Please excuse our audio quality. Links Pokemon-Like Little Masters Finally Hitting The App Store Tomorrow | Cult of Mac Wii U News: US Wii U release date ‘November 11th’, distributor claims – ComputerAndVideoG...
Sep 08, 2012•1 hr 51 min
With last minute guest Ian Buck, Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the transitotary period in computer hardware, some trailing ends from the Samsung vs Apple lawsuit, AMD's streamroller specs - but not really, Amazon Kindle speculation on the verge of the Kindle annoucment next week and so much more! Links Ryan Rampersad – Google+ – Matt’s Guild Wars 2 character dancing. Amazon.com: Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700: Electronics Ian Buck’s Blog AMD CTO spills ‘Steamroller’ core specs ...
Sep 02, 2012•1 hr 20 min
Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad along with guest Sam Ebertz discuss the latest BestBuy remodel, the official iPhone 5 promotional video, a secret Windows 8 privacy problem, another MVNO's springing up, a rare Google car sighting and so much more! Links The Universe #15: Gravitational Slingshotting » The-Nexus | The-Nexus Ryan Rampersad – Google+ – Google car guys. Ryan Rampersad – Google+ – BestBuy signs. Synaptics ForcePad: The Laptop Trackpad Is About to Change Forever Windows 8 Pro to be p...
Aug 25, 2012•1 hr 3 min
Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss Matt's new blog and error of his ways, more Virgin Mobile news, Google's laying Motorola off, Flash on Android is gone, that Obvious guy is at it again, Twitter just messed up, SMS bugs, more Lawyer man patents that you can believe and more! Note: We are looking for guests! Links Matthew’s Blog Image: IMAG0446.jpg Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Samsung coming together for August 22 event | PhoneDog Kyocera Rise Lands on Sprint for $19.99 August 19th; V...
Aug 19, 2012•1 hr 21 min
Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad note some new studio equipment and a special truck, and discuss the future of VR, sandboxing, answering to the highest calling, Daddy Ray, Microsoft's "Modern UI", some GNU/Linux news, two actual plugs, a special phone review and so much more! Links The-Nexus.tv Wiki Oculus Why is Apple ditching the YouTube app from iOS 6? Korean scientists solve flexible battery riddle (video) — Engadget Acer begs Microsoft to ‘think twice’ about Surface tablet Exclusive: Micr...
Aug 11, 2012•1 hr 29 min
Armed with a programming guest, Andrew Bailey, Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss Microsoft's Metro's name loss, odd Apple commercials, why Verizon just became a little better and AT&T too, high speed Internet, games - DLC and why Stallman's steaming, a huge lawyer man section full of patent disputes, name conflicts and more! Links Nexus Special #9: Sam Is Back the Andrew Bailey Box Echo – Radar Surface to arrive with Windows 8 on 10/26, says Microsoft Introducing Outlook.com – Moder...
Aug 04, 2012•1 hr 45 min
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl along with special guest Megan Brenner discuss the price and trials of Microsoft's App Store, another Mojang suit, Mountain Lion's epic release and Safari's mysterious disappearance, Fiberhoods, an enraged Marco and more! Links Microsoft details the Windows 8 app store: Flexible cuts, prices up to $999, and try-before-you-buy Windows 8 RTM branch screenshots leak: new boot screen, wallpapers, desktop UI colors 3DS XL – Anti-glare Screen ‘Minecraft’ developer su...
Jul 28, 2012•1 hr 15 min
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss a bootstrapped game console, Nexus 7 defects, Samsung's coolness, Windows 8 release date, Tweet Lanes for Android - an amazing twitter client, Yahoo's new CEO -- Marissa Mayer from Google, Office 2013 and Office as a Service, a 10 year iPad and more! Links Valve launches Linux blog, officially announces Steam for Ubuntu Google may censor “Torrent” on behalf of France Apple must run “Samsung did not copy iPad” ads: report Ouya’s video game console Kickst...
Jul 20, 2012•1 hr 44 min
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the latest BlackBerry travesty, Apple's environmental flip-flop, Final Fantasy 7 lives on, Amazon's Game Center counterplay -- GameCircle, the way Amazon will use taxation to its advantage, Rovio's latest game, Amazing Alex, and more! Links RIM’s BlackBerry App World Tops Three Billion Downloads RIM hit with $147.2 million verdict in wireless patent lawsuit Verizon confirms locked bootloader on Samsung Galaxy S III Apple Seeds Golden Master of OS X Moun...
Jul 16, 2012•1 hr 13 min
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl, along with guest Ian Buck, discuss the latest in the Google-Apple Galaxy Nexus patent dispute, Amazon's potential pitch on a new phone and revised Kindle Fire ecosystems, Apple's underlying price point priority with a smaller iPad, a Mighty plug, and so much more! Links Ryan Rampersad’s blog: Scholarship – Google And So It’s Come To This: Samsung/Google Forced To Degrade Features In Patent Dispute LG Optimus Elite Judge who shelved Apple trial says patent syst...
Jul 09, 2012•1 hr 37 min
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl are joined by Ellie Petschl and we discuss the iPhone hitting the prepaid market, the new Google tablet, the Nexus 7, Android 4.1, JellyBean, RIM's stunning losses, Apple's hardware VP retiring and more! Links Ellie’s blog: just some things The Fringe #3: Site Updated HTC One V iPhone 4S 16GB iPhone 4 8GB SlashGear Facebook pulls ‘find friends nearby’ experimental feature after less than 24 hours in the wild Apple Quietly Pulls Claims of Virus Immunity Native F...
Jul 01, 2012•1 hr 6 min
Ryan Rampersad along with guests Emma Petersen and Max Marti discuss the place that the Surface falls on, Windows Phone 8, Lumia users' disappointment and rage, enough money to buy an island but not to sue Google and win, an investigation on IMAX, Ryan's new phone, and so much more! Ryan Rampersad is joined by Emma Petersen and Max Marti for a great discussion on tablets and where Microsoft’s Surface falls into place, the dread of Lumia users, the failure on stage at Surface event, Google huge p...
Jun 23, 2012•1 hr 27 min
Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad decided to merge two weeks of At The Nexus into a single Tuesday spectacular with a twist, discussion falls to Microsoft's upcoming phone event, 3D maps everywhere, Steam on Linux, inappropriate patents, an iPhone for Virgins and so much more! Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad combine last week’s and this week’s news, and with a special twist, discuss the lightning round first and then discuss the startling new 3D Google Maps (not really), the new Pocket TV, s...
Jun 12, 2012•1 hr 11 min
Matthew Petschl, butane torch extraordinaire, and Ryan Rampersad discuss the STUXNET virus and its flaming evolution, TLD purchases galore, the next iteration of ChromeOS, Tim Cook at D10, the Windows 8 Preview Release, an online only PS4, falling and melting, and so much more! Matthew Petschl, butane torch extraordinaire, and Ryan Rampersad do a slightly late show packed with discussion on Chrome OS updates, why you don’t want TLDs, a TV OS from Apple, Cook’s D10 interview, some loose chips, Fl...
Jun 04, 2012•1 hr 30 min
With special guest Ian R. Buck, hosts Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss Windows 8 hardware possibilities and Ballmer's predictions, a great Google+ update and some news of hanging out, another huge iPhone rumor - 4-inches of awesome, how Opera sucks and Facebook wants to buy it and so much more! This week Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad are joined by prize winning guest Ian Buck . This week we discuss our recent Google+ Hangout, the buoyant hard drive prices, a counter-violation from...
May 27, 2012•1 hr 24 min
