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In Bootcamp In Bootcamp #26: The EndOn the final episode of In Bootcamp, Matthew Petschl finishes bootcamp! Group project is complete, graduation commences and upcoming plans are made. Group Project 3 Deployment? Contributions Last minute work Presentation Q&A Grade: A Graduation from bootcamp Final Photo Bootcamp feelings Upcoming plans MidwestJS Instructor’s lead for Leadpages Udemy Practical and realistic practice using The Nexus Tittler Hours and hours of coding! This episode of In Bootcamp has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #553: IB #26 — Continuous Jubilee and Celebration! Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on T...

2019-08-1333 min

PodKit PodKit #29: What Is On Your Face?Topics Tavis Ormandy on Twitter: "I think @natashenka and I just discovered the worst Windows remote code exec in recent memory. This is crazy bad. Report on the way. 🔥🔥🔥" Windows 10 S is Microsoft's answer to Chrome OS - The Verge Microsoft's Surface Laptop feels beautiful - The Verge Samsung - Galaxy S8+ 64GB (Unlocked) - Midnight Black The Extra Dimension #21: Distributed Social Networks › The Nexus New Twitter Followees Kent C. Dodds (@kentcdodds) | Twitter Hasan Minhaj (@hasanminhaj) | Twitter Smokey AirAirAir.org (@SmokeyBot) | Twitter charliehield (@charliehield) | Twitter HeadFlyer Brewing (@HeadFlyerBrew) | Twitter Matthew Petschl (@Matt_petschl) | Twitter Johno Frederick (@johnothetre...

2017-07-051h 08

Nexus Special Nexus Special #43: CES 2016Ian R Buck, Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss CES 2016 -- Chips, OLEDs, Drones, Hovering, and so much more. Major Keynote News AMD Reveals Polaris GPU Architecture: 4th Gen GCN to Arrive In Mid-2016 Nvidia outs Pascal GPU in new “supercomputer” for self-driving cars | Ars Technica Nvidia outs Pascal GPU in new “supercomputer” for self-driving cars | Ars Technica Google is releasing a gold Nexus 6P | The Verge Huawei unveils two new opulent smartwatches dubbed ‘Elegant’ and ‘Jewel’ | The Verge Huawei’s Mate 8 flagship smartphone has fast charging, better fingerprint scanning | The Verge CES 2016: LG Signature OLED TV, 4K TV that’s o...

2016-01-111h 01

Nexus Special Nexus Special #36: New Year’s Eve 2014It's New Year's Adam at The Nexus, and we host a summary of fun show with your favorite hosts, Andrew Bailey, Steven Orvis, Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad, discussing the entire year! Technically, it was New Year’s Adam, but whatever, nobody is counting. We wish you a very merry new year’s. A special thank you, Andrew Bailey (or Baily), Steven Orvis and Matthew Petschl. Events/conferences Microsoft/dotnet · GitHub Hardware releases / failures Model A+ | Raspberry Pi Model B+ | Raspberry Pi PonoMusic | Store Software releases Broken Age: Act 1 | the Andre...

2015-01-011h 05

At The Nexus At The Nexus #145: No Spoilers!Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss HP's break up plans, upcoming events for Google and Apple, sapphire manufacturers suddenly going bankrupt, Xbox sales in China and so much more! Top News Hewlett-Packard Set to Break Up 75-Year-Old Company – WSJ HP Plans to Break Itself Into Two, Enterprise and PCs | Re/code HP Split Confirmed, Plans to Cut 5,000 More Jobs | Re/code Carrier Virgin Mobile offers a $20 smartphone plan with no data – Android Authority Hardware Maxwell meets notebooks: Nvidia launches GeForce GTX 980M, 970M mobile GPUs – TechSpot The ASUS ZenWatch may be very hard t...

2014-10-1138 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #144: Windows 9+1Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl react to the huge Windows 10 announcement on Tuesday, and then talk briefly about the week's news, from SoftBank's attempt to buy DreamWorks to Nexus 6 leaks, and so much more! I am really sorry about the delay editing and uploading this episode. It’s been a busy week. Links We are the first people to order Dominos on Windows 10. Top News Windows 10 is the official name for Microsoft’s next version of Windows | The Verge Windows 10 will be available late next year, preview coming tomorrow | The Verge Windows Techni...

2014-10-0338 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #143: The BendGateRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl return to talk about Amazon's updated Kindle line, new GTX 900 series hardware, impressive Apple sales, update rates and worrying structural issues, Google's good and terrible Play Store updates, Microsoft's Miracast dongle and more! Rollin Podcast Service Announcement, September 2014 | the Andrew Bailey Amazon Amazon’s new Kindle lineup: cheap tablets, tablets for kids, and its best e-reader yet | The Verge Fire HDX 8.9 – Amazon’s Official Site – Learn More Fire HD 6 – Amazon’s Official Site – Learn More Kindle Touch Screen E-Reader with Light Kindle Voyage Touch Screen E-Reader with Light Hardware ...

2014-09-2458 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #142: Exploded Into RealityRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl review IFA and the big Apple event, and then discuss T-Mobile's 7th Uncarrier event, the new Google Hangouts and Voice integration, Microsoft's contempt, new Intel hardware and so much more! Top News Nexus Special #32: IFA 2014 › The Nexus Nexus Special #33: Apple September Event 2014 › The Nexus Carrier ‘Free and open’ Wi-Fi for public in Twin Cities expanding – TwinCities.com AT&T and Verizon say 10Mbps is too fast for “broadband,” 4Mbps is enough | Ars Technica CenturyLink contemplates buying Rackspace for more than $5 billion | OregonLive.com T-Mobile Uncarrier 7.0 focuses on Wi-Fi, in-air and in-home

2014-09-1145 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #32: IFA 2014Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss all of the phones and watches that out during IFA 2014. Big week, episode #600! Links At The Nexus #141: Waiting For New Tongas › The Nexus Samsung Samsung announces curved Gear S smartwatch with 3G | The Verge Samsung announces the Galaxy Note 4 | The Verge The Galaxy Note Edge is a flagship phone with an entirely new kind of curved display | The Verge Samsung enters the virtual reality race with the Gear VR headset | The Verge Sony The Xperia Z3 Compact is Sony’s true new flagship phone | The...

2014-09-0847 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #140: My Wii Can FlashRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss some changes to T-Mobile and Sprint plans, AT&T's new third CEO, all sorts of events scheduled at IFA 2014, some iPhone speculation and concerns, more Windows 9 rumors and so much more! Rollin Putnam’s move in day. I helped Putnam move into his new room at his new school.… Carrier Sprint looks to fend off T-Mobile with new $60 unlimited data plan | The Verge T-Mobile offering Sprint, AT&T and Verizon castaways one year of free unlimited LTE data | 9to5Google T-Mobile expands family plan, bulks up tablet data offe...

2014-08-2751 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #139: Marcelo ClaudiusRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss T-Mobile's new P2P stance and Sprint's new pretty cheap plans, tons of phones coming out pretty soon from Samsung, Motorola and oddly enough, Sharp, Apple's solution to USB connectors' four-dimensional paradox, Microsoft's Threshold in Fall and so much more! Carrier T-Mobile to throttle customers who use unlimited LTE data for torrents/p2p » TmoNews Sprint Launches New Price War, Debuts $100 Family Plan | Re/code Phone Samsung Galaxy Note 4 specs and pricing leaked ahead of announcement Samsung Galaxy Alpha is now official: metal-made and the thinnest Galaxy yet H...

2014-08-2036 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #138: Your Smirk is IncredulousRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss this week's epic T-Mobile and Sprint rumblings, Moto X+1 rumors, multiple failed lawsuits from Apple, the iPhone event in September, news on Microsoft's Threshold and so much more! Rollin Have you ever heard of this shipping credit? Apparently, you can get a $1 in… I pulled tons of weeds this morning in our new wall flower bed. These weeds… Carrier Sprint Abandons T-Mobile Purchase – Business Insider T-Mobile plans to become the 3rd largest carrier in the US by the end of 2014 | Android Authority Sprint Goes Off Beaten Track for New CE...

2014-08-0936 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #137: It’s Bloody FrenchRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the latest Virgin Mobile plan, Sprint's French competition and a joint adventure with T-Mobile, broken LG G Watches, HP's next mass market failure, a planned HTC event, MacBook Pro updates, Google+ Photo's dissolution, and so much more! Carrier Virgin Mobile’s new plan offers more control at the expense of net neutrality | The Verge French Mobile, Illiad, bids on T-Mobile French company Iliad wants to buy T-Mobile and ruin Sprint’s grand plan | The Verge Sprint/T-Mobile plan to buy spectrum together may be blocked by FCC | Ars Technica Phon...

2014-08-0445 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #136: Chicken Denied!Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl return from vacation with two weeks of condensed news! Microsoft ends their Xbox Entertainment Studios, but Xbox is doing great after the end of the Kinect, Amazon has amazing revenues and now they have a baffling Fire Phone commercial, Google+ does not care about your name and so much more. Phone & Tablet BlackBerry’s next major smartphone will have a Siri-like virtual assistant | The Verge [Updated] Nvidia’s New Product Is A Shield Tablet With Tegra K1, Designed For PC And Android Gaming – Forbes Ultimate Quest Beat by LG: new mid-range smartp...

2014-07-2749 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #135: Cornell’s University of BritishismMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the next shape in BlackBerry design, Motorola and Samsung market woes, new Google Now commands, a new price for Xcode, 7 nanometer IBM chips and so much more. Rollin Path of Repentance / Via Purifico – Final Fantasy X Music Extended – YouTube PSR-4 — Autoloader LG VOLT LS740 Virgin Mobile: Smartphone with 4.7 inch Display | LG USA Carrier Franken AT&T-DirecTV Letter Phone BlackBerry’s square-screened phone to free us from our “rectangular world” | Ars Technica avast! blog » Tens of thousands of Americans sell themselves online every day Motorola devices could be banned in...

2014-07-1450 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #134: The Errors Of Their WaysRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss Verizon's prepaid upgrade, T-Mobile's FTC woes, HTC's recent success, Google's acquisition of Songza, the beginning of Apple's back to school promotion, and so much more. Rollin Control Structure #64: Quantum Variable › The Nexus Carrier Verizon Prepaid is Finally Getting 4G LTE, Likely on July 17 | Droid Life FTC Alleges T-Mobile Made Millions From Allegedly Bogus Text Message Charges | Re/code Phone & Tablets Taiwan’s HTC Q2 profit T$2.26 bln, slightly above estimates | Reuters Nvidia “Shield Tablet” spotted in FCC documents | Ars Technica Google Google in Deal for Song...

2014-07-0734 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #133: Facebook Home ForeclosedRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the Google I/O 2014 leftovers and some more Google news, Apple's revised iPod touch, Microsoft's potential rebranding of Surface to Lumia, some Supreme Court rulings, the demise of Facebook's dream and so much more. Top News Nexus Special #31: Google I/O 2014 › The Nexus Android Wear, Auto, and TV save you from skins, and OEMs from themselves | Ars Technica Google refreshes Glass hardware, but current owners won’t get upgraded | The Verge Google Google Search 3.5.14 Adds “OK, Google” Hotword Everywhere, Plus Audio History | Droid Life YouTube Slowly Rolling Out 60 FPS Vide...

2014-06-3059 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #31: Google I/O 2014Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl talk about the major topics from the Google I/O 2014 Keynote: Material Design, Android L, TV, Auto and so much more. Links Google I/O 2014 in under nine minutes | The Verge Google I/O 2014 – Keynote – YouTube Google I/O 2014 – Schedule Google touts 1 billion active Android users per month | The Verge Android One will help manufacturers build low-cost phones for developing markets | The Verge Coming Soon | Android Developers Image: Style-Color-Themes-theme-02_large_mdpi.png Android L Release Preview: Everything You Need to Know Google Design PDF: material-design.pdf Introduction – Material Design – Google design guidelines...

2014-06-2644 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #131: Giganticsaur was GiganticRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl review who won E3, the strange Starbucks charger scheme, AT&T's data breach, two major leaks before Google I/O, next generation multi-tasking in iOS 8 coming someday - maybe soon, Expedia bitcoins and so much more. Links Home of the Mozilla Project — Mozilla Nexus Special #30: E3 2014 › The Nexus News Starbucks starts rolling out wireless phone chargers nationwide | The Verge All Our Patent Are Belong To You | Blog | Tesla Motors Phones AT&T customer data compromised | Android Authority AT&T: We need to buy DirecTV because U-verse TV is a...

2014-06-1649 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #130: Hexahedron In My HandRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the leftovers of WWDC, a new HTC phone, the fate of the Nook, AT&T's fiber gambit. Project Tango tangibles, Xbox One improvements, Intel at Computex and so much more. Links Stone Arch Bridge Sorta Big Stone Sculpture Mini Golf Landscape Arboretum, University of Minnesota Nexus Special #29: WWDC 2014 › The Nexus ‘Swift’ Programming Language in Development for Four Years, “Major Focus” Since 2013 – Mac Rumors Retina iMac references discovered in OS X Yosemite code | 9to5Mac Apple Introduces Lightning Cable MFi Specifications for Headphones – Mac Rumors After trademark dispute, Mexican carriers can no longer use...

2014-06-091h 14

Nexus Special Nexus Special #29: WWDC 2014Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the 2014 WWDC Keynote event, jam packed with Craig jokes, OSX 10.10 Yosemite, iOS 8 and so much developer news! Links Apple – Apple Events – Special Event June 2014 Apple announces OS X 10.10 Yosemite with refreshed design, available for free this fall | The Verge Apple announces OS X 10.10 Yosemite with new interface, enhanced apps & continuity OS X Yosemite unveiled at WWDC, features big UI overhaul | Ars Technica DuckDuckGo Apple meets Dropbox head-on with iCloud Drive | The Verge Apple HealthKit announced: a hub for all your iOS fitness tracking needs | The Verge Family Sharing on iOS 8 will...

2014-06-0343 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #128: Screw You Over In Every Which WayRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss AT&T's macro-cell site expansion plans, Krzanich's promise, Chrome support for speaking to Google, Nest's strange recall, a last minute WWDC prediction from a newspaper, a recap of the recent Surface event and so much more! Links Control Structure #61: Morale Has Improved › The Nexus Eight Bit #80: Shades Of Gray: In Between › The Nexus Transistor HP Shares Fall on Light Results; Plans to Cut up to 16,000 More Jobs | Re/code The $100 HP 7 Plus offers quad-core power on the cheap | 9to5Google Is Facebook taking your private information more seriously? – The Ec...

2014-05-2759 min

Eight Bit Eight Bit #79: That’s Not a Solution, That’s a Death TrapIan Buck and returning guests Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the latest new G-Sync alternative standard called Adaptive Sync, Microsoft's relaxation of Xbox Live Gold requirements, the unveiling of FarCry4 (before E3 no less), the revelation of Halo 5: Guardians coming in Fall 2015, and breaking news from YouTube and Twitch. Links SUPERHOT by SUPERHOT Team — Kickstarter AMD and VESA take on Nvidia’s G-Sync anti-stutter tech | PC Gamer Xbox Live Gold Changes FAQ Steam indicates which user reviews are of Early Access versions | PC Gamer Bohemia: DayZ Hacked, But Users And Development Safe | Rock, Paper, Shotgun Far...

2014-05-191h 00

At The Nexus At The Nexus #127: One Handed LifeRyan Rampersad reads Sunday's breaking news - AT&T bought DirecTV and YouTube is attempting to buy Twitch, and then discusses with Matthew Petschl a new Minnesota kill-switch for phones, the results of the Motorola event, PayPal in the Play Store, alleged iPhone 6 size and resolution rumors, Xbox One price cuts, and so much more. Matthew and Ryan recorded early Sunday afternoon however in the evening, AT&T and Twitch had some breaking news they just had to share. Breaking News AT&T to acquire DirecTV for $48.5 billion | The Verge AT&T to Acquire...

2014-05-1944 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #126: More Of An UnbulgeRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the top news of the week, Apple's odd acquisition of Beats Music, as well as the result of the Oracle vs Google, the leaks of the Moto E, Google's Gmail potential overhaul, an upcoming Microsoft Surface event and so much more. Links Apple reportedly near $3.2 billion Beats acquisition | The Verge Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine expected to become Apple executives as part of Beats acquisition | 9to5Mac Canalys: PC Shipments Up 5% in Q1 2014, Apple Still First Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules | Ars Technica App.net St...

2014-05-1249 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #125: Sometimes They’re Human, Sometimes They’re QuestionableRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the F8 conference, T-Mobile's gain and loss, Sprint's ultimate plan, the upcoming Motorola and Chromebook events, Google's MADA lawsuit, newly refreshed MacBook Air models and their potential problems and so much more. Links Facebook Audience Network Mobile Ad Network Launches At f8 | TechCrunch Facebook will let users log into third-party apps anonymously | The Verge Twitter Testing a ‘Mute’ Button to Quiet Your Follows AMD Beema and Mullins Low Power 2014 APUs Tested – HotHardware T-Mobile adds another 2.4M customers in record quarter, within shouting distance of Sprint – GeekWire T-Mobile lost $100M due to ETFs...

2014-05-051h 10

At The Nexus At The Nexus #124: Chronometric InstrumentsRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss Vic Gundotra leaving Google and the status of Google, a new inexpensive-premium phone from OnePlus, rumors about Google's new modular voice commands, a licensing deal between a Motorola and Microsoft and so much more. Links Vic Gundotra – Google+ – And Then Last month, my wife’s uncle died in a tragic… Vic Gundotra – Google+ – First, let me say “Thank you”. The outpouring of warmth and… AT&T copies Google, names 100 cities where it could offer gigabit fiber | Ars Technica Sprint will unlock any device released after February 11, 2015 | 9to5Google More LG G3 specs appear, 1...

2014-04-281h 19

At The Nexus At The Nexus #122: Always Frozen and Always FreshRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss T-Mobile's new attempt to get customers to buy network tablets and a new phone plan, Qualcomm's next generation Snapdragon chips, Amazon and Apple rumors about upcoming phones, Links AnandTech Portal | The AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Review AM1 Desktop Platform, ‘Kabini’ APUs is launched by AMD Intel Core “Haswell” Refresh CPUs Launch Date Revealed | techPowerUp エルミタージュ秋葉原 – 「深夜販売は5月10日（土）の夜？」（3/27）・・・複数関係者談 The Heartbleed Bug, explained – Vox T-Mobile offers up LTE tablets for the price of Wi-Fi models, free data through 2014 | Android Central T-Mobile announces $40 ‘Simple Starter’ plan with unlimited talk, text, and 500MB of data | The Verge Snapdragon 808/810 unveiled: 20-nm, 64-bit beasts coming early next year HotHardware.com...

2014-04-1355 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #121: The Construct and The IndexRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl ignore the April Fools' day jokes and proceed straight to Amazon's new Fire TV, Microsofts spate of kinda-sorta reveals at BUILD 2014, and so much more. Links Amazon Fire TV Streaming Media Player Shop Now Amazon Fire Game Controller Shop Now Amazon Fire TV review | The Verge Amazon Fire TV Teardown – iFixit Nokia Announces Three New Lumia Phones: Two Cheap, One Not-So-Cheap | TechCrunch Threshold Revealed: Microsoft Talks the Future of Windows | Windows 8 content from Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows Windows to be free on 9” and smaller tablets, also on IoT devices | Ars Te...

2014-04-061h 35

At The Nexus At The Nexus #120: SugarPlus Deluxe AligningRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the Facebook buyout of Oculus VR, Microsoft's introduction of Office for iPad, HTC's One M8 reveal and so much more. Links Facebook buying Oculus VR for $2 billion | The Verge The Future of Virtual Reality | Oculus Rift – Virtual Reality Headset for 3D Gaming Twitter / codinghorror: “I was going to change the … Facebook purchases VR headset maker Oculus for $2 billion [Updated] | Ars Technica Virtual Reality is going to change the world | notch.net Microsoft unveils Office for iPad, free for reading and presenting | The Verge Satya Nadella press briefing webcast Microsoft PowerPoint for iPad...

2014-03-311h 17

At The Nexus At The Nexus #119: Ten Fingers and Two WristsMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the introduction of Android Wear, the plea from Netflix, Level 3 and Cogent that Comcast and ISPs are running the market, Apple's relaunch of the iPad 4, Sony's answer to the Oculus, and so much more. This is episode #500 on The Nexus series-wide! Rejoice! Links Netflix US & Canada Blog: Internet Tolls And The Case For Strong Net Neutrality Level 3 and Cogent ask FCC for protection against ISP “tolls” | Ars Technica Sprint’s new mobile plan not helping struggling image BlackBerry Reaches Deal to Sell Most of Canadian Property – Bloomberg Oppo Unveils...

2014-03-241h 06

At The Nexus At The Nexus #118: That’s VagueRyan and Matthew discuss the 25th anniversary of the Web, T-Mobile's 2G upgrade plan, Sprint's "price war", Amazon's shocking pricing changes, 1 million Nokia X phones pre-ordered in China, Google's fix for in-app purchases, Sundar's allusion to wearables and Ryan's plug on LinkBubble. Links Ryan Rampersad – Google+ – +Matthew Petschl has made the desktop of the server this… The web’s 25th birthday starts the campaign for the Web We Want | ZDNet Web We Want | Celebrating the free, open, universal Web Flappy Bird Creator Reveals Why He Pulled the App, ‘Considering’ Returning Flappy Bird to App Store – Mac Rumors HTC’s ne...

2014-03-161h 08

At The Nexus At The Nexus #117: Larger Than Life LifestyleMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss revised plans from T-Mobile and AT&T, Oppo Find 7 official specs and leaks, Apple's Oppenheimer's retirement, the leak of Windows 8.1 Update and the impending demise, PC ships decreasing, Samsung's new Chromebooks and so much more! Links T-Mobile customers dumping Blackberry devices in trade-in program – latimes.com T-Mobile’s New Simple Choice Plan: 1GB of Data for Just $50 AT&T cuts its 2GB Mobile Share Value plan by $15 to stay competitive | The Verge Oppo confirms two Find 7 models, 1080p and QHD options AndroidSPIN | [LEAK] Photos of the Oppo Find 7 leak out show...

2014-03-091h 12

At The Nexus At The Nexus #115: Johnny CheneyRyan 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 Qual...

2014-02-2357 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #114: Self Evident ProblemMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad explain the Comcast purchase of Time Warner Cable, discuss the changes to the major plans from T-Mobile and Verizon, the cost of Windows 7 for Microsoft, how Nook's final corner was just cut off, Mozilla's desperation, Google's entry into the enterprise market with virtualization and so much more! Links New BBM for Android and iPhone Brings Voice and BBM Channels | Inside BlackBerry Comcast confirms $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable | The Verge Verizon’s More Everything plan takes on T-Mobile with increased data, unlimited international messaging from the US T-Mobile will soon le...

2014-02-1553 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #113: Sounds Very CommunistRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the new Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella and Bill Gates' ascension to Technical Advisor, Dell's insane layoff numbers, a spate of Chromebox announcements from Google and partners, Newegg's alternative to Prime and so much more. We refer to the OP in some episodes of At The Nexus and The Fringe. The OP refers to the content before the title, date and host introduction read. We may also refer to the ED which is the content that occurs after the theme music ends. Links Satya Nadella – Microsoft’s CEO Microsoft’s new...

2014-02-0857 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #112: Satoshi SomethingRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss Q413 earnings from Apple, Google and Amazon, the future of the Wii U and a cheaper Xbox One, speculation on the next Microsoft CEO, and Google's patent deal with Samsung and Motorola sellout to Lenovo. Also known as 聡何か Links On BlackBerry 10′s 1st anniversary, BlackBerry’s U.S. market share hits 0% – Yahoo News Apple Reports Strongest Ever Quarterly Earnings: $13.1 Billion Profit on $57.6 Billion in Revenue in Q1 2014 – Mac Rumors Apple TV graduates from hobby/accessory to product line ahead of major changes | 9to5Mac Amazon shares fall 10% after big holiday ea...

2014-02-0357 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #111: Warrant As In ReasonRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss T-Mobile's Un-bank scheme, Microsoft's surprising earnings, rumors of Windows 8.1 Update 1, the next fate of WebOS, AMD's delusion, Apple's thirtieth anniversary of the Mac and so much more. Links T-Mobile Mobile Money – Business Insider Microsoft posts record revenue of $24.5B, beats earnings expectations in holiday quarter – GeekWire Sprint: We’re not bringing back the Nextel brand – FierceWireless Windows 8.1 Update 1 Preview: Now with More Integration | Windows 8 content from Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows Windows 8.1 Update 1 Now Rumored To Land On March 11 | TechCrunch Foreign Microsoft Users Can Have Their Data Stored Outside The U.S...

2014-01-2555 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #110: Straight MahoganyRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss Sprint's progress on buying T-Mobile, EasyPay and OneUp and the new WiFi calling scheme, the famous Moto G's Play Store entry, Target's affiliation with mother Russia, President Obama's NSA reforms, Microsoft's sellout on BUILD 2014, another failed AMD CPU product, Google owning Nest and how the Internet has died. Links Because Matt distracted Ryan at the end of the show, you can find him via yourdreamguy[at]nexus-labs[dot]org. WarGame 2.1 Sprint Wifi Calling poised to debut on two Samsung phones | Android Central The stars are aligning for Sprint...

2014-01-181h 12

At The Nexus At The Nexus #109: Imputes ComputationRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl wrap up the end of CES 2014, discuss the rebirth of Windows and Microsoft upon the Threshold, Target's revised hacking statistics, Sprint's Framily plan, AT&T and Sponsored Data, PC sales slumping and so much more. Links Nexus Special #28: CES 2014 › The Nexus Microsoft reportedly planning Windows 9 release in April 2015 | The Verge WinSuperSite: Windows 9 Threshold Rumor Details Apple did not violate Motorola patent, appeals court rules | 9to5Mac PDF: 12-1666.Opinion.1-8-2014.1.PDF Intel completes work on 64-bit version of Android for Atom processors Target says ‘up to 70 million’ names, email addresses, and ph...

2014-01-1256 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #28: CES 2014The Nexus CES 2014 Special, hosted by Ryan Rampersad, Matthew Petschl and Ian R Buck, discussing all the major keynotes, from Intel, Nvidia, Sony to Yahoo and T-Mobile. This is not the CES of The Internet of Things, but rather, the CES of the middle 85%. If you would like to fund live coverage of CES 2015, please, get in touch. Links Image: nGncU7fOkvLe1j9MgX5Kt66A5ko.GIF Yahoo Food Image: DSC_0123.jpg Tegra K1 Next-Gen Quad-Core Mobile Processor | NVIDIA Tegra | NVIDIA Image: Intel-unveils-J9578.jpg Intel® Edison Development Board—The SD* Card-Sized Computer Qualcomm New...

2014-01-111h 37

At The Nexus At The Nexus #108: Complaints and AnswersMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad on the first episode of the new year discuss Winamp's sale to Radiomony, T-Mobile's response to AT&T's response, Sprint's rebranding efforts, browser and OS market shares, a tax on YouTube and Facebook by France, iPhone backdoors, NSA quantum computers and so much more! Links AOL Sells Winamp And Shoutcast Music Services To Online Radio Aggregator Radionomy | TechCrunch T-Mobile CEO calls new AT&T promotion ‘desperate,’ teases surprise next week | The Verge Executive Statement | T-Mobile Sprint Wants To Revive Nextel As A Business Brand, Merge Boost + Virgin Mobile Into ‘Sprint Freedom’ | TechCrun...

2014-01-041h 01

Nexus Special Nexus Special #27: The Internet Showed UpIn our annual year end special episode, we look back at many of the events, products, releases and more that made 2013 a fantastic year, with Ryan Rampersad, Andrew Bailey and Matthew Petschl. Links I, Glasshole: My Year With Google Glass | Gadget Lab | Wired.com FarCry 3: Blood Dragon | the Andrew Bailey StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm | the Andrew Bailey The Stanley Parable | the Andrew Bailey Toilet Blog Engine | the Andrew Bailey Raspberry Pi | the Andrew Bailey Project Twentieth Century: Resurrection | the Andrew Bailey Insanity: BitCoin | the Andrew Bailey Ghost: Just a Blogging Platform by John O’Nolan — Kick...

2013-12-311h 44

At The Nexus At The Nexus #107: Very CandleyMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad review their holiday festivities and discuss the Mac Pro's swappable Xeon processors, the HP Chromebook 11's return, Amazon's best shopping season ever, Snowden's message to the world, T-Mobile's impending buyout, Target's encryption that's not so safe and so much more! Links New Mac Pro teardown reveals replaceable Xeon CPU | Ars Technica Google tries to protect partners, Nexus devices from Rockstar HP Chromebook 11 returns to Amazon, still priced at $279 – Android Authority Amazon Prime tops 20 million members as company touts its best holiday season ever – GeekWire Apple’s iOS Completely Blew Away Google’s Androi...

2013-12-2851 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #106: Cortana Cortana CortanaOn Christmas Adam's Eve, Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss Moto G updates and even the device it self -- it is pretty decent, the next Un-carrier update by T-Mobile at CES, WinAmp's miraculous eleventh hour buy-up, LG's Chromebase and the hacking assault on Target. Links Motorola releases Android 4.4 update for Moto G ahead of schedule | The Verge T-Mobile Plans to Talk “Un-Carrier” 4.0 at CES in January – Ina Fried – Mobile – AllThingsD Moto X wood option (Bamboo) now available on Moto Maker for $100 extra BlackBerry stock rises 16% despite $4.4B loss – Business – CBC News Oppo Find 7 will be one of the fir...

2013-12-221h 04

At The Nexus At The Nexus #105: Drone Flyby MassacreRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the next T-Mobile buyout from Sprint, Instagram Direct messaging, Amazon's installment plan, Valve's SteamOS release and its requirements, an updated Nexus 5, accidental features in Android, Microsoft's crushed CEO dreams and so much more. Links Amazing Peace: Pocket Inspirations (Pocket Inspirations: Wisdom for Life): George Foster: 9781935416869: Amazon.com: Books Ryan Rampersad – Google+ – Here’s the Journey video. It takes videos and photos from a… Ryan Rampersad – Google+ – This is the photo and video collection of the game table… Sprint reportedly preparing bid to purchase T-Mobile in 2014 | The Verge Yahoo CEO Mayer Apologizes For...

2013-12-161h 05

At The Nexus At The Nexus #104: You Name It, You Mame ItWith the legendary Sam Ebertz as guest, Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl present new standards for Bluetooth and USB 3.1, the Innovation Act and the Supreme Court ruling on software patents, Android 4.4.1 and Microsoft's next OS, Threshold, and literally, so much more. Links Smarter Bluetooth 4.1 announced, prepares the growth of Internet of Things BBC News – Jolla: Ex-Nokia employees launch smartphone BBC News – Jolla: Ex-Nokia employees launch smartphone IBM 2013 Holiday Benchmark Reports – United States House of Representatives passes widely supported bill to fight patent trolls | The Verge Supreme Court to Weigh Whether Software Is Patentable – Digits – WSJ Consumer hard drive...

2013-12-071h 13

At The Nexus At The Nexus #103: Snapdragon OneRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl announce the availability of the podcast on iTunes, and discuss a new halfway decent Virgin Mobile phone, a new Snapdragon chip, Winamp's unexplained death, the KitKat update on the Nexus 4, Firefox's funding model and so much more. Links iTunes – Podcasts – At The Nexus by Ryan Rampersad, Matthew Petschl HTC Desire now available from Virgin Mobile for $279.99 | Android and Me Snapdragon 805 coming in 2014, putting Qualcomm in even more devices | Ars Technica Microsoft Now Sells T-Shirts That Claim Google’s Chrome Steals Your Data | TechCrunch Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 to arrive in early 2014 | ZDNet ...

2013-11-2458 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #102: Certain Unspoken BehaviorRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl return from the Supercut with new phones in hand, and discussion on the future of Motorola with the cheap but decent Moto G, Snapchat's persistent refusal of a ton of cash, the plans of Yahoo at CES 2014, AMD's next generation console in a desktop processors, the FCC's new data testing app and so much more. Links Spec Sheet: Motorola shakes up low-cost smartphones with the Moto G | The Verge Moto G by Motorola – A Google Company Moto G will arrive in the US with Android 4.4 KitKat already on board | 9to5Google Mo...

2013-11-171h 13

At The Nexus At The Nexus #101: SupercutMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad decide to take a little detour down a special alley they lovingly call the Supercut. Thanks for listening to the last fifty episodes of At The Nexus. A special thanks to our great guests, Andrew Bailey, Ian Buck, Brian Mitchell, and others, for making our show more lively, to our favorite pseudo-sponsors, our favorite fruity company and of course, Guild Wars 2, Ingress, Gundam, Bepop and other anime for entertainment after the show. We can’t wait for next week. Listen to more at The Nexus and fo...

2013-11-111h 19

At The Nexus At The Nexus #99: Get Some Steve Juice On ItMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss BlackBerry's latest OS update, LG's new Firefox phone, Amazon's SuperSave price hike, a Windows situation and solution, AMD video card pricing, a OSX Mavericks download rate and so much more! Links BB10 OS 10.2 update begins rollout for Z10, Q10 and Q5 – Crave – Mobile Phones – CNET Asia BlackBerry Messenger For iOS and Android Finally Rolling Out Today T-Mobile brings mobile hotspot access to its prepaid plans Moto X drops to $99.99 at Moto Maker, Sprint, and US Cellular | The Verge Moto G will reportedly be the final name for the Motorola DVX LG Lau...

2013-10-2651 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #26: Apple iPad Event 2013Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl reveal the details of the Apple iPad Special event: OSX Mavericks is free, new lower priced models of the retina MacBook Pro, the new iPad Air and the new retina iPad mini. Links Apple – Apple Events – Special Event October 2013 From iPad Air to Mac Pro: everything you need to know about Apple’s fall event | The Verge Apple – OS X Mavericks – Do even more with new apps and features. Apple – Mac Pro – Technical Specifications Apple – MacBook Pro with Retina display – Technical Specifications iPad Air – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Apple – iPad mini with Retina display – Te...

2013-10-2429 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #98: Judo Grip On EnglishRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the Broadwell pushback, AMD's profit from consoles, Window 8.1 launch, Google Fiber's TOS change, Apple's new Retail manager and a troll from Google -- the Nexus 5. Links Control Structure #48: Sofware as a Surface HTC One Max specs, features, and availability – official Intel Blames Broadwell Chip Delay On Manufacturing Glitch Xbox One and PlayStation 4 make AMD profitable once more | The Verge Windows 8.1 Will Start To Roll Out Tomorrow At 4 AM PDT | TechCrunch Google to support Windows XP longer than its developer Microsoft – latimes.com Microsoft debuts Remote Desktop app for PC access on i...

2013-10-1855 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #97: Not Feeling Danish Today?Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss another T-Mobile Uncarrier event, Bing's malware infestation, Acer and HP Chromebooks, the coming Apple event, Ryan's dream smoke detector from Nest and so much more! Links T-Mobile CEO Says On Verge of Being Able to Claim Fastest LTE Network – Ina Fried – Mobile – AllThingsD T-Mobile to Make It Cheaper to Make Calls While Abroad – NYTimes.com Some Bing Ads Beside Search Results are Redirecting to Malware Acer Intros Thinner, Longer-Lasting C720 Chromebook | News & Opinion | PCMag.com Intel Celeron 2955U Notebook Processor – NotebookCheck.net Tech Intel Celeron 2955U Notebook Processor – NotebookCheck.net Tech Acer up...

2013-10-111h 06

At The Nexus At The Nexus #96: Acknowledging Leaves As FoodMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss another T-Mobile Uncarrier event, Target's Brightspot, the gold master of Mavericks, Bill Gates potential ousting, the spec sheet of the 300 Steam Machines, HTML5 and DRM, a short initial impression review of iOS 7, a review from Ryan on the 15000 mAh Anker battery pack and so much more. Links Amagon – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia T-Mobile readies ‘Uncarrier 3.0’ shake-up, touts Shakira event | Mobile – CNET News Target follows Walmart with launch of prepaid mobile service | Mobile – CNET News OS X Mavericks goes Golden Master, now out for developers | 9to5Mac Move over, Apple Maps: iPhone 5S...

2013-10-051h 16

At The Nexus At The Nexus #95: Oh, The Three Handedness!Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss a BlackBerry sale, an impossible T-Mobile and Sprint combination, ads in Gmail's new app, new Microsoft Surfaces, new Kindle Fires from Amazon, Apple's record breaking iPhone sales, Valve's Steam plans and so much more! Links Untitled: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/09/23/blackberry-reaches-4-7-billion-takeover-deal/?_r=0 BlackBerry Manufacturing Partner Jabil Circuit Looking to Bail – John Paczkowski – Mobile – AllThingsD T-Mobile pulls BlackBerry from stores, BlackBerry cans Q2 earnings call | ZDNet Unlimited Prepaid iPhone – No Contract Unlimited iPhone Plans | Virgin Mobile T-Mobile CFO makes case for U.S. consolidation, Sprint deal | Reuters Motorola’s DVX rumore...

2013-09-301h 24

At The Nexus At The Nexus #94: Eject A BallmerAlong with an extraordinary panel comprised of Andrew Bailey, Brian Mitchell and Ian Buck, returning hunter Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the BlackBerry prosumer plunge, Sprint's One Up, JBQ's Yahoo job, a Nexus 5 launch date and model names, a Surface 2 announcement date, an always horiztonal Xbox One, iOS 7 market penetration, download updates, Tim Cook's new Twitter account, HP's bid to be different and so much more! If you’re looking for an iOS 7 review, check back next week! Links BlackBerry to slash up to 40% of work force, report says – The Globe and Mail [UPDA...

2013-09-2158 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #24: The Moto X EventMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the fabled and infamous Moto X event, the newest Android phone, its hardware, software, specs, and all the gimmicks from pricing to customizability and more! Links This is the Moto X. Can it save Motorola? | The Verge Moto X Specs & Latest News | Motorola | The Verge Performance preview: The Moto X sports a great GPU, respectable CPU | Ars Technica Moto X Specs & Latest News | Motorola | The Verge Motorola Mobility LLC. USA Motorola’s big move: Hands-on with the Moto X | Ars Technica A ‘Google Play’ version of the Moto X is coming...

2013-08-0228 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #23: Breakfast with SundarRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss Google's new Nexus 7 device with a high resolution screen and Snapdragon S4 Pro processor along with Android 4.3 and a surprise Chrome peripheral, the Chromecast, a HDMI-USB dongle that allows streaming to the TV from the cloud and local devices. Links Ryan Rampersad – Google+ – These are the moments before the Google event begins. Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet will be available on July 30th for $229 | The Verge Google Nexus 7 (2013) – CNET Reviews Google’s new Nexus 7 with Android 4.3 hands-on | The Verge Google announces the new 1080P Nexus 7: smaller, thinner and 50g lighter | 9to5Google ...

2013-07-2546 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #22: BUILD 2013Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the changes in Windows 8.1: start buttons, lock screens, wallpapers, security and all of the great things Steve Ballmer said during his time on stage at BUILD 2013. Links Windows 8.1 Preview – Microsoft Windows Windows 8.1: a first look at what Microsoft is changing | The Verge Hands On With Windows 8.1 Preview | PCMag.com At BUILD, Microsoft Unveils More of Windows 8.1 Microsoft Build Developer Conference | June 26 – 28, 2013 The Microsoft Build 2013 Recap: Windows 8.1, Bing and new features | The Slanted This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #108: NS #22 — Margar...

2013-06-2827 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #20: WWDC 2013Brian Reinhardt joins Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl to discuss WWDC 2013: Mavericks, iOS 7, MacBook Airs and Mac Pros and so much more. Links Apple – Designed by Apple Everything Apple Announced Today At WWDC [Round-Up] | Cult of Mac Watch this: Apple’s WWDC 2013 keynote in exactly 10 minutes | The Verge MacBook Air – Buy MacBook Air Notebook Computers – Apple Store – Apple Store (U.S.) Apple – Mac Pro Apple – iOS 7 Apple – OS X Mavericks – Do even more with new apps and new features. Apple – OS X Mavericks – Do even more with new apps and new features. Apple – Mac – AirPort Extreme This episode of Nexus Spe...

2013-06-1345 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #19: Xbox One RevealRyan Rampersad, Ian R Buck and Matthew Petschl discuss this morning's Xbox One announcement from Microsoft and all of the new features, from the new design, to the specs and even some speculation on where we go from here. Links Xbox One, Revealed in under 4 minutes | The Verge Report: All Xbox One games must be installed, secondhand players must pay fee (Update) | Polygon Image: 30115__safe_twilight-sparkle_space_halo_pony–and–spaceship_pillar-of-autumn.jpg Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on Twitter and Google+ for our latest episodes and news.

2013-05-2245 min

Eight Bit Eight Bit #36: Chain Mail Chastity BeltIan Buck hosts with guests Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl, and discuss the blockbuster results of Blood Dragon, Oculus Rift support for ancient games galore, Sony's record results and their amusing predictions and a special review of the Guild Wars 2 Living Story Line: Frost and Flame. Links Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon creative director wants to make a sequel | News | PC Gamer Developers can disable PS4 media sharing capabilities | Polygon The Sims 4 announced, coming to PC and Mac in 2014 | Polygon Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time trailer reveals July release | Polygon EA and Disney sign exclusive de...

2013-05-1259 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #17: Your BelovedRyan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl host a special to discuss breaking news: Gmail Blue, Biebian Linux, 3D-3D printers, Freedom Bay, Twttr and so much more on this special occasion. Links The Nexus: Technological Convergence Introducing Bing Basic – Search Blog The Pirate Bay Moves Servers to the U.S., Becomes Freedom Bay ceil(weeks since nov 13, 2011) – Wolfram|Alpha Twitter Blog: Annncng: Twttr Orange Teardown – iFixit Gmail Blue YouTube Blog: YouTube Contest Submissions Closing Tomorrow at Midnight Explore Treasure Mode with Google Maps – YouTube Google Nose BETA Ubuntu 13.04 will disable Dash online search by default: Mark Shuttleworth | Muktware...

2013-04-0234 min

Eight Bit Eight Bit #30: Genuine Russian Mail Order BrideIan Buck and Ian Decker, along with guest Matthew Petschl, discuss NetGain's epic success, Ouya's ROM support, Wii U's odd JavaScript support, Unreal 3 coming to browsers, a review of Bioshock Infinite from Ian Buck and a reivew of Tomb Raider by Ian Decker, and more! Links NetHack 3.4.3: Home Page Archos GamePad hits North American retail for $179.99 | Polygon Eight Bit #28: Net Gain! » The Nexus | The Nexus Net Gain: Corporate Espionage by Level Zero Games — Kickstarter Steam Greenlight :: Net Gain: Corporate Espionage Magicka: Wizard Wars announced, trailer materializes | News, Videos | PC Gamer Developers Prepping Emulators For Ouya Launch, Comp...

2013-04-011h 21

Nexus Special Nexus Special #16: The Fifth QuarterRyan Ramepersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the future of the network after having defeated the infamous dash, and review the first quarter of the new year -- huge growth. Links See the future. Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on Twitter and Google+ for our latest episodes and news.

2013-02-1745 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #60: Blood Is Inside Of You For A ReasonDespite recording late after adventure, Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss school and studying, RIM's poor timing, Skype interception, Twitter's Vine, quarterly results, terminal plugs and a special feature of jOBS. Links Matthew’s Blog » Blog Archive » Big week world! Cisco Catalyst – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia RIM renames yearly conference BlackBerry Live, schedules its birth in the shadow of Google I/O | The Verge Microsoft Grows Surface Family Dell Said to Near Buyout as Microsoft Talks Deal Financing – Bloomberg [Phoronix] Alan Cox Calls Fedora 18 “The Worst Red Hat Distro” Linux Kernel Developer Alan Cox Leaves Intel, Slams Fedora...

2013-01-271h 32

Control Structure Control Structure #7: A Sexy FontAndrew Bailey and Matthew Petschl talk about the New Year, progressive JPEGs, user interfaces, Postgres, Guild Wars, Fonts, and more. Things: It’s official: U.S. hits debt ceiling – Dec. 31, 2012 Performance Calendar » Progressive jpegs: a new best practice The Perception of Speed | High Performance Web Sites Max Themes Blog – ✎ If you see a UI walkthrough, they blew it The Technology Problem – notes.unwieldy Solve your first-world problem How multi-disk failures happen – SysAdmin1138 Expounds MicroSD card FAQ « bunnie’s blog Ost — Rethinking the value of Scrabble tiles Summary of the December 24, 2012 Amazon ELB Service Event in the US-East Region Thi...

2013-01-0352 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #14: Big YearRyan Rampersad hosts the end of year finale with Andrew Bailey, Ian R Buck and Matthew Petschl as guests with discussion on the big gadget releases, huge games, the legacy of laptops, and some end of the year statistics. Please see our complete coverage of technology news, development news, gaming news, science news, special events and incredible banter. Have a great year. This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #28: NS #14 — Stink Bug! Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on Tw...

2012-12-3159 min

Control Structure Control Structure #3: An Oreo Cream Cheese SuspensionAndrew Bailey and Matthew Petschl discuss the UN taking over the Internet, people dropping off it, copyright gone amok, Microsoft's woes, Apple's woes, data URIs, Fourier Transforms, and more. Things: Crovitz: The U.N.’s Internet Sneak Attack – WSJ.com EU set to fight Internet tax and spying at global summit| Reuters Why is ITU Governance of the Internet a Bad Idea? | The Mozilla Blog Official Google Blog: Keep the Internet free and open How Syria Turned Off the Internet – CloudFlare blog Syrian Internet appears to be largely restored | PCWorld The 61 Countries a Mad Despot Could Instan...

2012-12-071h 00

At The Nexus At The Nexus #44: Self Injecting DustRyan 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 (alpha) – Tent.is Simple Tent Hosting Welcome to the new Myspace! Intel CEO reported...

2012-09-291h 19

At The Nexus At The Nexus #38: Absolute RidiculousimMatthew 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; Virgin Mobile for $100 on August 31 | TechnoBuffalo Google’s Motorola laying off 20 perc...

2012-08-191h 20

Nexus Special Nexus Special #11: Start Making HolesOn this State of The Nexus episode, Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad review the progress of the network since May with views, downloads and some holes. Then we discuss our dire need of guests and what we plan on doing in the coming months. Links The-Nexus.tv Wiki Nexus Special #10: The Mars Curiosity Rover » The-Nexus | The-Nexus Nexus Special #9: Sam Is Back » The-Nexus | The-Nexus At The Nexus #32: Hey There Mitch » The-Nexus | The-Nexus At The Nexus #34: Internet Explora » The-Nexus | The-Nexus At The Nexus #36: Bow Echo Right Over You » The-Nexus | The-Nexus Listen to more at The Nexus and follo...

2012-08-1324 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #9: Sam Is BackSam has returned! Ryan Rampersad along with Matthew Petschl and Max Marti reunite with Sam Ebertz from China and Japan on his one-month vacation! Despite some editing woes, we discuss some interesting nights, maglev trains, three of Sam's big highlights and more! If you would like to listen the conclusion of this episode where we assume the data was irrecoverable, jump to 25:00. But trust us, you’ll enjoy this piecemeal episode immensely if you listen all the way through. Links Sam’s travel plans Movie: Life of Pi Amazon: Giant Pocky @samebertz @M_Marti @ryan...

2012-07-3035 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #31: Completely SuperfluousRyan 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 Firefox Android browser adds speed, Flash, HTML5 and a fresh look (hands-on) Wi-Fi Alliance begins certifying Passpoint devices Podcas...

2012-07-011h 06

The Universe Episode #13: Recursive BalloonsRyan Rampersad hosts The Universe along with returning guest Matthew Petschl and special guest Nick Petschl, and discuss new incredibly technical wireless technology, rabbits without oxygen, erasing memories, another NASA video and more!

2012-06-3047 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #29: Wells Of Death And GloryMatthew 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, silly patents, Linux for Stream, and so much more! This episode is s...

2012-06-121h 10

Nexus Special Nexus Special #6: E3 Wrap 2012Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad recount our console history, relive our childhoods, and then drool over Halo 4! Of course, they briefly mention the poor performance of Nintendo and Sony with the GamePad and Cross-Play, not to mention not enough Final Fantasy or Golden Sun. Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss this year’s lackluster Electronic Entertainment Expo. Sony barely said anything, Nintendo has become a fool and Microsoft? Well, the Xbox 360 is going to steal the show on November 6th, 2012, let’s say that. Links Wii U’s online gaming and ‘Miiverse’ outlined, including video chat...

2012-06-0844 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #28: Pursuit Of Foreign FoodsMatthew 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, Flame’s bane, the next step in browser rendering and so much more! Links A...

2012-06-041h 30

At The Nexus At The Nexus #27: Buffalos And BiebersWith 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 Motorola, what Ballmer really thinks of Windows 8, a huge iPhone, hot nests, Opera’s possible sellout to...

2012-05-271h 24

At The Nexus At The Nexus #26: My Servers Look Like A ViperMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad remember some recent adventures and discuss the lost talk show host, bleeping jailbreakers, retina display MacBook Pros with USB3, a fantastic summer with Microsoft deals, Google's new search paradigm, APUs, Verizon's grandfather, that Firefox again and so much more! This week Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss new processors from AMD, missing talk show hosts, soon to be seen Apple rumors, Google’s new searching scheme, Microsoft’s impending Windows 8 Preview Release, some color e-reader, Comcast’s new cap, Verizon’s termination plan and so much more. Links The-Nexus.tv Websi...

2012-05-211h 24

At The Nexus At The Nexus #25: Subtle, Discrete & ChangingMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss quite the Journey in the conclusion of college, new hardware from HP and Micron, how Oracle finally won something, T-Mobile's innovation, some Apple rumors, Virgin Mobile's next premiere phone and so much more! This week Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the end of school, a Journey, new phones with policies, more lawsuits with some resolution in sight, misleading claims, DDR4 and DDR3 from Micron, Windows RT and Mozilla, and more! Links Journey (2012 video game) Journey on PSN / SEN HTC Evo V 4G for Virgin Mobile coming May 31...

2012-05-131h 24

Nexus Special Nexus Special #5: When The Wind Is HowlingMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss our progress as a network, some interesting statistics for unique views, downloads and likes, as well as plans for the summer. Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the progress of the network since the first quarter in February and some plans for the summer. Note: If you would like to be a guest or have a show on The Nexus please send us feedback or get in touch. Links Feedback @thenexustv Chop Off The Trackpad Competition We’re Afraid Of Listen to more at The Ne...

2012-05-1227 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #24: Two Halves To Every StoryMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss a CEO's fake resume, the dead-lock in Oracle's case, the EU's timely decision, the lack of Fire at Target, Dropbox getting targeted by Apple, the sad Samsung S3, a Jobs Wonka, the misappropriation of DVD playback and media, and more! This week, note-taking extraordinaire, Matthew Petschl, and Ryan Rampersad discuss finals and next week’s shuffle, Steve Jobs as FDR, Target’s lost Fire, the boring S3, how the EU thinks programming languages are free for all, TV logos, no media center and more! Links John Siracusa EXCLUSIVE: Watc...

2012-05-061h 26

At The Nexus At The Nexus #23: Just A Cardboard CutoutTall norn Matthew Petschl and short human Ryan Rampersad return to discuss WWDC's two-hour sellout, python's declining popularity, steam but not for scheme, Oracle and Google - again, Nintendo's failure, arrows in Brazil and how Ubuntu is no longer quite as precise, and more. After a long weekend of Guild Wars 2, tall norn Matthew Petschl and short human Ryan Rampersad return. This week, they cover the ongoing Oracle lawsuit, outrage over Google Drive or the lack thereof, programming language popularity, strange Google games while driving and more! Links Guild Wars 2 Guild Wars 2 Wiki The...

2012-05-021h 35

At The Nexus At The Nexus #22: Someone’s Turned On A CRT!Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad, along with guest Sam Ebertz, reminisce about the goat chase, then discuss IBM's POS business, the dual Larry's battle it out over Java, Android and Oracle, Torvalds' prize, Halo 4, a leaky valve led to no cooking, Windows 8 is just Windows 8, finally an bridge worth crossing, and more! Another week with guest Sam Ebertz, hosts Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad. This time, they discuss the absurd Oracle-Google legal relationship – “It’s Complicated”, Windows 8 actual name, Mac’s finally meet their maker, a patent for the interface everyone wants to copy, Netflix’s battling Comcast’s ne...

2012-04-221h 05

At The Nexus At The Nexus #21: Hey Mr. GovernmentAfter an adventure, Matthew Petschl, Ryan Rampersad and guest Sam Ebertz discuss the Facebook's purchase of Instagram, BestBuy CEO's resignation and lack of counting skills, Google's earnings and Plus-numbers, Apple rumors on iTunes 11's break up, the iPhone 5 and technical details, the Nook with a light on Amazon heels, cell phone tracking, and so much more. After a nightlong adventure, special guest Sam Ebertz appears alongside Matthew Petschl, musk-rat-hunter extraordinaire, and Ryan Rampersad chat about Facebook buying Ryan’s Instagram account (and every other too), huge Google+ populations, a measly $10 billion in earnings, speculation on iTunes 11 and th...

2012-04-151h 08

At The Nexus At The Nexus #20: It’s Not Called QuackingA few days late, Matthew and Ryan discuss Virgin Mobile rumors, Apple's new Wifigate, a Mac botnet, obligatory rumors, a warranty lawsuit, a patent troll, OS/2 Warp's celebration, rouge statistics, snakes in a what, and more. Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad manage to throw a show together a show and talk about Wifigate, the Java-Mac virus, the words from the seer, the real review of Ryan’s new phone, more lawsuits galore, Yahoo versus Facebook, the OS/2 celebration and so much more! Links Motorola Triumph Review HTC One V Report: HTC EVO 3D Getting Re...

2012-04-091h 38

At The Nexus At The Nexus #18: Chop Off The TrackPadMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the new HP laptop in the studio, mail problems, new site designs and for the news, Apple's dividend and sales, HP's printer and PC divisions to converge, the Virgin Mobile outage, Windows 8 in October, new open source graphics drivers, a Twitter and GCC birthday and more At The Nexus. Ryan Rampersad answered the call to a higher calling and plans to get new cell phone, he also talks about the big Virgin Mobile USA texting-data-phone black out. The mad quack Matt looks optimistic about Linux’s future with fantastic graphics drivers an...

2012-03-241h 59

At The Nexus At The Nexus #17: On A Word to Word BasisMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss all the action that Western Digital is getting, early Ivy Bridge benchmarks, a marketing campaign that answers to A Higher Calling, a cheap Sprint Android phone, a couple Dropbox updates, the estimated new iPad costs and more, At The Nexus. This week, Matthew Petschl, garage survivor extraordinaire, and Ryan Rampersad begin with Matt’s run in with a small military base, Ryan’s TWiT brick and the iPad Special. Then Western Digital buys out Hitachi, sells out to Toshiba while Ivy Bridge benchmarks are revealed, a new marketing campaign from Virgin Mobi...

2012-03-1057 min

Nexus Special Nexus Special #3: The new iPad – I Don’t Do MillimetersMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad pretend everyday is everyday, and discuss the new iPad without a name. We share our thoughts on the new hardware and the updated software, we talk about the future of the iDevices line up, what will happen to the screens on Apple notebooks, and more on this Nexus Special. On this Nexus Special, Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the resolutionary new iPad without a revision number. We cover the exciting new hardware: retina display, $G, and a quad-core processor, along with the fantastic new software including iPhoto, GarageBand updates and more...

2012-03-1057 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #16: Oh, That Is A Pretty BirdThis week Ryan and Matthew discuss the recently launched Windows 8 Consumer Preview, discuss the last batch of the suspected Apple iPad keynote next week, bird sounds, the Googlighing video, another HTML5 marketplace of failure, the iPhone gas stove, Ubuntu 12.04: Precise Pangolin, and more At The Nexus. This week Matthew Petschl, lab coat-wearing extraordinaire, and Ryan Rampersad critique the landing of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, discuss the Apple keynote suspected to be for the iPad 3 next week with final predictions, bird sound infringement, another Microsoft slam against Google’s products, a Mozilla marketplace, Gunna Gunman, iPhone gas stoves, Ub...

2012-03-031h 13

At The Nexus At The Nexus #15: Blatant BlandingMatthew 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 Mo...

2012-02-251h 39

Nexus Special Nexus Special #2: State Of The NexusMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the current state of The Nexus: At The Nexus and The Universe, progress, studios, video, audio, downloads, views, Amazon S3 usage and more! Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the progress of the network. We talk about At The Nexus and The Universe and their audience, views, downloads and more. We also mention the studio progress, audio, video concerns and the network comment policy. Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on Twitter and Google+ for our latest episodes and news.

2012-02-2527 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #14: Super Mega Ultra Bonus PointsMatthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss Mountain Lion features, AirPlay's future, Google & HP's jokes, poor prime memberships, solid state drive failures, 99.999% uptime, the Windows 8 logo and more, At The Nexus. This week Matthew Petschl, fire-wielding extraordinaire, and Ryan Rampersad reveal the third annual Physics Day with dry ice and cannons. In the news, we cover everything Apple: Mountain Lion, iPad 3 and Apple TV. After that, we touch upon two failed announcements, Amazon Prime memberships, solid state limits, improved MySQL performance, the horribly designed Windows 8 logo, and more! Contest This week, Matthew is hosting...

2012-02-181h 42

At The Nexus At The Nexus #9: China is SingularOn the first episode of the year, Ryan reiterates his love of TV bezels, Apple's rumored publishing event and Windows 8 refreshing and resetting. Matthew questions the Steve Jobs figurine, the Apple password backup charger, and education with technology. All that, and more! The first show in the new year, Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl share the news on Apple, Microsoft, CES rumors and the role of technology in education. Matthew has an egg full of putty and he even chokes a little on the drink of the chosen. Link LG Releases Gorgeous New Pics...

2012-01-071h 06

At The Nexus At The Nexus #8: Feeling Up the Bezel is Not AppropriateHappy New Year! Matthew and Ryan cover more Apple TV nonsense Apple TV rumors, another DropBox alternative, Verizon's payment convenience charge, Samsung's ICS flip-flop, Ive's knighthood and more! This episode summary was written before the launch of The Nexus. Happy New Year! I was on vacation from the moment this podcast was finished until this moment. I’m sorry this is so late. This week, networking tech extraordinaire, Matthew Petschl and I discuss my grandmother’s new Apple TV and what we think the future of the Apple TV is, Verizon’s new dead bill-paying conven...

2011-12-3147 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #5: Jumping Around In OrderAfter fixing last week's trouble Matthew and Ryan come back strong with news on Apple's database center, the mysterious disappearance of AMD's transistors, Steve Jobs's Biography is #1, Bill Gates's reactor, and more. This episode summary was written before the launch of The Nexus. Last week, we had some trouble making an adequate recording. This week? Well, Matthew Petschl and I think it’s good enough to publish this week. Sadly, my levels are a little low, so if you don’t actually like listening to me, you won’t have to! We need labs coats in ord...

2011-12-1026 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #3: Double Sided Sticky StaplesDelirius by fumes and turkey, Matthew and Ryan discuss iPad 3 rumors, Facebook's potential new phone, Bulldozer's impact, Penguin Publishing and Amazon Kindle books, and more! Thanksgiving treated us well. Maybe a little too well. On Friday evening, painting extraordinaire Matthew Petschl and I recorded our third episode! This episode is full of unconscious rambling, confusion and hilarity. Actually, we tried to do things a little differently this time around. We created some stable intro-music and we began with a great open. It wasn’t planned. In fact, this episode is the fruit of absolutely no planning. All of...

2011-11-2637 min

At The Nexus At The Nexus #1: Fled Across the DesertThe premiere podcast of The Nexus, Ryan and Matthew use the MacBook's microphone to record the first episode ever dicussing Batterygate, tablet trends and P2P litigation. This episode summary was written before the launch of The Nexus. Sunday evening, on the night of my nineteenth birthday, Matthew Petschl and I made a alpha-trial-run podcast. There is no series name, there is no planning, there is no craft. In fact, this is the result of standing outside in the cold for two hours and about half an hour of figuring out Garage Band for the...

2011-11-1420 min