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January 01, 2015Nexus Special #36: New Year’s Eve 2014
It'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 Andrew Bailey
Roberts Space Industries
Blizzard cancels its next-gen MMO Titan after seven years | Polygon
Overwatch
Borderlands 2 | the Andrew Bailey
Borderlands 2 DLC | the Andrew Bailey
Transistor › Ryan Rampersad
Cash Grab Dungeon Keeper Was Wrong, Admits EA CEO | The Escapist
Screwup means Assassin’s Creed Unity’s patch is the 40GB full game on Xbox One | Polygon
Bungie closes Destiny’s ‘Loot Cave,’ discusses future fixes | Joystiq
Project Xanadu®
Big headlines
TrueCrypt
Heartbleed Bug
Potentially catastrophic bug bites all versions of Windows. Patch now | Ars Technica
ISPs “secretly furious” at Verizon, scared of stronger net neutrality rules | Ars Technica
Netflix accuses Comcast of charging twice for the same internet content | The Verge
Potato Stock 2014 | the Andrew Bailey
Upcoming things
Report: Microsoft’s browser for Windows 10 won’t be Internet Explorer | Ars Technica
AMD Mobile “Carrizo” Family of APUs Designed to Deliver Significant Leap in Performance, Energy Efficiency in 2015
Where you can find us
the Andrew Bailey
HuntingPA | The experiences of a hunter and trapper in Pennsylvania
Prove It With A Unit Test | A site to share coding knowledge of how things work centered around a unit test
(Remember, it’s The Verge’s fault. I love you, Merlin.)
This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #286: NS #36 — Contrubation!
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1h 6min
October 17, 2014Nexus Special #35: Apple October Event
Brian Mitchell and Ryan Rampersad discuss OSX Yosemite, the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, the new Mac mini and highly pixelated Retina 5K iMac.

Links
Apple – Apple Events – Special Event October 2014
Watch Apple ‘triple down’ on secrecy with Stephen Colbert | The Verge
Apple – iPad Air 2
Apple – iPad Air 2 – Technical Specifications
Apple – iPad mini 3
Apple – iPad mini 3 – Technical Specifications
Apple – iPad – Compare iPad models.
Apple announces iOS 8.1: Apple Pay, Camera Roll, iCloud Photo Library beta | The Verge
Apple unveils new multi-carrier ‘Apple SIM’ bundled with new iPads
Apple – OS X Yosemite – Overview
Apple – Mac mini
Apple – Mac Mini – Technical Specifications
Apple – iMac with Retina 5K display
Apple – iMac with Retina 5K display – Tech Specs
This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #270: NS #35 — Using A Different Browser!
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25min
October 15, 2014Nexus Special #34: Lollipop, Nexus 6 and 9 Launch
Ian R Buck and Ryan Rampersad discuss the launch of Android 5.0 Lollipop, the Nexus 6 and 9 and a new entry, the Nexus Player.

Links
Google announces Android 5.0 Lollipop | The Verge
Android – 5.0 Lollipop
I know there is a meme for this somewhere but… be assured the missing “Nexus…
Official Google Blog: Android: Be together. Not the same.
Google’s Nexus 6 is a giant phablet designed for Android Lollipop | The Verge
Nexus 6 – Google
Nexus 5 (32GB, Black) – Devices on Google Play
Nexus 5 – Google
Google announces HTC-made Nexus 9 tablet, coming November 3rd | The Verge
Nexus 9 – Google
Nexus Player – Google
Why a PC belongs in every living room | The Verge
This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #269: NS #34 — Excitement Abounds!
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30min
September 09, 2014Nexus Special #33: Apple September Event 2014
Brian Mitchell and Ryan Rampersad discuss the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and "one more thing" - the Apple Watch, from the 2014 Apple September Event!

Links
The 15 most important announcements from the Apple Watch, iPhone 6 event | The Verge
Apple – Compare All iPhone Models
Apple
Apple – iPhone 6
Apple – iPhone 6 – Technology
Apple – Apple Watch
Apple – Apple Watch – Technology
Ryan Jones on Twitter: “Goodbye iPod Classic. http://t.co/NQGBVQRX7m”
iPod classic comes to an end: a look back at Apple’s iconic music player | The Verge
Andy Ihnatko on Twitter: “IPhone 6. Now in a better size. http://t.co/0nXwACtwSd”
Ina Fried on Twitter: “iPhone 6 and 6 plus https://t.co/Uj5cD7lgcw”
Benjamin Mayo on Twitter: “The 128 GB MacBook Air is cheaper than the 128 GB iPhone 6 Plus.”
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This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #256: NS #33 — Yay Audio Issues!
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30min
September 08, 2014Nexus Special #32: IFA 2014
Ryan 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 Verge
Sony joins the Android Wear ranks with underwhelming SmartWatch 3 | The Verge
Move over, Neil Young: Sony is making a Walkman for audiophiles | The Verge
Sony’s wild new cameras for your smartphone offer big zoom and lens flexibility | The Verge
Lenovo
Lenovo built a ludicrously heavy, 17-inch, touchscreen gaming laptop | The Verge
Toshiba
Toshiba’s Chromebook 2 adds a 1080p screen, cuts down on size and weight | The Verge
Toshiba’s Radius 11 puts a Chromebook’s price on a convertible Windows 8 laptop | The Verge
LG
This is the LG G Watch R | The Verge
HTC
[IFA 2014] HTC Announces The Colorful Mid-Range Desire 820 With A 64-Bit Snapdragon 615 Processor
Microsoft/Nokia
Microsoft’s ‘selfie phone’ arrives as the Lumia 730 | The Verge
Microsoft’s Lumia 830 mixes old Nokia designs with a new PureView camera | The Verge
Asus
Asus brings back the $199 Windows netbook to battle Chromebooks | The Verge
Asus adds Zen to the Android Wear smartwatch | The Verge
Motorola
The new Moto X could be the best Android phone ever made | The Verge
The new Moto G: Motorola’s cheap smartphone gets even bigger and better | The Verge
Moto 360 review | The Verge
The Moto Hint is the future of the Bluetooth headset | The Verge
This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #254: NS #32 — Potent Poisons!
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48min
June 26, 2014Nexus Special #31: Google I/O 2014
Ryan 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
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Android L Release Preview: Everything You Need to Know
Google Design
PDF: material-design.pdf
Introduction – Material Design – Google design guidelines
Android Auto doesn’t do much, and that’s a good thing | The Verge
Android TV hands-on: Google makes a new play for the living room | The Verge
You can now mirror your Android phone to Chromecast | The Verge
Google finally has a true Office competitor for mobile | The Verge
Google responds to Apple’s Healthkit with Google Fit | The Verge
This is the Gear Live, Samsung’s $199 Android Wear smartwatch | The Verge
Here’s why two protesters disrupted Google’s biggest event of the year | The Verge
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45min
June 12, 2014Nexus Special #30: E3 2014
Andrew Bailey and Ryan Rampersad discuss the latest news from the Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Sony and Nintendo E3 conferences.

Matt briefly appears in this episode.
Links
Animation/FX Reel on Vimeo
Design Reel on Vimeo
GameGavel: Auctions for Gamers & Geeks Item: 958029 — The World’s Largest Video Game Collection recognized by Guinness – 11,000+ Games
E3 2014 | Electronic Entertainment Expo – June 10-12, 2014
Microsoft
YouTube
The Witcher 3 footage shows the search for the ashen-haired woman | PC Gamer
EA
BioWare E3 Official Trailer – Mass Effect and New Title Update – YouTube
Ubisoft
Far Cry 4 — E3 2014 “Pagan Min” Trailer – YouTube
Just Dance 2015 – E3 2014 Stage Demo at Ubisoft Press Conference – YouTube
E3 2014: Exploring Different Approaches in Tom Clancy’s The Division – GameSpot
Assassin’s Creed Unity E3 Trailer – YouTube
Shape Up Gameplay – E3 2014 Stage Demo at Ubisoft Press Conference – YouTube
E3 2014: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Revealed – IGN
E3 2014: Ubisoft Admits to Holding Back Completed Wii U Game Until Sales Improve – Wii U News @ Nintendo Life
Sony
Official Destiny E3 Trailer — New Beginnings – YouTube
Destiny Beta | Official Site of Destiny the Game
Pre-Order Destiny | Official Site of Destiny the Game
White PlayStation 4 bundle debuts alongside Destiny [Update: $449] | Joystiq
Twin-stick action game Entwined out now on PS4 [Update: trailer] | Joystiq
Entwined Launch Trailer | E3 2014 (PS4) – YouTube
Bloodborne Debut Trailer | Face Your Fears | PlayStation 4 Action RPG – YouTube
Magicka 2 – E3 2014 Announcement Trailer – YouTube
ABZÛ Trailer | E3 2014 | PS4 – YouTube
Dive into ex-Journey art director’s new game Abzu, only on PS4 [Update: Trailer] | Joystiq
E3 2014: The Talos Principle Teaser Trailer – GameSpot
No Man’s Sky Gameplay Trailer | E3 2014 | PS4 – YouTube
PS Vita TV coming to the US as PlayStation TV for $99 | The Verge
Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda Wii U Trailer – E3 2014 – YouTube
Wii U – Hyrule Warriors E3 2014 Trailer – YouTube
Wii U – Splatoon E3 2014 Announcement Trailer – YouTube
E3 2014: Mario Maker is the Best Mario Game I’ve Ever Made – IGN
Xenoblade Chronicles X coming to Wii U in 2015 | Polygon
Mario Party 10 bows in next year with Bowser and Amiibo | Joystiq
Others
Elite: Dangerous arrives at E3 station with a cargo hold full of trailer footage | PC Gamer
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Stage Demo – E3 2014 – YouTube
Homefront: The Revolution drops ten minutes of E3 gameplay | PC Gamer
This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #233: NS #30 — Happy Zone!
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1h 12min
June 03, 2014Nexus Special #29: WWDC 2014
Ryan 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 let families share iTunes purchases | The Verge
Apple introduces new Photos app for iOS with shared editing across all devices | The Verge
Apple will bring third-party widgets to iOS 8 | The Verge
QuickType for iOS 8 adds SwiftKey-style predictive typing | The Verge
Apple opens up iOS 8 to third-party keyboards | The Verge
iOS 8 apps can talk to each other | The Verge
You’ll be able to buy apps in bundles in iOS 8 | The Verge
Apple’s HomeKit turns the iPhone into a remote for your smart home | The Verge
Apple opens Touch ID to third-party apps with iOS 8 | The Verge
Apple Introduces CloudKit, An ‘Effectively Free’ Toolkit For Making Cloud Apps | TechCrunch
Apple gets heavy with gaming, announces Metal development platform | Ars Technica
Apple has a new programming language called Swift, ‘and it totally rules’ | The Verge
Swift (programming language) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A breakdown of all the major new features in iOS 8
A full breakdown of major OS X Yosemite features
This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #230: NS #29 — Wrong Brian, Sorry!
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44min
January 11, 2014Nexus Special #28: CES 2014
The 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
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Yahoo Food
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Tegra K1 Next-Gen Quad-Core Mobile Processor | NVIDIA Tegra | NVIDIA
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Intel® Edison Development Board—The SD* Card-Sized Computer
Qualcomm News and Events
AnandTech Portal | AMD Demonstrates “FreeSync”, Free G-Sync Alternative, at CES 2014
Android on Windows gets another supporter in AMD | The Verge
Razer’s Project Christine Desktop PC Is Ambitous and Possibly Vaporous | TIME.com
Huge thanks to The Verge for hosting 60 people during CES to bring us such complete coverage.
This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #178: NS #28 — Remove The Youth Arbitrarily!
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1h 38min
December 31, 2013Nexus Special #27: The Internet Showed Up
In 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 — Kickstarter
Andrew Bailey — Kickstarter
Road Rash | the Andrew Bailey
Space Janitors Webseries – Season 3 by Space Janitors Crew — Kickstarter
LoadingReadyRun – New hilarious sketch comedy every Monday
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1h 45min

FAQs about Nexus Special:

How many episodes does Nexus Special have?

The podcast currently has 66 episodes available.