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The UK enjoyed some compelling news this week, in that BT has offered to buy mobile network EE for close to £13 billion. With Three's parent company Hutchinson Whampoa putting in a bid of over £10 billion quid to buy O2, it got me thinking about how the consolidation of British telecoms and media providers might affect our choice as consumers and businesses in the coming years.

I'm joined by Allison Sheridan (@podfeet) of NosillaCast to talk about how such mergers have affected the North American market. She talks with me about what the positive and negative affects of this can -- and may -- be for the UK.

We also diverge into discussing the unique benefits of the BBC iPlayer compared to what's available in the United States, as well as how the net neutrality debate is playing out in the UK.

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CNET.com photojournalist and technology expert Andrew Hoyle joins the show this week to discuss the tools, tricks and troubles of the trade that is visual story reporting; plus the top ten tech news stories of the week affecting the UK.

Hosted, produced and edited by Nate Lanxon

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Olivia Solon joins the show as regular co-host and we explore the differences between working on a magazine website versus a daily newspaper website, plus the top ten tech news stories of the week affecting the UK.

Hosted, produced and edited by Nate Lanxon

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Tech's Message Podcast - UK Technology News With Nate Lanxon (Bloomberg, Wired, CNET) RSS

Hosted, produced and edited by Nate Lanxon

Co-host: Ian Morris 

Stories discussed:

10) Revived Sinclair Spectrum to be manufactured in UK

By Matthew Sparks On The Telegraph: 

9) Vodafone boss says customers 'don't care' about 4G speeds

By James Temperton On Wired.co.uk: 

8) Best-selling games of 2014 revealed

By Keith Stuart On The Guardian: 

7) Google Glass sales halted but firm says kit is not dead

On the BBC: 

6) Samsung Electronics’ New Design Lead Is An Alum Of Jony Ive’s Former Consulting Firm

By Catherine Shu On TechCrunch: 

5) 'Cyber attack war games' to be staged by UK and US

On the BBC: 

4) The Beagle has landed: Britain's missing spacecraft found on Mars

Kate Kelland On Reuters: 

3) FBI and UK police arrest alleged Xbox and PlayStation Lizard Squad hacker

By Roland Moore-Colyer On V3: 

2) Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet

By Ashlee Vance on BloombergBusinessweek: 

1) WhatsApp and iMessage could be banned under new surveillance plans

By Andrew Griffin on the Independent:

Sense of Rumour

1) Apple Predicted to Launch Optional Stylus Accessory Alongside 12.9-Inch 'iPad Pro'

KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is back with another report outlining his belief that Apple will launch a stylus as an optional accessory for the company's rumored 12.9-inch "iPad Pro". With the new iPad's larger screen, it will likely prove popular with enterprise and creative users who tend to have more need for a stylus and Kuo believes Apple will fill that need with an in-house solution.

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