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    #20: The Illusion of Choice

    December 30th, 2014 · 100 minutes

    At the end of 2014, Stephen and Myke reflect on what proved to be a wild year in technology.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Ticci Tweets on the App Store on iTunes
    (RE)CONNECTED Movie Poster
    Shownotes in the PS3 browser
    Pebble – CES 2014: Welcoming Pebble Steel, Pebble appstore, and new partners to the Family
    Google to Acquire Nest – Investor Relations – Google
    Satya Nadella - Microsoft's CEO
    Microsoft CEO Ballmer to "Retire Within 12 Months" - Arik Hesseldahl - News - AllThingsD
    BBC News - Facebook to buy messaging app WhatsApp for $19bn
    Apple - Press Info - Apple Rolls Out CarPlay Giving Drivers a Smarter, Safer & More Fun Way to Use iPhone in the Car
    Microsoft Launches Office for iPad: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
    Google reveals Android Wear, an operating system for smartwatches | The Verge
    Facebook buying Oculus VR for $2 billion | The Verge
    BBC News - Heartbleed Bug: Tech firms urge password reset
    Welcome To MacStories 4.0 – MacStories
    App.net State of the Union | App.net
    Myke's Post on App.net
    Stephen's Post on App.net
    WWDC 2014: A love letter from Apple | iMore
    Amazon's Fire Phone uses multiple front-facing cameras to offer dynamic 3D perspective | The Verge
    Upgrade #16: The 2014 Upgradies - Relay FM
    Flow Powered by Amazon on the App Store on iTunes
    Apple (United Kingdom) - Apple Press Info - Apple and IBM Forge Global Partnership to Transform Enterprise Mobility
    Apple - Business - Mobile Enterprise Apps
    How I Hacked My Own iCloud Account, for Just $200 - Christina Warren - Mashable
    How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking | WIRED
    Amazon's Twitch Press Release
    How Twitch is crowd-sourcing an amazing Pokémon multiplayer game | Polygon
    Twitch: when watching beats playing | Polygon
    StephenHackett.com
    512 Pixels
    Mojang - Yes, we’re being bought by Microsoft
    Minecraft creator Notch buys Beverly Hills mansion for record-setting $70M | Polygon
    Notch's picture of his mansion
    Minecraft: Pocket Edition now available for Windows Phone
    Virtual #19: No Time for Pig Punching - Relay FM
    Minecraft passes 100 million registered users, 14.3 million sales on PC - GameSpot
    Tim Cook: 'I'm Proud to Be Gay' - Businessweek
    Steve Jobs secretly gave millions to charity, publically criticised for not doing enough
    WatchKit - Apple Developer
    Net Neutrality is important — 512 Pixels