20: The Illusion of Choice

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:

Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership

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