48: Marco Bought Four

• Follow-up: whether iMessage problems are widespread, reasons behind flattening the Mac Mini, and HDR TVs.
• The storage costs of Casey's emoji.
• Google buying Nest for $3.2 billion.
• Ben Thompson on Google's business model.
• Nest has over 200 employees, including many ex-Apple employees.
• The Target-pregnant story.
• Marco's critical reading of Nest's statements.
• Maintaining a skeptical but pragmatic relationship with Google.
• Stephen Hackett's pants and regrets.
• Modern expectations of privacy.
• Potential for privacy laws like HIPAA applied to consumer technology.
• Google's public opinion is turning, but stories like this will never be in USA Today.
• Thought experiments with Apple buying Twitter, Dropbox, or Intel.
• After-show: Marco's house is filled with LEDs, John's house is filled with CFLs, and Casey's house is filled with apathy.

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