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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