Vector 41: Mergers and accusations

[Guest Rene Ritchie]

 

Vector is Mobile Nations technology news and analysis show featuring the biggest stories, the hottest trends, and the most interesting guests in the industry. On this week's show, Ben Bajarin of Techpinions talks with Rene about mergers, including the just-completed Microsoft and Nokia, the ongoing Comcast and Time Warner Cable, the just announced AT&T and DirectTV, and the rumored YouTube and Twitch and Apple and Beats deals.

 

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Show notes

 

• Expect More Tech Acquisitions in 2014
  
• Consumer Choice Is the New Tech Industry Theme
  
• Microsoft buys Nokia
  
• Comcast plans merger with Time Warner Cable
  
• AT&T acquiring DirectTV
  
• Google's YouTube rumored to be buying video game streamer Twitch for over $1 billion
  
• Beats and Apple: Does such a marriage make sense?
  

Guests

 

• Ben Bajarin of Techpinions
  

Hosts

 

• Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
  

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