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Join Dan Seifert, Chris Ziegler, Vlad Savov, and Dieter Bohn for this week’s episode of The Vergecast. In this episode we talk about the Droid Maxx, Nokia’s upcoming Lumia 1020, Softbank’s acquisition of Sprint, and more. For the full list of topics, be sure to visit The Verge at the …

SoftBank gets the FCC go-ahead for its Sprint acquisition, Apple celebrates the five-year anniversary of the App Store, and Jay-Z’s free album app hits some snags. http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/8/4504600/softbank-acquisition-of-sprint-will-be-complete-on-july-10th http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/5/4496636/softbank-buyout-of-sprint-sprint-buyout-of-clearwire-both-approved-by http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/3/4490362/boxee-acquired-by-samsung-in-surprise-deal-according-to-report http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/3/4492160/boxee-cloud-dvr-shutting-down-july-10th-in-wake-of-samsung-acquisition http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/5/4497340/hulu-bidding-deadline http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/8/4502810/ios-apps-and-games-go-free-five-years-after-app-store-launched http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/5/4495358/free-jay-z-album-prompts-flood-of-spammy-auto-tweets-magna-carta http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/4/4492924/jay-z-leak-magna-carta-holy-grail More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: …

Thumbs up for free games and apps! Direct app store links are listed below – Infinity Blade II [5.99 → free] — http://bit.ly/12k9O6P Tiny Wings HD [$2.99 → Free] — http://bit.ly/134MHMq Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP [$4.99 → Free] — http://bit.ly/13DJpr7 Badland [$2.99 → FREE] — http://bit.ly/1aeoqKq Traktor DJ [$19.99 …

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It’s a major holiday week for North America — Canada Day was July 1st, and there’s this fireworks thing for the US on Thursday — so the Top Shelf crew and (after tonight) the 90 Seconds crews are taking a break this week. But not The Vergecast! Our work ethic …

Introduce Samsung’s offering and explain customer benefits in ISE 2013

Airport Time Capsule Pricing & Availability US – http://amzn.to/24Dllhl UK – http://amzn.to/17GuH0v Welcome to my Airport Time Capulse Unboxing (3TB version, also available in 2TB). The Time Capsule is a wireless router and network attached hard drive in one. It offers up 802.11ac Wi-Fi for improved throughput and range (when …

Motorola teases the Moto X in a new ad, a Russian rocket crashes shortly after launch, and new details emerge about Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman’ prequel. http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/2/4487510/motorola-calls-the-moto-x-the-first-smartphone-you-can-design-yourself http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/2/4485530/russian-rocket-explosion-video-from-kazakhstan http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/2/4487096/russian-rocket-explosion-proton-heptyl-contamination http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/2/4485768/neil-gaiman-the-sandman-overture-release-date-image-plot More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on …