Gadgetory

on today's show standardized chargers leaked Nexus 5 details Nintendo Direct an uncertain future for ea's NCAA football and relaxing FAA rules for gadgets it's Buffalo bulletin time hello internet and welcome to the Buffalo bulletin where we recap five major stories from our site TechnoBuffalo calm every tuesday and friday if you're interested in reading more about any story we talk about of the show check the description for links or click on the graphics for each story if you have annotations available and toggled on I'm Ashley sceva hair your top stories the European Union seems to have decided it will be going forward with calls to make microUSB charging mandatory in all mobile devices obviously this is most problematic for say Apple who uses a proprietary lightning charging cable but regardless there's this little thing i would like to let the EU know about called technology that keeps moving forward meaning microUSB will likely die at some point so requiring a particular charger means no company apple or not can create something faster and newer for future devices and that's just dumb android fans eagerly awaiting the next Nexus phone might not be waiting much longer as a combined code and photo leak early this week gave us some glimpses of what the Nexus 5 may offer it'll be designed by LG android kitkat 4.4 snapdragon 800 2 gigs around eight megapixel camera now those specs are not exactly top of the line for current phones but that's never really stopped the Nexus line of devices for being superb so we're really looking forward to the official announcement soon in gaming Nintendo held another Nintendo Direct event this morning showing off a couple new trailers and announcing some exciting news super mario world 3d got a fun trailer playing as Sonic and super smash brothers wii u and 3ds is now official a new kirby game for 3ds was announced and a paid dlc pack for Pikmin 3 was also revealed oh I'm sure fans were really pleased with today's direct as these first party eye peas are seeing something that old nintendo magic attached i'm still waiting for a new Metroid though well this story is interesting from gaming it looks like EA has decided they will not release NCAA football next year and announced their intent to evaluate the future of the entire series that may sound surprising given its popularity but it's actually part of a long complicated legal dispute between the NCAA and student athletes who want to be compensated for the use of their likeness in entertainment products like NCAA football so the news is unfortunate but hopefully a fair decision will be made for those athletes that put their bodies on the line every single game throughout their college careers lastly our grab bag story for today will hopefully make frequent flyers a little bit more comfortable during takeoff and landing an advisory panel recommended to the FAA that restrictions be lifted on mobile device use under 10,000 feet meaning you'll be able to use your phone in airplane mode while the plane departs and arrives a welcome change to airline policy for many of us tech geeks who travel that's the Buffalo bulletin for today if you enjoyed the show a thumbs up would be super awesome of you and if you want more great TechnoBuffalo video content please feel free to subscribe to our youtube channel by clicking this gigantic subscribe button see you guys next time