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on today's show google sells motorola to lenovo facebook unveils paper Nintendo's board takes a pay cut Microsoft's new Xbox one promotion and why your cell phone might be giving you a hangover in the morning it's Buffalo bullets in time hello internet and welcome to the Buffalo bulletin where we recap stories from our site technobuffalo calm every tuesday and friday if you're interested in reading more about any story on the show check the description below for links or click on the graphics if you have annotations available and toggled on i'm ashley sceva here your top stories if anyone thought it was going to be a slow news week well think again late yesterday afternoon google announced they'd reached an agreement to sell motorola mobility to lenovo the sale price a bargain at 2.9 1 billion dollars that's 9.5 billion less than the price google purchased motorola for in 2011 they didn't lose that full nine and a half billion though since Google actually will keep many valuable patents and also sold Motorola set-top box business to eros a while back you'll still be able to buy moto phones for now but time will tell if this was a wise move for every company involved Facebook back in the news this week officially unveiling paper a new app from their creative labs at first glance it looks to be a competitor software like footboard blinkfeed and samsung's new magazine s UX the app is very immediate heavy and at the moment doesn't feature any ads which is super nice but probably won't last very long Facebook hopes that paper will give users a new way to share will keep them on the aging platform paper is only available right now on iOS but we will likely see an android version very very soon over in gaming Nintendo again in the news after slashing wii u sales forecast by seventy percent president Satoru Iwata announced a fifty percent pay cut for the next five months to quote atone for the downturn end quote of the Wii U in addition Nintendo's board will also see their salaries cut from twenty to thirty percent for that same five month period we'll also see if there are newly announced marketing app for mobile major first party titles launching this year or DS games on the wii u virtual console will make any difference in their profits but right now it's just plain tough for Nintendo's newest console also in gaming Microsoft offering a new deal hoping to convert ps3 owners into Xbox one owners this morning Microsoft passed around a new ad campaign image highlighting a trade and offer offering one hundred dollars in microsoft store credit towards an Xbox one if you bring a PlayStation 3 in for recycling actually it's not just the PlayStation 3 the fine print also includes the Xbox 360s or xbox 360 e if you got a last gen console just kind of laying around it's an option although I guess I would argue if your console is working and you have a few good games you can probably get more bang for your buck by selling it yourself and our wild card story for today comes from a michigan state university report finding smartphone owners who use their device for work before going to bed wake up in the morning with a kind of hangover surveys went out across a variety of occupations and anyone on their phone cramming and work after 9pm were notably more tired and less productive the next day compared to unplugged workers we already know the blue light from phones interferes with our melatonin levels which promotes sleep so maybe shut down your phone a little earlier at night if you've been feeling extra groggy in the morning that is 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 subscribe to our youtube channel by clicking this giant subscribe button see you guys next time