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on today's show the Moto G snapchat gets a buyout offer the PlayStation 4 launches Sony roots for Nintendo and card streamlining with coin it's Buffalo Bolton 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 store i mention on the show check the description below for links or click on the graphics for each story if you have annotations available and toggled on I'm Ashley sceva here your top stories Motorola unveiled the Moto G this week a mid-range device with a super compelling price tag it's got a four-and-a-half inch 720p display one gig of ram a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor promises Android 4.4 KitKat in January and starts at just 179 bucks off contract it's pretty obvious Google wants to get into the emerging markets game with this particular moto but it might even do well as a secondary device for travel and emergencies we'll be keeping an eye on its sales as the Moto G launches around the globe snapchat the news this week after reports of a crazy-high buyout offer surfaced sources are saying facebook offered three billion dollars cash to purchase snapchat but snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel was not having it that's three instagrams for those of you playing at home oh and did we mention snapchat doesn't even have a revenue stream right now turning me on Facebook is a bold move we'll see if it ends up paying off for them over in gaming its PlayStation 4 de Sony fans around the globe lined up last night to buy the newest playstation or I guess pick them up if you're talking about pre-orders and we're roughing up our gaming coverage to match the next-gen console fever going around we're reviewing everything the console the games the controllers but don't worry Xbox one fans your day is fast approaching and then the next gen console wars will truly begin did you decide on a ps4 and xbox one or maybe even a Wii U or maybe you're getting all three consoles you baller you speaking of the wii u this week the president of Sony worldwide Shu Yoshida said in an interview that while Nintendo is competition in a way they're training the police station buyers of tomorrow and because of that Yoshida wants them to succeed he went on to say he thought in 10 days we you launch message was too focused on core gamers and not family-friendly like the original Wii but then Nintendo seems to be coming back around to where they should be focused some very smart and honest words from mr. Yoshida lastly our wildcard story for the week is a startup promising to consolidate all your debit/credit gift membership and other cards into one single device the startup is called coin and it's touting a connected card and an app for you to add your cards to the idea is pretty interesting and worth checking out but we're curious to see if it catches on outside the US where the chip card is already the norm 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 giant subscribe button see you guys next time