The MajorsHouse Show Episode #3: Still Got Some Growing Up To Do

1. Gaming News
   1. MGSV sold 6 million copies (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/01/29/metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-moves-more-than-six-million-copies.aspx)
   2. Sony shipped 8.4 million PS4s during holiday quarter (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/01/29/sony-ships-8-4-million-ps4s-in-holiday-quarter.aspx)
   3. EA makes it possible to compare console sales (http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2016/01/finally_we_can_compare_ps4_and_xbox_one_sales)
   4. Titanfall and Mass Effect will be released some time this year or next (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/01/28/titanfall-mass-effect-return-sometime-between-october-2016-and-march-2017.aspx)
   5. Carolina Panthers to win Super Bowl 50 according to Madden 16 (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/1/10885436/madden-super-bowl-50-prediction-panthers-win-broncos)
   6. Original Nvidia Shield tablet to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow and then pulls it (http://www.talkandroid.com/283604-nvidia-pulls-marshmallow-update-for-the-shield-tablet-due-to-wi-fi-issues/)
   7. Super Mario Maker Wallpaper Maker coming to PC/Mobile (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/1/10885794/super-mario-maker-wallpaper-creator-pc-mobile)
   8. Vote for your free PS4 game for March (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/02/01/vote-to-play-march-2016-voting-begins-february-9th/)
   9. Congresswoman who opposes SWATting was herself SWATted (http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/02/katherine-clark-swatting/)
   10. Tattoo artists suing Take Two for use of their work in NBA 2K series (http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/02/nba-2k16-tattoo-lawsuit/)
   11. Dust 514 closing down in May (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/02/03/dust-514-on-ps3-closing-in-may.aspx)
   12. Batman: Arkham Knight no longer coming to Mac/Linux (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/02/03/batman-arkham-knight-39-s-mac-and-linux-ports-have-been-cancelled.aspx)
2. Tech News
   1. How much did Google pay for its own domain last year (http://9to5google.com/2016/01/29/google-paid-how-much-domain-back/)
   2. Running rm -rf / on Linux UEFI systems could brick machines (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=UEFI-rm-root-directory)
   3. How about putting some Linux in your Mac OS X (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Jono-Hybrid-OSX-Linux-Idea)
   4. New Samsung and LG flagships to be announced on Feb. 21 (http://phandroid.com/2016/02/01/samsung-unpacked-galaxy-s7/) (http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/02/03/lg-confirms-g5-announcement-for-february-21st-same-day-as-galaxy-s7/)
   5. LG releases Liam Neeson “from the future” (http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/01/lg-super-bowl-liam-neeson/)
   6. Man not found guilty for confiscating his daughter’s iPhone (http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/01/man-not-guilty-in/)
   7. Google to take more control over the Nexus line (http://www.droid-life.com/2016/02/01/report-google-to-take-more-control-over-nexus-line/)
   8. Motor found in competition bicycle (http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/01/competition-bike-hidden-motors/)
   9. February Android security updates coming in hot (http://www.droid-life.com/2016/02/01/february-android-6-0-1-security-update-is-ready-factory-images-posted/)
   10. Alphabet (formerly Google) was worth more than Apple (http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/03/apple-most-valuable-company-in-the-world/)
   11. Googler’s Pixel destroyed by bad cable (http://phandroid.com/2016/02/02/usb-type-c-incident/)
   12. Sportscaster leaks Google Play will launch podcasts later this month and now available by some (http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/02/02/sportscaster-bill-simmons-may-have-just-leaked-play-music-podcast-launch-for-later-this-month/) (http://9to5google.com/2016/02/03/google-play-podcasts-live/)
   13. Marshmallow on 1% of Android devices in the wild (http://www.droid-life.com/2016/02/02/android-distribution-february-2016/)
   14. Chinese mobile manufacturers may have exploitable processors (http://phandroid.com/2016/02/02/android-security-bug-chinese-phones/)
   15. Microsoft to buy SwiftKey for $250 million (http://phandroid.com/2016/02/02/microsoft-acquires-swiftkey/)
   16. You can now listen to Apple Music offline using Android SD cards (http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/03/apple-music-for-android-updated-with-ability-to-save-music-to-sd-cards-for-offline-listening/)
   17. Apple has to pay patent troll for FaceTime patents (http://www.imore.com/virnetx-wins-625-million-decision-patent-case-against-apple)
   18. Apple Pay now accepted at over 2 million locations, Chick-fil-a coming soon (http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/03/apple-pay-now-accepted-at-2m-locations-rolling-out-to-chick-fil-a-zappos-soon/)
   19. Original YouTube Red programming rolling out next week (http://www.talkandroid.com/283811-youtube-red-original-series-release-date-february-10/)
   20. White House and Google to put Google Fiber in public housing (http://www.talkandroid.com/283760-google-fiber-public-housing-service/)
   21. Microsoft Shifts Windows 10 to “Recommended” update (http://www.extremetech.com/computing/222326-look-out-microsoft-shifts-windows-10-to-recommended-update-automatic-download)
   22. Android Wear v1.4 is rolling out (http://9to5google.com/2016/02/04/android-wear-1-4-marshmallow-speaker/)  
3. Hardware
   1. Xbox One Elite controller (https://www.majorshouse.com/the-xbox-one-elite-controller-pushes-all-the-right-buttons/)
   2. Automatic (https://www.majorshouse.com/automate-vehicle-tracking-with-automatic/)
4. Software
   1. N/A
5. Betas
   1. Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14257 (https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/02/03/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-14257/)
6. From the site
   1. The Division Beta impressions (https://www.majorshouse.com/the-division-beta-impressions/)
7. Thoughts
   1. Switching sides…
8. Upcoming
   1. Huawei Exchange
   2. Extra Life event (http://www.playthroughgc.com/)

Intro and Outro Music: Pure Grinding by Avicii

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