59: The Little Puck That Could

Follow-up on vocabulary and Michael Abrash joining Oculus.
Amazon Fire TV — no fan!
USB-IF's renderings of their proposed new connector
The giant anti-poaching collusion between Google, Apple, and dozens of other companies (Facebook apparently refused)
Google checking with Steve Jobs first before making a hiring decision
After-show: We tried to predict WWDC dates, not knowing that Apple would announce them 12 hours later, then discussed ticket lotteries and how Apple probably wouldn't build one. (Yeah.)

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