T-Mobile’s parent company is considering buying Sprint Nextel meaning we’d only have three big cell phone companies in the US. But in a weird way that could be good for competition? We’re not sure ourselves actually. Also a rogue ad hits the New York Times and we discover Pirates only see in 2D. Eye-patch FTW!

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