 It's Thursday, October 11th, 2012. I'm Nilay Patel, and this will be 90 seconds of personal disruption with 5x5's Dan Benjamin. Hey. Japan's third largest wireless carrier, SoftBank, is in advanced talks to buy the U.S.'s third largest carrier, Sprint. According to Reuters, the discussions involve SoftBank purchasing a majority stake of more than $12.8 billion. Time is interesting as Sprint is rumored to be making a counter offer for MetroPCS, which is currently in talks to merge with T-Mobile USA. That's a really weird time for U.S. carriers. Samsung's Galaxy S3 Mini is now official. It's also officially the completely wrong name. Though smaller than the S3 proper, the Mini still has a four-inch screen. Everything about the phone feels dated, in fact. The specs are decidedly last gen. The cameras are downgraded to most surprisingly of all, it lacks any LTE support. There's no price, there's no release date, and honestly, there's no reason to care. Finally, Google's updated over a quarter million miles of street view road images. The company is calling it the largest ever upgrade to the service, increasing coverage in the U.S., Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, and others. Apple just updated its highly criticized maps as well, so this increased competition is only going to be good for consumers. That's it for today's top stories. Tune in tomorrow when this disturbing nightmare finally comes to an end. Hey, it's a whole party that's happening right now. How's it going, man? You ready to do this last one? You're just standing right there, buddy. All right, ready?
 It's Thursday, October 11th, 2012.
 I'm Nilay Patel, and this will be 90 seconds of personal disruption with 5x5's Dan Benjamin.
 Hey.
 Japan's third largest wireless carrier, SoftBank, is in advanced talks to buy the U.S.'s third
 largest carrier, Sprint.
 According to Reuters, the discussions involve SoftBank purchasing a majority stake of more
 than $12.8 billion.
 Time is interesting as Sprint is rumored to be making a counter offer for MetroPCS, which
 is currently in talks to merge with T-Mobile USA.
 That's a really weird time for U.S. carriers.
 Samsung's Galaxy S3 Mini is now official.
 It's also officially the completely wrong name.
 Though smaller than the S3 proper, the Mini still has a four-inch screen.
 Everything about the phone feels dated, in fact.
 The specs are decidedly last gen.
 The cameras are downgraded to most surprisingly of all, it lacks any LTE support.
 There's no price, there's no release date, and honestly, there's no reason to care.
 Finally, Google's updated over a quarter million miles of street view road images.
 The company is calling it the largest ever upgrade to the service, increasing coverage
 in the U.S., Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, and others.
 Apple just updated its highly criticized maps as well, so this increased competition is
 only going to be good for consumers.
 That's it for today's top stories.
 Tune in tomorrow when this disturbing nightmare finally comes to an end.
 Hey, it's a whole party that's happening right now.
 How's it going, man?
 You ready to do this last one?
 You're just standing right there, buddy.
 All right, ready?