326: The Fight to Be Forgotten

This week, the FCC hears your Net Neutrality concerns, Twitter gets less tweety, Dogecoin suffers much hack, so heist, Why Apple may be banking on Beats Electronics,  the Google court ruling that could change the web, and more...

Favorite Tech Story of the Week

Andy: Desperate Microsoft removes Xbox Live Gold paywall for Netflix, Hulu, other web services
Tosin: MIcrosoft says XBox can be sold without Kinect
Dwayne: Alibaba’s IPO largest Tech offering ever. But what is it?

Headlines

• FCC Head to Revise Broadband Rules Plan
• Twitter Is Adding an Option to ‘Mute’ People
• The popular online wallet Dogevault is offline, large amounts of Dogecoin appear to have been stolen
• Google Must Honor Requests to Delete Links, E.U. Court Says
  • EU Court Rules Google Should Edit History

Audible Book of the Week

• The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop by Dan Charnas
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Music Break: The Next Episode by Dr. Dre

Hot Topic: Apple Beats

• Apple kicks off its big in-store iPhone upgrade event
• Apple reportedly planning to add split-screen iPad multitasking in iOS 8
• Turn the Beat around! Why Apple buying Beats for $3.2 billion makes sense
  • Did Dr. Dre just confirm that Apple is buying Beats for $3.2 billion?
  • Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine expected to take on senior roles at Apple as part of Beats acquisition

Music Break: This Is The Best Burrito I've Ever Eaten by Parry Gripp

Final Word

• Google Glass on Sale Again

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Tiny Hamsters Eating Tiny Burritos

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.