331: A Call of Fire

This week, Amazon unveils the 3D interface Fire Phone and launches Prime Music, Google wants to go to space and keep you healthy, Tesla gives its patents away, and drones that follow your every move.... all this and more...

Headlines

• Exclusive: Google Wants To Collect Your Health Data With 'Google Fit'
  • Google Vs. Death (Time)
• Google In Talks To Take Virgin Galactic Stake
• Priceline to Buy OpenTable for $2.6 Billion
• Apple Settles E-Books Pricing Case With States, Consumers

Audible Book of the Week

• Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality by Max Tegmark
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Music Break: On the Road Again by Canned Heat

Hot Topics

• All Our Patent Are Belong To You - Tesla Motors
• Amazon Turns On Prime Music Streaming, Sans Current Hits
• Amazon Fire Phone to arrive July 25 at $199 for 32GB, $299 for 64GB on AT&T
  • Amazon's Fire Phone uses multiple front-facing cameras to offer dynamic 3D perspective
  • Firefly: Amazon's Fire Phone Can Identify Almost Anything

Music Break: Follow You Follow Me by Genesis

Final Word: Autonomous Drones

• Airdog drone serves as your loyal action sports cameraman

• HEXO : Your Autonomous Aerial Camera by Squadrone System

The Drill Down Video of the Week

How Sony's Betamax lost to JVC's VHS Cassette Recorder

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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.