450: Holiday Gift Guide 2016

This week, Apple refreshes its MacBooks, an October surprise for Hillary Clinton, Tesla launches new products for the home, Google’s AIs are keeping secrets from each other  ... and our annual holiday gift guide!

Headlines

• The 7 biggest announcements from Apple's MacBook event

• FBI probes newly discovered emails tied to Clinton case
• Tesla Powerwall 2 & Solar Roof Launch
  • Why Tesla’s new solar roof tiles and home battery are such a big deal
• Google's AI created its own form of encryption

Audible Book of the Week

• The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
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Music Break: Price Tag by Jessie J (featuring B.O.B)

Holiday Gift Guide

Dwayne:

1. Invoxia Triby ($200)
2. Sony Alpha 6300 ($1,148) / 5100 ($598)
3. Amazon Fire TV ($90)
4. Google Wifi/ Eero 3 Pack ($500) /Luma ($347)
5. (UNDER $50) Moshi Digits ($30)

Tosin:

1. Doom/Gears of War 4/Firewatch $12/Uncharted 4 ($30-60)
2. Adobe Subscription with Lightroom ($9.99+)
3. Char-Broil Classic 3-Burner Gas Grill
4. Xbox One S & Playstation 4 Pro Black Friday $250 -400
5. (UNDER $50) Captain America Civil War/10 Cloverfield Lane $21/$15

Andrew:

1. Masterbuilt 30-inch Front Controller Electric Smoker with Window and RF Controller ($253.43)
2. Microsoft Surface Studio with Dial ($3,000. Dial is $100 but free with Pre-order of Studio)
3. iPad Pro, 12.9-inch w/ Apple Pencil  (Dwayne likes the iPad Pro 9.7)
4. HTC VIVE Virtual Reality System ($800)
5. Whistle GPS Pet Tracker ($80)

Favorites:

• ANDY: VPN subscription - One can’t be too careful these days. Devindra recommends Private Internet Access.
  • Browse anonymously (masked IP) from home without ad trackers, sniffers or the like
  • Unblock all censorship filters
• DWAYNE: Amazon Echo Dot (Now cheaper than last year!)
• TOSIN: Video Subscriptions: Netflix / Amazon / HBO Now
• TOSIN: Media Subscriptions: Comixology / Audible
• ANDY: Travel Chargers: Jackery Bolt 6,000 mAh Ultra-Compact External Battery Charger

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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 product manager Tosin Onafowokan.