457: The Drill Bits Awards 2016

This week, we put current news aside in order to review the annus horribilis that was 2016, and this year, we’re doing something a little different. Instead of merely having a stack-ranked list of top news of the year, we’re gonna make tech news compete for awards, affectionately called The Drill Bits. So put on your tuxes, get in the limo, and roll out the red carpet, ‘cause the show’s about to begin!

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: AmazFit Phase

Andy: Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture

The Drill Bits Awards  

Category	Nominee 01	Nominee 02	Nominee 03	Winner
Wearables	Pebble	Fitbit	Apple	FITBIT
Smart Home	Nest: Thermostat 3	Samsung: SmartThings	Amazon: Echo ecosystem	Amazon
Gaming Platform	PS 4	XBox	Steam	Xbox
Sharing Economy	GM	Uber	Lyft	Uber
Streaming Video Service	Netflix	Amazon	SlingTV	Netflix
Streaming Audio Service	Spotify	Apple Music	Google Play Music	Spotify

In Memoriam

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• The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
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Music Break: Finding the Pattern from Everybody's Gone to the Rapture by Jessica Curry

Category	Nominee 01	Nominee 02	Nominee 03	Winner
Worst Cybersecurity(Biggest Hack)	Yahoo	Dropbox	IRS	Yahoo
Most Significant Hacks	Panama Papers	DNC & Election	NSA Linked Group gets hacked	DNC
Most Impactful Video Game of the year	Doom (ID Software)	Pokemon GO (Nintendo and Ninantic)	Overwatch(Blizzard)	Pokemon GO
AR & VR	Oculus	HTC Vive	Samsung Gear VR Gear	HTC
Best New Computer	Apple Macbook Pro 13”	Apple Macbook Pro 13”/15” w/ Touchbar	MS Surface Studio	MS Surface Studio
Best New Innovation	Reusable Rockets	Autonomous Trucks	3D Printed Vertebrae	3D Printed Stuff
Best Use of Social Media	Facebook Live	Slack	Snapchat	Slack
Worst Fail	Samsung	Pebble	Apple	Samsung
Most Weird/ Creepy	MS Teen Girl AI turned Hitler	Japanese Holographic Wife	AI beating human GO.	MS Teen Girl AI turned Hitler.

Music Break: An Early Harvest from Everybody's Gone to the Rapture by Jessica Curry

Predictions for 2017

• DWAYNE: Twitter Goes into Acquisition Talks
• TOSIN: Silicon Valley Vs Traditional Business - BIGLY
• ANDY: Model 3 Will Not Ship in 2017
• TOSIN: Nintendo Switch will bring the game company back from the brink
• ANDY: Net Neutrality Naysayers Strike Back
• DWAYNE: Bitcoin will be something to watch

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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.