The Drill Down

On this week’s show, Google wants to put Google Play in every living room and on your mobile devices (and they’ve built a tablet to do just that), Apple wins some, loses some, and puts podcasts in their place.

But first, the headlines...Amazon creates content to compete with Netflix, Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 B, Zynga launches "Zynga With Friends", and Facebook changes your email.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Disney/Pixar’s 'Brave' in Dolby Atmos

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Musical Interlude #1: Free Fallin' by Tom Petty

Hot Topic: Google I/O Conference

Musical Interlude #2: Nexus by Buddha Lounge

Final Word: Apple in the News

Outro: Fate and Destiny from "Brave" by Patrick Doyle

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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), VentureBeat editor Devindra Hardawar, marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Techmeme editor Lidija Davis.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_show_239.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 2:30am EDT

On this week’s show, we look at Microsoft‘s big week of announcements, including the new Surface line of tablets designed from the ground up for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Then we follow up with some Apple fallout and follow-up from last week’s WWDC conference.

But first, the headlines...another volley is launched in The Oatmeal vs. FunnyJunk war, Facebook buys Face.com, Netflix changes its API, and an ‘alarming’ rate of government censorship of Internet content.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope & Indie Game: The Movie
Dwayne: Google Blockly
Chris: Cue

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Musical Interlude #1: Main Titles from "Blade Runner" by Vangelis

Hot Topic

Musical Interlude #2: Downstream from "Braid" by Shira Kammen

Final Word

Outro: Adventure from "Fez" by Disasterpeace

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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), VentureBeat editor Devindra Hardawar, marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Techmeme editor Lidija Davis.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_show_238.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 2:30am EDT

This week, Dwayne DeFreitas & Andrew Sorcini analyze the latest hardware and operating system updates from Apple’s 2012 World Wide Developer Conference, held this week in San Francisco, and then we take a look at the complex, ambiguous (and sometimes embarrassingly funny) minefield of policing copyright infringement.

But first, the headlines...more leaked password woes at Last.fm, Twitter introduces branded pages for hashtags via their first television ad, and ICANN launches the 'great internet landgrab’!

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Musical Interlude #1

Hot Topic: WWDC 2012

Musical Interlude #2

Final Word: Policing Copyright Infringement

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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), VentureBeat editor Devindra Hardawar, marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Techmeme editor Lidija Davis.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_show_237.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 2:30am EDT

 This week, Andy, Devindra, Chris, and Techmeme’s Lidija Davis break down this coming year's latest videogame announcements from the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Later we discuss last week's All Things D conference, which was “haunted by the man who isn’t here".

But first, this week's headlines... LinkedIn suffers a massive security breach as 6.4 million passwords get leaked, Google sneaks the first video from Project Glass, Facebook Camera launches, Facebook plans to allow under 13-year olds into their service, Apple to bring Siri to the  iPad, and Airtime launches.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Windows 8 Release Preview: new apps, improvements, and Flash support
Chris: Pocket (formerly Read It Later)

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Musical Interlude #1

Hot Topic: E3 2012

Musical Interlude #2

Final Word: All Things D 2012

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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), VentureBeat editor Devindra Hardawar, marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Techmeme editor Lidija Davis.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_show_236.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 4:58am EDT

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