241: Covering a Tragedy

This week, Dwayne DeFreitas & Andrew Sorcini examine social media’s reaction to the tragedy in Aurora, plans to relaunch Digg, Why a Google or Facebook buyout of your favorite startup means it’s probably toast, Nexus 7's overwhelming demand,  Marissa Mayer's big question, Apple's Mountain Lion launch, Apple vs. Samsung (again), and why you’re going to need all new dock connectors for your Apple devices.

Headlines

• Reddit Responds to Shootings in a Way Most Media Organizations Can’t
• Rethink Digg
• Nexus 7 sees "incredible demand", sells out at major retailers
  • Google halts new orders for 16GB Nexus 7, surprised by demand
• Google acquires hot iOS & Mac e-mail app Sparrow
  • Why Google or Facebook Buying Your Favorite Startup Means It’s Probably Toast
  • The Sparrow Problem

Audible Book of the Week

• Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul by Mark D. White , Robert Arp  

Musical Interlude: Macrotus from "Batman Begins" by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard

• Yahoo’s Big Question - What Is It?
  • Yahoo Employee Makes A HOPE Poster With Marissa Mayer's Face
• Apple unleashes Mountain Lion as we wait for Windows 8
• What's up dock? Apple to shrink connector for iPhone 5
  • Apple will provide an adapter for the new, smaller Dock connector
• Apple: Samsung, you owe us $2.5B in damages

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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.