274: Google: The Final Frontier

This week, Facebook Home on an iPhone?...well, kinda. Mark Zuckerberg pushes for immigration reform, Twitter music, Dish goes after Sprint, Google Glass specs, Google Fiber hits the slopes, and the Star Trek computer...powered by Google?

Headlines

• Facebook’s Chat Heads Come to iPhones, iPad With App Update
• Mark Zuckerberg launches new immigration reform lobby group
• Twitter's music site goes live, kinda
• Dish Launches $25.5 Billion Bid for Sprint

Audible Book of the Week

• The World As I See It by Albert Einstein
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: Star Trek by Deodato

Google Headlines

• Google Releases Glass Specs: Full Day Battery Life, 5MP Camera, 720p Video, 16GB Flash Memory & Bone Conduction Transducer
• Provo, Utah is the next stop for Google Fiber
• Google has a single towering obsession: It wants to build the Star Trek computer.

Viral Video of the Week

iSteve full movie at Funny or Die

iSteve Exclusive Teaser Trailer from iSteve

Outro: Main Title from Star Trek: First Contact by Jerry Goldsmith

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