338: Exiled and Replaced

This week, Edward Snowden tells all, Uber & Lyft play dirty, Buzzfeed gets major VC love, Amazon launches a mobile card reader, Netflix passes HBO, more teens are familiar with PewDiePie than Johnny Depp, and what will you do when a robot has your job?

What We're Playing With Andy, Tosin & Dwayne: Guardians of the Galaxy; Monument Valley

Headlines

• Samsung launches the Galaxy Alpha smartphone
  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha arrives in September
  • Galaxy Alpha ready to fight iPhone 6
• Amazon undercuts Square and PayPal with its own mobile card reader
• Accusations Fly Between Uber and Lyft
• Edward Snowden: The Untold Story

Audible Book of the Week

• Pecos Bill narrated by Robin Williams
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Music Break: Friend Like Me from "Aladdin"

Hot Topic: Media Watch

• Netflix passes HBO in subscriber revenue
• BuzzFeed raises $50M from Andreessen Horowitz, valuing company at $850M; most revenues come from creating ads for other brands
• Survey: YouTube Stars More Popular Than Mainstream Celebs Among U.S. Teens

Music Break: Mr. Roboto by Styx

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Humans Need Not Apply

• Hyperlapse: Technology that can dramatically smooth motion in first-person videos

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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 tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.