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TDD_411

This week, The DeLorean rides again, Twitter finds itself short a few characters, Streaming shakes up Sundance, How Google paid big money to be on your iPhone, the intelligence behind Artificial Intelligence has passed ...All this and more on The Drill Down!

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Dwayne: Continuum Season 4. Marco Polo (2014)

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Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: The X-Files theme by Mark Snow

Hot Topics

Music Break: Power of Love by Huey Lewis & The News

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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.

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TDD 410

This week, SpaceX fails an ocean landing, is Bitcoin a failure, Uber gets into helicopters, tech firms may be sourcing from child labor, is it time to rename AOL? and how much videogame booty is too much? ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy: DIY MAME Arcade

Dwayne: Apple TV 4

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Intergalactic by The Beastie Boys

Hot Topics

Music Break: The Safety Booty (Bubba Sparxxx vs. Men Without Hats) by DJ Topcat

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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.

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This week, Box software engineer Irving Ruan joins us as we tell you how to buy PC games on Amazon & save 20%. Plus, a new Echo in the works, T-Mobile pees on its customers and tells them it's raining data, NYC subways move into the future, Netflix’s secret codes ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: CES recap

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Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Space Oddity by David Bowie

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Music Break: Starman by David Bowie

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"The Falcon has landed" | Recap of Falcon 9 launch and landing

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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.

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Most Americans don't recognize the name, but TP-Link is, at any given time the number 2 or 3 manufacturer of home Internet routers in the nation. The company was founded about six years ago and was recently featured on the Wirecutter for making the "best router for most people." The Drill Down Co-Host Dwayne De Freitas takes a look at what TP-Link is up to for 2016. He tweets @DwayneD.

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The Drill Down Co-Host Dwayne De Freitas takes a look at Samsung's connected and smart home devices on display at CES 2016. Of particular it's is Samsung's smart fridge and the way Samsung has partnered with myriad hardware vendors to get the most out of their recent acquisition of Smart Things. Dwayne tweets @DwayneD.

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Dwayne De Freitas finds himself surprised to find that Belkin, MAKERS OF WEMO, one of the leaders in connected and smart home technologies at CES 2015, decided to move away from Internet of Things hardware at CES 2016. Neither WEMO, nor its co-branded products from Mr. Coffee or Holmes was present.

Has Belkin regressed to an iPhone accessories maker?

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Category:technology -- posted at: 11:52pm EDT

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This week, Facebook’s CEO wants to be the next Tony Stark, GM invests in Lyft, Twitter wants you to tweet longer, Oculus Rift gets a price & date, the latest from CES ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Live report from CES

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Please Mister Kennedy by Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac & Adam Driver

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Please Mr. Kennedy

Honest Trailers: The Martian

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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.

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This week, has the glow come off Tesla’s perfect record?, the 1st iPhone jailbreaker has hacked self-driving cars, it’s time for drones to be registered, a fresh batch of data breaches, and streaming music just got a little more Fab ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Automatic, diagnosing my 2008 Mac Pro, Steam Link

Dwayne: Roomba 880, The Shannara Chronicles

Tosin: BB8 by Sphero

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Flying by The Beatles

Hot Topics

Music Break: Come Together by The Beatles

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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.

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Category:technology -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

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