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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

Final Word

The Drill Down Video of the Week

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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.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_410.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

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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

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Space Oddity by David Bowie

More Headlines

Music Break: Starman by David Bowie

Final Word

The Drill Down Video of the Week

"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.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_409.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

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.

Direct download: CES_2016_-_TP-Link.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 12:45am EDT

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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Direct download: CES_2016_-_Samsung.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 12:02am EDT

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?

Direct download: CES_2016_-_Belkin_WeMo.mp3
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

More Headlines

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

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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.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_408.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

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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

Final Word

The Drill Down Video of the Week

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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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This week we’ll be looking back at the year in tech, 2015. We’ll discuss our favorite tech events of the past year, and what we expect in the year ahead.

Top Tech Stories of 2015

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Top Tech Stories of 2015 (cont'd)

Honorable Mention Favorites

Honorable Mention Fails

Predictions for 2016

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

Music featured in this week's episode

DJ Earworm - United State of Pop 2015

Daniel Kim - Pop Danthology Pts. 1 & 2

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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.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_406.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

TDD 405 This week, Samsung vs. Apple-- the final round?, Britain responds to terror on social media, has the real genius behind bitcoin finally been discovered?, and what happened to Apple design?!...All this and more ... on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Exploding Kittens and TP-LINK AC750 Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender with Gigabit Ethernet Port (RE210)

Tosin: Xbox One

Andy: Jessica Jones/Master of None/The Man in the High Castle/”Peak TV

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Panic by The Smiths

Hot Topics

Music Break: I Am the Doctor by Murray Gold

Final Word: Apple Design in Decline

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Peter Jackson Found the Geekiest Way Possible to Announce That He’ll Be Directing a *Doctor Who* Episode

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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.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_405.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

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This week, we recover from Black Friday, the NSA ends mass-surveillance, the private information of 200,00+ kids get hacked, a $5 computer, and the largest cloning factory in the world ...All this and more ... on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Steam Link; Steam Controller; The Message podcast

Dwayne: Automatic

Tosin: Apple Watch, iPad Pro Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Give It Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Hot Topic

Music Break: I Think I'm a Clone Now by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Final Word

The Drill Down Video of the Week

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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.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_404.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 7:00am EDT