The Drill Down

TDD_364 This week, Dwayne and Andy are joined by Greg Davies (from TARDISBlend, Blendover, and Heavy Metal Historian podcasts) as we discuss: Edward Snowden answers almost anything, Reddit want you to keep your clothes on, how to keep drones out of your backyard, a new Pebble watch... and much much more. 

What We're Playing With

Andy: The Innovators; Raspberry Pi 2

Dwayne: Homeworld Remastered Collection

Greg: Something a little different to discuss, seeing as I’ve quit smoking

- Aspire BDC with Ego CTwist

- QuitNow! app by FewLaps

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Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Love in the Sky by The Weeknd

Hot Topics

Music Break: Power Rangers by Eric Calderone

Final Word

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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.

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This week, former The Drill Down co-host (and current co-host of TARDISBlend) Tom Cheredar joins Dwayne and Andy to discuss how hackers pulled off one of the largest heists in history, a toy from the 50s is updated for the 21st century, the FAA grounds Amazon’s drone plans, and...is Apple building a self-driving car?

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Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Take the Money and Run by The Steve Miller Band

Hot Topic: Cybersecurity

Music Break: Duel of the Fates from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace by John Williams

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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.

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TDD 362 This week, is Big Brother listening to you through your TV? Swatch takes on Apple Watch, Coca-Cola gets griefed, and Netflix comes to Cuba and finds Link & Zelda.

What We're Playing With

Andy: An Evening with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Dwayne: Met Neil Gaiman during his Trigger Warning signing

Tosin: Elite: Dangerous

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: The Dark of the Matinee by Coco Freeman (feat. Franz Ferdinand)

Hot Topics

Music Break: The Legend of Zelda (Main Theme) by Orchestra Nova San Diego

Final Word

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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.

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This week, Amazon may rise from the ashes of old Radio Shack brick & mortars, Apple’s plans to resurrect Beats, FCC wants to give citizens faster broadband & net neutrality, Is Google getting into ride-sharing, Uber gets into driverless cars, how women are rising above Silicon Valley "bro-culture", and The Pirate Bay rises again. All this and much much more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Raspberry Pi 2 on sale; Super Bowl Ads

Dwayne: Luna mattress cover

Tosin: Super Slam Dunk Touchdown (by Tipping Goat), Speed Runners, Boss Monster

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Deeper Understanding by Kate Bush

Hot Topics

Music Break: Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) by Kelly Clarkson

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InsaneModeThis week, Apple sets record profits, cable nixes FCC broadband guidelines, is YouTube screwing indie musicians?, 3D printing that saves lives... and much much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Parks And Recreation: "Gryzzlbox"

Dwayne: DLD Conference Video - Four Horsemen

Tosin: Intel RealSense, Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Tetrishead by Zoë Keating

Hot Topic:

Music Break: Optimist by Zoë Keating

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Joe Belfiore, Alex Kipman, Terry Myerson This week, Google Glass is dead, Police can see inside your homes by remote, Virgin & Google want to send satellites into space, Microsoft unveils Windows 10 and holograms!!

What We're Playing With

Andy: Jawbone Up24

Dwayne: Piper NV

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: She's Not There by The Zombies

Hot Topics

Music Break: Private Eyes by Hall & Oates

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This week, broadband gets a new definition, Edward Snowden on Cyber Warfare, ISIS may have hacked US Central Command’s Twitter, Experts call for tighter AI safeguards, and those shoes from Back to the Future are finally going to happen. All this, and much much more...

What We're Playing With

Andy: Saints Row IV; ‘Transparent’ Wins Golden Globes

Dwayne: Pet Cube

Tosin: Waze

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: The Humans Are Dead by Flight of the Conchords

Hot Topics:

Music Break: Back to the Future by Alan Silvestri

Final Word:

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"Love Edition"

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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.

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Sling TVThis week, the FBI stands firm on the Sony hack, a top VC’s predictions for 2015, Apple unlocks the iPhone, DISH wants you to cut cable, thousands of free games, and drones on demand. All this, and much much more...

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Amazon Echo, International CES

Headlines: Sony Hack Update

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: The Future's So Bright by Timbuk 3

Hot Topics

Music Break: Eye in the Sky by The Alan Parsons Project

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This week, The Drill Down crew looks back at the year in tech and the web for the year 2014. We’ll discuss our favorite tech events of the past year, and what we can expect in 2015.

Headline

Audible Book of the Week

Hot Topic: Top Tech Stories of 2014

Dwayne:

  1. Flappy Bird-- Surprises Everyone
  2. ALS Icebucket Challenge used social and video in an entirely new way.
  3. iPhone 6 & Watch-- Apple’s shown everyone that they can make compelling products even if they clearly follow the trends started by others.
  4. Tesla-- The Gigafactory, the P85D cheap supercar, the Model III announcement
    1. Side note: America’s still got it. (ride share, air bnb, google news, tesla, etc.)
  5. Net Neutrality

Tosin:

  1. Alibaba IPO-- it was hugest tech IPO in history and didn’t have any crazy irregularities. aka there is still public appetite for tech stocks
  2. the convergence of tech and law enforcement: legality of fingerprint unlocking devices, air and water drone usage, cameras on cops?
  3. Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Web Traffic Jam
  4. HBO Will Have a Standalone Streaming Video Service Next Year
  5. Marvel can’t do anything wrong

Music Break: Pop Danthology 2014 by Daniel Kim

Andrew:

  1. Rise of ridesharing
  2. Apple Pay
  3. New leadership at Microsoft
  4. Sony Pictures hack
  5. Obama urges FCC to classify Internet as utility

Biggest Fails of 2014

  1. Corporate security compromises
  2. Bitcoin hacks/Mt. Gox crash
  3. Uber and
    1. Thailand
    2. Spain
    3. India
    4. France
  4. Government: NSA/FBI/CIA -- All getting caught with their “law enforcement” measures
  5. Gamergate - The Gaming industry’s failure to help women feel safe and accepted across the Internet.

Music Break: United State of Pop 2014 (Do What You Wanna Do) by DJ Earworm

Predictions for 2015

  • The Year of Wearable & fitness (everything has a heart-rate monitor (“HRM”) in it)
    • Fitbit controls 69% of the 2014 market and has new devices coming out.
    • Apple’s watch will make a(n expensive) splash
    • Garmin is renewed with Vivofit
    • Jawbone Up even ties into iFTTT (so does Fitbit)
  • Streaming over-coming broadcast for most users under 30 years of age
  • Government and the clash with technology (a lot of things will need to be regulated and rules on the books will need to change. As well as internet control of ISPs vs distributors, etc)
  • Rise of commercial drones?

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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.

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This week, Apple ditches Russia, North Korea drops a bomb on Sony... and we sift through the fallout, and 3D printing goes into space. All this, and much much more on The Drill Down.

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Wrapped 2 from "Kreezus" by Local Business Comedy

Hot Topic: Sony Hack

Music Break: New Sleighs from "Kreezus" by Local Business Comedy

Final Word: 3D Printing

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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.

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