The Drill Down

iphone6-bendThis week, Apple goes mum, gets bent, and drops the beat. What’s in the future for Oracle?, Alibaba says “Open Sesame” to an IPO, and Blizzard puts the freeze on their next MMO.

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What We're Playing With

Andy: iPhone 6

Tosin: Ghost in the Shell graphic novel

Apple Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Night Elf from World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

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Music Break: Ark Trek from 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' by John Willams

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microsoft minecraftThis week, Apple’s iPhone 6 breaks preorder records, Microsoft buys Minecraft, Will you soon be able to subscribe to HBOGo without cable? And man returns to space.

What We're Playing With

Andy: PS3 Recovery FAIL

Dwayne: iOS 8 on my iPhone 5S (messages, notifications, medical ID, healthkit, tips app)

Tosin: 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display; Magic Trackpad

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Brick By Brick by Arctic Monkeys

Hot Topic: Microsoft buys Minecraft

Music Break: The Right Stuff by Bill Conti

Final Word: NASA resumes manned spaceflight

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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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Apple unveils new gadgets This week, Apple unveils their new line of iPhones, a new payment system, and the Apple Watch. Plus, the White House gets a new tech officer, and should broadband be considered an utility?

Apple Event 2014

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Clocks by Coldplay

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Introducing Apple Watch

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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 341 This week, Google’s secret drones, Apple’s upcoming event includes a massive building under wraps, celebs naked selfies get hacked, and the first look at the Apple spaceship.

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Yahoo Fantasy Football - Draft on iOS

Tosin: Pax Prime: Close Castles/Rockets Rockets Rockets/Salt and Sanctuary

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Fame (1990 Remix) by David Bowie

Hot Topic: Celebrity Data Breach

Final Word

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Apple Campus 2 construction flyover

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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, Greg Davies from the Blendover & TARDISBlend podcasts joins Dwayne & Andrew as we discuss: Facebook fights clickbait, the NSA builds a Google to search your records, Amazon buys Twitch, and...is misogyny in games out of control?

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What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Circle of 6 / White House Council on Women and Girls

Greg: gSyncIt (PC) and Metal (Android)

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Video Games by Lana Del Rey

Hot Topic

Final Word: Misogyny in Gaming

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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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bill-gates-has-the-best-ice-bucket-challenge-by-far This week, Steve Ballmer says goodbye to Microsoft, Tesla puts their money where their cars are, Google gets ready to welcome kids, YouTube plans a subscription service, and the internet gets cold and wet for charity.

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: The Kids Are Alright by The Who

Hot Topic: Google Watch

Music Break: Cold As Ice by Foreigner

Final Word

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge 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.

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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

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Friend Like Me from "Aladdin"

Hot Topic: Media Watch

Music Break: Mr. Roboto by Styx

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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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Celebes crested macaque self-portrait, photo by David Slater(?)This week, will cellphones be banned from airlines?, Russians hack over a billion passwords, malware in your USB, a camera that can decipher sound from silent video, the Sprint/T-Mobile merger is dead, and...if a monkey takes a selfie in the jungle, does it own the copyright?

What We're Playing With

Andy: My PS3 died this week!, Chromecast

Dwayne: William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back

Global Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Hooked on a Feeling by B.J. Thomas/Blue Swede

Hot Topic

Music Break: Monkey Man by Toots and the Maytals

Final Word

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The Visual Microphone: Passive Recovery of Sound from Video

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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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okcupid-science This week, Microsoft lays off thousands, the FCC hears from a million, Amazon follows the Netflix model, Facebook forces mobile users to switch to chat, OKCupid may have tricked people into falling in love, and does your Apple device hide a backdoor?, and much more...

What We're Playing With

Andy: San Diego Comic-Con 2014; Extant

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Over There by The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

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This week, Greg Davies from the Blendover podcast joins Dwayne & Andrew as we discuss: Chinese hackers break into US gov't employee records, Hulu gets South Park, a shakeup at Microsoft, Apple & IBM join forces, a new vehicle from Tesla, and...Worst. Con. Ever. All this and much more...

What We're Playing With

Andy: iTunes Extras on Apple TV; Video Games: The Movie

Greg: Soundscape 8 by photive

Dwayne: Google Drive

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: You'll Never Make a Monkey out of Me from The Simpsons

More Headlines

Music Break: Tacky by "Weird Al" Yankovic

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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