The Drill Down

AFP Photo / Getty Images / Mario TamaThis week, Google fights on Amazon’s turf, the collateral damage behind NSA target searches, the TSA’s new rule for electronic gadgets, we think we know what the iPhone 6’s screen looks like, and more...

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Dwayne: Knights of Sidonia

Tosin: trip to Japan

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Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: End Titles from Blade Runner by Vangelis

Hot Topics

Music Break: Mistaken For Strangers by The National

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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, Google buys into music and shuts down their oldest social network, Did T-Mobile swindle customers out of millions of hidden fees?, Facebook’s secret mood manipulation study, and is the NSA’s first transparency report just one big oxymoron?

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Audible Book of the Week

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

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Music Break: At Least It Was Here by The 88

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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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google-cardboardThis week, is your cellphone safe from unwarranted searches?, a new ruling on mobile rebroadcasting of over-the-air video, another major player enters the smart home market, a late-night show on Netflix? and all the best from Google’s I/O developer conference.

What We're Playing With
Andy: Apple TV
Dwayne: Two Dots

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Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Paranoid Android by Radiohead

Hot Topic: Google I/O 2014

Music Break: Bring on the Night by The Police

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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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amazon-fire-phoneThis week, Amazon unveils the 3D interface Fire Phone and launches Prime Music, Google wants to go to space and keep you healthy, Tesla gives its patents away, and drones that follow your every move.... all this and more...

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Music Break: On the Road Again by Canned Heat

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Music Break: Follow You Follow Me by Genesis

Final Word: Autonomous Drones

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How Sony's Betamax lost to JVC's VHS Cassette Recorder

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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, streaming video will beat blu-rays by 2015, Google boosts their maps while Apple’s maps team sweats, Vodaphone admits its users are being snooped on, a chatbot has fooled humans for the first time ever, and all the latest from this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo.

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Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: The Last of Us by Gustavo Santaolalla

Hot Topic: E3 2014

Music Break: Mona da Vinci by Tangerine Dream Final Word

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

  • Legend of Zelda Wii U

  • No Man’s Sky

  • The Division Cinematic

  • Rise of the Tomb Raider

  • Dead Island 2

  • Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain

  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

 

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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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WWDC-2014-RecapThis week, Amazon jumps on streaming music, an Oculus Rift for Samsung mobiles? the co-founder of the Pirate Bay is arrested, the NSA collects millions of faces online Google to launch satellites for global broadband ...and all the latest from Apple’s World Wide Developer’s conference...

Hot Topic: Apple WWDC 2014

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: I've Just Seen a Face by The Beatles

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Music Break: Computer Love by Kraftwerk

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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 of the Blendover podcast helps us explore the equally utopian & distopian potential behind this week's cutting-edge news: Apple sings to the tune of Beats, Amazon’s war with publishers hits the consumer, Skype unveils a universal translator, Google designs its own self-driving cars ...and much, much more...

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Music Break: Paperback Writer by The Beatles

Hot Topics

Music Break: Drive My Car by The Beatles

Final Word

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A First Drive

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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.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_328.mp3
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This week, the FCC votes on the fate of Net Neutrality, the US charges China with cyberspying, Microsoft launches the Surface Pro 3, AT&T acquires DirectTV, YouTube gets Twitch, and much more...

Favorite Tech Story of the Week

Andy: AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire
Dwayne: Artificial Intelligence board member
Tosin: Maker Faire: PancakeBot

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Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Mexican Flyer by Ken Woodman & His Picadilly Brass

Hot Topics

Music Break: Surrender by k. d. lang

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.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_327.mp3
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This week, the FCC hears your Net Neutrality concerns, Twitter gets less tweety, Dogecoin suffers much hack, so heist, Why Apple may be banking on Beats Electronics,  the Google court ruling that could change the web, and more...

Favorite Tech Story of the Week

Andy: Desperate Microsoft removes Xbox Live Gold paywall for Netflix, Hulu, other web services
Tosin: MIcrosoft says XBox can be sold without Kinect
Dwayne: Alibaba’s IPO largest Tech offering ever. But what is it?

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: The Next Episode by Dr. Dre

Hot Topic: Apple Beats

Music Break: This Is The Best Burrito I've Ever Eaten by Parry Gripp

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.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_326.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 7:30am EDT

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This week, tech giants take a stand against the FCC, Russia restricts free speech for bloggers, China’s about to launch an IPO that may dwarf Facebook, Who really won Samsung vs. Apple ...and Star Wars the way it was really meant to be seen...

What We're Playing With

Andy: May The 4th Be With You!, Harmy’s Despecialized versions
Dwayne: Star Wars Machete order + The Clone Wars (2008) + Clone Wars (Micro-Series) (2003) - Trip for Star Wars/Getting a photo in a xwing?
Tosin: The Clone Wars (Season 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. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_325.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 2:45pm EDT