This week, TDD regulars Andrew Sorcini, Dwayne DeFreitas, and Lidija Davis join Venturebeat‘s Sean Ludwig as we talk to top contributors to Social news site Reddit.com as we find out what makes them do what they do to make Reddit so popular.

But first, the week’s top tech news…President Obama proposes a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, Apple acquires Chomp, iPhone user wins $850 in throttling case against AT&T, Apple announces iPad 3 event, Yahoo seeks to force Facebook into licensing patents, Google+ suffers low turnout, Reddit crafts an Internet privacy law.

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• Obama unveils Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
• Apple Acquires Chomp; App Store Search And Discovery To Be Completely Revamped
• Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling case
• Apple announces March 7 event, likely iPad 3 announcement
• iPad 3 Rumor Roundup
• Yahoo Warns Facebook of a Potential Patent Fight
• The Mounting Minuses at Google+
• ‘The Free Internet Act’ Emerges As Redditors Craft SOPA Alternative

Audible Book of the Week

• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

Musical Interlude #1

Hot Topic

• Interview with top Reddit users ViolentAcrez, AndrewSmith1986 & Saydrah

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