This week, The Drill Down team (including occasional co-host TechMeme editor Lidija Davis) talk about employers asking prospective new hires for their Facebook (and other social) passwords and Facebook’s reaction to that. Also, we look at the issues and reactions that have emerged in the two weeks since the launch of Apple‘s new iPad.

But first, this week’s headlines… Apple to pay dividends, Kevin Rose to work for Google, Zynga buys OMGPOP, Facebook buys 750 patents from IBM, Nokia‘s Lumia 900 comes to AT&T, Obvtuse vs Svbtle, and Google shows you what you’ve been doing…on Google.

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What We’re Playing With

Andy: The New iPad, Journey on PSN
Devindra: Locke & Key on Comixology
Dwayne: Apple TV XBox360 Comcast XFinity App, Slice
Chris: SXSW

Show Links

• Apple Goes Blue Chip With New Quarterly Shareholder Dividend
• Apple to Pay Dividend, Buy Back Stock to Return Some of Cash
• Kevin Rose Will Join Google
• Zynga Just Bought OMGPOP for $200 Million
• Facebook Is Said to Buy 750 IBM Patents to Boost Defenses
• AT&T confirms Nokia’s Lumia 900 for April 8 at $100
• Obvtuse vs Svbtle: Is open source plagiarism?
• Svbtle
• Obvtse
• Google’s New Account Activity Feature Shows Your Shocking Addiction To Google Services

Audible Book of the Week

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Musical Interlude #1

Hot Topic

• The iPad
• Apple sells 3 million new iPads in launch weekend
• Amid Privacy Concerns, Apple Has Started Rejecting Apps That Access UDIDs
• The battery
• Visualized: new iPad burns 10 degrees hotter than its predecessor
• The LTE
• The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is in the process of taking Apple to court

Musical Interlude #2

Final Word

• Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords
• Facebook May Take Legal Action Over Employer Password Requests
• House Shoots Down Legislation That Would Have Stopped Employers From Demanding Your Facebook Password
• It may be so much less than the press thinks it is

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