This week, Google Glass gets its first real review; will it alter the social contract? Turn any iPhone into a spycam, Groupon‘s CEO is fired, HP sells WebOS to LG, An Australian hacker knows the secrets of the next XBOX & Playstation, Is Reddit being gamed by marketers?, How NetFlix is using Big Data to turn us into their puppets, and How “Golden Eagle Snatches Kid” ruled the Internet.

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• I used Google Glass: the future, with monthly updates
  • Sergey Brin: Smartphones are ’emasculating’
  • Google Glass is a giant chisel to pry me out of Apple’s ecosystem
  • Is Google Glass Bad for Society?
• Koozoo turns any old iPhone into a 24/7 spycam
• Andrew Mason is out as CEO of Groupon, here’s his sendoff letter
• HP emerges as big winner in webOS sale

Audible Book of the Week

• Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History by Antonio Mendez & Matt Baglio
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Musical Interlude: I Fought The Law by Green Day

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• The Incredible Rise and Fall of a Hacker Who Found the Secrets of the Next Xbox and PlayStation””And Maybe More
• Hail Corporate: The Increasingly Insufferable Fakery of Brands on Reddit
• For “˜House of Cards,’ Using Big Data to Guarantee Its Popularity
  • How Netflix is turning viewers into puppets

Viral Video of the Week

• How “Golden Eagle Snatches Kid” Ruled The Internet

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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), VentureBeat editor Devindra Hardawar, marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.