This week, Dropbox acquires superstar app Mailbox, Google shuts down Reader (and the internet goes berserk), Netflix goes social, Samsung launches the S4 and Apple goes on the defensive, and Veronica Mars is back…thanks to Kickstarter.

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What We’re Playing With
Dwayne: Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard
Andy: Mailbox app

Headlines

• Dropbox Buys Mailbox, All 13 Employees Joining And App Will Remain Separate
  • Dropbox Bought Mailbox Because It Wants To Be More Than A Cloud Storage Company
  • Five Best Google Reader Alternatives
• Netflix introduces “˜Netflix Social’ to display videos you watch on Facebook
  • Redbox Instant launches publicly, CEO calls original content talk premature

Audible Book of the Week

• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
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Musical Interlude: It’s the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine) by R.E.M.

More Headlines

• Google Reader to shut down July 1st
  • How The Shutdown Of Google Reader Threatens The Internet
  • Digg says it is building a Google Reader replacement
• Google Keep Takes Aim At Evernote “” And Also Apple
  • What’s the price of free in Google Keep
• Samsung Galaxy S 4 Beats The Best With 5-inch, 1080p Display, 1.9GHz Processor, Gesture Controls And A Q2 2013 Release
  • Apple Launches New “˜Why iPhone’ Page Following Galaxy S4 Announcement
  • Samsung Preparing Wristwatch as It Races Apple for Sales

Musical Interlude: We Used to Be Friends by The Dandy Warhols

Final Word: Veronica Mars

• ‘Veronica Mars’ Movie Hits Kickstarter, Blows Past Goal In Hours
  • Kickstarted “˜Veronica Mars’ Film Could Help Bring Back “˜Chuck’ and “˜Firefly’

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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.