This week, more updates in the Edward Snowden/NSA case, Instagram adds video, the FAA relaxes rules on gadgets during travel, Barnes & Noble quits making the Nook, is Pandora ripping its artists off?…and much more.

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What We’re Playing With

Andy & Dwayne: Pebble

Headlines

• Ouya launches for $99; already sold out on Amazon, GameStop
• U.S. charges Snowden with espionage
  • Edward Snowden to seek asylum in Ecuador
  • Snowden extradition depends on politics
• Web’s Reach Binds N.S.A. and Silicon Valley Leaders
• Revealed: the top secret rules that allow NSA to use US data without a warrant
• Introducing Aaron’s Law, a Desperately Needed Reform of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Audible Book of the Week

• Under the Dome: A Novel by Stephen King
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Music Break: Pictures of You by The Cure

More Headlines

• Instagram Launches 15-Second Video Sharing Feature, With 13 Filters And Editing
  • Instagram Video Vs. Vine: What’s The Difference?
  • Instagram users upload 5M clips in vid-sharing feature’s first day
• As FAA moves to relax device rules, ridership on gadget-friendly trains and buses surges
• Pink Floyd: Pandora’s Internet radio royalty ripoff
• Barnes & Noble quits Nook tablets, stays focused on eReaders
• Apple TV Finally Gets HBO GO And WatchESPN
• Fan TV revealed: is this the set-top box we’ve been waiting for?
• AOL is launching a Google Reader replacement

Viral Video of the Week

Your WTF Video Of The Day: John McAfee Shows You How To Uninstall McAfee

Outro: Pictures of You by The Cure

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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 Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.