This week, the NSA stands their ground, JAY Z‘s got 99 problems, and his new album’s digital distribution is one, Apple‘s App Store celebrates its 5th Anniversary and you get the gifts, Dropbox remakes itself with DBX, and a closer look at Grand Theft Auto V

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What We’re Playing With

Andy: Olympus OM-D E-M5; Europa Report

Headlines

• Dropbox Blows Up the Box, Connecting Every App, File, and Device
• Jay-Z fans find 99 problems with Magna Carta album app
• SEC: Startups can now advertise they are fundraising; crowdfunding has to wait

Audible Book of the Week

• I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) by Chuck Klosterman
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Music Break: Holy Grail by JAY Z (ft. Justin Timberlake)

Hot Topic: NSA Watch

• Justice Dept. defends secret rulings in new spy court filing
• NSA Rejecting Every FOIA Request Made by U.S. Citizens

Flashback: President Obama on Transparency and the FOIA, from 2009

• In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A.
• Secret Court’s Redefinition of ‘Relevant’ Empowered Vast NSA Data-Gathering

Music Break: Keep It To Yourself by Sonny Boy Williamson

Final Word: Apple: App Stores & e-Books

• Apple, Amazon end ‘app store’ lawsuit
• App Store celebrates 5 years with free apps, games
• Apple colluded on e-book prices, judge finds

The Drill Down Video of the Week

First Gameplay Video For Rockstar’s “˜Grand Theft Auto 5″²

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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.