This week, Twitter stock launches, Snapchat turns down Facebook, a new 3D printer using sound and lasers, Russians bring malware into space, Netflix makes a super deal with Marvel, and as it turns out, This IS The End for DVD rentals…

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What We’re Playing With

Andy: GameStick
Tosin: Universal Media Server
Dwayne: iPhone 5s

Headlines

• And Fittingly, The Final Movie Ever Rented Out At A Blockbuster Store Is”¦

• YouTube overhauls comments and links them to your Google+ account
  • YouTube co-founder wonders ‘why the fuck’ comments require a Google+ account
  • Backlash Over Google Integration Into YouTube Comments Continues To Grow
• Microsoft axes its controversial employee-ranking system
• Twitter’s stock closes at $44.90 a share, up 73 percent on its first day

Audible Book of the Week

• Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton
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Music Break: The Avengers by Alan Silvestri

More Headlines

• Marvel Teams With NetFlix For 4 Superhero Shows Culminating To “˜The Defenders’
• Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook
• Innovator creates affordable 3D printer using sound and lasers

• International Space Station Infected With USB Stick Malware Carried on Board by Russian Astronauts

Music Break: Fuck Shit Stack by Reggie Watts

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Mexican Standoff (Freddie Wong, ft. Key & Peele)

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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.