This week, Greg Davies from the Blendover podcast joins Dwayne and Andrew as we discuss Turkey trying to terminate Twitter, Netflix cries “not fair,” the IRS weighs in on Bitcoin, President Obama backpedals on NSA collection, Apple, Google, and dozens more collude in wage-fixing, and will Facebook’s purchase of Oculus create a rift amongst gamers? All this and more…

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What We’re Playing With

Andy: Device 6; Maytag Maxima X washer/dryer

Headlines

• Turkish citizens use Google to fight Twitter ban
  • Turkey blocks Google public DNS, eliminating popular backdoor used to circumvent Twitter ban
  • Turkish court lifts Twitter ban
• Netflix: We’ll pay Comcast’s ransom, but we shouldn’t have to
  • Guess what: AT&T doesn’t agree with Netflix on peering and net neutrality
• IRS declares that bitcoin will be taxed as property

Audible Book of the Week

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
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Music Break: Anna from Device 6 by Jonathan Eng

Hot Topics

• Obama to Call for End to N.S.A.’s Bulk Data Collection
  • Some links from Greg:
    • The Public-Private Surveillance Partnership is still going strong
    • NSA reform proposals fail to fully protect privacy
    • Section 2.3 of Executive Order 12333
• Revealed: Apple and Google’s wage-fixing cartel involved dozens more companies, over one million employees
• Apple in Talks with Comcast About Streaming-TV Service
• Facebook To Buy Oculus VR, Maker Of The Rift Headset, For Around $2B In Cash And Stock
  • Palmer Luckey, Founder, Oculus: The Future of Virtual Reality
  • ​Notch Says He’s Canceled Oculus Rift Minecraft Because Of Facebook

Music Break: Fire by Ohio Players

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Fire Rescue Near AIG Campus

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