This week, Apple‘s iPhone 6 breaks preorder records, Microsoft buys Minecraft, Will you soon be able to subscribe to HBOGo without cable? And man returns to space.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: PS3 Recovery FAIL
Dwayne: iOS 8 on my iPhone 5S (messages, notifications, medical ID, healthkit, tips app)
Tosin: 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display; Magic Trackpad

Headlines

• Apple iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus preorders top 4M in first 24 hours
  • Apple Watch: Initial Thoughts and Observations
  • Apple’s iPhone 6 NFC chip is restricted to Apple Pay
  • Apple Pulls Apps After Last-Minute Delays To HealthKit
• U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data
• HBO is now “seriously considering” whether to offer HBO Go without cable TV

Audible Book of the Week

• Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: Brick By Brick by Arctic Monkeys

Hot Topic: Microsoft buys Minecraft

• Microsoft buys Mojang, Minecraft: Five reasons it makes strategic sense
• Mojang: Yes, we’re being bought by Microsoft
• Notch: I’m leaving Mojang

Music Break: The Right Stuff by Bill Conti

Final Word: NASA resumes manned spaceflight

• Space Race: NASA Awards Contracts to Boeing, SpaceX

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Conveyor Belt Sushi

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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.