This week, Apple sets record profits, cable nixes FCC broadband guidelines, is YouTube screwing indie musicians?, 3D printing that saves lives… and much much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Parks And Recreation: “Gryzzlbox”
Dwayne: DLD Conference Video – Four Horsemen
Tosin: Intel RealSense, Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2

Headlines

• Apple posts the biggest quarterly profit in history; Apple Watch to Ship in April
  • Apple targets for Apple Watch battery life revealed, A5-caliber CPU inside
• Cable industry opposes 25Mbps broadband definition
• Sheriffs pressure Google to disable Waze feature that warns when police are near

Audible Book of the Week

• The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin Mitnick
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Music Break: Tetrishead by Zoë Keating

Hot Topic:

• Twitter launches group DMs, plus video capture and sharing
• Google Wireless Service Will Challenge Status Quo
• Music artists who refuse YouTube’s aggressive Music Key terms lose all YouTube monetization options
  • What should I do about Youtube? by Zoë Keating
• Sony is killing its awful music service and bringing Spotify to PlayStation

Music Break: Optimist by Zoë Keating

Final Word:

• Using 3D Printing, MakerBot and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Create Cartilage to Repair Tracheal Damage

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Tesla P85D Insane Mode Launch Reactions

• Watch the first ever video of a laser beam moving through thin air

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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.