This week, Amazon may rise from the ashes of old Radio Shack brick & mortars, Apple‘s plans to resurrect Beats, FCC wants to give citizens faster broadband & net neutrality, Is Google getting into ride-sharing, Uber gets into driverless cars, how women are rising above Silicon Valley “bro-culture”, and The Pirate Bay rises again. All this and much much more on The Drill Down.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Raspberry Pi 2 on sale; Super Bowl Ads
Dwayne: Luna mattress cover
Tosin: Super Slam Dunk Touchdown (by Tipping Goat), Speed Runners, Boss Monster

Headlines

• Microsoft Office finally comes to Android tablets
• Amazon in Talks to Buy Some of RadioShack’s Stores
  • Dear RadioShack, This Is Why We Adored You.
• Apple’s plans for Beats-based music service revealed

Audible Book of the Week

• The Internet Is Not the Answer by Andrew Keen
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Music Break: Deeper Understanding by Kate Bush

Hot Topics

• FCC Redefines Broadband in Net Neutrality Prelude
  • FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality
• Google Is Developing Its Own Uber Competitor
  • Sources: Report of Google’s plan for Uber rival overblown; app is only internal tool for carpooling
  • Uber Opening Robotics Research Facility In Pittsburgh To Build Self-Driving Cars
• What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women
  • What (Some) Silicon Valley Women Think Of Newsweek

Music Break: Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) by Kelly Clarkson

Final Word

• The Pirate Bay Is Back Online!

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• “˜Star Wars’ Fan Builds Millennium Falcon Drone

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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.