This week, Netflix & Apple are taking over TV, Facebook changes the rules, Windows will be free — even to pirates, and Nintendo‘s coming to Apple … and much much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Cards Against Originality; The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Community on Yahoo! Screen
Dwayne: Google Feud, Monopoly Deal

Headlines

• Netflix vs. Cable TV: Video on-demand services now in 40% of homes
• Apple Plans Web TV Service in Fall
• Cortana, Microsoft’s digital assistant to head to Android, Apple devices
• Windows 10 Launching This Summer in 190 Countries and 111 Languages
  • Microsoft will offer free Windows 10 upgrades to pirates — worldwide

Audible Book of the Week

• Maestro Mario: How Nintendo Transformed Videogame Music into an Art by Andrew Schartmann
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Music Break: Legend of Zelda theme by Koji Kondo

Hot Topic

• Six things that Facebook’s new community rules won’t allow
• Ellen Pao’s lawyer just served Facebook with a gender discrimination suit
• Thoughts on Gender Equality in Tech, Interrupted

Music Break: Super Mario Brothers theme by Koji Kondo

Final Word

• Nintendo Partners With DeNA To Bring Its Games And IP To Smartphones

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• YouTube now supports 360-degree videos (Use Google Chrome to view)

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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.