This week, we celebrate all that is Star Wars, TIDAL is a wash-out, Netflix is bigger than CBS, Google becomes a mobile carrier, and is Nokia coming back from the dead? …and much much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Tosin: Star Wars Celebration 2015

Headlines

• The numbers don’t lie: Jay-Z’s Tidal music service is already a spectacular flop
• Netflix is now bigger than CBS
• Should The Government Get Out Of The Air Traffic Control Business and let private tech take over?
• Elon Musk Had a Deal to Sell Tesla to Google in 2013

Audible Book of the Week

• The Secret History of Star Wars by Michael Kaminski
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Music Break: Asteroid Field from “The Empire Strikes Back” by John Williams

Hot Topics

• Google is making a giant change this week that could crush millions of small businesses
• Google unveils ultra low-cost Project Fi wireless service with pay-as-you-go data rate
• Google’s support for the YouTube app is changing
• Nokia Plots 2016 Return to Phone Market

Music Break: Lando’s Palace from “The Empire Strikes Back” by John Williams

Final Word: BB-8

• Boulder’s Sphero powers new BB-8 droid in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

The Drill Down Video of the Week

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Teaser Trailer #2

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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.