This week, Grooveshark & Secret shut down, the Oculus Rift has a ship date, Tesla revolutionizes home energy, and a hostage situation defused by a pizza … and much much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy, Dwayne, Tosin: Ready Player One

Headlines

• Grooveshark Music Service Settles with Labels After Court Loss
• Social Networking App Secret Is Closing Down
• Fitbit files for $100 million IPO, shows big profits
• Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will ship in early 2016

Audible Book of the Week

• Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: The Power by SNAP!

Hot Topic: Tesla Energy

• Tesla launches Tesla Energy, new line of PowerWall and PowerPack batteries for homes and businesses
  • Elon Musk Debuts the Tesla Powerwall

Music Break: Electric Feel by MGMT

Final Word

• Hostage saves herself via Pizza Hut app: “Please help. Get 911 to me.”

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• The Creator of “Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat His Cereal” Died, and Ryan Gosling Ate Cereal in Tribute

• Black Widow (2016) Trailer

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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.