This week, we put current news aside in order to review the annus horribilis that was 2016, and this year, we’re doing something a little different. Instead of merely having a stack-ranked list of top news of the year, we’re gonna make tech news compete for awards, affectionately called The Drill Bits. So put on your tuxes, get in the limo, and roll out the red carpet, “˜cause the show’s about to begin!
Podcast
What We’re Playing With
Dwayne: AmazFit Phase
Andy: Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
The Drill Bits Awards
| Category | Nominee 01 | Nominee 02 | Nominee 03 | Winner |
| Wearables | Pebble | Fitbit | Apple | FITBIT |
| Smart Home | Nest: Thermostat 3 | Samsung: SmartThings | Amazon: Echo ecosystem | Amazon |
| Gaming Platform | PS4 | Xbox One | Steam | Xbox One |
| Sharing Economy | GM | Uber | Lyft | Uber |
| Streaming Video Service | Netflix | Amazon | SlingTV | Netflix |
| Streaming Audio Service | Spotify | Apple Music | Google Play Music | Spotify |
In Memoriam
Audible Book of the Week
Music Break: Finding the Pattern from Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture by Jessica Curry
| Category | Nominee 01 | Nominee 02 | Nominee 03 | Winner |
| Worst Cybersecurity(Biggest Hack) | Yahoo | Dropbox | IRS | Yahoo |
| Most Significant Hacks | Panama Papers | DNC & Election | NSA Linked Group gets hacked | DNC |
| Most Impactful Video Game of the year | Doom (ID Software) | Pokemon GO (Nintendo and Ninantic) | Overwatch(Blizzard) | Pokemon GO |
| AR & VR | Oculus | HTC Vive | Samsung Gear VR Gear | HTC |
| Best New Computer | Apple Macbook Pro 13″ | Apple Macbook Pro 13″/15″ w/ Touchbar | MS Surface Studio | MS Surface Studio |
| Best New Innovation | Reusable Rockets | Autonomous Trucks | 3D Printed Vertebrae | 3D Printed Stuff |
| Best Use of Social Media | Facebook Live | Slack | Snapchat | Slack |
| Worst Fail | Samsung | Pebble | Apple | Samsung |
| Most Weird/ Creepy | MS Teen Girl AI turned Hitler | Japanese Holographic Wife | AI beating human GO. | MS Teen Girl AI turned Hitler. |
Music Break: An Early Harvest from Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture by Jessica Curry
Predictions for 2017
- DWAYNE: Twitter Goes into Acquisition Talks
- TOSIN: Silicon Valley Vs Traditional Business – BIGLY
- ANDY: Model 3 Will Not Ship in 2017
- TOSIN: Nintendo Switch will bring the game company back from the brink
- ANDY: Net Neutrality Naysayers Strike Back
- DWAYNE: Bitcoin will be something to watch
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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 product manager Tosin Onafowokan.
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