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

In Memoriam

Audible Book of the Week

• The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: Finding the Pattern from Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture by Jessica Curry

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.