On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, we put current news aside in order to review the year 2017, and this year, as we did last year, 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
2016 Predictions for 2017
- DWAYNE: Twitter Goes into Acquisition Talks (Incorrect)
- TOSIN: Silicon Valley Vs Traditional Business (Incorrect)
- ANDY: Model 3 Will Not Ship in 2017 (Somewhat Correct)
- TOSIN: Nintendo Switch will bring the game company back from the brink (Correct)
- ANDY: Net Neutrality Naysayers Strike Back (Correct)
- DWAYNE: Bitcoin will be something to watch (Correct)
- Andy w/ 1.5 points
- Tosin w/ 1
- Dwayne w/ 1
The Drill Bit AwardsÂ
| Category | Nominee 01 | Nominee 02 | Nominee 03 | Winner |
| Wearables | Fitbit | Apple | Android Wear | Apple |
| Smart Home | Alphabet | Amazon | Hue | Hue |
| Best Voice Assistant | Amazon Echo Plus | Amazon Echo (NEW) | Google Home MIni | Google Home MIni |
| Sharing Economy | Lyft | AirBnB | Uber | Lyft |
| Streaming Video Service | Amazon | Netflix | Hulu | Hulu |
| Streaming Audio Service | Spotify | Google | Apple | Spotify |
Audible Book of the Week
Music Break: Take A Bow by Madonna
The Drill Bit Awards| Category | Nominee 01 | Nominee 02 | Nominee 03 | Winner |
| Worst Cybersecurity (Biggest Hack) | Uber | Equifax | Yahoo | Equifax |
| Most Significant Hacks | Paradise Papers | The Social Dialogue of the United States by Russia | WannaCry | WannaCry |
| Gaming Platform | Xbox One X | Sony Playstation 4 Pro | Nintendo Switch | Nintendo Switch |
| Most Impactful Video Game of the year | Cuphead | Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Super Mario Odyssey | Super Mario Odyssey |
| AR & VR | Oculus | HTC Vive | Playstation VR | Playstation VR |
| Best New Computer | Apple iMac Pro | Apple Macbook Pro 13″/15″ w/ Touchbar | MS Surface Book 2 | Apple iMac Pro |
| Best New Tech Innovation (in the Market) | Tesla Electric Semi trucks | FDA-approved CRISPR Blindness treatment | Thyssenkrupp Multi rope-free elevator | FDA-approved CRISPR Blindness treatment |
| Best New Science Innovation (in the Lab) | Transparent Solar windows | Gene therapy ending deafness | ‘Atomic Fingerprinting’ | Gene therapy ending deafness |
| Best Use of Social Media | #RESIST /Â Rogue accounts | #MeToo | Facebook/”fake news”/Russia manipulation | #MeToo |
| Worst Fail | Uber Woes | Apple’s Batteries | Yahoo! Data breach | Uber Woes |
| Most Weird/ Creepy | Boston Dynamics’s Robots: Atlas & Spot MIni | Google admits it tracked user location data | Wanna Cry Ransomware Hacks | Wanna Cry Ransomware Hacks |
Music Break: I.G.Y. by Donald Fagen
Predictions for 2018
- DWAYNE: Twitter Goes into Acquisition Talks
- TOSIN: AR is going to blow up
- ANDY: Net Neutrality defenders strike back
- TOSIN: Disney will announce an Original, unEdited Star Wars trilogy
- ANDY: Model 3 *will* finish shipping in 2018 (all pre-ordered reservationists only)
- DWAYNE: Clean, green tech will go mainstream in building codes.
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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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