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 Awards 

Audible Book of the Week

• Molly’s Game by Molly Bloom
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Music Break: Take A Bow by Madonna

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.