| The Drill Down 319: Executive Order 12333
This week, Greg Davies from the Blendover podcast joins Dwayne and Andrew as we discuss Turkey trying to terminate Twitter, Netflix cries “not fair,” the IRS weighs in on Bitcoin, President Obama backpedals on NSA collection, Apple, Google, and dozens more collude in wage-fixing, and will Facebook‘s purchase of Oculus create a rift amongst gamers? All this and more…
...continue reading » Tags: Apple, AT&T, BitCoin, BlendoveR, Comcast, data collection, Facebook, Google, Greg Davies, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Magnus Persson, Minecraft, National Security Agency, Net Neutrality, Netflix, Notch, NSA, Oculus, Oculus Rift, Palmer Luckey, peering, President Obama, Turkey. Twitter, wage fixing | |
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| The Drill Down 308: Lessons Learned and The Road Ahead
We ring in the New Year with our first new show of 2014! This week we discuss a new Pebble watch, cloud gaming on Sony PlayStation, T-Mobile wants to pay you to switch, Facebook is dead to teens, are digital music downloads already obsolete?…the legacy of the Snowden NSA leaks, and a cube that balances on its edge.
...continue reading » Tags: Apple, AT&T, Comixology, Cubli, Edison, Edward Snowden, Facebook, Gaikai, iMagnet, Intel, iOS, Itunes, iTunes App store, iTunes Radio, Monaco. iPad Mini, MP3, National Security Agency, NSA, Pebble, Pebble Steel, Playstation, PlayStation Now, Privacy, Sony, Spotify, Sprint, t mobile, Target, Verizon | |
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| The Drill Down 292: Future Watch
This week, Edward Snowden strikes again, this time with the U.S. spy “Black Budget,” a new Kindle, Samsung‘s watch, Microsoft buys Nokia, Tosin’s Pax Prime experience, and more…
...continue reading » Tags: AT&T, DEA, Edward Snowden, FISA, Galaxy Gear, Google, Kindle, Microsoft, National Security Agency, Nokia, NSA, PAX, PAX Prime, Penny Arcade, Samsung, Smart Watch, Spotify, Windows Phone | |
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| The Drill Down 240: Digg’s Downfall, Yahoo’s Hope
On this week’s show, we explore how Digg went from becoming king of social news to cashing out for half a million. Then we discuss the transition of one of Google‘s top executives, Marissa Meyer, to becoming the new CEO of Yahoo, and whether it’s enough to save the flailing company. But first, we return from San Diego Comic-Con, check out a couple of new videogames, invest in a new mobile data plan, and kickstart a game console. Then we discuss the hacking of Apple‘s in-app process, a massive password breach at Yahoo, Microsoft previews Office 2013, AT&T may charge for FaceTime, and Microsoft’s “stack ranking” management system.
...continue reading » Tags: Apple, AT&T, Comic Con, comic con international, ComicCon, Dear Esther, Digg, FaceTime, Google, Kevin Rose, Marissa Meyer, Microsoft, Office, Office 15, Office 2013, Ouya, San Diego Comic Con International, SDCC, Steam, Steve Ballmer, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Valve, Yahoo | |
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| The Drill Down 233: Lies and Rumors
This week, we look into a scandal involving Scott Thompson, Yahoo‘s CEO, wherein he allegedly lied on his resume about having a CS degree. Later, we’ll poke into a couple of exciting rumors of Apple lowering the price of their Macbook Air to $799, plus their upcoming HDTV offering. But first, the headlines…Facebook sets its IPO price, Discovery buys Revision3, Draw Something loses 5M users/Mo. after Zynga purchase, AT&T CEO regrets offering unlimited data, Google loses copyright infringement case to Oracle over Java, Google’s Hangouts on Air rolls out to everyone, & Google’s Autonomous cars get an official nod from Nevada.
...continue reading » Tags: Apple, Apple TV, AT&T, Discovery, Discovery Channel, Draw Something, Facebook, Google, Google Hangout, iPhone, Macbook Air, revision3, Scott Thompson, Yahoo, Zynga | |
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