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The Drill Down 282: PRISM of Secrets

This week, Greg Davies from the BlendoveR podcast and frequent Geeks of Doom contributor (including the Tardisblend podcast) joins us to discuss how the National Security Agency is eavesdropping on our phone calls, e-mails, texts, and all online activity in the name of national security. Are we overreacting, or not acting enough? Also, the NSA may have our data, but they can never patent our DNA. Microsoft does a 180 on their followup to the 360, and Google creates a network of floating balloons…
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Tags: Apple, Digg, DNA, DRM, Edward Snowden, Facebook, Feedly, Geeks of Doom, Google, Google Reader, Greg Davies, Microsoft, National Security Agency, NSA, Ouya, Patent Law, patents, PRISM, Privacy, Project Loon, Spying, Surveillance, TARDISblend, Xbox One, Yahoo
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The Drill Down 270: Gone, But Not Dead

This week, Dropbox acquires superstar app Mailbox, Google shuts down Reader (and the internet goes berserk), Netflix goes social, Samsung launches the S4 and Apple goes on the defensive, and Veronica Mars is back…thanks to Kickstarter.
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Tags: Apple, Chuck, Digg, Dropbox, Evernote, Firefly, Galaxy, Galaxy S4, Google, Google Keep, Google Reader, iPhone, Joss Whedon, Kickstarter, Kristen Bell, Mailbox, Netflix, Pushing Daisies, Redbox, Rob Thomas, RSS, Samsung, Terriers, Verizon, Veronica Mars
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The Drill Down 243: Beware The Net

This week, we have a ton of Apple news, including revealing evidence uncovered in the ongoing Apple/Samsung trial, and how one tech reporter’s online identity was demolished as a result of a social engineering hack on Apple & Amazon tech support.
Plus, Starbucks invests $25 million — and their entire paypoint infrastructure — in Square payments.
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Tags: Amazon, Apple, Birdbox, Digg, Ebay, Google, Google search, hack, Hacking, Half-Life 2, HL2, iOS, iPad, iPhone, OSX, Ouya, Samsung, Siri, Square, Starbucks, Steam, Valve, Windows, Windows 8, YouTube
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The Drill Down 242: Occupy ISP

On this week’s show, we’ll talk about Google‘s ambitious plan to put Gigabit Fiber in every home, beginning with Kansas City. And a look at the 2012 London Olympics, an Olympics so far fraught with technical challenges and social media disputes.
But first, the headlines…Rumored launch dates for the next Apple iPhone and iPad Mini, Verizon can’t charge extra for tethering, Microsoft launches Outlook.com, and Digg relaunches!
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Tags: 2012 London Olympics, Amazon, Amazon Prime, Apple, Betaworks, Digg, Google, Google Fiber, Google Fiber TV, Hulu, Hulu Plus, iPad, iPhone, Kansas City, Microsoft, NBC, Outlook.com, Raspberry Pi, tethering, The Independent, Twitter, Verizon
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The Drill Down 241: Covering A Tragedy

This week, Dwayne DeFreitas and Andrew Sorcini examine social media’s reaction to the tragedy in Aurora, plans to relaunch Digg, why a Google or Facebook buyout of your favorite startup means it’s probably toast, Nexus 7‘s overwhelming demand, Marissa Mayer‘s big question, Apple‘s Mountain Lion launch, Apple vs. Samsung (again), and why you’re going to need all new dock connectors for your Apple devices.
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Tags: Apple, Aurora, Colorado, Digg, Facebook, Google, Marissa Mayer, Mountain Lion, Nexus 7, OSX, reddit, Samsung, Sparrow, The Dark Knight Rises, Yahoo
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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.
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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 232: Double Irish With a Dutch Sandwich

This week, The Drill Down team (and Techmeme‘s Lidija Davis) discusses Barnes & Noble‘s new partnership with Microsoft to compete with Amazon‘s Kindle & Apple‘s iPad, and later we discuss a development which could spell the end for Digg.com, one of the most venerated social news sites on the internet.
But first the headlines…CISPA passes the House (and how that will affect you), Apple sidesteps billions in taxes, The Pirate Bay must be blocked in the UK, Blackberry launches version 10 OS, Facebook adds organ donor status to profiles.
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Tags: Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Blackberry, CISPA, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, Digg, Digg.com, Facebook, iPad, Kindle, Microsoft, Pirate Bay, Research In Motion, RIM, The Drill Down
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