Archive for October 2010

The Drill Down 159 – Grave Diggers

This week, the Drill Down Crew welcome Bracken MacLeod, moderator of Reddit’s Zombies subreddit, as we discuss– what else, zombies, including Sears’ ghoulish zombie-themed site. Later we welcome Digg user Lt. Gen. Panda, as he discusses research into Digg’s API that uncovered an army of Digg-created accounts used to test (and allegedly inflate story counts). [...]

The Round Up 087 – Paul Kelly and I Love You Phillip Morris

Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend join forces for The Round Up – a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, with a preview of what’s coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down. For the 87th edition of The Round [...]

The Drill Down 158 – Lion Share for Apple

This week Mu, Tom and Andy discuss Apple’s new iLife, OSX Lion, and MacBook Air offerings, Steve Jobs’ uncharacteristic 4Q phone call to investors, additional privacy concerns at Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg on ‘The Social Network’, Ray Ozzie leaves Microsoft’s Chief Architect post, Wikileaks’ funding is frozen, and Starbucks opens an in-store community portal.

The Drill Down 157 – Driverless

This week, Tom and Andy discuss Digg’s BP ad and its new CEO, the debut of Windows Phone 7, the effectiveness of twitter on social activism. Driverless Google cars, cracking glass on the iPhone 4, the popularity of smartphone apps, and Facebook loves Bing.

The Round Up 086 – John Lennon and Burke & Hare

Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend join forces for The Round Up – a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, with a preview of what’s coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down. For episode 86 of The Round Up [...]