This week, we examine all the different flavors of Microsoft‘s upcoming Windows 8, and Twitter‘s pledge not to join the Patent Wars.
Also, these headlines: Google announces a stock split, Google Drive launches next week, Yahoo CEO’s plan to drop fifty properties to turn the company around, Valve announces research into wearable computing, IKEA will sell a HDTV modular furniture system, text messages soothe the soul, and Tupac lives again via “hologram”
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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), VentureBeat editor Devindra Hardawar, marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Techmeme editor Lidija Davis.
The 7th episode is here, and Greg reviews the trailer for Looper, starring Bruce Willis, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. For our music selection this week, Andy marks the milestone of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, featuring music used in the James Cameron film by Gaelic Storm, with their “Titanic Set“.
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This week, we discuss Facebook’s $1 BN purchase of Instagram, & whether or not that portends another tech bubble. But first, this week’s tech headlines…
Commodore founder Jack Tramiel dies, Apple patches a trojan affecting 600K Macs, US DOJ sues Apple & e-book publishers for price fixing, the FCC‘s plan to track your lost cellphone, Microsoft pays $1 BN for AOL patents, Nokia launches the Lumia 900, Netflix forms a PAC, and Google Plus gets a makeover.
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This week, we take a look at April Fools’ Day on the web, Apple’s rumored upcoming TV set vs. existing console-based options, and bad news for Yahoo, as Facebook strikes back, plus these hot tech headlines:
Instagram comes to Android, details on Sony‘s next-generation Playstation, Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs, Apple addresses worker violations at Foxconn, an iPhone stalker app raises privacy concerns on Facebook, Amazon wins sales tax fight in Colorado, Google to sell tablets online, Google tests augmented reality goggles & OMGPop‘s CEO gets catty.
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This week, The Drill Down team (& Lidija Davis) talk about the issues and reactions that have emerged in the two weeks since the launch of Apple’s new iPad. Also, we look at employers asking prospective new hires for their Facebook (and other social) passwords, and Facebook’s reaction to that.
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