This week, Amazon surprises us all with new products for the holidays, The President’s inciting tweets may be twice as annoying in the future, Uber is told to steer clear of London, Google & HTC team up , and much more.
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Nasty Password-Pilfering Hack Ruins Apple macOS High Sierra Launch Twitter pledges to update public policies after Trump threatens North Korea Twitter trials expanding tweets from 140 characters to 280 Uber Loses London Operating Licence After Shock Ruling By TfLAudible Book of the Week
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Final Word
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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.
