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420: Many Bothans Died
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This week, Google’s prank backfires, the FBI flexes their new muscle, Is Nest in trouble?, the largest data leak in history, a new Star Wars movie trailer, and Tesla 3 is coming!...in a couple of years ...All this and more this week on The Drill Down.
What We're Playing With
Dwayne: Amazon Echo Dot
Tosin: Letterboxd
Headlines
- April Fools on the web: Google reverses Gmail April 1 prank after users mistakenly put GIFs into important emails
- Apple/FBI headlines
- Nest is underperforming, and its future at Google is at risk
Audible Book of the Week
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
- Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown
Music Break: Plug In Baby by Muse
Hot Topics
- Tesla Model 3 announced: Here's what you need to know
- $35,000.00 for the base level trim. And that’s before tax incentives from federal & state govs.
- 215 Miles of range - minimum
- 0-60 mph in less that 6 seconds - minimum
- Seating for 5 comfortably
- Front and rear trunks
- Autopilot hardware standard (needs to be unlocked with paid upgrade)
- Autopilot safety features (standard)
- Supercharging services standard
- Panoramic glass roof as an option
- Tesla Model 3 preorders equaled $7.5 billion worth of sales on day 1
- Tesla has hit 325,000 pre-orders.
- That’s $325,000,000 in revenue in their pocket in the first week.
- That’s at least $11,050,000,000 in expected sales once those that reserved confirm their orders. And that’s after they spend the deposit money.
- Add in the fact that people will add options.
- Add in the fact that Tesla stands to gain % points for those who finance the car.
- Now that’s still tiny compared to Audi, another luxury brand which saw revenue of a little more than $54,613,680,000 in 2012. But Tesla’s expected $11 billion - that’s pre-orders. If the car’s a success, regular orders will add to that.klll
- Tesla has hit 325,000 pre-orders.
- About the Panama Papers
Music Break: Panama by Van Halen
The Drill Down Video of the Week
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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.
415 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on July 11, 2018 01:01 (). Last successful fetch was on May 30, 2020 03:08 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 155892478 series 1170124
This week, Google’s prank backfires, the FBI flexes their new muscle, Is Nest in trouble?, the largest data leak in history, a new Star Wars movie trailer, and Tesla 3 is coming!...in a couple of years ...All this and more this week on The Drill Down.
What We're Playing With
Dwayne: Amazon Echo Dot
Tosin: Letterboxd
Headlines
- April Fools on the web: Google reverses Gmail April 1 prank after users mistakenly put GIFs into important emails
- Apple/FBI headlines
- Nest is underperforming, and its future at Google is at risk
Audible Book of the Week
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
- Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown
Music Break: Plug In Baby by Muse
Hot Topics
- Tesla Model 3 announced: Here's what you need to know
- $35,000.00 for the base level trim. And that’s before tax incentives from federal & state govs.
- 215 Miles of range - minimum
- 0-60 mph in less that 6 seconds - minimum
- Seating for 5 comfortably
- Front and rear trunks
- Autopilot hardware standard (needs to be unlocked with paid upgrade)
- Autopilot safety features (standard)
- Supercharging services standard
- Panoramic glass roof as an option
- Tesla Model 3 preorders equaled $7.5 billion worth of sales on day 1
- Tesla has hit 325,000 pre-orders.
- That’s $325,000,000 in revenue in their pocket in the first week.
- That’s at least $11,050,000,000 in expected sales once those that reserved confirm their orders. And that’s after they spend the deposit money.
- Add in the fact that people will add options.
- Add in the fact that Tesla stands to gain % points for those who finance the car.
- Now that’s still tiny compared to Audi, another luxury brand which saw revenue of a little more than $54,613,680,000 in 2012. But Tesla’s expected $11 billion - that’s pre-orders. If the car’s a success, regular orders will add to that.klll
- Tesla has hit 325,000 pre-orders.
- About the Panama Papers
Music Break: Panama by Van Halen
The Drill Down Video of the Week
Subscribe!
The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!)
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.
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