And now, the VentureBeat staff will do a blind taste test of Pepsi’s newest soft drink

This week, we cover a smattering of tech news in our weekly video round-up — but first, we conduct a blind taste test of Pepsi’s newest soda pop-style beverage.

Irrelevant? Perhaps. But we were so excited that Pepsi picked us to taste the new hotness that we’re overlooking the irrelevance in order to secure ourselves some bragging rights and a six-pack of semi-diet cola.

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Here are the news stories we covered this week:

• Verizon is asking Congress if it can buy more spectrum from Comcast. What does it all mean?!
• Some recruiters are asking job applicants for their Facebook login info. We do not approve — and neither does Facebook, apparently.
• Gamers have been disappointed to the max about Mass Effect 3’s endings.
• And finally, app shop OMGPOP was acquired by Zynga, the social gaming megalith that will buy any studio with one successful game or fewer.

That’s all for this week, folks. Have a great weekend!