On this week's show, we talk about Amazon Echo in Canada; Essential's price drop (probably due to its poor sales); major screen complaints about the Google Pixel 2 XL, and why that makes Riley sad; Amazon's HQ2 RFP; and the potential for Susan Fowler's explosive blog post as a movie.

Speed round

Links:

• Amazon files Echo Look and meal kit-related trademark in Canada | Mobilesyrup
• The Essential Phone now costs $499, $200 less than the original price | The Verge
• Analyst: Essential Phone has only sold around 5,000 units through Sprint | Mobilesyrup
• The Pixel 2 XL would be the best phone if its screen wasn’t so awful | The Verge
• Pixel 2 XL screen burn-in is real, Google 'actively investigating' the problem | Android Central
• Amazon’s HQ2 Proposal Attracted 238 Separate Bids | Techvibes
• Alexa visits Winnipeg | YouTube
• Uber’s sexual harassment problem will be the subject of a movie | The Verge
• Google parent-company Alphabet invests $1 billion in Lyft | Mobilesyrup
• Google to reward researchers for exposing Play Store app vulnerabilities | Mobilesyrup
• Xplornet acquires Manitoban fixed-wireless broadband provider NetSet | Mobilesyrup
• The fad is over: Snap as 'hundreds of thousands' of unsold Spectacles | Mobilesyrup
• This map shows how few self-driving cars are actually on the road today | The Verge