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June 14, 2024468: Point and Click
The Yin to Google’s Yang had a dog and pony show this week. And Apple will adopt RCS later this year, though not all of it.
Links and Show Notes:
WWDC 2024
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1 hr 10 min
June 06, 2024467: No One's Taking Your Phone
It's another week, and we have another Google leak, but this one is much more favorable. Also, great news: Google will not chuck your phone for using after-market parts.
Links and Show Notes:
Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents
Google can keep a phone if you send for repair with non-OEM parts
Apple finally confirms how long it will support iPhones, and it's less than Samsung and Google
A new Google Maps layer shows public restrooms in NYC
New York City Official Public Restrooms Map
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1 hr 3 min
May 30, 2024466: The Algorithm
The fourth wall is broken on Google's search algorithm. And why you might avoid Samsung phones for a while.
Links and Show Notes:
An Anonymous Source Shared Thousands of Leaked Google Search API Documents with Me; Everyone in SEO Should See Them
Secrets from the Algorithm: Google Search’s Internal Engineering Documentation Has Leaked
Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search
The Harsh Truth Behind Samsung's Phone Repair Program
We’re Ending Our Samsung Collaboration
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1 hr 13 min
May 23, 2024465: User Engagement
We've had a week with the Android 15 beta, but don't run it on your main phone yet. Also, why is Chrome OS running on an Android device?
Links and Show Notes:
Google I/O: Android 15's Second Public Beta Is Here, and It's Focused on Keeping Your Secrets
Release notes | Android Developers
Google says Chrome OS on Android was, sadly, just a fun proof of concept
Engage SDK | Android Developers
Inside Google at I/O: Gemini, AI and Android 15
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1 hr 6 min
May 17, 2024464: The Gemini Era
Google I/O is all anyone is talking about this week, including Andy and Flo.
Links and Show Notes:
All Google I/O news and announcements
Google I/O: Hands-on With Project Astra, the AI Assistant of the Future
Google I/O: Here Are the Big Features Coming to Gemini AI for Android
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1 hr 18 min
May 09, 2024463: Hacks
This week, it's all about the Pixel 8a, as that's all anyone's talking about the week before Google I/O. Plus, the fruits of the DoJ's probe into Google Search.
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Links and Show Notes:
Google Pixel 8a Is an Almost Complete Do-Over of the Pixel 8
Google Pixel 8a First Look: A Budget Phone With Everything You Need
The Google Pixel Tablet is now $399 with no dock
How to Spoof Google's Circle to Search with an Apple Shortcut
Google effectively brings Android's Circle to Search to any iPhone with new Lens shortcut
Judge mulls sanctions over Google’s “shocking” destruction of internal chats
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1 hr 4 min
May 03, 2024462: That Sounds Like What Now?
Google's business is doing okay, after all. But wait until you hear how Apple's been poaching former AI talent from the company.
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Links and Show Notes:
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Microsoft’s OpenAI investment was triggered by Google fears, emails reveal
Q1 earnings call: CEO’s remarks
Alphabet Inc. Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Google lays off hundreds of 'Core' employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico
Apple has 'secretive' advanced AI lab in Europe; poached specialists from Google
Read the email to Satya Nadella and Bill Gates that shows Microsoft's CTO was 'very worried' about Google's AI progress in 2019
Google Phone starts rolling out 'Audio Emoji' and they're really weird
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1 hr
April 26, 2024461: Nothing Works Anymore
This episode might bum you out, especially if you're mad at your boss. At least this one is about Google bosses.
Links and Show Notes:
Google search boss warns employees of 'new operating reality,' urges them to move faster
Google can’t quit third-party cookies—delays shut down for a third time
Google releases ‘prompting guide’ with tips for Gemini in Workspace
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1 hr 14 min
April 18, 2024460: You Better Work!
The episode starts with an existential crisis and ends with ruminations on what's ahead in Android 15 and Google Search.
Links and Show Notes:
Google restructures finance team as part of AI shift, CFO tells employees in memo
DeepMind CEO Says Google Will Spend More Than $100 Billion on AI
RuPaul celebrates the 'power of drag' from TED stage
Google Reveals Better Than iPhone Update For Pixel Users
Why the California Journalism Preservation Act is putting support of the news ecosystem at risk
Media groups urge feds to investigate after Google limits California news in search results
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1 hr 13 min
April 12, 2024459: Wizard Needs Data Badly
Mercury is in retrograde. Andy didn't make it to the new Google Store, and Google killed more stuff this week. We recap Google Cloud Next 2024 and what's coming.
Links and Show Notes:
5 Workspace announcements from Google Cloud Next '24
Google Vids is a 'new AI-powered video creation app' for Workspace
Gemini for Google Cloud is here
OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos to train GPT-4
5 ways to use the new Find My Device on Android
What You Need to Know About Android's Find My Device Network
Google rolling out Android 15 Beta 1 for Pixel
AI editing tools are coming to all Google Photos users
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1 hr 10 min

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Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all…