October 21, 2020

This Week in Google 582: Hipster Antitrust

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2 hours 30 minutes

Section 230 Under Attack, DOJ vs Google, Zoomtopia

Section 230 is still under attack. Jeffrey Toobin is a perfect example of why we need it.

Is there any way we could improve Section 230?

Five Eyes and Japan want to end encryption. What other ideas do we need to fight against?

Oh, Quibi, we hardly knew ye!

Netflix is the new Hollywood

Prime Day was bad, but Stacey still bought an Alexa-enabled faucet.

23 and Me was on sale on Prime Day. Anyone find anything interesting about their family tree?

San Francisco passes the Caren Act against Racist 911 calls

Department of Justice vs Google is clearly a Repubican charade. It is weak. It will fail.

In a perfect world, how would we break up Google?

The Google Changelog: hum to Google Assistant | Google kills Trusted Contact and Nest Secure | Google Discover Heart | Chrome OS screen recorder | Parallels adds Windows apps on Chromebooks | Alphabet crop-watching robot | Google Chat goes free | Google Assistant might get G Suite | Portrait Light coming to all Pixel Phones | Google tells you where to vote | Free Stadia games

AOC on Twitch Playing Among Us

Biden Island in Animal Crossing

Zoomtopia brings end to end encryption and more

There are many wonderful alternatives to Zoom

How Zoom will define the new office

Jeff Jarvis' Sanitized Office

All the upcoming conferences will be virtual

Zoom towns growing across the country and the world - where would you move?

Picks of the Week

Leo's Tool: Hank Laporte's Drone Instagram

Leo's Tool 2: TSA checkpoint travel numbers for 2020 and 2019

Stacey's Thing: Amazon Dot: We don't love the sound or the buttons

Stacey's Thing 2: June Oven V3

Jeff's Number: 1.3b parcels shipped last year

Mike's Stuff: Mover Erase - Mini Whiteboard on the Palm

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Mike Masnick

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October 21, 2020

This Week in Google 582: Hipster Antitrust

Listen Later

2 hours 30 minutes

Section 230 Under Attack, DOJ vs Google, Zoomtopia

Section 230 is still under attack. Jeffrey Toobin is a perfect example of why we need it.

Is there any way we could improve Section 230?

Five Eyes and Japan want to end encryption. What other ideas do we need to fight against?

Oh, Quibi, we hardly knew ye!

Netflix is the new Hollywood

Prime Day was bad, but Stacey still bought an Alexa-enabled faucet.

23 and Me was on sale on Prime Day. Anyone find anything interesting about their family tree?

San Francisco passes the Caren Act against Racist 911 calls

Department of Justice vs Google is clearly a Repubican charade. It is weak. It will fail.

In a perfect world, how would we break up Google?

The Google Changelog: hum to Google Assistant | Google kills Trusted Contact and Nest Secure | Google Discover Heart | Chrome OS screen recorder | Parallels adds Windows apps on Chromebooks | Alphabet crop-watching robot | Google Chat goes free | Google Assistant might get G Suite | Portrait Light coming to all Pixel Phones | Google tells you where to vote | Free Stadia games

AOC on Twitch Playing Among Us

Biden Island in Animal Crossing

Zoomtopia brings end to end encryption and more

There are many wonderful alternatives to Zoom

How Zoom will define the new office

Jeff Jarvis' Sanitized Office

All the upcoming conferences will be virtual

Zoom towns growing across the country and the world - where would you move?

Picks of the Week

Leo's Tool: Hank Laporte's Drone Instagram

Leo's Tool 2: TSA checkpoint travel numbers for 2020 and 2019

Stacey's Thing: Amazon Dot: We don't love the sound or the buttons

Stacey's Thing 2: June Oven V3

Jeff's Number: 1.3b parcels shipped last year

Mike's Stuff: Mover Erase - Mini Whiteboard on the Palm

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Mike Masnick

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.

Sponsors:

NetSuite.com/twig

try.eset.com/twit

...more