August 11, 2021

This Week in Google 624: The Ladies' Menu

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2 hours 37 minutes

Apple's Mistake – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.

The End Of Ownership: How Big Companies Are Trying To Turn Everyone Into Renters.

Canada's got the world's worst internet ideas.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 announced with S Pen support and water resistance.

Samsung breaks the triple-digit barrier w/ Galaxy Z Flip 3 priced at $999.

The Galaxy Watch 4 injects Samsung's capable hardware with Google software.

Giving kids and teens a safer experience online.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Suspended by Twitter After 'Fourth Strike'.

YouTube's algorithm is not radicalizing people according to a study by leading scholars.

Salt_Hank on TikTok.

End of the line for Uber.

Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Four: Uber Loses Another $6.8 Billion.

Google Pixel 5A Launching Later This Month at $450.

Google Launches Program To Hire More People With Autism.

Google reportedly planning a new Silicon Valley campus with a hardware center.

Google Fiber ending TV services in Austin, Atlanta; concentrating on internet service.

YouTube, Google Launch New Protections for Kids Under 18.

Google prominently adding Air Quality (AQI) info to Nest Hub, Hub Max in the US.

Google rolling out Android 12 Beta 4 for Pixel phones with 'Platform Stability'

Google is adding an interactive periodic table to search.

Google Home 2.42 adds Nest Cam/Doorbell support, preps setting per-Device DNS and ADT.

YouTube for Android now lets you skip video chapters with a two-finger double-tap.

TCL announces new 6-series and 5-series TVs with Google TV instead of Roku.

Tweetshelf, alternative to Nuzzel.

Twitter AI bias contest shows beauty filters hoodwink the algorithm.

Picks:

Stacey - Filtrete Smart Air Purifiers

Jeff - Pompeii's fast food joint unearthed in 2019 opens to public

Ant - Adobe's Rising Stars of Photography

Ant - My Amazon Driver is Better Than Yours

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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August 11, 2021

This Week in Google 624: The Ladies' Menu

Listen Later

2 hours 37 minutes

Apple's Mistake – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.

The End Of Ownership: How Big Companies Are Trying To Turn Everyone Into Renters.

Canada's got the world's worst internet ideas.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 announced with S Pen support and water resistance.

Samsung breaks the triple-digit barrier w/ Galaxy Z Flip 3 priced at $999.

The Galaxy Watch 4 injects Samsung's capable hardware with Google software.

Giving kids and teens a safer experience online.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Suspended by Twitter After 'Fourth Strike'.

YouTube's algorithm is not radicalizing people according to a study by leading scholars.

Salt_Hank on TikTok.

End of the line for Uber.

Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Four: Uber Loses Another $6.8 Billion.

Google Pixel 5A Launching Later This Month at $450.

Google Launches Program To Hire More People With Autism.

Google reportedly planning a new Silicon Valley campus with a hardware center.

Google Fiber ending TV services in Austin, Atlanta; concentrating on internet service.

YouTube, Google Launch New Protections for Kids Under 18.

Google prominently adding Air Quality (AQI) info to Nest Hub, Hub Max in the US.

Google rolling out Android 12 Beta 4 for Pixel phones with 'Platform Stability'

Google is adding an interactive periodic table to search.

Google Home 2.42 adds Nest Cam/Doorbell support, preps setting per-Device DNS and ADT.

YouTube for Android now lets you skip video chapters with a two-finger double-tap.

TCL announces new 6-series and 5-series TVs with Google TV instead of Roku.

Tweetshelf, alternative to Nuzzel.

Twitter AI bias contest shows beauty filters hoodwink the algorithm.

Picks:

Stacey - Filtrete Smart Air Purifiers

Jeff - Pompeii's fast food joint unearthed in 2019 opens to public

Ant - Adobe's Rising Stars of Photography

Ant - My Amazon Driver is Better Than Yours

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsor:

wealthfront.com/twig

...more