How micro-targeted ads on Facebook helped get Donald Trump elected. Intel's place in a world of single-purpose devices. Google's lip reading Deep Mind. Pixel phone re-sellers unbanned from Google. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in VR on YouTube.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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Does Facebook have a responsibility to weed out fake news stories? Google releases PhotoScan to digitize your old pictures. Google Translate gets some machine learning improvements. Twitter kicks out alt-right users. BLU phones sending user info to China. Snapchat Spectacles will be available in Tulsa next - and Snapchat files a secret IPO.

• Stacey's Thing: June oven
• Jeff's Number: Facebook's new measurement strategies
• Leo's Thing: 2016 MacBook Pro

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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A day after US elections, we discuss the role social media played in Trump's victory, and in the widespread perception that he would lose. Also, Twitter's COO steps down, Google cancels Project Wing and Google Showtimes, NFL will create a 9 episode VR series for YouTube and Daydream, and Adobe shows "Photoshop for Audio."

• Leo's Tool: Action Launcher 3
• Jeff's Number: WPP will spend $5 billion on Google ads
• Mike's advice: use Gmail AND Inbox

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guest: Mike Elgan

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Google Artificial Intelligence invents a crypto system that nobody understands, Android incorporates Harry Potter spells for voice commands, Facebook and Alphabet Q3 results, Could Twitter have saved Vine? IFTTT switches to pre-made "applets."

• Stacey is super excited about the new Harry Potter voice commands, Leo is disappointed that "Avada Kedavra" fails to kill anyone.
• IFTTT will no longer let you write your own recipes - Leo says everyone switch to Zapier, quick!
• Spatchcocking is the best way to roast a chicken

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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Google Fiber cancels its expansion plans, lays off workers, and loses its head. AT&T merger - will zero listing its new DirecTV Now service help AT&T compete with Comcast? Google announces Jamboard, a connected digital whiteboard. Leo gives his Pixel impressions after a week of ownership.

• Mathew Ingram thinks Google Fiber may have already accomplished its true mission - forcing other ISPs to develop gigabit fiber.
• Jeff wants a Jamboard NOW.
• Leo loves his Pixel XL, but...

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guests: Mathew Ingram and Aaron Newcomb

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Google Pixels are shipping - will people who ordered them through Verizon get them sooner? Google makes a deal to put CBS on its upcoming Unplugged TV service, with more deals on the way. Disney and Salesforce bowed out of Twitter sale due to troll problems, but Twitter soldiers on with an election night deal with BuzzFeed. Samsung makes YouTube take down a video of a Note 7 exploding - in Grand Theft Auto V.

• Is Peter Thiel's $1.25 millon donation to Trump a problem? Mark Zuckerberg doesn't think so, but Stacey disagrees. Kevin Marks thinks this is just the tip of the iceberg for Thiel's problems.
• Kevin Marks shows off the Soviet Internet that almost was.
• Google's new fact check feature is cool, but is it too late for this election?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Kevin Marks

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Samsung stops production of the Galaxy Note 7 after packing it with "so much innovation it became uncontrollable." Verizon wants a discount on its Yahoo purchase after the largest hack in history and possibly the most intrusive government surveillance program. Amazon Music Unlimited, released today, is ridiculously cheap - if you own an Amazon Echo. Who should buy Twitter? Disney, Google, and Apple won't.

• Jeff thinks Facebook should buy Twitter, Leo thinks the only person who could buy Twitter is a "Wall Street bastard."
• Leo, Danny, and Jeff have a wide ranging argument about the journalistic ethics behind printing leaks from illegally hacked data
• Danny Sullivan "can't even" with Allo.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guests: Kevin Marks and Danny Sullivan

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Full analysis of yesterday's #madebygoogle event with special guest Duncan Jaffrey from AusDroid, who was at the event.

• Google's focus on AI
• Is the Pixel Phone too pricy?
• What are Google Home's advantages over the Amazon Echo?
• Mourning the death of Nexus

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Jason Howell

Guest: Duncan Jaffrey

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This week, Jason Howell takes over for Leo as we discuss the rumors surrounding next week's Google event, Snapchat's new Spectacle camera sunglasses, and who could buy Twitter. Also: the end of Blackberry's hardware business, most Galaxy Note 7 users have returned their phones, and Elon musk has plans to send a million people to Mars.

• October 4th, Google will hold an event. Rumors suggest they will announce two "Pixel" branded phones, the new "Andromeda" OS, the Amazon Echo competitor Google Home, and more.
• Snapchat announced Spectacles, their new camera sunglasses, which shoot 10-second round videos.
• Google, Verizon, Salesforce, and even Disney have been rumored to be interested in buying Twitter.
• Blackberry announced today that they will no longer make hardware.
• Samsung says that over 60% of potentially unsafe Galaxy Note 7 phones have been returned.
• Elon Musk spoke at length yesterday about his desire to colonize Mars within his lifetime.

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell

Guests: Ron Richards and Kevin Marks

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Allo released today, Google officially announces their October 4th event, and Samsung has 500,000 replacement Note 7s ready. We also talk Facebook, YouTube, and the US Presidential election.

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Jason Howell

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