Google Episodes
Google news and rumors, daily, with the latest about Pixel, Android, Home, and Chrome OS.
Feb. 6, 2020
Thu. 02/06 - Google Maps Freshens Up For Its Birthday
Google Maps turns 15 and puts on a fresh coat of paint, it turns out you WILL be able to unlock your car via iPhone and really soon, Huawei is suing Verizon, Twitter impresses investors, Casper has a rollercoaster IPO, and do...
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Jan. 2, 2020
Thu. 01/02 - A Grand Unified Theory of the Google Civil War
Dell kicks off CES season with two new laptops, Imagination Technologies is back in Apple’s good graces, the IRS is finally sticking it to tax prep software firms, and a grand unified theory of the Google Civil War. Sponsors:...
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Dec. 18, 2019
Wed. 12/18 - Did Google Almost "Rage Quit" the Cloud?
Everyone comes together to create a smart-home standard, did Google consider walking away from its cloud business, the last holdout comes to streaming, Gary Larson stops holding out on the web and the math behind that gift-wr...
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Dec. 7, 2019
(Bonus) A Google Civil War? With Bloomberg's Mark Bergen
I had already reached out to Bloomberg’s Mark Bergen this week to talk about the Google Civil War, but then, of course, there was other big Google news this week. So, come for the assessment of Google’s culture at the moment ...
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Dec. 4, 2019
Wed. 12/04 - Larry and Sergey Into The Sunset
Larry and Sergey ride their Segway’s off into the sunset, a new entrant in the streaming wars, more news from the re:Invent conference, YouTube says it’s algorithm change is working and the year that was, in the world of Redd...
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Nov. 21, 2019
Thu. 11/21 - Google's Culture Is Dead
Google is changing its rules around political ads, PayPal is acquiring Honey for a ton of money, why have a Dash Button when you can have a Dash Shelf? Route puts all your orders in one place and I’m afraid Google’s original ...
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Nov. 18, 2019
Mon. 11/18 - Google Stadia and the Mustang Mach-E
The Mustang Mach-E wants to out Tesla Tesla, John Legere is stepping down from T-Mobile, .org domain names might be getting a lot more expensive, and the reviews on Google Stadia are decidedly mixed, but at least it works. Sp...
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Nov. 12, 2019
Tue. 11/12 - Google Wants Your Medical Records
Google has hoovered up the health records of millions of folks without telling anyone, Instagram debuts a TikTok competitor, Facebook debuts Facebook Pay, WordPress.com debuts recurring payments and Disney+ literally just deb...
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Nov. 1, 2019
Fri. 11/01 - Google Acquires Fitbit
Google acquires Fitbit, Apple TV+ officially launches, might the US Government be about to bring the hammer down on TikTok, and of course, the Weekend Longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Tiny Capital Leap.FidelityCareers.com Lin...
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Oct. 23, 2019
Wed. 10/23 - Google Says We've Achieved Quantum Supremacy!
Mr. Zuckerberg went back to Washington, Google claims “Quantum Supremacy,” Apple overtakes Starbucks, HireVue is a controversial AI hiring tool and is the influencer bubble on the wane?
Sponsors:leap.Fidelitycareers.comMeali...
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Oct. 15, 2019
Tue. 10/15 - The #MadeByGoogle Event
All the headlines from the Google hardware event, Apple butts in with new Beats, Libra loses another one, your movie theater wants to rent you movies, and Fortnite is back from the “black hole.” Sponsors: WeWorkRemotely Zapie...
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Sept. 23, 2019
Mon. 09/23 - Google Play Pass And WeWork Soap Opera
Google Play Pass might usher in a new era of mobile gaming, the WeWork saga is becoming a soap opera, Facebook’s foes and (erstwhile) friends are talking to the FTC, and has Google ushered in the era of quantum supremacy?
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Aug. 26, 2019
Mon. 08/26 - The Most Powerful Chromebooks Ever
Google and Dell team up for enterprise-grade Chromebooks, Baidu makes big leaps in smart-speaker market share, Binance lets you lend crypto for interest, publishers sue Audible and why, when it comes to autonomy, maybe we sho...
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Aug. 22, 2019
Thu. 08/22 - Google Deserts Desserts (h/t The Verge)
Will we see an iPhone Pro next month? Google has a new proposal for ad tracking, Android deserts dessert nomenclature, why hasn’t tech solved parking yet, and why The Irishman might be a major fork in the road for Netflix. Sp...
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July 29, 2019
Mon. 07/29 - Google Leaks, So We Don't Have To
Google continues to leak Pixel 4 details itself, Github bans users from specific countries, will we eventually see a TikTok phone? Consolidation in the food delivery space, and all hail our first official Fortnite World Cup C...
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June 21, 2019
Fri. 06/21 - Google Abandons Tablets
Google is getting out of the tablet business, there’s a MacBook Pro recall but not because of keyboard issues, a startup is aiming to disrupt the billable hour in the legal space, the world’s “first” electric plane is here, a...
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June 6, 2019
Thu. 06/06 - This is Google Stadia (?)
Google Stadia details are revealed, Amazon shows off its delivery drone and Uber debuts Uber Copter, Facebook is going to do an official white paper for its cryptocurrency, and our mobile gadgets have finally dethroned the te...
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June 5, 2019
Wed. 06/05 - YouTube Takes Action-ish
YouTube actually DOES make some changes, Peloton is going public, could Prime open Amazon up to anticompetitive scrutiny, more on that Sign in with Apple controversy, and why your local police department might want to buy you...
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May 30, 2019
Thu. 05/30 - Google Tells Adblockers To Jump Off A Bridge
Microsoft brings the Xbox Game Pass to PCs, Google gives the finger to adblockers (and all of us), the DOJ will only approve the Sprint/T-Mobile merger if there’s no actual market consolidation, GoGo wants to bring 5G to airp...
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May 15, 2019
Wed. 05/15 - Is Google Effectively Deprecating Search?
There’s a new major chip flaw called ZombieLoad, the major tech companies sign on to the so-called Christchurch Call to Action, San Francisco bans facial recognition tech, is Google effectively deprecating search, and did Bey...
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May 8, 2019
Wed. 05/08 - The Pixel 3a and Flagship "Lite" Phones
Google is talking big on privacy, but going after cookies helps their bottom line as well, why the Pixel 3a might usher in a new era of flagship “lite” phones, the huge Binance bitcoin hack and why does Bird want to sell you ...
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May 7, 2019
Tue. 05/07 - All The Headlines From Google I/O
All the news that I could possibly grab from Google’s I/O keynote, again, Alexa IS spying on you, Cruise Automation raises a big round... and will we ever actually see the Galaxy Fold?
Sponsors:
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April 16, 2019
Tue. 04/16 - YouTube's Algorithms Continue To Suck Out Loud
YouTube’s algorithms are abhorrent in a new way, details on the next Playstation console, Google makes nice with developers, and three interesting sides to the TikTok story.
Sponsors:
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April 10, 2019
Wed. 04/10 - Day 2 of Google’s Cloud Next Conference
Day two of Google’s Cloud Next conference, an update on the unicorns still queueing up to come to market, the heat death of iTunes is closer to reality, and Walmart doubles down on robots.
Sponsors:
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