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...
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:...
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...
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 ...
Guest: Mark Bergen
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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? Sp...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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: Lightstream.com/ride Metalab....
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: EveryKey.com 20% off with promocode RIDE...
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: remars.amazon.com, promo ...