Nov 19th 2014
This Week in Google 276
Don't Be Uber
Hosted by
Jeff Jarvis,
Leo Laporte
Firefox makes Yahoo the default search engine with a five year deal.
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Guests:
Gina Trapani
Hosts:Leo Laporte, Gina Trapani, and Jeff Jarvis
Uber's PR troubles, weather in Google Maps, Firefox signs a deal to make Yahoo the default search engine, and more.
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Running time: 1:56:09
Links
- Uber execs use Godview to track users
- Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt On Journalists
- John Hodgman: I am deleting @Uber from my phone now.
- Best Uber line
- Google Keep now lets you share notes and collaborate in real-time
- Google Highlights Mobile-Friendly Results
- Weather in Google Maps
- Google's Coin Flipper and Dice Roller
- RelativeWave acquired by Google, makes its mobile app prototyping software free for Mac
- Firefox drops Google as default search engine, signs five-year deal with Yahoo
- Computer engineer Barbie
- Great compilation of videos about the internet from 80s and early 90s
- THE ORAL HISTORY OF THE POOP EMOJI (OR, HOW GOOGLE BROUGHT POOP TO AMERICA)
- The Tech Skills and Courses Google Recommends for Software Engineers
- Google gets world's largest digital billboard: 26,300-square feet on Times Sq.