This Week in Google 596

• Put Bernie Anywhere!
• Online trading platforms see a surge in usage as Redditors take on Wall Street
• Google announces plan to tackle privacy issues in online advertising
• Google says it may have found a privacy-friendly substitute to cookies
• Nextdoor Is Quietly Replacing the Small-Town Paper
• Ring launches $60 entry doorbell
• Google's puritanical algo censors .ass
• Alphabet Pops Loon’s Balloons—but Won't Call It a Failure
• Google will turn some of its offices into COVID-19 vaccination sites
• Letter from Susan: Our 2021 Priorities
• Referring Former President Trump’s Suspension From Facebook to the Oversight Board
• YouTube extends Trump's suspension for a second time
• Facebook says it will dial down politics
• Dept. of Unintended Consequences: Ad bans hurting campaigns
• Latest Twitter acquisition: newsletter platform Revue
• Twitter opening up archive to researchers for free
• Twitter establishes Birdwatch: crowdsourced flagging and checking of tweets
• @jack's @bluesky releases ecosystem status report
• Google ‘My Activity’ page gets rare web dark theme on mobile and desktop
• Google redesigns mobile Search on Android and iOS to be easier to read
• Chrome now hides notification content when screen sharing to keep alerts private
• Chrome OS 88 rolling out Smart Display-like screen saver with Google Photos, weather
• YouTube․com is now available to install as a Progressive Web App
• Google Lens for Android rolling out offline translate capability
• Google Photos for Android gets tablet-optimized interface
• Stacey's forebears: Westinghouse Total Electric Home
• Sony announces the Xperia Pro smartphone with a dedicated HDMI input for $2,499.99
• Google Maps on Android Automotive gets better at planning EV charging stops

Picks:

• Stacey: Hilda on Netflix
• Jeff: Fall of Silicon Valley
• Ant: The GizFiz
• Leo: Model 100 Portable Computer Kit by READY! Computer Corporation

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

Links

• Put Bernie Anywhere! Put Bernie in front of your house!
• Online trading platforms see a surge in usage as Redditors take on Wall Street
• Google announces plan to tackle privacy issues in online advertising
• Google says it may have found a privacy-friendly substitute to cookies
• Nextdoor Is Quietly Replacing the Small-Town Paper
• Ring launches $60 entry doorbell
• Google's puritanical algo censors .ass
• RIP Loon
• Google will turn some of its offices into COVID-19 vaccination sites
• "Letter from Susan: Our 2021 Priorities By Susan Wojcicki"
• Referring Former President Trump’s Suspension From Facebook to the Oversight Board - About Facebook
• YouTube extends Trump's suspension for a second time
• New: Facebook says it will dial down politics
• Dept. of Unintended Consequences: Ad bans hurting campaigns
• Latest Twitter acquisition: newsletter platform Revue
• Twitter opening up archive to researchers for free
• Twitter establishes Birdwatch: crowdsourced flagging and checking of tweets
• @jack's @bluesky releases ecosystem status report
• Google ‘My Activity’ page gets rare web dark theme on mobile and desktop
• Google redesigns mobile Search on Android and iOS to be easier to read
• Chrome now hides notification content when screen sharing to keep alerts private
• Chrome OS 88 rolling out Smart Display-like screen saver with Google Photos, weather
• YouTube․com is now available to install as a Progressive Web App
• Google Lens for Android rolling out offline translate capability
• Google Photos for Android gets tablet-optimized interface
• Stacey's forebears: Westinghouse Total Electric Home
• Sony announces the Xperia Pro smartphone with a dedicated HDMI input for $2,499.99
• OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei’s next company is literally called Nothing
• Hilda on Netflix
• Fall of Silicon Valley
• Google Maps on Android Automotive gets better at planning EV charging stops
• Ant on the Giz Fiz