Feb 10th 2021
This Week in Google 598
I'm Not a Cat
Breaking down social silos, TikTok sale on hold, home-made COVID vaccine
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
- Scandinavian YouTube Responds to GM's Will Ferrell Super Bowl Ad.
- Reddit's 5-second Superbowl ad.
- Twitter results: $1b quarter; warns of user slowdown coming.
- Bluesky: @Jack envisions an app store for social-media algos.
- The EU looks set to follow Australia's lead by demanding Google and Facebook pay for news articles.
- Amazon-box birthday cake.
- TikTok Sale to Oracle, Walmart Is Shelved as Biden Reviews Security.
- Pink's 9-year-old daughter Willow's singing debut.
- TikTok and Universal Music Unveil ‘Expanded Global Alliance’
- Making Vaccine - LessWrong.
- How This New Yorker Created a Vaccine Appointment Website for $50.
- Hacker Tried to Poison Florida City's Water Supply, Police Say.
- Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments.
- 23andMe Goes Public as $3.5 Billion Company With Branson Aid.
- 20% of requests for Wikimedia Commons are for one image of a flower.
- Google taps your phone cameras to measure your heart rate.
- Google adds Out to Play memory collection for parents.
- Google photo adds pinch-to-zoom for videos.
- Google will delete your Play Music library later this month, emailing out final warning.
- Google rolling out Cast firmware 1.52 to Nest Hub, Max: New Alarms UI, Sunrise, Zoom, and more.
- Google rolling out new Pixel Buds firmware 553 update.
Picks:
- Stacey: Shelly Motion Sensor.
- Jeff: TIkTok trend report.
- Ant: ‘I’m Not a Cat,’ Says Lawyer Having Zoom Filter Difficulties.
- Ant: Shout out to Erica Joy Baker for her appearance on Jeopardy!
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Links
- Scandinavian YouTube Responds to GM's Will Ferrell Super Bowl Ad
- Reddit's 5-second Superbowl ad
- Twitter results: $1b quarter; warns of user slowdown coming
- Bluesky: @Jack envisions an app store for social-media algos
- Supidity is contagious: now both EU and Canada follow Australia
- Amazon-box birthday cake
- TikTok sale on hold indefinitely.
- Pink's 9-year-old daughter Willow's singing debut
- TikTok and Universal Music Unveil ‘Expanded Global Alliance’
- Making Vaccine - LessWrong
- How This New Yorker Created a Vaccine Appointment Website for $50 - The New York Times
- Hacker Tried to Poison Florida City's Water Supply, Police Say
- Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments
- 23andMe Goes Public as $3.5 Billion Company With Branson Aid
- 20% of requests for Wikimedia Commons are for one image of a flower
- Google taps your phone cameras to measure your heart rate
- Google adds Out to Play memory collection for parents
- Google photo adds pinch-to-zoom
- Google will delete your Play Music library later this month, emailing out final warning
- Google rolling out Cast firmware 1.52 to Nest Hub, Max: New Alarms UI, Sunrise, Zoom, and more
- Google rolling out new Pixel Buds firmware 553 update
- SHELLY MOTION
- TIkTok trend report
- ‘I’m Not a Cat,’ Says Lawyer Having Zoom Filter Difficulties - The New York Times
- Shout out to Erica Joy Baker