Aug 11th 2021
This Week in Google 624
The Ladies' Menu
Apple's big mistake, Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3, is Uber a scam?
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
- Apple’s Mistake – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
- The End Of Ownership: How Big Companies Are Trying To Turn Everyone Into Renters.
- Canada’s got the world’s worst internet ideas.
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 announced with S Pen support and water resistance.
- Samsung breaks the triple-digit barrier w/ Galaxy Z Flip 3 priced at $999.
- The Galaxy Watch 4 injects Samsung's capable hardware with Google software.
- Giving kids and teens a safer experience online.
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Suspended by Twitter After ‘Fourth Strike’.
- YouTube's algorithm is not radicalizing people according to a study by leading scholars.
- Salt_Hank on TikTok.
- End of the line for Uber.
- Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Four: Uber Loses Another $6.8 Billion.
- Google Pixel 5A Launching Later This Month at $450.
- Google Launches Program To Hire More People With Autism.
- Google reportedly planning a new Silicon Valley campus with a hardware center.
- Google Fiber ending TV services in Austin, Atlanta; concentrating on internet service.
- YouTube, Google Launch New Protections for Kids Under 18.
- Google prominently adding Air Quality (AQI) info to Nest Hub, Hub Max in the US.
- Google rolling out Android 12 Beta 4 for Pixel phones with ‘Platform Stability’
- Google is adding an interactive periodic table to search.
- Google Home 2.42 adds Nest Cam/Doorbell support, preps setting per-Device DNS and ADT.
- YouTube for Android now lets you skip video chapters with a two-finger double-tap.
- TCL announces new 6-series and 5-series TVs with Google TV instead of Roku.
- Tweetshelf, alternative to Nuzzel.
- Twitter AI bias contest shows beauty filters hoodwink the algorithm.
Picks:
- Stacey - Filtrete Smart Air Purifiers
- Jeff - Pompeii’s fast food joint unearthed in 2019 opens to public
- Ant - Adobe's Rising Stars of Photography
- Ant - My Amazon Driver is Better Than Yours
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Links
- Apple’s Mistake – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
- Canada’s got the world’s worst internet ideas
- SAMSUNG GALAXY Z FOLD 3 ANNOUNCED WITH S PEN SUPPORT AND WATER RESISTANCE
- Samsung breaks the triple-digit barrier w/ Galaxy Z Flip 3 priced at $999
- THE GALAXY WATCH 4 INJECTS SAMSUNG’S CAPABLE HARDWARE WITH GOOGLE SOFTWARE
- Giving kids and teens a safer experience online
- Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene after 4th strike
- YouTube's algorithm is not radicalizing people according to a study by leading scholars
- Cory Doctorow's Uber Takedown
- Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Four: Uber Loses Another $6.8 Billion
- EXCLUSIVE: Google Pixel 5A Launching Later This Month at $450 - Full Specs - FrontPageTech.com
- Google Launches Program To Hire More People With Autism
- Google reportedly planning a new Silicon Valley campus with a hardware center
- Google Fiber ending TV services in Austin, Atlanta; concentrating on internet service
- YouTube, Google Launch New Protections for Kids Under 18 - Variety
- Google prominently adding Air Quality (AQI) info to Nest Hub, Hub Max in the US
- Google rolling out Android 12 Beta 4 for Pixel phones with ‘Platform Stability’
- Google adds interactive periodic table to search
- Google Home 2.42 adds Nest Cam/Doorbell support, preps setting per-Device DNS and ADT
- YouTube for Android now lets you skip video chapters with a two-finger double-tap
- 3M Filtrete Air Purifiers
- Adobe's Rising Stars of Photography
- My Amazon Driver is Better Than Yours