Jan 21st 2015
This Week in Google 284
Legislating Unicorns
Hosted by
Jeff Jarvis,
Leo Laporte
Google preparing to become wireless carrier.
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
Host: Leo Laporte
A look at Spartan, Microsoft's new browser to challenge Google Chrome, Microsoft Cortana coming to the PC with Windows 10, Google is preparing to become a wireless carrier, Google's driverless cars are being built in Livonia, MI, Google becomes a more trusted source than the websites it aggregates, and more.
Guest: Kevin Marks and Mathew Ingram
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Running time: 2:32:09
Links
- This is Spartan, Microsoft’s new browser to challenge Google Chrome (TheNextWeb)
- Microsoft Cortana virtual assistant is coming to the PC with Windows 10 (Engadget)
- Our Exclusive Hands-On With Microsoft’s Unbelievable New Holographic Goggles (Wired)
- NASA was using VR in 1989 goto 41:25 (Vimeo)
- President makes unprecedented cybersecurity pitch (The Hill)
- The N.S.A. claims it needs access to all our phone records. But is that the best way to catch a terrorist? (NewYorker)
- Legislating for Unicorns (Webmink)
- Exclusive: Google’s Next Telecom Move: Becoming a Wireless Carrier (TheInformation)
- Google driverless cars being built in Livonia (Freep.com)
- Google is now a more trusted source of news than the websites it aggregates (Qz)
- Chrome 40 for iOS arrives with Material Design, Handoff support to your default browser on OS X (VentureBeat)
- Google Glass sales halted but firm says kit is not dead (BBC)
- Knowledge Graph changes (Google Webmaster Central)
- Elon Musk is going to build an internet for space (TheNextWeb)
- LinkBubble
- Andmade Share
- WhatsApp Web