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Bing is the big winner in Google's search engine auction. DuckDuck Go is out of luck.On Windows Weekly, Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott talk about search engine auctions.For this story and more, watch Windows Weekly: http://www.twit.tv/ww/691

Google is proving once again that its biggest strength in smartphone design lies firmly in the midrange. And the Pixel 4a proves that by performing well above its pay grade. Jason Howell gives his review.Get the Pixel 4a: https://amzn.to/2Q3pxstFind the right Android phone for you: https://my…

The FCC want to spend $1 billion for internet in schools, China's Baidu to invest up to $600 million in Uber, Chicago and New York want to build apps to compete with Uber, Hollywood's war against Google, Yahoo is promoting Firefox over most other browsers, YouTube lets you make GIFs from video,…

Confederate flags, Google's new wristband, Hulu's Showtime feature and Mac OS running on the Apple Watch!Download or subscribe to this show at http://twit.tv/tn2For links to stories, visit http://twit.tv/tn2/365 Bandwidth for Tech News 2Night is provided by Cachefly

The Pixel 5a with 5G is Google's latest A-series Pixel phone, bringing new hardware additions like IP67 water resistance, a larger 6.34" OLED screen, 5G connectivity, and improved battery life, all at a more affordable price. Jason Howell shares his review on All About Android with Florence Ion,…

6/19/2015: The French insist that the Internet should be censored, Twitter rolls out product specific pages, the FCC voted yesterday to subsidize internet connectivity for the poor, and more.Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tnt.Check out the full show notes for today's episode.Thanks…

7/14/15: Facebook launches an alternative to Apple's Siri, authors filed a complaint with the FTC about Amazon, New Horizons probe just passed within 7,750 miles of Pluto, and more...Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tnt.Check out the full show notes for today's episode…

In an attempt to keep up with Facebook Messenger and WeChat, Google will reportedly incorporate artificial intelligence into a new messaging platform.For the full episode go to www.twit.tv/twig

Kit Kat distribution goes up to 18%, "wiped" phones still have your data, reasons why Android L should not be on your main device, and more.

Is Facebook Home a threat? Apple to take on Pandora, MS guy says always connect is the future, #dealwithit, and more.

Guess who's having the best post-PC era ever? Mailbox invades iPad, Xbox will take over your house, and more.

Comcast versus TOR, a big Linked-In mistake, a serious pre-KitKat Android problem and more!

The Chinese ride-hailing market is a tough nut to crack and Uber admitted defeat today by selling its China business to its rival Didi Chuxing. Tesla announced that it has agreed to buy SolarCity, the solar company that up until recently Elon Musk had a stake in, though is currently led by his…

Sunsocket Solar Generator, a floating invisible keyboard for Android, Smart Charge LED bulb, and more.

Facebook reports some big numbers, Amazon gets into the email business, Microsoft makes Office for iOS and Android free, and more...

How important is it for companies to have good morals? Hackers in US power grid. An Oreo deep dive. Essential Phone: beautiful, unfixable. Facebook code controls 16% of the average website. Will Apple or Amazon make the next James Bond film? Farewell, Solaris. Good riddance, Juicero.

It's official - Apple Stores are becoming jewelry stores, Microsoft is prepping a high end phone to compete with Samsung and Apple, Amazon is opening two brick-and-mortar bookstores, and more...

"Hey Google" Smart Home SummitGoogle hosted this virtual smart home IoT conference for developers, their first after canceling Google I/O and other events. TWiT's Smart Tech Today hosts Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli gave color commentary. The event was not quite the professionally-produced…

Join Jeremy Cowart, Guy Kawasaki, Nicole S. Young, RC Concepcion, and Vic Gundotra for a fun-filled evening!Besides talking about the upcoming conference organized by Scott Kelby (more at http://gpluspc.com/ ) , we'll share some photos, hang out... you know... just chillin' out on camera with other…

Google announces grab bag of new Android features for the end of 2021.Google rolling out Android digital car key support to Pixel 6, Galaxy S21 on select BMWs.Google's latest Pixel Feature drop enables ultra-wideband on Pixel 6 Pro, Now Playing enhancements, and more.Android TV 12 is now available,…

Interview with Jan Jedrzejowicz, Head of Product Management for Messages at GoogleTopics include the Get the Message campaign, what Apple stands to gain from supporting RCS, whether an RCS API is in the pipeline, and the struggles of spam in RCS.@MishaalRahman: Google is working to bring Game…

- It’s 2022, and the Surface Duo is finally getting Android 11.- Jetpack Compose is faster and easier to read, more "natural language".- Old news (contest ended in May) but great examples of what people can do in ONE WEEK with Jetpack Compose.- Weather App, Visual Beauty Winner: Weather Scene by…

At their Google I/O developers conference keynote, Google announced Google Lens, an AI-powered visual search addition to Google Assistant.

Google hosted this virtual smart home IoT conference for developers, their first after canceling Google I/O and other events. TWiT's "Smart Tech Today" hosts Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli provided color commentary. Michele Turner, Director of Product Management for Google Smart Home…

Leo Laporte, Mathew Ingram, and Kevin Marks talk about Google's driverless cars, which are being built near Detroit in Livonia, Michigan.

Chromecast With Google TV, Nest Audio, Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5GWalking through every device from Google's Fall event. Pixel 5 is less than premium, but good enough. Pixel 4a XL is the goldilocks device of the lineup. Chromecast with Google TV is appealing but lacks Stadia support. …

Robert Thomson of NewsCorp sent a letter to Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia warning that a failure to challenge Google will lead to a bleak future in information online.

The Graphene wars can begin! Pinterest takes on Google, Bitcoin's new director is under fire, a new Bitcoin bank, Google snaps up real-time language translator, Google adds bill payment reminder, Google Maps ads elevations, inside Foursquare's new Swarm app, and the crazy guy who built Wolverine…

Megan Morrone and Father Robert Ballecer discuss the Note 7 fiasco which may have cost Samsung up to $17 billion in revenue and $30 billion in recall costs, stock loss and damage to the Samsung brand. Now the Korean electronics giant is looking for a hit to revive its smartphone line. According to…

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Steve Kovach, Senior Correspondent for Business Insider about his hands-on with Google's new Pixel device. Google has made a lot of promises with the new lineup. Do these phones live up to Google's hype? Is this Google's iPhone?For the full episode, visit twit…

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Sean Hollister from CNET about Google Fiber. According to a blog post by Craig Barratt, SVP, Alphabet and CEO of Access, Google Access announced that it is placing its high-speed fiber rollout of Google Fiber to a number of new regions on hold. Joining us to…

Andy Ihnatko's pick of the week on MacBreak Weekly 532 is Snapseed by Google. This app can turn complex edits into simple gestures of swiping left or right, a top down scrolling list of effects, and an intensity slider for that effect. It also is doing an amazing amount of intelligence behind the…

Google+ goes all Pinterest on us, Google is bringing A.I. to Google Calendar, updates on the next Apple TV, and more...

Leo Laporte and Alex Wilhelm compare the new Google Home to the Amazon Echo. Bryan Burnett has a round-up of gaming headsets. Jason Howell attended The VR Developers Conference in San Francisco and fills us in on what was there. Alex Wilhelm, Devindra Hardawar and Greg Ferro play another round of …

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiG, This Week in Google. A little preview coming up of Google IO. It's next week. And we'll talk about self-driving cars, how safe are they? Jeff Jarvis is coming up along with Kevin Marks. It's time for TWiG.Voiceover: Netcasts you love from people you trust. This is…

Mikah Sargent hosts This Week in Google and discusses with Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt and Glenn Fleishman the latest on some of the cutbacks Google has implemented in addition to the recent layoffs.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/710#TWiT, #Google, #Podcast

On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Jason Howell give us a complete wrap-up of the Google I/O 2017 keynote. They discuss everything from AI, the new Android O, Google Lens, Google Photo's Suggested Sharing and Books, and more.For the full episode, go to twit.tv/nss/105

On All About Android, Florence Ion shares her recent roundup of music apps to replace the now-dead Google Play Music service. Jason Howell shares his challenges in using Google Takeout to export his MP3s from Google's servers and import them into the Plex ecosystem.For the full episode, visit twit…

Google Chrome is a popular browser, but it continues to lose market share. On FLOSS Weekly, Jonathan Bennett discusses the controversy of Google limiting access to the Chrome API even though there's the fundamentals of the open source Chromium project in place for Google Chrome browser.For more,…

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss Burger King's ads that triggered people's Google Home, on purpose. They issued an “OK Google, - what is the whopper burger?” voice command at the end of their ad, at which time someone's Google Home would light up and read the first sentence from the Whopper…

Andy Ihnatko's pick of the week on MacBreak Weekly 500 is Google's NIK Collection. This is a collection of six professional photo filters and plugins that work with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, or Aperture. The collection consists of Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro, Viveza,…

Jason Howell and Megan Morrone discuss AutoDraw, Google’s Artificial Intelligence that will make you the Picasso of clip art. AutoDraw is a new site (autodraw.com) by Google that gives users a host of drawing tools to roughly sketch out an image to the best of their ability. When using the AutoDraw…

Google cuts app store fees for developers on first million in annual salesGoogle announces 2nd-gen Nest Hub with Soli-powered ‘Sleep Sensing’ for $99‘AAWireless’ dongle for wireless Android Auto starts shipping to customersAsus ROG Phone 5 has the longest battery life of any Android phone we've…

T-Mobile's RCS Upgrade, Action Blocks for Assistant, Rugged Galaxy S20. T-Mobile now supports RCS Universal Profile. Google releases Action Blocks for one-tap Assistant functions. OnePlus plans to release midrange devices again. How to download your Google Play Music library…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Jason Howell (00:00:00):Coming up next. It's this week in Google. I'm Jason Howell filling in for Leo, who's at Disneyland. We've got…

Google announces the Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub at its Made By Google 2018 event.

Google unveils Android Wear, Google Voice to fold into Hangouts soon, Facebook facial recognition coming by way of DeepFace, and more.

Google responds to controversial results, what Wave needs to win, and why Leo thinks it's OK for Google to own the world.

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Jason Howell (00:00:00):Coming up on this week in Google. It's me, Jason Howell filling in for Leo LaPorte. We've got Jeff Jarvis, aunt…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.00:00 - Jason Howell (Host)Hello everybody, welcome to this Week in Google. Coming up next, I'm Jason Howell filling in for Leo Laporte,…