Intelligent Machines 373

Full analysis of yesterday's #madebygoogle event with special guest Duncan Jaffrey from AusDroid, who was at the event.

• Google's focus on AI
• Is the Pixel Phone too pricy?
• What are Google Home's advantages over the Amazon Echo?
• Mourning the death of Nexus

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Links

• Google’s event yesterday was the most hilarious ‘OK Google’ nightmare
• No laptops, no tablets, no Andromeda: What we didn't get from Google's October 4th event - CNET
• Apple boasts about sales; Google boasts about how good its AI is
• Google Pixel and Pixel XL are now official!
• DxOMark gives the Google Pixel's camera a score of 89, the highest ever and three points above the iPhone 7
• Verizon is the exclusive carrier for Google’s Pixel phones in US
• Google's Pixel phones will be available through Project Fi
• Google Home will go on sale today for $129, shipping November 4
• Everything that will work with Google Home - CNET
• Google WiFi goes official for $129, pre-orders starting in November
• Amazon unveils "Alexa Prize", an annual university competition to advance conversational AI
• Google's answer to Echo's "Skills" is Actions on Google; Assistant SDK opens to developers in December
• Google’s Daydream View VR headset announced
• Google will launches Daydream with a new Harry Potter game
• Chromecast Ultra adds 4K streaming from video services and smartphones for $69
• Nexus 5X and 6P removed from Google Store, NVIDIA Shield and VR headsets gone too
• Google has 'no plans' for more Nexus products
• Six out of every 10 millennials (61%) get their political news on Facebook
• Tinycards by Duolingo
• Deliveries: Multi device package tracking
• Scan documents with Google Drive for Android