Intelligent Machines 408

Google will add a feature to Chrome that will block "bad ads." Meanwhile, Funding Choices will let you pay sites for an ad-free experience. Google helps kids "Be Internet Awesome." Amazon announces a way to get Prime on the cheap, and an inexpensive "Ice" phone. HomePod vs Google Home vs Amazon Echo.... FIGHT!

• Jason's Pick: Kotlin for Beginners (Udacity)
• Stacey's Thing: Snooz
• Danny's Stuff: Personal Search Tab

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Links

• Wall Street Journal’s Google traffic drops 44% after pulling out of First Click Free
• WSJ Ends Google Users' Free Ride, Then Fades in Search Results
• Google plans to clean up the web with Chrome ad blocker next year
• Google: Chrome will stop showing ads not compliant with the Better Ads Standards
• Coalition for Better Ads
• Google launches Funding Choices, a way for users to pay sites to hide ads
• Google Contributor
• Google developed a school curriculum to help kids fight trolls and hackers
• “Be Internet Awesome”: Helping kids make smart decisions online
• Google Trusted Contacts
• The Internet of Things Connectivity Binge: What Are the Implications?
• HomePod
• Apple HomePod vs. Amazon Echo vs. Google Home: Smart Speaker Showdown
• Where does the smart home fit into Apple's HomePod?
• Amazon reportedly working on proper Android ‘Ice’ smartphones with Google’s apps
• Amazon offers 45% discount on Prime for people on US government assistance with an EBT card
• Essential accused of trademark infringement by accessory maker Spigen
• Snooz
• Google Search adds ‘Personal’ filter/tab to only show results from Gmail, Photos, more
• Kotlin for Beginners (Udacity)