This Week in Google 227

Moto X cyber Monday mess, Google testing flying drones, growing plants on the moon, Andy Rubin is buying robotic companies, and more.

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Links

• Moto X cyber Monday mess - (but we get another chance for a Moto X for $349!)
• Andy Rubin's androids: Google buys 7 robotic companies
• Google, like Amazon, also testing drones
• NASA, Google looking to grow plants on the Moon
• Delivery drones are coming: Jeff Bezos promises half-hour shipping with Amazon Prime Air
• Google joins cloud competition
• Google’s Compute Engine Hits General Availability, Drops Instance Prices 10%, Adds 16-Core Instances & Docker Support
• Google brings telethons to Hangout
• Google adds cars to Knowledge Graph
• Toyota introduces collaborator
• From ‘Preggers’ to ‘Pizzle’: Android’s Bizarre List of Banned Words
• Epic Fail: The Rise and Fall of Demand Media
• Shady Marketing Firms Are Still Quietly Bribing Bloggers (Updated)
• Google plans 'floating retail store,' builder says
• VSCO Cam®
• Google awarded 10 patents a day (vs 4 in the *year* 2003)