This Week in Google 234

Hosts:Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis and Gina Trapani Guest:Kevin Marks Google is selling Motorola Mobility to Lenovo, Nexus getting rebranded, Google buys AI startup DeepMind, and more! Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twig. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Also, check out our transcripts here. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:50:25

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• Lenovo to buy Motorola business for $2 billion
• Google to sell Motorola to Lenovo, say reports
• Recode says Samsung agrees to make its Android purer
• Google Just Bet $500 Million That AI Can Fix Search
• More on DeepMind: AI Startup to Work Directly With Google's Search Team
• Google paid more than $500M for DeepMind, beating out Facebook; creates ethics board to ensure technology isn't abused
• Lenovo to Acquire Motorola Mobility from Google
• Nexus to be rebranded?
• Google’s Build With Chrome is a Minecraft-like virtual LEGO builder in the browser
• Google’s Latest Search Trick: “As The Crow Flies” Distance Calculation
• Google's Info Cards for Sites
• Glass gets prescription frames
• Gmail And Google+ Go Down Across The World, Service Returns After Roughly 50 Minutes
• Official Google Blog
• Google Calendar bug adds others to your private events without warning
• Protesters show up at the doorstep of Google self-driving car engineer
• Homebrew Website Club tonight
• Model View culture
• 100 seconds: firing 2/3 of Patch staff via a voice mail
• Prince sues 22 (former) fans for $1m each
• For fifth year, Google is best place to work
• Blogs turn 20
• On old Lycos patent, Vringo wins 1.36% of Adwords revenue
• Talon for Twitter